Ch. 3: A Nightmare Come True

Draco POV

Draco looked at Hermione's sleeping figure and sighed to himself. The darker part of his mind whispered to himself 'take her now, while you have the chance' but another part of his mind whispered to himself 'she means more to you than the other girls, she's different from the rest, better than the rest and deserves better than the rest' Draco shook his head, 'no I couldn't do that to her', but that didn't stop him from laying down next to her and falling asleep, but was awoken later that night by Hermione snuggling into his shoulder and burying her head in his chest to escape the now below 20 degree weather. He wrapped his arms around her waist and covered them both with his robes. He smiled to himself and fell asleep quickly.

Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape had been searching for their star students through the night and had come at a loss, and were, on top of all that, making attempts to rip each others throat's out.

"Where could they be?" asked professor McGonagall.

"Well lets see their doing the play 'Romeo and Juliet' correct? Well then perhaps they went to get their costumes." Professor Snape stated.

"But the drama costumes have been locked away in a storage compartment that had the door locked and the only other way in was through a secret passage in the Astronomy Tower."

Minerva and Severus looked at each other and both began to run toward the drama department costume storage area. Minerva unlocked it and said "Lumos." And brought light into the room.

Severus and Minerva gasped because there tucked into the corner of the room was none other that Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger nestled together under their robes both snuggling to find warmth, Draco with his arms around her waist, and Hermione burrowing her head into his chest. Minerva opened her mouth but no sound came out.

Severus looked humiliated and said "Good lord I need a drink," and he pulled out a bottle of whiskey and opened the cap.

"Want some?" He asked thinking he already knew the answer was going to be a clear and loud 'no' but he was wrong, Minerva snatched the bottle from his hands and took a large and deep swig of it, and handed it back to him.

"Thank you Severus that was just what I needed."

He stood there looking dumbfounded and pouted a little but took one more glance and Draco and Hermione and drank the remaining half of the bottle.

He muttered to himself "A Slytherin and Gryffindor. Together." He suddenly cried out dramatically "The world is coming to an end!" He cried out sobbing and Minerva looked at him and slapped him "Get a hold of yourself man, this wasn't uncommon when Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin we're friends in fact it was quite common maybe now Hogwarts is coming back into balance with the old alliance." The Minerva looked at the couple again and brought out a bottle of brandy "Or maybe you are right and the world is coming to an end after all." She took a swig of it and offered it to Severus.

Hermione, hearing voices woke up sleepily and found she couldn't move. She looked to see what was keeping her and her eyes widened when she realized Draco's arms were rapped tightly around her waist she shrieked in anger and grabbed her baseball bat and pounded into his stomach.

His eyes shot open. "HOW DARE YOU! YOU. YOU INSUFFERABLE, SLIMY GIT!" She cried out and hit him in the head immediately knocking him out. She grabbed her things and, ignoring her two dumbfounded teachers, ran back to, not the head girl dormitory, but to the Gryffindor boys dormitory and pounced on Harry in his sleep and curled into bed next to him, crying.

Harry jumped up startled and saw Hermione crying he sat down next to her and patted her shoulder, he opened his arms, and she rushed into them and started crying. He hugged her and spoke softly "What did Malfoy do this time?" She looked up at him startled, and then mentally kicked herself, she should have known Harry would know her better than that, she immediately started crying again.

Ron woke up sleepily to see Hermione crying into Harry's shoulder and mouthed to him 'what's she crying for, and what's she doing here?' Harry simply mouthed back 'don't know, Malfoy did something'.

Hermione soon fell asleep crying into Harry's shoulder, he tucked her into his bed, and lay down on the floor.

Meanwhile Minerva and Severus had taken Draco to the hospital wing and had taken a deep breath.

Minerva broke the silence "So I guess it was a misunderstanding, thank god."

Severus nodded. "Agreed."

Hermione woke up at 11:00 a.m. and in Harry's bed. She panicked wondering what she was doing there then remembered last night's events and sighed to herself she sat on the bed, and hugged the pillow to herself and sniffled a little bit. Harry walked into the room and sat down next to her.

"You wanna tell me about it?" He asked quietly. Hermione just shook her head. He sighed and smiled and pulled a basket from his bag, Hermione looked in and there was a hot fresh honey bun, a pastrami sandwich, some bertiebotts every flavor beans, and last but not least chocolate frogs.

Hermione smiled weakly at him and hugged him tight. "Thank you." Harry smiled at her. Later on that night it was 5:00 p.m. and he was getting very slicked up. Hermione's eyes widened, he looked fabulous, his raven hair and some how been tamed, he was wearing a white dress shirt with a sleek black jacket and black dress pants and dress shoes to match, and he had new glass's which made him look even hotter.

"Where are you going? Ooooooooo someone's got a date!" Harry's face turned pink and mumbled "Hernameiskayannesarn, shesnewhere."

Hermione chuckled "So where are you two going?"

Harrys face returned to normal color "A new club called 'The Spot'. It's supposed to be the best club in around." Hermione cocked an eyebrow. Harry looked at her "You should come." He said eyeing her for a reaction.

She looked at him and shook her head. "No, No, No, No, No……."She turned around to look at Harry only to find him puppy dog pouting. She groaned "Fine. Sure what ever. When do we leave?"

She asked. "7:00 sharp, don't be late!" She grumbled a little bit then started to get ready.

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