The Aftermath

Part 1

Hermione woke up early, or what she thought was early, and stretched. She looked around and smiled. The room was completely covered with green and silver wallpaper. She turned around and looked at the sleeping figure next to her. His hair was sprawled across the pillow and the silk sheet covered him to the waist. She smirked and leaned over and gave him a kiss. Within seconds, he responded. She then laid on top of him and he wrapped her in his arms. When she noticed them going too far she rolled off of him and walked toward the bathroom.

Draco, not caring that she was walking around his room naked, got out of bed and dashed towards the bathroom door. He blocked her entrance and asked "Where do you think you're going?"

Hermione looked at his attire and blushed. He was standing in front of her in all his naked glory. After a few seconds of mind diversions she rolled her eyes and said "To the bathroom. Where does it look like I'm going?"

He smirked and said; sarcastically "Funny..." he was going to say something else but he stopped and let her pass him. She eyed him suspiciously and said nothing. She went into the bathroom, turned on the shower and stepped in.

Meanwhile in the bedroom, Draco was sitting on his bed; waiting for the sound of the shower, to make his move. He planned to do some very naughty things to her; but she had to be surprised. As soon as he heard it turn on, he crept into the bathroom. After he closed the door behind him, he stopped to admire her curvaceous body through the almost translucent shower.

When he watched her rinse off the vanilla scented body wash he snapped out of his trance, opened the door and stepped in. Her scent was intoxicating. He wrapped her in his arms and inhaled her scent. She tensed in his arms and then relaxed when she felt him nibbling on her neck.

The shower was quiet minus the sound of the shower and the constant moans erupting from both of their mouths'. After minutes of a heavy make out session they got a little carried away and had a mind-boggling replay of last night; in the shower. After they were done, they took a shower; Draco's first and Hermione's second got out and dried each other off. Hermione, being the first one to wrap the towel around themselves, then said "I was waiting on you; you know."

"You were?"

"I know you better than you think."

Draco raised one eyebrow and asked "Am I objecting?"

"No; and that's good."

Draco rolled his eyes and said "Let's get out of here. I'm hungry."

"You're always hungry."

"I am not. It's just that I haven't got enough energy left in my body because of our little shower scene; a few minutes ago."

"True. True"

She kissed him on the lips and exited through the opposite door she came in; which just happens to be the door to her bedroom. As soon as the door shut behind her, he exhaled, sharply, air he didn't even know he was holding in. He then whispered, to no one in particular; mainly because no one else was in the room, "You're going to be the death of me" He wrapped the towel tighter around his waist and departed the bathroom to his room, so he could put on some suitable clothes.

Author's Note: That was going to be the end of part one but I decided to continue it; but I got carried away; alot. Enjoy the rest of part one

About 20 minutes later, Hermione came waltzing out of her bedroom wearing blue skin tight, low ride, hip huggers, (I didn't know which one to chose so I put all. I hope it made sense) that showed off several of her feminine curves, a black short sleeve shirt and blue and black sandals. Her hair, which wasn't bushy anymore but fell in long spiral ringlets, was fixed in a simple ponytail with four curls loose (2 in the front and 2 in the back).

When she walked into the common room, she found Draco waiting for her. He was wearing long black jeans and a green muscle t-shirt. His hair was pulled into a ponytail as well but it was held together but a green ribbon. She cleared her throat and smiled. He smiled back and said "Took long enough."

She smiled at him again and said "You can't rush perfection"

He then spun her around and said "Damn right"

She stopped herself from spinning and said "Enough of this. Let's go down, or we'll miss..." she looked at her watch and said "...lunch."

"Okay; let's go."

They walked toward the Great Hall hand in hand and thank Merlin; everyone was in the Great Hall eating. See, they had a secretive relationship for about 8 and ½ months now and the secret was wearing thin. Plus, since it is the last weekend of school, they have decided to make it public; especially after last night's game, it seemed like the perfect time.

As they got closer to the hall, they heard the joyous laughter of their colleagues. They stopped at the entrance and took one deep breath. Draco looked at her and asked "Are you ready?"

