1 Day…or 24 Hours
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Chapter 5: The Fourth Hour
Time: 10:35 PM
"No, but we were just about to do this," Draco said as he leaned in and pressed his lips against hers.
The world disappeared, and Hermione's hands lifted around his broad shoulders.
'Wait, isn't there a reason I shouldn't be doing this?' Hermione thought as the kiss was deepened. 'Oh, you mean other than the fact that he's Draco Malfoy, no.' Hermione's eyes popped open when she remembered who she was kissing and immediately she pushed him away.
"Umm…yea…"Hermione whispered and then quickly walked out of the store, grabbing her wand and no candy in hand.
xoxox
10:39 PM
Draco was walking in the opposite direction of Hermione. Taking advantage of his alone time, he tried to calm himself, and his mind, down.
'Honestly Draco, out of all things to do at that moment. Why that?! Yea, okay I understand the smell thing, but going as far as kissing her? Maybe next time just enjoy the smell. Don't take advantage of her smell. Well what if I want to take advantage of her smell?' The two sides of Draco kept fighting for quite awhile. 'I know that you have been 'deprived' of certain activities for five weeks, but just because your hormone rate is probably soaring, doesn't mean you can act on impulse.' The other side, the side that wanted to kiss Hermione, shot back. 'Well next time, I'll act on impulse just because you said that.' Draco thought he was losing his mind; instead he seemed to be gaining more of it. What in the world was he supposed to think now? What was he supposed to do? The two sides of his mind were going crazy. 'Okay, I'll just act like it never happened. I'll make her think she was hallucinating. That's it; I'll make her think she's crazy. Besides, she has to listen to me, I'm Draco Malfoy.'
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10:41 PM
Hermione was sitting at a table outside the café where the pair sat earlier, the Frothy Coffee.
'Jeez, who thought of that stupid name anyway?!' Hermione didn't really hate the name, she was just upset with herself. She kissed Draco Malfoy. As far as she knew, her life was over. First, the whole school would know, then would come the taunting, and finally the teasing of her friends. That would go on the whole year. That's how it always was with Draco Malfoy, why would it be any different now? It didn't help that he kissed her first; he would simply come up with an excuse. 'Ha, that's probably what he's doing right now,' Hermione thought to herself as she stood from the table and started walking down the street.
xoxox
10:56 PM
This was the first time Hermione really noticed the beauty of Hogsmeade. The magnificent brick that lined the shops or the hint of yellow from a flower box across the street. The incredible colors, the colors that makes this town what it is. Hermione was always so busy shopping or talking about who bought what, that she never noticed the splendor of this astonishing village.
"It's gorgeous," Hermione commented out loud to no one in particular.
"I would agree, but it depends what you're talking about." Hermione whipped her head around to the side to see Draco Malfoy leaning against the side of a run-down, long forgotten shop.
"I was talking about this village, mind you," Hermione said walking right past him, pretending absolutely nothing happened.
"It's about time we found some place to spend the night. You're apparently very good at breaking alarm charms," Draco said with a smirk.
"Ha ha, I'm rolling on the ground with laughter," Hermione shot back as she rolled her eyes. "But you're right; it is about time we found a place to stay. I'm not about to sleep on the ground, as you suggested earlier."
'Good. She's going along with my plan,' one side of Draco's mind commented. 'Well, not exactly. She doesn't think she hallucinated.' 'Oh would you shut-up! At least she is pretending that nothing ever happened.' Draco smiled to himself; this might not be so bad.
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11:11 PM
They arrived at The Hogs Head some time later.
"Draco, the owner is upstairs sleeping," Hermione whispered, stressing the fact that they will get caught.
"I know," Draco said giving Hermione a look, "which is exactly why we are sneaking in through the window."
"No!" Hermione said worriedly. "We'll get caught!"
"We will with all this talking your doing!" Draco loudly whispered.
After a few minutes of fidgeting with the drainpipe on the side of the pub, Draco managed to create a ladder leading to a second story window. Hermione started climbing first, Draco followed.
"This is so weird," Hermione whispered.
"What is?" Draco asked, quite annoyed that she stopped climbing, heightening their chances of being caught.
"This is so very, deeply Slytherin of me," Hermione said, a smirk pulling at her lips.
"What?" Draco said hoarsely; those words were so hot coming out of her mouth.
"Well, I'm just saying, Gryffindors always do the right thing and this so…Slytherin, so naughty of me."
This was turning Draco on like you wouldn't believe. Why, might you ask? He didn't even know. He just knew that he had to get her up to that room.
"Keep going!" Draco loudly whispered, to keep from being heard. They continued climbing the ladder until they reached the window. Hermione glanced through the glass to make sure that no one occupied the room at the moment. When she was sure no one was there, she pushed the window inward. After some force, the window was pushed open, and they both climbed in.
xoxox
11:29 PM
"Draco?" Hermione asked quietly as they were both sitting in front of the just made fire. He turned to look at her in recognition.
"What would you have given that, 1 being the worst and 10 being the best?"
"Give what?" Draco asked, one eyebrow raised.
"That kiss in Honeydukes."
"Why?" Draco said chuckling, "still thinking about it Granger?"
"Well, I was just wondering how far up on your scale it rated," Hermione said still refusing to look him straight in the eye.
"Oh are we now admitting that we care?"
"No," Hermione said turning to glance at him, a smirk on her lips, "I'm just positive I can do much, much better." Truth be told, she wanted him…bad.
She was killing him. How in the world was Mudblood Granger turning him on?!
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11:35 PM
Her back hit the wall and he crushed her against him again. The entire length of his body ground against her and feminine power surged through her blood as she tasted his desire.
There was no need for this, except that he wanted her and the thought of denying the answering flame inside his body wasn't something he could even consider in the inferno of need that coursed through him.
xoxox
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