First off, thank you PrincessXXMoonXX, Mindy, and FallenAngel-1388. At last, some reviews. Also to Mindy, thanks for the tip, the first several chapters were written less detailed because they were originally going to be flashback chapters, but I changed my mind. I also never changed the chapters so hopefully these will be better, thanks again.

Crazy. That's what he was, crazy. Off the charts, out of his mind, insane. 'How could I have fallen asleep on her bed? With her in it?' Draco paced his bedroom, one hand holding his now aching head. 'Merlin, now she's gonna think I was takin' advantage of her, and,'

"Arrrggghh! Why do I always have to be a fuckin' idiot?" Draco sat down on his bed and buried his face in his hands. As soon as he shut his eyes Hermione's face popped into his head. No matter how guilty he felt, there was no denying that he really enjoyed it. Sitting there on the bed he allowed his mind to wander as far as how great it would feel to wake up like that every morning, before he stopped himself and went down to breakfast.

Down the hall in the head girl's room, a similar situation was unfolding.

'I practically forced him to stay, now he must think I'm some floose who'll throw herself at anyone. I gotta get outta here. I need something to eat.' Hermione opened her bedroom door to an awkward silence. Standing down the hall stood Draco, wearing an unreadable face.

"Hey." He blurted out. 'Nice going genius.' Hermione wasn't sure how to react. To just ignore him would be unfair, but if they acted like this morning never happened, now there was a solution. And it was the choice she picked.

"Hey back atcha. I'm starving, come on let's eat." It took a moment for her plan to process in his head, but he caught on quickly.

"After you milady." Draco gave an exaggerated bow, which caused them both to break out in laughter. 'Thank Merlin that's over,' he thought as he held the door for her. How wrong he was.

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After the fiasco last week, Draco had taken extra precautions to avoid situations with bedrooms, and falling asleep anywhere near each other. While he was grateful Hermione deduced the need for a cover-up, he still wished deep down that they didn't need to forget it. It was sometimes scary actually, like last night when they were studying on the couch. At least three times he stopped himself from just reaching over and snogging her brains out.

"No! Stop it, don't! Please father!" Draco sat strait up in bed, and frantically looked around until he was absolutely sure he was in his room. "Merlin, that seemed real." He rubbed his hands over his face to find he was drenched in sweat, his clothes were stuck to him as well. Deciding that there was no way he could go back to sleep tonight, he got up to change and rinse off. He stripped on his way to the bathroom, grabbing a clean set of pj bottoms to change into. The cool water felt good on his face, and neck. He turned the tap off and was just about to pull on his bottoms when a small scream almost made him fall over.

He jerked his head around looking for the source. His eyes landed on Hermione's door. 'Oh no, no Draco. You can't go in there, remember your rules.'

"I'm just gonna take a peek." He muttered to himself as he walked over to her door and cracked it open a little. In the darkness he could barely make out her figure tossing about on the bed. He stepped inside her room, ignoring the warning bells going off in his head. She was mumbling something and he wanted to hear.

"Get off, please…you're hurting me…no go away!" Draco couldn't take it anymore, he couldn't sit there and let her suffer like that. He quickly made it to her bed and sat down on it slightly shaking her. Her mumbling became incoherent, as she became more frantic. After yelling her name a few times her eyes finally opened. They flew around the room looking scared and lost, coming to rest on Draco. He gave her a pitiful smile and she began to cry.

"It's okay, I'm here. It was just a dream, that's all, a silly dream." He scoped her up and held her close. Her head resting on his chest, as he slowly rocked her.

'Holy fuck. What am I doing?' No matter how much he wanted to, he would not have a repeat of last week. So as her tears subsided, he let her back down onto her bed, keeping his eyes diverted to avoid temptation. When he stood up from the bed though, he felt her hand wrap around his wrist, forcing him to look back at her.

"Draco I-I want to ask you a favor." Her pale face looked angel like in the moonlight.

"Hermione, I'd do anything for you, just name it."

