CHAPTER 7
Hermione woke at about noon. She ambled over to vanity and traced the now raised scabbed over cuts across her face. She got dressed in a plain tight black shirt and some black hip huggers. She limped down the stairs there was still a bright white scar on her leg that hurt to walk on. Her ankle had a long scabbed over cut on it. "Hey what's wrong." asked Craig. Hermione limped over to the couch. Craig opened his arms and Hermione sat down by him and laid against his chest. "Its Ron isn't it? Classes are cancelled by the way." Hermione just sat there snuggled into Craig's chest and began to cry. "Come now Hermione its fine." he said lifting her chin. His jade eyes studied her face. He wiped the tears from her eyes and kissed her forehead. "Its not your fault you couldn't have stopped it." He wiped more tears from her eyes. "What happened to your face?" he asked as he traced the cuts. "Nothing. I jus scratched myself." she said with a weak smile. Craig smiled and gave her hug. "Thank you." she said as she kissed him on his cheek. "No problem." He said. She snuggled against his chest again but, she continued to cry. A couple minutes later Craig joked around her. "Hey its hard to get tear stains out of this material." Hermione gave small smile. "But, I'd do it for you." Hermione turned a strawberry colour and before she knew it she was kissing him. She had to admit for someone who had never had a girlfriend he was a damn good kisser. His hands rested lightly on her hips and Hermione had her arms around his neck. She moved on to his lap deepening the kiss. They didn't stop kissing until they heard a mug shatter. Hermione got up quickly and straightened her shirt. "Malfoy. Uh... Hi." she said pushing hair behind her shoulder. "Hello. Enjoying your game of tonsil hockey." He said smirking. "Sod off Malfoy." said Craig. He put his arm around Hermione's waist. "Your just jealous." He looked to Hermione. "Come on." Craig walked out of the portrait hole as Hermione put her arm around his shoulder. "You and Malfoy have something going on don't you?" he said suddenly. Hermione stopped and her turned to face him. "Uh... No. Why would you say that?" she asked. "Please don't lie." he said watching her. "No, really I swear we aren't going out or anything." Hermione began to walk again and Craig followed her. "You wish you were." he said waiting for her reaction. "No! Of course not! He is such an insufferable prat! Besides he is in Slytherin." Craig smiled and shook his head "True love has no limits." He swooped down and gave her a light kiss. "Bye Hermione. See you later." Hermione put a hand to her lip. "What have I done to deserve this?" She moaned.

She began to walk to somewhere no one would be. She headed up to the Room of Requirement. Well, limped up to the Room of Requirement. A place to relax. she thought to herself as she passed by the tapestry. She saw a door appear. She walked into the room and collapsed on one of the cushions. The walls were a soft brown color and it had tons and tons of pillows and cushions in bright colours. She laid down and looked up at the ceiling. She thought about the past days events. The kiss with Malfoy, my dream, Ron being hurt like that, kissing Craig, and that odd rose that had appeared when I threw that book. Hermione remembered she had barely done anything for the ball and it was TWO WEEKS AWAY! "Oh shit." she said. I wish I had my stuff for the ball. Hermione got up and saw a table that wasn't there a black quill, parchment , and the notebook she and Malfoy were already writing ideas in. She sat down at the table and began writing and drawing descriptions. She laid her head down on the notebook. She was becoming extremely tired. When she took a breath in she smelt Malfoy's cologne. She jolted back up and looked around. She didn't see him. She lifted up her notebook and smelt the page. It was his cologne mixed with the papery smell. She smiled but, then shook her head. "This is Malfoy were talking about." Hermione began to write more things down and add some more detail to the pictures. She was so immersed in her work she didn't here the door behind her open. "Hello Gr-... Hermione." said a voice. She froze. Malfoy... "How in the world did you get in here!" she said standing up. Malfoy stood there and shook his head. "Easy all I had to think was 'I need to find Hermione."' Hermione sat down. "I should have known. I was just surprised. I wasn't thinking. Why are you here?" she asked as she watched him. She jumped slightly as a chair appeared. She watched Malfoy sit down in it. "I needed to talk to you. I wanted to talk about wh-... ''He stopped." What's that?" He asked pointing to the drawings on the table. Hermione looked behind her. "Oh uh that's nothing." she said gathering them up. "Just some designs for what we could do with the Rose gardens." Draco took the drawings from her. "These are really good." He going through them. He stopped occasionally and pointed at a few things then shook his head and went to the other one. He took out four of them, the ones Hermione saw him stop at, He spread them out on the table and took the quill and got a new piece of parchment. He circled some details that she had written and ones in the drawing and wrote them down on the piece of parchment. Hermione watched him. She couldn't help but think how cute he looked when he was serious. "Here." he said handing her the page he had written. Hermione looked through them and began to draw it. She sighed every now and then and looked at the other pictures to see how she had drawn it and how she could change it. Hermione became nervous when Malfoy stood over her and had a hand on her chair and the other on the table. Hermione stopped for a second and looked up. She was surprised. She hadn't known Malfoy was that close. She studied his face and looked into his grey eyes that seemed a little darker then normal. She drew in a shaky breath as Malfoy came closer to her. She closed her eyes as Draco gave her a small kiss. He went to pull away but, she began to kiss him back. Hermione put her hands on his shoulders and stood up. Draco put his hands on her hips and brought Hermione closer. Draco took a few steps back so he could steady himself against the wall. Hermione was glad of this to because her knees felt like jello and she needed to lean on something. Draco's hand wandered up the back of he shirt. Hermione let out a low moan as Draco did this. Hermione broke the kiss quickly so she could take a breath. Draco looked down at her and Hermione looked back up. She took a step back. "I... Uh..." She looked down and straightened her shirt. Hermione shook her head and picked up the hoodie she was wearing when she came and walked to the door. She turned around to look at Malfoy who was standing there watching her. She opened the door and walked out.

