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Neither are the past events, or places. I do however own the new
characters, and the plot in this story.
Chapter 4: Surprises and Revelations
As Draco sat up in his oversized bed, he immediately looked out the window. All he could see was the rain. The rain seemed to block his view of everything. 'Great more rain. First, I feel like crap, and now this rain. A wonderful start to my day.' Draco hurried to get dressed, and headed downstairs to the great hall for breakfast. He noticed Hermione's door still closed.
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Hermione woke up the next morning to more rain. She had not slept well that night. All she could think about was Draco. 'I've despised him for five years, and then last night, all at once, he's there, kissing me, and me returning the kiss. What am I doing? This is not like me. It must be being cooped up inside all day long. I'll have to see if Harry and Ron want to go visit Hagrid today'. She ate breakfast quickly and quietly and then the trio headed to DADA together.
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"Good morning class!" said Professor Stratton in his American accent, "I am your DADA teacher for this year. I am here as a favor for Dumbledore. This year will be working on many types of curses that will be useful in duels, as well as counter curses for them. I know that all of you can handle it because you all past your NEWTS to get to this level. Today we will start out with some review incantations, but as the term progresses, we will learn many, many more. You will be required to practice these on your own because there will be so many. We will not have time in class to practice all of these until you can get them perfect. I will have a study group that meets after classes on Tuesday and Thursdays."
The rest of the class time was spent reviewing past curses, and catching up the professor on what curses and counter curses they had learned. Professor Stratton was very impressed with the knowledge that the class had. The class was of Ravenclaws and Gryffindors and most of them were in the DA. Little did the professor know that all of the knowledge was from Harry and the DA.
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Transfiguration with the Hufflepuffs went by slowly. Professor McGonagall had them practicing an new spell already. They were trying to turn quills into sticks. This was a rather boring lesson because no one saw the need to turn a quill into a stick. Even Hermione lost interest. Her thoughts were filled with Draco. She did have some feelings for him, that's for sure. But she decided that pursuing them was a bad idea. Not only would this hurt her two best friends, but her also. Draco was known for taking what he could get, and then leaving girls behind. Neville, who needed help because he had turned his quill into a grasshopper, interrupted her thoughts.
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"What's with you today Mione?" asked a concerned Ron. "You just seem so, preoccupied."
Hermione, Ron, and Harry were climbing the steps of the castle after a visit with Hagrid. They left him just before he was about to offer them some of his cooking creations. They hurried inside because it was raining even harder, and it was growing dark.
"What? Oh, uh, nothing, nothing at all. Just tired I guess. Didn't sleep well last night," replied Hermione, a little distracted.
"Your story isn't very convincing. We know there is something going on, but we won't push it. If you feel like talking, just come to us," said Harry.
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After classes, Draco had spent the better part of the evening, alone in the common room, sitting in front of the fire. He had finished his homework, and was now bored out of his mind. His thoughts quickly turned to Hermione. 'What was I thinking? Kissing her! Father would have my head if he were here. Well, I'm just going to have to go back to treating her like the mudblood she is then'.
The dove painting opened, and a soaking wet Hermione walked in suddenly interrupting his thoughts.
"Hello Draco," said Hermione.
Draco was about to insult her, but she just kept walking straight up to the bathroom, without even turning her head.
'Hey now, I was supposed to be the one to be cold to her. No one is cold to a Malfoy and gets away with it. Damn little mudblood.'
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After a little while, Hermione came out of the bathroom. She was dressed in her red and gold stripped pj's, and had dry, frizzy hair, probably from a drying charm. She grabbed her book bag off of the desk chair in her bedroom, and went to the common room to do her homework near the fire. Draco was still sitting in front of the fireplace, engrossed in the dancing flames. He didn't even realize she was there until he turned to leave.
"What are you doing here, Granger?" asked Draco in the meanest voice he could muster, looking at the beautiful Hermione.
"Doing homework, or perhaps you forgot, I live here too, and besides, I thought we were going to be civil to one another," said Hermione, without taking her eyes away from the book. "Look, about last night," started Hermione, "I know you didn't mean for that kiss to happen, and I KNOW I didn't mean for it to happen, so let's just forget it. Please?"
