Chapter 19-

Hermione woke the next morning with a pounding headache. When she opened her eyes, she blinded by the light coming through the window and immediately closed them. She then rubbed at her eyes and tried to remember what had happened the night before. Seconds later, she felt something move next to her and the memories came flooding back. Her eyes shot open and she looked around her. She, Hermione Granger, had a hangover. She was about to wake Draco up when she realized that she was no longer laying on the floor in Three Broomsticks. They were in…

"AHH!" she screamed as she turned to Draco and began shaking him desperately. "Draco, wake up! We're in…JAIL!"

Draco shot up and looked around. "Shit!"

"Draco! Watch your language!" Hermione told him. Before remembering where they were. Tears suddenly began springing from her eyes. "I, Hermione Granger, am in JAIL!" Hermione began wailing hysterically. "This can NOT be happening!"

"Calm down!" Draco yelled, trying to figure out how they had ended up in jail, together! Suddenly he remembered their 'game' and getting drunk.

Hermione, who had been wailing in the corner was slowly composing herself and trying to find a reasonable explanation. She then caught site of a guard walking by and hailed him over. "Um sir?" He cocked an eyebrow at her and she continued. "Why are we here?" she asked him innocently.

"Because you and that one over there robbed Three Broomsticks." he replied as if it was totally obvious.

"We did no such thing!" Hermione replied indignantly.

"When they found you two, you were each passed out from all of the rum that you drank. And, there were two empty bottles of the most expensive rum they have lying next to you."

"Oh, the rum." Hermione mumbled. How could they have been so stupid?

"I can pay for that." Draco intervened.

"Can you?" the officer asked.

"Yes, my name is Draco Malfoy and if you would let me make a call, I could have the money delivered to Three Broomsticks immediately." Draco said coolly.

"You do that." the officer said as he opened the door and let him out. Hermione started to walk out after him but the officer stopped her and said. "You stay here little missy."

Hermione frowned but nodded and stepped back into the cell.

Several minuets later, Draco returned frowning. "I can get us out." He said as if the news was a complete shock to him. "My dad has blocked my access to the Malfoy fortune, but my mother lent me the money that I needed."

"Great! Let's get out of here!" Hermione said jumping up and waiting for the guard to come and unlock the cell door.

When they were finally out of the jail, they headed back to the school.

"Do you think that Dumbledore is going to be mad?" Hermione asked as they approached the doors to the Entrance Hall.

"He probably didn't even notice that we were gone." Draco replied, brushing the idea off.

Then, suddenly, they heard the shrill voice of Professor McGonogall. "Mr. Malfoy! Miss. Granger! Where have you two been? I have been looking for you all day!"

Draco and Hermione stood in shock as the irate professor approached them.

Draco finally recovered enough to say, "We went to Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley."

"You did WHAT!" McGonogall screamed.

Draco opened his mouth to speak but was cut off when Hermione suddenly burst into tears. "Please don't expel me! I can't go back home, not to him! Please!" she wailed causing the anger to be replaced by compassion on McGonogall's face.

"Shh," the teacher began as she knelt next to Hermione and began patting her back in a very motherly fashion. "Don't worry dear, I am not going to make you go back to your father ever again." she said in an effort to calm the girl. "You aren't expelled. I was just really worried about you."

Hermione pulled away and looked at the older woman. She studied her face for a second before flinging her arms around her and hugging her tightly. "Thank you, Thank you…" she whispered over and over again into her favorite teachers shoulder.

They stayed that way for several seconds before Hermione finally pulled away. "I am sorry for overreacting like that. I just had a very traumatic morning."

"I totally understand dear. How about we go in and get you cleaned up." McGonogall replied and she stood and began guiding Hermione back towards the school.

Right before Hermione closed the door behind her; she looked back at Draco and winked.

Draco, who had been standing there paralyzed by the scene, saw Hermione wink and smile at him and was totally confused. 'Did Hermione just get me out of trouble?' He wondered as he walked into the building.

In their Common Room, Draco waited patiently for Hermione's return. After about an hour and a half of staring at the fire, Draco fell sound asleep.

Two hours later, Hermione trotted through the portrait hole only to see Draco fast asleep in front of the fire. She slowly approached him and when she was only inches away, she yelled 'BOO!"

Draco jumped and let out a yelp. "Shit, Hermione!" he cursed when he realized that it was her.

Hermione was doubled over laughing. "That was…GREAT!" she said in between laughs.

"Yeah, yeah." Draco said as he regained his composure. He waited for a few minutes for Hermione to stop laughing so that he could ask the question he had been trying to stay up to ask. "So, now that you are done laughing at me, I have a question." Hermione cocked an eyebrow at him but signaled for him to continue. "Did you do it on purpose?"

"What?"

"Did you do the thing with McGonogall on purpose?" Hermione tried to hide a smile as she shrugged. "You did!" he yelled proudly.

Hermione blushed at the obvious admiration in his voice.

"You have been hanging out way to long! I am rubbing off on you." he said, literally jumping up and down like a proud father.

"No Draco." Hermione said, grinning, "I learned that one all on my own."

"Is that so?"

"You bet!"

"Oh yeah?"

"yeah!"

"Well, take this?" he yelled before launching himself at her and tickling her.

"No…Stop!" she yelled as she tried to regain control of her breathing.

Draco began to ease up, but he quickly found that this was a mistake when she flipped him over and began tickling him back.

Draco burst out in laughter as he fought to regain control. Finally, Draco was able to flip her over so she was once again under him.

"Surrender!" He yelled over her constant laughter.

"NEVER!" she yelled back.

