Disclaimer: If you wanna know who these characters belong too, your stupid, because why would you be reading this if you don't know who these people are or belong too? Lol, lol, just kiddin. Property of J.K.
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Chapter 5: Reality
Hermione walked into the common room, sat down and pulled out her Muggle Studies homework.
"List five muggle devices, generated by electricity, how they work (from the electricity), and what they do. God, could this be worded anymore confusing? Er...let's see there's the tele, the computer, telephone, radio and the er...well...oh, refrigerator." Hermione jotted down her ideas and brainstormed about the rest of the essay.
When almost finished with her essay, Draco came in from his usual nightly patrols around the halls. Mostly to try and pick fights with first years. "Oh, what else is new?"
"I beg your pardon Malfoy? What may I ask are you talking about?"
"You, your homework. You doing your homework, like usual."
"Oh, yea...right. I see."
"Well, I guess mudbloods do have to try as hard as they can to get excepted in the wizarding world." he started to walk up to his room "But..." he turned and faced her "they never will." Draco smirked and continued up to his room.
"Shut the hell up you bastard!" Hermione hissed quietly through grinted teeth.
Draco's hand was on the handle when he whipped around to her. "What was that Granger?" he spat.
Hermione bowed her head down to her essay. "Nothing. Nothing Malfoy. Just - just go! Leave me alone."
"Yea, that's what I thought Granger. So, while you attempt to smarten yourself more, I will be upstairs."
"And why would I care where you are going to be?" Draco ignored her and closed his door behind him.
Later that night when she had almost finished her last homework, Transfiguration, her eyelids began to grow heavy. She still had about 2 hours until her date to meet Harry and Ron. She had to tell them sooner or later, they would eventually find out. Hermione placed her Transfiguration paper on the oak table in front of her and got lost in her thoughts 'How am I going to tell them? Should I just get straight to the point? How are they going to react? Oh god, I do not want to do this!' she let out a little whine. 'I cannot believe I am actually going to go through with this. I've got to thought' before she knew it her eyelids were drooping down. She figured that she better rest up before her date with destiny. She would need all of the rest she could get. Draco was away in his room so it would be safe. And it couldn't hurt to have one more sweet dream to occupy her mind with. Could it?
Hermione pulled the afghan up to her neck and curled up under it. She had fallen asleep almost instantly.
This time her dream brought her to a restaurant lit by candlelight. Hermione was sitting at one end of a rather long dining table. The table was covered with a dark blue tablecloth with gold trim. In the center of the long rectangle table, was a bouquet of roses and baby's breath in a vase. She glanced up the table and saw a figure with platinum blond hair that shone in the candlelight. It had to be Draco, it just had to be. He had been haunting (in a good way) her dreams for months now. There was no one else it could be. He tapped the table with his wand. The table suddenly started to retract towards the vase of flowers. Hermione's chair also drew forward with it. Now they we about 3 feet away from each other. Like she suspected, it was Draco.
He pushed his chair out, stood up and picked the flowers from the vase and walked around to her side of the table. With his free hand, her helped her up from the table and handed her the flowers. She smiled graciously and thanked him. He re-took her hand in his, it fit perfectly, and led her to an isolated corner of the room. He slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her into him. They fit together like two lost pieces of a puzzle. With his index finger, he raised her chin up to level her lips to his. And like in all of her dream, her kissed her, very deeply. But this time, this kiss, was different. A better kind of different though.
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At the same time, back in reality, Draco was finishing up his Astronomy homework. "...Jupiter's Moon Io is covered mostly with active volcano's. The magma cools on the surface of the moon and encrusts it with ash. Io is one of Jupiter's larger moon's, which means it's gravitational pull is..." he put the finishing touches on his work on Io, and collapsed back onto his bed. "Finally finished!" Draco drew in a great breath and exhaled deeply. "What time is it anyway? Only 9:15? Wow, feels so much later. Hmm...what to do, what to do. Well, I did skip dinner to get this stupid Io report finished, so, guess I can go to the kitchens and grab something to eat. Yea, that sound's good. And, any first years on the way better watch out."