At this remark, Draco had the strangest look on his face. No one had ever told him they were uninterested before, and no one had EVER told him that HE shouldn't be interested in someone before. Draco's face held emotions of relief and surprise, but most of all, hurt.
"Of course Hermione," replied Draco, still bewildered as he headed to use the bathroom.
Hermione sat in her chair, with about the same look on her face. She knew that them being together would be wrong, and she also knew that it couldn't work, and she also knew his reputation. But still, she had some hope that he wouldn't care about what other people think, that he would like her anyway. 'Guess I was wrong'.
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After trying to fall asleep for two hours, Draco finally gave up and went downstairs to read. When he reached the bottom of the stairs, he found Hermione still doing homework.
"That McGonagall, she sure gives a load of homework," said Draco
Hermione almost fell out of her chair, for she wasn't expecting him to be awake.
"Sorry Hermione, I didn't mean to scare you, I just wanted to talk".
"Fine. About what?" said Hermione, kind of reserved.
"Well, first of all, while I was in the shower, I did some thinking. I wanted to tell you that I don't care about what my father, or other people think. I do like you."
Again, Hermione almost fell out of her chair, but this time from surprise. Never in her wildest dreams did she honestly think that Draco Malfoy would sit here, in front of her and tell her how much he liked her, especially after telling him, not one hour ago, that she wasn't interested, which of course was a total lie.
"Well, don't you have anything to say?" asked Draco, going pink in the face again.
"Um, actually, I also have some feelings for you too," said Hermione, surprised at her own words.
Hermione stood up, wrapped her arms around a very startled Malfoy, and kissed him long and hard. They stood there for quite some time, wrapped in each other's arms.
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The next day, Hermione woke up to sunlight streaming in from her window feeling totally at peace with the world. The sun was a nice change from the miserable rain they had been having. She was up early so she decided to go down to the common room to sit in her chair and just relax. As she started to descend down the stairs, another door opened revealing Draco's face. He smiled an unsure smile at her, as if he thought their kiss last night was a dream. Hermione on the other hand smiled broadly at him and kissed him. His small, unsure smile quickly turned into a boyish grin reaching from ear to ear as the kiss ended.
He followed Hermione into their common room, hoping she wouldn't leave him hanging with just one short, passion filled kiss. He was hungry for more.
"We need to talk," started Hermione. She noticed his grin drop very quickly. "About last night."
"Why? Why can't we just kiss some more?" Draco grabbed her, pulling her into his arms and kissed her again. She stood there, returning the kiss for quite some time, but finally broke it.
"As I was saying," she continued, as if nothing happened, "What are we going to do now? Harry and Ron will hate me if they find out how I feel about you, and Harry has enough stress to deal with." Hermione paced the room thinking for a solution.
"Why don't we keep us a secret for a little while? We can tell them one the time is right," suggested Draco.
"Yes, I suppose, I just hate keeping such huge secret from them. And, it's not like I'm embarrassed by you, it's just that I'm afraid about how they will react," replied Hermione, a little uncertain.
"It won't be for long, I promise," said Draco, comfortingly.
Since today was Saturday, they spent the whole day together talking about everything. From current events, to classes, to teachers, to friends, and back again.
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"Hermione, where have you been?" asked Harry the next morning at breakfast.
"You missed all of the meals yesturday! Was that prat Malfoy giving you a hard time again?" asked Ron, going red, "Just say the word, and I will curse him into next year."
"Actually, me and Draco were talking. Turns out we both like to read similar books and he lent me some of his. He really isn't as bad as we all thought he was you know. He's very smart, and good looking and."
"What are you saying???" said Ron practically screaming, "Do you.like him?"
"No, no, of coarse not," said Hermione as her voice trailed off.
As Hermione was walking back to the common room after breakfast, a classroom door opened, and a familiar arm reached out and grabbed her, pulling her into the empty room. She was startled and gave a small yelp. She had forgotten her surprise however, when that someone started kissing her. She immediately relaxed and gave back everything she had. She let out a small moan as the kiss deepened. Her and Draco stood there for what seemed like eternity just holding each other and kissing.
When he finally let go of her, she was flushed, and her heart was beating so hard and loud she was sure he could hear it. However, when she was able to concentrate, she saw that his face reflected the same emotions she felt. She smiled and pulled away from him.
