Shout-Outs:

Tears in my Heart – Thanks (: I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter!

thescottishcat – Yeah, A lot of times in fanfictions I don't like it when they bring a self created character (like Jessica) in, but I like Jessica and now that I've made her a good friend of Hermione's, I wont be kicking her out any time soon.

Kavina – What are gcse's? I'm glad I surprised you that they did not attend the ball together. My biggest pet peeve in HG/DM fics is when they make the two go too out of Character, and in my opinion, I don't think they would go public just yet, especially since they hated each other for so long. Plus, I like the added heat of a secret relationship ;)

Burnt Reflections – Omg… I'm so happy you are reading still! I thought you were gone for a while. It's good to hear from you lol. About the quidditch robes… oops! My mistake! I knew his favorite team was the Chudly Cannons, so I looked it up online to see what color their robes were and it said red and black… Sorry about that!

DaVinciWyoka – Yeah… that would make the friendship very awkward, lol. And you are about to see the conversation :)

Bagel – Ahh! Now you have got me saying my lovely! Oh well, its fun to say plus you stole my buns of giggles. Aaaanyway… Trust me, I know how you feel. I feel so sick and its NOT going away! It completely ruined my spring break, and on Wednesday I'm heading off to Reno so I hope I'm not still sick then! I guess you aren't sick any more though because when I tried calling you today you were gone… Well at least that makes one of us.

The REAL Cheese Monkey – Yes yes… Drama galore! And Drama is DEFINATLY fun to write about so there will be more where that came from, hehe.

Vick – It's great to have a new reviewer! Hopefully you will stick around, since you have already reviewed several times. Glad I could make you laugh!

Maddudewalking – They are going out! Or at least they are… dating. So far they haven't officially labeled themselves as boyfriend and girlfriend. And no, they weren't going to go to the Ball together. In the chapter before the Ball they talked about it and decided that they shouldn't go together so that they can keep it all a secret. :) Hope I clarified!

NOW FOR THE CHAPTER!

Chapter 30 – Brand New Best Friend

Hermione sunk down on her bed after her long night, and seconds after her eyes had started to droop, her door swung open.

It was a vampire. One angry vampire.

"What the hell did were you trying to prove?" Draco asked.

She sat up. "What do you mean?"

"You and the weasel!"

"What about us?"

"You went with him to the ball!" his face was flushed in all his anger.

"So? Ron and I are just friends."

"Yeah well… you went with him to the ball!" he huffed.

"Oh wow, great argument Draco." she said sarcastically. "Besides, you went with Pansy!"

"Yeah well that's different!"

"How?" she exclaimed, beginning to get angry herself. "How is it different Draco because I just can't see it!"

"It… It just is!" he yelled, pacing back and forth.

"That is so completely untrue! You just don't have anything to say because you know you are wrong!"

"I'm never wrong!"

"Oh you are SO full of it!" she shouted back.

"What IS it between you and weasel?"

"Are you kidding me?" she asked, actually laughing at his last comment.

"No I'm not. You spend an awful lot of time with him!"

"He is my best friend! How can you even IMPLY that?" her face reddened as it often did when she was angry.

"Well PARDON me," he said throwing his hands up, and then added in a hushed tone "bitch."

"What did you just say?" she asked, her eyes growing wide.

He shrugged.

"Don't you EVER call me that again! Ever! You hear me, you miserable slime?"

"What makes you think you have power over me? I'll do as I please!" he said, sticking his nose up in the air and crossing his arms.

"I don't need to take this!" she exclaimed, walking towards the door but as she walked buy Draco grabbed one of her arms and pulled her to him in a passionate kiss.

After a minute he pulled away and looked at her. Her eyes were still closed, a smile on her lips.

"You still mad?" he whispered.

"Mmrgh…" she mumbled dreamily.

He chuckled. "I have this affect on many girls."

Hermione rolled her eyes once she had snapped out of her trance.

"Okay." Draco stated, trying to remember what he was about to do. "I'm going to go change out of this, and then I'll come back." He started for the door but she stopped him.

"You don't have to change…" she said nonchalantly.

"Why not?"

"Well…" She blushed a bit. "I kinda like it…"

He raised an eyebrow and smiled mischievously. "Oh you do, do you?" he asked.

"Mhmm," she nodded, smiling girlishly.

"I vant to suck your blooddddd!" he said jokingly, voice thick with a Transylvanian accent, then lowered his head and bit lightly onto her neck.

"Draco!" She said, blushing at the bold gesture.

"From now on you can call me… Dracula."

"Hey now you are just making fun of me!" she pouted.

"I'm not making fun of you. I'm just a little shocked to find out that not only do you HAVE and hide vibrators in Santa hats, but you ALSO have a vampire fetish," he smirked.

"What? No! Draco-"

"Dracula," he corrected, smirking wider.

"Whatever your name is! You are making me sound like some deranged pervert!"

"Granger, I feel that you can only truly come to terms with your problem when you admit that you are in fact a deranged pervert."

She crossed her arms and tried to frown at him, but found herself smiling. "You are WAY more perverted than me!"

"How?"

"Because… you sleep with hundreds of women! There!"

"That dosnt make me perverted, that makes me a normal almost 18 year old. Name another thing."

"Um… well…" she racked her brain. "Uh…. Okay fine! So I can't think of anything at the moment, that dosnt make you right."

"I think it does."

"No!"

"Yes."

"NO!"

"Mhmm."

"Ugh! There's no winning with you." she said, throwing her hands up in defeat.

"Very true. But anyway, I think DRACULA has more important things to be doing…" he said, returning to her neck and placing soft kisses up it. "You know Granger," he said between kisses. "I enjoy your costume too. Very great length… low cut and all… but what the bloody hell are you?"

