Love and Hate

By Tennisplaya278

If I could fall, into the sky. Do you think time, would pass me by? 'Cause you know I'd walk a 1000 miles if I could just see you. If I could just hold you. Tonight.

- A Thousand Miles; Vanessa Carlaton -

-Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue, I don't own Harry Potter and neither do you. Bananas are yellow, tomatoes are red, stop reading this and read my story instead! –

Hoot. Hoot.

A hand swatted at the owl. However, that owl had specific directions and kept on hooting. Draco had no choice but to wake up from his peaceful slumber.

The barn owl extended its leg and Draco gently took off the letter. It wasn't all that thick. Seeing that it was currently the middle of the night, his room was completely dark except for the moonlight streaming through his window. He picked up his wand and said, "Lumos." A bright light emitted from the top of his wand and he held it close to the paper.

Meet me in the library tomorrow before dinner. Don't bring anybody with you. Please come. Write back your reply.

-H

H? He recognized the handwriting. It was none other than Hermione Granger's own handwriting. Why would she want to meet him in the first place? Alone? Or possibly, she was going to have Harry and Ron there to fight with him. As much as he hated to admit it, Draco knew he couldn't take on both of them.

He grumbled as he tried to find a quill and a bottle of ink. After a few minutes, he found it and turned over the piece of parchment. He simply wrote yes and attached it to her owl and it flew off. He was still too asleep to notice anything else. He didn't notice as the owl paused to look at him. He didn't notice that the window was still open. But mostly, he didn't notice the shadow of a phoenix that had hovered over him.

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It was a little before dinner and Draco was in the library for his meeting with Hermione. Actually, it was a brilliant idea to have him meet her before dinner. That would mean that nobody was there in the library. Nobody would find out he was talking to her.

Hermione however, proved to be very hard to find. He wandered up and down the aisles, searching everywhere for her. Finally, after about ten minutes of looking, he found her in the farthest, most un-used corner in the library. He rolled his eyes. Typical Gryffindor. Never wanting to get in trouble.

He cleared his throat once. When she didn't notice, he cleared it again. This time, Hermione looked up and gave her a small smile. He took the seat across from her.

"What do you want now?"

Hermione looked as if she had expected this question. "I want to ask you how you feel about me."

Draco looked shocked. "What kind of stupid question is that? Why would you want to know?"

She seemed to know he would as this question as well. "You're a confusing person, almost ferret-y in a way. One minute your calling me Hermione, the next you're storming off at me! I don't understand! I thought girls were only supposed to have mood swings!" She eyed him closely. "You are a boy aren't you?"

"Wha-?"

"I said," She rolled her eyes, "you are a boy right?"

"Of course I am!"

"Good. Then you'll have no trouble answering my question." She had an air of superiority around her. That wasn't right. Malfoy's had that, not Granger's.

"I CAN'T!" He bellowed out at her. It was a good thing Madam Pince was at dinner or else he was sure they would have been kicked out.

"What do you mean you cant?"

He sighed and looked tiredly toward her. "Just leave me alone. Please, just – just let me be." He picked up his things and ran off to the qudditch pitch.

Hermione sat there, shocked at what had happened. Never did she expect that to happen.

'Oh well. Might as well study now that I'm in the library.'

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'Stupid her. Stupid Granger. Stupid, stupid, stupid.'

Every step Draco took, carried another 'stupid' something. Of all the things that she could've asked or even said, she had to ask about feeling. Something that Draco couldn't understand.

To him, emotions were illogical. Well, that was what his father had taught him. He masked away all his feelings because according to Lucius, they were weaknesses. And a part of him still believed that. Why would any one want to go through someone else's pain? How could you choose to give up everything for one person?

'Stupid feelings'

He sat down underneath the tree overlooking the lake. It was here that all his problems and worries began. For this was the spot that Draco began to fall in love with Hermione.

Here, he saw Ron put his arm around her shoulders. Where they tickled the giant squid's tentacles and laughed whenever one was splashed. Where they sat and watched the sun go down. Where they shared their first kiss.

Draco shuddered. Everyone in school had thought that those two made the perfect couple. He could hear Lavender and Parvati's voices in his head.

"Oh Hermione," He mimicked with a high pitched girly voice, "you and Ron make an absolutely fabulous couple!" He twirled a strand of his hair. "I wish I had a guy like him. You're so lucky!" He giggled.

"Malfoy?"

Draco spun around. His face flushed when he saw who it was but he hid it.

Stupid him.

-Author's Notes-

I particularly liked this chapter. Definatly one of the easier ones to write. I hoped you liked it as well!

It's Memorial Day Weekend so I'm pretty sure I can get another chapter up by Monday.

Much thanks to:

CCBChunks: Thanks for the review! Yeah, I hate it when they make Ron the "Bad Guy." I'll try not to do that here though!

HorseMaster1: Uh uh. You got it all wrong! You can have Draco but Tom's MINE! Haha, just kidding! We can share him! Thanks for the review!

KittyOfWonder: Definatly thanks to you for all the ideas! Yeah, I'll probably use one of them…You'll just have to wait and find out which one!

CassandraTheEvil: Oh my. How can I express my thanks to you? You are such a devoted reviewer! Best wishes and THANKS A BUNCH! MWAH!

Jomai: Thanks for reviewing! I'm really glad that I cleared that up for you!

Elfagetti: Yes I know, Harry and Ginny! Ugh…so many stories have them I think I'm going to be sick! Yeah, it's every girl's fantasy to watch Draco sleep. Well, thanks for reviewing!