"Honestly Draco, if we spend so much time together, people are going to start talking, thinking there is something going on here."
"Let them talk. I don't care. I've grown used to it. And besides, there is something going on here," replied Draco with a devilish smile.
"True," replied Hermione simply, as she fell back into his arms to kiss him some more.
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Draco was somewhat relieved Hermione had gone to the library. He had not had any time to think about what he was doing. He couldn't get Hermione out of his mind. He would never forget the look on Hermione's face when he pulled her into that empty classroom today. At first she was startled, and even a bit angry at being interrupted, but as he started kissing her, he could feel her relax and give him all she had. It was an amazing feeling that he could do that to someone, and they could do that to him.
He soon grew bored, and decided to work on some of his homework, but soon fell asleep ton his green chair.
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After dinner, Hermione went to the library with Harry and Ron. They had decided to look up some more spells that they thought they would be able to teach the DA when it started back up again next month. After spending a good two hours in the library, Hermione decided it was time to return to her common room to do some homework. She bid her two best friends good night and made her way to the dove portrait where she said the password and entered.
When she came in, the first thing she looked for was Draco. She found him asleep on the chair with his DADA homework spread across his lap. She removed the books and covered him with a blanket that was left for them. He stirred only a little. He seemed to be in a very deep sleep. She left him alone and went to take a bath.
As she left the bathroom after her bath, smelling like pineapple, he was still sleeping in the same place. She went over to him, scooted him over a little, and cuddled next to him. She moved his hand around her and matched the bends and curves of his body with hers. She felt safer than she ever had before in her life. 'I love him' was the last thought to go through her mind before she fell into a deep slumber.
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AN: I have rewritten the whole beginning of this chapter. Some people said that they thought things were moving a little to quickly, and I guess they were right. But I figure, how believable can you make this relationship? There will be another update on Sunday night. I will be going back to school then so updates won't be as frequent. Probably once a week or something. We'll see. Again, thanks to everyone who reviews. These reviews help me to guide the story, and fix some weak points. Please review! I love having your help. Please let me know how you like the new, revised chapter!
Chapter 4: Surprises and Revelations
As Draco sat up in his oversized bed, he immediately looked out the window. All he could see was the rain. The rain seemed to block his view of everything. 'Great more rain. First, I feel like crap, and now this rain. A wonderful start to my day.' Draco hurried to get dressed, and headed downstairs to the great hall for breakfast. He noticed Hermione's door still closed.
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Hermione woke up the next morning to more rain. She had not slept well that night. All she could think about was Draco. 'I've despised him for five years, and then last night, all at once, he's there, kissing me, and me returning the kiss. What am I doing? This is not like me. It must be being cooped up inside all day long. I'll have to see if Harry and Ron want to go visit Hagrid today'. She ate breakfast quickly and quietly and then the trio headed to DADA together.
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"Good morning class!" said Professor Stratton in his American accent, "I am your DADA teacher for this year. I am here as a favor for Dumbledore. This year will be working on many types of curses that will be useful in duels, as well as counter curses for them. I know that all of you can handle it because you all past your NEWTS to get to this level. Today we will start out with some review incantations, but as the term progresses, we will learn many, many more. You will be required to practice these on your own because there will be so many. We will not have time in class to practice all of these until you can get them perfect. I will have a study group that meets after classes on Tuesday and Thursdays."
The rest of the class time was spent reviewing past curses, and catching up the professor on what curses and counter curses they had learned. Professor Stratton was very impressed with the knowledge that the class had. The class was of Ravenclaws and Gryffindors and most of them were in the DA. Little did the professor know that all of the knowledge was from Harry and the DA.
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Transfiguration with the Hufflepuffs went by slowly. Professor McGonagall had them practicing an new spell already. They were trying to turn quills into sticks. This was a rather boring lesson because no one saw the need to turn a quill into a stick. Even Hermione lost interest. Her thoughts were filled with Draco. She did have some feelings for him, that's for sure. But she decided that pursuing them was a bad idea. Not only would this hurt her two best friends, but her also. Draco was known for taking what he could get, and then leaving girls behind. Neville, who needed help because he had turned his quill into a grasshopper, interrupted her thoughts.
