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Chapter Five: First Kiss.

Hermione ran into the Gryffindor Common Room, tears falling down her cheeks. She looked up too see the room full of her fellow housemates and realised that this would be the first place Harry or Ginny would come looking for her to plead for her forgiveness. She turned around and pushed the door open to be greeted by Harry and Ginny.

"Hermione please," begged Harry his eyes wide.

"NO!" screamed Hermione glaring at him and Ginny, "I wanted to tell you something important but obviously snogging another woman is more important!"

Hermione shoved Harry out of her way and ran down the steps, avoiding the disappearing one with ease. She fled down the corridor, tears blurring her vision until she came crashing into someone tall and solid.

"Oompf! Granger, what the hell is going on?"

Hermione stepped back to be looking at Draco. She instantly broke down again crumbling too the ground, "EVERYTHING!"

Draco knelt down and gently lifted her up too her feet and led her into one of the empty classrooms nearby. He sat her at a table where she leant forward and cried on while he shut the door.

"Granger? Do you want to tell me why this is the second time I have found you in tears today?" asked Draco kneeling down in front of the desk.

Hermione lifted her head off the table and brushed her hair out of her eyes as she looked at him, "Add seeing your boyfriend snogging your female bestfriend to what I have told you and you tell me how that would make your day even better?"

Draco nodded slowly, "Oh I see… Potter kissed the female Weasley."

"Or she kissed him, I don't know… but I do know that if Harry walked into this room I would give him the worst Hex in the world and would rip Ginny's hair out of her head with my BARE HANDS!"

Draco grabbed Hermione by the arms, "Whoa, calm down Granger. No time to go physco on me."

Hermione took a deep breath and let it out slowly, "Sorry Malfoy."

"As long as you don't go mental at me," he said. Hermione gave him a small smile. "So what are you going to do about Potter and Weaselette?" he asked her.

"Well I will definitely NOT be going out with Harry any more. He hurt me…truthfully I don't know what to do about Ginny…she was my best friend and I thought I could trust her but I guess I was wrong about her like everything else in this stupid world."

Draco nodded, not really knowing what to say to her comment, but just as Hermione opened her mouth to speak Draco smiled at her.

"You told the Weasel we were going out, right?"

Hermione nodded frowning at him, "Why?"

"Would you like to get back at Potter big time?"

"Revenge normally isn't my thing, but in this case I have three people to get back at, so what is your plan?"

"How about I start a rumour you and I made out mega time after I found you in tears?"

"And I admit its true… and it will get back to Harry, Ron and Ginny," said Hermione with a small smile, "I like it."

"Excellent." Draco smiled and left Hermione in the empty classroom. A few minutes later he ran into Pansy Parkinson. With her being the biggest gossip in the school he decided to tell her his little lie.

"Hey Dracy…where have you been?" she asked him in a high-pitched voice.

"Oh well I just found that Mudblood Granger crying…then I made out with her BIG time" Draco hid a laugh.

"WHAT? You made out with a filthy Mudblood? How could you?" She cried in anger.

"Well she was upset so I took advantage of her…she wasn't that bad of a kisser actually…better than you anyway" and he walked off knowing that Pansy would spread this 'News' quick, and he was right. By dinner that night everyone knew about Hermione and Draco's 'kiss.' Harry walked over to Hermione followed by Ginny. Ron was sitting at the Gryffindor Table glaring at all of them. He had also heard the news but couldn't be bothered talking to Hermione about it.

"So is it true? Did you kiss him?" Harry asked rather nastily.

"Yeah and so what if I did? What's it to you? You go around kissing peoples best friends…why shouldn't I kiss someone as well?"

"I may have kissed Ginny but that didn't mean you had to kiss Malfoy. You could have kissed someone who wasn't a traitor" Harry glared at Hermione and stormed off. Ginny looked at Hermione with sadness. What had she done? Why did she have to kiss Harry? Why?

Hermione glared at her and Ginny knew she had to leave. She followed Harry out of the Great Hall. Hermione looked over at the Slytherin table to see Draco smirking as people questioned him as well. He had heard Hermione and Harry's little dispute and only the two of them knew the truth. But even though they hadn't kissed…Draco had the sudden urge to grab Hermione by the waist and do exactly that.

