Chapter 10

Closer

Hermione made her way back to her common room. When she got there she said the password and walked into the room. She really hadn't got a chance to take a good look around the common room which wasn't the same Head's common room as the previous Head's had that she had been in a few times for meetings. There was a huge couch and two over stuffed chairs that looked just like the one in her room. The colors of Slytherin and Gryffindor filled the room. There were two long banners that hung above the fireplace, one from Gryffindor and one from Slytherin that stood side by side and a rug the had the four colors in it. It was quite nice.

Hermione saw a sliver of light from the crack under Draco's door. "He must be doing homework," She thought to herself. She had decided to take a shower, so she headed into her bedroom. Hermione undressed, put on her bathrobe, grabbed her hygiene stuff, and headed to the bathroom. She was pleased to still see light from under his bedroom door. She went into the bathroom and locked the door behind her to avoid anymore of what had happened that morning and looked around. She also hadn't gotten a chance to really see the bathroom either. It was absolutely beautiful. It had a toilet, of course, a vanity with two sinks, and towards the back of the room there was a very large shower (it looked like a small room only the walls didn't reach the ceiling) and to the left of it was one of the biggest bathtubs she had ever seen. It was more like a small bathing pool than a bathtub. She put her toothbrush and toothpaste down on the counter of the vanity and took of her robe and carried her shower stuff into the shower and put it in her spot. Draco already had chosen his spot for his things. She stared her shower and noticed that there was a shower bench on the right side to where you would walk in. She was just about done when she heard the door unlock and someone walked in.

"What? I locked the door, what is he doing?" Hermione thought to herself. She heard him walk to the toilet and relieve himself. She sat there sort of in shock not believing this. After he flushed he walked over to the sink and started to wash his hands she stuck her head out and hid the rest of her body behind the shower wall and looked out to the left of her. She looked right at Draco with a questioning look on her face.

"Um just in case you were unaware I am in the shower and I locked the door." Hermione said.

"I had to go." Was all that he said as he leaned against the counter staring at her.

"I was almost done and I haven't taken that long! And you could have waited!" She said annoyed. He shrugged.

"I didn't feel like it. You know, since you saw me it is only fair that I should get to see you." He said as he walked closer to her with and evil smirk on his face. She was about to protest and duck back into the shower to hold the door closed with all her might, knowing it would be pointless when his mark burned and he stopped and looked down at his arm. With the smirk still on his face he turned and left.

For a second she thought that she was doomed. She was glad that he had the dark mark for just that once. If he would not have been called he might have seen her and she knew that he had had every intention to see her. Hermione leaned back against the shower wall and exhaled the breath she was unaware she was holding in. She realized that when she would take a shower in the future she would have to wear a swimming suit and have to learn to wash her self with it on.

"Pervert! Oh I hate him. Ahh!" She said loudly.

After she finished with her shower and brushed her teeth she decided to go on her rounds. There wasn't anything to interesting until she walked up on two people snogging up against the wall. Hermione was surprised to find two prefects were the pair and that it was Pansy and Alexander Diano the new boy prefect for Slytherin. The two jumped when they realized she was standing there. Hermione couldn't help but laugh.

"I am sorry for laughing but the look on your faces… anyway just be careful in the future okay. So I take it that this is your new boyfriend Pansy?" Hermione asked trying to be nice, as Head Girl.

"Um… yeah." Pansy said kind of shocked that Hermione wasn't going to punish them or anything.

"I thought that you were with Draco." Hermione said although she had forgotten all about that until that moment.

"No we were never really anything. I did really like him, but he is really mean and it got hard to keep up with it. Honestly I really couldn't care a less about what other people do as long as they stay out of my way. Besides I don't think he ever felt that way about anyone or me at all really. Anytime a girl would make a pass at him he would just give that I am to good for you look and leave. It made me wonder if he were gay." Pansy replied. It surprised Hermione she always thought of Pansy as the female version of Draco, and "No Draco is defiantly not gay." Hermione thought to herself.

"Well good luck to the both of you and just make sure that you get some of your rounds in before you head off to bed, separately of course." Hermione said with a wink as she walked by and looked back. "Good night." They all smiled at each other.

"Well that was strange. I never thought I would ever be civil with Pansy." Hermione thought to herself. Hermione finished her rounds and headed back to her room to do her homework.

"Good evening Miss Granger," The woman and the man in the portrait said at once as they smiled at her and waited for her to say the password

"Good evening Mr. and Mrs. Albany." Hermione said returning the smile. "Peace."

They nodded still smiling and the portrait door opened. Hermione went inside and looked around the room and looked at the small crack under his door. She noticed that Draco had not yet returned. She then went up to her door and looked at the Lion in the portrait that was in her door.

"Secrets." She said and her door unlocked. She grabbed the knob and went inside.

When she was finished with her homework she put on her normal night attire. "No silk or satin tonight, not in that bed." She said to herself.

She was about to get into bed but she realized that she didn't hear if Draco had come back yet or not. She opened her door slowly and didn't see a light under his door and he wasn't in the common room so she decided to check the bathroom. She walked over to the bathroom and slowly opened the door. No one was in there so she headed back to her room and shut the door.

She got into bed but found it hard to fall asleep. "Why do I even care when he comes back?" She thought to herself. However she found herself waiting for some kind of noise. Finally about an hour later she heard him come into the common room and walk up his stairs go into his room and shut the door, then heard him about a minute later go into the bathroom. Hermione not really knowing why she was now satisfied fell right to sleep.

A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update i have been so busy lately. I just want to say a quick thank you to all who have reviewed, THANK YOU SO MUCH! The next chapter should be up soon keep reading and please keep reviewing!