Draco pulled back on his cloak and went out the door. He walked down the spiral staircase closest to his room and walked towards the door without even passing a glance towards Hermione. 'Why the hell hasn't she said anything?' he turned around to find her curled up on a chair under the afghan. 'She's so adorable. She looks so innocent.' Draco leaned on a char across from her and just looked at her for a second before he left. He wished he could keep this moment etched in his memory forever.
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Back in dreamland, Hermione and Draco were still standing together in the corner. He was holding her close to his body. His arms were wrapped around her slender waist and her arm's were latched around the back of his neck. Their chests were pressed together and her head was nuzzled near his shoulder, by the hollow of his neck. "Hermione?"
"Hmmm?" she raised her head and now their eyes were locked into each other's.
"I - I love you."
Hermione smiled at him and ran her fingers through his silky platinum hair. "I love you too. So, so much."
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Draco was still leaning on the chair and was about to leave, when Hermione wasn't just sleeping anymore, now she was also talking in her sleep. 'She has got to stop this. One day she is going to say something that she wouldn't want anyone, like me, to hear.' Draco smiled to himself and shook his head.
"I love you too. So, so much."
"HUH?!?!?!?" Draco's curiosity got the best of him and instead of leaving as intended, he took a seat. 'Like I said before, she going to say something one day that isn't supposed to be heard. I wonder whom she is talking too? Potty? Weasel?' he hoped not. He hoped it was him.
"Mmm, you're so gorgeous, kiss me again Draco." Draco leapt up out of his chair in shock, his eyes wide as saucers. He realized something; this was his chance, his sign. That she liked him. Walking over to his Sleeping Beauty, he placed a hand on each of the armrests of her chair and leaned over her. He lightly stroked her cheek and whispered in her ear, "Let me kiss you Hermione."
Hermione's eyes fluttered open. "Draco! I mean - erm - Malfoy! What are you doing?!?
"You were talking in your sleep again Hermione. And I heard that you want me to kiss you. And, well, as you have heard, I want to kiss you as well. May I have my wish?" Draco leaned down towards her mouth to steal a kiss but she turned her head and pushed him away.
"What are you playing at Malfoy? Please, just go, leave me alone."
"Hermione, I am being serious, I want to kiss you. Please Hermione."
"Wha - ? You are calling me Hermione. Why?"
"Yes I am. And, I want to kiss you. I have for a while. I like you, I like you a lot, Hermione." he leaned down and hugged her. "I hope that you meant what you said, about, me kissing you. Because I do want to."
"Oh, god, Draco, I did. I did mean it. With all of my heart. Hermione sat up and latched her arms around Draco's neck.
Draco wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into him. He started into her hazel eyes, bowed his head towards hers and brushed their lips lightly together. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. After all of this waiting and patience, he just had to have her. Draco pulled her into a deep kiss.
When Hermione finally needed to come up for air, she pulled her head back and licked her lips. "You taste like strawberries." Draco said sweetly to her, the corners of his lips forming into a smile. Hermione was now finally in her utopia. Draco hugged her and sat down next to her.
They sat there together for what seemed like eternity. Occasionally Draco would wrap his arm around her shoulder or waist and pull her closer to him. Hermione rested her head on his shoulder. They talked about how much they liked each other this past year, how they didn't want to tell each other because of their differences and how they were afraid of how the other would react. Basically just anything that involved the two of them. "Hermione?"
"Mm-hmm?"
"Er, you know, you know you can't tell Potter and Weasly about this. Right? Because I know for a fact that they will hex me or something like that if they ever find out about us."
Hermione covered he face with her hands. "Oh my god!"
"It's okay, I just wanted to make sure that you knew not to."
"No, no. It's not that, it's just that I was supposed to meet them at 11 o' clock. What time is it now?"
"It's" Draco looked over at the clock. "12:30"
"Damn. Should I still go to see if they are still there waiting for me? Yea, I should." Hermione got up and attempted to grab her cloak in front of her. Draco grabbed her wrist (lightly).
" 'Mione, no, they probably already left. Stay."
Hermione sat back down and kissed his cheek. "Yes, your probably rite. Well, anyway, it doesn't matter now. I'm not going to tell them."
