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Hermione and Ginny walked into the Great Hall and went to sit with Harry and Ron. "Hello boys. How was flying?" Hermione asked sitting next to Ron.

"It was great, I love flying in weather like this. I wish it could be this way for all of our games. How was Snape's essay, did you get it finished yet?" Ron asked stuffing his face.

"No, I didn't even get a chance to start it. Ginny came by shortly after I got back up to my room, we spent the time chatting instead. Oh well, I have the rest of the day free to work on it." Hermione shrugged taking a sip of her pumpkin juice.

"You should really come hang with us outside 'Mione. We're going to go for a walk down by the lake, and we might go see Hagrid. Ginny's coming, aren't you?" Harry asked, putting his arm around her.

"Of course I'll be there. I wouldn't miss it for the world. You'll come too, won't you 'Mione?" Ginny asked with a pout.

"I should really go work on my essay, if I don't get it done the boys won't have anything to copy. Besides, I'm a little tired and sore, I didn't get much sleep last night. I think that I'm just going to write my essay and maybe take a nap." Hermione answered with a yawn.

"How could you not sleep well? I couldn't wait to get back here to the comfy Hogwart's beds. I hit my mattress and I was out like a light. Maybe you're sick 'Mione." Ron looked at her with concern.

"I'm not sick, I just had a lot on my mind last night. This is our final year here, and I'm head girl. I've just got a lot going on right now." Hermione smiled at Ron reassuringly.

"Well, take some time and relax 'Mione. Don't let yourself get so stressed out. If you want I'll come up and work on the essay with you. I'm sure that between the two of us we can get it done fast." Ron offered.

"That's really sweet Ron, but I don't think that it's a good idea. I don't know if Malfoy is going to be there, and I don't want to start any trouble on the first day of term. How about I go work on the essay after lunch, take a nap until dinner, and then we hang out later on tonight in the Gryffindor common room?" Hermione asked.

"Sounds good to me, but you really shouldn't let Malfoy push you around. It's your common room too 'Mione."

"He's not pushing me around, I just don't want to start a fight or something. I don't even know for sure if he'll be there." Hermione was hoping that he'd be there, she wanted to talk to him more about their relationship. She finished her last bite of lunch and stood up. "I'll see you guys at dinner and tonight we'll hang out, I promise." She walked out of the Great Hall and in the direction of her dorm. She said the password and walked in to find Draco and Blaise Zabini playing wizard's chess.

"Hello Granger." Draco and Blaise both said as she walked in.

"Hello Malfoy, Zabini." Hermione walked past them and over to her backpack and moved to her desk. She got out her potions book, two rolls of parchment, ink, and her favorite quill. She propped her book open to the pages about the polyjuice potion and got to work.

"Why are you in here working on homework? It's the first day of classes Granger? Shouldn't you be outside playing with Potter and Weaselbee?" Draco asked.

"I guess I prefer your insults to falling behind in my schoolwork. Now if you'll excuse me I'm in the middle of something." Hermione said without looking up from her essay.

"Hey do my essay while your at it. I couldn't care less about the properties of the ingredients of a stupid potion." Blaise said, taking his next move in chess.

"I wouldn't help you if you were in the hospital wing covered in bubotuber puss. Now if you two can't shut up and allow me to finish my essay I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Hermione said getting frustrated.

"You can't kick me out of my own common room Granger." Draco retorted.

"No, but I can kick out your little friend, now can't I. Why don't you just concentrate on your stupid little game, and leave me alone?" Hermione turned the page in her book and continued to try to ignore them.

"Now, now, now, no need to be rude. I can take the hint. I know when I'm not wanted. I'll see you later Drake. I'm going to take off before Granger turns me into a toad or something." Blaise stood up and walked to the door. "Later Granger." He turned and left.

Draco stood up from the table where they had been playing chess and walked over to where Hermione was sitting. He placed his hands on the back of her chair, and leaned down so that he was looking over her shoulder. "I think that you've got enough done that you can take a break." He leaned in and kissed her lightly on the neck.

Hermione set down her quill and turned in her seat. "I did kind of want to finish the conversation that we were having earlier. I don't know what kind of relationship this is, but I know that I don't want it to end. I'm willing to keep it a secret, and be non-exclusive if you are. I just know that I want you." With that she stood up and moved around the table. She reached her hands up around his neck and pulled his head down to her and kissed him roughly. She tried to convey all of the passion and lust that she was feeling with that one kiss.