"Sleep here with me tonight." It was a simple request, but it took everything she had. His doubtful look made her worry. "I mean-not sleep with me but lay here with me, like you did a week ago." Draco was speechless, 'surely she's not asking me this'. "I know we haven't talked about it, that's mostly my fault, and I don't know what it means but when you slept with me, I actually felt safe. That's something I haven't felt in a long time." When he still didn't answer, she looked crestfallen. "If you don't want to I under-"

"No, I want to. It's only, are you absolutely sure? I feel the same way too, about last week I mean. I've been too scared to admit it though. But, yeah, I'll stay." He stopped rambling at her amused expression, and came back over to the bed.

It was the most awkward thing he had ever done, climb into bed with a mutual friend, but at the same time it felt oh so right. Hermione raised the covers and scooted back to allow him room. He was about to crawl in when he noticed something, he had never put a shirt on.

"Um, Hermione, I'll be right back. I need a shirt." When she finally saw it too she blushed. 'Thank Merlin he can't see my face in the dark.'

"Yeah, of course." When he returned he climbed into the bed. Unexpectedly Hermione pulled herself back over to lie next to Draco. Cautiously he wrapped his arms around her, and the two were asleep instantaneously.

The summer went by quicker than anyone would have imagined. After the homework was completed the rest of their time was spent exploring, or helping out teachers with various tasks. The nights were one thing that was the same. Sharing a bed had become the normal way by now. While both teens knew if anyone found out they'd shit a brick, the possibility of losing this new found comfort seemed worth the risk.

The day before everyone was to arrive, both Draco and Hermione were excited to be announcing their new positions as head boy and girl. Everything was wonderful, all Hermione's friends were happy to see her, and though the smiles they sent at Draco were forced, they were smiles none the less. After everyone was seated and sorted the enormous mass of people tucked into their welcome back feast.

Things seemed to be going swimmingly for everyone but two people, Hermione and Draco. Being around one person for a whole summer then suddenly being pulled apart what not something they had planned for. So the feast was spent with Draco sitting by himself and Hermione pretending to be interested in her friend's summers.

"So the, ah, feast was, nice?" Draco and Hermione had just finished showing the first years to their dorms.

"Yeah, real, nice." It sounded like a lie even to Hermione, but what else was she to say. 'Actually I was miserable, and bored out of my mind, but most of all I wanted to get up and join you at your table,' she didn't think so. So they walked back to their dorms, neither expressing their miserable night.

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One month passed, and so far things seemed to be going smoothly. Classes were a major pain in the ass, but hey it is school. When apparition classes started Hermione and Draco received full marks, seeing as they had already been taught over the summer.

The one class that seemed to only get harder though was transfiguration.

"I don't understand why only half of my rabbit vanishes" Draco complained, Hermione who was sitting next to him on the couch in their common room shook her head and rolled her eyes. Both were doing some last minute studying for the transfiguration quiz they were to have tomorrow.

"Because, your pronunciation skills are about as advanced as Ron's" Draco looked up at Hermione with a shocked expression.

"That hurt. Really, I may never recover from a blow like that." She gave him a smile and went back to her scribbling. Draco continued to watch her. There was just something about her that Draco couldn't get enough of. Yeah she was beautiful, but that wasn't all of it, her personality captivated him. As much as he hated to admit it, he was falling for her.

Out of the corner of her eye Hermione noticed Draco staring at her. She turned her head to look him strait in the eye.

"Can I help you?" she joked. This snapped Draco out of his trance; he mumbled a sorry as he turned back to his book. Hermione continued to smile.

"Hey listen, how bout we take a little break? It's been what, four hours?"

"Merlin, I thought you were never going to say that." Draco quickly shut his book and set it down on the table.

"Don't sound so depressed." Hermione rolled her eyes sarcastically. Draco smirked at her as he took her book and set it on the table next to his. She gave him a confused look and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Resting," he simply replied as he lay his head down in Hermione's lap, and stretched out on the rest of the couch. "Mmm…this feels nice."

"I bet it does you turd. I guess I'll just sit here and be you're cushion."

"Gee thanks Hermione, you're a real pal." Draco mumbled, taking her hand and holding it on his chest as he fell asleep. Hermione thought about waking him up but decided to skip his whining tonight and propped her feet up on the table instead. That was how the two rested, that was how they slept, and that was how Ron and Harry found them the next morning.

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