They continued to fight like this for a few minutes before Draco finally stopped and collapsed. "I knew that you'd give up." he said as he tried to catch his breath.

"I don't know what you are talking about. I never gave up!" she said as she stared into his deep eyes from only an inch away.

He cleared his throat and tried not to stare at her lips too much before saying, "You don't?"

Hermione shook her head and gulped.

Draco was about to say something, but he was cut off when Hermione mouth crashed against his. Draco responded almost immediately, holding himself off of her with one hand while the other buried itself in her hair. After a few seconds, Hermione's arms wrapped around Draco's neck and Draco licked her lips as if asking permission for entrance. She opened to him and he deepened the kiss as he explored her mouth.

The kiss lasted for several minutes before Draco finally pulled away to catch his breath. He looked down at her as she blushed and turned her head away. Draco turned her back to him and smiled. He once again lowered himself and pressed his lips to hers.

When Draco pulled back again, he rolled off her and stood up. At first, Hermione thought that he was going to leave, but instead, he offered her his hand. She blushed again, but accepted his hand and let him help her stand up.

They stood in silence for several minutes before Hermione couldn't take it anymore and said, "Well, um, I think that I am going to go to bed."

She slowly began walking towards her room, but stopped when she felt an arm grab her arm. "Wait, I have another question to ask you." Draco said, turning her to face him.

"Last time you asked me a question, you ended up tickling me." Hermione replied, smiling brilliantly.

"I won't this time, promise." he said, smirking.

"Ok. Ask."

"Will you be my girlfriend, Hermione Granger?" he asked with an air of confidence.

"Hmmm…I don't know…" Hermione began, causing Draco's eyes to go wide and a frown to appear on his face. "Just kidding, I would love to be your girlfriend." she said, smirking at him.

"Okay, good."

"Good. Now I am going to go to bed. G'Night."

"'Night."

With that, both Draco and Hermione went to bed.

"Wake up, 'Mione!" Someone yelled from what seemed like only inches away. Hermione opened her eyes to see a very excited looking Ronald Weasley leaning very close to her.

Hermione immediately realized that she was still in her red, silk pajamas that only covered the essentials. "RON!" she yelled as she yanked the covers up to her neck. "What are you doing in my room!"

Ron blushed and steeped away from her. "Sorry. I just wanted to come and get you so that you could come to the Quidditch game."

"Oh, forgot about that. How long until it starts?" she asked.

"An hour, but I thought that you might want to come and watch us warm up."

"Oh, okay. Just um…turn around so that I can get dressed." she said pointing him towards the wall across from the wall where her dresser was.

"Can I lay down?" he asked indicating the bed.

"Uh…Sure. Just face that direction, okay?"

"Yeah, okay." he said, sitting down on the bed, facing away from Hermione.

Hermione got up and headed straight for her dresser. She slipped off the spaghetti strap tank top and began putting a bra on when she heard the door open. Thinking that it was Ron leaving, she turned towards the door. Instead, Draco was standing in the doorway, eyes flicking from her to the bed. She turned towards the bed to see Ron staring at her. Her eyes flicked back to Draco to find that he too was staring at her, but neither boy was looking at her face. She followed their gaze to see that she was standing in front of two very teenage boys with only her short pajama shorts and an unclasped bra. She screamed.

Ron jumped off the bed, grabbed the blanket and tried to help cover her up. Once she was covered, she jerked away from Ron.

It was then that it hit Draco. The only reason that he could come up of why they would be in a bedroom together with Hermione half naked must mean that they were having sex. "You little SLUT! You've been sleeping with the Weasel all this time. I knew that you were just a stupid little Mudblood slut!" he yelled the hurt masked by the hatred and anger. "What, are you screwing Scar head to?"

Draco's words cut her deep and tears began welling in her eyes. The one good thing in her life was going down the tubes and this made her mad. "That is none of your business. I hate you and I could really care less what the hell you think. Now get the bloody hell out of my room!" she yelled back at him.

Draco was beyond shock. They had only been dating for like a day and she had already cheated on him. He was furious. He turned and left the room, slamming the door behind him.

When he was gone, Hermione screamed. "I am sorry, 'Mione. I didn't mean to embarrass you or anything."

Hermione walked over to the bed and sat next to him. "Don't worry about it Ron. It is not your fault. I love you Ron."

Ron smiled. "I love you too." he said, hugging her tightly.

Hermione hugged him back, happy that someone cared. Ron pulled away and looked at her face. He studied it for a few seconds, watching her smile. Then, he did something that he had wanted to do for a long time. He pressed his lips firmly against hers.

Hermione did nothing. She was way too shocked to react at all. Then, Ron licked her lips and pushed his tongue into her mouth. Finally, she realized that Ron was kissing her. She was about to push him away when Ron pushed her back against the bed and laid his body on top of hers.

Hermione was beginning to panic as memories of her father flashed through her head. What was she going to do? Then she remembered that when she had stopped fighting, the beating weren't as bad. If she just let him do what he wanted, he wouldn't hurt her…hopefully.

Suddenly, Ron's cold hands found her exposed breasts and began massaging them. She couldn't hold back the small helpless sounds that were escaping her lips.

Ron, thinking that this was a good sound, began kissing down her neck and towards her breasts. He slowly started sucking and biting at them. Meanwhile, all Hermione could think was, 'Please just hurry up and get this over with!'

AN- I am sorry that it took so long! Please don't be mad at me! College life is stressful and I kind of got out of the writing mood for a while, but I am back and I am going to do my best to update as often as possible. The next chappy should be up within a week!