Disclaimer: No, I don't own Harry Potter or any of its characters.

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~ The more you take, the more you blame
But everything still feels the same
The more you hurt, the more you strain
The price you pay to play the game
And all you seek, and all you gain 
And all you step on with no shame 
There are no rules, no one to blame
The price to play the game ~

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" I'm bored!" Ron exclaimed sulkily while sinking into the couch.

Harry, Dean, and Seamus agreed with grunts while Lavender, Parvati and Ginny chatted away. Hermione was working on homework as usual sitting next to Ron on the edge of the couch.

Ron's eyes drifted lazily towards Hermione's direction and his brow creased into a frown. Hermione was furiously writing down her information on a camouflage spell for Transfiguration. It was already eight o'clock at night and the Gryfinndor common room seemed already empty.

" Hermione! The bloody thing is not due till Thursday! Stop it!" Ron said trying to wrestle the quill out of her grip. A botch of ink appeared on her parchment.

" Ron! I'm almost done you jackass!" she shrieked hitting him across the back of his head.

Ron flinched in pain and sank back down into the couch.

" Well, it's ruined now!" she fumed placing her things next to Ron's feet.

" You can always fix it." Ginny suggested.

" I suppose," Hermione said with a sigh.

" So, what should we do?" Seamus asked.

" Let's play a game!" Lavender said anxiously sitting up in her chair next to Dean.

A murmur of an agreement broke out between the little group. Hermione was about to suggest a game they could all play until Ron interrupted her.

" No Mione, a book discussion is not a game." Ron stated in an annoyed tone.

" I wasn't even going to suggest that!" she snapped attempting to hit him again, but he got up and sat on the floor next to Lavender's feet.

" How about a round of poker?" Harry suggested.

" Forget it! I'm broke as it is!" Seamus exclaimed.

" Me too," Hermione chimed in resting her chin in her hands.

" Oh! How about Truth or Dare?" Lavender piped up with a mischievous grin. The boys mumbled in disagreement and Hermione rolled her eyes.

" Oh! I know! How about we play Hide and Go Seek?" suggested Dean.

Hermione snorted while Harry sported an amused grin. The rest of the group sported looks of curiosity.

" How do you play that?" Seamus asked curiously.

" It's a Muggle game that children play," Hermione said putting an emphasis on the word children.

" It can be quite fun actually with a few alterations to the consequences." Dean said with a wicked glint in his eye.

" Okay, but I'm still missing the part on how to play!" Seamus said loudly.

" I was getting to that! All right now, well, we have about eight people so there will four seekers and four hiders—"

" We play with snitches?" Ron interrupted with intrigue.

" No!" Hermione said rudely giving Ron a look of annoyance.

" As I was saying, ladies will get to hide first. You'll get a two minute head start and you can hide anywhere except for the dungeons, outside, the forest, and the kitchens. Those are the least likely places to get caught by Filch. We, the seekers, will go outside and find you guys. The time period will be precisely an hour. If we do find you in time, well things will get interesting." Dean said with the wicked glint returning to his eyes. Ron, Harry and Seamus looked on with smirks.

Lavender and Ginny stood up anxiously making their way toward the portrait door.

" Hermione?" Harry asked with apprehension at the bored Gryfinndor still sitting on the couch.

" I don't think she's going to play. She's going to bed early and probably going to read, am I right, Mione?" Ron asked purposely pushing her buttons. It did seem to work because light tints of pink appeared on her cheeks as she slowly felt her temperature rising.

" I'm in," she growled getting up walking towards Lavender and Ginny.

" Then let the games begin!" Seamus said with an anxious grin.

The girls exited out the portrait door in a hurriedly manner leaving the boys to countdown their two minute head start.

" By the way, what exactly are we going to do when we find them?" Seamus asked curiously.

" I don't know, but we'll figure it out when we find them." Dean said with a lopsided grin.

