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Chapter 4: Someone Found Out

He was throwing stones at this body of water while he was deep in his thoughts. He thought at how unexpectedly Potter and Weasley had accepted his and Hermione's relationship. Then he wondered how he was going to tell Blaise and Crabbe and Goyle. He knew they would be furious. Blaise had been his best friend for as long as he can remember and he knew he hated Hermione. He was so caught up with his thoughts that he didn't even notice someone creeping up from behind.

"Boo!" a vice shouted while the person poked him in the sides.

"Ah! Oh Hermione! I'm gonna get you. Why'd you scare the hell out of me?"

Hermione kept on laughing while she tried to speak but she was laughing too hard that Draco couldn't understand a word she said.

"What did you say?"

Hermione calmed herself down but she was still laughing in her head considering the fact that he jumped when she said boo.

"I said, I couldn't pass up the chance to scare you. I knew you would never notice that I was behind you. So, I ended up scaring the hell out of you."

"Hmph!" was all Draco could say then he pouted

"Oh don't be a bay that was just a joke. What were you thinking about? You were so deep in your thoughts that you didn't hear me."

"Oh nothing. I was just wondering how to tell my friends about us."

"There's an us?"

"You know there is."

"Yeah. I know. I just wanted to test you. Maybe you had second thoughts."

"Why would I have second thoughts? All I know is that I love you so much that I don't care what happens to the rest off the world just as long as I know you're perfectly fine."

Hermione didn't know what to say so she just blushed to a shade of light pink.

"It's getting dark. And I think you didn't notice the sunset that just happened. We better go back to the castle."

"How would I be able to notice the sun going down when you scared me?"

"It was pretty funny. You should have seen the look on your face."

"Okay. Okay. Whatever you say. Come on!" Draco said while taking her hand. They sauntered slowly through the meadows until they reached the huge doors of Hogwarts. They were going to the Great Hall ang Hermione tried to pull away her hand from Draco's grip.

"What's wrong? Why are you pulling your hand away from mine?"

"Well, if you haven't been paying attention, we're about to enter the Great Hall and you're still holding my hand. If people saw us holding hands, then they'd know about us."

"So what if they know about us?"

"They'd be angry. We are from different houses. They wouldn't think it'd be right. So before we start chaos in Hogwarts, let's think before we do something that could cause Hogwarts to be in chaos."

"Okay, fine. I get your point. I have a picture in my head of how they'd react and believe me, it isn't very pretty."

They stepped away from each other and Hermione entered the Great Hall followed by Draco five minutes later.

The whole dinner Hermione and Draco kept on staring at each other. They didn't want to break eye contact but they were too afraid that people might catch them so they constantly looked away from time to time.

Draco stood up and went to the Slytherin Common Room. Then Blaise dragged him outside to the corridor. "What are you doing?" Draco shouted at him

"I know."

"About what?"

"I know about you and Hermione."

"How did you know?"

"I noticed. You didn't make fun of her anymore and you kept staring at her. I've known you ever since I was young and I never saw you smile until a while ago during dinner. I saw you. You were smiling at Hermione and she smiled back at you."

"Fine. I won't lie to you. It's all true. "

"You love her, don't you?"

"Yeah. I've never felt this way about a girl before. She's the first girl to make me smile. Please don't' make me stop loving her. I love her so much."

"I understand and I'll help you hide it from everyone else. Especially you're father."

"Thanks Blaise."

"Your welcome."

They went back inside and they were surprised to see a Pansy Parkinson with a mischievous grin. "What's wrong Pansy?" Blaise asked.

"Him." She said pointing at Draco.

"What about me?"

"You're in love with that filthy mudblood."

"Don't you dare call her a mudblood!"

"I'll call her a mudblood if I want to because she is a mudblood."

Draco got more furious by the second and then he pulled hi wand out and he pointed it at Pansy, "Call her a mudblood again and I'll kill you." Draco said this with a very angry voice.

Pansy had never seen Draco this mad before. All she could do was nod and she ran all the way up to her dorm and cry.

"Calm down." Blaise said, "People will get suspicious."

"I know. It's just that I know that fucking bitch will tell everyone. Maybe she'll evn tell my father or worse Voldemort."

"No. She won't."

"How do you know?"

"Pansy doesn't give up with a fight. So before she goes ratting you out, she'll try to get even. But I think she can't do much damage. You love each other so much right?"

"Yeah."

"Then if you're love is as strong as what I think it is, then you'll make it through."