"What am I thinking?" he muttered to himself but in some strange way he knew that he was developing feelings for Hermione…and rather quickly to. Hermione turned back to her dinner and continued eating only looking up as she heard the soft mutter of Draco's voice as he walked past behind her.

"Follow me." he had whispered before leaving the Great Hall with his usual group of friends. Hermione stared after his retreating back and then quickly finished her dinner before leaving the Great Hall herself. She saw Draco standing at the top of the Entrance Hall stairs and he smiled as she approached but turned around and walked off. Hermione knew he wanted her to follow him so she did. Malfoy turned and went into an empty classroom. Hermione reached the same room and Draco had shut the door. She glanced around her to make sure no one had seen her and followed him in locking the door behind her. She turned to be met by Draco who was standing rather close to her. She took a little step back and Draco smiled.

"Scare you did I?" He asked with a laugh. Hermione gave him a look and he sat on one of the tables. She sat down on the table next to him.

"It worked…he believed it…who did you tell to have it get around the school that quick?" Hermione asked him smiling.

"Pansy Parkinson. She's the biggest gossip at Hogwarts so I knew it would get around really quick"

"Yeah well it did. Hopefully it'll die down soon though because it could get back to…You Know Who" Hermione looked suddenly serious.

"So what if it does…He isn't going anywhere…He's hiding in the one spot until he gets wind someone from the Ministry knows where he is and Dumbledore isn't going to tell them. He says Harry has to do this without the ministry. Only the order can help and that's only to fight the Death Eaters anyway."

"Oh…well just in case then…what if he does something to you? I'm meant to be his…what's the right word…"

"Wife?" Draco suggested.

"Yeah his wife. Wouldn't he hurt you if he knew you'd been snogging his future wife?"

"I'm to important to him. I have been giving him information on Dumbledore…all bullshit of course…saying Dumbledore is no where near finding out about him or anything he's up to and the idiot believes me." Draco sniggered at this. Hermione looked at him and smiled. The look in his eyes was one of care and loyalty when he talked about the headmaster. The butterflies in her stomach had been growing stronger and even though they had only been on 'talking terms' for not even a day she knew that she was also developing a crush on Draco.

"Umm…Hermione I…well its just that…maybe we should…well…you know make the…"

"Just spit it out Draco." Hermione laughed because his usual pale face had suddenly gone bright red.

"Well what I'm trying to say is that maybe we should make the rumour I started actually…you know"

"Come true?" Hermione asked knowing what he was trying to say but hoping he would just be a man and ask her.

"Well yeah…we don't have to I just thought maybe you would like to"

Hermione lent in close to Draco and he closed the gap connecting their lips in a slow but passionate kiss. They pulled apart slowly. Hermione looked a little embarrassed.

"Umm…I…I'm…did we just do that?" She asked blushing a little.

"No we didn't…It was in your imagination." He said sarcastically making Hermione laugh. He was good at doing that. He made her feel great about herself but did he feel the same way about her as she did for him? She knew that her feelings for him were growing more and more every time she saw him but how? Why did she have feelings for him? They could never be together. Ever.

"Umm…I have patrol soon…I better go get ready." Hermione quickly left the classroom and hurried off to the Gryffindor Tower. She wasn't sure when Dumbledore would be making them share living quarters but she hoped it wouldn't be to soon because that meant living with Harry of whom she wasn't talking to and he wasn't talking to her either. She reached the portrait of the Fat Lady and muttered the password, "nitwit." The portrait swung open and Hermione climbed in. Harry and Ginny were sitting in front of the fire. Hermione ignored them and went up to her room. Ginny followed her. She knocked on Hermione's door.

"Come in…" she looked up at who was entering, "oh its you…what do you want?"

"I…I'm sorry…its not Harry's fault…I kissed him…I don't know why…it was a stupid mistake…I'm really sorry Hermione I never meant to hurt you…honest" Ginny told her rather quickly.

"Why should I believe you…you kissed my boyfriend and made me feel like crap and after all the things I told you…all the things that are happening to me and you go and do that."

"I'm really sorry Herms…I know it was wrong…please don't hate me" Ginny pleaded with her.

"Get out. I don't want to talk to you or Harry…I hate you both right now…just…just leave." Tears were threatening to fall again but Hermione pushed them away angrily. Ginny left the room and Hermione grabbed some clothes and headed for the shower. After her shower she left the common room for the deputy's office to begin her Headgirl duties for the night.