Wow… I almost died w/ out F.F. for vacation! Now I'm back.

If NE1 checked my profile… My friend Zoë also knows my password in case I get grounded or something, and she was the one who wrote the blip at the bottom of my profile. I'll get rid of it when I get a chance.

Ok… Thank you my reviewers, sorry if some of the chapter seemed rushed. In this chapter you learn a lot about the past.

On w/ the story:

Chapter 5: Us

As soon as Hermione stepped into Draco's manor, she was greeted by a house-elf.

"Ms. Granger," it squeaked, "Master Malfoy is in his study, Dolly shall show you to him," she said. Dolly led Hermione to a library that was about twice the size of the one in Hogwarts. "M-Master Malfoy? Ms. Gr-Granger is here."

Draco was reading a large book in a comfy-looking armchair. His had shot up from the book and he smiled affectionately at Hermione. "Ah, thank you Dolly," Dolly took this as her invitation to leave. Draco turned to Hermione, "I see you received my invitation."

Hermione nodded meekly. "How could I say no?"

Draco smirked. "Roses. Remarkable, aren't they? Your favorite flower, right?" Draco said handing her a white rose.

Hermione nodded and touched the velvet petals of the rose. "So…. ummm you wanted to talk? About what?"

Draco heaved a heavy sigh. "Peter, obviously, and some other things."

"Like?"

"Us." Draco went over to Hermione and sat with her on a red velvet couch.

"There is no us, there never really was an us."

"Yes there was!"

"No, Draco, there wasn't. It was a game-"

"That you need to forget about!"

"I can't forget about it Draco!"

"Why not!"

"Because I have a six-year-old reminder of that game." Hermione was fuming, couldn't he just let go. The entire situation was his fault anyway.

Draco bowed his head sadly. He took Hermione's hand in his own, "Hermione, I love you. I'm in love with you, and if you give me another chance, I'm sure I would be a great dad. Please, lets just start over. What's Peter like?"

Hermione sighed. "Well, he loves quiddich, he wants to be the Gryffindor seeker when he gets to Hogwarts."

Draco laughed. "And what makes him think he will be in Gryffindor, anyone with Malfoy blood is in Slytherin."

"Well, he knows I was a Gryffindor, and I ummmm… told him his father was a Gryffindor too." Hermione looked up at Draco's eyes to see a mixture of shock and anger.

"So what else did you tell him?" Draco said a bit rudely.

"That you died in the Great War, but you loved him very much."

"He thinks I'm dead?"

"Yeah. What did you think? That I would tell a little toddler his father doesn't know he exists?"

"It would be the truth!"

"Oohhhhhh! You want to talk TRUTH?" Ok, lets talk truth Draco!" Hermione spat. "Tell me the exact details of the bet you made with Blaise."

Draco was a little taken aback by Hermione's rage, but thought that she should know what really happened. "Ok, the deal was if I slept with you by the end of the year I won, if I lost, Blaise would post pictures of me in Barney pajamas around Hogwarts."

Hermione started to laugh hysterically.

"Hey! He knocked me out and then changed me, it wasn't on my own free will," Draco said in his defense. "Anyway, Blaise had to pay me 70 galleons, and he paid me after the first time I slept with you."

"What did you spend the money on?" Hermione said a little bitchy.

"That." Draco pointed to the locket on Hermione's neck. He spun it around and read the engraved words on the back. "You tamed a Dragon's heart, love Draco."

Hermione's eyes began to swell up with tears. "You certainly said all the right things Draco," she whispered.

"And I did all the right things too," he said softly. He leaned forward and kissed Hermione tenderly, and was shocked when he received a kiss back. He unintentionally slipped his tongue into her mouth, but stopped when he heard someone shrieking behind him.

Ok, there is actually more to this chapter, but I only have so much time in study.

REVIEW!