Draco and Hermione: Lust or Love?

..Too Close but Not Really..

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Hermione stole another glance over at Draco as he studied for his next charms test and couldn't quite get what to do.

"Do you need some help?" Hermione asked.

Draco looked up from the book then at her. "No, I'm fine," he told her then looked back down to the big book.

"Okay," Hermione responded and went back to her book, shaking her head.

A few minutes later Draco called her name and she looked up at him.

"Yeah?" she asked

"Could you help me with this?" He asked, his face pleading.

Hermione got up from the couch with a sigh and went over to sit on the arm of his chair. "What is it that you don't get?" she asked, looking down into the book on his lap.

"This whole thing! It just doesn't make sense!" Draco exclaimed, his hands up.

"Yes, it does." Hermione leaned in and tried to explain it to him. It didn't take long for Draco to get it.

"Got it?" Hermione asked as he wrote an answer down. He showed her his paper and Hermione nodded that it was right.

"I think you got it now. I'm gonna go finish packing." Hermione told Draco.

Tomorrow they and two people from each house would be going to Vernal School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"You aren't done yet?"

"No. I didn't really get a chance to start. I've been finishing my homework so I could go." Hermione said making a point that all the homework was due yesterday for them if they wanted to go.

"Yeah, I know. I just wanted to pack first."

"Whatever, but you do know all your homework has to be handed in within the next ten minutes."

"What?!?" Draco gasped. "But this is going to take me at least an hour!" he exclaimed, his voice showing his panic.

"Then hurry up," Hermione told him.

"Help me, please!" Draco begged.

"No. I wont do it for you." Hermione said as she turned around to walk up the stairs.

"I'll do something for you." Draco said.

"No."

"Please, Hermione! I really need your help. I'll even get down on my hands and knees and beg you!"

Hermione turned around. "No."

Draco got down on his knees and put his hands in prayer position. "Please, Hermione, I need your help! I'm begging you."

"I can tell. Okay, but I'm not doing it for you."

As it turned out Draco really didn't need her help. But he did talk to her about going to the school. He was really excited.

When he went to go hand the last of his over due homework in, he asked Hermione to go with him. Hermione had to pack but decided to go with him anyways. He slipped his charms paper under the charms room door then he and Hermione went to have supper.

Draco told her he'd see her later in the common room then he left for his own table. Hermione walked over to her own and sat beside Pavarti.

"Are you excited about going to the other school?" she asked Hermione.

Hermione shrugged. "Yeah, I guess."

"You guess? You've got to be kidding! That would be cool! You could go and check out all the hot guys. It would be so much fun!" Pavarti exclaimed.

"I don't check guys out, Pavarti."

"That's because you already have a boyfriend."

Hermione frowned. "No, I don't."

"Yeah, you do." Hermione just stared at her. "Draco! Duh!"

Hermione had to laugh at that. Her and Draco boyfriend and girlfriend. "You've got to be kidding! I'm not going out with him! Yuck!"

"What do you mean, 'yuck'? Look at him! He gorgeous."

Hermione turned her head to look for Draco at the Slytherin table. She found him and studied at him for a few seconds. She quickly looked away when he felt her gaze and lifted his face to look at her.

"He is and you know it!" Pavarti giggled. "And there is something going on between you two. You should see him now, he's smiling like and idiot."

Hermione looked back and found the he was smiling. His smile was really nice. He had white perfect teeth that showed when he actually smiled.

"You like him, Hermione."

Hermione jerked her head back. "I do not!"

Pavarti smiled at her friend. "If you say so. I really think you do."

"I did, okay? But not anymore. Things have… changed."

"What do you mean changed?"

Hermione shrugged again. "I don't know. He's different now."

"Yeah, in a good way. Well anyways lets get off this topic." Pavarti had an apple half way to her mouth when she suddenly dropped it. She hit her cup and pumpkin juice went flying. A few girls around the table squealed and jumped back. Pavarti grabbed Hermione's arm and they both fell backwards off the bench. They both hit the floor and started to laugh. They had pumpkin juice all over their faces but they didn't care.

