Hey guys. I'm starting to get the feeling that you don't like my writing too much. Not many people read this. Oh well. I'll just keep writing for myself and those who do read my stories, then. I happy with hat I got. Also I came to the conclusion that this story doesn't have to do with one of my relationships but many and other peoples. Hope you like this chapter. Thanks to those who did review.

LiLy MaLfOy13 oh I think you'll be really surprised at what happens in this story.

Draco: Very surprised.

Angelfire1589: Time for someone to be quiet don't you think?

Draco: Yeah, but you don't have to if you don't want to.

Chapter 3: A Slip of Tongue Can Mean so Many Things...

Hermione's POV

I walked down dragon alley with Draco. Not really speaking. I kept wondering to myself what if someone saw us together. I knew what to tell them. Head business. Or something like that, but it still slightly worried me for some reason. I shook it off though, and asked Draco what books he needed. It turned out that he needed almost all the same books I needed. Not that shocking. All advanced classes like mine. Which probably meant we had most of our classes together. Except a few. I had muggle history and art, and he had history of Quidditch, and Transfiguration. Two classes that I actually had no intention on learning.

We'd finally reached the bookstore. Draco and I separated to get our books. It still felt strange being here with him. Even if it wasn't a date. It was more of a 'shopping with a guy who had been there for when you were crying' friend thing. Which was perfectly natural. In certain American states...

I turned the corner to the mystery section of the bookstore. I was going to get something to read for those nights when I had nothing else to do. (A/N yes I do that... not all of us play with 'toys' on those lonely nights... all the time. (JK))

Once I found a couple of books I liked. I turned to go to register and rammed straight into a firmly built body, which knocked me to my ass. "Oh, sorry miss." he said. I couldn't quite place his voice just yet. Mainly cause I was embarrassed for being so clumsy, and was busy picking up my books.

"It's okay. Happens a lot." I said. I guess that the person had recognized my voice cause he automatically said. "Mione?" I looked up and dropped my books again. Ron.

What was he doing here? This was the last place in the world I ever expect him to be. Especially when he didn't have to be. "Hello, Ronald." I said coldly. Not letting him know my surprise of seeing him.

"Uh, hi. What are you doing here?" he asked becoming unnerved by me calling him Ronald. I could tell he was trying to make conversation. So I told him the last thing that he wanted to hear.

"I'm here with Draco." I said with a smirk on my face. His jaw dropped and his eyes bulged. "I'm on head business, you prick." I snapped. He closed his mouth once I said that. Some of the color returning to his face.

"Oh." he said shortly. "Well I was wondering-" he started, but I cut him off wanting to get away from him.

"Good. Then keep wondering." I hissed, and turned on my heel and walked away. Meeting Draco at the front. I knew that he'd been watching the whole thing cause he stood there shaking his head at me. "Do you feel better now?" he asked once I was next to him. I nodded with a smile on my face. He rolled his eyes at me. "Right then, can we pay for the books so I can shrink them and stop having to hold them?" he said. I looked at him.

"You do realize that you can levitate those right?" I said looking at him like he was stupid. "Yeah, I know that, but I need the arm muscles anyway." He said non-chalantly. Now I rolled my eyes. Boys and muscles, when would it ever end? He looks fine enough with muscles he... no. No, no, no, no, no. I told myself. You're not going to go thinking about him that way. All you're going to do is cause more problems for yourself. No matter how fine he looks... DAMN IT! I cursed myself. But was brought back to reality by Draco calling my name.

"Huh, deli- I mean Draco." I said catching myself before I could finish. "Yes, what is it." I said trying to seem calm. He looked at me like I was a crazy person. (A/N In a technicality. she is.)

"Uh... I said that you may want to pay the lady sometime this year." he said. Still looking at funny.

"Oh, right, of course." I said trying to think of something more intelligent to say. Once I paid the woman. We left. Both of us shrinking our books and putting them in our pockets. It reminded me of last valentines day when Ron and I had bought each other presents and weren't allowed to open them till we were alone. So we shrank them and put them in our pockets and held hands down the alley. It had been so romantic. Draco calling my name once more brought me back to reality. "Huh?" was all I could say.

"I said that you really should stop daydreaming before you walk into someone." he said I smiled ashamed that he'd caught me daydreaming to begin with. Then we started talking for a little bit and somehow the conversation wondered on to Snape.

"Yeah, professor isn't as bad as everyone thinks he is." Draco said easily. I looked at him like he was nuts. "I'm serious. He can have a real nice side at times. You just have to stay on his good side." he said.

"Really. He actually has a good side. That's a shock." I said semi-serious. He just shook his head. And walked with me back to Hogwarts. We didn't go inside though cause there was really nothing to do in there. So we just stayed outside and sat next to the lake. Our backs facing it. (A/N Not the smartest thing that I've ever done. expect at least I knew how deep the pool was when it happened to me.)

We were sitting there laughing and joking and I used one of my hands that I had been leaning on to wipe some hair from my face. Not a good move. My other hand slipped and I fell backwards into the lake. At first I surprised that it happened, but that didn't last long cause before I knew it I was being pulled out of the water, by a pair of strong arms. I knew it was Draco before I saw his paler than usual face. But it was still shocking to see it. I never once thought that Draco Malfroy would be worried about me.

"Are you okay? Can you breathe right? Do you need mouth to mouth resuscitation?" he said quickly. I choked out a laugh on the last on one. He smiled knowing that I was okay. Then used a drying charm on me. Afterwards we went into the building. Not wanting to risk me falls into the lake or anything else again.

Once inside we saw professor McGonagall, Snape and Dumblmore. I was called aside by professor Snape. I cringed. Wondering what I could have possibly done wrong already. But when I came over he didn't seem angry whatsoever. That scared me even more.

"You called me professor sn-" he cut me off raising his hand a smiling gracing his lips. Which utterly terrified me.

"Call me Severus, Hermione. It's only professor Snape. When I'm teaching or when we're at a meeting." he said. I nodded. Really, and tell me. What do you call yourself when you smoke that shit your on? I thought. But smiled instead of saying that.

"Okay, Severus." I said. I felt so odd calling him that. "What is it you called me over for?" I said waiting for him to yelling or kill me.

"I was just wondering if you had any complaints about the room arrangements." he asked. Now I knew he was crazy. He was making conversation with me. Scary. Something was different about him though. And it wasn't just his split personality. Something about his features was... holy shit. Holy fucking shit!

"You cut your hair." I said completely changing the subject. I felt silly acting this way. It's not like it was Ron or Harry I was talking to this was my professor. My professor. He nodded smile growing wider. Okay! The smiling is going to have to stop. The same with the nice personality thing. It's starting to creep me out! I thought.

I was glad when professor Dumblmore called me over to him and Draco. But that gladness quickly left me when I slipped in god knows what and fell on Severus, (A/N God, that doesn't sound very right.), but that wasn't the problem.

The accidental kiss wasn't the problem either. Neither was tongue in the kiss. {Well that might have been a little bit of the problem} but the main problem was that I had enjoyed it... big time.

End chapter 3! Hope you get the meaning of the chapter title now. I hope you enjoyed it. Review please. Thanks in advance. Well it's 1:35 am right now and I can barely focus on the keys. So I'm going to go to bed now. Much luv to my readers. Going to go dream of some inspiration for my other stories and this one now. Bya!