Once again welcome to my story. Thank you all for such kind words in your reviews! It really fills my heart with joy! Please enjoy and review!

(Note: there is one spell in here that is not in the books/movies. I made it up, so hope you like it)

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Hermione avoided Ron for the next few weeks, she didn't need his anger and jealousy, and she had far to many other things going through her mind.

Although, ever since Hermione quit hanging out with Ron she had much more time to hang out with other people. It seemed that her and Draco were always hanging out together; it was like they were joined at the hips.

Every time Ron passes Draco and Hermione and saw them holding hands his stomach flared with fury and hate for Draco. He wasn't alone though, Draco's friend Pansy Parkinson didn't like the two together either.

Pansy stood there, watching Draco and Hermione together. The flirting never ended, it was like you never saw Draco with out one of his famous sexy smirks or Hermione's ravishing smiles. They would laugh together and hold hands, Pansy and Ron found it all much disturbing.

"Would you look at that, Harry?" Ron said angrily, starring at Hermione and Draco from a distance having a very friendly looking conversation. "It's like they cant get enough of each other, if you would have caught them in third year they wouldn't be caught dead around each other!"

Harry was sitting on the grass beneath a tree doing his homework for Potions class.

"Ron," Harry tried to reason with him not looking up from his book, "I don't like the idea of them being together either, but we cant change it. Hermione is our friend and the girlfriend of Malfoy, you could at least support her."

"What did you say?" Ron asked shocked, "There actually together?"

Harry looked up giving Ron a look of confusion, a look of are-you-serious. "Well, they act like it, but"

"You haven't caught them snogging, have you?" Ron asked quickly, interrupting Harry.

"Ron!" Harry began, "Calm down! No, I haven't, but if you look at them well enough," Harry looked up from his Potions book, closing it with the parchment inside keeping his place, "which your always looking, then you should notice the flirting, holding of hands. One can only assume."

Harry stood up and placed his hand on Ron's shoulder, Ron still looking over at the couple, "Forget about it, you're obsessed."

Ron didn't reply so Harry said, "I'm going back to the common room, meet me there when you're done spying."

Hermione and Draco were sitting in the green grass by the huge lake, they were by themselves, or so they thought. Ron still looking over from the tree he sat beneath now.

"Hermione, so you think that you are actually smarter than me?" Draco asked, their conversation continuing with the endless smiles on both of their faces.

"Well," Hermione acted like she was giving this a good thought, "Yes!"

"How so?" Draco asked with a smirk on his face, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Well lets see, my grades are better than yours and"

But Draco cut her off, and in a very soft voice said, "I'm not talking about those kind of smarts, love."

"Then what?" She asked, wanting to know what he was talking about.

"Like, sly," He began with a smirk playing on his face, "like when you do something and no one expected it but it happened and went very smoothly."

Just then Draco moved towards Hermione and found his lips on hers again, this time the kiss lasted longer. It was like a feeling Hermione and Draco both have been craving since their lips first touched. Their lips moist from the kiss, them disconnecting and connecting them sweetly and passionately.

Then they pulled back and Hermione gasped softly and lightly, just softly enough so Draco could hear it and a smile immediately came to him.

"Wow, Draco, you really are sly, aren't you?" She asked sweetly, looking up, their eyes connecting.

"Yeah, always have been." He responded, still smiling. "That's why I'm in Slytherin you know?"

Draco then looked over at the sound of running; it was Ron with his wand out coming towards Draco and Hermione. They both stood up, Draco getting his wand out and ready.

"DORUNTOSUM!" Ron shot a spell at Draco, but he quickly blocked it. (That spell would have made him pass out for hours at a time.)

"RIPTASEMPRA!" Draco shot a spell at Ron, hitting him in the chest making him fly through the air and finally hit the ground.

Ron then got up quickly and pointed his wand at Draco again, but before he could shoot off another spell Hermione ran and stood in front of Draco.

Draco cocking an eyebrow, so, she would stand up for me even if it were her best friend she's facing. She truly has grown to care for me as I have her.

"STOP THIS, IT'S MADNESS! RON WHAT HAS POSSESED YOU?" She yelled at him, and as soon as he was standing before her he saw the anger and fear in her eyes. He lowered his wand immediately.

"ANSWER ME!" She yelled once again at him, and his mouth barely opened.

"I," He began, but couldn't find the right words to say to her, tears were forming in her eyes and soon they ran down her fair skin cheeks. "Just that,"

He looked over at Draco and saw a smirk on him, just then words came to him that he thought he would never say to her, "He doesn't deserve you, Hermione. You deserve someone better, who will treat you right and not just want to snog off your face!"

"What?" She said, now crossing her arms, "You mean someone like you, Ron?" And before he could respond she kept on, "Just so you know, Draco has done nothing but treat me right! And just so we're clear, even though I don't know why I have to explain this to you, I like it when he kisses me, ok? He is my" Then she lost words, she wanted to say boyfriend but they really didn't say they were anything.

Draco smiled, "I think that my girlfriend wants to finish what she was saying."

Hermione blushed a deep red, but continued on, "He is my boyfriend, and I'm his girlfriend, and we're going to get married one day and you can't change that! So either you'll be at my wedding as one of my best friends by Harry, or you'll be home having only yourself to blame for not being my friend anymore." She took a deep breath, She saw Ron's hurt in his eyes, thoughts running through his mind now about the future. "I'll see you later, Ronald."

Hermione then took Draco's hand into hers and walked off, knowing what she had just said hurt Ron deeply, but that's how it was going to be.

She could honestly say that she cared for Draco deeply, and maybe soon would grow to love him. She only hoped he felt the same for her, but as everyone knows things change.

Hermione and Draco walked into Hogwarts and found Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy with Professor Dumbledore standing near the Great Hall entrance.

"Ah, here they are at last," Dumbledore, said as Hermione and Draco walked up to them, there hands parted from each others immediately as Hermione blushed.

Lucius and Narcissa looked as they always did, snobbish and fake Hermione thought.

"Mother, father," Draco said, addressing his parents, "What are you doing here?"

"We're going to go have a chat in Dumbledore's office, Mss. Pattan will join us. We have much to discuss children." Lucius said and they all walked down the corridors to Dumbledore's office.

On the way both Hermione and Draco felt ill to their stomachs. It seemed that they were here for bad news, and wondered if things were about to change… they could only pray nothing did.

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Ok, sorry guys but I have to end it here. I have so much to do, as all knows X-mas is coming and that means finals are coming which means I've got to study. So until my update tomorrow, please enjoy and review!

Yours Truly,

Nikkie (BlueEyedFairy)