Chapter 16
The next morning at breakfast, Harry and Ron were rather quiet. After a quick glance at the two of them, Hermione sighed and gazed across to the Slytherin table. Draco was talking animatedly to a boy who's name she didn't know. At that moment, Draco looked up and they caught each other's eyes. She smiled, and he smiled back, before turning back to his conversation.
Hermione set her attention back to her food. She wasn't particularly hungry after last night's events, but there was nothing better to do so she ate it.
The night before she had talked to the boys for at least an hour. Ginny had stood by listening and nodding. Hermione wasn't sure if she'd made progress, but at least Harry and Ron seemed to be acceptant of her story.
The first class they had was potions, and Hermione was hoping to get a chance to talk to Draco. She felt like she hadn't seen him in ages. As she stirred her porridge around, she wondered how long it would take for the entire student body to find out about them.***
Potions class seemed to drag on forever. They were working on a very complex potion that was supposed to make the drinker full of energy for an hour. She kept glancing up at Draco, who was sitting in the front of the room as usual. Harry and Ron threw each other obvious glances occasionally. In fact, it seemed to happen every time Hermione began thinking about Draco. How nice he looked, even from the back...
Class ended, and Hermione hoped Draco would drop back so that they could speak. She very slowly packed her stuff, waving Ron and Harry ahead, and soon, Draco and Hermione were the only ones in the room besides Snape. Hermione caught Draco's eye, and went outside of the classroom to wait. He came out smiling and immediately pushed her against the wall to kiss her.
"I've missed you," he said, "where have you been?" "Well, Harry and Ron know... about us," she replied turning serious. "I've been trying to convince them not to hate me." She sighed. Draco looked empathetic and kissed her again. "How are they treating you? You know, if they're not treating you well, it wouldn't hurt if I just cursed them behind their backs. They would never know it was me." Hermione glared at him and replied, "They're still my friends, you know. Besides they're taking it....erm... they're okay I guess." She shrugged as they walked down the deserted hallway together.
Class must have already started, but Hermione didn't care if she was a bit late. She missed Draco.
"Hey, let's get together tonight," Draco said casually, "I feel like I haven't seen you in a really long time."
Hermione smiled at him, "I know, same here."
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That night, before her meeting with Draco, Hermione saw a notice for a Hogsmeade weekend in the Gryffindor common room.
'Hogsmeade!' she thought. 'I wish Draco and I could go together.. but if Draco's father found out...'
No matter what happened, it seemed as if there was always a new obstacle in the way of their relationship.
Hermione glanced around the common room. Harry and Ron were sitting at a table near the fire. She walked over and sat with them.
"You two going to Hogsmeade?"
"Nope, we have Quidditch practice," mumbled Ron. "We have a game the next day against Ravenclaw," murmured Harry.
Hermione sighed. They were still going to act all dull around her, were they?
She glanced at the clock. It was ten till eight, which was the time that she was meeting Draco.
"Well, see you later, then," she said to them before standing up and leaving through the portrait hole.
They watched her leave, and then looked at each other exasperatingly.
"Where do you reckon she's off to?" asked Harry. "I don't think I want to know," replied Ron, shaking his head. ***
Draco was waiting for Hermione in the Prefects bathroom, their pre-destined meeting place. They were both Prefects, and seeing as they could lock the door if they so desired, they weren't really worried about people coming in and seeing them together.
Hermione reached the hallway containing the bathroom.
'This is where Draco told me he loved me,' she thought fondly. It seemed like it had been so long ago.
When she opened the door, she saw that Draco was submerged in great mounds of bubbles in the huge swimming pool sized tub. She gasped.
"Hey, Hermione," he said, pulling his hand out of the water and waving.
She stared at him wide-eyed.
"Erm, ya naked under there, Draco, dear?" she said, half-jokingly.
He laughed, "Why, do you want me to be?"
"Maybe," she smiled.
"Hehe, well I'm not, so too bad for you, but come on in, it's great," he said, patting the water next to him.
She laughed and went into one of the curtained changing stalls to change into her bathing suit.
When she came out, she began to walk over to the edge of the tub until she realized that Draco was staring at her intently.
She blushed.
"Sorry," he said quickly, "Can I help it if you're hott when you're half naked?" He laughed.
She smiled nervously, climbed into the bathtub, and swam over to Draco.
She sat next to him on the ledge thing that was underwater, and he put his arm around her. Next thing she knew, they were kissing.
Minutes later, after the kissing had subsided, Hermione asked Draco the question which had been in her mind since she saw the Hogsmeade notice.
"Draco, what would happen if we went to Hogsmeade together?"
Draco fell silent for a minute. "Let's go," he said, turning to look at her very seriously.
She was surprised, "But isn't that a bit rash? I mean, the entire school would find out."
"So?" "Well, not only that, but... well, what about your father?" "Screw my father."
"But isn't he.. well... can't he be dangerous?" "My mother will deal with him if I tell her how important you are to me..."
Hermione was nervous, but excited all the same. "Okay, Draco. Let's go together," she said.
"Finally, no more hiding," he said in reply. ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ A/N: Erm, k so the bathing suit was kind of cheesy...but I didn't want to make them, uh, DO anything (yet) so... o.o
Wow, it's really hard to end a story. This is my longest yet and I've actually kept working on it. For,like, eight months, I think. Okay, I don't update OFTEN, but I've actually kept it up! K, I think next chapter will be the last... I say that now, but it's really hard to do. For the past eight months I could be like, "hmm maybe I'll go work on my H/D story." Weird...
