Chapter 16-Back

Early the next morning Hermione woke up feeling a body next to hers. Her mind suddenly flew back to the night before but she couldn't remember doing anything after dinner. She slowly turned her body around preparing for the worst. She opened her eyes when she turned all the way around and a face that she had been dying to see for the past few days.

That impeccable pale face and blond hair that looked so peaceful as he slept. He was laying there sleeping on his back with what looked like his clothes from the day before on, not knowing that Hermione was awake. She then remember that he had been gone for several days without so much as a letter and then preceded to push him off the bed.

"What the hell Hermione!" Draco said as he sat up from the floor.

She stood up from the bed and walked over to where he was, "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I WAS ATTACKED A FEW DAYS AGO AND YOU DIDN'T ASK IF I WAS OKAY!"

"You were attacked? By who? When?"

"I didn't know you cared Malfoy. No letter, no appearance, no nothing to ever let me no that you were okay. Harry sent you a letter, I sent you three!"

"I never got the letters!" Draco was standing up at this time.

"I DON'T CARE! WHAT EXACTLY WERE YOU DOING THERE WITH PANSY? HUH? I KNOW YOUR PAST WITH HER DRACO!" She pushed Draco back down on the floor.

"Nothing. They wouldn't let me leave Hermione. I tried."

"YOU DIDN'T TRY HARD ENOUGH!"

Hermione slammed the door to her own room leaving Draco bruised on the floor by her bed. 'Well that went well.' Draco got up from the floor and sat on her bed. A few hours before Hermione had pushed him off the bed he had arrived back at Hogwarts. Back at the Parkinson's, Pansy was laying in her guest bed Petrified. Draco told her not to come crawling into his bed that night, but does Pansy ever listen? No.

It was a glorious moment for Draco, seeing Pansy's face when she woke up to him holding his wand to her. It was priceless. So as of right now she should be getting back to normal. He should have known from the beginning that it was a bad idea to try and stay for her, but Draco being the person he is gave in so she would just shut up.

Draco woke up about five minutes before Pansy did and felt someone against his back. He first thought it was Hermione and then he remembered that he was at the Parkinson Manor. He rolled his eyes and slowly turned to face Pansy. He held his wand over her and waited for her to wake up. When she did her eyes were wide and she didn't say a word.

"I told you not to come in here Pansy." He then petrified her and left.

Of course when came back to Hogwarts, he didn't intend on Hermione pushing him off the bed. Okay so yeah, he deserved it. But wait, what was this about an attack? Draco walked out of Hermione's room and headed to his own to get ready for the lessons he desperately needed to start teaching again.

On his way down to his class he stopped at Hermione door of her classroom. He noticed that her first class had already started. A group of 4th year Ravenclaws it looked like. He looked back up at her and when she saw him, she slammed the door with a quick flick of her wand. What exactly has she meant by his past with Pansy? They had dated, but they were never that public...were they?

"You know Hermione; everyone has a date for the Yule Ball already. Neville has Ginny, Seamus has Lavender, Ernie has Hannah, and ever Malfoy is going with Pansy. Do you have a date?"

"Yes I do Parvati. Just wait and you'll see."

Later at the Yule Ball, Hermione showed up with Victor Krum. One of Hermione's most prized moments at Hogwarts was seeing everyone's face when she came in with him. After all the formal dancing Hermione watched Draco and Pansy dance for a while. It was disgusting how much they touched each other and 'grinded' against each other. It didn't leave much to imagine about when they went up stairs for the night. Everyone knew that Pansy was madly in love with Draco.

Draco watched Hermione that night too. She looked a lot different that night. He couldn't help but to think that if she wasn't a mudblood he would have had her a long time ago.

Draco sighed and continued on his way to the dungeons. He set up his caldron at the front of the class and then put one on every desk in classroom. He set all the ingredients they were going to need on top of the table by the window and then closed the windows. His first lesson of the day was with 6th year Slytherin and Gryffindor. He loved teaching that group if kids. They reminded him so much of his time in school.

He went up to his office and closed his door. He then sat down in his chair for the first time in a while. He straightened out all his papers and took a look at the notes Snape had left for him about what he had taught them. He always knew he could trust Snape with his class. Most of the students who had had Snape in the past years were very happy to now have Draco, and cringed at just the thought of having Snape back for potions. It was great.

He heard the students come in the classroom and start talking. You would think by now they would learn to behave different in a classroom. He stood up and straightened out his robes and then smoothed back his hair. He took a quick glance at himself in his full-length mirror and then threw the door of his office open. All talking ceased.

"Just because I have been absent from this room for a couple days does not mean that you can act wild in my classroom. You will continue to respect me as your teacher."

He went on lecturing his class about respecting him for about twenty minutes, before he threw them into their next lesson. Draco made them figure out what each ingredient was that that they needed to use. He sat back and watched as the caldrons were blowing up every five minutes.

"If you mess up start over from the beginning. If I run out of materials then those of you not done will fail."

Draco got up from his desk and then walked around the students working. It seemed that while he was gone Snape had put made them partner up with someone from the other house. What memories.

"Since you two are Head Boy and Girl you will be partners in every class you have together. I expect you to help influence friendships between house, especially those of your own."

Draco and Hermione looked helplessly at their headmaster. Did he really expect them to get along?

Hermione was thinking about the same thing as she watched from the door of Draco's class. Neither he nor anyone else had noticed her presence and she was thankful for that. She always knew Draco would become a good teacher.

Hermione watched as a Slytherin boy and Gryffindor girl worked together at a table. They looked like they were going to strangle each other. Hermione laughed.

"Hermione, Draco. I am very disappointed in both of you. You were both chosen for this position because I thought you two could look past your differences."

"Professor, I am so sorry, it was my fault. I just snapped."

"Yes, Miss Granger. I'm sure that giving Mr. Malfoy a broken nose was a result of 'snapping.' Mr. Malfoy I know that you provoked her in some way."

Draco looked away from Dumbledore, "Yes sir."

"You two need to work something out or you will be stripped of your positions."

They looked at each other, "Yes sir."

"Class dismissed. Professor Granger, is there something you needed?"

Hermione snapped out of her flashback and looked up at Draco. The students were filing out of the classroom and soon enough she was alone with Draco.

"Oh..um..I'm sorry about this morning. I shouldn't have yelled the way I did. I'm still mad about you being with her all night, but I don't want to know what happened."

Draco walked towards her and took her around the waste, "Well Miss Granger I'm glad you have come to your senses."

"Draco I'm still mad at you." He started to kiss her neck, "Draco you can't do this."

"Shut up Granger."

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"Well Hermione, how have you been doing?"

Hermione looked up from her desk, "Hey Ron, how are you?"

"I've been better. How are these kids treating you?"

"The students are fine."

"I heard that Draco and you hit a rough patch from Harry."

"He was gone for a couple days, but everything is find now."

"That's good to hear."

"I'm sorry Ron, but another class of mine is about to begin."

"Oh all right. I'll see you soon then Hermione."

"Yes, Ron."

Ron walked away from Hermione's room and smacked his forehead. How did all his plans fall through? It was insane. It was driving him insane. Every plot foiled some how. He needed to talk to Pansy about happened. She was supposed to seduce Draco for him. Where had she gone wrong?

A/N: Remember all the flashbacks are in italics. I'm sorry it's taken me so long. The end of the school year is here so that means exams and a I had tryouts for a while. I MADE CAPTAIN! Woot! lol. I hope this is all right for you guys.

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