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Chapter 2- Surprise

Has anyone ever felt this way? It's as if you can't feel any emotion at all. I wonder if they'll notice that my smile doesn't reach my eyes. They say they love me and are there for me, but are they really? I guess I will find out soon enough.

Not even my parents noticed, do I expect my friends to notice? Do they honestly don't see the difference in me? Do they not see all the pain that has taken up the light in their daughter's eyes? I guess it's too much to ask of them to notice me. How can they not notice how little I eat of how rare I smile, or even how rare I talk to anyone? How do they not notice the evidence of my pain that is clearly visible? The answers to these questions I will not know now, I don't think I ever will.

"Hermione!" yelled Harry and Ron in unison.

"What?"

They've grown up quite a bit. Ron is taller then Harry. Harry's hair has finally become tame able I see. They both have sparkling eyes. The look in their eyes was just too much for me to take. I had to get away from them as fast as possible.

"Hey guys I got to go, I have a meeting with the Head Boy."

At that I turned and and went to my common room. I'm pretty sure Draco won't be there. This way I have time to myself and time to think. I went straight to the bathroom and took out my blade, rolled up my sleeve and made a single clean cut on my arm before heading to my room. I rolled down my sleeve while exiting the bathroom.

"Hello……Hermione," he said.

"Hi Dr-Malfoy"

Whoa, did he just call me by my first name? Did I just almost call him by his? Is the world coming to an end? He's looking at me, why is he looking at me? Is that a smile I see? I am about to find the answer to most of these questions right now.

"Did you just call me Hermione? Why did you use my first name? Why are you looking at me? Why are you smiling at me? Are you ok?" I asked in a hurry.

I wonder if he even understood a word I just said.

"One, yes I did. Two, it's your name and very lovely. Three, you're beautiful. Four, I don't know. Five, perfect. As you know my father is no longer around. He died in the war. With his death comes my freedom to be something other then what he wanted me to be," he replied casually.

Did he just say I was beautiful? Why would he go and say something like that to a "mudblood" like me? Is he out of his mind? What am I going to do about this? I don't need this added on to everything.

He's kissing me, he's really kissing ME. How can this be? How did I not see him? Before I knew it I was kissing him back. Our kiss then deepened. It became more passionate. I forgot about what I was thinking about. Then he breaks away, still holding onto my waist.

"Hermione, there's something that I've been wanting to tell you for 3 years now," he paused, " I like you."

Just then I smiled, a true smile that I haven't smiled in years. Something came over me. I kissed him. To my surprise he kisses me back. It's the best thing ever.

He let's go of me by now. I'm just completely in shock. I didn't even feel his arm around my waist guiding me to the couch. When I felt the couch underneath me we broke. I rested my head on him as we began talking.

"Draco, do you really like me?"

His eyes just capture mine. He won't let my gaze go.

"Yes Hermione, I do. Will you go out with me?" he asked while looking at me.

Then it hits me. What will they think of me? Will they accept us? How am I going to tell them? Do I have to tell them? What am I doing? Am I crazy?

" Yes Draco I will. I like you too. Draco, can I ask you something?"

"Of course, anything," he replied while pulling me onto his lap and kissing my neck. Which made it harder for me to ask my question.

" Can we keep it a secret? It's just that I don't know how everyone is going to react. I mean, we have 'hated' each other for 7 years. We don't have to keep it a secret all year."

He looked a little surprised by the question. He kissed me before replying, "What ever you want."

Then it hit me, I'm adding on to the secrets. Worst of all, they're the secrets from my two best friends. At this thought the smile from my eyes fade away. I pull down the sleeve of my robe just to make sure that he doesn't see the scars, or the new one

I wonder if Draco will be like everyone else. I wonder if he'll actually notice me. Even though I feel empty inside, hearing him say those three words made me feel whole once more. The meaning behind it, and the truth behind it.

Now I need to find out his story. I need to know why he chose then to tell me.

A/N- after reading the first chap and then the second one I realized that they didn't go together so I made a few adjustments to the second chap. It helps the story flow a little more.

Beatlesluver91- Thank you. I plan on continuing it until I can't write anymore. So, this could be a long story.

Pimkkoala- yeah, I realized that I had gotten confused too, sorry about that.

Catgurlfurreel- thank you