The next morning at breakfast, Harry and Ron were rather quiet. After a quick glance at the two of them, Hermione sighed and gazed across to the Slytherin table. Draco was talking animatedly to a boy who's name she didn't know. At that moment, Draco looked up and they caught each other's eyes. She smiled, and he smiled back, before turning back to his conversation.
Hermione set her attention back to her food. She wasn't particularly hungry after last night's events, but there was nothing better to do so she ate it.
The night before she had talked to the boys for at least an hour. Ginny had stood by listening and nodding. Hermione wasn't sure if she'd made progress, but at least Harry and Ron seemed to be acceptant of her story.
The first class they had was potions, and Hermione was hoping to get a chance to talk to Draco. She felt like she hadn't seen him in ages. As she stirred her porridge around, she wondered how long it would take for the entire student body to find out about them.***
Potions class seemed to drag on forever. They were working on a very complex potion that was supposed to make the drinker full of energy for an hour. She kept glancing up at Draco, who was sitting in the front of the room as usual. Harry and Ron threw each other obvious glances occasionally. In fact, it seemed to happen every time Hermione began thinking about Draco. How nice he looked, even from the back...
Class ended, and Hermione hoped Draco would drop back so that they could speak. She very slowly packed her stuff, waving Ron and Harry ahead, and soon, Draco and Hermione were the only ones in the room besides Snape. Hermione caught Draco's eye, and went outside of the classroom to wait. He came out smiling and immediately pushed her against the wall to kiss her.
"I've missed you," he said, "where have you been?" "Well, Harry and Ron know... about us," she replied turning serious. "I've been trying to convince them not to hate me." She sighed. Draco looked empathetic and kissed her again. "How are they treating you? You know, if they're not treating you well, it wouldn't hurt if I just cursed them behind their backs. They would never know it was me." Hermione glared at him and replied, "They're still my friends, you know. Besides they're taking it....erm... they're okay I guess." She shrugged as they walked down the deserted hallway together.
Class must have already started, but Hermione didn't care if she was a bit late. She missed Draco.
"Hey, let's get together tonight," Draco said casually, "I feel like I haven't seen you in a really long time."
Hermione smiled at him, "I know, same here."
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That night, before her meeting with Draco, Hermione saw a notice for a Hogsmeade weekend in the Gryffindor common room.
'Hogsmeade!' she thought. 'I wish Draco and I could go together.. but if Draco's father found out...'
No matter what happened, it seemed as if there was always a new obstacle in the way of their relationship.
Hermione glanced around the common room. Harry and Ron were sitting at a table near the fire. She walked over and sat with them.
"You two going to Hogsmeade?"
"Nope, we have Quidditch practice," mumbled Ron. "We have a game the next day against Ravenclaw," murmured Harry.
Hermione sighed. They were still going to act all dull around her, were they?
She glanced at the clock. It was ten till eight, which was the time that she was meeting Draco.
"Well, see you later, then," she said to them before standing up and leaving through the portrait hole.
They watched her leave, and then looked at each other exasperatingly.
"Where do you reckon she's off to?" asked Harry. "I don't think I want to know," replied Ron, shaking his head. ***
Draco was waiting for Hermione in the Prefects bathroom, their pre-destined meeting place. They were both Prefects, and seeing as they could lock the door if they so desired, they weren't really worried about people coming in and seeing them together.
Hermione reached the hallway containing the bathroom.
'This is where Draco told me he loved me,' she thought fondly. It seemed like it had been so long ago.
When she opened the door, she saw that Draco was submerged in great mounds of bubbles in the huge swimming pool sized tub. She gasped.
"Hey, Hermione," he said, pulling his hand out of the water and waving.
She stared at him wide-eyed.
"Erm, ya naked under there, Draco, dear?" she said, half-jokingly.
He laughed, "Why, do you want me to be?"
"Maybe," she smiled.
"Hehe, well I'm not, so too bad for you, but come on in, it's great," he said, patting the water next to him.
She laughed and went into one of the curtained changing stalls to change into her bathing suit.
When she came out, she began to walk over to the edge of the tub until she realized that Draco was staring at her intently.
She blushed.
"Sorry," he said quickly, "Can I help it if you're hott when you're half naked?" He laughed.
She smiled nervously, climbed into the bathtub, and swam over to Draco.
She sat next to him on the ledge thing that was underwater, and he put his arm around her. Next thing she knew, they were kissing.
Minutes later, after the kissing had subsided, Hermione asked Draco the question which had been in her mind since she saw the Hogsmeade notice.
"Draco, what would happen if we went to Hogsmeade together?"
Draco fell silent for a minute. "Let's go," he said, turning to look at her very seriously.
She was surprised, "But isn't that a bit rash? I mean, the entire school would find out."
"So?" "Well, not only that, but... well, what about your father?" "Screw my father."
"But isn't he.. well... can't he be dangerous?" "My mother will deal with him if I tell her how important you are to me..."
Hermione was nervous, but excited all the same. "Okay, Draco. Let's go together," she said.
"Finally, no more hiding," he said in reply. ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ A/N: Erm, k so the bathing suit was kind of cheesy...but I didn't want to make them, uh, DO anything (yet) so... o.o
Wow, it's really hard to end a story. This is my longest yet and I've actually kept working on it. For,like, eight months, I think. Okay, I don't update OFTEN, but I've actually kept it up! K, I think next chapter will be the last... I say that now, but it's really hard to do. For the past eight months I could be like, "hmm maybe I'll go work on my H/D story." Weird...