"Dorothy!" she yelled in frustration. "Why hasn't ANYONE read those books! God!"

He simply chuckled and returned to his assault on her neck, making his way up in and back to her mouth, parting it with his tongue and exploring and tasting her. She did the same and for several seconds they continued this until Hermione abruptly pulled away, giggling ferociously and holding her hand to her mouth.

"What? What is it?" he asked breathlessly.

"I…" she stuttered out, still laughing. "I think you cut me with one of your fangs."

He let out an exasperated sigh as if to say, 'that's all?' and lifted his wand to his mouth. "Finite," he muttered, and his teeth began to shrink down to normal. "Anything ELSE?" he asked in an annoyed tone.

She shook her head and leaned into him, returning the passion he had shown her minutes before. He slender hands traveled down to the bottom of his shirt, and she pulled it easily off of him, staring down at his toned muscles. She smiled, tracing her fingers over them, then bent down and placed a warm kiss of his chest.

He reached up and pulled the rubber bands holding her braids together out of her hair, letting it cascade down her shoulder in soft brown curls. She brushed one hand through it, tucking as much as she could behind her ear, then lay down beside him and kissed him once again. This time he flipped over gracefully, so that he was on top of her, unbuttoning the front of her dress and pulling it down with her aid, revealing a white red bra and panties. He smiled, stopping for a while to gaze down upon her, then skillfully removing her bra with one hand in a matter of seconds.

"That was fast," she said looking up at him in surprise.

"Trust me, I've had plenty of practice," he smiled crookedly.

"You are so– Ohhh…" she began, then her words were replaced with a soft moan as she felt his mouth on her breast, his tongue twirling around her nipple. He trailed his mouth down her smooth stomach and she bucked her hips up with a whimper. "Draco… please," she gasped, causing him to smile. He moved his lips to her inner thigh, sliding his fingers to the waist band of her panties and–

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!

Draco closed his eyes, hoping that if he wished hard enough, the person outside the door would simple disappear…

But that did not happen. Several seconds later the knocks came again, five this time, and louder. "Let's just ignore it." He said hopefully.

"No… we shouldn't Draco. What if it's important?" she asked, sitting up.

He groaned unhappily and pulled his body away from hers, retrieving his black Dracula shirt from the floor and slipping it back on. Hermione too got dressed, and finally after many more frantic knocks rushed to portrait and opening it from the inside. No sooner had she done this than a figure dressed in blue stormed past her, rushing towards the couch and plopping down on it with a familiar sob.

"Parvati?" Hermione asked, recognizing her finally.

"This is absolutely HORRID!" she cried out. "How could Lavi do this to me? HOW?"

So she was still on about the Seamus business then. Hermione took a seat next to her reluctantly. She really had many things she would rather be doing (such as snogging Draco) than listing to Parvati rant and rave. "What's wrong Parvati?" Hermione asked, trying her best to sound concerned.

"I don't want to TALK about it!" she said loudly, taking out a small compact mirror and looking at her reflection. "And now look what she has done? My make up is COMPLETELY ruined!"

"Err… if you don't mind me asking, how does Lavender have anything to do with your makeup?" Hermione asked.

"Tears, HELLO," she yelled, pointing at her eyes as if it were obvious. "So get this Hermione, get this! A couple days ago I ask Seamus out, and he says no, so when I'm crying and EVERYTHING, she says to me 'Oh Parvati, you are too good for him! Just forget about him!' and then she goes and nabs him and takes him to the ball! And when I saw them dancing I screamed, and this whole big crowd came around us,"

Hermione thought back to the fight… she wondered if Parvati would tell the real story.

"And to you know what that bitch says to me? SHE SAYS SHES BETTER THAN ME AND HE ONLY PICKED HER BECAUSE SHES PRETTIER! AND SHE SAYS THAT HER COSTUME WAS BETTER THAN MINE AND THAT I'M NOT A GOOD ACTRESS!"

Hermione narrowed her eyes. "Are you sure she said all that Parvati?" She asked.

"Yes! Okay… so maybe she didn't SAY it all, but she was thinking it! I saw it in her eyes!"

"Don't you think you should be talking to Lavender about this instead of me?" Hermione asked.

"NO!" she screeched, taking out a handkerchief and blowing her nose loudly. She let out yet another sob, wiping her eyes then draping herself over Hermione. "Besides, I cam to you because you are my NEW best friend… now that Lavenders out of the picture."

"NO!" Hermione exclaimed almost too quickly.

"What?"

"I mean…" Hermione added quickly. "No! I couldn't possibly… it would be far too big an honor."

Parvati smiled at this comment. "Oh it's okay Hermione. I'M telling you that you can! So it's not being rude at all."

"Oh… great." Hermione said, plastering on an unsure smile.

"Great. So it's settled!" Parvati said, jumping up and heading towards the door. "We are now best friends…. PERFECT!" She beamed, clearly proud of herself. "Okay, bye! See you tomorrow!"

"Heh… heh… yeah…" Hermione said nodding. "Bye"

The portrait swung open and Parvati stepped out, and then quickly stuck her head back in. "Oh and Hermione?"

"Yeah?"

You're dress is on backwards." she said nonchalantly, disappearing once again.

A/N: lol. Okay, so go review! 7 before I update. Oh! And on a sadder note! Several days ago I checked my reviews and it was 139, then when I checked back the next day it was 126. I was confused and upset about losing 13 reviews overnight, and checked around to find out what had happened. Finally I realized that all my reviews from Hermione at 24 were gone so I looked her up and it said that she was no longer an active member! Hermione at 24, if you are reading this and you were kicked off or something, let me know if there is anything I can do to help!