Chapter 25

Caught

It was spring and the weather was starting to become nice, but it was hard for everyone to get outside to enjoy it. A lot had happened in the past few weeks. Ron had asked Kiara to marry him as he had planed and she of course had said yes. Ginny finally got a chance to tell Hermione what it was that she needed to tell her so bad. Although it wasn't as juicy as Hermione had thought but it was something great. Ginny and Harry were discussing possibilities of getting married the summer after she was done with Hogwarts. He hadn't proposed or anything, but they were talking about it and that made Hermione very happy.

They also had been racking their brains over the fast approaching N.E.W.T.S. They had to know everything that they had learned over the past seven years and then some. When Hermione would go to the library Draco would follow her and then would sit down at the same table, but across from her rather than right next to her. She would sit at one end of the table and he would sit at the other end. At first Harry, Ron and Ginny were uncomfortable with Draco sitting at the same table. Some fights had broken out, but Hermione said that there was hardly any room in the library and that everyone pretty much had their spots. She said that he really had no other place to sit and it was rather convenient for the two heads to be together especially during these stressful times. They bought it and promised to be civil. While the gang would study Draco would keep to himself, which they all appreciated. However Ron was convinced that Draco was up to something, like trying to find out something about them or something about Harry. Hermione told him that if that was the case that they should only discuss classes and class work.

Hermione had even had a difficult time meeting with her mates for their own practicing meetings. She had often used the secret passageway to sneak about. She would wait for Draco to be heavy into homework or his studies when he was in the common room or when he was just in the loo. She then would quietly go into her closet and close the entrance so if for any reason he were in her closet he wouldn't be aware of it. She would then sneak to her meeting place. When she would return to the common room and if he noticed her come in and asked where she was and or when she left she'd make up an excuse. She found it easier to offer an excuse when she came back as opposed to creating one for when she would leave for fear of him wanting to come along. However so far she had had no problems other that having to lie to him, but she would remember what he did on his own meetings. He himself had his own secrets.

After a long day of studying Hermione and Draco decided to enjoy the rest of the nice day and go on a picnic down by the lake. Hermione was the first to arrive. She laid out a blanket and set out the two baskets from their rooms filled with different types of snacks and bottled drinks. She then sat down on the grassy area that was secluded so no one from the school could see them and waited for Draco.

Harry and Ginny were on a walk around the lake skimming the inner part of the forest also enjoying the weather. They were about to come out when they saw Hermione sitting by herself. They started to make their way over to her when they stopped dead in their tracks when they saw Draco sit down by Hermione and kiss her. Ginny grabbed Harry's arm before he went storming over there.

"Let's just go behind those bushes and listen before you go and do something you'll regret, okay?" Ginny whispered as softly as she could so he could barely hear her. He nodded and they got down on their hands and knees and made their way over to a group of bushes by Hermione and Draco. Harry and Ginny leaned down to look through a gap under the bushes where the roots came out of the ground.

"Sorry it took me so long I couldn't shake Crabbe and Goyle, the blubbering idiots." Draco said annoyed as he popped open two bottles of orange sickle pop.

"It's okay, you are just lucky that it was a nice day or else you'd be in trouble." Hermione said flirtatiously as she took one of the bottles. Harry and Ginny looked at each other with raised eyebrows.

"You know I am surprised that your mates haven't been rude to me in the library." Draco said leaning Hermione down on the ground and propping himself on his elbow next to her.

"Well they usually really aren't the types to start anything, usually. I think that if you were able to get to know them better you would find that you would actually like them." Hermione said as she rubbed her fingers along the buttons of his long black-sleeved button up shirt.

"Oh yeah I can see it now, Father I am friends with Harry Potter and the Weasley's. That would go over great. It's better that things are the way they are, besides it's fun," Draco said as he ran his hands over her leg that was bent up.

"Yeah, so how is studying going for you?" Hermione asked. Draco gently put his hand over her mouth.

"Shh, no more talking about tests or studying. Let's just push that stuff out of our minds and enjoy this day, okay?" Draco said almost in a pleading manner. Hermione nodded then Draco replaced his hand with his mouth and kissed her passionately.

Harry turned to Ginny and faked vomiting. Ginny held her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing.

"What is going on?" Harry asked quietly to Ginny.

"I don't know, I am actually really confused right now, or shocked or both." Ginny whispered back.

"So you want to… you know since we haven't done it out here yet?" Draco said with a lustful look on his face.

"No, no no no… What?" Ginny and Harry both mouthed to each other.

"Oh not right here! What if we get caught? Besides it is not warm enough yet." Hermione replied.

"Well you weren't complaining on Christmas night by the pond behind your house. If I remember correctly it was quite chilly out but that couldn't compete with the heat we made." Draco said sexily smiling down at her as he rubbed his finger around her belly button under her shirt.

