Disclaimer- I do not own these characters, nor do I own the settings. Blah, blah, blah. Yata, yata, yata. We've all heard it before. You get the point, lol.

Chapter two- Confessions

(Draco's point of view)

So I had a date with Granger…I mean Hermione. She's really great. And I thought that the only girls for me were the Slytherin girls. Boy, I didn't know much at that time. I learned that Hermione liked me. And I noticed she was playing hard to get. By that point, I lost it. I just had to have her. Everything fell into place. She's the only girl-the only person-I tell everything to. She listens and understands. She helps. She knows the real me. She…is great.

I asked her out to the Halloween Ball…sort of. And that was a week ago. The ball is tomorrow, and I still don't have a costume. Maybe I could go as a pirate. Nah. A cop, then. No. Never. I kept arguing with myself about this, thinking about every single possibility and finally decided on a pirate. Not that great, but whatever. It'll have to do. I conjured up a pirate costume.

Now what to do next? I decided to write a good, long note to Hermione explaining lots of things that I thought about the day before.

That took sometime around an hour to finish. Then I set off for the Gryffindor common room. Standing 2 feet in front of the Fat Lady's portrait, I said, "Hello. I believe the password is 'Pixie Dust.'" She replied with a sigh and let me step into the common room.

It was nice and cozy inside, and since it was 7:30 in the morning and no one was expected to get up until 9:00, it was totally empty. That was great! I snickered to myself and put my note on the coffee table in the center of the couches in the room. I used a pen I found on the table and wrote her name on the envelope.

I heard a noise coming from the dorms, so I tried to sneak out. But the person coming downstairs caught before I could. Luckily, it was Hermione! "Hey, good-lookin'." she called out. I turned around and looked at her in surprise, saying, "Um…hi. I wrote you a note and I just dropped by to…" I picked it up and gave it to her. "…hand it to you."

"Oh, really?"

"Yup."

"Well, what's it for?"

"Read and find out." I answered plainly. She started to open it, so I added, "Not now! Tomorrow. Just before the Ball.

"All right."

"Just don't be disappointed by it."

"Huh? Why would I be?"

"Dunno…you'll see. I better get goin'."

"All right." Hermione said again, then gave me a hug. I wrapped my arms around her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Sweet and gentle. Just how she likes it.

(Hermione's point of view)

As Draco pulled away and walked out with that smart little mischievous look on his face, I ran back to my dorm, hoping Ginny was still asleep. Seeing that she was, I quietly tip-toed to my closet and took my wand out of my cloak pocket and put it down on my four-poster bed. Then I took my cloak and put it on, not bothering to change. Luckily, I was so tired the day before that I never changed to my PJs in the first place. Hopefully, nobody would notice.

Going down stairs, I saw Ron sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace. "Hey, Ron! Just got up?" I asked.

"Yup. I couldn't really go back to sleep once I got up at 6:00 in the morning…"

"It's 8:00am."

"I know. I woke Harry up and made him play some Wizard's Chess with me. But he fell asleep in the middle of our eighth game!"

"You woke Harry up to play seven and a half games of Wizard's Chess at 6:00 in the morning?"

"Yeah…that sounds bad."

"Yeah. It is. How about you go wake him up now? I'm not sure he got much sleep, but it's…" I looked at my watch. "8:15 now and I'm pretty sure he wants to take a shower, which takes him about 15 minutes, so-"

"Are you trying to take over his life?"

I gave him a dirty look. "No. I just like to be on time and I think you guys should, too."

"Whatever. I get the point. I'll go wake him up. Say, isn't that what you wore yesterday?"

I sighed and said, "Just go. I'll be right back."

"Where are you going?" he called after me when I got to the door. I pretended not to hear him and ran off.

'Now where do I really want to go?' I asked myself on the way out of the common room. I decided to go talk to Draco.

Reaching the portrait guarding the Slytherin common room, I called out the password, never stopping, just walking right ahead. The portrait opened just in time!

A/N- You know how the Fat Lady is on the Gryffindor common room's portrait? What's on the Slytherin portrait? I can't remember! Well, anyway…

Draco was sitting in the cushioned seat in between the dorms. I went over and sat down on his lap, saying, "Hello! And how are you this fine morning?"

"Hmm? Oh, I'm fine…so what are you doing here?"

"Oh, I don't really know. But I just had a great idea. I don't have a costume for the Halloween Ball tomorrow night and maybe…I was hoping you could help me pick one out."

"Sure. But you know you look good in everything!"

"Aw, thanks! But will you still help me, honey?"

"Yeah, sure. But we're not allowed go to Diagon Alley by our selves."

