Chapter 8-

Hello everyone. Here is the next chapter of The New Malfoy! I hope that you all enjoy it!

Last time…

"Yep, just one date." he replied with a smirk.

"I guess that's okay." Hermione said quietly.

"Fine. Meet me in the Entrance Hall at 6:30 while everyone else is at dinner and we will go. That way none of your little friends will see you date a Slytherin."

Sunday afternoon went by rather quickly for Hermione. She was feeling really anxious about her date with Blaise. She would have to do everything in her power to make sure that Damien never found out. He would never forgive her if he thought that she was two-timing him.

At 6:00 that night, Hermione found herself standing in front of her closet trying to decide what to wear. She didn't want to dress to nicely for fear of giving Blaise the wrong idea, but she was also afraid that if she didn't dress nicely that he wouldn't count it as a date. Finally, she decided on a V-neck black, sleeveless top and a blood-red skirt that went to her knees. She then put her robes on over it, so that Damien wouldn't suspect anything out of the normal.

She grabbed her bag and started making her way down the steps into the main commons area. She was hoping that Damien would have already left for dinner, but found that she was not that lucky. He was sitting on the couch waiting for her.

"Hey, 'Mione, ready for dinner?" he asked standing up. "You look nice. Did you do something different with your hair?"

Hermione was a bit uneasy, but nodded. "Yeah, I straightened it."

"Any special reason?" he asked curiously.

"Nope, just felt like it." Hermione lied. She had done her hair for her date. She didn't want to go on the date, but she couldn't help trying to look good.

"Ah, okay. Well then, let's go to dinner."

"Actually, I am not hungry. I think that I am going to go to the library for a while." Hermione said, lying again.

"Okay, you want me to come down there after dinner?" Damien asked, slightly suspicious.

"No, I have a bunch of homework. I will be back later tonight. Bye." she said giving him a peck on the cheek and walking towards the portrait hole.

"Bye." he said raising an eyebrow.

Hermione started heading towards the library, but after a few minutes changed her destination and headed towards the Entrance Hall.

Every few seconds, she glanced behind her nervously, but soon she reached her destination and found Blaise waiting for her. He was wearing Black robed that looked brand new and very expensive. In his hand he held a single red rose.

She cautiously approached him trying to hide her fear of what was in store.

"Good evening, Granger. So nice of you to be on time." he said in a very formal tone as he held the rose out to her.

She slowly began reaching for the rose, but as soon as she touched it, she felt the familiar sensation behind her naval as she was transported by portkey. When her feet hit the ground and she opened her eyes, she found herself in standing on a beach with the sun setting over the horizon.

She couldn't keep the surprise off of her face. It was nothing short of amazing. They didn't have beaches like this anywhere near Hogwarts. Blaise smirked and took her hand. "Follow me."

Having no choice, seeing as he was holding her hand and pulling her, she followed. After only walking a few feet, they arrived at a blanket laying out on the sand. On the blanket there was a picnic basket, two candles, and a dozen red roses.

Blaise stopped Hermione about two feet away from the blanket. He then went forward and cleared a spot on the blanket for her to sit down. When Hermione didn't move, he held out his hand for her. Again she hesitated, but took a deep breath and took his hand. He led her to the place he cleared and when she was settled, he took a seat next to her leaving about six inches of space between them. He then put a sandwich in front of her.

"What is it?" Hermione asked, trying to break the awkward silence.

Blaise looked up at her with a raised eyebrow. "A sandwich." he answered lightheartedly.

Hermione frowned and Blaise laughed. "It's bologna and cheddar."

"Really! My favorite!" she said.

"Good. It's my favorite too." he said opening a bag of cheddar cheese potato chips and setting the bag between them. "Well, dig in."

Hermione smiled and began eating her food. The couple didn't talk at all as they ate their meal. Hermione couldn't stop wondering about what was going on. 'Why is Blaise being so nice? He has to be up to something, doesn't he? If he's not, why would he want to take me out on a date. He has never noticed me before, why now?'

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Blaise clearing his throat. She looked over at him and smiled. "It was really good. Thanks."

He nodded. "I am glad that you liked it." Then he whispered a spell and everything disappeared except for the blanket. "Let's watch the sun set."

Hermione smiled and turned back towards the ocean and the beautiful setting sun. Just as she was getting comfortable, he closed that tiny distance between them and laid his arm across her shoulders. She instantly tensed up but didn't pull away. After a few minutes she relaxed and just sat there. The sun finally disappeared twenty minutes later and Blaise stood up.

"Well, it's time to go back now." he said, offering her a hand up.

She allowed him to pull her up, but looked a question at him. "That's it?"

"Uh, yeah?"

"Oh, good. Thanks for everything. I had a great time."

"Good."

Hermione smiled and when he held another red rose out to her she touched it with no hesitation.

When they arrived back in the Entrance Hall, Blaise placed a single chaste kiss on her cheek and left without a word. Hermione's hand immediately went to the spot he had kissed as she stared after his retreating figure. 'wow.' Was all that she could think as she headed towards her common room.

When Hermione entered the portrait hole she saw Damien sitting on the couch waiting for her. "Hey Damien, how was dinner."

"Dinner was fine. How was the library?"

"You know, same as always."

