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Draco lay on his bed and stared at the canopy. He couldn't believe what had just happened. He had kissed Hermione before but something happened tonight. Before it was a game but now...'NO! I can't like her! She's a bloody Gryfindore! But she was so beautiful...even if she was drunk.'

Draco ran his hands through his hair in frustration. He closed his eyes and didn't open them till 1:00 in the afternoon the next day.

He looked over at the clock on the wall and sat up. He got a shower and went down to the Great Hall to get some lunch. He walked in and sat down and absentmindedly looked over at the Gryfindore table. Hermione was sitting with Potter and Weasley but she wasn't laughing like usual. She was holding her head and massaging her temples.

'That's what you get for drinking, Granger. One big hangover.' He thought as he began to eat.

Hermione woke up the next morning with a headache to match a hurricane. She closed her eyes and held her head. She had never felt anything like it. And worst of all she couldn't even remember how she got in her dormitory. She shook her head.

She looked at the clock on the wall. IT was 12:55. she got up, took a shower and walked down to lunch. When she walked in she saw Harry and Ron eating and talking. She sat down next to them.

"You okay Hermione?" Ron asked her.

"No. I have a huge headache." She said.

"Oh...did you drink the punch last night?" Harry asked.

"Yeah...why?" she asked them both confused.

"Some bloody idiot contaminated it last night. The whole dance was a nuthouse by the end. We're just lucky that we didn't drink any." Said Ron.

Hermione groaned. She rubbed her Temples trying to make the pain go away when she felt someone's eyes on her. She turned and saw Malfoy looking at her. She shook her head but when she looked at him again he was talking to his friends and eating.

Hermione got ready to go out on her late corridor checks when Ron stopped her.

"I can do it tonight if you don't feel up to it Hermione." He said.

Hermione smiled at him and shook her head.

"It's okay Ron. I don't have the headache anymore and I feel as good as new. You just go to bed alright."

Ron nodded and headed back up to his dormitory. Hermione exited the common room and wandered the corridors. She surprised herself when she stopped in front of the staircase that led up to the Astronomy Tower. She didn't even know how she got there.

She shrugged her shoulders and walked up to the top of the tower. It was empty and the moonlight was shining through the windows. She opened one of the windows and stared at the stars. It was a beautiful night and she couldn't tear her eyes away from the sight.

She closed her eyes and sighed.

"Found your way back here I see." Said a voice from behind her.

Hermione turned around suddenly and saw Draco standing at the top of the staircase.

"Malfoy!" she said suddenly.

"That's not what you called me last night." She said with a smirk.

"What?" she asked him.

"Do you remember anything from last night, Hermione?" he asked knowing full well that he had said her first name.

"What?" she asked surprised that he called her by her first name.

He walked closer to her and suddenly all the memories came back. The kisses they shared...what he did when he found her in the garden...how he brought her back to her dormitory.

"Oh my gosh," she said, "I remember now."

Draco nodded and stepped closer to her even more. She stared at him but didn't back away. He came so close that she could smell him. She closed her eyes and let it take over her senses. She opened them again and looked into his eyes.

"Why?" she asked.

"Why what?"

"Why did you help me last night if...if you hate me?" she said just above a whisper.

He placed his hand on her cheek and whispered in her ear.

"I could never hate you, Hermione."

She closed her eyes. She wanted to kiss him so bad. But she shouldn't. It's Malfoy.

Draco could see that she was trying to control her breathing but he could also tell that it wasn't working. He smirked. He ran his hands through her hair and saw her open her eyes.

She stared at him. His blonde hair hung loosely at the sides. She didn't know why but she couldn't take her eyes off of him.

"Why are you calling me Hermione?" she asked.

He laughed a little.

"Because it's your name." He said.

"You know what I mean, Draco." She said.

"Why are you calling me Draco?" he asked.

"I...well...I...I don't know." She stammered.

"Exactly." He said.

He bent down and kissed her lips. She sighed and opened her mouth slightly. His familiar taste entered her mouth and she sighed into him. She smiled against her lips and began to kiss down her neck where she let out an uncontrollable moan. He moved back to her mouth and pushed her against the wall.

She ran her fingers lightly up and down his back. She felt a spark of electricity shoot up her spine. She moved her hands to his hair and he started to kiss the back of her ear. She felt like she was going to fall. She couldn't feel her legs anymore. As if reading her mind Draco wrapped his arms around her waist to steady her.

"Draco." She whispered.

"Yes?" he asked.

"I...I..." she said.

Draco seemed to know that she was going to say that she loved him. So he whispered to her before she could say it.

"I know."

She kissed him deeply and felt her whole world fade away instantly.