"Well that was also in the middle of the night and not here." Hermione added.

Harry and Ginny's mouths dropped.

"Okay," Draco pouted "Well anyway I have a surprise for you."

"Oh, really what is it." Hermione said as they sat up. She couldn't tell if she was going to like it or not. She watched him pull out some paper, a piece of wood and his wand out of his bag.

"Last summer at the club I watched you listen to this song and I noticed that you seemed to like it. So I got sheet music of it and I have been practicing it for a while." Draco said as he transfigured a piece of wood he had in his bag into a guitar.

"I didn't know that you could play a guitar." Hermione said strangely becoming very flattered.

"Well I don't know how good I am but I can sing to." He said in an oh so Draco Malfoy tone. Hermione rolled her eyes and then smiled at him. He couldn't help but smile back. He then started to play.

"Oh this does sound familiar. Oh yeah it's um called 'Beautiful Soul'" Hermione said as she leaned back letting her hands support her body. Draco nodded then started to sing. Hermione couldn't help but feel this amazing rush that filled her body from end to end. She loved this feeling and she smiled.

Ginny and Harry were laying down resting their chins on their hands and watched him play. Harry looked at Ginny and pushed a stay hair behind her ear and whispered, "I love you."

Ginny smiled. "I love you too." She said in return. They couldn't help the moment. They then watched curiously as Draco finished his serenade to Hermione.

"Oh that was really great. Thank you, you sounded really good." Hermione said sweetly as she recovered from the rush, but she still was blushing.

"Thanks and you welcome." He said as he transfigured the guitar back into a piece of wood and put the stuff back into his bag. He then lay back down next to Hermione, which had lain back onto the ground.

"Well why don't we start heading back to the school?" Harry said to Ginny.

"No not yet. If we get up or move they would probably see or hear us." Ginny said.

"So." Harry said.

"Okay, 'Hermione we weren't spying on you'." Ginny replied sarcastically.

"Oh fine, but how long are they going to be there?" Harry asked. Ginny just shrugged.

Ginny and Harry listened to them talk about how cleaver they thought they were with fooling everyone, continuing to appear like they didn't get along. Hermione did mention that she felt bad about not telling her friends about them, but it needed to remain a secret. They then started to laugh about a "spat" they had had the day before after Hagrid's class and how fun it was to get a rise out of the other and said that no one else could quite do it like each other.

After they finished laughing Draco leaned back up onto his arm and looked at her as he ran his hand through her hair.

"You know my parents have no idea what they are missing." Draco said happily but with a hint of sadness in his voice. Hermione gave him a soft smile and pulled him down into a kiss.

After a while the sun started to go down giving air around them a bit of an orange radiance. Hermione and Draco packed up, kissed and Hermione left first. Draco waited a few minutes then headed off in the same direction.

"Finally! I thought they would never leave!" Harry said as he pulled himself up from where he had been in for quite some time, and then helped Ginny up.

"Did you see how different Malfoy was and how different they both were when they were alone, or well, when they thought they were?" Ginny asked Harry.

"What I want to know is how long this has been going on. 'Last summer at the club'? What club? And is she shagging him, Draco Malfoy! I mean I never thought that she would ever do that with anyone, even if she had kids. And why with Malfoy? And before us?" Harry said.

"I don't know. Well you and I are waiting till marriage, right?" Ginny asked.

"Right." Harry said as he wrapped his arm around her. "Should we tell Ron about what we saw?"

"No. Even if we tell him what happened he would still freak out. In fact if we didn't see it for ourselves we would have too. I think we should let her keep her secret. I am sure she will tell us eventually. She wouldn't keep this from us forever. So for now let her have this." Ginny said.

"Yeah, could you imagine what we would have done if she would have told us. It's a good thing that we did see it and now we can keep an eye on them, you know just in case." Harry said as they walked into the school.

"Yeah." Ginny replied.

Harry and Ginny went into the Great Hall for dinner and sat across from Ron and Kiara. Soon Hermione came in and sat next to Ron.

"Hey so how was your afternoon." Hermione asked everyone happily.

"Kiara and I went back to the common room and played some Wizard's chess. Watch her, she she'll take you for all you got. It's bloody brilliant!" Ron said as they all laughed. Then Hermione looked at Ginny and Harry waiting for their answer smiling.

"We… um went for a walk and laid down outside and enjoyed the weather." Ginny answered for them.

"What about you Hermione, how did you enjoy the day." Ron asked. Ginny and Harry looked at each other then back to Hermione.

"Oh just this and that, laid around you know whatever." Hermione answered. Ginny and Harry couldn't help but smile.

Soon they were talking about how Kiara gave Ron a run for his money and how they all couldn't wait to see it for themselves.

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