" Hey Harry, you still got the map don't you?" Ron asked turning to the raven headed boy still seated in his chair.

" Yeah, but I'll take it out later. Right now, lets just let the girls have their fun."

~*~

Draco Malfoy was walking around the corridors in a bored manner. As Head Boy, he could easily get his way out of trouble and make something up without any questions asked. He was heading his way to the Astronomy tower to think when out of nowhere he saw three Gryfinndor girls rush past him in a hurry. He stopped in his tracks and recognized them from the back of their heads. The red headed one was She Weasel, the two Pansy's of Gryfinndor and Granger.

Draco smirked to himself when he saw Granger. She had been the object of his desire for quite sometime now. The truth was that they have been together for almost seven months already. It all happened towards the end of their sixth year when Draco's father had been sentenced to life in Azkaban. As much as he hated to admit it, she was kind of growing on him, it wasn't just physical as it used to be. All of a sudden Hermione seemed to be sort of distant towards him. Draco realized a couple of months ago that he would do anything to gain her trust. She was pretty much the girl he wanted to be with and…love.

Draco followed Hermione to the Transfiguration classroom by hiding in a darkened alcove till she looked both ways down the corridor and entered. He looked down the corridor to make sure that there weren't any teachers coming and carefully opened the door. The classroom was dark and the only light was the moonlight shining through the windows giving it an illuminating eerie look.

He looked around for a signs of the Gryfinndor lioness when he heard a rustling noise behind Professor McGonagall's desk. Draco smirked as he made his way over to the desk quietly. The silence was broken when Draco pounded a fist over the smooth surface of the desk. The loud sharp sound caused Hermione to jump up startled and she hit her head. Draco busted out laughing when he heard the loud noise from under the desk.

" Granger, what are you doing down there? Sinking down to your level?" he teased in between fits of laughter.

Hermione rubbed the top of her head. " You are such an asshole Malfoy!" She growled folding her arms over her chest.   

Draco smirked. " An asshole you can't resist."

Hermione frowned. " What are you doing here?"

" I can ask you the same thing," He retorted, his eyes flashing humorously.

" Not that it's any of your business, but I'm playing a game with a few of my friends." She said with a frown, avoiding his gaze.

" Really? May I ask what type of game you're playing that consists you hiding under a Professor's desk? I know you don't have detention because I was there. Also, this sounds like a typical Potter idea to me as well," he said flatly.

" We're playing a Muggle game called Hide and Go Seek and it wasn't Harry's idea, it was Dean's." she stated leaning against the desk.

" Well, that justifies everything. So tell me, what do you do in the game you're playing?" he asked mildly interested.

" Well, Ginny, Lavender, Parvati and me are the hiders and Seamus, Harry, Ron and Dean are the seekers. They've given us a two minute head start and they have an hour to find us." She explained.

Draco cocked an eyebrow. " So, you plan on staying under there for a whole hour waiting to see if one of those idiots get lucky and find you? What happened? Did you run out of homework to do?"

Hermione felt the heat rushing to her cheeks. Draco smirked at her reaction. " Granger, I'm joking. It's okay to laugh." He mused.

" That still doesn't explain why you're here? What happened? Run out of hair gel and break your mirror?" she snapped.

Draco smiled. " Granger! My, my, you're fiery today! Anyways, I saw you and I followed you, and now I'm going to take you to my room and make you feel better." He said walking towards her.

" Damn," She muttered as she felt Draco pull her towards him.

" Something has been bothering you lately," He said turning her around wrapping his arms around her waist from behind. She sighed as she felt Draco settled his chin onto her shoulder.

" I'm fine, Draco. I'm just tired." She said leaning back into his embrace. His embrace made her feel safe and content, away from all the pressures and annoyance that she had to face everyday.

" I'm sure you are," he replied skeptically, " You just seem to be avoiding me lately."

Hermione scoffed. " Like I could avoid your handsome Malfoy charms!" she replied mockingly.

