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Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns EVERYTHING except this plot line. ***The Lobalug and all the information about it belongs to JK as well, same with the Mackled Malaclaw.***
Chapter Eight: Lakeside Dreams
Hermione tossed and turned in her bed that night, the pain in her side slowly, but noticeably decreasing.
Thoughts of her dream she had earlier flooded her memory.
The look in his eyes that day looked as full the malignity she saw in her dream.
One thought came to mind. -He is evil- she thought.
laughing to herself, she pulled her covers more around her. -The only evil Harry know exists in my dreams- Hermione thought as she slid deeper underneath her covers, getting comfortable, - Harry just has a lot on his mind..I understand what he's going through.- Her thoughts blurred as her mind slowly went blank, closing her eyes, she drifted off into uneasy sleep.
'I love you Hermione..' Harry whispered softly, kissing her gently on the lips.
Hermiones heart filled with passion as she leant in and wrapped her arms around his neck,' I love you to..' she said, smiling.
The moonlight shone against them as they sat down together, hand in hand.
'Hermione...' Harry spoke, his voice sounding firm.
Hermione looked up in surprise, what could he possibly want to talk about to interrupt this perfect moment? 'I've been thinking..' he said, before she could even ask what, he lent in and pulled her into the most sickly French kiss, his hands slowly slid down her back to her front.
He began to slowly caress her breasts, moaning slightly.
Hermione, feeling this wasn't right, struggled to pull back, putting both her hands firmly on his shoulders and pushing back.
He only grasped tighter.
His lips slowly moved down her neck to the top of her shirt.
Carefully he unbuttoned her, taking his time.
'Harry..Harry don't do this..' Hermione cried, frantically trying to button back her shirt.
Harry looked up looking rather disturbed,' Do what...?' he asked, moving his hand down on her leg,' This?' he asked as he slowly slid his hand up her skirt.
Hermione stood straight up, knocking Harry over.
'D-don't' she cried as she started to walk away.
She heard the crunching of footsteps on the grass behind her, she didn't care, she went right on walking, picking up her speed a bit.
Gasping, a firm grip took her by the neck.
Harry yanked her back, looking deep in her eyes.
'I .. wasn't ...finished..' he whispered darkly, his eyes flaming and his mouth twisting into a heinous grin.
'Don't do this...' Hermione whispered,' Don't do this! DON'T DO THIS!' she began to shout, as Harry hauled her across the grass,' DON'T DO THIS, PLEASE! DON'T DO THIS!'
'Hermione!'
Hermione sat straight up in her bed, looking around frantically.
She'd been crying, she could feel warm tears slowly sliding down her face and neck.
Trembling she looked over and saw Lavender and Pavarti leaning over the side of her bed, their mouths hung open in worry.
'Did you have a bad dream Herm?' Lavender asked gently as she sat beside her.
Hermione took a shaky breath and brought her knees up to her chest, closing her eyes again.
-I can't go on like this...I have to tell somebody..- she thought, looking back up at her two friends.
'Uhm..Pavarti? Lavender?...can we talk..' she asked quietly, taking in deep jagged breaths.
Pavarti sat down on her other side, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder,' Of course,' she said, speaking for Lavender,' What's the matter?'
Hermione sighed and launched into her worries, telling them about her dreams.
'There so real...so real..' she finished, feeling rather stupid.
She didn't tell them about Harry and his strange behaviour, she needn't inform them, for she was sure this was a manner that would pass as quickly as it had come.
'Hermione..' Lavender started, looking uneasy,' It's just..a dream..why has it got you all upset? Dreams don't come true..'
-They do..they did..- Hermione's thoughts shouted,- Think of today..think of before..remember the pain...remember the marks..-
'Yes of course,' Hermione said quickly, laying back down,' I'm sorry for waking you two up,' she said, giving them a small smile,' Thanks guys.'
Nodding they each gave her a small hug and returned to their beds...within minutes asleep.
Hermione however, spent the rest of the night into early morning thinking about her dreams.
