Chapter 3-

Hermione was yanked awake by a loud beeping sound. She sat up and scanned her room, desperate to find the source of the annoying sound and shut it off. After several minutes, she realized that it wasn't coming from her room at all. She was about to just try to go back to sleep when she realized that the beeping wasn't going to stop.

She jumped out of bed and walked out the door and into the hall. She followed the noise to Damien's room. She was about to knock, but realized that it would do no good. She walked into the room and searched for the alarm. Finding it, she raced towards it and shut it off. 'Thank Merlin!' she thought before turning to look at Damien. He was laying on his stomach with his head buried in the mattress. She was going to leave and let him sleep, but decided that since she was now wide awake that he should be to. 'Besides,' she thought, 'he set his alarm, so he apparently wanted to be awake now anyway.'

Hermione leaned towards Damien and shook him lightly. He grumbled and turned over. He was now laying on his back. Hermione was about to lean forward and shake him again when something caught her eye. She pulled back and looked at the sleeping boy. 'He looks so familiar…Like someone I have known forever, but that can't be right…he just moved here…' her thoughts were cut off when Damien shot up into a sitting position and grabbed his wand.

"Calm down, it's just me, Hermione." Hermione said, arms in the air in a harmless pose. She began backing away from him, but he reached out and took her hand. She froze.

Damien stared at her for a few minutes. "Hermione?" he finally said in a very confused voice. "What are you doing in my room?"

Hermione said nothing. She just stood there in shocked silence for several seconds. Then she snapped out of her shocked trance and tried to explain. "I-I…I came to shut off your alarm. Sorry, Damien. I didn't mean to make you mad."

'Damien?' he thought before it suddenly hit him. "Oh, don't worry about it Hermione. I was just a little shocked." he said quickly, still holding onto her hand tightly. "Thank you for waking me up. I set that stupid alarm, but for some reason it just never wakes me up."

She smiled at him. "I would have thought that an alarm as loud as yours would wake up the entire castle." Hermione joked.

Damien smiled and gestured for her to take a seat. Hermione hesitated, but ultimately agreed. She sat at the end of his bed as he held her hand and they talked. They talked about school, about what the new requirements would be for them, and about Harry and Ron. Hermione told him about her friendship with the two boys and about how Harry had defeated the Dark Lord. Damien just sat there and listened to her.

"So, what was your old school like?" Hermione asked that inevitable question.

"Well, it was--"

"Hermione!" said a shocked voice from Damien's doorway which turned out to be Ron. "What are you doing?!" he demanded as Harry appeared behind him.

Hermione looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?"

"You are sitting on a boys bed, holding his hand, and wearing…" he said gesturing to her and Damien. Hermione looked down at herself and saw exactly what he meant. She was wearing her pajamas! Which consisted of a spaghetti strap top, no bra, and a pair of short shorts. Her eyes went wide and her face turned bright red. She immediately got up, covered her chest and ran to her room. 'Oh my gosh! I can't believe that I did that!' she thought as she scrambled to try to put on her clothes. 'He didn't even say anything! I have never been so embarrassed!'

Soon, she was dressed and she went down to the Common Room. Damien, Harry, and Ron were already down there. Damien looked like he was trying to explain what happened.

"Look, not that it is any of your business, but all we were doing was talking." Damien said and by the tone of his voice, it was obvious it wasn't the first time he had said it.

"What he is saying is true." Hermione said as she walked down the stairs towards the three boys. "He is also right about it being none of your business."

"You are right, Hermione. We are sorry." Harry said. Then he elbowed Ron in the ribs.

"Yeah, sorry, 'Mione."

"Good, now lets go to breakfast."

"Wait, I have a question." Damien said. "How did you two know the password?"

"Hermione told us." Harry said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"When?"

"Last night. She came and visited us in the Gryffindor tower." Ron said.

"Oh. Okay then. Let's go."

With that, they left for breakfast.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Hermione shot up in her bed, awakened once again by the continuous ringing of Damien's alarm. 'Not again.' she thought as she got up and headed to his bedroom for the second time in two days.

She opened the door and went right to the alarm and shut it off. "Damien!" she yelled, leaning down towards his ear. He shot straight up, looked at Hermione, and said, "Woman! You gotta stop doing that, you are going to give me a heart attack!"

"Well, you got to stop setting that alarm and waking me up!" Hermione retorted in a playful voice.

"Maybe I like waking you up every morning."

"Well, maybe I like coming in here and waking you up every morning." she said edging towards the bed.

"Oh yeah?" he said, grabbing her arm and pulling her onto the bed. He rolled over so that he was on top of her and began tickling her frantically.

"NO! Stop!" Hermione yelled between laughs.

"What if I don't?" he said playfully as he slowed his tickling so that she could answer.

"I'll have to do this." she said as she flipped him over so that she was on top, straddling his lap. She then began tickling him with the same vengeance that he had.

Damien looked up at her with shock. 'Wow! I never thought that Hermione…Oh Merlin! She has got to stop this! She is driving me insane!!! Merlin, this is such a turn on! I have never let a girl be on top before, but this could definitely be interesting…' he thought as she tickled him and he tried his hardest not to laugh. Finally he decided that he needed to take over and he was just about to when once again, he heard a gasp from the doorway.

"HERMIONE!!!" came two shocked voices of none other than Harry and Ron.

