Chapter 5: Draco's Plan

Draco's point of veiw

It was the next morning after Draco had kissed Hermione. He didn't sleep all of that night, laying in bed feeling like his emotions were about to explode. Draco staggered into the Great Hall for breakfast, hoping that he could stay awake through all of his classes that day. But then his tiredness completely flipped around when he saw her, Hermione Granger. Yet, she didn't look happy. Her eyes were red, and her skin was streaked with tears. Draco so badly wanted to just hold her in his arms, and just tell her that everything was okay. But he couldn't, it would be very unnatural.

"This is all my fault, I ruined her life the moment I kissed her." Draco began to think to himself, "I'm such a prick! Bloody hell, why am I so selfish? I should go talk to her, she needs me." Just as Draco got the courage up to go comfort Hermione, he felt something wrap around his chest and hold him tight.

"Good morning Draco!" It was Pansy Parkinson, hanging onto Draco like she normally would.

"Shit! What is she doing? She could ruin any chance I have with Granger." Draco began to think of ways to get this girl to leave him alone. "Hey Pansy," He said cunningly, "I hear that the Hufflepuff Quiditch team is practicing naked today!" Pansy unlatched her slimy tentacles from around Draco and ran out of the Great Hall with a grin on her face.

"Draco, you know that she is going to pissed at you when she finds out that you lied to her!" Blaise Zabini sighed. She was always lecturing Draco about things. But he knew that she only meant good, so he often let her.

Draco grinned at Blaise, and then smirked, "That's the plan."

Blaise's mouth dropped, "Draco? What are you planning?" She seemed very interested in the scheme that Draco was thinking up.

"Nothing of your concern." Draco stood up and walked out of the Great Hall. Once Draco got out side of the Great Hall, he looked around, being sure that there were no other people around. He began to wait for Hermione to get done with breakfast. Leaning against a wall and trying to make his hair look perfect.

Everytime that someone would come out of the Great Hall, his heart would skip a beat, hoping that it was the pretty girl that captured his heart from the first moment he layed eyes on her. "I can't believe I'm dating a muggleborn! What am I doing?" Draco began to get very nervous about this whole relationship with Hermione. If word got out, his father would be sure to hear about it, and then Draco would be locked in his room for months at a time, just like his older brother was before he killed himself. Draco had not thought about his brother for a long time, he often tried to block the memories from his mind. Dacius was his name. He was 4 years older than Draco. But no one ever talked about Dacius, no one dared to.

Draco was becoming deep in his thoughts when he felt somebody grab his arm, and pull him from the wall he was leaning on. "What the?" He called out. Draco was now in a small dark space where he could feel small breaths near him. "Hermione?" He whispered softly.

"Hush." Hermione said back, gently touching her lips against his. The two began to kiss passionately, both dreading the thing that they would have to do next.

"Let's make love!" Draco said spontaneously, pulling Hermione's body to press against his own.

"What?" Hermione broke Draco's grip and pulled away, "Draco, I have to talk to you about something." Her voice got quieter by the second.

Sighing, Draco said, "I have to talk to you too."

"We can't be together anymore. This just won't work."

"We must date secretly."

"Draco, people will catch on!"

"Not if we date other people."

"Who would we date though? I mean, that will make it seem that there is no relationship between us?"

"I've been thinking. I will be seen to date Blaise Zabini, she is from my house. And Pansy will get so upset, that if anyone in Slytherin is paying attention to relationships, they'll be caught up in me dating Blaise, and not Pansy. It's foolproof. And you... You will date the Weasley boy. Weasley has such a big mouth, that he will tell everyone that he is dating you. Creating a diversion for you and me."

"Draco, you are too clever. You know that?" She giggled and kissed Draco once again. "Meet me back here, in this closet, after dinner. I will tell you how convincing Ron to date me goes."

"Okay," Draco said smiling. This was the first time in quite a while, that he had smiled. It felt good.

A/N: Sorry if it is a bit short. But I hope you liked it! Thanks to you who have replied. Keep R&R-ing! If you have any suggestions on how to improve my writing, just let me know. Thank you! PS, I am going to get to writing the next chapter right away!

Samantha Brookes