Chapter 2: First Kiss
"Having fun?" Draco asked Hermione softly.
"Yeah...Maybe I have judged you in the past."
"So now you notice?" Draco asked with a quizzical eyebrow. Hermione started to laugh.
"I never really thought about how your life was...I just thought that...Well I mean you were so mean to us."
"What do you mean as in us?"
"Well Harry, Ron, me, and everyone else who wasn't a Slytherin."
"I think I was just relieving myself of some anger I had."
"Do you want to know what I think Draco?"
"First name basis....This must be a good sign."
"I've been calling you by your first name pretty much the whole day."
"Really? I like it when you say my name like that. You don't say it like you're expecting something from me or like you're ordering me around. Its sounds nice coming from your lips. Lucius named me...I thought he was my real dad until my mom told me last year. I think I thought it was a good thing because the one thing that kept me from hating him was that he was my father. When I found out I was mad, upset, glad, it was like all these different emotions inside of me."
"Well at least you managed to get through it." Hermione said lightly. Draco looked up.
"What do you mean at least I got through it?"
"Harry's been giving me crap since the beginning of the year and well you...You've been dealing with your...Well Lucius for a very long time."
"And this is a good thing?"
"Well I mean...you managed to keep your emotions inside of you...unlike me."
"Do you mean when you cried in front of me and all?" Hermione started to nod slowly.
"Well if it weren't for your little breakdown we wouldn't be up here right now talking."
"I guess being a prefect has its high points. Like being up here in my own room with a guy." Hermione said with a grin.
"Isn't the view perfect Hermione? Usually I watch it alone in my own dorm, but for once I'm not alone."
"Oh yeah! I forgot you were the Slytherin prefect! I didn't know you watched the sunset."
"Actually I started watching the sunset and sunrise when I saw you watching it when we first became prefects. You just looked so damn peaceful that I was jealous."
"Funny because I never noticed you."
"I didn't think you did. You look like you're in a trance when you're out here. That's when I first started to like you. That's when I kinda started questioning how I acted around you and other people of course." Shock was written all over Hermione's face, but she was still smiling.
"It's funny because if someone told me that I was going to be doing this with you today...I would've laughed and told them to get a life. I never thought that I would feel this way for you, but I do. This all kind of confuses me. I always thought you were a creep and then feeling all this for you in only a few hours...It's just really weird."
"Then I would consider ourselves...Soul mates Hermione."
"You're kidding, right?" She said laughing.
"Well how it all worked out...you hating me and me sorta hating you and then ending up kissing you and being your boyfriend."
"Oh please Draco. Do you know what someone else would call what we were doing?"
"What?"
"Probably flirting...like hey it's Hermione and Draco up there. What are they doing together—looking"
"Looking so happy. We'd be voted most unexpected couple of the year."
"Yeah we probably would, wouldn't we?"
"Hermione...could I ask you something?"
"Sure anything."
"Would you be my girlfriend?"
"Well judging from today I think we're bound to be...I guess you can never really escape finding someone you really like or finding your soul mate as you would say it." Then both Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy started to laugh and neither one of them could stop.
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"I'm sorry about yesterday Hermione. It's just Dumbledore asked me to be the new Gryffindor prefect and I felt uncomfortable and angry that he would ask me. I'm really sorry Hermione...will you forgive me?"
"Yes Harry I do forgive you. Something good happened because of your outburst yesterday so I should be thanking you."
"What happened?" Harry asked with obvious curiosity.
"Oh um...Just something good Harry. Just something good." Hermione zoned out for a moment while recollecting her moments with Draco yesterday.
"Hermione I have something to tell you."
"Harry I have something to tell you too!"
"Since you sound so excited why don't you go first Hermione."
"Well okay. Promise you won't get mad when I tell you Harry."
"Okay."
"I've got a boyfriend." Hermione said quickly.
"I know that Hermione...Viktor Krum...now what's the real news?" When Harry said this Hermione gasped.