-Are my dreams telling me something? Is it some kind of forewarning that the worse is yet to come..?- Thinking about her dream she had that night..she didn't want to know what the worse would be.
'Hermione, wake-up,' A female voice said stirring her from her sleep.
She fell asleep only hours ago, dreamless with good reason.
Hermione opened her eyes which ached to be closed again, allowing a minute to adjust to the light she saw a smiling face with freckles and loads of red hair leaning over her.
'Get up..breakfast is 'bout over,' she said, taking Hermione gently by the arm and pulling her up.
In an instant Hermione leant over, grasping the side of her stomach as it pounded slightly, as though a bee sting swollen up on an open cut.
'You okay?' Ginny asked stepping back.
Hermione stood back up and gave a weak grin,' Yeah..just cramps..'
Ginny laughed and shook her head,' Right.. well hurry up and get ready! Like I said, breakfast is almost finished!'
She turned around and sauntered back out, down the stair case.
Hermione looked quickly around and noticed her roommates had left, groaning to herself, she knew word about her nightmare would be known to the whole school as soon as she walked into the Great Hall.
Changing quickly, she ran a brush through her hair, grabbed her book bag and with care, she made her way down stairs towards the Great Hall.
The Great Hall buzzed with the usual noise of happy chatter as she walked in.
Looking about she saw Ginny, Pavarti, Lavender, Ron and Harry sitting at the near end of the Gryffindor table.
Waving slightly she made her way towards them through the throng of hungry students.
'Owch!' Hermione bumped hard into a person next to her, her book bag sliding off her shoulder, spilling its contents all over the floor.
'Sorry,' a voice mumbled.
Hermione looked down in surprise to see Draco bending over, scooping her items back into her bag.
-Draco apologised- she thought in amazement.
Draco stood back up and shoved the bag back in her arms,' Sorry..' he repeated before disappearing back in the crowd.
Awestruck, Hermione made the rest of the way to the table and sat down near Ginny.
'Hey,' she said happily, setting her book bag to the floor.
'Oh, hi!'
Hermione noticed Harry looking up at her, his eyes wide, almost frightened.
'Harry..' Hermione whispered, leaning in towards him, feeling frightened in the very least,' We need to talk.'
Harry nodded and opened his mouth to speak.
'No..I mean later,' Hermione said, taking a bite of toast. Smiling she returned to her meal and enjoyed her breakfast, listening to Lavender talk about some guy that sits three rows behind and six seats to the side of her, and watching Ginny try to juggle some apples that sat upon their plates.
The sky was clear, not a cloud in sight as the sun shined down on them, casting glistening light against the lake.
Hermione, Ron and Harry walked silently down to Care of Magical Creatures class, Hermione casting sideways glances at Harry, and taking great noticed that Ron was keeping his distance.
Hermione looked to the ground for a moment, taking in a deep breath.
'..Guys..' she said, stopping abruptly, tucking a lose strand of her hair behind her head.
Ron started down the hill slowly as Harry walked up next to her.
'Ron..please? We need to talk..'
Hermione heard Ron cursing silently as he made his way slowly back to her.
When both of them were beside her she looked to Harry and sighed, then back to Ron.
'Geez Herm you don't need to make this dramatic,' Ron said teasingly, looking down at the grass.
Hermione laughed and punched him playfully before going serious again.
'We need to talk..-' she repeated, standing up straight as to look more confident.
'Harry..Ron.. what ever it is you guys are fighting about..this needs to stop, Harry-' she said turning to him, giving him a pleading look,'- I think you owe Ron an apology..me too..'
Harry closed his eyes tight, Hermione could hear him mutter something under his breath, in a low whisper.
'Eh? say that again?' She asked, tilting her head to the side.
'I said..Ron..look, I'm sorry I've been acting so screwed up lately..I..' Harry trailed off looking at Ron.
Ron was concentrating really hard on the dirt, tracing the soles of his shoes against the clouds of dirt and pebbles.