Draco got the message and lifted her up into his arms. He carried her over and laid her on the couch. He kissed her even more fervently, moving from her lips down to her neck. He reached down and began lifting her shirt. He sat up and removed it completely. He reached behind her and undid her bra while he was at it. He kissed down her neck, all the way down her chest stopping to concentrate on each nipple, already hard with her desire. He was moving back up to her mouth when a searing pain shot through his arm. "Merlin! Shit!" He sat up closing his eyes tight, he bit into his lip to try to hold in the pain.

"Draco what's wrong? Are you alright?" Hermione moved to sit up.

"I have to leave, Mia. We'll have to finish this later. I don't know when I'll be back." He stood up and adjusted his clothing.

Hermione sat up and grabbed her shirt, putting it on. "I understand. I should go down to dinner, I'm going to hang out with my friends tonight anyways. I guess I'll see you when you get back."

Draco nodded and left through the portrait hole. He had to make it to the Forbidden Forest, there was an area where you could apparate from in there.

After he left Hermione sighed to herself. She knew that he had been called by Voldemort. She picked up her bra off of the floor. She decided to go upstairs and take a nice cold shower. She heard somewhere that was supposed to help cool you down after being turned on. She went into the bathroom and gathered her things. She turned on the water and stepped in. She jumped when she first stepped in the water was like ice. She adjusted the temperature so that it was just a little warmer. She didn't want to make herself sick. The water seemed to work. She finished the shower, and then got dressed. She did the spell on her hair, and left to go to dinner. She was surprised to see so many people there already it was still kind of early. She walked over and sat down next to Ron.

"Hey 'Mione. How was your nap?" Ginny asked, knowing Hermione had only used a nap as an excuse to spend time with Draco.

"I worked on some homework, then I tried to get some sleep, turns out I wasn't meant to get a nap today. Instead I took a nice refreshing cold shower to wake me up." Hermione answered.

"Sorry 'Mione. I hate when that happens. Why couldn't you sleep?" Ginny was trying to hold in a smirk.

"I don't know Ginny." Hermoine gave her a warning look. Luckily Harry and Ron were both too thick to notice.

"Hey guys." Seamus Finnigan had just come in and sat down next to Hermione. "Hey Hermione, haven't seen you in awhile. How is it being Head Girl and having a room all to yourself?" He turned to her looking her up and down.

This didn't go unnoticed by Hermione. "Hey Seamus. It's really nice. How is everything in the Gryffindor tower?"

"It's good, except Ron snores, Neville snores, Dean snores, and Harry talks in his sleep. Honestly, I wish I had worked my arse off so that I could be Head Boy and have a room of my own. Speaking of Head Boy, how's things going with Malfoy?" Seamus asked.

"So far, not all that bad. We try to avoid each other as much as possible. In fact when I went up there after lunch he mentioned something about leaving, and not knowing when he'd be back. Like I care what the ferret does in his free time." Hermione shook her head.

"Wait, 'Mione, if ferret isn't going to be there, we should all go hang out in your dorm." Ron chimed in.

"Yeah, 'Mione. I'm dying to see what the Head dorms look like. I'm hoping to have a place in there next year." Ginny added.

"Of course. Why didn't I think of that? You guys are all more than welcome. Do you want to come too Seamus?" Hermione turned to him with a sweet smile.

Seamus looked back at her and smiled. "Yeah, I'd like that."

"Great. Hey, we can invite some of the other Gryffindors too. We'll have a little party. Lavender, Parvati." Hermione called down the table to her two fellow Gryffindors. "Do you guys want to attend a little party that I'm having in the Head dorm?"

"Of course. Is Malfoy going to be there?" Parvati asked.

"No, of course not." Hermione answered.

Parvati and Lavender both looked rather disappointed. "Yeah, we'll be there 'Mione."

"Oy, what about me?" Dean Thomas asked.

"Of course you're invited. You too Neville. Is there anyone else that you guys think we should invite?" Hermione questioned Harry, Ron, and Ginny.

Ron blushed. "Do you think maybe we could invite Luna?"

