Hermione woke up when she heard an alarm clock blaring next to her head. She instinctively pushed the sleep button, pulled the blanket up over her eyes and turned to make herself comfortable on the bed. 'Bed?' She thought to herself, realizing that she was not where she fell asleep last night. She knew she had fallen asleep on the couch in the Slytherin common room, how did she end up on a bed? A very soft, and very good smelling bed at that. She jumped up and looked around.

She was definitely not in the common room, or a dorm room either. The room looked too nice. The walls were green, and there was just the one bed, with an empty lazy chair next to it. "Where am I?" She asked the room. She never expected a response, especially not one from Draco Malfoy.

"The Slytherin room for the head boy. It was the only place I could think you could stay. " he said, stepping out of a door near the bed. His blond hair was messy and wet, he clearly had just taken a shower. He was wearing a white button up shirt with half the buttons undone so Hermione could see his chest.

Hermione jumped. "Draco?!"

"Well It's certainly not the tooth fairy. Yes it's Draco. Who'd you expect? Potter? Weasley?"

Hermione blushed. "I- well I wasn't expecting you... That's for sure." She took in her surroundings better. She was definatly where Draco said she was. The room was huge, much bigger than a dorm room could ever be. It had its own bath, its own mini kitchen, and enough space to keep a three-headed dog. She had always dreamed of being in a head girls room, but never expected to be in a boys. There was one thing that was bothering her. "Why did you bring me here anyway? Do you want everyone to think that there is something going on between us?"

It was Draco's turn to blush now. "Of course not Granger. I had a lapse in thought and figured I might as well be nice to you, concidering it is your first week in Slytherin, don't worry it won't happen again. Next time, you can stay in the common room, and you'll see I did you a favor, one you'll pay me back for. See, Slytherins are not like Gryffindors Granger, they won't just ignore you if you fall asleep on the couch… they like to have some fun. You can leave now." He was being cocky, like Draco always was.

Hermione didn't move from her spot on the bed. "Why?" She asked him, confident that she would get an amswer out of him eventually. "Why did you bring me here and not leave me in the common room? Why would you help me? Why are you so–"

Draco cut her off. "I thought I told you to get out. I don't need to explain myself to anyone, especially not a mud blood like you." He hadn't meant to sound harsh to her but he knew that it was the only way to get her to leave, and he needed her gone before he did something they both would regret.

"I may be a mud blood, but at least I don't think I'm better than everyone else." Hermione stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. She took off running down the hallway, through the common room and out the portrait. She didn't know where she was going until she reached it… The Room Of Requirement. She sat down in a corner and put her head in her knees and cried.

"Calm down Hermione, it's just Draco Malfoy, the biggest jerk you've met. Don't let him get to you… Don't give him the satisfaction of making you cry, he's not worth your tears, he's not worth you." She tried to get herself to stop crying.

Suddenly, she heard a snap in front of her. Startled, she looked up to find Dobby the house elf staring at her wearing the pillow case, a black sock, and a knitted orange and yellow hat. "Hello Hermione Granger. Dobby came to help you. Why are you sad?"

Hermione wiped away a tear that was cascading down her face. "Hello Dobby, It's nice to see you. I'm fine, it's just… Draco Malfoy…" She tried to hold back her sorrow, so Dobby wouldn't see but she couldn't.

"Master Draco? What did he do to you?" Dobby asked her curiously.

"He… look, Dobby, I really don't mean anything bad by this, but I really don't want to talk about it."

"Dobby understands. Dobby would like to tell you that he has kept an eye on Master Malfoy, he was most kind to Dobby. Dobby heard him talk very fondly of you Hermione. Very fondly indeed." Dobby nodded his head in enthusiasm.

"Really?" Hermione asked questionably. When Dobby nodded she asked "Is there anything else you would like to tell me Dobby?" She was hoping it would be more about how Draco spoke fondly about her, as she was rather curious to hear that.

"Oh yes, Dobby almost forgot. Dobby saw Harry Potter. He told Dobby to tell give you this." Dobby pulled out a letter for Hermione. "He said it was urgent that I get it to you as fast as Dobby could."

"Thank you Dobby." Hermione grabbed the parchment. She didn't want to read it, as she was still mad at Harry for leaving her at Hogwarts without her wand while Snape was Headmaster. She expected Dobby to leave, but he didn't. "Is there more?"

Dobby nodded, grabbing her wand out of his pocket." Harry Potter told Dobby to give you this as well."Dobby handed her the wand. "Dobby must go now; The Headmaster would like a word with Dobby. Bye Hermione." Dobby disappeared with a snap, leaving Hermione alone.

She hugged her wand. She really had missed it. She looked at the letter in her other hand. She was still mad at Harry for abandoning her. She decided that she would at least read the letter, no harm could come from reading. She unfolded the paper.

Dear Hermione,

Look, I really am sorry we just dropped you off at Hogwarts like that, it wasn't fair of us, I know. It was all Ron's idea. (well, I was the one that decided to take away your wand… but im giving it back see?)I just wanted to tell you that we are both fine… we nearly got caught by a couple of snatchers, but we got away. You would have loved to see the look on Rons' face when I told him I was going to write you a note… He's standing over my shoulder now, making sure that I don't give anything away. You can't come, no matter what Hermione. It's gotten too dangerous, and I do not want you to get hurt… neither does Ron. Don't get me wrong, we miss you… Ron got splinched again, but thankfully it wasn't bad so I fixed him up, but it would have been better if you had been there to help. We found another you know what… it was… well, Umbridge had it, that's all I can say. I suspect it'll be in the Prophet soon… We miss you, but we know you can handle it on your own at Hogwarts… Wow, I bet its changed with Snape as Headmaster huh?

Love and miss you, Harry

P.s. Don't reply, it's too dangerous.

Hermione sighed. "You have no idea Harry…" she said. The letter had given her some confidence back. She got up, tucked her wand and the note in her robe pocket and headed back to the Dungeons. She was going to pay Draco a visit.