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Chapter 7: Love

"You seem unusually happy."

"Huh?" Hermione asked vaguely.

"Happy," Ron repeated, "You're happier than you've been in a month."

"Oh?"

"Why are you so happy?" Ron asked.

"Oh, haven't noticed," Hermione replied.

"You're distracted too," Ginny added from across the table. They were at dinner the day after she and Draco spent 10 minutes making out.

"I am not," Hermione protested.

Ron became excited suddenly, "I think I know why!"

Hermione looked at him in horror, "You do?"

Ron nodded and dropped his voice, Ginny leaned in to hear, "Did Harry ask you?"

Hermione frowned, "Asked me what?"

Ron's ears went red, "Oh nothing."

"What is it!" Hermione and Ginny cried.

"Nothing, its nothing."

Ginny practically jumped over the table to grab Ron, preventing him from getting up, "Ronald Weasly you tell us right now!"

"Well, he was going to ask her if she would…"

"If she would what?"

"Go out with him."

Ginny let go of Ron and grinned at Hermione. Hermione turned bright red.

"What's going on?" Harry came up behind them.

"Nothing," Ginny and Ron answered together. Hermione jumped up.

"I have to go to the library and start my charms assignment," she said and left.

She walked quickly to the library, looking down. She got to the library and walked quickly to the back of the room, as she walked around the corner of a bookshelf she walked full speed into the boy on the other side, "Oh Sorry," she looked up and saw that it was Draco, "Oh!"

"Hi," he said nervously.

"Hello," she replied, equally as nervous.

"Listen, we can't do that," he said, meaning the kissing.

"Your right, we can't, we shouldn't even be talking."

"Right." They looked at each other and Draco sighed, "Well maybe just one more."

"Ok." They immediately started kissing.

"No!" Hermione pushed him away, "We can't."

They were silent.

"I should go," said Draco.

"Yeah, yeah me too," Hermione agreed. Draco nodded and started to leave.

"Wait," Hermione said, Draco turned to look at her hopefully Hermione asked, "Did you move out of the Slytherin dormitories?"

"Yeah, I'm in the room of requirement now."

"Oh."

He left. Hermione sighed as she watched him go. She wanted another kiss. She looked around to make sure no one saw her, and then followed him.

Harry walked toward the library, the halls seemed deserted. Suddenly a hand reached out of a classroom and pulled him in. The room was dark and there was only one other person in the room.

"Pansy," Harry hissed, "What do you want?"

Pansy grinned, "I know something you're going to want to know, about your little girl friend, the mudblood."

Harry glared at her, "Don't call her that," he looked at her suspiciously, "What would you know that I don't know?"

Pansy laughed.

Gryffindor common room, 6:00 p.m.

"Malfoy?" Ron cried.

"Shh," Harry looked around and nodded, "He must be using her, we have to stop it."

Ron sighed, "Well, when are you going to ask her to be your girlfriend?"

"I will tonight, but first…" he looked around the common room and spotted Ginny sitting in a chair by the fire reading. Frowning, he went over to her, "Hey Ginny."

"Hi," she didn't look up from her book.

"Do you know where Hermione is?"

"She's probably still at the library."

"She wasn't there," Ron said. Ginny shrugged.

"What kind of stuff do you two talk about at night?" Harry asked.

Ginny sighed and closed he book to look at them, "I told you, I need advice on boys."

"Ron glared at her, "You've had a boyfriend before what else do you need to know about? Hermione is the one that would need the advice."

Ginny glared back, "I'm not telling you anything! That is between me and Hermione!"

"Does she ever talk about Malfoy?"

"No."

"How about Harry?" Ron asked.

"No."

"Then who?"

"No one," she snapped, "Stop interrogating me." She got up and disappeared to the girl's dormitory.

Room of Requirement, 6:15 p.m.

"So this is where you live now?"

Draco jumped and turned towards the doorway, he hadn't notice Hermione follow him, "So now your following me?"

Hermione shrugged, "I was just curios. Do you ever get lonely?"

Draco shrugged, "It's fine."

"Ok." They stood in an awkward silence. "I should go, I shouldn't have followed you. I'm sorry."

"It's alright. You don't have to go. Will you stay?"

Hermione shook her head, "I….I can't." she walked over to him and kissed im gently on the lips and turned to the door.

"Hey Hermione," Draco said, "You don't like him the way he likes you. You wouldn't have kissed me like you did yesterday if you did."

Hermione just nodded and left.

Gryffindor common room, 10:00 p.m.

Hermione and Harry were the only ones left in the common room by that time. They sat silently in front of the fire.

"Hermione?" Harry said suddenly.

"Hmm?"

"I wanted to ask you, would you um….would you be my girlfriend?"

Hermione sat hesitated, staring at the fire, as much as she wanted to say yes she knew that Draco was right. "No Harry," she whispered, "I don't feel that way about you."

Harry was silent for a few minutes before he asked, "Can I still give you a kiss goodnight."

"I wish you wouldn't."

"Ok," he got up and went upstairs.

Hermione knew she should also go to bed but changed her mind at the last minute and left the common room.

Room of Requirement, 10:30 p.m.

Draco was getting ready to go to bed when there was a soft knock on the door. Nervously, he picked up his wand and walked slowly towards the door. He quickly swung it open and pointed the wand at the person on the other side. It was Hermione. He lowered his wand and stared at her, startled.

"Hermione, what….?"

"Harry asked me to be his girlfriend."

"Oh, did you say yes."

Hermione shook her head, "I don't love him. Not like I love you," she whispered, "Do you love me?"

Draco stared at her and then pulled her into the room kissing her passionately. "You know I do," he whispered.

A/NHave i lost all my reviewers or was the last chapter just bad?