Chapter Eight- Used

Draco woke up with a pleasant feeling. He smiled as he remembered last night's events. He couldn't stop thinking about Hermione and about what happened as he dressed. He suddenly remembered that he also told her that he wouldn't call her back to him again, and the smile faded from his face.

Shit, he thought to himself as he considered what he did.

Well that doesn't mean that I won't be with her again Draco smiled at his thoughts.

When Hermione woke up, a sudden small wave of pain took over her. It took her a couple of seconds before she could stand up. She made her way to the bathroom, brushed her teeth and hair and then began to dress herself. She had a headache. The memory that came to her last night played back in her head as well as the event that also took place last night with Draco. She couldn't help it but blush a little. She has gotten intimate with him twice now and they were not even friends.

Or are we? Hermione thought. Probably not.

She finished putting her shoes on, grabbed her bag and made her way down to the Great Hall.

Draco saw her when she entered and made eye contact with her as she looked over to the Slytherin table while walking towards the Gryffindor one. Her eyes twinkled a little and as soon as she saw him, she blushed and looked away. Draco smirked.

"Morning guys" she said as she sat down.

"Morning, Mione" said Harry and Ginny at the same time.

You could barely understand what Ron said since his mouth was full of toast.

"Hermione, I couldn't find you last night after I looked everywhere for you. Where were you?" said Ginny a little worried.

Hermione stopped eating to look at Ginny. She paled a little but recovered quickly and said "Well...I snuck into the library to read. It's easier when it's empty because it's more peaceful"

"Oh, that explains your absence in the dorm. We can talk later, then?" said Ginny.

"Sure thing, Gin" Hermione replied, sighing with relief that she bought it.

Ron wasn't as stupid as some people said he was. He noticed when Hermione paled and when she sighed. There was more to what Hermione told them and he was going to find out.

Ron cared a lot about Hermione and has liked her for five years now. When they were fifth years (last year), they shared a kiss that nobody knew about. They were alone in the common room and it just happened, he stared deeply into her eyes and leaned towards her. She didn't refuse him and they stayed lip-locked for about a minute. They had heard footsteps and stopped. Since then, they have never mentioned the event and decided that it was just showing that they cared for each other as friends.

Ron always thought of it as more than that, but he kept it to himself. After the party, when he saw Malfoy kissing Hermione, he was as jealous as ever even if it was Malfoy. He couldn't believe his eyes at that moment and since, he's been noticing Hermione's change towards them. He suspected that more happened besides that awful kiss and that perhaps something is still happening. He was determined to find out no matter what. He wasn't going to allow Ferret Boy to ruin Hermione.

"Hey, Mione, perhaps after you finish talking with Ginny, we could have a talk?" asked Ron, as sincere and unsuspicious as possible.

"Of course, Ron. Don't tell me its help with your homework again?"

"Trust me, it isn't" he replied.

The morning went peaceful enough except when Hermione had class with Draco. At one point of the classes, there was a moment were Hermione couldn't help but look towards his seat. He always turned around and gave her a small grin and she always returned it. At lunch time, Hermione excused herself from the table to go look for her next period's books on the Gryffindor common room.

When she was walking in a deserted hall, she felt a hand in her shoulder and heard someone whisper into her ear, "Where are you going?"

She definitely knew who that someone was and turned around to face Malfoy. "I'm going to look for my books, I have to go" and she turned and started walking again until she was being pulled behind one of the wall's tapestries where there was a small hole where they could barely fit.

She was against the wall and he was against her, a small amount of light passing through the tapestry. "Not now" he told her.

"Look Dra...Malfoy, I really must look for my books now" she told him, sounding a little nervous.

"Now I'm Malfoy again, Why is that, why not Draco?" he whispered in her ear, licking her earlobe.

"Because Malfoy is the formal way of speaking towards you when it's someone not closely related to me" she said.

He gave a small laugh, "Well then last night you lost your manners and didn't seem to mind calling me Draco"

"I don't know what you're talking about" she whispered, getting more nervous.

Draco backed away to look straight at her eyes, getting angry, "Don't you dare deny what happened between us last night, Hermione! You know very well what I'm talking about" he snapped.

She looked at him scared, "I...I thought yo...you wanted to forget about it s..since its you, I thought you would be...well, embarrassed...because its not just any girl...b...but me" she told him, trying not to cry.

His eyes softened and he got closer to her face. "Look, this is very confusing and I have no idea what we are...but after what happened last night, I can't hate you. Damn it, I want to! Ok? But I can't"

"What about the night of the party? Why didn't you tell me what happened between us then?" she half sobbed.

His eyes widened. She remembered. He messed up big time. "I...I used it to my advantage. Since you didn't remember and might have felt guilty back then, I used that as an opportunity to...to use you".

Draco felt sudden pain as Hermione slapped him hard on his left cheek. "I can't believe you! How could you! So, was this a bet or something? So you could tell your Slytherin followers that you screwed the mudblood? I cant believe I even thought for a second that you could actually care!" She was crying now and tried to make a run for it, but found herself pinned against the wall again.

"No, Hermione, listen! It wasn't like that. I told you that I used it to my advantage because it was the only way that I could be with you again. At first it was just because you were so tempting and so beautiful. But it turned out to be so much more than that", he tried to dry her tears put she pulled away.

"Hermione, it's the truth, I swear!" She stared at his eyes to try to see truth in them. She could see that he was being honest but she couldn't just let him win so fast.

"Prove it"

And with that she managed to get off his grip and run towards the common room.

A/N: Another chapter done. If you guys haven't noticed I love writing, so I'm basically updating every day or two days between each chapter. I'm really working hard to make this story interesting, so please tell me if it is.