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Sorry I didn't update sooner, I was so busy. Cantamaths, parties, stupid bloody economic tests, parties and I got my first Excellence for Response to Text in English!!!!! (Yah!!!)

I can't claim the flash back as mine... I actually got it off a fwd when checking my e-mails and thought it'll go wicked with my story. It wasn't me. Sorry to disappoint you.

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"...c'mon, get real Herms! You can't be serious!" exclaims Ron, "That-that's bloody..."

"Calm down Ron, I'm just going to Hogsmeade with him," she replied, earning her a horrified look from her best friend at her declaration,

"But, what about Harry? What's he going to say?" asked Ron, only to realise his mistake as it was too late,

"I DON'T CARE about Harry!" she fumed back at him, so clearly in denial, "I bet he's going with Ginny!"

"Is this what it's about? Oh Merlin! Herms! Just because Harry decides he wants to get with Ginny doesn't mean you have to mix with Malfoy!"

"I'm not doing this because of Harry," she stated, "have you ever considered that maybe he might actually like me? That I might actually like him?" she asked,

"This is Malfoy we're talking about, Herms! The same one that mocks you! The same one that taunts you because of your blood, the one who scorned us and made our lives a living hell for six years! You can't like him. I know you, you're up to something!" he declared, "what I don't get is how Malfoy would just kiss you – yes, no ones forgotten about THAT Herms – and the creepiest detail that he would even let you join them! That the Slytherins would let you join them. That to me was kind of weird."

He was panting, plainly out of breath, and stormed off before she could get the last word. Not that she would retaliate; she wanted at least one friend. For once, Hermione was in deep thought, considering what her friend had just told her.

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"May I escort you, my lovely lady, to Hogsmeade?" asked Draco, with a dramatic sweep of his arm, he led her away with a hand on her back guiding her; she giggled shamelessly.

"Draco," she said, now serious, but paused considering why the name sounded so alien coming from her,

"You called me by my name," he replied huskily, and rewarded her with a deep kiss,

"I've been thinking," she began, after he pulled away and she regained her wits, "how come you kissed me?"

"It was reward for using my first name... and because you're so irresistible!" he replied lightly,

"No... I mean, in potions. Like, how come... you've let me join you? How come the other Slytherins accept...this?"

"Um... let's see..." he began, pulling her closer, "I kissed you, like I said before, because you're so damn irresistible. If I accept you, the Slytherins accept you," he clarified, and saw her eyebrows raised in surprise,

Hermione was anticipating a reply, but... not quite one like this.

"I-I see,"

"Like... Potter, for instance, if he was to suddenly like someone. A Slytherin. Would all you other little Gryffindors follow his lead? Would you believe your famed leader, would you trust him to make the right decision? Not that I'm comparing such as myself to such as Potter, of course," he tried elaborating, and grimaced at Harry's name.

"Harry," she began, her face darkened when saying his name, "I don't think he would like a Slytherin. It's-It's very...unlikely." she replied, "Try a different comparison, you two are impossible to relate with each other!

"It's like...I keep order with my Slytherins. We play by our own rules. I make them," she nodded at this "but I guess innocent Pottie wouldn't mix with us Slytherins. Suppose you Gryffindors are too haughty to mix with such a criminal," he finished and began pouting,

"HAUGHTY??? GRYFFINDORS? Why you-you...!" she began, he gave her a dazzling smile and swept her into the Three Broomsticks.

She couldn't help but think about Harry and Sirius. A criminal, who escaped Azkaban! Maybe Draco was wrong. How blindly we followed Harry and accepted Sirius.

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