"Really intelligent Draco." he said shaking his head. "Damn me and my hormones." He said as he picked up the drawings for the gardens. He walked out himself. He turned around as he felt the doorknob turn into back into the wall. "Freaky." he said walking off. He thought Hermione would be at the common room so he decided he would go back the prefects quarters drop off the drawings and head up to his room. He walked in quickly and placed them on the bar. "Draco." said a voice from the couch. He froze and turned around. "Hey." he said quietly. "I- I wanted to say I'm sorry." Hermione said turning around to face him. "For what." he said. "For keep doing this to you." she said looking away quickly then back to him. "Look, I should be saying I'm sorry. Because I shouldn't be doing this to you. If you and I were going to get together it would have to be at the right time for each of us. And I shouldn't be trying to rush you." He said. He left Hermione sitting there. She turned around and looked into the fire.

"Hermione?" said a airy Irish voice. "Hey Andi. Come join me." she said not even turning around. She heard footsteps and saw Andi sit down. "What's up?" Hermione shook her head. "Nothing." she said. "Did anyone ever tell you that you lie terribly." Hermione gave a small laugh. "No not really." Hermione stretched. "I'm tired." She got up and began to walk to her door. "What's wrong with your leg?" Andi said watching Hermione limp. "Oh yeah I just hurt it. It'll be fine." She said opening her door and walking up the stairs.

Andi stood up and went to the door that had the dragon on it. She tapped her foot until she heard footsteps. Draco opened the door and Andi walked past him up the stairs. "Sure come in." Draco said sarcastically as he followed her up. Andi went in and sat on his black and green bed. "What did you do to Hermione?" Andi asked the minute Draco closed the door to the stairs. "Nothing." he said exasperated as he sat down in one the plush black chairs. Andi shook her head. "Sure. She's quite as hell and she's fucking limping." Draco rolled his eyes. "And do you think your fucking overreacting." He said walking out the door and down the stairs. He slammed the door at the bottom of the stairs. "Jesus fu-." he stopped. "Hello professor..." Dumbledoore smiled, "I came to see how everyone was doing on the ball plans. How are you and Miss Granger doing?" Draco ran a hand through his hair. "Were doing good. Here's our sketches here. This one is our definite design were going to do colors and everything else at a meeting were having tonight with everyone so the things you know coincide?" Draco said watching Dumbledoore look through them. "Very good. I will be back tomorrow to see progress. He gave a smile and walked out. "Oh shit." Draco wrote a letter and copied it 6 times and magicked it to fly to everyone wherever they were. A couple went to the doors a few to the common room and one out the window.

We have to have a prefects meeting! Dumbledoore is coming tomorrow to check on our progress for the ball!

