It's like I can't breathe without you inside of me and I know I let you have all the power
The next morning when Hermione woke up she let out a groan. She was excited to be back at Hogwarts, but didn't really know if she could handle all the work. To make matters worse Draco was in the shower.
"Malfoy!" Hermione yelled banging on the bathroom door "Hurry up I need to get a shower."
"Why don't you join me?" she heard his muffled voice say through the bathroom door.
"Malfoy I mean it! I don't want to be late!" she yelled again and turned around leaning against the wall beside the door.
"Alright, alright" Draco said as he opened the bathroom door "Come in."
Hermione turned around to go into the bathroom and there was Draco, stark naked.
"Oh my gosh! Malfoy why didn't you put a towel on?" Hermione yelled covering her eyes.
"You know you like it" Draco said wrapping a towel around his waist. "Besides it's not like you haven't seen me naked" he smirked unlocking the door to his room and shutting it behind him.
Hermione locked it and then locked her door. She couldn't believe he could be so mean. She turned on the shower and got in, letting the warm water hit her and wake her up. 'He knows that the whole thing was just one big mistake, why can't he just leave it along' she thought to herself. The steam in the shower took her back to that day with Draco.
Flashback
They were making out in a closet in the book store and Draco had begun to unbutton Hermione's shirt.
"We can't do this here" She said out of breath.
"Come on" Draco said grabbing her hand and opening the door. When he saw that it was clear he led Hermione outside. He took her to a dark alley where there was a car that she had never seen before. She didn't even know that you could have cars in the magical world. Draco opened the back door for her.
"Get in" he said and when she did he slid in next to her and began right where they left off. Something inside Hermione kept saying this is so wrong, you have to stop. But something else told her that this felt right, it was the right thing. But as everyone knows Hermione uses her brain to much and though if she had any doubts at all she should stop. She tried to tell Draco but nothing came out. She could only continue kissing him and allowing him to take everything she ever valued away. That was the power he had. He was so bad and so unlike Hermione that she just wanted once to do something that she shouldn't. And did she ever.
Hermione shook her head to get rid of this memory…this memory she wished she didn't have. She wished she could forget it or turn back time and change it. But she knew she couldn't do that. Hermione got out of the shower dried her hair and put on very little makeup. Then she put on her uniform and headed down for breakfast. She knew seeing Harry and Ron would make her feel better. But wait….they didn't know…and she could not tell them. Now she was lying to her two best friends.
"Hey Hermione" Harry greeted her as she sat down next to him.
"Hey Harry, Ron" Hermione said smiling.
"We have Potions first" Ron said sulkily, his mouth full of food.
"Yea I know…but maybe it won't be so bad this year" Hermione said encouragingly.
"Yes it will, Snape will be even harder on us this year" Harry said.
"Maybe not" Hermione said trying to reassure her friends. Then the bell rang.
"Well it's time to find out" Harry said standing up from his seat and the others followed suit.
They walked groggily to Snape's class in the cold dungeon. Of course they had the class with the Slytherin's, and of course they were already there, ready to torment the Gryffindor's.
"Oh look its Potty and the Weasel…with their brainy side kick" Draco snarled while the other Slytherin's laughed. "Have a nice shower Granger?" Draco added.
"Shove off Malfoy" Harry said standing between Draco and Hermione.
"Sit down, all of you!" Snape yelled slamming the door as he walked into class. Everyone took their seats immediately.
"You have all had me in the past years and you know what this class is like. I only except and will only accept your best work and it had better be correct." Snape said glaring down at them with his beady black eyes.
"Your first assignment will be a group activity" Snape began, Harry and Hermione and Ron looked at each other, letting the other know that they could all be in a group.
"I will choose your groups and it will be groups of two" Snape said, a little too much amusement in his voice.
"Harry Potter and Pansy Parkinson" Snape began; Hermione gave Harry and sympathetic look. He continued to name off the partners, Ron ended up with Goyle.
"And finally Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy" Snape finished. Hermione's jaw dropped, she not only had to be in the same dorm with him but now she had to be his partner. This could not get any worse. She looked behind her at Draco and he winked annoyingly at her. Hermione rolled her eyes and gave him a look of disgust.
"The purpose for this assignment is for you to try different potions out on your partner and see what the affects are. You are to record everything that happens to your partner, what they say, what they do, everything. You are also to mix these potions your selves; this will be very extensive testing." He finished then handed out a piece of parchment to each group member that listed the potions and the ingredients that were needed.
On this list were potions such as the truth potion, the lying potion, and the poly juice potion. When Hermione read that one she grinned at Harry and Ron, they all knew how to make it and what would happen if you drank since they had already made this potion in their second year.
After Snape's class they had Care of Magical Creatures then lunch and after that Transfiguration. After all of their classes they had such a horrible work load! Hermione knew she would have to get right to work on Snape's assignment tonight and hoped that she wouldn't have to force Draco to help her. But surprisingly he was already getting things ready to begin their assignment by the time she got to their dorm.
"Come on Granger we have to get to work" Draco said placing test tubes and ingredients on the table in front of the couch.
"Which potion should we do first" Hermione asked
"I already have the ingredients for the lying potion so I guess we should do that one" Draco said sighing.
This potion looked tricky and it took a lot of time, Hermione was having a hard time reading this certain measuring cup, the numbers were very small and it was crucial that they get all of the measurements correct.
"I can't read this bloody thing!" Hermione yelled in aggravation putting it down on the table. She was so stressed out already.
"Calm down Granger, you don't usually get this frustrated. Is it that time of the month or something?" Draco asked not a bit concernedly and Hermione was about to lay into him when something suddenly hit her harder than anything could have.
'Oh my gosh…I'm late!' her mind screamed and her eyes widened with horror.
A/N: HA! A cliffy! I swear I will not let it be this long before I update again! Please leave a review!
-BlackPearl07