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'Was she really just flirting with me?' Draco wondered. He looked at the shocked Pansy and Ron and asked them, "You did see that right?" They nodded slowly. Draco shook his head. 'Never in a million years did I suspect Hermione Granger to flirt..' He thought as he stood up and walked into the dorm leaving a very confused and shocked Ron and Pansy behind.
Chapter Five: Closer
Hermione awoke angry. She'd had a different dream but with the same person in it. This time, the setting wasn't as happy as she'd liked.
Hermione closed her eyes as Bellatrix aimed the killing curse at her. But it never came, slowly she opened her eyes. Bellatrix had been stunned. Hermione looked around, her eyes landed on Draco Malfoy. Standing in the corner, his wand still raised. He was staring at the hand that held it, his eyes fixed on it. Shock was written on his face. Hermione understood, he'd acted on impluse. Hermione walked toward him.
"Draco?" She called. He looked at her, his eyes recongized her. Both of them knew what this meant. Nothing was ever going to be the same again. He'd just saved her life. Granted no one was around to see it, his aunt lay stunned. Hermione modified her memory and made it look as though Harry had stunned her instead of her nephew. She walked back over to him. "Thank you." She whispered to him. He nodded at her. She turned to walk away. But was grabbed and pulled into an empty corridor. He kissed her softly. Hermione found herself leaning into it. Aburtly he pulled away. Hermione was sad the kiss ended. He stroked her face.
"You need to go. Before they find you." He told her. She nodded, tears started to pour out of eyes.
"Come with me." She cried. Draco looked at her. "Please." She pleaded. "Please. I can't let them, kill you." She gasped, the pain wracked her. Draco nodded.
"I'll come with you." He told her. They began running, leaving reason and conquences behind, putting it off for another time.
Either way, Draco was going to be forced to become a deatheater. She felt resolve strengthening, she was going to save Draco Malfoy. She walked down to the common room that the prefects shared and sat down in front of the fire. Her eyes scanned the room, she looked over near the boys rooms and saw Draco standing there, his eyes were trained on her.
"What are you doing up?" She asked him, looking over at him.
"I couldn't sleep, I could ask you the same question.." He said, staring at her still.
"You know that's unnerving Malfoy. If you're going to stare at me at least sit down and do it. And if you must know, I couldn't sleep either." She told him. He nodded. Hermione sighed. "Have you ever been confused?" She asked him. He nodded.
"I think at some point everyone has been, Granger." He told her. His voice was full of sleep and was lacking it's usual drawl.
"I keep having these dreams." She sighed. "I don't know what they mean." Draco was looking at her now. His eyes held interest in what she was saying, but they also held worry. She looked down at her hands and caught a brief glimpse of his arm, nothing mared it at the moment. Maybe she could save him yet. "It's like there trying to tell me something." She whispered. Draco scooted closer to her.
"You need to tell your dreams to Dumbledore." He told her. His eyes were looking into her own. Draco was trying to ignore the urge he was getting to kiss her.
"I will tell him, only if you tell him about your father and what he's going to make you do." One look at Draco's face revealed to her that he told no one. Hermione was the only one who knew about his enpending fate.
"There's nothing he can do." His voice dropped, along with his head.
"That's not true and you know it, Draco." Hermione told him, pulling his head back up towhere his eyes could meet her own. "There are placing you could go."
"Where? Tell me where and I'll gladly go." He told her. His eyes were shining with what looked like hope but also something esle. He was angry that she'd figured out. Angry that she knew. Angry that she was putting herself in danger. 'She's always been in danger, Mafloy.' He thought. 'She pals around with Potter for Merlins' sake.'
"The Order." She told him. "Will help you." Draco looked at her.
"Your not marked yet." She told him, looking pointedly at his arms. "You still can be saved."
"Why are you doing this?" He asked her.
"Because I care about you." Her eyes widdened with shock at her statement. But she realized that she did. She cared about Draco Malfoy. He looked at her, he too was shocked by her statement.
"Thank you." He told her. His hand grabbed hers and he squeezed.
"We'll talk to him tomorrow." She told him, firmly. Using the tone that she usually only used with Harry and Ron when she wanted them to do something. He nodded.
"Tomorrow." Was his answer. "But today," He told her. "We need to get to bed." She nodded then stood up. She was shocked when he pulled her into a hug. She smiled and hugged him back. When they both let go they walked toward their dorms.
As Draco entered his dorm the first thing that greeted him was Ronald Weasley's snoring. 'When I see Potter again I'm going to give him a gold medal for dealing with this grizzly's snoring.' He thought as he climbed back into bed. Slowly he began to drift off the sleep.
As soon as Hermoine entered the dorm she was attacked by Pansy.
"What just happened downstairs?" She asked her. "I saw Draco and you hug. Is there something that you aren't telling me?" Hermione laughed.
"Trust me, it just happened. He shocked me by hugging me. We were talking for a while." Hermione answered. Her eyes showed her amusement at Pansy's line of questioning. "What were you picturing a forbidden love?" When Pansy didn't answer. Hermione couldn't stop the laughter. "Oh my god! You were!" She started laughing harder. Soon, Pansy joined in.
"It does seem a bit crazy doesn't it." Pansy said. "I mean I never expected Draco and you to even be on friendly terms much less myself and you. In all truth I always saw you as competition." Pansy said. Those last words confused Hermione.
"Competition?" She questioned.
"All of second year and half of thrid I was always wondering was you would look like as you got older. If you would outshine me. I was to caught up in my own conceitedness to see that you already did. I saw you as my competition." Pansy said with a shrug. Hermione shook her head.
"Shocking." Was all Hermione said. Pansy laughed. "We need to get to bed. If we don't I'm sure I'm going to pass out on the floor. To much exictment for one day." Hermione climbed into bed. Between Dumbledore's announcement and Draco's change of heart, her new friendship with Pansy...she was exshauted. There was one thing she was sure of..Draco and herself were becoming closer. She smiled as sleep overcame her. Another dream materialized before her eyes.
Hermione was sitting on the bed in the hospital wing, trying to ignore the pain that was shooting from every pore in her body. The door opened and Draco Malfoy walked through.
"Hermione!" He said walking over to her. "Are you alright?" He questioned.
"Yeah." She said, once again ignoring how bad it hurt to form words. She saw Ron looking over at Draco and herself. Draco turned to Ron and looked at him.
"You alright there, Weasley?" He asked him. Ron nodded, still bewildered that Draco would ever care, she supposed. In his defense, she'd felt the same way when Draco started being nice to her.