"What were you going to tell them?"
"Well...I, I was going to tell them how I felt - feel about you."
"Not a very smart move Hermione. I couldn't have imagined what they would have tried to do to me. Because, you know, I can beat Potter or Weasly anytime I'd like."
"Draco. Don't start."
"Sorry love." he picked up her hand and kissed it.
"It's getting kind of late. Maybe we should turn in?"
"Well, we could sleep on the couch, together, if you'd like? Because I know I wouldn't turn that down." Draco laughed at his joke.
Hermione smiled at this. "I'd love that Draco." They both laid down and cuddled up on the couch together, Hermione in front. After another 'Good Night' kiss, they dozed off in each other's arms.
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At the same time, 12:45, Harry and Ron were still waiting for Hermione in the Astronomy Tower.
"She should have been here by now." Ron kept saying constantly looking up and down the dark staircase leading up to the tower.
"Ron that's about the 18th time that you've said that. And stop looking down the stairs, it's getting annoying. She probably got held up doing homework. You know how she is Ron."
"Well, if it was as important as she said it was, and we had to meet here at like - what time is it?"
"Erm, after midnight."
"After midnight, She would have been here already by now. Something might have happened to her, maybe we should go check on her, come on." Ron started for the door.
"No, Ron. First of all, we don't know what she needed to tell us. Second - "
"Well Harry if she couldn't tell us before it had to be important."
"Okay, okay good point Second, we have no clue where the Head Boy/Head Girl Tower is. And third, don't you think she would be upset with us, for worrying about her again? Let's just go back to Gryffindor Tower. We'll see her tomorrow at breakfast. Then we could ask her about it. Come on, let's go."
"Yea, but -"
"No, no but's Ron. Let's just go." Harry pulled Ron back under the invisibility cloak
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The next morning Hermione and Draco woke the same time. They took showers, got dressed and left together to the Great Hall.
When Hermione and Draco were a hallway away from breakfast, Draco pulled Hermione into a dark corner where they could not be seen and he kissed her goodbye. They separated and walked their separate ways to the Great Hall. Draco arrived first and went over to Slytherin table. Hermione appeared two minutes later and walked to Harry and Ron. Hermione glanced over too Draco who had just sat down between Goyle and Pansy, who turned away as soon as he had seated himself.
"So where were you last night Hermione? Huh?" Ron said with a tone of anger in his voice.
"Er, well...I - I got tied up with all of my homework. I had so much too do last night." Hermione stared nervously in her lap. "And, you know, with Dr - Malfoy constantly bugging me, it was near impossible to get finished. But, I did."
Ron was about to ask Hermione why Malfoy had been bugging her "Why the f-" When Harry cut him off before he could goon and piss Hermione off again.
"So...what time did you get to bed last night 'Mione?" Hermione thought about the night before, the wonderful night before. She could barley remember what time she - they got to bed before. The time seemed to pass so fast. "Er...somewhere around 12:30 I think."
"Well we were still waiting for you at 12:45! You still could have came."
"God calm down Ron!" Harry yelled to his redheaded friend.
"Ron what is your problem? I thought that you would have left already. It's not my problem that you waited for me! I'm sorry alright?" Hermione yelled back at Ron.
"Okay, okay, both of you! Calm down!" Harry said to both his friends. Ron and Hermione stopped their bickering. "Anyways, Hermione, what is it that you needed to tell us?"
"Nothing, nothing Harry. Forget I ever mentioned it." she said glaring back at Ron. Luckily right then the bells rang for first class, so Harry and Ron could not ask her any more questions about last night. Ron stormed out of the Great Hall before Harry and Hermione even got up from the table. Harry and Hermione gathered up their belongings and walked to Potion's together.
"I wonder what type of potion Snape is making us brew today. Probably something stupid."
"I hope it's a mouthwash potion. Snape needs as much of that as he can get. Well, it doesn't actually matter 'Mione, as long as we get to pick our partners this time. I can't stand another day with Pansy. She is such a bitch! Can't mind her own business." Hermione laughed at what Harry had said.
