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Innocence Lost and Gained

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Chapter 6 - Kiss

Hermione sat in potions with a small smirk on her face. She turned to Pansy who was sitting next to her and they giggled for a moment before Snape threw them a tiny look of disapproval. They stopped.
Hermione couldn't believe this. She never thought she would see a teacher struggle so much with a lesson. Snape was trying to explain today's potion lab without actually doing a lab. Since magic was been banned its been very difficult for the teachers. The students found it as nothing more than pure entertainment.

Hermione threw Draco a quick glance when Pansy wasn't looking. She never had Draco this close to her in class. Since Pansy decided to sit next to Hermione, Draco naturally sat next to Pansy.

She wanted to feel him so badly. She wanted to feel his arms around her, his warm, muscular, perfectly shaped arms. Just the thought made her quiver inside. She knew it would never be though.
She then thought back to the one time in shower, just the thought made her blush.

What was that ?

Did he even remember?

Did he want to forget?

She figured that if he wanted to discuss it he would. She didn't want to cause any unnecessary waves.

Her spacing out caused her to miss out on the assignment.

"So everyone know what they have to do?" Snape asked. Hermione almost gained up the courage to raise her hand and ask about the instructions but she knew it probably wasn't such a good idea.

"I'm going to have you pair up. I have found it helps to keep explosions at a low." Snape glared at Neville Longbottom. "Don't get to excited because I will be pairing you."

After a long list of student Snape finally got to the students Hermione wanted to know about.

"Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. Like you had any doubt."

"Pansy and Neville. I know she'll keep you in line Mr. Long Bottom."

"And Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy. Now everyone get to work."

Hermione walked up to Malfoy. "I thought we weren't doing any labs."

"Weren't you listening? He said these potions have a very minimal magic resources."

"Directions?"

"Damn, Granger. You must have really been spacing if you missed him running on and on about that."

"A lot on my mind." She blushed. Draco noticed.

"What were these thoughts that made the virgin Hermione blush?" Draco smirked.

"We are so not going there." Hermione said as she read over Draco's notes and started to take out the necessary items needed for the potion.

"Oh now I have to know. Spill."

"Well..." Hermione wasn't sure she should tell but she figured, 'What the hell'. If she was ever going to bring the said incident into the light, Draco gave her the perfect opening to do so. "Just thinking back to a certain shower incident that happened not to long ago. No biggy. Just got me distracted."

Draco laughed. "What kind of showe..." It hit him. He gulped back and gave a very nervous laugh. "Let's get back to work."

Hermione turned in her and Draco's finished product to Professor Snape along with everyone else.

"Class may leave." Snape announced as he started to look at the potions making sure they were all the right color.
Right as Pansy, Draco and Hermione were about to leave.

"Pansy, please stay after." Pansy looked confused but stayed behind.

Hermione and Draco returned to their room and Hermione headed straight to her room.

"Wait." Hermione turned around.

"What?" She asked as put her books down.

"I wanted to talk to you about the shower thing."

"Continue."

Draco panicked. He didn't know what to quite say. "Lets just pretend it never happened." Hermione nodded. That's when there was a knock at the door. Draco allowed them in. It was Pansy.

She had a small smile on her face. "Hey, I just wanted to say bye to Draco before I go and study for my class tomorrow." She gave Draco a quick kiss.

"Why did Snape want you to stay after class?" Draco asked.

"He wanted to congratulate me on my potion. Apparently I've been progressing." She gave them both a smile then left without another word.

"Good for her. I'm glad she's doing better." Draco said as he sat on the couch.

"Are you serious?" Hermione scowled. "Something is wrong."

"What in the world makes you think that?"

"We are best friends." Hermione told him. "A best friend is someone who can look at you with the biggest smile on your face and still know something is wrong."

"What could be wrong?"

"I don't know. I'll ask her about it later." She said as she headed to the bathroom. "I need to take a shower."

Draco smiled. He was so willing to go in there after her and join her but he decided that it was for the best if he didn't.
When he heard the shower go on he quietly made his way to her room. He hoped that she would take a while. He wandered in and made his way to her desk, he looked through it and didn't find anything interesting. He then looked around a bit more. He didn't know why but he really wanted to go through her things.

He then went to her nightstand and opened it. He found a leather bound book, mints, gum, and chap stick.

"Doesn't seem like things a witch would have in her nightstand." Draco said quietly to himself. He grabbed the book and opened it. He then realized it was a dairy. He couldn't resist, he opened it and read a tiny bit.

'What happens when he's your Prince Charming, but you're not his Cinderella?' He skipped on a bit.

'Sometimes I can't hold on and there's one here to help me.'

He read on a bit more.

'Life is an ugly, awful place to not have a best friend.'

He never realized that the little perfect witch could be so insightful. He skipped a few pages and read some more.

'Sometimes I'm scared that one day I'll fade and no one will notice.' He then heard the shower go off. He scrambled to put the book back and fix everything so it didn't look disturbed.

He quickly made his way to the common room. He opened a few books and sat there as the door to the bathroom door opened.

"Why are you studying in here? Why not your room?" She asked. Draco looked over and saw her in her robe.

"I hoped that your smartness would rub off in me in here." Hermione shook her head and laughed. Draco stood up and walked towards her.

"Do me a favor."

"Yeah?"

"When you find out what's wrong with Pansy, let me know." Hermione nodded.

"Ok." She went to go to her room. Draco thought back to her journal entry. 'What happens when he's your prince charming, but you're not his Cinderella?"

"Hermione."

"Yeah?" She asked turning around.

"One more favor?"

"Sure." Draco went up to her. He grabbed her hips sand pulled her towards him. Her body went up against his and her face flushed. He gently brought his lips to hers in a very soft kiss.

"By the way. I would notice."

AN - I hope you liked it. Please review. BTW - I've planned out every chapter of this story. There will be about 50 chaps. Also you'll have to deal with the Pansy thing till the last 20 chaps. Sry. But there will be a Pansy vs Hermione thing in this story.

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