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Chapter Three

Hermione slowly opened her eyes. She was lying in a room that was completely white. The pillows and blankets were extra soft. The back of her head throbbed as she slowly tried to sit up. As she did she looked around the room.

"Where am I?" Hermione said to herself. As her eyes focused, she noticed a rather handsome boy with blonde hair lying in the bed next to her. He too seemed to just be waking up.

It was then that a plump witch with a white cap on entered the room. She introduced herself as Madam Pomfrey. She spoke very softly.

"Hermione dear?" she said, and Hermione assumed that she was talking to her. "You are in the hospital wing of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While in potions class, you spilled some temporary memory loss potion onto yourself. You will get your memory back in twenty-four hours."

She then turned to the boy with blonde hair and told him that his name was Draco and that he was here on the same circumstances.

"The both of you will not be required to attend classes for the next twenty-four hours, nor are you required to remain here. You two should remain together for the mean time because your other classmates are still in classes," Madam Pomfrey said.

It took Hermione awhile to absorb this information. She couldn't possibly be a witch. Maybe she was going insane and was at a mental institution. Of course, all of this wasn't bad. She didn't mind this cute boy called Draco walking around with her.

"You two are free to go." the witch continued. "If you would like to go out to the grounds then go out this door, make two lefts, a right, and then down the staircase. Don't forget to skip the fourth stair from the bottom. It sometimes like to disappear. Then exit through the large wooden doors. Also do not go into the forest."

Hermione and Draco nodded as they rose from their beds. Hermione gave a small smile to Madam Pomfrey as she followed Draco out the door.

They headed out the hospital wing door and turned left. Hermione tried to think of something to say to Draco, but her nerves was getting to her. However, before she could say anything, Draco held his hand out and grabbed Hermione's arm, causing her to blush. With his free hand he pointed to a portrait on the wall.

"Look," he said softly. "They're moving."

Sure enough when Hermione looked up, their was a rather skinny man dancing with a rather large woman in the confines of their picture frame. Hermione's eyes widened.

"I guess Madam Pomfrey wasn't kidding about this place being a school for wizards." Hermione said, her arm tingling as Draco let go.

Draco laughed softly and motioned for Hermione to follow him. "I can't wait to see what's outside if this is what is inside."

At the next hallway intersection, they took another left. Draco was walking slightly in front of Hermione, so when he stopped short, she ran into him. His pale cheeks turned a soft pink.

Hermione wasn't sure what Draco had stopped for, but couldn't really concentrate. The fact that Draco was blushing because of her made Hermione also feel a little flushed.

Hermione looked around and discovered why Draco had stopped. Their was a girl with flaming red hair kneeling on the ground over a ripped school bag. She was so quickly gathering up her belongings, that she didn't notice that she was being stared at.

"Oh, hey Hermione." she said quickly, still not noticing Draco. "I would stay and chat, but I'm going to be late for Charms. Flitwick will probably give me detention if I don't hurry."

It was at that moment that she looked up and saw who Hermione was with. "What are you doing?" she demanded, a hint of alarm and anger in her voice.

Hermione wasn't quite sure how to answer this. She even know who this girl was, so she just answered her question like nothing was wrong. "Draco and I are going to the grounds."

The girl just gaped. "Have you gone mad?"

Hermione shook her head, now completely confused. "Was their something dangerous on the grounds or something? Madam Pomfrey had only mentioned not to go in the forest." she thought to herself, not realizing that girl was talking about the person she was with, not where she was going.

Draco just stood there, not knowing what to do. Finally he grabbed Hermione by the hand (at which Hermione blushed furiously) and pulled her past the gaping girl. "Let's go." he said softly.

It was only after they turned the corner that the girl with long red hair moved. She seemed to have forgotten that she was late for class.

"I wonder what that was about," Hermione said. "I can't even remember who that girl is."

It was then that she realized that she was still holding Draco's hand. She blushed slightly and looked at Draco. He just smiled at her. When they turned right at the next intersection, they were still holding hands.

They then reached the staircase and started to descend it. As they were all caught up in their emotions, they forgot to skip the fourth to last step and their shins soon disappeared in the stairs.

Only one of Draco's legs was caught, so after a few moments he freed himself. Unfortunately for Hermione, both of her legs were trapped in the tricky vanishing step.

Draco went down a step, and lifted Hermione easily up by the waist. He moved down one more step and carefully set her down on the place where he has just been standing.

Hermione's eye level was now at the same height as Draco's. For the first time Hermione realized how green his eyes were. For a few moments they just stood their, just looking at each other, Draco's hands still around her waist.

After a few moments, he leaned closer, about to kiss her lips. When he was about an inch from her lips, Hermione pulled away.

Hermione softly whispered, "I'm sorry," as Draco backed away feeling very embarrassed.

Neither of them said a word as they walked to large wooden front doors as indicated in Madam Pomfrey's directions. For the first time since she woke up, Hermione felt awkward in Draco's presence.

A/N-Thanks for reading this chapter. I'll try to post the next one as soon as I can. In the meantime, PLEASE REVIEW!