Chapter 19: It's not Just the Heat that Gets to You

Disclaimer: I'll keep on dreaming. And someday it may come true…

A/n: I know, I know, I haven't updated in a couple of months, and I also promised that once the summer is here that I'll be updating once a week…hem… that really didn't work out. Did it? I apologize greatly, and I hop you forgive me… Well this chapter starts out in a point of view that's not 1st person. I forgot what you call it…hehe…bad me. Anyways, then it goes back to 1st person with Hermione. I hope you enjoy it!

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"Awwww, look at that," Started Narcissa as she and Draco's Aunt peered through the crack of the door, "there all cuddled up into each other! Isn't that sweet…look, look!" She pointed at Hermione. " She has her head buried into his chest…" Narcissa paused for a while and then burst into tears. "OH! My BABY-BOY IS ALL GROWN-UP!" She sobbed onto Draco's Aunt's shoulder.

A weird expression on Aunt Lucille's face bloomed.

"Shhhhhh, Narcissa, you'll wake them up." She said trying to calm the crazy lady. But she was too late, across the room an eyelid opened.

Hermione POV

"Hmmmmm…" I snuggled into that thing some more and tried to cover my ears with it. Someone must have died because someone was crying his or her little heart out. I opened my eyes, but I didn't see any light…AHHHHHHH! I'VE GONE BLIND!

I shot straight up, only to notice Narcissa and Aunt Lucille at the door and Draco right next to me. No, not next to me, how about PRACTICALLY ON ME! And to top it off, he had his arms around me!

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed at the top on my lungs. What else would I do? I just slept with Draco Sodding Malfoy for who knows how many hours! I screeched again, waking Draco up.

"Bloody hell!" he yelped holding his ears, "Who tried to kill a Banishi?" He sat up and noticed our close proximity and me. His eyes widened. He looked at the bed, at me, at the bed again, at me again, and then at the wall. He sat still for a while; the horrified look still in his eyes, then jumped right off the bed and ran straight into the wall and slid down, leaving an imprint of his body and a little bit of saliva. Of course, he also screamed like a girl. So I guess you can say that he "pranced" into the wall instead of ran, but that image is a little too nauseating…

"Hi Wall Face!" I said giddily, and slipped on my boot. We were all going skating at Clagg Park.

" Shut–up, will you?" he said putting his gloves on, "You do one stupid thing one time and it's like you killed somebody!"

"Killing somebody is stupid, you idiot. Now stop making a big deal out of a goose egg, and shut your face!" I said it with a know-it-all hint in my voice to set him straight.

"Aunty Mione?" Said a little voice from bellow, I looked down. "Can you tie my shoe?"

"Of Course I can tie your shoe Vicky." I said. I kneeled down on my knees and tied her little shoe for her little foot. She ran off. I turned around to look at Draco and noticed that he turned his head away as soon as I looked his way. I stood up and put my hair in a messy ponytail. Heck, that's the only kind of ponytail possible with my hair. " Draco?" I said, getting his attention.

"Uh?" he grunted and stopped pretending to be O-so-very interested in the picture he was staring at.

"Were you just staring at me, is there anything on my face?"

"NO! No, no, why would I do that! I was just…just…seeing…SEEING HOW TO TIE A SHOE! Yeah, that's it, tying my shoe…"

"Draco," I said raising my eyebrow, "how old are you?"

"22."

"And you still don't know how to tie your shoe?" I asked, and he slowly nodded. I looked down at his feet, " Then who tied your shoes?" He slowly started to turn red (wow that's a first) and he furiously looked around the whole hallway. And then he looked at the half table against the wall, and I think he spotted my apple sitting on it.

"A-a-a-a-p-pp-le." He stuttered.

" My apple tied you shoe?" I said with a grin.

"NO! NO! How does an apple tie a shoe? That's just silly! It was…" he thought for a while, "What I meant say was…Granny…" His REAL Granny glared at him. "…Apple...SMITH! Yeah, that's it Granny Apple Smith tied my shoe! Yeah, she tied it."

I just gave him a look

"Don't worry Dearie," Narcissa whispered in my ear, " He was looking at you alright!"

Ewwwwwwwww! He was looking at me!

Get over it, people always look at you.

BUT he was STARING at me! That's whole different issue.

People stare at you all the time. Well, no, they stare at you because they think you're weird. You know, bushy hair and all.

Maybe he thought I'm weird.

MAYBE he likes you!

Shut-up! I'm weird and that's why he was staring.

Fine, what ever you say. You are now dubbed weird by yourself.

Ergh.

"Come-on everybody! The Port key leaves in 5minutes!" Aunt Lucille yelled as every one filed out side and either sat onor touched the porch on the left side. I stepped outside, and noticed that I didn't have my purse. And I can't go ANYWHERE besides the bathroom, without my purse. Well, actually time-to-time, I actually DO need my purse in the bathroom. You know for about a week once a month….

" Damn!" I yelled and ran back up stairs.

"Hermione! Where are you going?" I heard Narcissa's voice fade, as I made my way upstairs.

"I forgot my purse!" I yelled back as I opened the door our room. I looked on the table and the bed, but it wasn't there. Where else could it be?

"Hermione! What, the bloody Hell are you doing? Quick Up!"

I turned around and saw Draco standing at the door.

"What are you doing up here?"

" Mum sent me to tell you to quick up. So quick up! We only have a minute or two left!"

"But I can't find my purse-. Hey! How did you get that?" I said looking at my black purse in his hand.

