THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO LACIE AND BRYAN!

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"Um."

Hermione felt like slapping herself.

'Good going girl' she thought frantically 'You turn around, and the wittiest thing you can think to say is "um".'

Malfoy himself was having problems with what to say. 'Should I acknowledge what happened…wait a minute. This is a mudblood, what do I care? She can fuck off, I don't give a damn.'

'Oh, but you do give a damn, Draco' said the nagging little voice.

'You shut up, I refuse to have anything to do with a filthy mudblood.' He thought heatedly.

"Um, Malfoy, I-"

"Whatever Mudblood," Malfoy spat out sneering.

Taken aback, Hermione was actually rather hurt.

Then sad.

Then annoyed.

Then mad.

Then FURIOUS…

"I'll thank you not to call me that anymore, ferret. You heard Dumbledore, we're supposed to be civil."

Malfoy smirked in that annoying, though somehow…well, it was as close to a smile as he ever got and it made her feel strangely self-conscious, something she had never really felt before except maybe at the Yule Ball.

"Only in public, Granger, we're only supposed to be civil in public."

"So what, you're gonna be all nice and patient with everyone around us, and when we get back here you'll be a pain in the arse again!" Hermione shot back scathingly, unknowingly stepping up to him, until they were barely a few inches apart.

"Yeah, Granger, that's exactly what I plan on doing," he said softly, looking down at her.

Suddenly, he cocked his head to the side a bit, and his grey eyes roamed over her face.

Hermione was shocked, almost paralyzed really, from the intensity of his gaze.

After a while, he just looked into her eyes, stormy grey meeting honey brown. Then, as if in a dream, he leaned down.

There was no train whistle this time.

He brushed his lips across her's, and Hermione found that despite what she had thought, his lips were quite warm actually.

Hermione stood there, dazed and confused. 'What... on Earth just happened?'

Malfoy grinned, and in a swirl of robes that another, older Malfoy used, the Oak door was shut, with Hermione left staring at it. (A/N This would make such a cute ending, I'm thinking I should have put it on the end of chappie 4, but I didn't, so oh well, and it's too short to end it now.)

Monday:

"Hey guys." Hermione said yawning, at breakfast. "Pass the jam please," she said to Neville, trying to hide another yawn.

Neville did as asked, and Hermione almost dropped the jar when he gave it to her. "Heh, bit heavier than I remember…"

Harry and Ron looked at each other, then at Hermione.

"Um, 'Mione?" said Ron, careful not to accidentally make her mad; Hermione wasn't really a morning person.

"Yeah, what?" she said stifling another yawn.

"Why are you so tired?" Harry blurted out, hoping she would give some answer about studying.

Hermione carefully spread the jam onto her buttered toast. She was stalling, and she knew it, but what was she supposed to say? That she had stayed up until near dawn reliving the "kiss" and had been unable to fall asleep for more than 2 hours or so? 'Ha. If I say that, they'll be in the Hospital Wing with cardiac arrest.'

"Oh, no reason really. I was just thinking about what we would cover in our classes today."

Ron nodded, and went back to his bacon and eggs, but Harry eyed Hermione carefully with a soft frown on his face.

Now Hermione was getting a bit annoyed too. "Problem Harry?" she asked, her voice tired.

He shrugged, making Hermione roll her eyes.

Just then their schedules were passed out down the table. Ron groaned. "Look at today! Double Potions with the Slytherins, Double Herbology with the Slytherins, Double Transfiguration with the Slytherins, and Divination with the Ravenclaws!"

Hermione bit down on another yawn. "That's not so bad, all the classes are fine except for Potions."

"Yes, but", Ron dramatically continued, "all of our doubles are with the Slytherins!" Harry nodded his head absentmindedly.

She twitched, taking her first bite from her toast. After swallowing, she said, "Well, so what Ron? Potions have always been with the Slytherins, you should be used to that by now, and Professors Sprout and McGonagall don't let the Slytherins get away with everything. Besides, I'm Head Girl remember? If they get out of line, I can take points off." she snapped.

"Yes, but-"

"OH for goodness' sake Ronald! They're not that bad, and will you please, for two seconds stop complaining!" Instantly she regretted that she had snapped even more, and felt immensely guilty when Ron sent her a hurt look, but she told herself her snapping was justified.

She wasn't so sure though, when Harry sent her a look that plainly said What is wrong with you today?

She wanted to apologize and come clean, oh how much she wanted to, but she couldn't. It was quite likely that if she told them, their first statement would have something to do with killing him, then they would ask what she did about it, how many times she hit him for it, and when they found out she hadn't done anything, they would probably give her the silent treatment for the rest of the year.

Harry sighed, as always the peace-maker. "Let's go to Potions you guys."

The trudged off, all of them thinking about different things.

Hermione was contemplating the kiss and what to do about it.

Ron was thinking about how Hermione had hurt him.

And Harry, Harry was daydreaming about the girl he was in love with, not that anybody knew except for himself.

"Sit. Instructions are on the board. No talking. Begin."

Was all that the oh-so-beloved Professor Severus Snape said to his first Potions class of the day, filled with what he considered some of the biggest dunderheads Hogwarts had ever seen.

Watching them with bat-like eyes, Snape noticed Hermione staring off into space. "15 points from Griffyndor" he said silkily, "for zoning out in my class Ms. Granger."

'What? Oh...' She blushed with embarassment, gathering her ingredients for the new potion, one of Severus's creations, the Pedynoj.

It was a potion that turned the drinker into a dragon, for defensive reasons apparently. It lasted three hours, but had some unpleasant side effects, such as constipation, anxiety, and growth of extra fingers, along with ear infections, and headaches. They developed over some time, if you used the potion often, or many times in one row.

She didn't really see the point of the whole potion, but did it without question. Many of her fellow Griffyndors stared at her lack of any response, at least a glare or some anger. But she didn't care, she just wanted to finish this and be out of the freezing dungeon. When her potion was finished, she wordlessly put some in a vial, stoppered it, labeled it, and brought it to Snape's desk, where he accepted it with a sneer.

"Thank you Miss Granger. Perhaps next time you will be paying enough attention for me to not have to take off house points." Mouth set in a firm line, Hermione walked back to her table, where she cleared everything up with a sweep of her wand, and put it all into her bag. Since she sat at the same table as Harry and Ron, both of them were quite concerned for their friend.

" 'Mione? You ok?" Harry asked tentatively.

"Oh fine, just fine, first that stupid ferret yesterday, now today this over-grown bat mouths off at me, I can't retaliate, I can't focus on anything, the whole world just sucks, I am fed up with all of this nonsense, and I want to go back to bed!" Hermione hissed and fumed vehemently.

Just then the bell rang, and Hermione was the first one out from the dungeon, leaving behind a pair of dumbstruck friends who were furiously trying to work out what she meant.

After they finally got slowly out of the dungeons, Ron turned to Harry. "Do ya think it's her time of the month?"

Harry contemplated this thoughtfully, and then shrugged as they walked to the Greenhouses, where there was no sight of Hermione. "Maybe. I think she's not telling us something..."

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