Hey, another chappie, I hope those who are reading this enjoy
it. It was a pleasure to write, especially since that i get REAL bored in
class, and have nothing better to do than to write in a notebook, then type
and post it when I get home... yep, I have no life. lol. Enjoy.
Oh, and i wanted to thank those who have reviewed my story. You don't know what they mean to me (unless you write stories and know how hard it is to write a story good enough for reviews). I thank littoxkigga wolf-boi and jess. the THREE people who have reviewed my story. I hope you will keep reviewing and tell me what you think.
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During dinner, Ron appologized, AGAIN, to Hermoine, who forgave him.
"Hey Hermoine, you never told us if you were comming with us for the Holiday."
Hermoine mentally slapped her head, she had completely forgotten about tonight being the last night before everyone left for vacation. She bit her lip. "I can't go guys. I need to stay here... oficial Head duties." She wasn't very good at lying, but this one wasn't actually a lie, she did have Head duties, but she would be able to get out of it for the holiday, but she was too curious about what was happening between her and Draco."I'll see you guys when you get back," she said getting up from the table and giving them both hugs. "Have fun, and tell your mum I said hi and thanks for the invitation."
When she left, Hermoine hurried to her Common Room, eager to hear about Draco's father.
For some reason the other Heads didn't go to bed as early as they usually do, so Hermoine suggested talking and studdying in her room. She left and Draco followed her a few minutes later, looking like he was going to the bathroom, which was right by her room door.
Since the drought they had taken in Potions was still in effect, neither of them were the slightest bit nervous about being alone in Hermoine's room.
"So..." Draco started, "You wanted to know about my dad."
"Yeah, if you don't mind talking about it."
He shook his head, "Not at all... What do you wanna know?"
"Um... Why did you decide to turn him in when you did? I mean, you must have known for years what he was. Why wait until last summer to do it?"
"Well... It was only then when he started trying to include me in some of the things he does, but I would have no part in it. Protecting him is one thing, he's my father., but...
"Anyway, we got into a fight about it. There was... certain people... he wanted me to kill and said that if I didn't do it, he would. And then he'd come after me.
"I didn't really care if he did though. I can take care of myself alright, but... the people...
"Anyway I turned him into the Ministry of Magic, and that's basically it."
There was a moment of silence and Hermoine realized that there was no one in the Common Room, so they went out there (the drought was beggining to wear off and it made them nervous)
Once they were seated on the sofa, Hermoine asked the question that was on her mind since near the beggining of his story. "Who were the people he wanted you to kill?"
He didn't say anything at first, just looked at his hands laying in his lap. Then he looked up, and looked straight into her eyes, into her soul. "You... and Weasly."
"What?" Why would Lucious want her and Ron dead? Wouldn't he want Harry dead?
"He knew you two were Potter's best friends." he explained "And that it was you who made him strong." Draco began to fidget. "If he had asked me the first or second year, or maybe even the third, I might have done it."
As unsurprising as it that was, she was still a little shocked to hear him say it.
"But," he continued, "we've both changed since then, and i knew" he brought his hand up to caress the side of her face, "that I could never bring myself to do it... not now... and I couldn't let my father do it either."
"Draco..." she said at a loss for words, and he brought his mouth down on hers, a kiss as gentle and as light as if his lips were the wings of a butterfly.
"Hermoine..." he whispered against her lips. She kissed him back, almost as softly as when he kissed her.
When she pulled back, and opened her eyes, she was amazed by what she saw in his. SHe seen awe, lust, and something she's never seen directed at her. Love.
She felt her cheeks heat up with embarrassment. She stood up. "It's getting late, I should get to bed." She walked quickly to her door.
"Hermoine..." She turned. She could see that he was also embarrassed about what just happened. "...Goodnight." She smiled at him and dissapeared behind her door.
She laid on her bed, her fingers touching her muth, and a dreamy expression was on her face. She could still feel his lips on hers. She smile, rolled over, and went to sleep. For once, in quite a while, without the help of the calming drought.
This time when she dreamed, it wasn't the same one she'd been having but couldn't remember, this one was like a collage of memories as well as some stuff mad up by her subconcious,
The first thing she seen was her and Viktor, before they broke up. (It was like she was seeing it from a different body instead of her own.), and she seen how happy she was. It almost brought a tear to her eye when she thought of how he really was.