Draco

Hermione sat on her bed and sighed. "This is to confusing." She threw a pillow across the room and got up and headed to her door. She walked down the stairs in the Common Room. "Empty... Good" she said as she went to the door with the dragon on it. She opened it and headed up the stairs. She gave a slight knock on the top door and opened it. "Draco?" She asked walking and shutting the door behind her. "Hermione." Sad a voice from a bed that looked exactly like hers, minus the pillow and the colors were black and green. "Uh... Hi.. What.. Why... Err... Sit." he finally said. Hermione nodded and sat down on the bed. "Not, to sound rude but, Uhm why are you here?" Hermione bit her lip. "What you said got me thinking. I..." Hermione bit her lip again. "Listen for a sec, Kay?" said Draco, ":This isn't something I would ever imagine me saying but, Hermione... I really really think I love you." Hermione's cheek's turned a strawberry colour. Draco took a sep closer and was now standing in front of her. Hermione jumped up and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Draco, I think I love you to." Hermione was surprised to see Draco give an actual smile. He gently grabbed chin and gave her kiss. Hermione was even redder. "I'm sorry for teasing you." Hermione smiled. "Im sorry for slapping you." Draco pushed some hair out of her face and put his hand behind her neck. He brought her closer and began to kiss her again. He broke the kiss and watched her. Later on that night the prefects sat there. "I think it should be like a icy theme..." said Padma. "Why? It's Halloween!" Draco shook his head at all this shouting. H covered his easy as someone gave a loud whistle. "Thank you." said Hermione, "Now, Craig is right..." Draco made a face and mumbled to himself, "Craig is right... Jees marry him why dontcha." Andi elbowed him. "Shut up. Or at least say it so people can hear it." Draco rolled his eyes. "How does that sound?" asked Hermione. "Wonderful. Now start your sketches and the colors. Come on Draco." "Huh?" Hermione rolled her eyes and grabbed him by the wrist.

Hermione led him up to her room. There was a table in the middle of the room with one of her candle things in the middle and parchment and colored pencils. Draco looked around her room. "Its so... Purple." Hermione gave a laugh and yours is so, Dreary." Hermione leaned against the door. "Hey now be nice. Your stuck here remember." Draco said taking a step to her and putting his arms around her waist. "Ah ah ah!" Hermione said, "Work before play..." Draco gave a fake pout and Hermione walked away. "I like those jeans." Draco said, "Your not the only one." She replied as she sat down and began to color some thing's. Draco sat down as well.

"Hermione come on you've redrawn it twice! Its been three hours!" he whined standing behind her as she began to redraw it again. Hermione turned around. "But it has to lo-" Draco shut her up by kissing her. "Sorry, I had no choice." he said after her stopped. Hermione shook her head. "Typical male." she said standing up and stretching. "You wanna say that again." Draco said playfully tickling her sides. "Ah! Draco stop!" Draco smirked and continued to tickle her. Hermione fell onto her bed. "Back off. Stop." she said between laughing. Draco was on top of her when the door opened. Draco stopped and looked over. "Harry. Uh... Hi." Harry stood there, "I..." Harry turned around and closed the door. Hermione dropped her head back hard against the bed. "Don't worry." said Draco getting of off her and the bed. "He hates me." Hermione said putting a pillow over her face. "Well considering the fact that you did make out with him on the train and he got into a fight for you I'm pre- OW!" He said as Hermione threw a heavily beaded black pillow at him. "That's not helping." replied her muffled voice. Draco sat there and rubbed her leg.

