Chapter 1
Secret Relations
Hermione walked out of Charms class. She flickered her gaze around until it finally rested on a certain blonde.
"Draco!" she yelled happily, running towards him.
"What the hell are you doing Granger!" he yelled, pushing her away with disgust.
"Why don't you go shag Weasel or something? Just keep your grimy, mudblood hands away from me!"
Hermione blushed and sulked away from him. She was confused… Had last night, and falling in love with him, all been a dream?
A few minutes later when she was walking down to the Great Hall, the hallways were completely empty. Except, all of a sudden, Draco ran up to her.
"I'm so sorry; I was so terrible to you. You must think I'm such a jerk. Oh God, Hermione, I'm so sorry, "he said.
"But…why?" she asked.
"What do you- oh wait, I see. I just thought that we'd keep our relationship secret for a little while," he explained nervously.
"Why? Are you embarrassed by me?" she asked.
"No, of course not! I feel like shouting to the whole world 'I love her! I love her! Hermione Granger!' but we both know it would never work out. Our friends would never approve! And my father… My mother would love you though. I'm sure she would," he pleaded.
"You're right, Ron would have a heart attack!" she said, causing them both a short fit of laughter.
"I love you so much," Draco said, wrapping his arms around her lovingly.
So, they kissed each other, becoming oblivious to the world around them. And in the world around them there was another person that they never saw there. Ron was standing at the end of the hallway and he had been watching them the entire time.
He ran down to the Great Hall as quickly as he could and sat down next to Harry at the Gryffindor table.
"What's bugging you mate?" Harry asked.
"Oh, NOTHING… Nothing at all… Just sitting… Why? Can't you tell nothing's wrong! Everything's great! Sunshine and daisies with a cherry on top and all that crap…" Ron said crabbily.
A few minutes after that, Hermione walked into the Great Hall, later followed by Draco. Ron made it a point to glare at him the entire time. And, as soon as Hermione sat down, the interrogation began.
"So, 'Mione… Why are you so late? Were you talking to someone… or something?" he asked.
"Umm… I was just going to the bathroom. Anyway… I'm not really hungry so I'll see you two later, I have some studying to do," she lied (very badly I might add).
Hermione got up and left. She ran out of the Great Hall, up the stairs, and right to the portrait of the fat lady. While she got ready to say the password, a few tears sparkled in the corners of her eyes.
"What's wrong dear?" the fat lady asked sweetly.
So, Hermione explained everything to her. She told her about the letters, about falling in love with Draco, about their first kiss, about that morning in the hallway, and (most importantly) about what happened at lunch.
"It's just that I thought everything was going so well!" she cried.
"But now Ron hates me, and he's going to tell everyone… I just don't know how he found out!"
"It'll all be okay honey! Just wait and see! Everything will be fi-" the fat lady started.
"Hermione!" Draco yelled affectionately, running towards her.
"Love, I think Ron knows. You know, about us. He was glaring at me all through lunch," he said, out of breath.
"I know… What should we do?" she asked, and she started to cry harder this time.
"Don't worry, it's not that bad, Love! We just have to trust that Ron won't tell everyone or otherwise we can't keep it a secret anymore," Draco said, trying to soothe her.
"Are you sure? We both know how much he hates you!" Hermione cried.
"It'll work out fine. And maybe I'll try to show him a side of Draco Malfoy that he hasn't met before. I'll try to win over his approval, because 'Mione, you mean the world to me," Draco said.
"Okay, I guess it's worth a try," Hermione said, and Draco kissed her gently on the forehead before leaving for his next class.