'Harry..look,' Ron said at last, looking straight at him,' We have been friends, -best- friends forever! Why all of a sudden do I feel so threatened by you ? ..This isn't how its supposed to be.'
Harry sighed and rubbed his eyes, nodding,' Yeah..I'm really sorry...I just need to have time to think, you know? And Herm..' he said, turning towards her.
He took her gently by the hand and looked at her,' I'm sorry...for what I've done..I think we should, you know, take a break from each other..not break up entirely..you'll still be forever mine 'Mione..' he said smiling shyly.
Hermione's face broke out into a grin as she flung her arms around him,' I understand,' she whispered behind his neck,' You'll be forever mine...'
'Get with ye partners,' Professor Millellie, and old, lanky looking hag with long unkempt dirty brown hair, a wicked grin baring all her fine, golden teeth and purple coloured eyes.
'Hagrid-,' Hermione noticed she pronounced Hagrid's name with a heavy Irish accent,"Hay-grid",'- Listed what is needed to be done today, please listen everybody- yes, thank you dear boy,' she added when Neville handed her the list that she had accidentally been stepping on.
'Ye must read chapters nine and half of ten in ye Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them, text books, discuss it with ye partners then next time in class we will be handling the creatures..and caring for them,' her purple eyes flickered for a moment when she said the last part, looking a bit un-easy...Hermione wondered just what Hagrid had in store for them.
'I've got the book already,' Hermione turned around in surprise. Draco stood behind her, wearing a half smile.
He had an old copy of the text in his left hand, and his wand in the other.
Hermione nodded meekly and followed his lead.
He walked far from where they were supposed to be, away from the group.
He guided her towards the edge of the lake, the cool calm waters splashing gently against the pebble shore.
Sitting down on a large boulder, he beckoned her to sit down beside him.
'Which part would you prefer to read? Lets see..-'he muttered, flipping through the pages,'-We have to..ugh..please don't tell me Hagrid is serious..'
Mind whirling, Hermione sat herself down next to him and leant over,' What..oh let me see..' she took the text from his hand and looked at it closely.
They were learning how to take care of a Lobalug.
Of what they know, a Lobalug is a small creature, about ten inches long that holds a rubbery spout and venom sac.
Not the most lovely of creatures.
Hermione's eyes felt heavy from lack of a nights sleep, yawning slightly she handed the text back to Draco and nodded,' You can read first..'
Looking down, he started to read chapter nine,' The Lobalug lives in the depths of the North Sea. Its appearance is round ten inches long, with a tall rubbery spout with a poisonous venom sac. When a Lobalug..' Draco's voice began to slur in Hermione's head as she felt her eye lids flicker then close and her head slowly sliding to the right.
'..Classification:XXX..' She heard Draco's voice say from far away, her head nodding more and more to the right, her mind went blank then slowly images of a calm dream filled her head, she sighed deeply and fell straight to sleep.
A black shadow of a figure crept along the hedges that grew along side the Castle walls.
Hermione laid back against the damp grass, with every footstep the stranger took, her heart filled with more happiness.
Such as a dementor, only, it took away bad memories and gave you a wonderful feeling.
Smiling to herself, Hermione turned her head towards the figure and broke out into a huge grin.
The figure stepped out from the shadowed area and walked slowly towards her, outstretching her arms, Hermione merely smiled wider as the mysterious figure lent in and grasped her in a soft, comforting hug.
She felt she was going to be all right, she felt as though the world had stopped to freeze that perfect moment.
'Your going to be okay..' he whispered, he dropped back the cloak he was wearing to reveal a soft silvery reflection off his head from the moonlight.
'Draco..?' Hermione whispered.
'Draco..?'
'Draco.....?'
'Yeah?'
Hermione opened her eyes slowly as her mind whirled back into physical existence , she gasped slightly and looked up at Draco.
She could see a small smile across his face from her view, a soft feeling of a hand rubbing her back made her jump back into reality.