Hermione went down the stairs after Draco had left and went into the Common Room. When she entered she had expected to be greeted warmly. But instead got glares and the cold shoulder. "Okaaaaay." she muttered to herself. Hermione started up the stairs to the boy's dorms. She noticed the boys had put a white board that had there names and pictures. She looked at the pictures. "Ginny, Padma, Lavender, Parvati... Andi? That's weird." Hermione saw her name and the same zigzag design but noticed that the there was nothing inside the zigzag. Just white. Hermione finally remembered that they had it up last year too. "I signed it..." She looked around and saw where three finger streaks were through some purple ink. She looked and saw what was part of her signature. Hermione sighed. "This isn't going to be easy..." she said. She knocked lightly on the door, and opened it up a little. "Harry?" She asked opening it up. It was dark and all the bed hangings were closed. "Go away, whore." Hermione gritted her teeth. "Harry Potter you come here right now and say that to my face you no good dirty rotten coward!" Hermione heard a thud that sounded like feet on cement. Harry walked towards her. "Whore." Hermione slapped him. She was surprised that he fell back. "If you ever call me that again, you'll be on the ground for something more then a slap." she said in a deadly hiss. "You know you are... You make put with me. Then you make out with Craig, and now your doing Malfoy!" Hermione stood there and watched Harry wipe blood from the scratches from Hermione's nail's across his cheek. "For your information I'm not doing anybody. He was joking around with me and I fell on the bed and he came after me to tickle me. That's not having sex!" she said to Harry crossing her arms. "He was still on top of him. That means you were going out!" Hermione gave a chuckle. "Were? Try 'are'. But you can say that we were Friends. Were not anymore." Hermione turned on her heels and walked out slamming the door so hard some dust fell from the ceiling.

Hermione stomped into her own common room and to the mini-fridge behind the bar. She got out a soda and opened it. Draco was sitting on the couch with Andi. "What's wrong, lo- Hermione?" Hermione looked to him. Then noticed Andi was by him. "Its none of you business Malfoy." She said walking up to her room. As she passed the couch she gave Draco's shoulder a slight squeeze that she hoped Andi wouldn't notice. "I'm going to go see what's wrong." He said standing up. "Why she hates you." Draco rolled his eyes. "Fine I won't talk to her about that. We need to finish the sketches." Andi sat back down with a quirked brow. "You two are hiding something." she said suspiciously. "Yeah. Our plans for the garden. Bye." he said walking to Hermione's door. He opened it and headed up the stairs.He gave a light knock on the door. "Go away Andi!" He heard from inside. "Don't worry, love. Its me." He heard the bed move and Hermione opened the door. She waited for Draco to walk in and sit down on the bed. She closed the door and sat on his lap and began to cry. "What's up." he said rubbing her head. "Harry." Draco lifted her head up. "What did he say?" Hermione sniffed and wiped her eyes. "He called me a whore." Draco looked at her. "Your kidding me." he said. "But, I slapped him. It gave him three long cuts across his cheek." Draco nodded. "Speaking of cuts." he said as he pushed some hair out of her face. "How'd you get these?" he traced them with his fingers. She shivered. "I... Its was really weird. I don't want to talk about it now, kay?" Draco furrowed his brow. "Okay." he said.

He kissed her on her cheek and gave her another hug. Hermione smiled and put her arm's around his neck. She gave him a light kiss on the lips and smiled as Draco responded. Draco leaned back on the bed, and Hermione was on top of him. Draco's hand began to travel up Hermione's back again. She shivered a little and opened her mouth slightly. Draco took advantage of this opportunity and let his tongue go into hers. Hermione was surprised at first but, soon realised she liked it. Hermione moved her arms from around his neck and moved down to his chest.

Hermione was about to take off his shirt but she heard. "Oh my god." Hermione stopped and turned around. She sat up. "Uh.. Hi Andi." Draco got up to a wiped some lip gloss from his mouth. Andi just stood there. "Uh..." Hermione tried to think of something to say. "Hi." was all she could say. Draco stood up and gave Hermione a kiss on her neck. "I'll be back later." Hermione glared. "No you won't." she said. He gave a smile and moved Andi out of the way and walked out. "When were guys going to plan on telling me?" Hermione scratched her head. "That's thing. We weren't." Andi shook her head. "If you two were really my friends you would have." "No Andi you have to understand!" Andi shook her head. "No I don't have to do anything." She walked out of Hermione's room and slammed the door.
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Hey Ya'll sorry this took awhile I been grounded! Plus I'm on Independent study because the Mother Unit Don't think I can handle going to school No more... . Anyways. I have a good contest thingy. I am looking for two new Chara's for some transfer students well I have 2 contests. First, I want a new name for the fic. So in your reveiws leave the name you think would suit it. If you win You'll send me the deets of your chara. and s/he wil be put into the story. The other one is,I want ya'll to leave details for your character and when I pick the name I'll pick the character as well. I'll have more info in a A/N Before Chapter Eight!

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Ellie Gir