Chapter 8

Draco woke and looked around him, he saw the fire dimmed slightly, he saw pillows all around him and most importantly he saw Hermione tucked close to him. Draco grinned and slowly got up from the couch and walked over to a nearby chair where he could just see Hermione's face in the window light.

Hermione was so beautiful and he had barly noticed before. He had been to busy trying to gain Harry's friendship and then trying to make his friends and his life miserable, but now as he slowly drifted from the life he was used to he realized how oblivioius he must've really been when he was younger. He sighed carefully inhaling trying to stay quiet so he could watch Hermione for a bit longer.

Hermione's eyes fluttered and she saw Draco looking at her with a warm , gentle expression. She smiled softly at him and stetched as she stiffled a yawn lazily.

"Mmm..." Hermione sank back into the couch and watched Draco walk over to her with a wide smile lighting his face.

"Morning Sunshine." Draco sat down and very quickly pecked Hermione's forehead. Hermione blushed and leaned into his chest as he wrapped his arm around her awkwardly.

"Good morning." Hermione muffled into Draco's chest.

"I think I may sound stupid and like an emotional freak, but I think I'm in love with you Hermione Granger." Draco shook lighly with silent laughter.

"I do have that affect on people." Hermione smiled and raised her eyebrows as Draco snickered.

"So you have been putting on an act this whole time, the bluxhing, telling your friend, walking in on Pansy and I..." Draco smiled down at Hermione while she giggled and nodded quickly.

"I think I love you too." Hermione whispered.

"It's interesting how two people from entirely different worlds like eachother so much, what would everyone say." Draco mused.

"Oh my Merlin." Hermione straightened herself still leaning on Draco and clapsed her hand to her mouth as she stared at Draco with a shocked expression covering her face with a pair of wide eyes to match.

"What's wrong?" Draco was baffled.

"You just reminded me about our friends. What are they going to think when they find out that we like eachother? And Pansy... Oh crap Pansy! What are you going to do about Pansy?!" Hermione's voice rose in hysteria.

"Well I can always... uhh..." Draco realized Hermione was right but tried to calm her.

"What are we going to do?" Hermione shot up out of her seat and started pacing the room. She knew that Harry would kill Draco after he had said all those things and then decided that she ok, and Ron... Ron would kill her.

"I'll handle my friends and you handle yours." Draco thought about the look Pansy had given him when Hermione had walked in on them and shuddered and then thought of Crabbe and Goyle placing bets on when Draco and Hermione would fall for eachother.

"Well duh, Draco!" Hermione shrieked as she walked over to the window.

"Don't get upset we have to stay calm, it's not that big of a deal, it just shows that enemies can become closer..." Draco trailed off when he saw that Hermione was crying.

"Okay what are you going to tell your friends?" Hermione sniffled calmy.