"Ron's got a little bit of a crush on Luna. Don't you Ron?" Ginny teased her older brother.

"Ginny don't tease. Of course Luna can come. Go ahead and ask her." Hermione replied. "Harry, do you think that you could go down to the kitchens and see what kind of treats you can get? I'm sure Dobby will be excited to see you."

"Sure thing 'Mione. Just tell me where your room is so that I can meet you guys up there." Harry got up to get ready to head down to the kitchens.

"It's just down the hall from the gargoyle. It's a portrait of me and Malfoy. Just knock when you get there. I'm not allowed to give out the password."

Ron came back over to sit down. "Luna said that she'd be there. She's going to come over here when she is finished with her dinner." He had a big grin on his face.

"Ron do you think that you could go through the secret passage to Hogsmeade and get some butterbeers and firewhiskeys?" Hermione asked.

"The Head Girl is asking me to sneak out of school and sneak back in with alcohol? 'Mione, I'm surprised at you." Ron pretended he was shocked.

"Very funny. Just go. My dorm is just down the hall from the gargoyle. It's a portrait of me and Malfoy. Just knock when you get back. Thanks Ron." Hermione smiled at him. "Alright, I think that takes care of everything. Is everyone ready to go?"

Luna walked over at that moment and sat in Ron's empty seat. She had a dazed expression on her face. "Hello."

"Hello Luna. Ron went to Hogsmeade to get us some drinks. We're all ready to go. Come on, my dorm is up by the Headmistresses office." They all stood up and followed Hermione out of the Great Hall. Hermione walked them all up to the portrait of her and Draco. The portrait Hermione and Draco were currently making out. "Ahem… Sorry to bother you guys, but do you think you could let me into my common room now?" Ginny giggled. Everybody else looked disgusted.

The portrait Hermione pushed Draco away. "Of course Miss Granger, we just need the password." She smiled shyly.

"Fellowship." Hermione whispered so nobody else could hear, and the portrait swung open allowing them to enter. "Well, here it is the Head common room. Feel free to look around." She walked in and sat down on her favorite couch.

"I really hope that I get to live in here next year. I should, I have the highest grades in our year." She walked over to the portrait of a lion. She tried to open it. The lion just growled at her. "You have to have a password to open your bedroom door too? Is that supposed to be a precaution so that Malfoy can't get in? What if you were in here with a Head Boy that you liked, and you wanted him to be able to come in?"

"Then you would tell him the password I suppose. Besides he can get to my room through the bathroom anyways." Hermione answered absent-mindedly. She was currently deep in conversation with Seamus.

"Wait a minute, your rooms join in the bathroom? You mean he can just walk in on you at anytime? That's crazy!" Ginny screamed.

"The doors lock from the inside." Hermione answered. At that moment there was a knock at the door. "Gin, would you please answer the door? It's probably Harry with the food." She turned back to Seamus.

Ginny opened the door to find Harry and Ron both waiting outside, along with a few house elves. "Hey, Gin, help me carry these bottles." Ron shoved some of the bottles he was carrying into Ginny's arms. "Where should we put this stuff 'Mione?"

Hermione conjured a table over by the fireplace. She stood up and went to help them get everything brought in. She then turned to the house elves and thanked them for helping. "Alright, great. Now that everyone is here, what does everyone want to do?"

"Well, we have an even number of boys and girls, we could play spin-the-bottle." Suggested Lavender.

"Oh, yes lets." Parvati chimed in jumping up and down.

"We could, or we could play truth or dare." Ginny added in.

"It's up to you guys you're the guests." Hermione looked to the boys to see if they were going to put in any input.

"I say truth or dare. I'm not playing spin-the-bottle and having it land on my little sister." Ron replied.

"Good point. Lets do truth or dare." Hermione decided. "Ginny since it was your idea, you go first. Truth or dare?"

"Umm…truth." Ginny sat down on the floor between Harry's legs.

"Ok…how many guys have you snogged?" Hermione asked.

"That's easy five. Neville truth or dare?" Ginny turned to the boy who was sitting in the armchair next to her.

"Oh Merlin, I hate this game. How about…truth." Neville's face started to turn pink before he even heard his question.

"What's the furthest you've ever been with a girl?" Ginny asked.

