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All the new first years had been sorted into their houses and the feast was nearly over, Draco had not seen Hermione at the feast, but he didn't expect to since she had permission not to be there. He looked over at the Griffindor table and saw Potty with the little Weasley and The elder one with Brown. ' They don't look like they even miss Granger'

Dumbledore stood up on the podium at the front off the hall ready to make an announcement "Welcome back, to those of you above first year and welcome to Hogwarts first years, i have a few minor announcement to make and then you may go to your common rooms, firstly the forbidden forest is strictly out of bounds, hence the name. Secondly the trips to Hogsmede will commence in October to third year and above." he paused to look around the hall "Now i will introduce our head boy, Draco Malfoy of Slytherin House" the whole slytherin table applauded "And the head girl is Hermione Granger of Griffindor house, but she could not be with us tonight and that brings me on to another announcement" he paused again while the hall erupted with chatter

"If the mudblood carnet be head girl this year, they might let me take her place, Drakie and we would be living together" Pansy Parkinson wined and Draco flinched

"Granger is head girl, she is here, just not at the moment and don't call me Drakie, my name is Draco" he swore.

"Miss Granger received some bad news over the summer. Mr and Mrs Granger, Hermione's parents past away in a terrible accident and Hermione had no other relatives to be there for her so naturally she has found it hard the past month. Miss Granger will be absent from class for a few days to get accustomed to being back at school and sort out her parents belongings which she has had to bring with her. She has asked me to let her have some privacy, so i want no one to disturbed her when she doesn't want to be. Thank you, that will be all." with that said all the students exited the hall and went to their respective common rooms. Harry and Ron were shocked, why haddent Hermione told them, they wondered.

Hermione was in her head girl dorm room and un-packing her parents belongings, she looked at her watch, 8pm.

'I think ill go for a walk' and she left the common room. She was almost at the entrance hall when she heard

"Look, it's the mudblood." Said Crabbe as Goyle snickered.

"Pardon me" she asked Crabbe and Goyle

"He called you a mudblood"

"Yes i got that, but you do realise im head girl and can give you detention"

"So, Draco's head boy and can take them away"

"60 points from slytherin each for disrespecting the head girl" she smirked as they both groaned and left her.

"I see you got rid of those dolts." Hermione turned and saw him, Suddenly, she was breathless just looking at Draco. He had grown tall and muscular; his skin was still extremely pale but it went perfectly with his no longer gelled back, platinum blonde hair. Needless to say, he was drop-dead gorgeous.

"Like what you see?" Asked a grinning Draco as he watched Hermione look him up and down.

"Not really" she said unconvincingly

"Well-" he was stopped mid sentence. Hermione was kissing him, and truth be told, he enjoyed it so he kissed her back,
His tongue entered her mouth and danced with hers. She responded to every movement he made. She was driving him wild. Draco deepened the kiss and heard muffle a moan. Then, he pulled back breathing hard.

"Um..."Hermione started trying to think of something to say when she saw a head of red.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING" he screamed, whilst being healed back by Harry

"Do you want to tell them or shall i Granger?" Draco asked quietly.

"No, you can tell them"

"Potty, Weasel, its called kissing, when two people like each other and want to make their liking for each other physical its the first step, but i wouldn't expect you two to understand that" he smirked.

"Hermione, are you going to let him treat us like that" asked Harry

"Harry listen to me, please. Its not what you think its-"

"Save it Hermione we don't need a explanation, just come with us and it shall never be spoken of"

"Excuse me? Harry what are you talking about?" Hermione asked

"Malfoy was taking advantage of you because your upset over your parents being dead, we know you wouldn't kiss him willingly, you'd have to out of your right mind"

"I did kiss him willingly and i might just continue to do so" this time it was Draco that smirked

"Hermione come now, were leavening" called Ron, he was expecting Hermione to follow, but she did dent.

"NO, Ron im not coming, if you carnet me kissing somebody, then i don't want to be friends with you any more" she turned and left dragging Draco's hand in her own.

"What just happened?" asked Ron

"We've lost her, for good this time" said Harry

"Wanna go see Gin and Lav" Ron asked coolly as if nothing had happend.

"Sure" Harry replied the same.

In the heads room

"What?" Hermione yelled as she looked at the shock/horror of Draco's face

"You kissed me mudblood"

"And you kissed back ferret"

"I was playing along, and i never refuse a free piece of ass, when it wanders so freely to me"

"Then kiss me again, there's nobody here, if you were really playing along, then kiss me again" Hermione said. And he did. Draco kissed her with more passion than he did before, then he pulled away

"Get lost mudblood" he said and pushed her further away, as he took a step backwards he fell over a cardboard box.

"What the fuck?" he swore as he tried to get up "What are these things?"

"My parents belongings, im sorting them out and when i go home for Christmas ill sell the things that aren't needed and keep the rest in my house"

"Why, how did your parents die?"

"Never knew you cared Malfoy"

"Trust me i don't, but i want to know"

"We better sit down" and they sat down on the sofa "Shall i start at the beginning" he nodded "Well, since ive no one else to talk to i guess your as good as anybody, after Easter in 6th year, Ron, Harry and I kind of drifted apart, we saw less and less of each other and just stopped talking kind of, except when they needed help with homework or something like that, well we still haddent spoke during the war, they replaced my seat in the golden trio with Lav and Ginny, their new girlfriends. After the war we still hadn't spoken, i hadn't even seen them, i knew they was alive, but they hadn't even contacted me to see if i was, they know my owl died just before so at home i couldn't get in touch with them. Anyway when i got home, i was so pleased to see my mum and dad"

"We went on our yearly holiday, Miami in America, it was really nice and i had the time of my life, when i got back they had to go to work and they left in their car, that was the last time i saw them, see there was this man who had been drinking too much the police told and he wasn't looking where he was going and my mum and dad got scraped off the motorway when he hit them and the police told me they died instantly" she was now fully crying.

"Sorry" mumbled Draco

"Its ok, i don't have any family any more, they were all i had, i have no friends at home because i come here and never see them and haven't for the last 7 years, so i was totally alone"

"Sorry" he mumbled again, Hermione stood up

"Good Night Draco"

"Night Hermione, sweet dreams" 'oh my god, what the hell did i just say sweet dreams, have i gone mad'

Hermione was thinking along those lines too as she entered her room, she had never heard Draco wish anything sweet before.

Draco sat thinking about what she had told him, he did really feel sorry for her. For the first time he actually saw Hermione Granger as her own person, not just a third of the golden trio and he liked her.

dmhg