She smiled shyly at him and said "As ready as I'll ever be."

Meanwhile in the Great Hall, Harry and Ron were having a discussion. Ron asked Harry "Do you think she went through with it?"

"I don't know. I guess we have to ask the mastermind behind all of this. So did she go through with it; Ginny?"

Ginny, who was listening very attentively to the conversation, pretended that she didn't hear them at all and asked "What did you say Harry."

Harry knew that she was listening to the conversation. He exhaled silently and said in a tired tone "I ask you, if Hermione went through with it?"

But before she got a chance to answer, she was bombarded by a bunch of girls from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw asking her questions about Hermione, Draco and the dare. And Ginny, like the first time when Harry asked her, she didn't get a chance to answer because the entrance to the Great Hall opened and in walked the topic of almost everyone's conversation. They were laughing and holding hands.

When they noticed that the room was silent, they stopped laughing and dropped their hands. Hermione looked around the room and found a mixture of shock, anger and, surprisingly, jealously written on the faces of several females in the room. But Draco on the other hand, looked around at all the faces of the males. They were gawking at Hermione. They never knew she looked that good. Even though he liked to hear what people had to say, he neither worried nor cared what they thought. All that mattered was Hermione.

He wrapped a possessive arm around Hermione's waist and turned her to face him. He then did the unthinkable –or that's what the other occupants in the room thought- he tilted her chin up and kissed her passionately on the lips. As soon as their lips met, everyone in the room disappeared. It was just them and no one else. The kiss lasted for 2-3 minutes and when they pulled away, he asked her "I'm going to get something to eat. Are you coming to my table or are you going to yours?"

Hermione scanned the room and ran over several shocked faces but found a smiling Ginny anyway. She smiled back, turned to Draco and said "I'll go to mine."

"Okay. Now go."

She beamed at him, gave him a peck on the cheek and walked over to the Gryffindor table. She took a seat between Ginny and Neville and began having a conversation with Ginny. Draco had already sat down and began putting his desired food on his plate, ignoring the many staring faces. Hermione gave him a quick glance, picked up a ham sandwich and bit into it.

She looked up and found both Ron and Harry staring at her. She looked at them innocently and asked "What the matter?"

Harry looked at her with shock and anger in his eyes but Ron, who showed a combination of anger, disgust and shock clearly written on his face, narrowed his eyes and said while standing up and yelling "What's the matter? What's the matter? How could you asked 'what's the matter'? You fucking know what's the matter; Hermione."

"Ronald, if I knew, would I ask you?"

"Don't play dumb, Hermione. Everyone knows you're not. How could you?"

Hermione gave him a confused look, not knowing that they had an audience, which included a very pissed off Draco, and asked "Spit it out, Ron. I don't have all day. How could I what?"

"You and Malfoy" he spat out Malfoy with all the venom he could muster up at that moment. "He's our enemy; Hermione."

"He 'was' our enemy. And what does all of this have to do with you?" she asked loudly, while folding her arms over her chest and raising an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

"As of last night, you made it perfectly clear that someone like Draco would never look at me."

Ron said, in a whisper "I already said I was sorry about that. I didn't mean it."

Hermione was getting quite irritated by Ron behavior. She at least that he would understand since he has a girlfriend of his own, but she guessed she was wrong. She then shouted "Now you're whispering? You already yelled out something that you had no business in, in the first place. You should continue yelling."

"What do you want from me?"

Hermione's voice grew gentle and said "I want you to just except this because I'm continuing this with or without your approval."

"Then why tell me?"

"Because you're my friend and I didn't want you to be left out in the dark."

"It all makes sense now!"

Hermione's head snapped to Ron's left and found Harry staring at her with a complete visible look of shock on his face. She looked at him oddly and asked "What?"

"It makes sense now. You're behavior towards him, Ginny's slip up, and your reaction to the dare. He's the one you were talking about"

A look of realization hit Hermione and she said, looking down at the table. "I thought you would have found out sooner. But you're right."

Ron looked between Hermione and Harry and asked "What are you guys talking about?"

