Last time……..

They sat in the mud for a while just looking at each other. They started to move closer to each other, and not until they were just inches away, Hermione broke out of her trance, and spoke.

"Hey Malfoy… you do realize that all the carriages have left, don't you?"

!CoNtInUeD!

"uh…. Right… we should… uhm… go… like now" Draco stuttered. All the while thinking 'ooooohhh Shit! I almost kissed Granger! Wtf is wrong with me? What is the plural for moose?…. huh? Kay this granger thing is way too weird… I think she's rubbing off on me… yummy. SHIT! NOT YUMMY! NOT YUMMY!"

"Yeah… that's why I mentioned it…duh" Hermione said rather coolly, but inside she was screaming ' I almost kissed Draco fucking Malfoy! Shit what would Harry, or Ron say? Why do I care what they would say? If I wanted to kiss Draco… WHICH I DON'T!… I would do so freely without any concerns what so ever. Because I'm a big girl!…. I'm a big kid now. wow that tune is going to be stuck in my head all day. FOCUS HERMIONE!'

They looked at each other, and simultaneously, started walking to the castle. They walked in silence for about… let's say… 5 minutes before they both started talking in the creepy-fred-and-george-kind-of-way.

"About what happened…"

5 second pause

"It was just…"

3 second pause

"Go ahead and talk"

10 second pause

Laughter

"Shit! That… is the creepiest thing that… has ever happened to me" Draco said in-between gasps of air. Hermione just nodded her head in a 'me too' kind of way, on account of her laughing. After their fit, they went on, just NOT talking about what happened. They talk about many things… Hermione tried to explain the Internet but Draco could not understand.

'So….. It's this muggle thingy that allows people to talk to each other and view what they want?'

'Yes! Are you not listening to me? I've been trying to explain this to you for the past DECADE!'

'It has NOT been that long…. Stop over exaggerating. I'm just having trouble believe that a race as primitive as muggles have something that complex."

'What? You think that muggles have loin clothes and hunt for their dinner with spears and rocks? Muggle have come a long way'

'pshhhh….. Ok'

'You know what? Your arrogance is infuriating and…… hey look, we're at the castle'

Yes, they had finally made it to the castle after about an hour and a half or nonsensical …….nonsense. Ahem. They came into the great hall, right in the middle of the sorting ceremony.

'Hufflepuff!'

A little girl with light brown hair jumped off the stool and scurried to her new table. No one had noticed that Hermione and Draco came in, and they were relieved of that. Just then the door slammed, and everyone's eyes were on them, and them alone.

'Whyyyy? Why not just let me come in unnoticed?' thought a very frustrated Draco. He looked over to see Hermione unfazed and already walking to her table everyone staring at her, and she sat at her table opposite to Harry and Ron. Everyone kept staring at her for about 30 seconds, until she looked around and finally realized everyone was looking at her and said "WHAT?" rather loudly. And then the whispering started. Draco only caught bits and pieces of them…. It mostly went something like this 'why is Draco and Hermione even walking together?' 'Haven't you heard? Draco impregnated Hermione, and now he's waiting for the baby to come, so he can kill it and not have the 'bloodline' spoiled!' 'I heard that he was send to azkaban and got out on probation and Hermione is his parole officer.' And all Draco could think was

'Ohhhh Shit!'

because he knew that only worse rumors could come from this