They walked into class and saw that Ron was already there. He was hovering over a notebook, which he snapped shut right away when he had seen Harry and Hermione. 'Phew. That was a close one.' Ron thought as he put his notebook away and pulled out his 7th year potion's book. He took out a quill and an ink bottle too. He looked up at Snape when he was finished.
"Are you ready to begin class yet Mr. Weasly?"
Ron nodded. "Yes professor, I'm sorry."
"Now, today we are going to start a Levitation Potion. Which, if brewed correctly, can levitate any person or object, no matter how heavy, without a wand. Now, I will be assigning your partners."
From these last words Hermione heard Harry say "Once again." and a couple students in the class groaned, she laughed under her breath. After a few names and their partners were announced, Harry, Ron and Hermione's name came up.
"...Weasly-Goyle, Potter-Parkinson, Granger-Malfoy..."
"Oh wonderful!" Harry said sarcastically.
"...Alright! Get into your groups. And I will read off the ingredients." Everyone went into his or her assigned pairs. Hermione went and sat next to Draco. She put a stern look on her face so no one would suspect anything.
"God I want to kiss you so badly." Draco said out of the corner of his mouth.
Hermione giggled softly so that on Draco could hear. "Hello to you too." Snape began to read off the ingredients.
"Take back out you parchments and quills. And I better see all of you writing this down. Here are the ingredients. Half of a Black Fairy Wing, two Turkish Snowy Owl feathers and lastly, 1/4 cylinder of Red Falcon's Blood. Make sure that you write this next part down! It is very important! If you add more than 1/4 of a cylinder, things can go very wrong and someone could get hurt. DO NO ADD MORE THAN 1/4 CYLINDER! I am very serious about this. Okay, now the mixing instructions. Add half of they 1/4 cylinder, crumble u the black fairy wing and add that next. Stir clockwise 7 times. Then, add the 2 feathers and the rest of the contents from the cylinder. Stir counterclockwise 11 times. Cover, simmer over low heat and after it boils for 2 minutes, place it on the back counter labeled with your groups number." Hermione and Draco were group number 7. "Alright. You better have all written this down. Now go. One member come to my desk and gather your ingredients and the other go get a cauldron. We will brew the potions today and test them tomorrow. Go, now!"
"I'll get the ingredients Granger." he sneered at her. Hermione thought it was so adorable the way he was trying to make it like him and her still hated each other.
"Fine. I'll get the cauldron." Hermione turned on her heel and walked to the back counter. Goyle and Crabbe obviously also went up to Snape's desk, because Harry and Ron were at the back.
"Wow, and I thought I had it bad with Pansy."
"Yeah. Same here with Goyle." Ron must have lightened up a bit.
"What are you two talking about?"
"You're stuck with Malfoy as a partner. I thought I had it bad with Pansy. We'll pray for you 'Mione."
Hermione laughed. "Thanks Harry. But I don't think that I'll need it."
"What do you mean Hermione? He's like a Dementor. He can suck the happiness out of someone. Even though we all know that he will become a Death Eater and not a Dementor."
"Ron!" Hermione said seriously. "I can handle him. Draco's not that bad - "
"Yet" Ron cut her off.
Hermione just ignored him. "I gotta head back over to Draco. See ya guys." Hermione held the cauldron against her stomach and turned around and went back to set up.
Ron's eyes were nearly popping out of his head, Harry's were too. "Draco?" they said to each other.
"Since when has she called Malfoy Draco?"
"She almost called him that this morning too Harry. Didn't you hear her?" Harry shrugged his shoulders and went back to Pansy. Ron also went back to Goyle still thinking about Malfoy's first name escaping Hermione's lips. He never thought he'd see the day that would happen.
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When Draco returned with the ingredients, they added and mixed them quickly but carefully together. When they had finished, Draco said he had something to ask Hermione.
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A/N- Yay!!!!!!!! Finally I finished. Sorry this one took long to come out. It's longer than the other chapters, I think. But I think it's a pretty good one. Wudda you think? Tell me. So please, review, I'm like in review denial. I haven't gotten a review since chapter 2! That stinks. Okay, so next chapter is a key chapter, it's very important. It should be pretty good! I am begging u to R&R so please do! Thanks! Bye!