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"What's with you today Mione?" asked a concerned Ron. "You just seem so, preoccupied."
Hermione, Ron, and Harry were climbing the steps of the castle after a visit with Hagrid. They left him just before he was about to offer them some of his cooking creations. They hurried inside because it was raining even harder, and it was growing dark.
"What? Oh, uh, nothing, nothing at all. Just tired I guess. Didn't sleep well last night," replied Hermione, a little distracted.
"Your story isn't very convincing. We know there is something going on, but we won't push it. If you feel like talking, just come to us," said Harry.
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After classes, Draco had spent the better part of the evening, alone in the common room, sitting in front of the fire. He had finished his homework, and was now bored out of his mind. His thoughts quickly turned to Hermione. 'What was I thinking? Kissing her! Father would have my head if he were here. Well, I'm just going to have to go back to treating her like the mudblood she is then'.
The dove painting opened, and a soaking wet Hermione walked in suddenly interrupting his thoughts.
"Hello Draco," said Hermione.
Draco was about to insult her, but she just kept walking straight up to the bathroom, without even turning her head.
'Hey now, I was supposed to be the one to be cold to her. No one is cold to a Malfoy and gets away with it. Damn little mudblood.'
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After a little while, Hermione came out of the bathroom. She was dressed in her red and gold stripped pj's, and had dry, frizzy hair, probably from a drying charm. She grabbed her book bag off of the desk chair in her bedroom, and went to the common room to do her homework near the fire. Draco was still sitting in front of the fireplace, engrossed in the dancing flames. He didn't even realize she was there until he turned to leave.
"What are you doing here, Granger?" asked Draco in the meanest voice he could muster, looking at the beautiful Hermione.
"Doing homework, or perhaps you forgot, I live here too, and besides, I thought we were going to be civil to one another," said Hermione, without taking her eyes away from the book. "Look, about last night," started Hermione, "I know you didn't mean for that kiss to happen, and I KNOW I didn't mean for it to happen, so let's just forget it. Please?"
At this remark, Draco had the strangest look on his face. No one had ever told him they were uninterested before, and no one had EVER told him that HE shouldn't be interested in someone before. Draco's face held emotions of relief and surprise, but most of all, hurt.
"Of course Hermione," replied Draco, still bewildered as he headed to use the bathroom.
Hermione sat in her chair, with about the same look on her face. She knew that them being together would be wrong, and she also knew that it couldn't work, and she also knew his reputation. But still, she had some hope that he wouldn't care about what other people think, that he would like her anyway. 'Guess I was wrong'.
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After trying to fall asleep for two hours, Draco finally gave up and went downstairs to read. When he reached the bottom of the stairs, he found Hermione still doing homework.
"That McGonagall, she sure gives a load of homework," said Draco
Hermione almost fell out of her chair, for she wasn't expecting him to be awake.
"Sorry Hermione, I didn't mean to scare you, I just wanted to talk".
"Fine. About what?" said Hermione, kind of reserved.
"Well, first of all, while I was in the shower, I did some thinking. I wanted to tell you that I don't care about what my father, or other people think. I do like you."
Again, Hermione almost fell out of her chair, but this time from surprise. Never in her wildest dreams did she honestly think that Draco Malfoy would sit here, in front of her and tell her how much he liked her, especially after telling him, not one hour ago, that she wasn't interested, which of course was a total lie.
"Well, don't you have anything to say?" asked Draco, going pink in the face again.
"Um, actually, I also have some feelings for you too," said Hermione, surprised at her own words.
Hermione stood up, wrapped her arms around a very startled Malfoy, and kissed him long and hard. They stood there for quite some time, wrapped in each other's arms.
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The next day, Hermione woke up to sunlight streaming in from her window feeling totally at peace with the world. The sun was a nice change from the miserable rain they had been having. She was up early so she decided to go down to the common room to sit in her chair and just relax. As she started to descend down the stairs, another door opened revealing Draco's face. He smiled an unsure smile at her, as if he thought their kiss last night was a dream. Hermione on the other hand smiled broadly at him and kissed him. His small, unsure smile quickly turned into a boyish grin reaching from ear to ear as the kiss ended.
