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Chapter 6. Given and Taken

Hermione's P.O.V.

"Mr. Malfoy, Miss Granger, nice to see the two of you decided to join the rest of us. Now if you don't mind, take your seats." Snape said while waving his hand to a table. Hermione and Draco sat down next to each other.

"At least he didn't take points." Hermione thought with relief.

"Oh, and five points from Gryffindor, for being to class late." Snape said as though he had read her thoughts.

"But, Professor, Malfoy was late too." Hermione said indignantly and stood. Everyone in the room looked at her in disbelief.

"Yes, that is true Miss Granger but Mr. Malfoy was on an errand for me." Snape smirked.

"But..." Hermione tried to say but was stopped.

"Take your seat Miss Granger, five more points for doubting a teachers word, unless you were with Mr. Malfoy, and that is why you are late, then you have no alibi." Snape remarked, she looked down, "Now Take Your Seat!"

Hermione sat down beside Draco again and glanced at him angrily. He knew that if she told Snape why they were late that...well...she just couldn't tell him. She started to scrawl down the notes on the board and everyone else went back to their work.

"Professor, Granger was with me. I asked her to help me out on the errand because I couldn't find the book you wanted." Draco said to Snape who was grading papers and looked at Draco in disbelief.

"Very well then, Miss Granger, fifteen points to Gryffindor." Snape said and went back to grading his papers. The rest of the class gave each other looks of disbelief before returning to their work again. Had Draco Malfoy just gotten points rewarded to Gryffindor?

Hermione poked Draco in the ribs and mouthed a "Thank you!" to him. He just nodded and went back to work. At the end of class Harry and Ron tried to go over and talk to Hermione, but she had already left the classroom to head for lunch.

Draco's P.O.V.

Draco was about to head off for lunch when Snape called him back.

"Mr. Malfoy, Why did you help Miss Granger today. I had an excuse for you, but not her. Was she with you before class?" Snape questioned Draco.

"She was with me Professor, we had an argument in the Common room and that's why we were late. It was my fault that the argument started, so I felt I had to take the blame since I am Head Boy." Draco replied already knowing that he had won the argument.

"Very well Draco. You may go." Said Snape.

Hermione's P.O.V.

Hermione walked into the Great Hall and sat down between Ron and Ginny. She grabbed a few things and put them on her plate. She had just begun to eat when Draco walked in.

"I wonder why he is late." thought Hermione, "Snape probably held him back for standing up for me. I wonder why he did that."

She finished her lunch quickly and stood up.

"Where are you going Mione?" Ginny asked looking up at her.

"Library, I need to find a book." Hermione replied.

"Ok." Ron said.

"See you later Mione." Said Ginny.

"Got to find that book Malfoy wanted you to help him with, huh?" Harry said without even glancing up.

Hermione closed her eye's trying not to let her emotions out, "Yeah Harry, yeah." She said and ran out of the Great Hall.

Ron and Ginny turned to Harry; Ginny with a look of pure anger; Ron with a look of disbelief.

"Harry James Potter! How dare you do that to Hermione? She's your friend! What's going on with the two of you." Ginny said glaring at Harry.

"I think that she likes Malfoy!" Harry said, "Now bugger off."

"Why would you think that Harry?" Ginny said to him.

"It's what Ferret said okay, Now Bugger Off!" Harry screamed at her.

Draco watched her run out of the hall and waited five minutes before following to find out if she was alright. Ginny, who had glanced over in that direction and saw him get up and leave the Great Hall, started to wonder if Harry was right.

Draco's P.O.V.

He looked down the corridor to see if she was still there. She wasn't.

"Library." Draco thought aloud.

He took off in that direction. Once there he snuck over to the place she always was when she came here. She was sitting in her favorite chair with a book in her lap. He watched her for a few minutes, she never turned a page, and every now and then a tear would fall down onto the page.

"Hermione?" Draco said quietly while walking up behind her.

"What Draco?" Hermione replied, "Why did you have to stand up for me all of a sudden in class?"

"It wasn't your fault that you couldn't tell him the truth about us kissing and that's why we were late. Imagine that, "Professor Snape, You see, the reason why Draco and I were late is because, well, we were snogging in the bathroom half naked." He said in a girly voice. "Can't you see him just fainting at that?" he asked.

Hermione laughed, "Yeah." She glanced up at Draco, "Draco?"

"Hhhmm?" he said.

"Why are you being so nice?" Hermione looked at him again.

"Nice! You mean to tell me I've been nice!" He said in a fake panic stricken voice, "My life is over, my reputation ruined. No!" he pretended to faint.

Hermione turned when she heard a thud. She laughed again. She got up and stood over Draco.

"Good riddance." she said and went to walk past him. He reached up and grabbed her ankle and pulled her down.

"Hhhmmmppphh!" she said as she fell to the floor, "Draco!" He rolled on top of her.

"What to do, what to do?" he thought aloud and she giggled so he covered her mouth. "I know! Death by tickling!" He smirked and started to tickle her.

"Draco...heheheee...stop...hahaa...this instance!" She managed before bursting into a fit of giggles.

"I don't know." He said and stopped tickling her to kiss her on her forehead.

"Very funny Mr. Malfoy! Five points from Slytherin for tickling another student unmercifully." She said smirking and pushing him off of her.

"Well, five points from Gryffindor for provoking me to do it." He said and smirked back.

But unknown to them, someone was stalking in the shadows of the library, watching them. While in the Headmasters office Professor Dumbledore was smiling at the two reasons why five points were gone from both Gryffindor and Slytherin.