When Hermione arrived at the Gryffindor-table, Harry jumped up „And? Did you punch him in the nose?"

"Uhm…" Hermione blushed, looking down to the floor "Well… kinda… I guess…"

Harry jumped and threw his fist in the air "That's my girl, oh yeah! Teach him how to speak to you!"

Hermione stared into his green eyes "Harry… please… just sit down"

"Oh" Harry half-smiled "Don't want everyone to know, right? Okay…"

It was strange to Hermione seeing Harry this happy, espacially when her heart was so confused…

Harry had been really sad since Sirius' death in their fifth year. It was now nearly two years since… the incident. Sometimes, Harry came to Hermiones Dorm (she was headgirl and had her own dorm now) in the middle of the night and climbed next to her in her bed. He did that when he had this nightmares, when he re-lived Sirius' death or other terrible moments of his life. Then he cuddled against her back and fell back to sleep. He searched comfort in her arms and the only smile you saw from him for nearly two years now was fake, and nobody but Hermione saw. But today, his smile was real. And that was why Hermione felt bad.

She felt bad because she had enjoyed the kiss and if Harry knew about it… He would maybe never ever smile again… He had this crush on Hermione, and she knew perfectly well, but ignored it. She loved Harry. As a friend. Not more. And it would break his heart if he heard…

The door opened and Hermione felt the smirk in her back. She knew he was staring at her…

"Herms, sorry, but you don't seem to have Malfoy impressed enough… He's smirking at you…"

Hermione turned and she knew what he knew. He had something against her in his hand. And she had something against him. They had power over each other… But Draco could say that he had kissed her to make fun of her because it was just his style. But Hermione? Hermione couldn't defend herself from him. She had nothing she could do…

Malfoy motioned her to follow him and left the hall. And this smirk scared the shit out of her, so she jumped up, took her things, waved at Harry and Ron and ran out of the hall, nearly stumbling into Draco in the entrance hall "What do you want, Malfoy?"

He just smirked and turned, taking the marble staircase and a hidden corridor before he opened a door and went in. Hermione followed him and, standing in front of the door, looked down the corridor. Noone was there. She layed her hand on the doorknob, hesitated, but opened the door and stepped in. Malfoy couldn't do anything to her since Harry had the marauder's map. The door closed with a heavy sound behind Hermione, and she stood in complete darkness.

Nervously, she searched for her wand while Malfoy started to speak "Well, well, well, Granger… Something has changed, no? Now you'll have to do what I want you to… Don't you send this light into my eyes, mudblood!"

Hermione lowered her wand "I won't let you blackmail me. No. Way."

She pointed her wand at his chest "Got that?"

Malfoy took his wand out, too, and pointed it at her heart "You're not the one to make the rules!"

They glared at each other for a split second, before yelling "Expelliarmus" both at the same time. Their wands were gone and it was dark again. Hermione fell to her knees, crawling over the floor, groping for her wand "Malfoy, how big is this room exactly…?"

"I… I don't know. I never want farther than about 200 feet…"

"And could you see the wall from this 200 feet into the room?"

"Uhm…" she could hear him shift his weight "No… and… the echo…"

"Yeah, sounds like this bloody room is as big as the whole dungeons. Well then, go and get some light"

Their was an awkward silence and Hermione had a premonition that all was not well… "Malfoy?"

"Yeah, well… mudblood… see… The door. You know, we are in a wizarding castle and sometimes those doors don't open the muggle way…"

"There's a spell on the door???"

"Well, yes…"

Hermione got up again, trying to see something, but failing… "Then we'll have to knock on the door until someone hears us…"

"Yeah, well, mudblood…see… The door…"

"Oh no Malfoy, we had that already. You do not want to tell me there's a silencer on it, do you?"

"Well, I was going to use other words, but…"

"Oh" Hermione searched for a wall and sat down at it "Fine. Then we'll have to wait"

She felt someone trip over her legs, then a muffled noise and a "Fuck.." Before Malfoy sat down several feet away from her "And you're going to wait for what exactly? Noone ever comes in here…"

Hermione sighed "Harry will"

She heard Malfoy snort "And why would saint Potter come in here?"

Hermione would have stared at her fingers nervously, but she couldn't see her fingers and so she just stared in their general direction "Well, he has this map… It shows you where everyone is…"

"I knew their was something strange with him wandering around the halls after curfew and never getting caught!"

"Yeah, well… It may take some time, but he'll wonder where I am and look at the map. And then he'll see that I'm in a room with you and he'll come to look if I'm okay"

"Some time meaning…?"

Hermione tried to look into his direction "Well, could take ten minutes or maybe until breakfast…"