Saturday 7:58 am

"I talked to your parents some more this morning at breakfast," Draco told Hermione when she looked up, "You're lucky to have parents that care about you so much."

Hermione nodded and smiled looking at him then asked, "Are all those rumors about you true?"

"What rumors?" he asked curiously smiling as well.

"Things like you're good in bed, that you sleep around, that you move forward in a relationship really fast," Hermione said casually.

Draco blushed and shook his head, "I wouldn't really know about that. I mean, I've had a few girlfriends, but not more than 3 or 4, and none at the same time."

"Oh?" Hermione asked curious, "Care to tell me?"

"Mainly just Pansy, the first one was this girl way older than me, completely took advantage of me, not that I cared at the time. Pansy was the second, it was mainly her for a few years, then we broke up, cuz she's well, you know, kind of silly, then the other two apparently were madly in love with me, but were even worse than Pansy and didn't really care about me that much," Draco explained.

"Victor Krum was the only boyfriend I've had," Hermione said then asked, "Can I ask a kind of personal question?"

When Draco nodded she continued, "Have you ever, done, oh I'll just say it, had sex?"

Draco blushed slightly again and replied, "Yeah, the first one, dumped me right after, and a few times with Pansy, our relationship was kind of off and on. The third and fourth, I didn't, that's all they wanted though I think."

"I'd never done it, before they raped me," Hermione said, "Though, I think you already knew that."

"I'd always thought you had something going on with Harry or Ron for a long time there," Draco said with a smile, "Then Krum came along and I figured either you weren't with one of them, because you would have gone to the Yule Ball with them then, or you'd dumped them for Krum."

Hermione smiled too then said, "Krum was a bit, I don't know. Ron was really jealous though, I think he did have a bit of a crush on me."

She suddenly laughed and said, "I had a boyfriend in first grade. I thought we were going to marry when we grew up. Of course it only lasted until about second grade and we never kissed or anything like that, it was more like having a friend that was a boy. Everyone would sing that one teasing song.. what was it?"

Draco leaned over and kissed her softly then starting chanting the little tune, "Hermione and Draco sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G."

Hermione grinned remembering the words and she said the next ones with him, "First comes love, then comes marriage"-

Draco suddenly coughed and glanced at her face and Hermione realized why he'd stopped chanting it. She smiled slightly biting her lip and glanced up at the sky, then turned to lean against the tower wall. Draco came over next to her and took her hand as he followed her gaze to the land stretched out before them.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Hermione asked then glanced over at castle behind and below them with other towers jutting up, seemingly random.

"Just like you," Draco said with a smile and squeezed her hand. Hermione laughed as she turned her head to look at him.

Draco leaned over and kissed her, pressing his lips against hers. In response she turned and pulled him closer wanting to be as near to him as possible making him fiercely aware of her, all the places they touched, and his love her. He didn't know what he'd do if he lost her. If she hadn't broken out of her coma-like state... it made him realize how much he truly loved her, she had no faults, absolutely the most amazing person. When the kiss ended she snuggled up against him and mumbled something.

"Hmm?" he asked loving the feel of her in his arms.

"I love you," she told him.

"I love you too," he said running a hand through her hair, which never ceased to fascinate him, though bushy it was still soft and not bad looking at all, quite the opposite.

"Mmm," Hermione said nuzzled his neck softly.

Draco smiled and said, "Stop that, you're tickling me."

Hermione grinned wickedly, "I know."

Draco's response was to kiss her fiercely before easing his tongue between her lips. She parted them allowing him to enter. Slowly at first, then more confidently their tongues moved to a slow intimate tune. Hermione brought her arms around the back of his neck kissing him back passionately, enjoying the taste of him.

Nearly gasping for air they finally broke apart. Hermione grinned and said, "Yummy Draco."

Draco grinned also then laughed feeling the happiness in him rise like a bubble that was about to burst. He lowered his gaze and looked at her face studying the warm flush it had. She looked so much more healthier than he could remember her ever being since they got back.

Saturday 8:20 am

At breakfast Draco sat at the Gryfindor table next to Hermione, also managing to convince Cameo to sit there with him, when Sen and Ron came rushing in, worried looks on their faces. Harry looked up startled when they both started talking at the same time.

"Slow down," Ginny said pushing aside her plate.

"A teacher was possessed," Sen said bluntly.

"Who?" Harry asked standing up.

"The guy who teaches Arithmancy," Ron said looking pale.

"For a whole day," Sen continued, "No one knew until he attacked Professor Dumbledore."

"It's time," Ron told them, "We've got to do it now."

"Do what?" Hermione asked their panic catching on.

"Capture him!" Ron nearly yelled banging a fist down on the table, "Send him away once and for all!"

Harry paled slightly wishing he hadn't eaten breakfast, "Right now?"

Sen nodded and Harry pulled his wand out of his pocket a determined look on his face. Ginny stood up as well standing behind him. Hermione forgot about breakfast and stood up along with Draco.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Harry asked, "Let's get this over with."

They followed Sen and Ron down the hallway, everyone unsure on what the outcome of this spell was going to be. Would it work? Would the consequences, if any, be good or bad?

The six students made a grim looking group as they walked down the hallways towards Firenze's classroom where they'd gotten everything ready, including the materials that made a circle and doorway to where they'd send You-Know-Who's soul.

A/N: Mwahahahahahah! Don't you just love cliff-hangers? You're probably thinking finally, she's gotten around to voldemort and stuff. I practically didn't need a plot for this story, enough going on with Draco and Hermione.

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