He followed Hermione into their common room, hoping she wouldn't leave him hanging with just one short, passion filled kiss. He was hungry for more.
"We need to talk," started Hermione. She noticed his grin drop very quickly. "About last night."
"Why? Why can't we just kiss some more?" Draco grabbed her, pulling her into his arms and kissed her again. She stood there, returning the kiss for quite some time, but finally broke it.
"As I was saying," she continued, as if nothing happened, "What are we going to do now? Harry and Ron will hate me if they find out how I feel about you, and Harry has enough stress to deal with." Hermione paced the room thinking for a solution.
"Why don't we keep us a secret for a little while? We can tell them one the time is right," suggested Draco.
"Yes, I suppose, I just hate keeping such huge secret from them. And, it's not like I'm embarrassed by you, it's just that I'm afraid about how they will react," replied Hermione, a little uncertain.
"It won't be for long, I promise," said Draco, comfortingly.
Since today was Saturday, they spent the whole day together talking about everything. From current events, to classes, to teachers, to friends, and back again.
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"Hermione, where have you been?" asked Harry the next morning at breakfast.
"You missed all of the meals yesturday! Was that prat Malfoy giving you a hard time again?" asked Ron, going red, "Just say the word, and I will curse him into next year."
"Actually, me and Draco were talking. Turns out we both like to read similar books and he lent me some of his. He really isn't as bad as we all thought he was you know. He's very smart, and good looking and."
"What are you saying???" said Ron practically screaming, "Do you.like him?"
"No, no, of coarse not," said Hermione as her voice trailed off.
As Hermione was walking back to the common room after breakfast, a classroom door opened, and a familiar arm reached out and grabbed her, pulling her into the empty room. She was startled and gave a small yelp. She had forgotten her surprise however, when that someone started kissing her. She immediately relaxed and gave back everything she had. She let out a small moan as the kiss deepened. Her and Draco stood there for what seemed like eternity just holding each other and kissing.
When he finally let go of her, she was flushed, and her heart was beating so hard and loud she was sure he could hear it. However, when she was able to concentrate, she saw that his face reflected the same emotions she felt. She smiled and pulled away from him.
"Honestly Draco, if we spend so much time together, people are going to start talking, thinking there is something going on here."
"Let them talk. I don't care. I've grown used to it. And besides, there is something going on here," replied Draco with a devilish smile.
"True," replied Hermione simply, as she fell back into his arms to kiss him some more.
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Draco was somewhat relieved Hermione had gone to the library. He had not had any time to think about what he was doing. He couldn't get Hermione out of his mind. He would never forget the look on Hermione's face when he pulled her into that empty classroom today. At first she was startled, and even a bit angry at being interrupted, but as he started kissing her, he could feel her relax and give him all she had. It was an amazing feeling that he could do that to someone, and they could do that to him.
He soon grew bored, and decided to work on some of his homework, but soon fell asleep ton his green chair.
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After dinner, Hermione went to the library with Harry and Ron. They had decided to look up some more spells that they thought they would be able to teach the DA when it started back up again next month. After spending a good two hours in the library, Hermione decided it was time to return to her common room to do some homework. She bid her two best friends good night and made her way to the dove portrait where she said the password and entered.
When she came in, the first thing she looked for was Draco. She found him asleep on the chair with his DADA homework spread across his lap. She removed the books and covered him with a blanket that was left for them. He stirred only a little. He seemed to be in a very deep sleep. She left him alone and went to take a bath.
As she left the bathroom after her bath, smelling like pineapple, he was still sleeping in the same place. She went over to him, scooted him over a little, and cuddled next to him. She moved his hand around her and matched the bends and curves of his body with hers. She felt safer than she ever had before in her life. 'I love him' was the last thought to go through her mind before she fell into a deep slumber.
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AN: I have rewritten the whole beginning of this chapter. Some people said that they thought things were moving a little to quickly, and I guess they were right. But I figure, how believable can you make this relationship? There will be another update on Sunday night. I will be going back to school then so updates won't be as frequent. Probably once a week or something. We'll see. Again, thanks to everyone who reviews. These reviews help me to guide the story, and fix some weak points. Please review! I love having your help. Please let me know how you like the new, revised chapter!