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Draco knew that what he did at lunch was very bold and every moment he sat next to her his head screamed at him to run away before he made a fool of himself! Draco stood in his green muscle shirt and black tracksuit pants. In the freezing weather one would think he'd freeze to death but because he was working out he didn't notice.

"Earth to Draco," Blaise Zabinni said beside him. Draco looked over at him and saw the pale raven haired boy waving a hand at him. "Didn't you hear we're going on a run? What's up with you? You are the captain of the Slytherin quidditch team and yet it's Richardson giving out the orders!"

The two boys began to run around the very large quidditch field and Draco decided to confide in his best friend.

"Well Zabinni… there's a problem with my heart…" Draco said and Blaise looked over at him with a confused look.

"You're not still hooked on Parkinson are you?" he asked and Draco bit back a bitter laugh.

"God no! I'm hooked on someone else…" Draco said and he heard Blaise hoot beside him and he couldn't help laughing.

"And this girl's name is…" Blaise prompted. Draco looked over at him and smiled cheekily. "Is it Fran Richards?" Blaise guessed and Draco shook his head.

"She's not a Slytherin…" Draco said and knew Blaise would assume it was a Ravenclaw because that was really the only two houses Slytherin dated.

"Oh, that hot Ravenclaw; Ella Rice…" Blaise guessed like Draco had predicted.

"She's not a Ravenclaw either…" Draco muttered.

"Oh god! She's a Hufflepuff? No self respecting Slytherin dates a Hufflepuff…" Blaise exclaimed and Draco rolled his eyes…

"She's a Gryffindor Blaise, a Gryffindor!" Draco said and he heard Zabinni gasp.

"Wow… Draco… that's a big crush if you're admitting it…" Blaise said and Draco nodded. "Who is it? Lavender Brown? She's dating Ron… oh Ginny Weasley!" Blaise guessed and Draco shook his head. "Draco! I'm dying of curiosity! Tell me her name!"

"It's Hermione Granger…" Draco said and saw that Blaise stopped running so Draco did also. He stood looking at his friend whose mouth was agape.

"But you hate her…" Blaise mumbled and Draco shook his head.

"Wrong… Blaise… I think I'm in love with her…" Draco admitted bowing his head.

"Well Draco…" Blaise said putting his hand on Draco's shoulder. "What do you want me to do? You know your fellow Slytherin will follow you into the dark!"

"Let's hope so," Draco said as they set off running again. "We need to begin to start treating Gryffindors like actual people…"

"Done… do you think she feels the same way about you?" Blaise asked and Draco's heart stopped short.

"I hope so… my heart is on my sleeve and can be broken very easily…" Draco said and Blaise nodded. Draco felt a lot better with that off his chest.

"Ok, Slytherins!" Draco yelled out as they all stood panting. "Excellent job! I think we're going to whip Ravenclaw's ass!" he yelled and everyone cheered.

Hermione walked through the small alcove that ran under the seats and out onto the quidditch field. She walked by the Slytherin change room and heard nothing so she assumed they were all still out on the field. She walked a little farther, adjusting her hair as she went. She wore her skirt rather high and her jumper a size smaller to show off her curves.

She walked out onto the green field and saw Draco standing in front of the green suited quidditch team yelling. She heard the group yell and cheer then run off towards the change rooms. Hermione quickly moved out of the way so she wasn't trampled.

She walked a little further and saw Draco was staying behind with Blaise to pack up. Hermione knew that Draco was changing to the point he was being nice to her but she knew Blaise hadn't so she just leaned against a wall and waited. Unfortunately Draco had a different idea.

He turned around and waved her over. Hermione sighed and composed herself so she could saunter over, and she hoped to god she didn't pull off the impression she was drunk!

"Hey there," Draco said and Hermione smiled at him.

"Hey Draco," she said, pushing down her nerves and bringing up only confidence. She turned to Blaise and smiled weakly. "Hi…"

"Hello," Blaise said with almost gentleness. "You two get out of here! I can pack up…" Hermione looked over at Draco who nodded and patted Blaise on the back.

"Come on," Draco said walking off and Hermione followed looking back at Blaise to see him waving at her.

"What's up with the Slytherins today," she whispered to herself but a little too loudly because Draco seemed to hear.

"What did you say," he asked Hermione stuttered.

"um… Nothing…" she said and he nodded.

"I just have to swing back up to my common room to grab my stuff…" he began.

"That's ok… I'll just go to the library and wait…" Hermione said never one for being too inconvenient. Draco laughed.