"I've never really had a girlfriend. Um… I kissed you on the mouth after the Yule Ball. I guess that's as far as I've ever gotten. Hermione truth or dare?" Neville hurriedly asked. He didn't want to dwell on the fact that he'd never even snogged before. He was a 7th year after all.

"Truth." Hermione replied.

"How many guys have you snogged?" Neville asked.

"Three, now Ron, truth or dare?" Hermione turned to the flaming red head who was sitting over by the food table.

"Dare, but wait a minute 'Mione. I thought that you had only ever snogged two guys, me, and Viktor. Who else have you snogged?" He took a bite out of his cake.

"I don't have to tell you everything Ronald. It's my business who I kiss. I don't kiss and tell. Speaking of snogging though, I dare you to snog Luna." Hermione smirked at him.

"'Mione don't smirk like that, I swear you looked just like the ferret it's really scary." Ron stood up to move to where Luna was sitting. His face was as red as his hair as he bent down to kiss her.

Hermione rolled her eyes at him, and waited for him to complete the dare. A couple minutes later Ron and Luna were still snogging. "For Merlin's sake Ron, could you at least stop long enough to ask someone else?"

Ron stopped snogging Luna. "Oh yeah, right. Seamus truth or dare mate?"

"Dare of course." Seamus answered.

"I dare you to snog 'Mione." Ron moved so that he was sitting next to Luna on the couch. He reached over and grabbed her hand.

Seamus got up and walked over to Hermione. He smiled at her and reached his hand up and wrapped it around the back of her neck pulling her in for a kiss. Hermione nibbled lightly on his bottom lip before allowing him entrance into her mouth. He felt her wrap her arms around his waist. He deepened the kiss. He had been wanting to do this since he saw her at the start of term feast. Hermione pulled back slightly. She smiled at Seamus, gave him one last small kiss and then moved away. Seamus smiled back at her and then turned to find the next victim. "Lavender, truth or dare?"

"I'll do a dare." Lavender giggled.

"I dare you to snog Neville." Seamus smiled triumphantly.

Lavender giggled, and moved over to where Neville was. Neville was turning a color red nobody had ever seen before. Lavender leaned in, put her hand on each side of his face, and kissed him. When she pulled away a minute later, Neville was even more red, and even Lavender was a light shade of pink. She licked her lips and turned to her best friend. "Alright Parvati, your turn."

They continued to play truth or dare until 8:00 when they got sick of it. After everyone had snogged at least one person, and a couple people had streaked through the common room, they decided to quit, and just eat, drink and talk. A couple people played a drinking game with the fire whiskey, but mostly everyone just enjoyed relaxing and catching up on the summer happenings.

"Hermione, show me your room. I want to see what my future home looks like." Ginny jumped up and grabbed Hermione's hand, pulling her out of Seamus's lap and to her feet.

"Alright, but just you. I'll be right back Seamus." She smiled at him and then followed Ginny to the lion portrait. She whispered her password (Greyhaven) and the girls walked in.

"Wow. 'Mione, this room is great. I love the colors. So much better then the Gryffindor colors. Does this door lead to the bathroom?" Ginny opened the door and walked in. "Bloody Hell. You have a Jacuzzi tub. That's not fair. I wish the one in the prefects bathroom was a Jacuzzi. Two showers? What do you need two showers for? Do they expect you and Malfoy to be in here showering at the same time often?" She walked over to the door at the other end. "Does this lead to Malfoy's room?" She turned to Hermione with a mischievous grin on her face and opened the door. "Green and black, figures. Always the Slytherin." She walked in further and looked around. "Um…you might want to pick your clothes up off the floor 'Mione." Ginny laughed.

"Ginny, you shouldn't even be in here. Come on get out of there. If Draco knew you were in his room he would freak. Come on, lets go back into the common room. Seamus and Harry are probably waiting." Hermione started to walk back into the bathroom.

"There's another good question. What's up with you and Seamus?" Ginny followed her into the bathroom and crossed her arms.

"I don't know. He is really cute, and he started flirting with me, and I don't know. We just kissed during a game…and after. I don't know what's going on."

"Looks to me like you guys really like each other. What are you going to do? Don't you like Malfoy too. I mean I know that you can see other people, but that's ok with Malfoy, what about Seamus?"