"Really, that's weird because I was pretty sure that when I went down there to find you an hour ago that you weren't there." he said.

Hermione immediately felt uncomfortable. She wanted to lie, but she never was very good at thinking up excuses on the spot. "I…ummm.."

"You…"

"I went Hogsmeade."

"Really? And how did you do that?"

"I know a secret passage."

"Why did you want to go to Hogsmeade all by yourself?"

"I had to buy Ron a birthday present."

"Oh."

"Why?" Hermione asked.

"I was just…worried."

"Oh. Well, I think that I am going to go to bed a little early. 'Night, Damien."

"Yeah, goodnight."

When Hermione got up to her room, she shut her door and pressed her back against it heaving a sigh of relief. 'I can't believe that he bought that.' she thought as she changed her clothes and climbed into bed.

Damien sat in the common room thinking over what Hermione had said. He knew that she was lying, but he just couldn't figure out if it was just partly a lie or totally. He trusted Hermione, but there was just something about the way she was acting that threw him off. He was definitely curious to find out what she had done, but how. He thought of many things such as Veritaserum, torture (a very Malfoy thought which he threw out immediately), and others, but none of them would work. He did not want Hermione to get mad, but his curiosity was something that he couldn't ignore. He would have to think of something to get Hermione to talk. Or, if she decided to go out on another one of her little 'outings' he could always tail her…

The next day Hermione woke up smiling. She couldn't help it. She was just so happy that Blaise had turned out to be such a gentleman. He was so nice, romantic, and even kinda cute. This last thought stopped her, Blaise- cute? 'Where did that come from?' she wondered as she get out of bed and began getting ready for the day.

She met up with Damien in their common room and headed to breakfast. "How did you sleep?" he asked her as they headed to the Great Hall.

"Huh?" Hermione asked startled out of her thoughts of last night.

"I asked you how you slept."

"Oh, good." she said off-handedly and continued to walk.

"Aren't you going to ask me how I slept?"

"What?" she asked turning to him after realizing that he had said something.

"What is with you today? It's like your body is here, but you left your brain in bed." he asked stopping her with a hand on her arm.

"Nothing…it's nothing."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, can we go now, I am kind of hungry." she asked nodding towards the Great Hall doors.

He looked over her face one more time before sighing and nodding.

When they got into the Great Hall, they immediately took their normal seats across from Harry and Ron and facing the Slytherin table. Right before Hermione sat down, she glanced across the room. Her eyes immediately found Blaise's smiling face. He had been looking straight at her. When their eyes met he winked at her and blew her a kiss. She couldn't help what happened then, her face turned deep red and she smiled. Once she realized this, she immediately sat down and stared down at her plate.

After a few minutes of nonstop glancing at the Slytherin, she stood up. "Where are you going, Hermione?" Damien asked.

"I…I'm not hungry I think that I am just going to go to class." she said trying to look anywhere but the Slytherin table.

"But you just told me five minutes ago that you were starving." he replied in disbelief.

"I…uh…changed my mind. See ya later." she said before turning and exiting the Great Hall.

Damien stared after her with confusion written all over his face. Then movement caught his eyes. He turned his head to see Blaise Zambini standing up and leaving the Great Hall where Hermione had just left. Feeling that this was a little too suspicious, he decided to check it out. He gathered up his stuff and headed in the direction he thought that Blaise went…

"Blaise! What are you doing here?" Hermione asked, startled by his sudden appearance.

"I saw you leave the Great Hall and I was wondering if there was anything wrong." he said as he began walking towards her.

"Look Blaise, I cannot see you anymore. I am with Damien now." Hermione said taking several steps back as he continued to move forward. Hermione had the strangest urge to go to him, to touch him, to kiss him and because of this she made herself move away. Unfortunately the empty classroom that she was in was very small and he soon had her backed into a corner.

"Forget him Hermione. He's not here, and won't he doesn't know won't kill him." he said as he took that one last step to close the distance between them.

Hermione put her hand up to stop him form pressing his chest to hers, but as soon as she touched him all thoughts of Damien or pushing him away were gone. He immediately pressed his lips to hers and she responded automatically. He moved his hands to her back and she placed hers around his neck.

Damien was searching for any sight of Hermione or Blaise when he heard a moan coming from a nearby classroom. Intrigued he went to check out. 'Wouldn't it be great if I found McGonogall and Filch in here.' he thought as he quietly pushed the door open. At first the image didn't click, but after rubbing his eyes he realized exactly who it was…Blaise and Hermione. His Hermione…

Fury flowed his body as it never had before. 'HOW DARE SHE!' he thought as he turned and stormed out of the room and headed straight to his common room.

Blaise tightened his grip on Hermione and deepened the kiss and Hermione couldn't stop the moan that escaped from her lips. This caused Blaise to deepen the already bruising kiss even more. After a few more seconds, they heard the door slam shut. They jumped apart and turned to see who it was. Noone was there, but Hermione knew who it had been…Damien…

Tears filled her eyes and began streaming down her cheeks. "What have I done…" she whispered as she fell to her knees and began crying loudly.

"You my dear just cheated on our 'boyfriend', well see ya later, Mudblood." Blaise replied as he pretended to dust something off of his robes and walked out.

"No…"

AN- Well that's it. Sorry it took so long…again. I am working on it. I will try to update again within a week.