By daybreak, Hermione was awake, smiling to herself as she remembered last night's events.
"Right, that's it, you're going down!" he said with a smile on his face as he started to tickle her. Hermione went to run away from him, but she had tripped over a chair and fell onto the floor, bringing him down with her. He fell on top of her, making their lips brush together. She was shocked at the feeling but when he kissed her again, she felt butterflies in her stomach.
She was still smiling at the thought.
"He can't like me…" she said to no one in particular. She looked over at the clock on her bedside table. It read 7:30. Lessons would be starting in an hour. She then got up and went into the bathroom to have a quick shower.
When the first rays of sunlight hit Draco's face, he immediately opened his eyes. He felt a sense of discouragement as he pressed the snooze button on his alarm clock. 15 minutes passed and all he could think of was that one precious moment where everything seemed to fit. As he got out of his bedroom (he didn't know how he got there though), he stopped dead in his tracks, for Hermione was standing before him. Lost for words, Draco just stood there and stared at her.
"I want to know something Draco, did last night mean anything to you" she asked.
"What, you mean this?" he replied as he leant forward and kissed her lips deeply, and was surprised that after a while she kissed him back. They broke apart, and when he looked down at her, he laughed for her face was both flushed and confused.
"Yes Hermione, it did mean something. I wasn't toying with you. You should know that I wouldn't do that to you because you mean the world to me."
"But why do you choose to tell me this now? Why didn't you tell me before me and Harry got together?" she asked him, still looking confused.
"Because I wasn't sure of my feelings then, and since I didn't know if you liked me, I didn't want to do anything that would ruin our friendship." Draco replied while taking Hermione's hands.
"Who said that I liked you?" she said, trying to sound serious, but was unsuccessful because Draco just laughed again and took her face in his hands and kissed her. He even dared to stick in his tongue, but she pulled back, this time looking serious.
"If we are going to have a relationship, then we need to take it slow okay. I would hate it if this turned out to be another forced relationship." She said as she looked down at the floor. The thought of what Harry had almost done made tears come to her eyes. Draco obviously noticed the tears because he came to her side immediately and wrapped his arms around her.
"Shh…don't worry. I won't do anything to hurt you okay, and if I do then you can hex me into oblivion." He said, smiling as she laughed and wiped away her tears.
"Alright, I'll agree to us having a relationship, but can we please keep this to ourselves…. I want some time before I tell Ron and Ginny. I mean they aren't that fond of you, and if they spend some time to get to know you first then it should be easier for me to tell them." She said, giving him a pleading look.
"Course we can." He replied with another one of his famous smiles.
"Thank you!" she said as she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him softly. He went to deepen the kiss but she pulled away with a smile and went to pick up her bag.
"If you want more, then you're gonna have to catch me first." She said cheekily, while walking slowly towards the portrait hole. Draco sneered at her, picked up his own bag and then chased after her as she laughed back at him and ran through the portrait hole.
Hermione and Draco ran into their next class (double potions) about three minutes after the class was to start. They both had smiles on their faces and were puffing slightly.
"Mr. Malfoy…Miss. Granger, you two are late, 10 points from each of your houses." Snape said as he turned his back on the class to finish writing on the board. The students were shocked, Snape had never taken points away from his own house before, but when they saw his face after he had turned around and noticed them not copying the notes down, they immediately set to work.
Hermione, who had gotten there late, but had been copying down the notes before he had stepped away from the board, was already way ahead of everyone else, and within several minutes, she had finished and raised her hand, waiting for Snape to answer her.
"Miss. Granger is there something that you are incapable of understanding?" he snapped at her.
"No sir. I was just wondering if I could start my potion, since I have finished copying down the notes from the board."
"Impossible!" he spat." No one could have copied them down that fast, and you came in late." He said while glaring at her.
"Professor…" Draco said, looking up. "I'm also finished."
"Very well. You two can sit up the front and see if you can brew up a Thought-Hearing Potion before the rest of the class." He said, and he left the pair to start their potion while he made his way back to his desk and started to mark his third year's assignments.
When the class was about to end, Hermione and Draco raised their hands, signalling for Snape to come and check their potion. When he could find nothing wrong with it he looked up at them, shock pouring into his face.
"Miss. Granger and Mr. Malfoy have managed to brew up a Thought-Hearing Potion. Now both of you take a sip and then Draco, think of a colour and then tell me so that no one will know of that colour. If their potion is successful, Miss. Granger will be able to tell me the exact colour that Draco has told me." He told the class as Draco whispered a colour into Snape's ear. Hermione concentrated for a few moments, and when she knew the answer, she smiled.
"Emerald green." Hermione answered, still smiling. Snape smirked at her. Hermione gasped, thinking that she had gotten it wrong.
"Miss. Granger is correct, that is the exact colour that Draco told me. You two are dismissed. Now get out of my sight." He said as he watched them run from his classroom.
(An. here is the next chapter! sorry it took me a while to update but i didnt really know how to word this chapter. I thank my friend Roxy for helping me write this chapter! hope you guys enjoy and dont forget to R&R. the next chapter will be out on thursday...maybe sooner.)