"What about Seamus? It's not even like we're going out or anything. Besides, this thing with Draco isn't anything serious. It's not like I'm married, I just want to be able to keep my options open right now. Seamus is a really good kisser."

"Better than Malfoy?"

"No, but with Draco there is so much passion behind it. With Seamus it's all just kind of new. You know what I mean?"

"It's all kind of new with Malfoy too, but I get what your saying. With Malfoy there is lust."

"Well…yeah. And when Seamus kisses me, I don't go weak and turn into jelly. I don't really feel any sparks at all. Do you feel sparks with Harry?"

"All the time. That boy looks at me and I go weak in the knees. I really think I'm in love with him 'Mione. When I'm with him my stomach gets all fluttery, and I get all weak, and when he touches me, it's like lightening. I feel lost when he's not around. I can't stand to be away from him for more than a few hours. Is that completely crazy?"

"No, Gin that's great. I'm so happy for you. I think that you guys have the perfect relationship. I would die for a relationship like that. Come on lets go get you back to Harry." Hermione closed the door to Draco's room and put a locking charm on it. She didn't want anyone else wandering in there. They then both opened the door and went back into the common room.

Hermione went back over to Seamus, he was now playing a drinking game with Ron, Dean, and Luna. "Hey, who's winning?"

"I am. I've only had to drink two shots." Luna said smiling.

"I've only had twelve." Seamus said looking up and her and giving her a lopsided, drunken smile.

She shook her head. "Yes, and you're drunk. I think that you have all had enough. You boys are going to be really hung over tomorrow. Come on Seamus." She grabbed his hands and pulled him up. He stumbled and fell into her arms. "Easy now, let's see if we can get you back to the Gryffindor common room before you pass out, or puke. Harry, do you think that you can take Seamus back to the common room. I'll check on the others as well." She turned back to Ron and Dean.

"I've only had five 'Mione. I'm fine. I might need to help Dean back though. He's had fifteen." Ron said before she even had to ask. "I'll see you tomorrow Luna." He leaned over and gave her a kiss good-bye.

"Thanks Ron. It is getting late. It's almost curfew. I have to go patrol the halls in a few minutes. If you want to wait Luna I'll walk back to the Ravenclaw dorms with you." Hermione turned to Neville, Lavender, and Parvati who were over on the couch talking. "It's getting late you guys. If you want to make it back before curfew you better get moving. Thank you guys for coming. It was a lot of fun. We'll definitely do this again when the ferret is gone." She hugged them each as they left.

"We'll see you later 'Mione. We're going to get these two back to the common room. Come on Ginny, we might need your help." Harry said. Him and Ron were standing at the door each holding up one of the drunk boys.

"Thanks a lot guys. I hope they don't give you too much trouble. I'll see you guys tomorrow at breakfast." She watched them all walk out, and turned to Luna. "Well, are you ready?"

"Yeah. Sorry I got them drunk. They just didn't seem to catch on to the game very well." Luna walked with Hermione out of the portrait hole. They headed off for the Ravenclaw dorms.

"It's not your fault. They are the idiots who drank so much. They'll be fine. I'm glad you had fun though." They walked in silence for a couple minutes. "So, what's up with you and Ron?"

"He asked me out. We're going to spend the Hogsmeade weekend together. He's really cute, and a good kisser." Luna seemed to be off in her own world reliving the kiss.

Hermione snickered, but tried to cover it with a cough. "I'm so happy for you guys. I think that he's liked you for a while. Ron's not very good at letting girls know when he likes them. I'm glad that we played truth or dare. It make it a lot easier on him." They walked a while more and stopped outside the entrance for the Ravenclaw common room. "Well, we're here. I'll talk to you later Luna, I have to go finish my rounds. Bye."

Hermione finished her rounds. She didn't catch any students out of bed, so she went back to her dorm to finish her essay and read before going to bed. She fell asleep on the couch in the common room with a book in her hands. All the sudden she heard the portrait hole swing open. She opened her eyes and saw Draco limp into the room and collapse. "Bloody Hell! Draco what happened?"

A/N: Well, a little cliffy for you. Sorry it's taken me a horribly long time to update. I've been crazy busy. I'll try to update quicker this time. I promise. Well, you know what to do, read and review.