"Hmm…let's go to Dumbledore."

"Professor Dumbledore." I corrected, getting up to let him do the same. We walked to the gargoyle in front of Professor Dumbledore's office. Draco turned to me. "Err…I don't know the password."

I sighed. "'Butterscotch Toothpaste.'"

"Toothpaste?'" Draco whispered in my ear. I nodded.

The gargoyle stepped aside, revealing the staircase that twirled around for us to step on. Once we were in his office, Professor Dumbledore looked up from his work and look at both of us, his blue eyes twinkling like always.

"Hello." he said, looking at me, then to Draco. "What brings you two here?" he paused…"You haven't been in a fight, have you?"

"No, of course not! We've been getting along quite nicely, actually." I answered immediately. Draco smirked, then said, "We need to go to Diagon Alley for a little while. Just to find Hermione a costume for the Ball tomorrow."

"Yes, of course! All you youngsters have the need to look especially darling, don't you?" Dumbledore answered, smiling. "You may go."

"Alone?" I asked. I probably looked really surprised, because Dumbledore said, "Why, yes. I trust you to look after Mr. Malfoy."

"How will we get there?"

"Well, you can walk up to the Hogwarts gate and then apperate."

"I'm not 17 yet. My birthday's in exactly 2 weeks and 3 days."

"All right…then hold Mr. Malfoy's hand and you can apperate together. Don't worry, I've 'got it covered,' as you young people say." Dumbledore answered, smiling again.

And so we were off, holding hands, going through the Hogwarts gate.

(Draco's point of view)

Hermione and I held hands. She gave me a kiss on the cheek, and I gave her a full, rich kiss on the lips back. We apperated away and ended up in front of Gringott's. We walked in, up to the goblin at the counter, gave him our keys, and went into the cart taking us to our volts. First Hermione's, then mine. After getting all of our money, I walked Hermione down to the newest addition to Diagon Alley, Madam Herowitz's Costumes.

It took three hours for Hermione to finally pick something! She tried on everything in the ladies' section! Finally, with my judging, we picked out a fairy costume. Walking out of the store, we found Potter and Weasel.

A/N- Now I'm gonna have to write it like a play…so I guess it's kinda 3ed person point of view, lol.

Ron- "What are you doing here?"

Harry- "Hermione? What are you doing with Malfoy?"

Hermione- "Uh…I think we should just all sit down in the Gryffindor common room and talk this out."

Draco- "Yeah, if Potter and Weasel can come out alive!"

Ron- "Oh, don't put me in your love life!"

Harry- "Dido."

Hermione- "Guys…you're gonna make me cry…"

Ron- "You? You're gonna cry? Excuse me! I think we need to talk! You're with Malfoy!"

Draco- "Hey! BACK OFF!"

Ron- "Oh, don't you tell me what to do!"

A/N- Okay, now it's Hermione's point of view!

Draco and Ron got in this big fight…over me. I was really surprised! Yeah, Ron was showing off to me a lot lately. And he was looking at me almost every second of his life…could it be possible that he likes me?

"Guys…" I said suddenly. "Stop your fighting! We have to go talk right now, this second. In the Gryffindor common room. Actually, Harry, would you mind if we all went in your dorm? We can put a charms on dormitory doors, but not the common room main portrait door."

"Sure. If it'll solve all of this," Harry answered.

"Thank you." I started walking, when Draco walked up next to me, probably to show off the fact that I'm his girlfriend to Ron. Ron noticed that, so he walked right next me, too. It was really how Ron, Harry, and I usually walk to our classes, except Draco just took Harry's place. Harry didn't look too happy about that, but he's not as jealous as Ron. Harry just walked behind us, hands jammed in his pockets. I shivered. It was pretty chilly outside, but I only shivered because these guys were making me nervous! Draco took my hand in his and started rubbing it with his finger, to warm it up. I let him, because it really did feel good. The tip of Ron's ears went red! I was really enjoying this.

After a couple of seconds, Ron burst! He screamed and yelled, "YOU BASTARD! GET AWAY FROM HERMIONE THIS SECOND OR I'LL-"

"-Ron! Calm down, there's no need for-"

"YOU SHUT IT, HERMS! THIS IS BETWEEN ME AND THAT SICK BASTARD YOU CALL MALFOY OVER THERE!" He nodded towards Draco.

"Hey! Watch it!" He defended himself, then turned to me. "Hermy, how about we get away from Weasel? Let's go somewhere…private…"

"No. We have to settle this!" I answered. Everything was a blur of screaming, yelling, and oozing red blood…

A/N- Yeah, really long. It's getting good now, isn't it? lol.