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Chapter 5: Reality
Hermione walked into the common room, sat down and pulled out her Muggle Studies homework.
"List five muggle devices, generated by electricity, how they work (from the electricity), and what they do. God, could this be worded anymore confusing? Er...let's see there's the tele, the computer, telephone, radio and the er...well...oh, refrigerator." Hermione jotted down her ideas and brainstormed about the rest of the essay.
When almost finished with her essay, Draco came in from his usual nightly patrols around the halls. Mostly to try and pick fights with first years. "Oh, what else is new?"
"I beg your pardon Malfoy? What may I ask are you talking about?"
"You, your homework. You doing your homework, like usual."
"Oh, yea...right. I see."
"Well, I guess mudbloods do have to try as hard as they can to get excepted in the wizarding world." he started to walk up to his room "But..." he turned and faced her "they never will." Draco smirked and continued up to his room.
"Shut the hell up you bastard!" Hermione hissed quietly through grinted teeth.
Draco's hand was on the handle when he whipped around to her. "What was that Granger?" he spat.
Hermione bowed her head down to her essay. "Nothing. Nothing Malfoy. Just - just go! Leave me alone."
"Yea, that's what I thought Granger. So, while you attempt to smarten yourself more, I will be upstairs."
"And why would I care where you are going to be?" Draco ignored her and closed his door behind him.
Later that night when she had almost finished her last homework, Transfiguration, her eyelids began to grow heavy. She still had about 2 hours until her date to meet Harry and Ron. She had to tell them sooner or later, they would eventually find out. Hermione placed her Transfiguration paper on the oak table in front of her and got lost in her thoughts 'How am I going to tell them? Should I just get straight to the point? How are they going to react? Oh god, I do not want to do this!' she let out a little whine. 'I cannot believe I am actually going to go through with this. I've got to thought' before she knew it her eyelids were drooping down. She figured that she better rest up before her date with destiny. She would need all of the rest she could get. Draco was away in his room so it would be safe. And it couldn't hurt to have one more sweet dream to occupy her mind with. Could it?
Hermione pulled the afghan up to her neck and curled up under it. She had fallen asleep almost instantly.
This time her dream brought her to a restaurant lit by candlelight. Hermione was sitting at one end of a rather long dining table. The table was covered with a dark blue tablecloth with gold trim. In the center of the long rectangle table, was a bouquet of roses and baby's breath in a vase. She glanced up the table and saw a figure with platinum blond hair that shone in the candlelight. It had to be Draco, it just had to be. He had been haunting (in a good way) her dreams for months now. There was no one else it could be. He tapped the table with his wand. The table suddenly started to retract towards the vase of flowers. Hermione's chair also drew forward with it. Now they we about 3 feet away from each other. Like she suspected, it was Draco.
He pushed his chair out, stood up and picked the flowers from the vase and walked around to her side of the table. With his free hand, her helped her up from the table and handed her the flowers. She smiled graciously and thanked him. He re-took her hand in his, it fit perfectly, and led her to an isolated corner of the room. He slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her into him. They fit together like two lost pieces of a puzzle. With his index finger, he raised her chin up to level her lips to his. And like in all of her dream, her kissed her, very deeply. But this time, this kiss, was different. A better kind of different though.
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At the same time, back in reality, Draco was finishing up his Astronomy homework. "...Jupiter's Moon Io is covered mostly with active volcano's. The magma cools on the surface of the moon and encrusts it with ash. Io is one of Jupiter's larger moon's, which means it's gravitational pull is..." he put the finishing touches on his work on Io, and collapsed back onto his bed. "Finally finished!" Draco drew in a great breath and exhaled deeply. "What time is it anyway? Only 9:15? Wow, feels so much later. Hmm...what to do, what to do. Well, I did skip dinner to get this stupid Io report finished, so, guess I can go to the kitchens and grab something to eat. Yea, that sound's good. And, any first years on the way better watch out."
