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Chapter 4

Suddenly I became panic stricken. If Malfoy did do something it'd be my fault! What if he died? What if he was hexed into oblivion? Breathe, Hermione, Breathe. I told myself trying to gain control of my senses. I had to think about this rationally. He was probably just sick. Sicknesses spread through this school like wildfire, one person in a dorm gets something and everyone else in that dorm gets it just as bad. Right now the Ravenclaw girls had a horrible case of the flu going through their dorms. I mean sure Madame Promfrey can cure everything but she runs out of medication occasionally, I thought, putting hope in the thought that Madame Promfrey had really just run out of some medication.

I must have completely gotten lost in my thoughts because before I knew it I'd made my way to the library. My feet seemed to the know the way here all too well. Was I so pathetic that I knew the way to the library better than I knew the way to the Gryffindor Tower? Obviously. Well I was there so I mine as well do some studying. I had just gotten a book from the shelf about potions when I saw a head of dark brown hair a few tables away. Zabini! My mind thought instantly, and I went over to the boy. "You have a lot of explaining to do!" I whispered harshly, after all this was the library. He then turned around confused. My eyes immediately went to the crest on his cloak. It was the sign of Ravenclaw. Shit! It wasn't Zabini! I finally realized I'd been staring and quickly spoke to him. "I'm terribly, terribly sorry! I thought you were someone else." I said and quickly walked away not even waiting to see if he nodded in response. I silently vowed that I would never approach someone whose face I hadn't seen. It would definitely insure less embarrassing moments.

I began working on my assignments when someone came up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder. Oh, no the boy from Ravenclaw. He'd come to yell at me for interrupting him. I sighed and turned around. My eyes immediately hit the crest, this time it wasn't Ravenclaw it was Slytherin. My eyes moved up more to his face. It was Zabini with a huge grin plastered to his face. "So Granger, do you enjoy torturing unsuspecting Ravenclaws or perhaps you like the thrill of making a fool of yourself." He said smugly.

"Zabini where have you been?" I said giving him a hard glare.

"Oh, Granger I'm touched that you noticed I was gone!" He said with a mock swoon.

"What put you in such a good mood today? Where's the moody Slytherin I met the other night?" I said bitterly and with slight suspicion. He was purposely avoiding my question about where he'd been. I could see it in his eyes. His eyes immediately darkened and his grin slowly faded.

"I'm sorry I hadn't known it was crime to have a little fun. Anyway I believe you were looking for me when you scared the living daylights out of the poor unsuspecting Ravenclaw." His looks had darkened considerably yet there was still a flicker of slight amusement in his deep green eyes.

"Yes, I was in fact looking for you. I meant to ask you yesterday but you walked away too fast. You also didn't come to any classes today! Anyway, I wanted to ask you how you knew my password. No one knows the dorm password except Malfoy and I doubt he'd tell you seeing as you two don't seem to be the best of friends." I said with an accusing look sent his direction.

"You're entirely right, Malfoy and I are and never will be friends. We have far too much bad history between us. As for how I knew your password. You'd be mighty surprised what you can learn when you just sit back and listen. That, and Malfoy has a mouth that is far too large. He was giving it to a Slytherin girl one day so she could sneak into your dorms later and they could have some… 'intimate' time. He said it much too loudly and I happened to be passing by that very second. I thought it might be useful later so I stored away in my memory. Fortunately I was right and it did come in handy." He said slyly. He was very close to being just as arrogant as Malfoy. I stared at him for a few seconds processing all the information he had just given me before I gave him a response.

"Well, thank you very much for notifying me of Malfoys tendency to be loud. I'll have to get the password changed immediately." I gave and exasperated sigh and started to pack up my books. I was pretty sure I wasn't going to be able to get too much homework done tonight. My mind was definitely too cluttered with other thoughts. "Oh and Zabini I am glad that you did know the password. If you hadn't I would have woken up with a terrible crick in my neck and a far to cocky Malfoy. Thank you." I said with a small genuine smile directed toward him. I briefly looked up only to see a faint smile tug at his lips. He was incredibly handsome, I thought as my mind drifted.

No, no I did not just think that! I quickly picked up my books and left. I could not start fancying him! He was a Slytherin! I quickly discarded that thought. I'd always been for house unity, it was just I couldn't like him. He was too…. damn. I had no plausible reason.

In the midst of that thought I collided with something hard and found myself pushed backwards and crashing to the ground. I looked up to see whom I'd run into and of course as if my day couldn't have gotten worse Malfoy looked back down at me with a smug smirk on his face. Damn myself for not watching where I was going! "Mudblood, just the person I was looking for. Oh, and look your boyfriends not around to protect you. I do believe I owe you a hex for causing me such humiliation. Malfoys never suffer from humiliation." He raised his wand and pointed it at my head. I had no time to grab my wand. After all it was in my bag, which was now five feet away from me. I braced myself and squeezed my eyes shut for whatever curse Malfoy had in store for me. It never came. I slowly opened my eyes only to see Malfoy looking enraged and being unable to speak. I turned around to see Zabini. He stood there smugly watching Malfoy who was acting completely helpless and if looks could kill both Zabini and I would be dead. I got up and walked over to pick up my bag. Just after I'd done so Zabini grabbed my hand and before I knew what was happening we were running at top speeds through the corridors. I had never run so fast in my whole life! Eventually we stopped just as we got outside the castle. I panted for a few moments catching my breath and then slowly turned to look at Zabini. "What was that all about?" I said still panting slightly,

"I had just taken off the silencing spell from Malfoy. He would have tried to hex us with everything he had." He said looking as if nothing out of the ordinary had just happened.

"You know for someone who claims he won't always be around when I need help, you seem to always be there." I said with a smile playing at my lips.

"Granger, I was just leaving the library. It's not as if I go looking to save your ass. I just happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. It's not like I'm your knight in shining armor or anything." He said but I could see faint amusement in his eyes. I decided to play with him a little bit.

" No, no you didn't seem like the knight in shining armor type. Definitely more of a black knight; mysterious with a hint of chivalry. Apparently you're a sucker for a damsel in distress." I said smiling. His cheeks turned a slight pink and I could see he was slightly embarrassed.

"Ahh, yes the black knight. The thing about the black knight is you can never tell which side he's on. You can never guess what he'll do next. For all you know he could be the true villain." He said with a slight smirk. That was absolutely not the response I had expected. I gaped at him for a minute and before I realized what was happening he had leaned down and lightly brushed his lips across mine. He then turned and walked away with a face devoid of emotion.

I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. My brain wouldn't start working and my legs refused to move so I just stood there and watched him walk away. I was utterly speechless. It had been so innocent, so sweet and I swear I felt a shock of electricity ripple through my body. I lightly pressed my fingertips to my lips. Once again he had left me with questions. Where had he been all day? He obviously wasn't sick. What was he up to?