Draco frowned. " Hermione, I'm serious! What the hell has been wrong with you lately? It's like you don't want to be with me anymore."

Hermione pulled away from his embrace and looked at him in surprise. " Draco, look, I'm sorry. Ron has just been really getting on my nerves lately and your criticism doesn't really help out either," she said sulkily.

" Well, that's an awfully pathetic story since the weasel is a fuck up, but this is where I come in," Draco said silkily, " to make you feel better."

Without another word said, Draco dropped down to his knees as his hands grabbed a hold of Hermione's hips. Although he has done this gesture quite a bit, he also did know how to make her gasp in surprise.

" Draco! Not here! What if someone comes in looking for me?" she asked as her voice hitched to a level of panic. Draco hands roamed the clothed area of her hips and he looked up at her with a seductive glint in his eye.

" Then I guess they'll get a free show," he said with a smirk. Hermione's breathing quickened slightly as Draco's hands ran over the smooth softness of her thighs underneath the plaid skirt. His fingers danced slightly over the hem of her panties and smirked inwardly at the satin material.

" I see someone is excited already," he teased as he lightly traced a finger over the dampness of her panties.

Hermione tried to give Draco a stern look and raised a hand to playfully swat him across the head, but failed as she too busy anticipating the intense pleasure that Draco always gave her when he was around. He took her raised hand and placed it on the nape of his neck not before giving her another devious smirk. She let out a soft sigh when she felt Draco's fingers grip the edges of her panties and slowly pulled them down over her thighs, past her knees and finally land at her ankles. She slowly rose up a shoe-clad foot at stepped out of her panties and repeated with the other foot. Expecting him to finish his ministrations, she stared at him in surprise as he took a step back and teasingly twirled her green satin panties around a finger.

" Care to play a game with me Granger?" Draco asked, his voice contained a hint of amusement.

" What kind of game do you have in mind?" she asked already slightly dreading the answer to his alluring question.

" It's called 'Catch me if you can'," he said with a smirk and with one last step back, he turned and was out the door.

" Shit!" Hermione exclaimed and at the same time, she looked down at her short skirt. She cursed Draco silently before stepping out of the transfiguration room. There was no need to look for him in alcoves, classrooms or what have its, because he was heading towards the underworld of the school: his room.

~*~

Getting down to the dungeons was not an easy task. Hermione was so close to the dungeon door that she could feel the radiating coldness of the door that led to the underground abyss. As soon as she heard voices, she sprinted to a nearby alcove and hid within the shadows.

" All we need is to find Hermione and Ginny," Dean said as he got closer to the alcove she was concealed in, " then we'll let the games begin."

Lavender and Parvati were mimicking Dean's low voice when he tried to shush them in annoyance. Their footsteps were getting louder and she sucked in a breath and held it when she saw a faint outline of Dean's shadow approaching closer.

" Oy! Harry found Ginny!" Ron's loud voice boomed from on top of a nearby staircase.

" Bloody hell Ron! You trying to get us in trouble?" Dean cursed running in the other direction and away from the alcove. Hermione emitted a sigh of relief when she heard the voices fade further away.

When she finally reached the door that led to the dungeons, her breathing hitched. Malfoy was going to get it.

The damp coldness enveloped her all at once and flaming torches on the wall were her only sources of light. She breathed in the thick mustiness of the dungeons and with a walk that seemed like an eternity, she finally reached the Slytherin portrait door.

A middle-aged man with a large boa around his neck looked down at Hermione with a smirk. The snake's eyes flashed an ominous shade of red. Her eyes widened in apprehension.

" Don't worry poppet, he doesn't bite," the man in the portrait said with a wicked glint in his pale blue eyes.

" I'm sure he doesn't, much," she said giving the man a wry smile.

The man smirked yet again, " The password, poppet?"

" La Mer," she said, trying to keep her voice steady at the intimidating man and his snake.

