Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters sorry wish I did though J. K. Rowling was a genius anyway so now ya know ; P

A/N: Well here is Chapter 2 hope you like I know that Draco is OOC but I'm sorry bear w/me. Oh and the first part of this chappie is just sort of to show you how their relationship is so don't kill me please makes a puppy dog face oh and sorry if it is overly fluff but I love overly fluffy sometimes my friend Kara said it was okay oh just read it:

"Draco! Stop! We need to work!" Hermione gasped out through fits of giggles. Draco was tickling her on the couch.

"Only if you apologies for calling me a ferret!" He had her pinned and he really didn't want to get to work.

"Fine. I'm sorry. Now stop please." He let her go and sat back down by their homework. It had been several weeks since they started their tutoring sessions and they had become the best of friends. They hid their friendship so that his father wouldn't find out. They both knew their own feelings were deeper than friendship but never said anything about it. They actually had fooled their classmates, that was till the fateful day in mid December. Hermione was in the library looking for some "light" reading. She was so absorbed in looking for a book she didn't hear someone come up behind her.

"So watcha looking for?" Hermione jumped and spun around stifling the scream tempting to come out.

"Draco!" She whispered while hitting his chest "you stupid git don't do that you scared me half to death!"

"Sorry, I just couldn't resist. But you didn't need to beat me." He smiled and playfully pushed her. Hermione lost her balance and fell backwards. Draco leaned forward to help her up but was thrown backwards by two jets of light from behind her. She jumped up and looked around to see Harry and Ron wands out standing at the end of the bookshelf. Hermione ran next to Draco and pulled out her wand.

"Finite Incantantem. Oh God Draco are you okay I'm-"

"Hermione, calm down I'm fine" Draco sent a glare over her shoulder toward Harry and Ron, "I'll see you in the common room later." He got up and left the library before she could protest. When he was gone Hermione spun around to face Harry and Ron's confused face.

"What may I ask were you two thinking? You two could have gotten detention for the rest of the year if Draco said something to Snape." She almost yelled at them.

"We thought we were protecting you we saw him push you and we thought you needed help!" Harry said

"Help Me! Harry, Ron I'm a big girl I can take care of myself thank you. And Draco wouldn't hurt me because we have been friends for a long time. Yes Ron we are friends" she added when she saw Ron's jaw drop "and you would have known that he was playing around if you asked questions first before you pulled your wands. You guys are such idiots, now I'm leaving because I don't want to hear it from you two right now." She grabbed her book bag of the ground and ran out of the library toward the common room.
Hermione ran as fast as her legs could take her to the common room. When she entered through the portrait she scanned the room looking for any sign of Draco. She spotted him at the table starring blankly at his Transfiguration homework. She ran over and sat down next to him.

"Draco... I'm ...so sorry... about... what... happened..." Hermione said through gasps for breath

"'Mione take a breath. Calm down. I'm fine and it wasn't your fault Potter and Weasley have always acted before thinking. So miss know-it-all what did we do in Transfiguration?"

Hermione rolled her eyes, "you know Draco you need to start paying attention."

"Why when I can have you tell me in a language I understand." He smirked

"Fine I will explain it to you but you really need to start paying attention." She started to explain but Draco wasn't paying attention he was lost in his mind battle.

'God she is pretty... Damn I should just tell her I like her... No you can't she probably just thinks your just friends... No she will understand I mean it's Hermione if she doesn't like me like that she will be nice about it- Right"

"Draco, you're doing it again." Hermione snapped him out of his mind battle

"Doing what?"

"Not paying attention. I mean what could you be-" But her ranting was cut off when Draco pressed his lips against hers. 'oh god. Oh god Draco's kissing me... Hermione don't just sit there. kiss him back...' Hermione hooked her arms around Draco's neck and pulled him closer hoping this moment would last for eternity. But all good things must come to end and they broke apart for air.
Hermione placed her forehead against his and searched his blue/gray eyes. Oh those eyes, she loved them when the icy glass didn't shield them. The emotion in his eyes was clearly readable as anxiety. He was scared of what she would do about what just happened. Draco Malfoy was scared.

"Um... Hermione, would you be my girlfriend?" Draco asked breaking her concentration on her thoughts.

"Yes Draco you prat I'll be your girlfriend." Draco's face lit up with happiness as he placed a small soft kiss on her lips.

"Did you have to call me a prat?" he said with a pout

"Oh I am so sorry how can I ever make it up to you." Hermione said sarcastically

"Well... let me think-"

"Oh please let you think. Ha, we would be here all night." She grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the chair. When she reached the couch she gentle pushed him down and sat down on his lap, wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a long passionate kiss. After her "apology" Hermione and Draco made themselves more comfortable on the couch and fell asleep just enjoying each others company.

The next day everyone in school knew about what happened in the library. Apparently Parvati and Lavender were in the next aisle of books and couldn't wait to tell everyone they could. This didn't bother Hermione or Draco they figured it would just make it easier to tell people about them going out later. Hermione couldn't hold back the smile that was on her face since she had woken up that morning. She spent most of breakfast sharing glances and smiles with Draco.

"'Mione. Hello earth to Hermione." The red headed girl next to her interrupted Hermione's thoughts.

"Huh- what was the question Ginny?"

"I didn't ask you anything you had a silly grin on your face and starring into space. So who is he?"

