A/N: Sorry I didn't answer any reviews last chapter, but I'll get to them at the end. I am only going to respond to the ones that ask questions. Thanks for all of the reviews I got, I love reading them. I hope this chapter is better. R&R

 O yea and 'prolly' does mean probably. Sorry I didn't clarify that sooner

Last time

"Granger over here." Draco said.

Hermione went over and was handed a list of the eligible students for the trip.

"Thanks." she said.

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The entire school spent a tranquil day in Hogsmeade. This was rare, only third year and up students could normally attend these trips.

Harry, Ron and Hermione did their usual things in Hogsmeade. They went into the Quidditch shop, Honeydukes, Zonko's, and had a drink in the Three Broom Sticks.

Hermione and Draco's friendship grew by the day, as Hermione's relationship with Harry    and Ron became somewhat distant. Her duties as head girl prevented her from visiting her friends during the week, and the weekends were spent on studies, and catching up on sleep.

In November, Hermione and Draco shared their first kiss together taking a walk around the grounds watching a meteor shower whilst talking about life outside of Hogwarts. The kiss was passionate and loving. Since that night Hermione and Draco were officially dating, although people had already thought that they were.

The magical month of November came and went.  Soon there was one week remaining until the holidays. Exams were being crammed in, and their Aimant potion wasn't coming along very well. Hermione and Draco were flustered and aggravated with the heavy workload.

Hermione's eyes were sagging, and empty form the lack of sleep. Draco looked the same way, his blonde silky hair was tousled and messy looking. Hermione and Draco were sitting at desks side-by-side late one night. The common room was dark except for the two dull lamps that lit the desks. The only sounds were an occasional turning page, scratching of a quill, a frustrated sigh or frequent crumbling of papers.

"Hermione." said Draco in a weary voice.

"What Draco?" she said not looking up from her work.

"Can you help me with this?"

"Wait a second, I'm busy. Can't you figure it out yourself?"

"It's only a quick question or don't you want to be bothered by me anymore."

She wasn't paying much attention to what he was saying until she realized that she just gave him a message that she didn't want him to be near her anymore.

"Fine I guess I won't talk to you anymore then." he said sounding hurt and angry.

She opened her mouth to say something but he slammed his book shut with such force all of his parchment went scattering across the room. He knocked his chair over and went to bed leaving Hermione alone in the now deserted common room.

Hermione was stubborn and wasn't about to apologize to Draco. In her eyes he shouldn't have lost his temper with her. They didn't talk much unless they had no other choice since the time when Draco saw a Ravenclaw guy with his arm around Hermione's shoulder in the hall before lunch.

He had a look of repulsion across his face. He began to think that their entire relationship had just collapsed and that when they finally spoke again that they would have to start over.

It was a nippy December morning, and the flurries were just beginning to disappear as Hermione and Harry headed to Care of Magical Creatures, the last lesson of the day.

"Now I 'ave yer exams from yesterday." Hagrid said as with a scarf wrapped tightly around his neck blocking out the stinging wind.

The test papers were passed out and the class was dismissed early as a gift for the holidays.

Hermione was walking across the grounds talking to Harry. Everything he was saying was blocked out when Draco walked past her with a group of Slytherin. He threw a crumpled paper on the ground in front of her.

She picked it up and looked at it. In Hagrid's choppy handwriting was a giant F in red ink scribbled on his exam paper. She was greeted with a gust of warmth as she stepped into the castle. Instead of her feeling happy and in taking the warmth, she had a pit in her stomach of guilt. She realized that she was responsible for Draco failing; she was too damn stubborn to say two words to him 'I'm sorry'.

The carriages were ready to take the Hogwarts students to Hogsmeade station to go home for the winter holidays. Hermione packed all of her things and went to the edge of the grounds to direct the younger years.

She was sitting on the train in an empty compartment. She would have liked to sit with anyone. She would even sit with Ron if she had to, anything to keep her guilt out of her mind. Harry and Ron were amongst the many Gryffindor students staying at Hogwarts for the winter Holidays.

The train whistle blew and the train jerked to a stop. She got up and began to exit the train onto the platform. She saw Draco walking away with his father. At this moment she realized how much she really missed him. She watched him until he was out of site.

"Hermione were over here!" she heard her parents call.

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Christmas was great for Hermione. She hung out with her muggle friends and even forgot about Draco for the majority of the time. But when she was alone at night her heart felt so heavy with guilt that all she wanted to do was go running into Draco's arms and kiss him, or even just have him hold onto her…forever.

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At the Malfoy manor Draco sat in the parlor drinking coffee and intently listening to what was going on in the death eater meeting. His mind drifted off to Hermione and how he wished he hadn't lost his temper. Flashbacks of her beautiful face grinning with the Ravenclaw boy's arm on her shoulder kept searing into his mind. Draco was brought back to the present with his name being called and a hot liquid on his new black robes. He was so deep in thought he forgot about what was going on during the meeting and his anger made him drop his coffee cup and his hand was clenched in a death grip.

"Draco…are you ready for the mark?" said a masked death eater.

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