The portrait door swung open to reveal the familiar Slytherin common room. She smiled awkwardly at the familiar faces on the black leather couches.

 " Looking for Draco?" Dominique Argento asked at the flustered looking Gryfinndor.

" I think he's in his room trying on your knickers," Blaise said with mirth coating his smooth, silky voice, " I'm guessing he felt the need to feel pretty before you came."

Hermione gave the finger to Blaise as she made her way to Draco's private dorm room. Blaise's rich laughter filled the common room as she opened and entered the semi-darkened room. Candles were lighted on top of his mahogany dresser and his nightstand giving the dorm a pure, alluring look of seduction. Her eyes scanned the room for any sign of Draco until she spotted her knickers lying across the green comforter of Draco's bed.

In a few strides, she reached Draco's bed. Her eyes curiously searched the room once again, but there was no sign of Draco at all. Still, she had the feeling that she was being watched.

She reached onto the bed to grab her knickers when she felt a warm patch of air hit the nape of her neck. She froze and slowly turned around. No one was there.

" Draco? Are you there?" she asked into thin air. No response.

In annoyance, she grabbed her knickers and stalked to the door. " I'm leaving Draco, hope you have fun wanking off!"

Just as she was about to walk to the door, she felt something grab her ankle and she stumbled, dropping her knickers on the floor. Muttering curses under her breath, she reached down and grabbed them. Hermione jerked up suddenly when she felt something pinch her bottom.

Turning around to find no one there, a soft chuckle was emitted through the silent room.

Hermione grinned, " I know you're here Draco, so if you want to play, that's fine with me!" she said reaching out her hand to grab a hold of anything solid. Another chuckle could be heard. She smiled when a pair of hands placed themselves on the sides of her hips.

" Why are you invisible?" she asked curiously. Unexpectedly, she squealed when she felt herself being lifted up into the air. Her back made contact with the green satin comforter of Draco's bed.

" I'm not going to be sharing this bed all by myself, am I?" she questioned seductively; her hands snaked down to unbutton her oxford and let it slide down past her shoulders. Her hands reached up again to unclasp her bra. Suddenly, Hermione felt a hand smack her hands from undoing the clasp.

Hermione felt herself being pushed back onto the bed. Reaching out her hands, she grabbed a hold of something. It felt smooth and soft and she concluded that she was running her hands through his hair. She sat up a bit and placed a kiss on anything that her lips came into contact with.

" You're kissing my eye," Draco said with his voice evident of amusement.

" Sorry," she said leaning back onto the bed.

Before anything else was said, a scarf was draped over her eyes.

" Don't take it off," he warned.

Hermione obeyed and kept her hands at her sides when she felt Draco's weight shift off of her. A couple of seconds later, the scarf was removed and Hermione looked up to find Draco's stormy eyes gaze into her own brown ones. A genuine smile was painted on his features as he lifted up a hand to caress her cheek.

" I found you," he said lifting up the scarf and threw it over his shoulder.

" I guess you did," she said noticing that most of his clothing was already removed. He was only left clad in green plaid boxers.

" Now, where were we?" he asked lifting her up into a sitting position.

" I believe that you were here," she said reaching for his hand and placed it on her backside.

His hands swiftly unclasped her bra and slowly slide down the straps past her shoulders. The undergarment was quickly disposed off and forgotten on the floor. His hands danced across the smoothness of her back and his nimble fingers found and caress the underside of her breasts. A soft moan escaped her lips, urging him to continue his sweet and slow torture.

His hands massaged her breasts as his mouth left a hot trail down her heated body. With each nip, lick and kiss, Hermione's desire was reaching its last building block before all was left to topple down.

Draco teasingly licked her inner thigh. His hands reached around grabbing her hips to hold her in place and continued to lick and tease her left inner thigh. She moaned softly entangling her hands in his silky strands.

