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Chapter 8 In Hermione's DormitoryDraco's point of view
Draco couldn't believe it. He was actually sneaking into Grangers dormitory. He's snuck into girls dormitories before, but never did he imagine that it would be Granger's and never would he believe that Granger would be the one who came up with the idea.
They soon reached a portrait of an extremely large lady. Grange glanced at Draco then leaned into the portrait and whispered something in the fat ladies ear. A few seconds later the portrait flung open. As they stepped inside Draco realized that Granger must had whispered the password to the portrait. So Granger doesn't trust me? He thought. Which Draco found extremely strange. She trusted him to come up to her room at night, but she didn't trust him with the Gryffindor password? He guessed he really couldn't blame her though. Just because her and him were getting along didn't mean that he got along with the rest of the Gryffindors and with the Gryffindor password he could do a lot of damage to those he didn't like. Humm he thought. I guess Grangers not as naïve as I thought.
Finally they reached Granger's room. Granger grabbed Draco's hand and lead him to a bed that he figures must have been hers.
" Get on my bed." She whispered. Draco didn't need to be told twice. He got onto and the bed and so did Granger. She closed the curtains and cast a silencing charm. Draco was surprised that she knew to do this and had half a mind to ask her if she had ever snuck a boy in her dormitory before. He wondered if perhaps she had one time snuck wonder boy up here or weasel. Anger burned inside him at that thought. He tried to calm himself down by telling himself that Granger was the top student in their year so of coarse she would be smart enough to put a silencing charm on the curtains without ever having a boy in her room.
Hermione's point of viewHermione couldn't believe this was happening. Malfoy was in her bed. After she placed a silencing charm on the curtains she looked at Malfoy who was starring at her. She had to suppress a giggle. Innocent little bookworm Hermione asking a boy to come back to her room. Malfoy must be in total shock. To Hermione's shock, she didn't ask him to come back to her room to get information out of him. She asked him to come back to her room because she wanted to be near him. Wow, that's pretty screwed up, Hermione thought. Malfoy was still starring at her. She just starred back, She didn't really know what to say or do.
Draco's point of viewGranger was just starring at him. He realized that she had no idea what to do and had to hold back a smile. Granger really was innocent. To Draco's surprise he did something very unlike him. Resisting the urge to kiss Granger he started a conversation with her.
" Granger, how do you do it?" He asked.
" Do what?" She asked confused.
" Know everything. I mean your just a mudb…… muggle and you know more about magic then anyone in our grade." He asked
Granger turned red. " Well I guess I just study a lot."
" Yeah, I do too but I still don't know as much as you."
" Well I guess it's because I don't think of homework and studying as work I think of it as fun. I love learning about the wizarding world. You see I'm not like you. I didn't grow up knowing about magic. I grew up the muggle way and when I found out something like this existed I was fascinated and wanted to learn all I could about it. Also I was afraid that since I am muggle born that some people" She glanced at Draco " Might think that I wasn't as capable of learning magic as someone who wasn't muggle born so I felt that I had to work extra hard at it to I guess prove myself." When she finished she looked down.
" I never told anyone that before." She said. " I guess it's pretty stupid, me feeling I have to prove myself to people."
Draco was in total shock. He never dreamed Granger felt that way. He had always thought Granger to be one of the most confident people he knew. A lot more confident than himself and he had always resented her for that.
"It's not stupid." He said. " I think everyone feels they have to prove themselves."
Hermione's point of viewHermione looked up at him. Surely Malfoy didn't feel he had to prove himself. Well surely he wasn't about to admit it. Hermione had always thought that Malfoy felt he had to show off to get attention, but she never imagined he would admit it.
" My father is one of the most confident people I know. He's powerful and successful and everyone expects me to be just like him. I hate the people my father associates with. People who doesn't give a damn about him. I hate the way he bullies people to get his way, and I hate even more that he supports the Dark Lord. I try very hard to be like him, even know I hate the way he is. I don't even know why I try to be like him. I guess because I just don't know how to live my life any other way. So I try to be like him. I'm turning into him more and more everyday." Said Malfoy.
" That's not true." Hermione said, hardly believing that he was telling all this to her.
" Oh it is. I have friends just like he does. I bully people to get my way like he does and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before my father talks me into supporting the Dark Lord." He said.
" No, if you don't want to support Voldemort you don't have to." She said.
" Granger you don't understand the way it is. I wont have a choice." He said sadly.
" You always have a choice." She said.
" Not when you have a father like mine."
" Well then don't have a father like yours. Malfoy you know where your father is hiding. You could tell someone and get him locked up for life and you would never have to worry about him again."
" I love my father" He yelled. " I don't care if you understand or not. I can't turn in my own father."
Hermione looked at him with eyes full of pity. Then she looked away. A minute or two of silence went by then Hermione said,
" Draco, if you wont turn in your father, then we will just have to find another way from preventing you from joining Voldemort."
Draco's point of viewDraco looked up at her in shock. She had just used his first name.
"Are you saying you'll help me?" He asked unsure.
" Yes I will help you on one condition." She said. Draco raised his eye braw and asked,
" You need to stop calling Voldemort the Dark Lord and use his name because fear of a name only increases fear in the thing itself." She said smugly.
" Alright, Hermione I'll call him Voldemort if you tell me why you would want to help me."
Hermione's point of viewHermione couldn't believe it. He had actually used her first name. She had used his, but she still hadn't expected him to use hers.
" Because I care about you Draco." She said. Draco's eyes widened. But before he could say anything Hermione's lips came crashing down on his.
Draco's point of viewShe kissed him hard and passionate. He wrapped his arms around her. He wanted so much for time to just hold still forever so he and Hermione could just live in this moment for all time. He laid on top of her as the kiss got hotter. Both breathing heavy now. Draco was barely able to control himself from doing more than just kiss, but found that it was harder to control himself with Hermione than any other girl because Hermione cared about him and he cared about …..He broke the kiss and rolled over on his back.
" Is something wrong?" Hermione asked.
" No" Draco lied. " It's just at the rate were going things are going too far and your not ready for that yet." Draco couldn't look her in the eye. He knew he cared about her, but at the same time knew he couldn't. His father would never allow that.
" How do you know I'm not ready?" She asked. Draco's head shut up.
" Because I just know." He whispered. " I better go." He started to get up.
" Wait" Hermione said. " Meet me tomorrow on top of the Astronomy Tower and I'll show you just how ready I am."
Draco nodded and left.
Hermione's point of viewHermione was very confused. She had offered to help Draco, told him that she cared about him, and to her surprise implied that she was ready for things to go further and he just walked away without even giving her a kiss. She figured he was probably just scared. Then she wondered why she wasn't. She wasn't suppose to be feeling this way about Draco. She was suppose to be getting information out of him. And what would Dumbledore say if she told him ' Sorry but I can't get information out of him to help the Order because I have feelings for him' Then an idea hit her. She could still have feelings for Draco and still help the Order because if she got information out of him about Voldemort and it was enough for him to be defeated than it would help Draco.
Draco's point of viewDraco walked back to his dormitory and had never felt worse. For the first time ever he cared about a girl and she cared about him. He liked the way he felt when Hermione and him were together. But he was afraid of disappointing the Dark Lord or Voldemort ( Thinking back to what Hermione had said about the fear of a name.) God she says the cutest things. He thought. God how could he had let this happen. She was suppose to be falling for him, which seemed to working, but he wasn't suppose to be falling for her. When he reached his bed he pulled out a bottle of Vodka. He really needed it tonight.
A/N Thank you so much to all you who took the time to review my story. Well I hope you like how the story is so far, please review and let me know what you think.