"I'll tell you just not here." Hermione made a quick excuse for her and Ginny to leave and left the Great Hall with Ginny on her heels. She entered the nearest empty classroom, locked it, and put a silencing charm on the room, then turned to look at Ginny.

"Okay who is he? Do I know him?" Ginny asked when she turned around.

"Well you sort of know him. You heard about yesterday. And I'm so sorry you had to find out that way but his house and reputation... but well me and Draco are... a little more than just friends." Hermione played with the sleeves of her robes as she spoke.

"What do you mean, are you guys like going out or something?" Hermione nodded Ginny lit up with excitement, "'Mione I'm so happy for you, so how long?"

"Since last night, Ginny you need to promise not to say anything to anyone, especially Harry or Ron they wouldn't understand, Draco and I decided we wouldn't let everyone know until the Yule Ball. Please" Hermione pleaded.

"Fine I promise. I can't wait to see the looks on Harry and Ron's faces that is probably the only time that I would want Colin to have his camera." Both girls broke into fits of laughter as they left the room and back to the Great Hall.

Hermione sat up in her bed Christmas morning dreading what was to come that night. Then she looked down to the end of her bed and her spirits lightened at the sight of presents. She hastily opened the presents they were the usual books from her parents, tons of candy from Harry and Ron, and a pale pink Weasley sweater. She was picking up the paper when she noticed a present that had slid under the bed. It was wrapped in a shinny green paper and she knew immediately who it was from. She pulled the paper away and opened the box. It was a brand new CD player; she picked up the note that was next to it.
Merry Christmas, This CD player is charmed to work on magic not
electricity so it will work in Hogwarts. When you are done reading
this come to my room there is more stuff I want to give you in person.
Draco
Draco woke up and looked down at the end of his bed at the small pile presents. They were all wrapped in black shine paper except for a small slender one that was wrapped in red with gold ribbon. He immediately knew who it was from and ripped the paper off. Inside the box was a silver chain necklace with a silver dragon pendent. He put on the necklace and picked up the note from inside.

Merry Christmas, hope you like the pendent. I have one just like it but it is a lion, I know predictable me, the special thing about this pendent is they tell you how I'm feeling and my says what your feeling. The way it works is sad-blue, red-danger, gold-scared/anxious, silver-content/happy.

Merry Christmas Hermione

He had just finished opening all his other presents when there was a knock at the door and Hermione walked in.

"Merry Christmas," she said kissing him on the cheek, "So do you like it I read about the metal used in it and it took forever to find a store that sold them."

"Yeah I love it, so I guess you want the rest of your present now?" He got up and walked to the wardrobe in the corner, took out a medium size brown box, and put it next to her on the bed. "Open it." She opened it and gasped.

"Draco how did you get all my CD's? I left them at home!"

"Well I owled your mum an-"

"You what!" Her mouth was open in horror

"Calm down I told her I was your friend, because at the time I was, told her what I was getting you, and asked her to send these. Oh and I have one more thing." He reached into a drawer in the bedside table and pulled out a CD. "Your mum told me you needed this" He handed he the CD and watched her stare in disbelief.

"Signed Evanescence CD! How did you get this? I mean it must have been difficult to get a signed one."

"Not really, once your mum told me they were your favorite band I owled Amy and asked her to sign it for me."

"Wait Amy as in Amy Lee you know her?!"

"Yeah she is my mum's only muggle-born friend she met her when she was in America once, she also gave me 2 backstage passes to a concert this summer. I guess she was happy that I learned something if anything from my mum. So do you like it?"

"Like it god I love it! You're the best boyfriend in the world." She jumped across the bed and kissed him.

"As much I love this I'm starving lets go get something to eat." He said as she let him go.
They spent the rest of the day with their friends. Draco and Harry had started to get along once he started be nice to him and Ron, but Ron still didn't completely trust Draco but he was civil. After lunch they all had a huge battle of the sexes snowball fight with Harry, Ron, Draco, and Neville verses Hermione, Ginny, Parvati, and Lavender; the girls gave up to get ready for the ball at 5:00. Ginny and Hermione had decided to get ready in Hermione's room so Harry wouldn't get to see her till the ball.
After an hour of arguing with Ginny on how her hair should go they decided to just leave it down wavy. Ginny wore a powder blue spaghetti- strap dress that fell to the floor. The chest as studded with rhinestones. Ginny left Hermione after doing her hair. Hermione wore a strapless black dress that hugged her to her waist and flared to the floor, it was laced with pink and had pink rhinestones on the sheer cover skirt. ;A/N: you know what I mean that sheer thing they have on the top of some skirt part of the dress I love those princess type dresses and I love the pink/black color combo. She highlighted her hair with platinum blond streaks and pulled it into a loose bun on her head, ringlet curls fell randomly from the bun, and two platinum blond strands of hair framed her face. She wore a little make up and the lion pendent. Once she put her black 2-inch high-heeled sandals on her she headed down the stairs to met Draco.

A/N: sorry I would have put this up this morning but every time I would start typing I had to do something else. Evanescence is my favorite band in case you didn't realize it. Well go do what you love review tell me what you think of this chappie. Thanx to all those who review before it inspired me to do more I'll try and put the next chappie up tomorrow if not the day after promise. Love ya colorguard06