CHAPTER THREE:

OUR BOND

"Forget?" Hermione asked silently as Draco's snake arms grasp her waist.

"Hermione, forget everything." He spoke in a deep voice as she began to feel her heart race.

"Draco, come with me." She smiled taking his hand and pulling him down the passageway. She closed the wall doors in her way by hitting each gem.

She pulled him into her room after checking to see if the door was locked. She quickly switched both switches under the gems leading into Harry's and Draco's room, just to be safe.

"Hermione, what are you doing?" Draco asked, in a light tone. She pulled out a small clip, clipping her bangs back. She quickly closed the curtains and turned on a lamp. She stood exactly in front of Draco "Hermione?" he asked

"Draco, tell me... what is going on. You are different, what the hell has gotten into you?" she asked stepping away from him.

"Hermione, I want to be with you." He said innocently. Hermione felt as if her heart had just melted but she shook her head to get back on subject.

"Draco, for years you have tormented me, cursed me and all of a sudden you come to me begging for me to... to love you?" she snapped and placed her hand on her forehead. "Draco this is all wrong, you are an enemy." She said, breathing deeply.

"But I don't want to be." He sighed deeply. "Hermione, love is everything to me. I don't mean to curse you, I just spit out things I don't mean. Please Hermione, listen to me." He said, as he grabbed her wrist tightly. "Please." He begged.

"Ok." She sighed and looked to her feet and then looked at him. "If you care that much…" She smiled. "But could we date in secret?" she wondered.

"Why secret?" Draco wondered. He pulled her onto his lap as she sat there motionless.

"Because if Harry found out, he'd kill me." She laughed "and your snot nose friends will pick on you until you die for dating or even loving a mudblood." She explained.

"I guess you're right." He sighed gripping her waist and setting her on the bed.

Draco flipped open a little of the curtain and watched outside. His silver eyes gleamed at the dark outside. Hermione looked at him with wondering eyes and she walked to him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Draco?" she asked in a light tone. "Are you ok?" she wondered. He looked like he was going to cry.

"So many people I tormented, and not one forgave me." He spoke deeply and with a low tone. Hermione put her head on his shoulder.

"I forgive you." She smiled sweetly. Draco moved his head to face her.

"You feel sorry for me." He said, walking away even though she lay on his shoulder. He went to use the gem passage way before she grabbed his hand.

"Draco, I don't feel sorry for you." She smiled and put a slight blush on her face. "I've always loved you, just never known it." She chuckled softly.

Draco shook his hand out of hers. Before he touched the gem she grabbed his hand again. He had a sad look on his face. She stared him in the eyes when she pressed herself against him. Draco bent his head down and the two were joined in a lip lock embrace.

Hermione broke the kiss with a simple 'smack' sound. She smiled lightly as she stared into his eyes. Draco wrapped his arms around her waist again as she snuggled her face into his chest. She smiled lightly and kissed him again.

"Is your room locked?" She wondered not thinking at all about what she was asking.

"Yeah, why?" He asked with a look of confusion on his face.

"If it is, stay here with me tonight." She smiled. "It's getting dark, please?" she begged.

Draco only kissed her again and nodded. She smiled as Draco walked onto the balcony and looked into the night sky. She closed the door behind Draco, changing her clothes and reopening the curtains and the door when she was finished.

"DO you need to change?" she asked walking around with a long, white, and silky nightdress on. It has no sleeves; it was just a tank top dress.

"Nah, I'm ok." He smiled. He removed only his shirt and set it neatly on the floor. Hermione climbed into her bed, staring at the lamp that was currently on.

She laid there and in a few minutes, Draco slid into her bed with her. He was shirtless and wore only his black pants. She smiled as she felt his arm reach around her waist. She reached up and slowly turned her lamp off. Draco snuggled her like she was a stuffed animal and nestled her head into her hair. His lips gently kissed her neck. After a while his kisses died off and they soon fell fast asleep.