"Don't be stupid! You're coming with…" he said as he began to walk off towards the Slytherin common room at such a pace Hermione practically had to jog to keep up.

"I don't think my reception will be a warm one," Hermione said as they walked through the winding corridors. This was probably the only part of Hogwarts she, Ron and Harry hadn't explored because it was the section that was deemed the Slytherin's territory.

"You're going to be with me," Draco said and Hermione just flicked back her hair as her mind fumbled for a way to maintain control. "Now keep up… I don't want to loose you."

"You don't?" Hermione questioned when her mind picked up the words her heart was a flutter and she felt her self smile.

"Well… um you get what I mean… just hurry up will you!" he asked and Hermione did as she was told. Quietly patting herself on the back for tripping Draco up on his words for the first time.

They arrived at the portrait of a warrior in black clothes crouching in the snow with a few majestic wolves at his side.

"Nice picture," Hermione said once he had whispered the password. "We have some fat lady who can't sing…" she heard Draco laugh as the portrait open.

"Ladies first," he said and stepped aside for Hermione.

"Yeah… so go right in Draco…" she replied but instead of the usual sneer she said those taunts with it was just a friendly one. Draco laughed once more and entered first, Hermione running in after him, wanting anything but being stranded anywhere near a whole group of Slytherins. She heard the chit chat of a group in the common room and stopped short in the dark hallway so no one saw her, Draco noticed this and turned around. She prayed he wouldn't see her but his eyes fell right on her.

He walked back to where she hid and opened his mouth to speak but Hermione put her finger to his lips and Draco sighed.

"What on earth are you doing," he whispered.

"I'm going to be leeched!" she exclaimed in whisper and he leant in to her, his hand on the wall next to her.

"Don't be ridiculous…" he said but she didn't move. "I am the most powerful person in this house! If I say you can come in… you can come in! No one will hurt you in fear of me hurting them back…" he said then stood up straight again and offering his hand. Hermione looked at his grey eyes and searched for any form of malice but she found none so she grabbed onto his hand and nodded an ok.

She walked slowly behind him and her grip tightened when they were bathed in the candlelit room. On the green leather couches sat Blaise Zabinni surrounded by about 10 other men and a handful of girls.

They all stared blankly at her as she stood at Draco's side cowering from their intense stares. Blaise was staring Draco with questioning eyes and Hermione looked over at Draco who was nodding.

"Hey, just grabbing my stuff…" he said and motioned for Hermione to follow him as he walked up the stairs to his dorm room. Hermione turned her back on the group and automatically felt them staring daggers at her. As she began to walk up she heard the group go back to chatting.

"Wow… I didn't believe you Blaise but there it is…" Hermione heard Crabbe say.

"So you see! It's serious and we have to be on our best behavior! Draco said he really…" she was now out of earshot and being the nosy person she was wanted nothing more then to hear the rest of that conversation. She followed Draco up to his room and followed him in when he opened the door.

The walls were painted black and the bed covers were silver silk and the glistened in the lantern light. The curtain was green silk and they hung on the black bed frames like snakes on a tree branch. She followed Draco to the bed at the other end of the room that was closest to a very large window. Draco bent down to the trunk at the end of his bed and Hermione slowly but surely went and hopped up onto his bed.

"Wow!" she said and Draco looked up from the trunk and looked at her as if she may be mad. Hermione had slipped her shoes off and was now running her hands on the silk bedding.

"What are you doing," he asked and Hermione shrugged then got up on her feet and began to bounce on the bed.

"These are a lot easier to bounce on," Hermione exclaimed as she laughed. She finally stopped jumping and lay down on the bed and it felt perfectly comfy well apart form the fact that Draco's long figure had indented the bed in his sleep it was heaven.

"Having fun," he asked and Hermione nodded.

"Is this your bed," she asked still not getting up. She heard footsteps and she turned her head to see Draco leaning on the bedside table.

"Yeah… comfy isn't it?" Draco said and Hermione nodded.

"If you're a fan of silk…" she replied as she began to move her arms and legs around to try and make the bed mold to her body shape. "My beds all cotton and red but hey… to each man his own I guess…"

"Well… I may just have to check out your bed one day…" Draco said as he looked down at the floor. "Maybe I'm not such a big fan of silk after all…" Hermione giggled and looked over at Draco who was smiling over at her.

"You may just have to do that!" she replied sitting up straight and slipping her shoes back on. "Shall we go and study," she asked and he nodded.