Harry exhaled angrily and said a little louder than necessary "Ron, do you remember what Hermione told up a few months ago?"

"You know I only remember what I want..." he looked at Hermione and said "...I didn't mean it like that."

She rolled her eyes angrily, said "Humph" and then turned back to Harry.

The shock expression on his face quickly vanished, only to be replaced by the look of anger. "Hermione, why didn't you tell us?"

"Because you wouldn't understand"

"But I mean 8 and ½ months; Hermione. You still could have told us!" he said while shouting the last sentence.

Ron was looking like a lost lamb now. He had to do something to get their attention so he yelled "Tell us what?"

"That Malfoy is the one Hermione's been seeing for the last 8 and ½ months or so."

Several gasps could be heard from the other occupants in the room. Hermione knew that this would be a juicy piece of gossip for the next few days or even weeks; even after they have left this great institution.

"What?"

Everyone's attention change from the Gryffindor table to the Slytherin table. A girl by the name of Daphne Johnson was standing up, looking quite pissed. She looked at the room wide eyed and said "You're lying. You've got to be. He can't be with her. He's supposed to love me, not you." She concluded before looking at Hermione.

Hermione thought to herself 'what should I do in a situation like this?' The first thought that came to mind was just to ignore her but then thought 'Nah! The bitch might think that she's won.' The second thought was about her having a calm little conversation with the girl to try to set her straight, but her mind objected against it with 'Do you think that will work?' She sighed and then smiled evilly when the final thought popped in her head. It showed her walking over to Daphne, dragging her by her hair and showing her who's man Draco really was. But then she said 'To harsh. I would...' but her thoughts were interrupted by an explosion of laughter.

She looked up but found nothing funny. She asked Harry and Ron what was so funny, but they just ignored her. She rolled her eyes, muttered "Childish gits" and turned to Ginny, who was not standing next to her. "What's so funny?"

Ginny turned her head ad said "You missed it. Daphne kissed... Crabbe."

Flashback

Unbeknown to Hermione, after she, Daphne, noticed that Hermione didn't answer she smiled and walked towards Draco. All eyes were on her and she was going to give them one hell of a show. Draco, knowing that Daphne was coming towards him, got up, followed by Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy and Blaise and began walking away from the Slytherin table. As they, Draco and his friends, were passing the last seat at the Slytherin table, Daphne caught up with them and said "Draco, wait."

She stopped by them and said, in a sweet voice "I'm so sorry, for my little outburst, earlier."

Draco looked at his friends and saw all of them except Pansy, who was rolling her eyes, giving him a smirk. He turned back to Daphne and said "It's okay."

But before Draco could move she began leaning in to kiss him. He thought on his feet and moved out of the way swiftly, followed by Goyle but Crabbe wasn't swift enough. As their lips met, everyone's eyes, at least everyone who was paying attention, almost popped out of their heads. After seconds of kissing, they pulled away from each other. Crabbe was the first to open his eyes and easily found his friends, who were each holding up 2 thumbs. Then the room erupted with a loud laughter. She, Daphne, opened her eyes and her eyes fell on Crabbe. She looked like she could have died on the spot, so she burst in tears and ran from the room.

End of Flashback

Hermione laughed as Ginny finished telling her what she had missed.

Before she knew it, she was wrapped in someone's arms. She looked up and realized it was Draco. She then looked around the room and found it empty except Draco and his friends and her and her friends. She looked behind her and smiled. He kissed her on the cheek and asked "Ready to go?"

But before she could answer, Harry and Ron shouted in unison "Get away from her; Malfoy."

Draco and Hermione's head turned from each other to her irate friends.

"Potty, Weasel; how nice of you to join us?"

"I said get away her." Ron said dangerously.

Draco wrapped her closer in his arms and asked "And what if I don't?"

With that said, he began nibbling her neck; excluding everybody else in the room. Harry grew red and turned his head away from the scene in front of him; not because if disgust, but from embarrassment. But Draco didn't stop. He kept on kissing her neck. But when he felt himself getting a little too excited, he said "How about we take this to our room?"

She nodded her head, turned to her friends and said "Can I talk to you later?"

