"I hate him!" Hermione shouted out loud in the empty common room of her and Draco's "house." "Why is he so mean?" she shouted again wiping the back of her hand across her eyes. "Why do his cruel jokes and name calling still get to me?" she asked her self out loud. "But he was so different the other night when he helped me get relaxed, it's as if it wasn't even Malfoy" she finished.
After her little tantrum she went to the library to write a particularly special e-mail.
Dear Aticuss03,
I have been thinking about it and I've decided that I want to meet you! Please e-mail me back and tell me a time that is best for you.
Love,
Darkvictory75
Hermione clicked the send button nervously. 'What if he doesn't show up?' she asked herself 'or what if he's some kind of a psycho or something?' Hermione thought again. 'But someone that sweet and kind would never be like that' she reassured herself. She went back to her room happily until she walked in to see Malfoy sitting in a chair. She acted as if he wasn't even there and walked right past him.
"Hermione?" he said right as her foot hit the top step leading to their room.
"What do you want now Malfoy?" she started taking her foot off the step and walking towards him. "Do you want to call me some more names? Or lie to me a little more?" she asked him giving him the evil eye.
"Look Granger, I shouldn't have said those things" Draco said hoping she would take it as an apology.
"What happened to the truce this morning? I thought we were going to try to get along, and it was working until your stupid friends came in!" Hermione shouted
"I can't act like I'm having fun with you when they come around, they can't know that we actually get along!" he shouted back
"Oh I see so we can be friends when we're alone but when your loser friends are around we have to act like we despise each other, is that it?" Hermione asked crossing her arms.
"Let me ask you this Granger, what would you have done if Potty and the Weasel had seen us laughing and getting along?" Draco asked, this time it was his turn to cross his arms and give her the evil look.
Hermione didn't know what to say. Especially since he was right. She would never let Harry and Ron think that she actually enjoyed being around Malfoy.
"I would have done the same thing" Hermione said quietly with her head down.
"Exactly" he replied.
"But I wouldn't have called you names in front of them!" Hermione said speaking the truth.
"Ok, I shouldn't have done that" he said
"Then what are we going to do?" she asked sitting down on the couch.
"Well" Draco sighed sitting down next to her "I guess when it's just us we act like we are now and when our friends ask about how it's going we can just say 'it's not so bad' or something like that" Draco suggested.
"That way we don't give away that we can actually get along but we can still be kind to each other" Hermione finished. Draco started laughing.
"What?" she asked curiously.
"It's just that, I never thought I'd see the day when you and I were actually able to stay in a room with each other for more than 5 seconds without getting in an argument" Draco said through laughter.
"Yea I never thought this was even humanly possible" Hermione admitted
"Oh I have to get to the library" Draco said jumping up.
"What for?" Hermione asked
"Oh I'm meeting some of my friends there" Draco said and he was out the door.
He read what Hermione or darkvictory75 sent him and this is what he wrote back.
Dear darkvictory75,
Meet me tomorrow night at the top of the astronomy tower at 7:30 PM. I can't wait to meet you.
Love,
Aticuss03
A/N: Sorry it's so short but I didn't have very many ideas for this chapter. Please review!
Blackpearl07