"Omigod Harry! I completely forgot about Viktor! I have to break up with him."
"Wha—what do you mean break up with him?"
"I've got a different boyfriend Harry."
"Well who is it because I'm not getting the picture."
"It—it's Draco." Hermione said with happiness.
"WHAT!!!!"
"Harry be quiet."
"How can I be quiet?!"
"Harry please if it bothers you that I'm still Viktor's girlfriend and it seems I'm cheating on him, I'll break up with him as soon as I can...I swear."
"That's not the point Hermione!!!"
"HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU ARE HIS GIRLFRIEND??!!! HOW CAN YOU EVEN LOOK AT HIM WITHOUT GETTING SICK??!!!!"
"Harry shut up...I've had enough crap from you! Whining how Ron and Sirius are in a coma because of you...always angry and never talking to me! He's someone who'll actually listen to me unlike you who is so obsessed and self absorbed to know that he is!" Hermione said in an angry whisper. She got up quickly and walked away with clenched fists.
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"YOU TOLD HARRY!!!"
"Not you too Draco!" "I told Harry this morning at breakfast and we've been avoiding each other the whole day."
"Just kill me now Hermione...just kill me now."
"Stop it Draco! You're being just as immature about it as Harry was."
"Well at least I'm not screaming at the top of my lungs saying that you should be sick when you see him."
"How—what?!"
"How did I know? Everyone heard...He wasn't exactly whispering...."
"Oh...well he had no right to say something like that!"
"Well if it hadn't been for yesterday you probably would've agreed with him..."
"Of course I would've Draco." Hermione said smiling.
"Kiss me."
"What?!"
"Just kiss me Hermione, I know you want to."
"No I don't." But even as she said this she crept closer to Draco. He wrapped his arms around her and they kissed. Both Draco Malfoy's and Hermione Granger's first kiss.
But as both of them were enjoying their first kiss, someone was watching them from a window placed on a very high tower that stood alone.
"Having fun?" Draco asked Hermione softly.
"Yeah...Maybe I have judged you in the past."
"So now you notice?" Draco asked with a quizzical eyebrow. Hermione started to laugh.
"I never really thought about how your life was...I just thought that...Well I mean you were so mean to us."
"What do you mean as in us?"
"Well Harry, Ron, me, and everyone else who wasn't a Slytherin."
"I think I was just relieving myself of some anger I had."
"Do you want to know what I think Draco?"
"First name basis....This must be a good sign."
"I've been calling you by your first name pretty much the whole day."
"Really? I like it when you say my name like that. You don't say it like you're expecting something from me or like you're ordering me around. Its sounds nice coming from your lips. Lucius named me...I thought he was my real dad until my mom told me last year. I think I thought it was a good thing because the one thing that kept me from hating him was that he was my father. When I found out I was mad, upset, glad, it was like all these different emotions inside of me."
"Well at least you managed to get through it." Hermione said lightly. Draco looked up.
"What do you mean at least I got through it?"
"Harry's been giving me crap since the beginning of the year and well you...You've been dealing with your...Well Lucius for a very long time."
"And this is a good thing?"
"Well I mean...you managed to keep your emotions inside of you...unlike me."
"Do you mean when you cried in front of me and all?" Hermione started to nod slowly.
"Well if it weren't for your little breakdown we wouldn't be up here right now talking."
"I guess being a prefect has its high points. Like being up here in my own room with a guy." Hermione said with a grin.
"Isn't the view perfect Hermione? Usually I watch it alone in my own dorm, but for once I'm not alone."
"Oh yeah! I forgot you were the Slytherin prefect! I didn't know you watched the sunset."
"Actually I started watching the sunset and sunrise when I saw you watching it when we first became prefects. You just looked so damn peaceful that I was jealous."
"Funny because I never noticed you."