"Have you ever heard of a summoning spell? It goes a little something like this- Accio Hermione's purse." He said, doing the simple wand movements with his hand.

" Thanks." I said and snatched my purse out of his hand. He gave me a 'what the hell look'. "So…" I said and looked around the rather large room.

"So..." He said and glanced at me.

"So, how much more time till the portkey leaves?" I asked. He looked at his watch, and his eyes instantly widened.

"WE HAVE ONLY 30 SECONDS TO GET DOWN THERE!"

We wasted no time breathing. We instantly dashed downstairs, knocking over things as we went.

As soon as we stepped outside and I slammed the door behind us, the portkey started to leave. Swirls of green, gold, and silver danced around everybody on the porch bench. We launched our selves at it…but obviously; Draco being the terribly slow runner that he is…we missed it. I tripped, and he simply fell on me like it was no big deal.

"Whoop-de-doo." I said sarcastically, as I shoved Draco off of me, " What do we do now?"

"Well, we can't apparte. You probably know why…stupid people these days, apparting right on to the ice and breaking bones… we can't floo, and I can't make a portkey right now…I guess we'll have to go back inside and wait till they get back, maybe we can send an owl." He got off the floor, and brushed the invisible dirt off of him. " Come on, get up!" he said, motioning me to get up. He walked over the door, and tried to twist the knob…it didn't budge.

"Damn! It's locked!" he yelled, kicking the door. I looked at him and imagined a pair of donkey ears and teeth him. He was acting like a brainless gnome…you would think the Head boy would know a spell like Alohmora.

"Here, let me try..." I said and reached for my wand… "WHERE THE HELL IS MY WAND!" I looked everywhere possible, but I couldn't find it.

" Dang Woman! Calm down, you probably left it inside when you went looking for your purse. And besides, Alohmora won't work." He said this as he walked over the swing bench on the other side of the large porch, and sat down, " Might as well sit here and wait for them to come back." He said and motioned me to come and sit down too. " Gotta wait till 6:30, it's about 2:05 right now."

I fixed my scarf around my neck, straightened out my sweater and walked over to Draco and sat down. We were about a foot apart, I scooted as far as I could to the side, and so did he. But all of a sudden the space between us seemed to close, the snow started to fall harder, and temperature seemed to drop dramatically…Gee, I hope it's not only me…. I looked at Draco, it seemed as if he was experiencing the same thing as me- he started to shiver and continuously look out into the snow with bulging eyes…But GOSH why did it have to be so cold? Dear Merlin, why must you punish me?

I rubbed me gloveless hands together, trying to warm myself. But one moment, my hands were full of friction and heat, the next, frozen. I stole a glance from Draco who turned his head the moment I looked at him. ERGH! He needs to stop staring at me! It's uncomfortable! Bloody wanker needs to get a nice camera and take a picture!

BUT WAIT!

WHAT?

You stole a glance from him…

Sooo…. NO! EW-EW-EW-EW! I'M A NASTY PERSON! How could I do such a thing?

AND DAMN-NIT! It's so cold…and…. and…AND…I NEED WARMTH! I NEED HEAT! PLEASE!

I think I just hit my breaking point…I felt my eyes bulge out… I was going mad, MAD I SAY, MAD! COLD IS EVIL!

Heh…I think I'm starting to get just a little ansy.

I squirmed around a bit. And as I squirmed and leaned a little towards Draco, I discovered something…BODY HEAT!

And damn-it, he was radiating a LOAD of it!

I need heat…need...heat…warmth…must…heat…have…NOW!

I scooted an inch towards him, coincidently so did he.

STALKER!

How is he a stalker?

I don't know...he's following me?

You just keep thinking that…

I changed my position to where one leg was under me so I could warm it. And as I did so, noticed that my boot wasn't zipped completely. I didn't want the evil cold to seep through. I had to zip it. So I turned around to where my foot was on the bench and my back was towards Draco. And then I realized something…I didn't get all of it last time…THERE'S MORE BODY HEAT ON HIM!

My back rushed with warmth, temporarily sending relief through me. I slowly turned my head and looked at Draco who was looking at me…again.

"What?" I said, wondering if there was snow or something on my face.

"OH!" he jumped, moving a little closer to me, " It's very cold."

"I already know that…" I said slowly nodding…meep! I can feel him radiating…

…. Eh…. can't help it…must resist…NO!

I jumped completely onto his lap and curled into his chest.

The cold is definitely getting to me.

Surprisingly, he didn't push me off. Instead he held me even closer and buried his head into my hair.

The cold MUST be getting to him.

"Hermione?" Came his muffled voice

"Mmm?" I said as I turned my head towards his chest, trying to protect my poor nose from the cold hair piercing through it.

"What happens at the bench, stays at the bench." He said pulling me closer to him. I nodded, and closed my eyes. Sleeping passes time fast….

And all of a sudden, I felt special. My stomach started to flutter. I felt full, like a missing part of me was just replaced…It felt like something was brewing right in the center of my tummy...and…I've...I've... never felt like this before…

Must be gas.

A/n: SQUEE! SQUEE! ROMANTIC LOVE SCENCE! Well yet again, meh is very sorry for not updating and I hope I haven't lost any of my beloved reviewers. I'm pretty sure I have a bundle of typos in this chapter, so if you want, you can point them out for me. I have a tendency to skip over them. You can flatter me, or flame me, I don't care…JUST SEND MEH A REVIEW!

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