Then the scene flashed and suddnely she was where she had caught him cheating on her. She couldn't hold the tears in this time, they flowed freely down her face.
There was a series of scenes just flashing by. They were all of the good time she'd been having with Draco lately, including their kiss. There was something she noticed
She was hapier while she was spending time with Draco than she had ever had when she was with Viktor, even though she wasn't even dating him.
When he scene of thier kiss flashed by in her mind, it stopped there, letting it all play out... but something was different... When he pulled away and whispered her name, instead of her kissing him back, he whipered three more words... "I love you"
It hit her, she knew he was going to say that, even while they kissed. That was why she kissed him, she couldn't bear to hear him say it. but now, she was no longer afraid of love.
She jerked awake "Oh my God" Her hand clamped over her mouth. She fell for him, even before the kiss. She knew it. That's why she defended him against Ron.
She glanced at the clock. It was almost 5:30. Breakfast wouldn't be fore almost 2 hours, and she knew she'd never get back to sleep so she went to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
When she came out of the bathroom all dressed, she seen that Draco was also up. "Why are you up so early?" She asked.
"I was about to ask you the same question."They both let out a nervous laugh. "I woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep. What about you?"
"The same." There was an akward silence. The knew they needed to talk about last night, but neither wanted to be the first to bring it up.
"Listen, about-" They both said at the same time, which caused them to cut off and laugh. "You first." Once again at the same time (more laughter)
"Hermoine, about last night..." This time Malfoy managed to say something with out Hermoine saying something at the same time."
"What about last night?"
He looked at her, a little confused. "Wel... we-uh-kissed, for one thing." She blushed "and we should talk about what we are going to do."
"What do you mean?" Hermoine was playing dumb. He knew it. She knew he knew it. But she wanted to know exactly where she stood with him. She didn't want to jump into anything and get hurt like she did before, even though a part of her knew that he wouldn't hurt her. Atleast not that way.
He knew something bad had happened before, he could tell by the way she had acted after she broke up with Viktor, but he didn't know exactly what happened "Well," he said," We can either forget last night even happened... or" he stepped closer to her and took her hands in his, "or we could make it more, build something between us... I prefer the second one."
She looked up into his eyes. She almost expected him to drop it, turn into the Malfoy that hated her and lived to see her suffer instead of this one, who obviously seems to care about her. She smile, tears threatening to come from her eyes and she nodded. "So would I"
She had never seen him happier than when those words passed her lips.He pulled her into a hug and laughed, it was a joyful laugh, not one of the cynical, hateful laughs she had always heard from him before. "You know. I half-expected you to slap, me, call me Ferret, and run."
They both laughed. "Yeah, well..." They sat on the couch, Draco had his arm around her shoulder, talking aobut random things.
Soon they heard a door open and seen Pansy Parkison walk out of her dorm (she's Slytherine's Head Girl) "Draco! What the fuck are you doing with that mudblood?!"
Before Hermoine of Pansy could blink, he had Pansy up against her closed door, holding her by the neck. "Don't you ever, EVER, call her that again."
Her eyes went so wide that Hermoine thought that they might pop out of her head "N-no." she stuttered. "N-n-never." When he let her go she ran out of the Common Room with fear in her eyes. Most likly she was going to the Slytherine Comon Room.
"C'mon." He said, calming down and returning to her side. "We could go to lunch now, the Hall will be open."
She nodded. "Okay" They left the room, hand in hand
((A/N: I was very tempted to end the chapter here, but I decided not to. Lucky you, you get to read more of my story.))
They spent the rest of the week talking and getting to know eachother better. All too soon the break ended and they had to go back to their regular schedule
When Draco and Hermoine reached the Great Hall for breakfast, on the first day of the end of the holiday, he kissed her cheek and left her to go to his own table.
Hermoine sat down at her own table, Harry and Ron were already there. Harry gave her a look that let her know that he had seen what just happened between her and Draco. (it wasn't an angry look, just a 'what the hell was that' look) but it was obvious that Ron didn't see it 'cause he was still chatting happily about Quiddich.
When Harry looked back at Ron, the look was gone. "I'll be right back Ron." He looked at Hermoine. saying without words that he wanted her to follow him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Whether you did or didn't, please click that cute little button in the corner and tell me what you think. If you give ma a cute little review.... I'll give you a shiney new chappie :-) Well, until next time, good-bye.
