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Chapter Five

"Hermione? HERMIONE!" shouted two angry voices, waking Hermione with a start. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

Hermione stood up, alarmed, and walked out of the shade of the tree to see where the two voices were coming from. Draco stood up, rubbing his eyes sleepily, and walked up next to Hermione.

Two boys around Hermione's age were running towards her, one with red hair similar to the girl's hair that she had seen earlier, and the other with jet black hair and glasses. They were still yelling angrily until they were right in front of Hermione.

"What do you think you are doing?" the one with red hair asked. "You and Malferret have decided to become best friends have you? We've been looking for you everywhere and it turns out that you're with him!"

"W-who are y-you?" Hermione stammered, on the verge of tears. "I-I don't know w-who you are."

The boy with red hair just gaped at her. "What is the matter with you?"

Tears slid down Hermione's cheeks freely now. "Are you my b-boyfriend or s-something?"

Draco looked very disappointed when the boy with red hair's cheeks turned a shade of pink. The boy with black hair however, just looked confused.

"Hermione?" he said tentatively. "What happened?"

Hermione was no sobbing. "D-Draco and I-I lost our m-memories s-so we've b-been hanging out h-here all af-afternoon."

"Memory loss?" the boy said alarmed. "Can't Madam Pomfrey do something about it?"

"It's only tem-temporary." Hermione said, her tears starting to slow down.

"Hermione, we are you're friends, Harry," he pointed to himself, "and Ron," he gestured to the boy with red hair who no longer looked angry, but worried. "Umm, could we talk to you alone for a minute?"

Hermione nodded and followed the two boys about fifteen feet away from Draco. Before Harry or Ron could say anything she asked Ron, "Are you my boyfriend?"

"No," Ron said, almost wishing it wasn't true, "It was just weird seeing you with Malfoy."

"What's wrong with Draco?" Hermione demanded. "He's been nothing but nice to me all day. I even kind of like him."

"You wouldn't like him if he was acting like his true self." Ron said.

"He has been mean to you ever since you got to this school." Harry added, before Ron could lose his temper again.

Hermione crossed her arms over her chest, as if she wasn't sure who she should believe. Before she could say anything else, Ron began talking.

"Why don't you come back the common room with us, so we can keep an eye on you. Then we can go to dinner together."

Hermione shook her head. "I don't want to go. I want to stay with Draco. Besides, I'm not hungry."

"Trust me Hermione," Harry said. "When you get your memory back, you won't want to be with him."

Hermione didn't want to believe them. Draco just seemed too wonderful to her. She glanced back at the tree that she had spent most of the afternoon under with Draco. He was standing next to it with two very large other people, hands in his pockets, looking angry.

Hermione looked at Harry and Ron, having made her decision. "I am going to stay with Draco. I don't care what you say."

With that, Hermione went running back towards Draco, who also had finished talking to the two people he was with. When she reached the shade of the tree she wrapped her arms around Draco.

He hugged her back and lead her back to the trunk of the tree. He sat down and Hermione followed suit.

"What happened with you?" Hermione asked Draco.

"I don't really know." he said. "They told me that I shouldn't be anywhere near you, but they didn't really say why. I didn't really understand them because you are so wonderful. They couldn't possibly be right."

Hermione smiled slightly. "It was basically the same case with me."

Draco was only half listening to what Hermione was saying. He was distracted by other thoughts boiling inside his head.

Hermione, seemed to having read his mind, "Neither of them were my boyfriend."

Draco's expression lightened, and he suddenly became much happier. "Do you want to take a walk around the lake?"

Hermione nodded and took Draco's hand as she stood up. Draco led her to the right side of the lake, closest to the castle.

The castle towered above them, with light in almost every window. The sun was starting to set along the western horizon, causing the castle to look more magical then it had in the afternoon sun.

By now they were halfway around the lake. Neither of them had really said much, as they were just enjoying the scenery. When they were almost back to their beloved oak tree, it was almost dark.

"We should probably go inside." Hermione suggested.

Draco nodded his head in agreement as they headed back to the wooden doors.

"Will you meet me tomorrow by these doors at nine o' clock?" Draco asked as they reached the front steps.

Hermione nodded and extended a hand out to pull open the front door. She wasn't quite ready to kiss Draco yet. Tomorrow would be a different day. Who knows what could happen.

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