Chap 5, Here goes nothin... literally. I have no idea what I'm doing so please help me out here cuz this is still my first fic and I have no idea what to write. Let me know if it needs to be more descriptive or if...well anything. help me i'm dying here!

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Chapter 5: Denial

Over the next few weeks, Hermione and Draco hardly spoke after that night. They'd acknoweldge each other's presence, but no more than that. Even though they knew they were friends, they began arguing again. Draco needed something to get his mind off Hermione so he figured he'd find Blaise and ask him what to do.

"Hey, Blaise."

"Hey, Drake. What's up?"

"Fuckin' Granger is getting inside my head." he said angrily, getting to the point.

"Dude, living with a girl that hot, I would be pissed too if I couldn't get her."

Draco glared with hatred.

Blaise looked away.

"Look, she's getting to me and it's pissing me off. I can't her off my damn mind." Draco said.

"Do what I do...find another girl to help get your mind off 'things'." he said mischeviously.

"I don't know, man, I'll catch you later."and he left in a hurry, not getting the advice he wanted.

"Think about it Draco!" he yelled after him.

Draco entered the common room. Hermione was her room. Draco could hear stiffling noises coming from her staircase. He'd hoped she wasn't crying because she was already on his mind all the time, he didn't want to deal with this right now, but he walked toward the staircase anyways. He walked up the Slytherin/Gryffindor colored staircase and not to his surprise he heard Hermione crying. He had found her crying in her room numerous times after her brother died, but he always figured it would be for the best that she was left alone. He walked back downstairs. He picked up a book, but with the cracking and blazing of the fire, he was nodding off until he fell asleep.

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Hermione had been crying about her brother many times over the weeks, but she'd hoped no one ever found her. She didn't want to cry while anyone was around because she didn't want to be questioned about anything. She had been crying for a little while, but stopped when she thought she heard someone going down her staircase. She went to her bathroom and rinsed her face and waited 'til she could stop and the tears and the puffiness around her eyes went away.

She walked down the staircase to find Draco nodding off in front of the fire with a book in his lap. She only came down for he bookbag, but when she picked it up her books dropped out, making a bunch of thuds from the numerous amount she dropped. Draco awoke instantly.

"Sorry." she said.

"It's okay. I didn't want to sleep, I was just nodding off in front of the fire."

"Okay." and she turned back towards her staircase.

"Wait." he said.

"What?"she looked back at him.

"Hermione...we need to talk about our...kiss." he said nervously. He had been trying to bring it up to her for a while, but she always brushed it off, changed the subject, or worst of all, started another argument.

"What about it?"she said facing another direction.

"It had to of meant something to you."

"No, it didn't, Draco. I was just sad that I lost my brother and I felt alone." she said as she tried to sound mad. She didn't want to discuss it. She really didn't know how she felt about it. She wanted to keep thinking that it was just because she felt alone, but there was this tiny feeling in the pit of her stomach that told her different, but she had been ignoring it ever since it came.

"How can it have not meant a thing to you?" Draco asked starting to get angry that it meant nothing to her, but to him it meant something, he just didn't know what it was yet.

"Because you're Draco Malfoy, the Slytherin Sex Prince!" she said angrily, "I can't fall for you, I was just scared and alone that night and I just needed someone other than Harry and Ron. You were the only one who knew about me and how I felt and I still can't believe I told you about all that."

"Why not?" he was still just a bit heated.

"Because I practically told you everything I've been trying to keep in for a long time."

"That's why you told me, Hermione!" he said trying to get her to understand, "Because you've been keeping it in too long. You have to let go of your brother and the past...take it from someone who did." he lied.

"I don't have to let go of anything." she said and left for her room and slammed her door.

Draco, in fact, had not let go of his sister or his past, but he wanted to so bad, but just couldn't. He didn't want anyone to have to go through what he did...no matter how much he hated them and everyone has to let go sometime, especially Hermione. They didn't talk to each other for the rest of the night.

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I know this was really short, but if you wanted this out, then it had to be... I only started eighth grade and i have tons of homework to do and I have two tests tomorrow so I have to study... so... Review please and I promise the next is gonna be longer and i know a lot of time is passing but i need to get the middle of the year so...one more thing... can you give me some ideas on how to make it more...whats the word...i can't think of the word i want to use, but i want it to make it more breathe-holding... if you get what im saying... but i want to make it better so... help me!