Disclaimer: J. K. Rowling is not my daughter. Therefore, Harry Potter does not belong to me in any way (unless you believe in the bible and Adam and Eve). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ When Draco later walked into the Great Hall, he immediately began to hear Hermione. * There he is. Would he take me to the Hala ball? No, I forgot, I'm a mudblood. He'll never even look at me. You know, it's funny, the bond thing hasn't worked yet. Oh, crap! I have Muggle studies homework that I have to do with him. Well, that may not be so bad, who knows? * Draco smiled slightly and his brain exploded with comments. * He smiled, oh what a wonderful sight! If only he smiled some more! * Draco swaggered over to Hermione and when he got over to her, she looked up, smiling. As soon as she saw Draco, the smile was quite wiped off her face, like someone had cracked an egg on her head. "Hi, Granger. We have homework together, so I wondered if you wanted to do it after lunch?" he offered. Hermione thought a little. * What do I say? What do I say? Yes? Well, that'd be logical. Help! * "Uh, yeah, that's fine," she cleared her throat. "I'll be at the back table." Draco nodded and strode off, going to get his homework because he wasn't particularly hungry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ When Hermione walked in she sat down silently and waited for Draco. She didn't know what she was going to say if he asked her a question. Two arms snaked their way in front of her eyes and blocked her eyes. She shrieked and Draco sat next to her. "What did you do that for?" she nearly yelled. "Impulse," he replied slyly. Hermione glared at him, and went back to working. Half an hour later, Hermione caught Draco looking at her, almost drooling. "What?" she asked. "Oh, just admiring your.beauty, I suppose," he replied. "You callin' me beautiful?" she asked softly. * Please don't, Draco. Don't say I am! I know you'll lie! * "Yep!" he responded, smirking. * Oh, no! He's calling me beautiful! Help! * Instead of replying though, she gathered up her things and stood up to go. Draco pulled her back on to the chair. Sheer terror was wiped on to her face and he leant forward to her. * Kiss me! Kiss me why don't you? * Hermione teased. Draco wrapped his hand around her cheek, and Hermione closed her eyes and Draco moved closer. His lips brushed hers and she responded. Her arms wrapped around his neck and his head dipped and sampled her mouth. His tongue rolled over her nose and his spare hand enveloped her waist, pulling her into his lap. A small whimper escaped her lips and Draco pulled back. Hermione opened her eyes and couldn't believe it! She had kissed, almost made out, with the cutest, and apart from Harry, the most popular guy in school. * I don't believe it! How could he? Ooh my gosh! I think I love him. That can not be good! Oh, kiss me again, kiss me again! * Hermione was practically yelling in his brain. He kissed her again, and she took off her cloak, unveiling her school uniform. His right hand slid up her jumper and fiddled with her buttons. But Hermione pushed his hand back down and wrapped it around her waist. She ran her hands through his hair, admiring the softness. * What the hell am I doing? Stop Hermione! Stop! * But Hermione couldn't stop. When Draco took his hand from her waist and curled it under her leg to pull her closer, she wriggled up and Hermione's brain went into overdrive. * No, Hermione! Stop! But it's too good! No! Stop thinking like that! Stop! * Draco pulled away and looked at Hermione closed eyes. She opened them slowly and looked at Draco, her eyes misty. His electric eyes blazed with fire and love. "Why'd you stop?" she said slowly. "I can go again if you want," he said smirking. * Why is he teasing me? Oh, but the kisses he gives are good. I'll kiss him any time. * "No, I.I'm fine. We have to get together sometime. Ok?" Hermione replied. "After dinner tomorrow. Behind the big tree at near the Quidditch pitch," Draco said. Hermione nodded. She got up and walked off, dreaming of tomorrow. Her thoughts raged of him and the kiss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ The following day, just after dinner, Hermione walked down to the tree Draco was talking about. She waited for five minutes and heavy footsteps began to wander towards the tree. Hermione decided to lay down and close her eyes. Someone, probably Draco, sat next to her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ A/N: Ok, next chapter, Draco and Hermione are caught kissing (heh heh, catch the drift?) and possibly Harry and Ron find out. Should Harry and Ron come next, or chapter 4? You answer that!