Hermoine sat in shock as he said those few words to her. He had never asked her for help before. And this seemed so serious too. She sighed. "Draco if it's about Pansy then..." But Draco cut her off by putting a finger to her lips. "I need to change" he said simply.

"What are you talking about?" Hermoine asked completely and totally confused with what Draco had said to her. Draco sighed and looked down at the floor. He hated having to tell her about his dilemma, but she was the smartest in his year, and from what he has heard around the school she was a great listener when anybody needed it.

He looked up again and brushed his hair away from his face and started to explain how he was feeling about everything going on. "You see," he said, "I don't want to be on the dark side, but being surrounded by Slytherin's will not help one bit." She nodded her agreement.

"But what about a resorting?" Hermoine asked, completely concerned with Draco's problem. He nodded. "I thought of that, but don't you think it would be strange? Plus all of the Slytherin's would turn their backs on me" he argued. Hermoine started to get frustrated. "Look Malfoy, I'm not trying to convince you to do something you don't want to do. It's all up to you, and if you're just going to start picking fights with me then forget about me helping you" Hermoine snarled at him.

"Calm down Hermoine, I'm not arguing with you...just myself. I'm just so unsure of everything that's been going on. If my father was still around..." "Draco you can't talk like that!" Hermoine cut him off. "You have to be yourself. Just think to yourself that he's gone for good and never coming back and now you can be the person you always wanted to be" she said while placing a hand on his. She was shocked by how warm it was. She has always figured they would be cold just like he was, but she thought that maybe he did want to be a better person after all.

He looked down at her hand on his then up into her eyes. Something inside of him wanted to kiss her, but he held back. He didn't think she felt that way about him, and he wasn't sure what he felt for her. But the way he was treating him, like an equal, after all the mean and obnoxious things he had said about her the past five years, and now she was here for him. Nobody had ever done that before, and her of all people, did.

She was looking over at him intently, her hand still on his, and a tear fell from his eyes. More followed and he buried his head in her shoulder. She comforted him by rubbing his back and holding him tight. "It's ok shhh it's going to be fine. I'll help you through this" Hermoine said, still holding onto him. "But what if it's not ok Hermoine? What if it won't be fine?" he sobbed. "Then I'll still be here for you" she whispered gently.

He looked up to her, and pulled her closer to him, first making sure it was alright, then he hugged her. She was shocked. What's he doing, she thought to herself. She rubbed his back gently and kissed his cheek. He lifted his head abruptly. "Sorry" she whispered. "Don't be" he said and leaned in closer. "What are you doing, Draco?" she asked. "Something I've wanted to do ever since the moment you said you'd be here for me no matter what."

He moved in closer until their noses touched. He wanted to be sure that she was ok with what he was doing. She didn't move away so he tilted her head up and kissed her gently, and he found that she kissed him back. He wanted to deepen the kiss, but he knew it was too soon. They broke away slowly. She hugged him tightly, with her eyes closed.

What did I just do? Hermoine asked herself. I can't believe I kissed him, and enjoyed it! What's my problem? She scolded herself. She broke away from him and looked into his eyes. He gave her a small smile which she returned. He took hold of her hands. "Thanks" Draco said. "For what?" Hermoine's lip trembled. "For being here" Draco said and kissed her cheek. She smiled.

She hesitated to ask this but she knew she wanted to. "D-Draco?" she stuttered. "Yes?" he asked while holding her close. It felt so right to him. "Do you want to stay in here tonight?" Hermoine asked, silently begging he would say yes. He smiled slightly and nodded. "Just let me get changed" he said, kissed her forehead, and left the room.

Hermoine sat down on the bed. Out of all the guys she had to fall for, it had to be Malfoy. She didn't know what was going on between the two of them, but she'd like to find out. She sighed and lay back on the bed.

Draco walked back into the room with a white t-shirt on and a pair of green and blue plaid sleep pants. Hermoine smiled at the sight and took out some pajamas from her trunk and made her way to the bathroom. She changed quickly into a lavender set. The pants had pink cows on them and in the middle of the tank top was another pink cow.

She stepped out into her room and Malfoy chuckled at the pajamas. She crawled onto the bed and he came up close to her again and held her close. She closed her eyes as they lay back underneath the sheets and fell asleep in the arms of the last person she would expect to have there with her.

A/N -> Yes I know it's soon for the kissing and snuggling but stuff will happen! you just wait! Please Review and keep reading!