She had fallen asleep on Draco Malfoy's shoulder, absentmindedly he was rubbing her back softly and whispering the continuing chapter from their text book they shared.
'...even though the Mackled Malaclaw is found mostly near the rocky coastlines, it resembles a lobster, its big-' He looked down suddenly, noticing her staring up at him, her eyes wide with shock and embarrassment.
He laughed slightly,' Welcome back,' he said teasingly as Hermione sat up again.
'I-I'm sorry..' she mumbled, tucking a lose strand of her thick, curly hair behind her head.
He grinned and shrugged,' It's no problem,'
Hermione cleared her throat and took the book from Draco,'.... Mackled Malaclaw? Draco..this is chapter thirteen!' she said flipping back a few pages to the end of chapter ten.
'We were only supposed to read nine and half of chapter ten..'
Shrugging, Hermione could of sworn she saw Draco's cheeks rise a colour of light pink.
'Well.. you were sleeping..I didn't want to wake you..besides, I think I know what we will be studying after this monster, the Mackled Malaclaw,' he said, laughing.
Hermione smiled a bit and sighed,' Thank you Draco...that was..unusualy nice of you..'
'Hey!' Draco said, his smile fading a bit,' It's not like I can't be nice, -Granger-' he added nastily, closing the book with a "Slam".
Hermione frowned at that,' Draco, I'm sorry, I honestly didn't mean it like that..but you know, usually.. I just thought..maybe you would of just shoved me off, or thrown another nasty comment, mudblood maybe, at me...I'm really sorry, I just wasn't expecting it,' She apologised, looking at him helplessly.
Sighing, he stood up, seeing Professor Millellie shrieking at Neville about something all the while ringing the bell in her right hand.
'It's okay..sorry if it always seems that you expect that..let's get back to class..' he said, quickly pulling rather then helping Hermione up, which she took as a nice gesture rather then a rude one...coming from Draco it -was- a nice gesture.
Walking back together, yet silently, Hermione's memory played over and over the dream she had..her heart filled with an unusual feeling of comfort and happiness.
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Chapter Eight: Lakeside Dreams
Hermione tossed and turned in her bed that night, the pain in her side slowly, but noticeably decreasing.
Thoughts of her dream she had earlier flooded her memory.
The look in his eyes that day looked as full the malignity she saw in her dream.
One thought came to mind. -He is evil- she thought.
laughing to herself, she pulled her covers more around her. -The only evil Harry know exists in my dreams- Hermione thought as she slid deeper underneath her covers, getting comfortable, - Harry just has a lot on his mind..I understand what he's going through.- Her thoughts blurred as her mind slowly went blank, closing her eyes, she drifted off into uneasy sleep.
'I love you Hermione..' Harry whispered softly, kissing her gently on the lips.
Hermiones heart filled with passion as she leant in and wrapped her arms around his neck,' I love you to..' she said, smiling.
The moonlight shone against them as they sat down together, hand in hand.
'Hermione...' Harry spoke, his voice sounding firm.
Hermione looked up in surprise, what could he possibly want to talk about to interrupt this perfect moment? 'I've been thinking..' he said, before she could even ask what, he lent in and pulled her into the most sickly French kiss, his hands slowly slid down her back to her front.
He began to slowly caress her breasts, moaning slightly.
Hermione, feeling this wasn't right, struggled to pull back, putting both her hands firmly on his shoulders and pushing back.
He only grasped tighter.
His lips slowly moved down her neck to the top of her shirt.
Carefully he unbuttoned her, taking his time.
'Harry..Harry don't do this..' Hermione cried, frantically trying to button back her shirt.
Harry looked up looking rather disturbed,' Do what...?' he asked, moving his hand down on her leg,' This?' he asked as he slowly slid his hand up her skirt.
Hermione stood straight up, knocking Harry over.
'D-don't' she cried as she started to walk away.
She heard the crunching of footsteps on the grass behind her, she didn't care, she went right on walking, picking up her speed a bit.
Gasping, a firm grip took her by the neck.
Harry yanked her back, looking deep in her eyes.
