Hermione fell to the floor, pain was flowing all through her body through her bones she didn't know how much more she could injure. She let out a whimper of pain and the pain stoped she was left lying in a heap on the floor to weak to get up, their was somebody standing over her, she couldn't make out who it was but then her mind became clearer and she remembered it was Malfoy, ha had preformed the Crucio cruse on her with a whisper she said "you just proved you are exactly like your father by preforming that curse" and with that she saw the body drop their wand and fall to the ground in shame and disappointment in themselves and with that she fainted.

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Hermione woke slowly, the sun was shinning on her face and she was lying down on the couch she wondered what she was doing there as the events of before came flooding back. She looked round the room it was empty, for a moment she was panicked but then she remembered that it was Sunday and there was no classes. Hermione tried to get up but fall back down as she was to weak, she wondered how she had gotten from the floor to the couch and figured it must have been draco as if it had been anybody else they would have taken her to the hospital wing. Just then a figured appeared from the staircase, Hermione quickly recognised who it was

"Sorry" Malfoy paused for a moment, Hermione was very shocked she had never heard a Malfoy apologise before, draco carried on "are you going to tell anyone" he said in a very unconfident and quiet voice that was very unchararistic for a Malfoy.

"I." Hermione trailed off, she hadn't really thought about it yet "I . don't know"

Draco just looked down at the ground, if the ministry found out he had preformed an illegal curse, an unforgettable curse then he would be sent to Azkaban and he would be near his father, the one man he despised the most.

Hermione was thinking, she looked at Malfoy and almost felt sorry for him, she thought about it, she wouldn't tell anyone, he hadn't mean it well maybe he did but she had been provoking him and it wasn't entirely her fault and if he was sent to azkaban then she would defiantly feel guilty.

"No" Hermione whispered, but loud enough for Malfoy to hear

"What" he said he had heard her clearly but didn't really understand

"No, I won't tell anyone" Hermione replied in a whisper for she was still too weak to talk properly.

"But why" he didn't understand, he had preformed an unforgettable curse on her and surely she would tell why wouldn't she? He just didn't understand.

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Harry and Ron where worried, Hermione hadn't turned up for breakfast, lunch or dinner and no one had seen her all day. Strait after dinner Harry and Ron climbed the many staircases up to head prefects' common room. When they got there they found they didn't know the password so they banged on the portrait. A wary Hermione came to the entrance and opened it for them.

"What happened to you today? Where have you been?" Ron asked impatient but then took a closer look at Hermione and at how she looked tired and exhausted.

"What's wrong? Are you all right? Harry asked a little concerned

"I'm fine, just feeling a little under the weather" Hermione assured her two best friends

"Well you don't look fine are you sure you are? Do you need to go to madam Pomfery?" Ron insisted

"No, no I just need a bit of rest and I'll be back to normal tomorrow" Hermione assured the well over reacting Ron

"Well if Malfoy bugs you just let us know an we'll see to him" Ron said, a flicker of determination swept across his face.

"I'll be fine just go so I can get some rest or I won't be fine" Hermione insisted, she every much longed to be lying on the couch again

"Well we'll see you tomorrow then" Harry said, interrupting Ron who was obviously going to say something else in protest, it was obvious to Harry that Hermione was tired and needed her rest.

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Around about eight o'clock Draco trudged into the common room, Hermione was sleeping peacefully until Draco accidentally slammed the portrait door shut.

"Huh. whah?" Hermione mumbled she had been sleeping for a couple of hours now

"Sorry" Draco mumbled

'Bloody hell their he goes again apologising and to me of all the people on this world he's apologising to me' Hermione thought to herself

"I brought you some food from down in the kitchens, I thought you might be hungry seen as you've had no food all day"

"er... thanx Draco" Hermione replied

'Why was he being so nice all of a sudden, why had she used his first name? He must be feeling guilty about what happened so he's trying to make the guilt go away by being nice to me' Hermione thought, it was the only logical reason

"Look. it's not entirely your fault that you did that curse if I hadn't pushed you to far and said that then you never would have done it and I'm sorry that I said that you where exactly like your father" Hermione said uneasily, if he was being nice to her then she could at least tell him the truth.

"No Hermione you where right the first time I'm exactly like my father, If I wasn't then I wouldn't have lost control like that, that is exactly what my father does, and like you said I proved that I am like him when I did that curse, I deserve to go to azkaban just like my father has"

'Wow. is this Draco Malfoy or was it an impostor? This is definitely not the tough Malfoy she knew or anyone new for that matter!' Hermione thought to herself

"Malfoy. draco I would have told someone that you did that curse if I really thought that you where just like your father, you're different from him, I can see it in your eyes" Hermione babbled on, she didn't know what she was saying but somehow she felt what she was saying was true in someway, though she dear not admit it to herself.

At this Draco lifted his head and looked into the eyes of Hermione and a small kind smile appeared on his face

"Really?" he asked a little unsure

"Really!"

"Sorry to break up this moment but are you going to bring that food over, I'm starving" Hermione said with a big smile on her face, in some ways she felt like she had connected to him a bit, but she could never tell anyone especially not Ron or Harry!

AUTHORS NOTE:

So um in the next chap sumthing will happen dunno wot but hey I didn't know for this chapter eitha so I'll get a idea when I start 2 rite it an u will all have 2 wait 2 wots gonna happen next HA HA well its sorta haha 2 me aswell coz I have 2 wait as well owell

Sori I took so long to get the last 2 chaps up coz I had 2 give up on my checker so sori 4 all da mistakes coz I had 2 check it but when I get them back from her ill swap them Well fanx 4 readin dis an plz plz plz plz plz review coz I dunno how meny ppl have read dis story and I dunno where I'm going wrong and yea so plz review it so I no

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