Chapter 10

A/N: sorry for the wait enjoy!

Hermione waited anxiously for Dria to return home that night. She'd thought about what Harry had said and decided Dria's her friend and she had a obligation to tell her such information like that concerning Draco Malfoy.

She paced the living room, minutes slowly ticking away. Her deep thoughts where shattered however by the sudden beeping of her wireless. Crossing the room with her back to the door she bent down to the couch to get her purse. Abruptly the front door swung open and Dria's voice rang through the flat.

"I'M HOME!" she exclaimed in a singsong voice that dripped happiness and joy. Hermione felt a sharp pain in her heart, she seemed so happy. Slowly turning the site of Dria beaming a glow with happiness made what she had to do that much harder. She'd never seen Dria so happy, but she had to know before she got hurt. Hermione took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

"Hello? Hermione you in there?" said Dria playfully.

Hermione opened her eyes, the sparkle gone replaced with grim determination. The smile slowly faded from Dria's face, her eyes filling with concern.

"Hermione something wrong?"

It took her s few moments to respond, "You could say that," she said barely above a whisper, she wasn't looking Dria in the eyes. "I saw you in the park today."

Dria just stared she hadn't seen Hermione, what had she been doing in the park? "Go on." She said her voice dead pan.

"And I saw you with Draco Malfoy, you two looked pretty cozy." Hermione regretted saying this the second the words escaped her lips, Dria can get extremely defensive.

"IS that a problem?" she snapped her arms crossed over her chest glaring at her.

"Yes it is, he runs with a sketchy crowd Dria, he's dangerous I don't want you getting hurt emotionally or..." she paused

"OR WHAT HERMIONE?!" her voice shook with anger as her voice grew to a yell.

"Or physically, you could get really hurt Dria!" she pleaded

Dria turned facing away from Hermione her face and eyes cold. " I handle all my relationships with caution, and how do you know you've never met him you don't know him like I do!" she wasn't yelling but her voice was clam, but very cold.

"Harry told me." She said defiantly.

"Oh ladi freaking da!" her voice was dripping with sarcasm "Sorry Hermione but I don't give a rats arse what that prat thinks, so why don't you and your little prince stay out of my business!" she stormed out of the apartment pushing Avery who was standing her mouth agape in the doorway. She walked in stunned her eyes wide with shock and sat down next to Hermione who was sitting on the couch and looked like she was about to cry.

After Hermione recapped the entire ordeal, Avery's arms wrapped around her she abruptly stood up.

"Hermione..." she sighed sadly.

"Don't tell me your saying I was wrong to say something!"

"She's a grown woman you can't protect her no matter how hard you try."

"No she's not she's a child she can't take care of herself!" Hermione said tears falling down her face

"It's because of that, Hermione, why you may have lost her." She turned and walked away leaving Hermione stunned and alone. After a few moments Avery's word sunk in and it hit her. Barely taking the time to throw on her shoes she dashed out the door her wireless absently shoved in her back pocket. She found her way outside and ran down the sidewalk in the pouring ran no coat, screaming Dria's name.

It was only when she hear heard someone calling her own name did she did she stop. It was Harry he had parked his car and was running towards her.

"H-Harry?" she stuttered dumbfounded as he came up to her, as the rain intensified. They just stood there both soaking staring each other in the eyes, both panting from the running.

"What are you doing here?" she asked finding her voice.

"I could ask you the same thing." He smiled at her, she almost smiled , almost. "Me and Draco's polo teams had a joint practice when his new girl friend, guess who."

"Dria?"

He just nodded and continued. "She called his wireless all hysterical and he rushed off to her. I had an idea why she was in hysterics so I came to find you and so here I am standing the rain with you soaking wet and I've never been so relieved." He smiled

"Where your worried about me?" she asked as if it was impossible.

"Well...yeah." He put his hands in his pockets and looked at his feet. He could feel his face growing hot as his face reddened. She was smiling slightly now. Neither of them seemed to notice that they were standing in the rain soaked to the bone. She pulled him in to fierce hug. At first he was shocked but it melted away quickly as he returned her embrace. He pulled apart slightly and looked down in to her eyes. She gave him a small smile and what he did next caught her off guard.

"Dria!" came Draco Malfoy's voice filled with concern and relief. Dria Halliwell was walking with out a coat in a min skirt, tank top and high heels in the pouring rain down an abandoned London sidewalk. Her arms were crossed over her chest as she stared at her feet. She turned as he came running up to her.

"What's wrong with you! When you called I thought you were going to jump off the London Bridge!"

"Sorry." She looked down at her feet. Her lifted her face to looked up at hi as he smiled at her.

"Just don't do it again." The concern in his eyes was vanishing behind his usual cold exterior. She just nodded as her body shivered. He noticed an he gave her his jacket. Dria just smiled up at him and he smirked back her. She linked her arms with his and they walked trough the rain to Draco's car.

He drove them to his large 3 floors flat. It was decorate coldly in mostly glass, or a dark back mahogany but there was a roaring fire in the fireplace. She plopped her self down on the floor in front of it. He left momentarily but returned and sat next to her also looking in to the fire.

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Harry leaned down and kissed her on the lips. What they both felt next was something they'd next felt before. They couldn't describe it there wasn't a word in all the word that could describe it. It was soft sweet kiss he wanted to stay like this forever, with her in his arms. Hermione felt the same way to as soon as he'd kissed her a warm feeling washed over her of pure joy and pleasure. She'd kissed before but it was nothing at like this. It slowly escalated from a sweet innocent kiss to a passion kiss one only dreams about.

It ended all to quickly though as the rain was getting out of control and they rushed to his car. Harry wished they could have stayed like that for eternity. Once sitting safely in the car the warm feeling still present they sped off toward shelter, hopefully to continue where they'd left off both of them hoped.

To be continued........

A/N: Well? What do you think? Keep reviewing I thrive on it and if this chapter sucked please don't kill me to painfully. I know no one wanted to see Dria nand Hermione fight but don't worry it'll work out!