Draco pulled back on his cloak and went out the door. He walked down the spiral staircase closest to his room and walked towards the door without even passing a glance towards Hermione. 'Why the hell hasn't she said anything?' he turned around to find her curled up on a chair under the afghan. 'She's so adorable. She looks so innocent.' Draco leaned on a char across from her and just looked at her for a second before he left. He wished he could keep this moment etched in his memory forever.
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Back in dreamland, Hermione and Draco were still standing together in the corner. He was holding her close to his body. His arms were wrapped around her slender waist and her arm's were latched around the back of his neck. Their chests were pressed together and her head was nuzzled near his shoulder, by the hollow of his neck. "Hermione?"
"Hmmm?" she raised her head and now their eyes were locked into each other's.
"I - I love you."
Hermione smiled at him and ran her fingers through his silky platinum hair. "I love you too. So, so much."
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Draco was still leaning on the chair and was about to leave, when Hermione wasn't just sleeping anymore, now she was also talking in her sleep. 'She has got to stop this. One day she is going to say something that she wouldn't want anyone, like me, to hear.' Draco smiled to himself and shook his head.
"I love you too. So, so much."
"HUH?!?!?!?" Draco's curiosity got the best of him and instead of leaving as intended, he took a seat. 'Like I said before, she going to say something one day that isn't supposed to be heard. I wonder whom she is talking too? Potty? Weasel?' he hoped not. He hoped it was him.
"Mmm, you're so gorgeous, kiss me again Draco." Draco leapt up out of his chair in shock, his eyes wide as saucers. He realized something; this was his chance, his sign. That she liked him. Walking over to his Sleeping Beauty, he placed a hand on each of the armrests of her chair and leaned over her. He lightly stroked her cheek and whispered in her ear, "Let me kiss you Hermione."
Hermione's eyes fluttered open. "Draco! I mean - erm - Malfoy! What are you doing?!?
"You were talking in your sleep again Hermione. And I heard that you want me to kiss you. And, well, as you have heard, I want to kiss you as well. May I have my wish?" Draco leaned down towards her mouth to steal a kiss but she turned her head and pushed him away.
"What are you playing at Malfoy? Please, just go, leave me alone."
"Hermione, I am being serious, I want to kiss you. Please Hermione."
"Wha - ? You are calling me Hermione. Why?"
"Yes I am. And, I want to kiss you. I have for a while. I like you, I like you a lot, Hermione." he leaned down and hugged her. "I hope that you meant what you said, about, me kissing you. Because I do want to."
"Oh, god, Draco, I did. I did mean it. With all of my heart. Hermione sat up and latched her arms around Draco's neck.
Draco wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into him. He started into her hazel eyes, bowed his head towards hers and brushed their lips lightly together. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. After all of this waiting and patience, he just had to have her. Draco pulled her into a deep kiss.
When Hermione finally needed to come up for air, she pulled her head back and licked her lips. "You taste like strawberries." Draco said sweetly to her, the corners of his lips forming into a smile. Hermione was now finally in her utopia. Draco hugged her and sat down next to her.
They sat there together for what seemed like eternity. Occasionally Draco would wrap his arm around her shoulder or waist and pull her closer to him. Hermione rested her head on his shoulder. They talked about how much they liked each other this past year, how they didn't want to tell each other because of their differences and how they were afraid of how the other would react. Basically just anything that involved the two of them. "Hermione?"
"Mm-hmm?"
"Er, you know, you know you can't tell Potter and Weasly about this. Right? Because I know for a fact that they will hex me or something like that if they ever find out about us."
Hermione covered he face with her hands. "Oh my god!"
"It's okay, I just wanted to make sure that you knew not to."
"No, no. It's not that, it's just that I was supposed to meet them at 11 o' clock. What time is it now?"
"It's" Draco looked over at the clock. "12:30"
"Damn. Should I still go to see if they are still there waiting for me? Yea, I should." Hermione got up and attempted to grab her cloak in front of her. Draco grabbed her wrist (lightly).
" 'Mione, no, they probably already left. Stay."
Hermione sat back down and kissed his cheek. "Yes, your probably rite. Well, anyway, it doesn't matter now. I'm not going to tell them."
"What were you going to tell them?"
