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..:In the Library:..

"What brings you down here?" inquired the teen.

"This is the only place I could think of as an escape." He replied, "It seems that my house is not in the most supportive mode when it came to the certain task that we have presented."

Hermione sympathized with him on that matter.

An uneasy silence fell over the two while both were contemplating on how to bring up the topic of the kiss.

Hermione was the one to break the silence.

"Draco, I know you might find my question very trivial and personally I have no idea why it appealed to me as much as it did." She stammered, "Do you remember what happened to us last school year in this same spot?"

"Actually, weird enough, I do. This is what happened." As he spoke, Draco had slowly come closer to Hermione and gave her the most innocent kiss.

He deepened it and was surprised that Hermione was kissing him back.

After several seconds, Hermione pulled away. The blood came rushing to her face and she looked down at her feet.

She had wanted him to kiss her so bad but a part of her felt guilt. Guilt that she had kissed Ron and Harry's enemy.

She mumbled an apology and quickly left a dumbfounded Draco in the library. She knew that she could not escape that she had kissed him back but she did not want to think about it because it was common knowledge that there was no way in hell that they could be together.

What the hell had just happened? Draco thought to himself. She kissed me back but just left me here hanging. Nobody, I repeat, nobody has ever done that to me. I know she likes me back! But then why did she run away? I have to find out what the hell just happened.

Draco stormed out the library ignoring Madame Pince's look.

Neither of them noticed that there was a stand by that had watched their kiss with only hatred and envy for Hermione.

"I'm going to get that bitch." A voice growled. "How dare he do that to Draco?"

The stranger fled the scene to plot her revenge.

Hermione decided that the best way to avoid Malfoy would be to stay in the company of her best friends in the Gryffindor common room. To her dismay, only Ginny was present, sitting on a sofa at the back of the room. She seemed to be doing her homework and Hermione decided to seize the opportunity and go assist her.

Since Hermione was well known for her intellect, any help from her was greatly thanked.

"Hi Gins!"

Ginny greeted her with whole hearted relief.

"Thank Goodness you are here Mya. I am having the worst time ever with this homework. I could really use your help."

"No problem!" replied Hermione. She would gladly accomplish any task as long as it would take her mind of Draco.

After helping Ginny with her homework, Harry and Ron had entered. They had lightened up a considerable amount since she had last seen the two. Most probably because that had come back from their Quidditch training. They greeted their brunette friend and fled upstairs to clean up for dinner.

At dinner, Hermione decided that she would turn her back so that she could avoid eye contact with Malfoy. She couldn't take that at the moment. Hopefully, they wouldn't cross paths any time soon. She knew that this was false hope because, of course, they stayed in the same common room.

Ginny, being the observant one, noticed that Hermione was not acting like herself. She had also noticed that Draco was regularly glancing their way. He, most probably was looking at Hermione.

Nothing was said on this particular topic because of the fact that Ron and Harry were present and would strangle the head boy if they would find out.

Hermione excused herself from the table as soon as she had finished her dinner mumbling something about finishing her assignments.

Once she was out of sight, Draco excused himself from his own table.
Knowing that Hermione would head back to the dorm, he set off to find her.

Draco found her sitting on the couch. Her eyes danced with the flames of the fireplace. She seemed to be so deep in thought that she had not noticed that he entered.

She felt a body sit down next to her yet she did not look up. She concentrated on the flames. They look so, so free! She thought. Why cant life be like that? No worries! She sighed and looked at the boy sitting next to her. He was looking at her with his steely silver eyes that showed her his concern for her.

He took her hand and led her out of the common room. He was leading her to one of the forbidden towers. She did not resist. He smiled at her as he opened the trap door.

On the landing she saw blankets and oversized cushions. She smiled at this. Lying down on the placing set up for two, she looked up at the stars.

Neither of the two said a word. They just lay there, staring at the vast sea of stars above. It was the most Relaxing evening Hermione had had since the start of the year. She felt safe knowing that the man she loved was lying next to her.

He gazed over to her direction, not wanting to ruin the moment by speaking. Instead, he moved his eyes to the stars. None of them compared to the beauty of Hermione.

"How long have you known about this place?" Hermione questioned, deciding to break the silence.

"I found this place in my 4th year. I come here when I feel that life is too much for me to handle. You are the first person I have ever brought here." He whispered

"It's beautiful."

"It's nothing compared to you" He smiled.

He turned to face the girl of his dreams and kissed her.
Lightly at first but he deepened it, nibbling on her lip for encouragement.
She kissed him back knowing that it was wrong but her desire for him over ruled her head. She did not think of the past, present or future.Instead, she focused all her energy on him.

This is how life is supposed to be. She thought to herself and smiled.

She knew that from the first kiss, she loved him.

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