Her body rode a high of excitement when she saw Draco shift again placing himself directly between her thighs. She released a strangled cry as the feeling of Draco's talented tongue teased her most sensitive area. Her hips bucked to his ministrations. A sharp pang of pleasure tore through her body and the feeling of tongue teasing, nipping and swirling at her was almost too much to bear.

Another strangled cry ripped out of her throat as her climax was quickly approaching. Her fingers held on tightly onto his fine, silky hair. It was becoming harder for her to breathe.

With one last thrust from his tongue, the familiar tightening in her stomach clenched with pleasure and the walls finally collapsed. She moaned loudly as she felt her orgasm rip through her body forcefully and painfully fade away.

He swiftly climbed on top of her body and kissed her passionately. His tongue pressed on seeking entrance. She obliged and parted her lips just enough for him to push through. The sweet bitterness of her release could be tasted on his lips.

His arousal was painfully evident. Draco gave a sigh of relief to be released from the confinement of his boxers. In one swift stroke, he entered her slowly. Her loud moans spurred on the frenzied rhythm. The intensity of the friction between them grew stronger with each rock of his hips. Hermione bit her lip to keep herself from being too loud.

Draco groaned loudly, signaling his approaching climax. Hermione was near as she struggled to inhale and exhale her ragged breathing. The heated fire exploded within her as she felt Draco climax as well. He shuddered violently and emitted a loud groan in her ear. She sucked in a harsh breath and fought to return it to normal. The only thing that was heard in the room was the soft sounds of their breathing. Draco looked down at her with a soft glint in his eyes. She smiled and stroked his damp hair.

" I've got to go," she said quietly.

Draco frowned at her words. " Why? Is something wrong?"

" No, it's just that I need to go back to Gryfinndor tower because I have a feeling that Harry and the others will fret about where I am," she said sitting up and leaned her back against the headboard.

" So? Let them worry," he said giving her a soft kiss.

" Draco…" she said in a slight whiny tone.

" Stay, please." He said staring at her with those captivating stormy eyes.

So, she did the only thing she could do. She stayed.

~*~

" Hermione! Where the bloody hell were you last night?" Ron asked as he filled his goblet with pumpkin juice.

" Well, I was hiding in the alcove near the Slytherin dungeons and some way between it all, I feel asleep. Then I woke up and Snape found me and deducted thirty points for being out after hours and sent me back to my dorm." She lied sipping her juice.

" Really? We got in trouble too," Ron said sadly.

" All because of your big mouth Ron!" Seamus snapped, poking at his eggs.

Harry laughed, " Yep, we all got busted by McGonagall and had points taken away too."

" Where did you say you were hiding?" Dean asked leaning over the table to grab a piece of toast.

" The alcove near the dungeons." She said simply.

" Damn!" Dean said throwing his piece of toast on the table. The Gryfinndor table all turned to look at Dean for his outburst. Dean's cheeks sported a slight red color and he returned to his breakfast.

" Well, last night surely was exciting wasn't it?" Hermione said cheerfully as she caught Draco's eye and smiled at him. He smirked in return.

" Yeah, yeah," the group mumbled as they continued to eat their breakfast.

~*~

A/N: Hey you guys! Nikki here! Thank you for much for responding to this new story! I'm glad you guys are enjoying it and I plan on taking this story to a new direction. Sorry for the lack of updates on my other stories, but I'm going through a heartbreak right now and strangely, I'm motivated to write and let out my feelings. The guy that broke my heart was a loser who just simply wasted my time and he led me on for the past two years. I feel like an idiot. Just plain and simple, but enough is enough and I'm stronger because of it. Thanks for your support! Also, sadly, my new beta has just informed me that her Internet is screwing up with her and for the time being, she can't read any e-mails, so I'm looking for a beta for my stories once again. If you're interested please say so in your reviews or e-mail me at charmed_goddess_17@yahoo.com. Thank you!

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