People from the other tables were laughing at them as well but Hermione and Pavarti hardly noticed. Hermione and Pavarti both got back up on the bench and started to clean up the spilt drink.

"Nice going, stupid." a kid from the fourth year said to Pavarti.

Pavarti looked at the boy then picked up a spoon full of chocolate pudding and shot it at his face. The great hall went really quite and waited to see what the kid would do, with his mouth gapped out and the side of his face gooped with chocolate pudding. His friend beside him started to laugh and so the boy grabbed a handful of his potatoes and squished it on his face.

"Agh!" the other kid gasped.

The hall again went quiet until Dumbledor himself stood up and yelled, "Food fight!" then all at once food was thrown.

After a while Dumbledor yelled supper was over and then cleaned the great hall. He advised that everyone took a shower and that they all have a good night, the twinkle still in his brilliant blue eyes.

Hermione went up to her room and had a shower. She couldn't get all the food out of her hair so she screamed and had a tiny fit.

There was a light knock on the door.

"What?" Hermione snapped.

" Uh," came Draco's voice.

"Oh, sorry!" she ran to the door and opened it. She was in her PJ's and her hair was dripping.

"Do you need any help?" Draco asked as he spotted food still in her wet hair.

"Would you?" Hermione asked hopefully.

"Sure." he went over to her bathroom and turned the water on. Hermione knelt in front of the tub with Draco beside her. He ran his hands threw her hair, picking out the pieces of food that he found.

"Yum, looks like pudding." he said.

Hermione turned her head sideways to look at him. Her eyebrows were raised in question. He laughed and shook his head.

"I'm sure it isn't all that good now."

"How about I lick it out and see?"

"No! It's fine!"

Draco laughed again and continued picking out food from her hair. When he was sure he got it all out, he reached for the shampoo bottle and washed her hair for her. Then he used conditioner and then dried her hair with the towel. He helped her off the ground and then went with her into her room.

"Uh, thanks."

"No problem." Hermione could see the laughter in his eyes and then they went serious. He too, had noticed how close they were. Draco leaned down and kissed her mouth. Hermione didn't back away but leaned her body into his hard one, felt the tingle all the way down to her toes. They started to slowly peel clothes off. Draco's shirt then Hermione's.

Draco's kisses touched Hermione deep and she suddenly felt too close to him. She broke the kiss and stepped back, bringing space between them.

"What?" Draco asked. "What's wrong?"

Hermione said nothing. She was breathing harder and tried to calm down her thundering heartbeat. "I just can't." she told him.

"Can't what?"

"I can't do this!" Hermione explained, her hands motioning between them. "I feel like you're getting too close."

"Too close?" he repeated.

"Yeah. I just need my space for a little while. I want to clear my head."

"Clear your head?"

"Will you stop it?" she asked, annoyed. "Must you repeat everything I say?"

"I'm not!"

"Yes, you are!" Hermione said louder.

Draco looked over to her. "Hermione, I just don't get you. You keep on changing what you want."

"That's because I don't know what I want!" Hermione tried to explain. She sighed and tried again. "I just don't want to lead us anywhere. We might end up on the bed and then who knows what'll happen. Draco, I cant risk anything like that!"

"Then we wont do anything like that." Draco told her. "Why don't we just lay down?"

Hermione looked at the bed then back to him.

"Nothing like that. Clothes on and I wont do anything bad. I just want to hold you. I just want to feel you near me."'

Hermione gazed over to the bed considering what he said.

She nodded then went beside the bed. Draco turn the light off and they both got into the bed. Draco's arm were soon around her waist protectively. He let his hand travel up and down her spine. Hermione's head was on his bare chest, her other hand playing with his soft blond hair.

Soon enough, Hermione fell asleep. Not to a peaceful dream she hoped for but a nightmare that she would choose hell over.

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Hey! I am so sorry for taking so long! Next time I will try to have this story updated so much sooner. Thanks for waiting and please tell me what you thought of the story.

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Chebetta.