Oh, and i wanted to thank those who have reviewed my story. You don't know what they mean to me (unless you write stories and know how hard it is to write a story good enough for reviews). I thank littoxkigga wolf-boi and jess. the THREE people who have reviewed my story. I hope you will keep reviewing and tell me what you think.
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During dinner, Ron appologized, AGAIN, to Hermoine, who forgave him.
"Hey Hermoine, you never told us if you were comming with us for the Holiday."
Hermoine mentally slapped her head, she had completely forgotten about tonight being the last night before everyone left for vacation. She bit her lip. "I can't go guys. I need to stay here... oficial Head duties." She wasn't very good at lying, but this one wasn't actually a lie, she did have Head duties, but she would be able to get out of it for the holiday, but she was too curious about what was happening between her and Draco."I'll see you guys when you get back," she said getting up from the table and giving them both hugs. "Have fun, and tell your mum I said hi and thanks for the invitation."
When she left, Hermoine hurried to her Common Room, eager to hear about Draco's father.
For some reason the other Heads didn't go to bed as early as they usually do, so Hermoine suggested talking and studdying in her room. She left and Draco followed her a few minutes later, looking like he was going to the bathroom, which was right by her room door.
Since the drought they had taken in Potions was still in effect, neither of them were the slightest bit nervous about being alone in Hermoine's room.
"So..." Draco started, "You wanted to know about my dad."
"Yeah, if you don't mind talking about it."
He shook his head, "Not at all... What do you wanna know?"
"Um... Why did you decide to turn him in when you did? I mean, you must have known for years what he was. Why wait until last summer to do it?"
"Well... It was only then when he started trying to include me in some of the things he does, but I would have no part in it. Protecting him is one thing, he's my father., but...
"Anyway, we got into a fight about it. There was... certain people... he wanted me to kill and said that if I didn't do it, he would. And then he'd come after me.
"I didn't really care if he did though. I can take care of myself alright, but... the people...
"Anyway I turned him into the Ministry of Magic, and that's basically it."
There was a moment of silence and Hermoine realized that there was no one in the Common Room, so they went out there (the drought was beggining to wear off and it made them nervous)
Once they were seated on the sofa, Hermoine asked the question that was on her mind since near the beggining of his story. "Who were the people he wanted you to kill?"
He didn't say anything at first, just looked at his hands laying in his lap. Then he looked up, and looked straight into her eyes, into her soul. "You... and Weasly."
"What?" Why would Lucious want her and Ron dead? Wouldn't he want Harry dead?
"He knew you two were Potter's best friends." he explained "And that it was you who made him strong." Draco began to fidget. "If he had asked me the first or second year, or maybe even the third, I might have done it."
As unsurprising as it that was, she was still a little shocked to hear him say it.
"But," he continued, "we've both changed since then, and i knew" he brought his hand up to caress the side of her face, "that I could never bring myself to do it... not now... and I couldn't let my father do it either."
"Draco..." she said at a loss for words, and he brought his mouth down on hers, a kiss as gentle and as light as if his lips were the wings of a butterfly.
"Hermoine..." he whispered against her lips. She kissed him back, almost as softly as when he kissed her.
When she pulled back, and opened her eyes, she was amazed by what she saw in his. SHe seen awe, lust, and something she's never seen directed at her. Love.
She felt her cheeks heat up with embarrassment. She stood up. "It's getting late, I should get to bed." She walked quickly to her door.
"Hermoine..." She turned. She could see that he was also embarrassed about what just happened. "...Goodnight." She smiled at him and dissapeared behind her door.
She laid on her bed, her fingers touching her muth, and a dreamy expression was on her face. She could still feel his lips on hers. She smile, rolled over, and went to sleep. For once, in quite a while, without the help of the calming drought.
This time when she dreamed, it wasn't the same one she'd been having but couldn't remember, this one was like a collage of memories as well as some stuff mad up by her subconcious,
The first thing she seen was her and Viktor, before they broke up. (It was like she was seeing it from a different body instead of her own.), and she seen how happy she was. It almost brought a tear to her eye when she thought of how he really was.
Then the scene flashed and suddnely she was where she had caught him cheating on her. She couldn't hold the tears in this time, they flowed freely down her face.