Harry immediately said "yes." He didn't want to see where their little make out session would conclude. But Ron mumbled his answer what sound like a cross between "yeah" and "whatever"

Hermione and Draco left the room so they can have some alone time.

(Back in the Great Hall)

As soon as the door shut behind the couple, Ron slumped down in the bench and buried his head in his hands. Lavender walked over to Ron, draped her arms over his shoulders and asked "What's wrong; love?"

Ron looked at his girlfriend and said "It's just a bit of a shock you know. I mean, Malfoy. Out of all the bloody boys in the school, she had to fall in love with Malfoy."

"Ron, she can't help who she falls in love with."

"I know, but Malfoy."

"What's wrong with Malfoy?"

All eyes turned and to no one's surprise, the outburst came from none other than Ginny.

"What do you mean?"

"Stop asking stupid questions Ron, and just listen. He loves her. You could see it in his eyes and the way he treats her."

"How do you know this for sure?" Harry asked her suspiciously. He wasn't going to let her outburst go unnoticed this time. He was going to get answers.

"Because...I just know"

"He told you, didn't he?" He asked while grinding his teeth together.

Ginny shrugged her shoulders and then looked at no one in particular.

"How long have you known about this?"

"What does it matter?"

"It matters a lot. Now tell me."

"Okay, okay. I've known for..." she began counting her fingers and concluded "...8 months and a day; I think."

"That long! How could you keep that from us?" Ron shouted

"Yeah; how could you?" While Harry was waiting on Ginny's response, Ron was wondering why his girlfriend wasn't saying anything. Then it dawned on him. "You know too, don't you?"

She gave him a tired look and said "Yes; Ron."

He looked hurt and said "And you didn't tell me?"

"No"

"Why?"

"Because I was sworn to secrecy"

"That's no excuse" Ron shouted

"Yes it is; and you damn well know it." Lavender shouted back at him.

But their argument was interrupted by an unexpected person.

"He's not that bad, you know."

Everyone's head turned swiftly to the direction of the door and found Blaise still standing there. Crabbe and Goyle had already retired to the Slytherin common room and Pansy, after several attempts, finally left to go talk to Millicent.

"What are you talking about, Blaise?"

"Their relationship isn't as bad as you think it is"

Harry looked at him, shocked and said "You knew?"

"Of course; he's my best friend."

"Don't tell me. You knew right from the beginning as well, didn't you?" Harry asked while scowling

"Don't get mad, Potter; but pretty much. You know he liked her from the 6th year."

"What?"

"What?"

"I know it." Ginny shouted.

"What do you mean, you knew it?" Ron and Harry asked in unison.

"It was so obvious. I didn't like him at the time, but I could have seen it in his eyes whenever she was in the room."

A few seconds passed with utter silence. Blaise then cleared his throat and said "Well, I better be going before Pansy comes looking for me..." he turned on his heels and walked towards the door but stopped, turned around and said "Ohh, and Potter, tell your friends that I will be expecting my 50 galleons at the end of the day. And that includes you two." When he was done, he left the room and went in search of Pansy.

Harry, Ron and both of their girlfriends left shortly after Blaise left and went to the Gryffindor common room, to try to make a plan to apologize to Hermione.

Meanwhile, Daphne was in her bedroom of the Slytherin lair making a list of things to do before she left for the summer so her true love could notice her. After she was done with her list, which consist of:

Dress differently

Get closer to him

Attack! As in what Hermione did to 'him'

She sighed, placed her paper on her nightstand, laid down and reminisced the best kiss the ever had; and it came from none other than Vincent Crabbe.

Finish Part 1

I'm so sorry how I ended this chapter but I promise there will be connection between Daphne, Crabbe, Hermione and Draco; even though I don't know what it is yet.

The 50 galleons are distributed as followed:

Harry: 10 galleons

Ron: 10 galleons

Seamus: 15 galleons

Dean: 15 galleons

Part 2 will be up as soon as I can finish it. If you have any ideas what you want in it, please let me know. I will use them the best I can and acknowledge you as best as I can. Thanks for reading this.

Now Part 2...