Hermione jumped off of Damien and looked at the two boys. Her face was bright red and her eyes were wide.

"Hermione Renee Granger! What are you doing!!!!" Ron yelled, face red with fury.

"Ronald Edward Weasley, it is NONE of your business! Get out of my room!"

"This isn't your room!! It's Damien's! And I want to know why you are in it and sitting on him none the less!!" Ron yelled.

Hermione screamed and raised her wand. "Get out, got out, GET OUT!!!"

Harry and Ron flushed and immediately left the room.

Hermione turned back to Damien and he held his hands up. "Whoa! You are so hott when you are mad!" he said.

Hermione stared at him in complete shock. "What did you just say?"

"Huh? Oh no, did I say that out loud?" Damien said, eyes widening with realization.

"You think that I am hot?" she practically whispering, her blush coming back with a vengeance.

"Umm…er…well fine, now that you know, I might as well tell you the rest." Damien began, trying to hide the blush that was beginning on his features. "Hermione, I like you. I think that you are really pretty and I was wondering if you would like to go with me to Hogsmeade. Professor Dumbledore told me that as heads that we could go any weekend that we wanted." he finished, looking at the ground. 'Oh Merlin! I feel like such an idiot! This sappy stuff is really not my style…but it's for Hermione…so whatever works…' he thought as he awaited her answer.

Hermione stared at him, open mouthed. 'Did he…Yeah, he did!!' Hermione thought before letting a small smile settle on her lips. "I would love to go out with you Damien."

"Good." he said with a smile. 'Wow, this is easier than I thought. She's practically eating out of my hands.'

"Well, I am going to go get dressed and then we can go to breakfast together or something."

Damien nodded and Hermione left the room.

Soon, they were walking down the stairs to the Common Room once again. Harry and Ron were sitting there patiently waiting for them. None of them spoke of the incident, they just went to breakfast and ate in silence.

Later that day, Hermione and Damien were called to the Headmaster's office.

"Hello Mr. Mathis, Miss. Granger." Dumbledore said as they took seat across from him.

"Hello Headmaster." they said.

"Well, I just called you here to tell you of some of this years duties." the man continued, eyes holding that oh so familiar sparkle, telling both students that he knew something that they did not. "Well, first, I would like to sat, Congratulations on becoming Heads."

"Thank you."

"Now, your duties will be things like patrolling halls, organizing dances, setting up Hogsmeade weekends, and being an example for all your fellow students. Is that understood?"

"Yes, but dances? We don't have dances here. Except for that time during the Triwizard Tournament." Hermione asked confused.

"Well, I decided that it would be fun. Everyone had a good time at that ball, so why not have another one. We don't need a reason."

"Oh, okay then."

"I think that it is a grand idea and Hermione and I will be glad to do it." Damien said with a big smile.

"Yeah." Hermione agreed.

"Good, I will give you a more in depth description of these duties at a later date. For now enjoy your day." Dumbledore said. "Oh, I would like you to start patrolling tonight. I would like you guys to stay together and report to me if there is any trouble. You may go."

"Thank you." they each said before leaving to meet Harry and Ron in the Gryffindor tower.

When they arrived, Harry and Ron were sitting on the couches in front of a crackling fire. They were talking about Quidditch. Damien was able to catch part of what they were saying…

"Yeah, I can't believe that! Now we are out a beater…We'll have to have tryouts and find a good one before we run out of time…" Harry said.

'They need a beater?? Yes! I will have to try out!' Damien thought, face brightening up.

"What are you talking about guys?" Hermione asked as they approached the couch.

"Well, we were discussing how one of our beaters just quit the team. We are going to need to find another person and soon." Harry replied.

"Why would someone quit the winning team?" Hermione asked.

"He got a girlfriend!" Ron said, disgusted.

"Oh."

"Hey, um guys?" Damien said. "I would really like to be on the team. When are the tryouts?"

"You? Of Coarse! Have you ever played before?" Harry asked.

"Yep, I was a seeker at my old school, but I played beater a couple times."

"Great! Welcome to the team!" Harry said holding out his hand.

"Just like that? What about tryouts?"

"Well, I didn't really want to have tryouts anyway, and if you sat that you are good, then I believe you."

Damien was shocked. He tried to stop the smile that was threatening to take over his features but he couldn't help it. "Thanks!" he said, taking Harry's hand.

"Wicked!" Ron said, also shaking Damien's hand.

"Let's have practice tomorrow. I will go reserve the pitch. Six o'clock okay?"

Damien nodded and Harry and Ron left to go reserve the Quidditch Pitch.

"Congratulations, Damien." Hermione said half-heartedly. 'Great, I lost another guy to Quidditch.' she thought, turning away from him and heading towards the portrait hole.

"What's wrong? Did I do something?" Damien asked, gently grabbing her arm, so that she couldn't get away.

"Nothing." She said, still not looking at him.

"I don't believe you. What is really wrong?" he said, turning her to face him.

"Well, it's just that…well, Harry and Ron both love Quidditch, and I thought that since you weren't on a team that we could hang out and not talk about Quidditch all of the time."

"Hermione. Hermione, look at me." he asked, gently raising her face to look at his. "I want you to know something. I like you way more than I will ever like Quidditch. I promise that."

Hermione smiled and hugged him tightly.

'Wow, this is new.' he thought, hugging her back tightly.