"I didn't think you did. You look like you're in a trance when you're out here. That's when I first started to like you. That's when I kinda started questioning how I acted around you and other people of course." Shock was written all over Hermione's face, but she was still smiling.
"It's funny because if someone told me that I was going to be doing this with you today...I would've laughed and told them to get a life. I never thought that I would feel this way for you, but I do. This all kind of confuses me. I always thought you were a creep and then feeling all this for you in only a few hours...It's just really weird."
"Then I would consider ourselves...Soul mates Hermione."
"You're kidding, right?" She said laughing.
"Well how it all worked out...you hating me and me sorta hating you and then ending up kissing you and being your boyfriend."
"Oh please Draco. Do you know what someone else would call what we were doing?"
"What?"
"Probably flirting...like hey it's Hermione and Draco up there. What are they doing together—looking"
"Looking so happy. We'd be voted most unexpected couple of the year."
"Yeah we probably would, wouldn't we?"
"Hermione...could I ask you something?"
"Sure anything."
"Would you be my girlfriend?"
"Well judging from today I think we're bound to be...I guess you can never really escape finding someone you really like or finding your soul mate as you would say it." Then both Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy started to laugh and neither one of them could stop.
~ ~ ~
"I'm sorry about yesterday Hermione. It's just Dumbledore asked me to be the new Gryffindor prefect and I felt uncomfortable and angry that he would ask me. I'm really sorry Hermione...will you forgive me?"
"Yes Harry I do forgive you. Something good happened because of your outburst yesterday so I should be thanking you."
"What happened?" Harry asked with obvious curiosity.
"Oh um...Just something good Harry. Just something good." Hermione zoned out for a moment while recollecting her moments with Draco yesterday.
"Hermione I have something to tell you."
"Harry I have something to tell you too!"
"Since you sound so excited why don't you go first Hermione."
"Well okay. Promise you won't get mad when I tell you Harry."
"Okay."
"I've got a boyfriend." Hermione said quickly.
"I know that Hermione...Viktor Krum...now what's the real news?" When Harry said this Hermione gasped.
"Omigod Harry! I completely forgot about Viktor! I have to break up with him."
"Wha—what do you mean break up with him?"
"I've got a different boyfriend Harry."
"Well who is it because I'm not getting the picture."
"It—it's Draco." Hermione said with happiness.
"WHAT!!!!"
"Harry be quiet."
"How can I be quiet?!"
"Harry please if it bothers you that I'm still Viktor's girlfriend and it seems I'm cheating on him, I'll break up with him as soon as I can...I swear."
"That's not the point Hermione!!!"
"HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU ARE HIS GIRLFRIEND??!!! HOW CAN YOU EVEN LOOK AT HIM WITHOUT GETTING SICK??!!!!"
"Harry shut up...I've had enough crap from you! Whining how Ron and Sirius are in a coma because of you...always angry and never talking to me! He's someone who'll actually listen to me unlike you who is so obsessed and self absorbed to know that he is!" Hermione said in an angry whisper. She got up quickly and walked away with clenched fists.
~ ~ ~
"YOU TOLD HARRY!!!"
"Not you too Draco!" "I told Harry this morning at breakfast and we've been avoiding each other the whole day."
"Just kill me now Hermione...just kill me now."
"Stop it Draco! You're being just as immature about it as Harry was."
"Well at least I'm not screaming at the top of my lungs saying that you should be sick when you see him."
"How—what?!"
"How did I know? Everyone heard...He wasn't exactly whispering...."
"Oh...well he had no right to say something like that!"
"Well if it hadn't been for yesterday you probably would've agreed with him..."
"Of course I would've Draco." Hermione said smiling.
"Kiss me."
"What?!"
"Just kiss me Hermione, I know you want to."
"No I don't." But even as she said this she crept closer to Draco. He wrapped his arms around her and they kissed. Both Draco Malfoy's and Hermione Granger's first kiss.
But as both of them were enjoying their first kiss, someone was watching them from a window placed on a very high tower that stood alone.