A/n: Here is the next chapter! Sorry that the other one was so short, we are going to try to write longer chapters soon! –Asheli

Eyes Like Silver Orbs: Chapter 2

Hermione Granger slowed only when she was out of the dungeons. She was very scared yet she was desperate to turn back and apologize for stomping all over him like that, but what if he did love her? What if she was running from true love that was right under her nose?

"No!" She told herself firmly. "You know him. He doesn't even have a heart

But did she know him? She had only been mean to him since their first year at Hogwarts. He had not treated her well, so in return, she was the same. She hadn't even tried to make friends with him.

A tear trickled down Hermione's cheek. Exactly the spot he had touched her pale scared face. She rubbed her face gently. She wanted his cold hand there again. It felt cool at first, but Hermione thought for sure, that if he had kept it there long enough, it would have been as warm as dragon's breath. She wanted his hand so badly that she had to muster up all the strength she could to keep from returning to the dungeons and handing her body, mind, and soul to Draco Malfoy.

Suddenly a frightening thought entered her mind. Should she tell Harry and Ron? They had been best friends since they were 11 years of age. They would fret though, and maybe try to do something horrible to Draco. She didn't want that, or did she?

"No, you don't Hermione! You're being a typical, confused 16 year old girl!"

In the end, she decided to keep her lips sealed. She said the password for the common room ("toenail fungus") and went up to the girl's dormitory. She fainted in the doorway.

When Hermione woke, two worried faces hovered over her. They belonged to Harry Potter and Ron Weasley.

"Why am I here?" Hermione asked curiously.

"Parvati Patil woke up in the middle of the night to get something to drink and found you laying on the floor, flat on your stomach. She thought that you were dead. Her scream practically woke the whole castle!" Hermione sat up looking (and feeling) befuddled.

"Why would I faint though?" She asked half believing it.

"Probably all the studying you are doing!" Harry exclaimed.

"You don't know what you are talking about, Harry. I have to study!"

Madam Pomfrey came bustling out of her office looking harassed.

"Out, out! My patients need rest!" Harry and Ron scuttled out without a looking back. She was sad for them to go, but she did want to think about why she had fainted. She knew it had to do with Draco. Could she be falling in love with him? A love so deep that when she wasn't with him, she would faint? Hermione hardly had time to swallow all this new information, when Madam Pomfrey came over and stuffed a spoonful of medicine down her throat.

"You'll fall asleep in about 2 seconds." Madam Pomfrey smiled.

"What?!"

But it was too late, sleep was already clouding over her eyes.

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