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Notice me, take my hand
Why are we strangers when
Our love is strong
Why carry on without me

Everytime I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you, baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, it's haunting me
I guess I need you, baby

I make believe that you are here
It's the only way I see clear
What have I done
You seem to move on easy

And everytime I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you, baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you, baby

I may have made it rain
Please forgive me
My weakness caused you pain
And this song's my sorry

At night I pray
That soon your face will fade away

And everytime I try to fly, I fall
Without my wings, I feel so small
I guess I need you, baby
And everytime I see you in my dreams
I see your face, you're haunting me
I guess I need you, baby

They swayed in time to the music, Hermione resting her head on Draco's chest. Draco had his arms embraced around her holding her close to him. As the song ended they slowly stopped and stood there in each other's arms while the next song came on. Jordan ran up about a minute after the song ended.

"Hey do you guys want anything to drink?" she asked.

"No not right now anyway. I think we're going to go outside for a bit of fresh air." Draco replied.

"Ok, we'll see you later then" Jordan said giving Hermione a wink before she walked away.

"So are we really going outside?" Hermione asked Draco.

"Yeah, I was planning on it. We don't have to if you don't want to though" he answered.

"Yes we'll go. I do think it's kind of crowded in here and a bit stuffy as well." agreed Hermione leading Draco toward the doors.

They pushed through people heading toward the doors, people kept giving them weird glances. They were most definitely relieved when they reached the peaceful, quiet of the Entrance Hall. They went out the doors into the night and made their way down to the lake. Hermione paused once at the sound of a werewolf's howl. That reminded Hermione of her third year and old Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Remus Lupin. She smiled at the thought of her adventure and wondered when she would have the next one. She sighed and hoped it would be with Harry and Ron like it used to be.

"What's on your mind, Mione?" Draco asked with concern in his voice.

"Nothing Draco, I was just remembering the past." She answered.

"You sure, one minute your mind's here the next it is as if it decided to zone out on me." said Draco looking Hermione in the eyes.

"Sorry Draco, I just had a sudden thought when I heard that howl a few minutes ago." She admitted.

"As long as you're alright then I don't have to know the reason if you chose not to tell me. I don't want you to ever think you have to tell me everything" Draco said knowingly.

"Well, I thought that you should know so I told you. You didn't make me tell you, I wanted to, It was my choice and my choice alone." Hermione said sweetly.

Draco leaned down and kissed Hermione for the first time, but quickly pulled away.

"My goodness Draco, I would have never thought, what was that for?" Hermione said shocked.

"Well, I don't know, I just had the urge. You didn't mind did you?" Draco asked shyly.

"No, not really, it just came as a bit of a shock. See what I really don't understand is how you can go from hating mudbloods to liking them enough to go out with one. I hope you can explain that to me sometime soon." Hermione answered. "Look, now you're kissing me and I don't have a clue why.

"I haven't given that much thought, but I will answer it now." Draco started. "I never really hated mudbloods, actually I've always thought of them as intelligent like you. I'm a Slytherin and a Malfoy and I had and I am still supposed to keep up my appearances. Everyone expects me to be like my father, dark, evil, and a deatheater. What I really want to do is become an auror and fight against my father. He'll be lucky if he doesn't rot in Azkaban, so I most likely will not have to worry about him. Most people think I'm as cold hearted as he is, but my mother and my sister, Nicole, know I am not a bit like him and hope I never will be. I've done a lot of thinking over the years and decided that one day I would go a separate way of my father and now I have. I may not have expected to fall in love, but I have and I've fallen in love with you Hermione Granger. I really hope you love me to and that you believe what I'm saying. That leads me to another thing, I have told my mother about you and she wants to meet you over Christmas Break. I hope you will come and stay at Malfoy Manor with me." He finished.

Hermione was silently crying and had tears running down her cheeks. She looked up at Draco, who was standing and looking down on her, then stood up and flung her arms around him still crying.

"Oh Draco, I'm so sorry, I had no idea and no right to have asked you that. I do love you too and I will come and stay with you, I feel as if I need to come." Hermione said through her tears.

"You did have the right to ask and I'm glad you'll come stay with me." Draco said kissing her cheek.

"Thanks Draco, I feel a bit better now, but I think we might want to head inside so people don't wonder where we ran off to" Hermione said with a small smile.

"Okay if that's what you want." Draco agreed and kissing her one last time before going in the doors.

When they entered the Great Hall the song Heart of a Champion, by Nelly, had just finished playing and One Voice, by Billy Gillman, started to play. Draco took hold of Hermione's hand, led her to the dance floor, and they began to dance. Draco automatically pulled Hermione close to him and she laid her head on chest listening to the beat of his heart.

Through the rest of the song all Hermione heard was the music, beating of Draco's heart, and every breath Draco and her took. The night finished ended around midnight and the Prefects along with Michelle, Jeremy, Alison, Brian, A-Kay, Chase, Luke, Jessica, Josh Tim, Morgan, and Ashlynn retreated to bed. Draco practically had to hold Hermione up as they walked to their rooms. About a flight of stairs or so before they reached the floor theirs rooms were on Draco picked Hermione up and carried her the rest of the way.

"Draco I'm not ready to sleep, I'm going to stay up for a while. I need to this essay for Snape. I don't think I could stand a detention with him." Hermione yawned.

"I'm not going to bed until you do. I'm just going to plop my butt down right here and wait for you to finish it" Draco said sitting down on one of the couches.

"Do what you wish. I won't be going to bed at least for another hour or two." Hermione warned him.

"That's fine. I'm still going to stay up with you." Draco said.

About an hour and a half later Draco looked over at Hermione and saw that she was fast asleep. Her head was lying on one of her open potion books, her pencil still in her hand. Draco silently got up and went over to her. He tried to wake her up but found out she was out like a light. He decided to carry her to bed instead. She hardly flinched as he carried her down the hall to her room and put her on her bed. He left the room and silently shut the door behind him on his way to his own room.

The chapter itself was 1,431 words, I'm so excited how well this is coming along. I love you all for the reviews, keep them coming...LOL

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