'I .. wasn't ...finished..' he whispered darkly, his eyes flaming and his mouth twisting into a heinous grin.
'Don't do this...' Hermione whispered,' Don't do this! DON'T DO THIS!' she began to shout, as Harry hauled her across the grass,' DON'T DO THIS, PLEASE! DON'T DO THIS!'
'Hermione!'
Hermione sat straight up in her bed, looking around frantically.
She'd been crying, she could feel warm tears slowly sliding down her face and neck.
Trembling she looked over and saw Lavender and Pavarti leaning over the side of her bed, their mouths hung open in worry.
'Did you have a bad dream Herm?' Lavender asked gently as she sat beside her.
Hermione took a shaky breath and brought her knees up to her chest, closing her eyes again.
-I can't go on like this...I have to tell somebody..- she thought, looking back up at her two friends.
'Uhm..Pavarti? Lavender?...can we talk..' she asked quietly, taking in deep jagged breaths.
Pavarti sat down on her other side, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder,' Of course,' she said, speaking for Lavender,' What's the matter?'
Hermione sighed and launched into her worries, telling them about her dreams.
'There so real...so real..' she finished, feeling rather stupid.
She didn't tell them about Harry and his strange behaviour, she needn't inform them, for she was sure this was a manner that would pass as quickly as it had come.
'Hermione..' Lavender started, looking uneasy,' It's just..a dream..why has it got you all upset? Dreams don't come true..'
-They do..they did..- Hermione's thoughts shouted,- Think of today..think of before..remember the pain...remember the marks..-
'Yes of course,' Hermione said quickly, laying back down,' I'm sorry for waking you two up,' she said, giving them a small smile,' Thanks guys.'
Nodding they each gave her a small hug and returned to their beds...within minutes asleep.
Hermione however, spent the rest of the night into early morning thinking about her dreams.
-Are my dreams telling me something? Is it some kind of forewarning that the worse is yet to come..?- Thinking about her dream she had that night..she didn't want to know what the worse would be.
'Hermione, wake-up,' A female voice said stirring her from her sleep.
She fell asleep only hours ago, dreamless with good reason.
Hermione opened her eyes which ached to be closed again, allowing a minute to adjust to the light she saw a smiling face with freckles and loads of red hair leaning over her.
'Get up..breakfast is 'bout over,' she said, taking Hermione gently by the arm and pulling her up.
In an instant Hermione leant over, grasping the side of her stomach as it pounded slightly, as though a bee sting swollen up on an open cut.
'You okay?' Ginny asked stepping back.
Hermione stood back up and gave a weak grin,' Yeah..just cramps..'
Ginny laughed and shook her head,' Right.. well hurry up and get ready! Like I said, breakfast is almost finished!'
She turned around and sauntered back out, down the stair case.
Hermione looked quickly around and noticed her roommates had left, groaning to herself, she knew word about her nightmare would be known to the whole school as soon as she walked into the Great Hall.
Changing quickly, she ran a brush through her hair, grabbed her book bag and with care, she made her way down stairs towards the Great Hall.
The Great Hall buzzed with the usual noise of happy chatter as she walked in.
Looking about she saw Ginny, Pavarti, Lavender, Ron and Harry sitting at the near end of the Gryffindor table.
Waving slightly she made her way towards them through the throng of hungry students.
'Owch!' Hermione bumped hard into a person next to her, her book bag sliding off her shoulder, spilling its contents all over the floor.
'Sorry,' a voice mumbled.
Hermione looked down in surprise to see Draco bending over, scooping her items back into her bag.
-Draco apologised- she thought in amazement.
Draco stood back up and shoved the bag back in her arms,' Sorry..' he repeated before disappearing back in the crowd.
Awestruck, Hermione made the rest of the way to the table and sat down near Ginny.
'Hey,' she said happily, setting her book bag to the floor.
'Oh, hi!'
Hermione noticed Harry looking up at her, his eyes wide, almost frightened.