"Well...I, I was going to tell them how I felt - feel about you."
"Not a very smart move Hermione. I couldn't have imagined what they would have tried to do to me. Because, you know, I can beat Potter or Weasly anytime I'd like."
"Draco. Don't start."
"Sorry love." he picked up her hand and kissed it.
"It's getting kind of late. Maybe we should turn in?"
"Well, we could sleep on the couch, together, if you'd like? Because I know I wouldn't turn that down." Draco laughed at his joke.
Hermione smiled at this. "I'd love that Draco." They both laid down and cuddled up on the couch together, Hermione in front. After another 'Good Night' kiss, they dozed off in each other's arms.
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At the same time, 12:45, Harry and Ron were still waiting for Hermione in the Astronomy Tower.
"She should have been here by now." Ron kept saying constantly looking up and down the dark staircase leading up to the tower.
"Ron that's about the 18th time that you've said that. And stop looking down the stairs, it's getting annoying. She probably got held up doing homework. You know how she is Ron."
"Well, if it was as important as she said it was, and we had to meet here at like - what time is it?"
"Erm, after midnight."
"After midnight, She would have been here already by now. Something might have happened to her, maybe we should go check on her, come on." Ron started for the door.
"No, Ron. First of all, we don't know what she needed to tell us. Second - "
"Well Harry if she couldn't tell us before it had to be important."
"Okay, okay good point Second, we have no clue where the Head Boy/Head Girl Tower is. And third, don't you think she would be upset with us, for worrying about her again? Let's just go back to Gryffindor Tower. We'll see her tomorrow at breakfast. Then we could ask her about it. Come on, let's go."
"Yea, but -"
"No, no but's Ron. Let's just go." Harry pulled Ron back under the invisibility cloak
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The next morning Hermione and Draco woke the same time. They took showers, got dressed and left together to the Great Hall.
When Hermione and Draco were a hallway away from breakfast, Draco pulled Hermione into a dark corner where they could not be seen and he kissed her goodbye. They separated and walked their separate ways to the Great Hall. Draco arrived first and went over to Slytherin table. Hermione appeared two minutes later and walked to Harry and Ron. Hermione glanced over too Draco who had just sat down between Goyle and Pansy, who turned away as soon as he had seated himself.
"So where were you last night Hermione? Huh?" Ron said with a tone of anger in his voice.
"Er, well...I - I got tied up with all of my homework. I had so much too do last night." Hermione stared nervously in her lap. "And, you know, with Dr - Malfoy constantly bugging me, it was near impossible to get finished. But, I did."
Ron was about to ask Hermione why Malfoy had been bugging her "Why the f-" When Harry cut him off before he could goon and piss Hermione off again.
"So...what time did you get to bed last night 'Mione?" Hermione thought about the night before, the wonderful night before. She could barley remember what time she - they got to bed before. The time seemed to pass so fast. "Er...somewhere around 12:30 I think."
"Well we were still waiting for you at 12:45! You still could have came."
"God calm down Ron!" Harry yelled to his redheaded friend.
"Ron what is your problem? I thought that you would have left already. It's not my problem that you waited for me! I'm sorry alright?" Hermione yelled back at Ron.
"Okay, okay, both of you! Calm down!" Harry said to both his friends. Ron and Hermione stopped their bickering. "Anyways, Hermione, what is it that you needed to tell us?"
"Nothing, nothing Harry. Forget I ever mentioned it." she said glaring back at Ron. Luckily right then the bells rang for first class, so Harry and Ron could not ask her any more questions about last night. Ron stormed out of the Great Hall before Harry and Hermione even got up from the table. Harry and Hermione gathered up their belongings and walked to Potion's together.
"I wonder what type of potion Snape is making us brew today. Probably something stupid."
"I hope it's a mouthwash potion. Snape needs as much of that as he can get. Well, it doesn't actually matter 'Mione, as long as we get to pick our partners this time. I can't stand another day with Pansy. She is such a bitch! Can't mind her own business." Hermione laughed at what Harry had said.