In the morning Hermione awoke to an empty bed. She sat up looking around and she looked to her side and Harry was sitting in the chair. She shrieked and tried covering herself with blankets and panted slightly.

"What are you doing here?" she demanded he answer "AND HOW DID YOU GET IN?" she yelled still covering herself.

"I'm here to ask some questions, and I got in because you left your balcony window open." He paused "My question is why in bloody hell were you doing in a bed with Malfoy?" he gave a slight hiss to his name.

"His name is Draco." She snipped as she tried getting up.

"WHY WAS HE HALF NAKED AND IN YOUR BED?" He demanded she answer but she didn't. She walked over to him, her blankets wrapped around her.

"Get out." She snipped, giving him a cold glare.

"Not until you answer me!" Harry snipped back and gave her a fierce grin.

"It's none of your business!" she snipped and slapped him across the face.

Harry looked up at her in confusion as he set his hand on his cheek. He removed his hand as he felt the warm liquid of blood drip from his lip. He looked at her with a cold glare and left the room. Hermione stood there panting with anger as the door slammed in her face.

She walked to the wall and switched the gem to Draco's room. It was now available and she set her hand on it. She walked down the mirror corridor as her feet dragged on the floor. She opened the second wall that led to Draco's room. She walked in and he was lying in bed.

She sat on the bed next to him; she moved his bangs out of his face and kissed him lightly on the forehead. His eyes drifted open and she gleamed into the light gray color they were. She smiled.

"What happened?" she asked, raking her fingers through his hair.

"Potter happened." He growled "He saw us and heard us last night. He broke in through your window and told me that you already had someone, so stop playing me." He demanded.

"I had someone... what ever are you talking about Draco?" she asked, in a sweet and confused way.

"Don't play dumb Hermione! He said you already had a boyfriend, you went to the Yule Ball with him in our fourth year and are still dating him." Draco spoke anger and anger only. He began to calm down and sighed. Hermione was thinking and tried to remember.

"Yule Ball..." she thought and thought. "Oh, Viktor he's from a different magic school, we never dated..." she paused "Ok we did for a little while. But we are only friends now! Don't listen to what Harry says." She smiled, talking lightly.

"I love you Hermione." He said into his pillow, she couldn't understand him very well because the pillow made his voice sound muffled.

"What?" she asked silently and locks of hair fell in front of his eyes.

"I love you." He said, his voice very clear and Hermione smiled.

"I love you too." She smiled again, kissing him lightly on the lips. "Well I must be going, breakfast is going to be starting soon." She laughed.

She gave him another quick kiss and she left the room, following the path down to hers. She quickly dressed into regular blue jeans and a blue tee shirt. She slowly began to French braid her hair and when she was done, she grabbed her necklace and went out the door into the lobby.

Draco was standing there as she put her silver necklace on. (It had a broomstick charm hanging from the end) Hermione smiled at him as he gave her a kiss on the cheek. She smiled and slid her fingers in between his.

"You didn't have to wait for me." She smiled and giggled a tiny bit.

"I know, but I wanted to." He smiled and looked at their hands. "Umm Hermione, aren't we suppose to be dating in secret?" he laughed, whispering.

"Oh..." she removed her hand with a laugh "I forgot." She laughed.

"It's ok." He smiled and kissed her on the lips as they walked out the door. "Ok, we'll both go a separate way." Hermione nodded in agreement. Hermione started down the hall after they both said 'love you.'

Hermione headed down the hall, twiddling with her fingers and thinking about Draco. She wondered what people would say if they found out that they were dating. She was afraid Harry would tell.

'I wonder if Harry would tell on us, and people would laugh.' She thought 'Me and Draco love each other, we are in a circle of love. A circle we call Our Bond'

Author's Notes:

Hello again, I realize the relationship between Hermione and Draco is going faster then I hoped. I just have all these ideas and if I don't do it, then I'll not know where to insert it, lol. :D

RR and I hope you enjoy!

Airalynn