'Harry..' Hermione whispered, leaning in towards him, feeling frightened in the very least,' We need to talk.'
Harry nodded and opened his mouth to speak.
'No..I mean later,' Hermione said, taking a bite of toast. Smiling she returned to her meal and enjoyed her breakfast, listening to Lavender talk about some guy that sits three rows behind and six seats to the side of her, and watching Ginny try to juggle some apples that sat upon their plates.
The sky was clear, not a cloud in sight as the sun shined down on them, casting glistening light against the lake.
Hermione, Ron and Harry walked silently down to Care of Magical Creatures class, Hermione casting sideways glances at Harry, and taking great noticed that Ron was keeping his distance.
Hermione looked to the ground for a moment, taking in a deep breath.
'..Guys..' she said, stopping abruptly, tucking a lose strand of her hair behind her head.
Ron started down the hill slowly as Harry walked up next to her.
'Ron..please? We need to talk..'
Hermione heard Ron cursing silently as he made his way slowly back to her.
When both of them were beside her she looked to Harry and sighed, then back to Ron.
'Geez Herm you don't need to make this dramatic,' Ron said teasingly, looking down at the grass.
Hermione laughed and punched him playfully before going serious again.
'We need to talk..-' she repeated, standing up straight as to look more confident.
'Harry..Ron.. what ever it is you guys are fighting about..this needs to stop, Harry-' she said turning to him, giving him a pleading look,'- I think you owe Ron an apology..me too..'
Harry closed his eyes tight, Hermione could hear him mutter something under his breath, in a low whisper.
'Eh? say that again?' She asked, tilting her head to the side.
'I said..Ron..look, I'm sorry I've been acting so screwed up lately..I..' Harry trailed off looking at Ron.
Ron was concentrating really hard on the dirt, tracing the soles of his shoes against the clouds of dirt and pebbles.
'Harry..look,' Ron said at last, looking straight at him,' We have been friends, -best- friends forever! Why all of a sudden do I feel so threatened by you ? ..This isn't how its supposed to be.'
Harry sighed and rubbed his eyes, nodding,' Yeah..I'm really sorry...I just need to have time to think, you know? And Herm..' he said, turning towards her.
He took her gently by the hand and looked at her,' I'm sorry...for what I've done..I think we should, you know, take a break from each other..not break up entirely..you'll still be forever mine 'Mione..' he said smiling shyly.
Hermione's face broke out into a grin as she flung her arms around him,' I understand,' she whispered behind his neck,' You'll be forever mine...'
'Get with ye partners,' Professor Millellie, and old, lanky looking hag with long unkempt dirty brown hair, a wicked grin baring all her fine, golden teeth and purple coloured eyes.
'Hagrid-,' Hermione noticed she pronounced Hagrid's name with a heavy Irish accent,"Hay-grid",'- Listed what is needed to be done today, please listen everybody- yes, thank you dear boy,' she added when Neville handed her the list that she had accidentally been stepping on.
'Ye must read chapters nine and half of ten in ye Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them, text books, discuss it with ye partners then next time in class we will be handling the creatures..and caring for them,' her purple eyes flickered for a moment when she said the last part, looking a bit un-easy...Hermione wondered just what Hagrid had in store for them.
'I've got the book already,' Hermione turned around in surprise. Draco stood behind her, wearing a half smile.
He had an old copy of the text in his left hand, and his wand in the other.
Hermione nodded meekly and followed his lead.
He walked far from where they were supposed to be, away from the group.
He guided her towards the edge of the lake, the cool calm waters splashing gently against the pebble shore.
Sitting down on a large boulder, he beckoned her to sit down beside him.
'Which part would you prefer to read? Lets see..-'he muttered, flipping through the pages,'-We have to..ugh..please don't tell me Hagrid is serious..'
Mind whirling, Hermione sat herself down next to him and leant over,' What..oh let me see..' she took the text from his hand and looked at it closely.
They were learning how to take care of a Lobalug.