There was a series of scenes just flashing by. They were all of the good time she'd been having with Draco lately, including their kiss. There was something she noticed
She was hapier while she was spending time with Draco than she had ever had when she was with Viktor, even though she wasn't even dating him.
When he scene of thier kiss flashed by in her mind, it stopped there, letting it all play out... but something was different... When he pulled away and whispered her name, instead of her kissing him back, he whipered three more words... "I love you"
It hit her, she knew he was going to say that, even while they kissed. That was why she kissed him, she couldn't bear to hear him say it. but now, she was no longer afraid of love.
She jerked awake "Oh my God" Her hand clamped over her mouth. She fell for him, even before the kiss. She knew it. That's why she defended him against Ron.
She glanced at the clock. It was almost 5:30. Breakfast wouldn't be fore almost 2 hours, and she knew she'd never get back to sleep so she went to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
When she came out of the bathroom all dressed, she seen that Draco was also up. "Why are you up so early?" She asked.
"I was about to ask you the same question."They both let out a nervous laugh. "I woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep. What about you?"
"The same." There was an akward silence. The knew they needed to talk about last night, but neither wanted to be the first to bring it up.
"Listen, about-" They both said at the same time, which caused them to cut off and laugh. "You first." Once again at the same time (more laughter)
"Hermoine, about last night..." This time Malfoy managed to say something with out Hermoine saying something at the same time."
"What about last night?"
He looked at her, a little confused. "Wel... we-uh-kissed, for one thing." She blushed "and we should talk about what we are going to do."
"What do you mean?" Hermoine was playing dumb. He knew it. She knew he knew it. But she wanted to know exactly where she stood with him. She didn't want to jump into anything and get hurt like she did before, even though a part of her knew that he wouldn't hurt her. Atleast not that way.
He knew something bad had happened before, he could tell by the way she had acted after she broke up with Viktor, but he didn't know exactly what happened "Well," he said," We can either forget last night even happened... or" he stepped closer to her and took her hands in his, "or we could make it more, build something between us... I prefer the second one."
She looked up into his eyes. She almost expected him to drop it, turn into the Malfoy that hated her and lived to see her suffer instead of this one, who obviously seems to care about her. She smile, tears threatening to come from her eyes and she nodded. "So would I"
She had never seen him happier than when those words passed her lips.He pulled her into a hug and laughed, it was a joyful laugh, not one of the cynical, hateful laughs she had always heard from him before. "You know. I half-expected you to slap, me, call me Ferret, and run."
They both laughed. "Yeah, well..." They sat on the couch, Draco had his arm around her shoulder, talking aobut random things.
Soon they heard a door open and seen Pansy Parkison walk out of her dorm (she's Slytherine's Head Girl) "Draco! What the fuck are you doing with that mudblood?!"
Before Hermoine of Pansy could blink, he had Pansy up against her closed door, holding her by the neck. "Don't you ever, EVER, call her that again."
Her eyes went so wide that Hermoine thought that they might pop out of her head "N-no." she stuttered. "N-n-never." When he let her go she ran out of the Common Room with fear in her eyes. Most likly she was going to the Slytherine Comon Room.
"C'mon." He said, calming down and returning to her side. "We could go to lunch now, the Hall will be open."
She nodded. "Okay" They left the room, hand in hand
((A/N: I was very tempted to end the chapter here, but I decided not to. Lucky you, you get to read more of my story.))
They spent the rest of the week talking and getting to know eachother better. All too soon the break ended and they had to go back to their regular schedule
When Draco and Hermoine reached the Great Hall for breakfast, on the first day of the end of the holiday, he kissed her cheek and left her to go to his own table.
Hermoine sat down at her own table, Harry and Ron were already there. Harry gave her a look that let her know that he had seen what just happened between her and Draco. (it wasn't an angry look, just a 'what the hell was that' look) but it was obvious that Ron didn't see it 'cause he was still chatting happily about Quiddich.
When Harry looked back at Ron, the look was gone. "I'll be right back Ron." He looked at Hermoine. saying without words that he wanted her to follow him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Whether you did or didn't, please click that cute little button in the corner and tell me what you think. If you give ma a cute little review.... I'll give you a shiney new chappie :-) Well, until next time, good-bye.