The next morning Draco groaned as he woke up and buried his face further into his pillow. He had just woken up from a very arousing dream that involved a certain brunette Gryffindor. Rolling onto his back he ran a hand through his ruffled blond hair and sighed.
Sitting up he pushed back the green curtains surrounding his bed and saw that all of his house mates were still fast asleep. Getting out of bed Draco grabbed his things and walked to the bathrooms to prepare for the long day ahead of him.
He was soon dressed and left for breakfast in the Great Hall.
Strutting out of the dungeons Draco headed into the Great Hall for breakfast. The corridors were quiet, most probably because it was so early in the morning. Classes didn't officially start for another two hours of so. By the looks of it the storm had finally subsided. It was always difficult to tell how the weather was when you slept in the dungeons.
His thoughts then wandered off to the amazing night he had experienced the evening before. If he closed his eyes he could still remember how good she felt against his body. He could hardly wait till tonight.
When he entered the Great Hall Draco slumped down onto a bench at the Slytherin Table and helped him self to some strips of bacon and a slice of toast. He then pulled out his arithmancy notes and placed them on the table beside him so he could look at them while he ate. He had an arithmancy test this afternoon and he wanted to be prepared.
Looking up a few minutes later Draco noticed Hermione was sitting at the Gryffindor table by herself. She was completely immersed in a book of some sort, most probably reading ahead for classes he mused.
An hour of so must have past before he looked at his pocket watch and realized that potions would start in three minutes. Taking one last sip of pumpkin juice he threw his bag over his shoulder and ran towards the dungeons.
By the time he arrived class was already in session. He cursed inwardly but knew fully well Snape had a soft spot for him; he would just have to sweet talk his way out of trouble.
"Mr. Malfoy, how wonderful of you to join us." Snape drawled.
"Professor, I apologize for my lateness I was helping a lost first year find his way to his next class." He replied smoothly.
"Very well Mr. Malfoy ten points to Slytherin for helping a fellow student." Snape replied.
Draco opened his mouth to reply but stopped suddenly when someone ran into him from behind causing him lurch forward and drop his bag, its contents spilling all over the stone floor.
He turned seconds later ready to confront the dickhead that smashed into him only to come face to face with Gryffindor's favourite heroine and the love of his life Hermione Granger.
"Ms Granger what is the reason for your lateness?"
"I'm sorry professor I lost track of time and I. . . ."
"That is not a reason Ms Granger, thirty points from Gryffindor. Now apologize to help Mr. Malfoy and help pick up his things then you may sit down."
"But professor. . . "
"Since you continue to argue with me Ms Granger you can make up for the time you've lost in detention this evening. Now do as I say apologize. "
She looked around the room and saw that the Slytherins were highly amused. The Gryffindor's gave her apologetic glances. Malfoy was looking very smug and had a huge smirk plastered on his handsome face.
"Come now Ms Granger you have wasted enough time already. Hurry up and apologize to Mr.Malfoy." Snape taunted.
Clenching her fists and taking a sharp intake of breath she turned towards Malfoy and said the last two words she thought she would ever say to Draco Malfoy.
"I'm sorry." She whispered.
"What was that Granger?"
"I'm sorry that I ran into you Malfoy."
"Apology not accepted, now hurry up and pick up my things." He ordered, obviously enjoying her discomfort.
"What? I said I was sorry. Professor. . . "She angrily retorted.
"Ms Granger I only told you to apologize I never said anything about Mr. Malfoy accepting your apology." Snape interrupted.
Defeated she ignored the giggles and snide remarks from students and began to pick Malfoy's stuff off the floor, hastily grabbing various quills and scrolls and shoving them into his bag.
"Careful Granger, I don't wont you to damage anything else valuable today." He Snickered.
Shaking with anger and giving a frustrated groan she turned on her heel and went back to her seat.
Meanwhile Draco felt terrible for treating Hermione so horribly but he didn't have much choice, especially when everyone not to mention Snape was watching them. If he didn't treat her somewhat badly people would start asking questions, besides he liked seeing her angry and frustrated. She looked gorgeous like that. Her face all flushed with her hair surrounding her face in vibrant waves. The way her eyes held such passion and emotion, and it was directed at him. He liked that he could affect her in such a way, maybe one day he would affect her the same way she affected him. One day she might but for her to do so they needed to spend time together. He felt like walking up to Snape and beating him to a bloody pulp.
Hermione had detention tonight because of him and that meant they wouldn't be able to study tonight. But maybe they could if . . . . . yes it was perfect all he needed to do was talk to Snape after class.
Eventually class ended and Hermione couldn't wait for it to end. The past week had been terrible and the sooner it was over the better. At least now she had an excuse not to meet Malfoy this evening and she didn't even have to tell him. He was there when she got detention so therefore he already knew they weren't going to meet up. She didn't hate him but she didn't like him either, the less time they spent together the better.
Sorry I haven't updated in so long. I hope you like this new chapter I wrote. I'm sorry for any mistakes, I fixed up a few from previous chapters and as you can see I changed this chapter. Thanks for reading.