They walked into class and saw that Ron was already there. He was hovering over a notebook, which he snapped shut right away when he had seen Harry and Hermione. 'Phew. That was a close one.' Ron thought as he put his notebook away and pulled out his 7th year potion's book. He took out a quill and an ink bottle too. He looked up at Snape when he was finished.
"Are you ready to begin class yet Mr. Weasly?"
Ron nodded. "Yes professor, I'm sorry."
"Now, today we are going to start a Levitation Potion. Which, if brewed correctly, can levitate any person or object, no matter how heavy, without a wand. Now, I will be assigning your partners."
From these last words Hermione heard Harry say "Once again." and a couple students in the class groaned, she laughed under her breath. After a few names and their partners were announced, Harry, Ron and Hermione's name came up.
"...Weasly-Goyle, Potter-Parkinson, Granger-Malfoy..."
"Oh wonderful!" Harry said sarcastically.
"...Alright! Get into your groups. And I will read off the ingredients." Everyone went into his or her assigned pairs. Hermione went and sat next to Draco. She put a stern look on her face so no one would suspect anything.
"God I want to kiss you so badly." Draco said out of the corner of his mouth.
Hermione giggled softly so that on Draco could hear. "Hello to you too." Snape began to read off the ingredients.
"Take back out you parchments and quills. And I better see all of you writing this down. Here are the ingredients. Half of a Black Fairy Wing, two Turkish Snowy Owl feathers and lastly, 1/4 cylinder of Red Falcon's Blood. Make sure that you write this next part down! It is very important! If you add more than 1/4 of a cylinder, things can go very wrong and someone could get hurt. DO NO ADD MORE THAN 1/4 CYLINDER! I am very serious about this. Okay, now the mixing instructions. Add half of they 1/4 cylinder, crumble u the black fairy wing and add that next. Stir clockwise 7 times. Then, add the 2 feathers and the rest of the contents from the cylinder. Stir counterclockwise 11 times. Cover, simmer over low heat and after it boils for 2 minutes, place it on the back counter labeled with your groups number." Hermione and Draco were group number 7. "Alright. You better have all written this down. Now go. One member come to my desk and gather your ingredients and the other go get a cauldron. We will brew the potions today and test them tomorrow. Go, now!"
"I'll get the ingredients Granger." he sneered at her. Hermione thought it was so adorable the way he was trying to make it like him and her still hated each other.
"Fine. I'll get the cauldron." Hermione turned on her heel and walked to the back counter. Goyle and Crabbe obviously also went up to Snape's desk, because Harry and Ron were at the back.
"Wow, and I thought I had it bad with Pansy."
"Yeah. Same here with Goyle." Ron must have lightened up a bit.
"What are you two talking about?"
"You're stuck with Malfoy as a partner. I thought I had it bad with Pansy. We'll pray for you 'Mione."
Hermione laughed. "Thanks Harry. But I don't think that I'll need it."
"What do you mean Hermione? He's like a Dementor. He can suck the happiness out of someone. Even though we all know that he will become a Death Eater and not a Dementor."
"Ron!" Hermione said seriously. "I can handle him. Draco's not that bad - "
"Yet" Ron cut her off.
Hermione just ignored him. "I gotta head back over to Draco. See ya guys." Hermione held the cauldron against her stomach and turned around and went back to set up.
Ron's eyes were nearly popping out of his head, Harry's were too. "Draco?" they said to each other.
"Since when has she called Malfoy Draco?"
"She almost called him that this morning too Harry. Didn't you hear her?" Harry shrugged his shoulders and went back to Pansy. Ron also went back to Goyle still thinking about Malfoy's first name escaping Hermione's lips. He never thought he'd see the day that would happen.
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When Draco returned with the ingredients, they added and mixed them quickly but carefully together. When they had finished, Draco said he had something to ask Hermione.
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A/N- Yay!!!!!!!! Finally I finished. Sorry this one took long to come out. It's longer than the other chapters, I think. But I think it's a pretty good one. Wudda you think? Tell me. So please, review, I'm like in review denial. I haven't gotten a review since chapter 2! That stinks. Okay, so next chapter is a key chapter, it's very important. It should be pretty good! I am begging u to R&R so please do! Thanks! Bye!
