A/N: I am sorry it took me forever to write this. Well right now we can tell Draco likes Hermione and doesn't care about his Asshole father. So.. Here is chapter Twelve.
Hermione felt relieved and shocked at the same time. Relieved that she had been stopped from a large height that would have put her out of action on the Quidditch field, shocked that Draco Malfoy had caught her.
Though it was not a bad thing. She kind of liked the way that his arms fitting around her form neatly. The warmth of him soaking out the cold fear that plagued her a minute before.
She braced her hands against his shoulders and pushed away slightly . Still using him to find her balance on Fluffy's back while he walked around.
"Thanks." She whispered before partially turning around and grabbing on to Fluffy's caller
Draco did not know whether it was the way her beautiful brown orbs looked straight into his betraying the coolness in her voice, or that it was the way that she felt so right in his arms that made him decide he could not take it anymore. "Hermione-" he said softly.
Hermione turned around slowly. Noting that they were barely a foot apart. She had to say that she was a little shocked when he reached up and gently pulled her face down to his.
The first touch of her lips had fireworks going off in Draco's head. He had never had this feeling before with any other girl. Her lips were soft. He could taste, what seemed to be, a vanilla lip gloss that was partially worn off on her lips.
Draco's lips were so soft and sure of what they were doing. It shocked her senses as his lips moved around hers. She was in heaven for those few seconds. Nothing else matter, Draco was the only person in the world right now.
Draco could have sworn that Hermione did not protest during the first moments. That her lips were appreciating his. Finding relief when she needed it.
That ended pretty quickly. She suddenly pushed back no longer wanting his hands touching her not to mention they could be the center of attention to some of their fellow class mates. She quickly looked around mortified, before noting that everyone was having to grand of a time riding and chating to their friends.
"Draco Malfoy! What the Hell has gotten into you?" she wiped at her mouth hard.
"I don't know what has gotten into me?!" he said sarcastically " Seriously I thought you were smarter then that Granger."
Hermione wrinkled her brow. Could Malfoy be saying what she was hearing. Her rival since year one and now opponent on the Quidditch field. This could not be happening. He had kissed her!
Fluffy stopped and the bell rang up at the school Draco slid down Fluffy's back and Hagrid lifted Hermione off of Fluffy.
Hermione watched as Draco gathered up his bag quickly and started up the steep path up to the castle leaving Crabbe and Goyle to stumble after him.
"Draco, what are you trying to say?" she said stumbling after him up the hill and pushing her way past his troll like bodyguard's.
"I don't know, Hermione, what am I trying to say? Think." he pause looking at her with an amused expression before looking behind her. He had a faint smile on his face. "I will see you later my lady. It seems you left some people that seem to be fond of you in the dust." He winked and turned away.
Hermione stared after him with her mouth dropping in shock. She growled and turned to Harry and Ron who were still stumbling up the cliffs. It seems that they did not get enough sleep last night.
"Come on you two!" she yelled angerly at them before turning and walking to the greenhouses for her last class.
She reached the door and turned back to the castle and saw Draco slowly backing up the stairs looking at her. She watched him make slow progress up the stairs, and in doing that she did not notice Harry, Ron, and the rest of her class pass her, thanking her for holding the door open.
Belatedly she quickly turned and ran into the greenhouse. Hermione quickly took her place in the middle of Harry and Ron and reached for her hair tie.
"Hermione where were you? you were almost late for class." Said Ron who was holding his dragon hide gloves. They were very battered indeed.
Professor Sprout was going over the uses of most of the plants they learned about in the past years. Then they would be getting into the more venomous and useful plants. Right now Hermione could not give a flying pickle for what she was saying.
"And who remembers why a Mandrake is so dangerous?" said Professor Sprout. "Miss Granger?" she said when no one even blinked.
"Oh." Said Hermione jerking out of her daze. She tried to figure out what the heck the question was.
"Miss Granger, I am very disappointed in you." said Professor Sprout sternly, " Why is a Mandrake so dangerous?"
"Oh,it's cry is fatal to anyone who hears it." she said looking down at her feet, repeating the same thing she had said 5 years ago.
"Very good, 5 points to Gryffindor. And I shall expect you to pay a bit more attention in my class." she said before turning to her class, and she could tell they were a bit out of it." Ok right now we are going to study this Venomous Ventacula right here." She said pulling an earthy diagram out of a drawer and pining it up.
An hour later they headed back up to the castle for dinner. Hermione was so tired and she now had an essay on Hellebore in potions and a ton of Arthrimancy homework not to mention a long runes translation.
She decided to skip dinner and go to the library to try to get some of it finished.
The library was completely quiet. There were only a few students, most of them 5th years, studying for testing. Most of them goodie goods like Hermione herself preparing for their O.W.L's or N.E.W.T.'s. She sat down at a desk and pulled out her potions book and began the foot long essay.
An hour later she finished her last sentence with a flourish and looked at her work. Sure it was a half a foot over what Snape expected she felt proud of herself. Just like she always did when she did something good.
Hermione glanced at her watch an saw it was around 5:30. The great hall would be fairly empty so she could grab something fast and continue with her homework until 6:00 for practice and more homework until 8:30 when she will be patrolling the charms hall and floor.
She walked into the room and looked at the Gryffindor table and saw a free table for herself. She sat down and piled her plate full of stew. That first bite was heaven with spices.
She was so hungry she could have eaten a truck load of stew. She kept spooning up more and more until that first plate was gone. So she filled a second plate and grabbed some French bread from the gold platter in the middle of the table and bit into that.
"Jeez Hermione breathe" said a soft, and familiar, voice from behind her.
Hermione turned around chewing slowly on a piece of bread. Draco was standing behind her with a smug look on his face. Because that smug look looked really handsome on him she looked away.
"What are you doing? Haunting my footsteps these days?" She turned back after wiping her mouth on a napkin." It's like I turn a corner and you are there. What are you going to do next? Fallow me into the bathroom?" She raised her eyebrows, amused at herself.
"Sounds interesting enough, but I think the other girls will be a bit miffed if I walked in there." He said sitting down next to her and holding back a laugh.
Hermione smiled before she turned away from him. She could only admit to herself that he was beginning to grow on her. He was handsome and now being nice to her for some stupid reason she was sure. But it was nice to have a new male presence around her.
"Draco, Why are you being so nice to me?" she said turning back to him. He looked startled by her question.
Why am I being nice to her? He thought. Because she was a good looking girl and happened to have a pretty good personality to go with it. Sure she was a goodie good, helping others whenever she could, Not to mention she was a challenge.
Maybe that is why he wanted her so much. Because she was a challenge. Because she wouldn't fall straight into his arms like Pansy or the other's before hand. In his bed as well. He thought
"Draco?" said Hermione, her big questioning brown eyes peering in to him.
He opened his mouth...
Mawahaha! Sry another Cliff-hanger. Most of the time I can't think of endings for chapters so I leave them in the middle of a sentence. Ok on to the dedications...
Stormy Phoenix- (Sniffle. Tear Tear) No one besides you reviewed my story. That made me kinda sad, but what can i say. NO ONE LOVES ME! (Ok slight over reaction) Glad you like the story and thanks for the little pick me up, you know the part where you typed, and i qoute "Hey great chapter, I think you really have great potential for being a writer!" thanks for that. And here is the little kissing you asked for back in chapter 10 I do believe. I am too lazy to go back there and see. Oh well. Thanks for reviewing!
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