Of what they know, a Lobalug is a small creature, about ten inches long that holds a rubbery spout and venom sac.
Not the most lovely of creatures.
Hermione's eyes felt heavy from lack of a nights sleep, yawning slightly she handed the text back to Draco and nodded,' You can read first..'
Looking down, he started to read chapter nine,' The Lobalug lives in the depths of the North Sea. Its appearance is round ten inches long, with a tall rubbery spout with a poisonous venom sac. When a Lobalug..' Draco's voice began to slur in Hermione's head as she felt her eye lids flicker then close and her head slowly sliding to the right.
'..Classification:XXX..' She heard Draco's voice say from far away, her head nodding more and more to the right, her mind went blank then slowly images of a calm dream filled her head, she sighed deeply and fell straight to sleep.
A black shadow of a figure crept along the hedges that grew along side the Castle walls.
Hermione laid back against the damp grass, with every footstep the stranger took, her heart filled with more happiness.
Such as a dementor, only, it took away bad memories and gave you a wonderful feeling.
Smiling to herself, Hermione turned her head towards the figure and broke out into a huge grin.
The figure stepped out from the shadowed area and walked slowly towards her, outstretching her arms, Hermione merely smiled wider as the mysterious figure lent in and grasped her in a soft, comforting hug.
She felt she was going to be all right, she felt as though the world had stopped to freeze that perfect moment.
'Your going to be okay..' he whispered, he dropped back the cloak he was wearing to reveal a soft silvery reflection off his head from the moonlight.
'Draco..?' Hermione whispered.
'Draco..?'
'Draco.....?'
'Yeah?'
Hermione opened her eyes slowly as her mind whirled back into physical existence , she gasped slightly and looked up at Draco.
She could see a small smile across his face from her view, a soft feeling of a hand rubbing her back made her jump back into reality.
She had fallen asleep on Draco Malfoy's shoulder, absentmindedly he was rubbing her back softly and whispering the continuing chapter from their text book they shared.
'...even though the Mackled Malaclaw is found mostly near the rocky coastlines, it resembles a lobster, its big-' He looked down suddenly, noticing her staring up at him, her eyes wide with shock and embarrassment.
He laughed slightly,' Welcome back,' he said teasingly as Hermione sat up again.
'I-I'm sorry..' she mumbled, tucking a lose strand of her thick, curly hair behind her head.
He grinned and shrugged,' It's no problem,'
Hermione cleared her throat and took the book from Draco,'.... Mackled Malaclaw? Draco..this is chapter thirteen!' she said flipping back a few pages to the end of chapter ten.
'We were only supposed to read nine and half of chapter ten..'
Shrugging, Hermione could of sworn she saw Draco's cheeks rise a colour of light pink.
'Well.. you were sleeping..I didn't want to wake you..besides, I think I know what we will be studying after this monster, the Mackled Malaclaw,' he said, laughing.
Hermione smiled a bit and sighed,' Thank you Draco...that was..unusualy nice of you..'
'Hey!' Draco said, his smile fading a bit,' It's not like I can't be nice, -Granger-' he added nastily, closing the book with a "Slam".
Hermione frowned at that,' Draco, I'm sorry, I honestly didn't mean it like that..but you know, usually.. I just thought..maybe you would of just shoved me off, or thrown another nasty comment, mudblood maybe, at me...I'm really sorry, I just wasn't expecting it,' She apologised, looking at him helplessly.
Sighing, he stood up, seeing Professor Millellie shrieking at Neville about something all the while ringing the bell in her right hand.
'It's okay..sorry if it always seems that you expect that..let's get back to class..' he said, quickly pulling rather then helping Hermione up, which she took as a nice gesture rather then a rude one...coming from Draco it -was- a nice gesture.
Walking back together, yet silently, Hermione's memory played over and over the dream she had..her heart filled with an unusual feeling of comfort and happiness.
A/N: Thank you for reading..the begining I had writers block so, it might of started off weak, thank you once again for reading! please feel free to tell me what you think by reviewing, thank you!
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