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Chapter 10

Hermione spent her whole day avoiding Draco.

In every class they had in common, she made sure to be the last one to enter the classroom and sit next to anyone but him. She prevented any physical contact, eye contact or any kind of contact at all from happening; in other words, she fled from him like she would have fled from death itself.

This merry-go-round lasted all Friday and when the last class passed, Hermione and Draco hadn't seen anything from each other since the Thursday library's "incident".

After class, Hermione spent two hours in the library searching for clues on the mysterious card she received the day before. She didn't find anything relevant and her research proved to be a true failure. When it was time to join the dueling Club room, she had lost two hours of her life in pointless researches, didn't get any schoolwork done and she was in a terrible mood. She couldn't stop herself from worrying about what was waiting her in less than 24 hours.

Hermione was on her way to the club, walking through the empty corridors when she heard a little bell ringing. She turned back, searching for the source but didn't see anything. She kept walking and heard the same little beautiful sound again. She stopped once more and tried to focus on it. She turned back, and this time she noticed a closed door on one of the corridor's wall. Where this room just came from? She could have sworn it wasn't there few seconds ago. She walked back to the door and noticed some lights filtering from underneath. The little bell sound was louder, now that she was closer to the mysterious room, and it was obviously coming from it. She placed her hand on the handle, hesitant. Should she open it? Her curiosity took over and she opened the door. When she entered the room, the scene rolling out in front of her eyes was beautiful. Dozens of glittery lights were swirling in the air, leaving a trail of golden dust behind them. She could hear different kind of bells ringing and some childlike giggles. The illuminations weren't moving randomly but in a beautiful routine and it looked like a true lighting ballet. The scene was so beautiful and breath-taking it warmed Hermione's heart; she couldn't remember the negative feelings she was having earlier.

Every time she heard a giggle or a bell ringing her smile got a bit wider. She couldn't take her eyes away from the scene, she was completely mesmerized by it.

Soon the spectacle was fading away and the lights vanishing one by one.

"Fairies" said someone beside her.

"Beautiful" she said still smiling. She looked at the person standing next to her; it was Draco. "Oh, it's you" she realised blushing and avoiding his eyes.

"Do you know what you just found Granger?" asked Malfoy

She looked around her, curious "What did I find?"

"You found the Room of Requirement".

She looked at him in chock. "Really!? That's amazing!" she answered enthusiastically. Hermione took a few steps around the room. That's incredible. "I thought this room was a legend. How lucky are we to have found it"

"You found it. I only followed you here because I wanted to talk to you." He said. After a few seconds of them both looking around Draco asked, "But why fairies? The room of requirement is supposed to appear and answer to specific needs"

Hermione stayed silent thinking about what he just said. He was right; why fairies? "Fairies are known for their magical abilities to warm and appease people's hearts. I guess that I was in a bad mood when I walked in that corridor." It was the only thing on fairies she could remember from a book she read in first year.

"Why were you? In a bad mood I mean." asked Draco staring at her interrogative.

She couldn't decide if he was worrying for her or not. "It's nothing important, just something I couldn't find at the library. And now, I guess thanks to the fairies, I feel much better." she answered. "So no need to worry for me Malfoy" she added with a mischievous smile.

"You're right I was worried. You spend your whole day avoiding me. I thought that I did or said something wrong." he answered frowning.

He maybe was worrying for her after all. God how strange their relationship had became she thought.

"I wasn't avoiding you!" she answered, once more blushing. Damn, why did she have to redden so easily. She looked away trying to hide her face from his glare.

"You are doing it just now. You are avoiding my eyes" he said softly.

He drew near her and she felt the warmth irradiating from his body. She was still looking away. He brushed his fingers against her cheek, and made her face him softly. She was facing him now but still looking down. He delicately made her look up still brushing his fingers against her cheek in a caress. They made eye contact and looked at each other for a few seconds. His hand was still on her face.

"Now we are even. No need to be embarrassed because of what happened yesterday at the library. Don't avoid me because of it." He whispered to her.

She nodded. He guessed exactly that she had been thinking about the shameful incident that happened between them at the library. That made her feel a weird sensation in her stomach. She immersed her stare in his silver eyes. God his eyes were gorgeous she thought. And he was so handsome. She put her hand on his which was still resting on her cheek and she brushed her fingers against his.

"What are you doing of this discovery?" he asked.

"I don't know. I think that I will keep it for myself for a while, before sharing it with anyone else" she answered pensive. "Well, keep it to us" she said looking down at his lips. They looked so soft. She surprised herself wondering how it would feel to kiss them. They had this room for themselves after all, she thought. "Would you agree to keep the secret Malfoy?"

He smirked "Your secret is safe with me", he said moving his thumb and brushing it against her lips. Her heart's beat was faster and stronger now. Her lips parted and she let a sigh escape her mouth. She desperately wanted him to kiss her. She desperately wanted Draco Malfoy to kiss her. DRACO MALFOY. KISS. HER. This was terribly wrong she realised.

What was she thinking? What was she doing? She pulled away from him suddenly and looked away. She needed to avoid his eyes for a minute. They were so dangerous! She couldn't think clearly whenever she was looking at them. She had to be careful and quickly regain good sense she thought. She couldn't fall for his charms; she swore to Ginny she wouldn't!

But his touch felt so nice, his glance on her made her feel so desired and his smell made her heart systematically flutter. How could she resist to that? She was desperate for him to kiss her, to touch her, to desire her. But all of these sensations she was feeling were only sign of physical attraction she rationalized. After all, he was handsome and she was a hormonal teenager and therefore having an attraction for him was pure logic. And on the contrary not feeling anything would have been weird she thought trying desperately to convince God knows who.

She could be mature and accept that she had physical attraction for him she thought. She could handle it. It was completely different than developing feeling for this snake. She could herself be as devilish as the Draco Malfoy she knew. She could use him and assuage her unholy curiosity, she thought.

Hermione drew near Draco and looked up timidly at him. She tiptoed and brushed her lips against his cheek, closing her eyes. She delicately dropped a kiss a little too close to his mouth. "Thank you for keeping it a secret". He was looking at her, not letting any of his feelings nor thoughts show. Only his eyes were from a darker grey than usual. Desire? Maybe.

She smiled before leaving him and joined the corridors to get to the dueling room.