Hermione awoke the next morning after the worst night's sleep ever. She kept waking up to nightmares of what she saw that morning, then she couldn't go back to sleep because of what happened that night. Finally after hours of restless sleep she got up and went into her bathroom to take a shower. Once her shower was over, she dried her hair making it fall down her back in ringlets. She put on her school uniform. She went downstairs and started to go over her Potions essay that was due that morning.

She was so deep into reviewing her essay that she didn't hear Draco come down the stairs. Draco walked up behind her and started reading over her shoulder. He had to admit she definitely was the smartest witch of their age. Since he didn't want to scare her so early in the morning, he walked over to the window and pulled back the blinds.

"You know you shouldn't strain your eyes like that." he said after hearing her gasp. "I hope I didn't scare you."

"No, you didn't. Are you ready to go to breakfast?" She asked as she stood up and shoved her essay in her bag.

"Yeah, let's go." He said as she made her way to the portrait. They walked together in silence towards the Great Hall.

Hermione was so confused after that kiss. She liked him, but was it worth giving him a shot? He was definitely an amazing kisser. That thought made her smile. And without it being known to her, her hand reached out and interlaced with his. This little action shocked Draco who immediately looked down at his hand and then up to her face. She was smiling but he could see it in her eyes that her mind was off somewhere else. He smiled and continued walking with her, hand in hand.

"Are you sure you want to walk into the Great Hall holding hands with a Slytherin?" He asked when they stopped in front of the Main Doors.

"Oh! I'm sorry!" She said letting go of his hand and blushing. Oh how he loved her blush.

"Don't be sorry, I didn't mind."

"Oh, well let's go in, ok?" She asked.

Upon entering the Great Hall the first thing Hermione noticed was that Harry was already sitting next to Pansy.

"Um Draco?" She said stopping.

"Yes?" He stopped ad turned to face her.

"Can I sit with you?" She asked, her head was down and she was fettling with her hands. Seeing her discomfort Draco grabbed her and hand led her to the Slytherin Table.

"Good morning Hermione." Pansy said once she had sat down.

"Morning 'Mione. You ok? You look like you didn't get a good night's sleep." Harry questioned.

"Hi Pansy, hey Harry, and I didn't get a good night's sleep. I had a lot on my mind." She shot Draco a side glance, which went unnoticed by all except Pansy.

About halfway though breakfast, when the Professors showed up, Hermione excused herself from the table and asked Professor Snape for a word in private. Both soon exited the Great Hall deep in discussion.

Harry excused himself from the table to go get his potions paper before class. The second Harry was out of ear shot Pansy turned on Draco.

"What did you do?"

"What do you mean?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"To keep her up last night, what did you do?"

"Oh, I asked her to the Ball and kissed her."

"Please tell me you didn't."

"I did, I know it was too soon but damn I mean."

"No Draco! They just broke up, yesterday! She found out he was cheating on her! You can't just jump into something like that!"

"I know I lost my head for a second ok? I didn't mean to, but I won't take it back either."

"Why not?"

"Because, I like her, and this morning she grabbed my hand while we were walking, she didn't know she did it, but she was smiling."

"Yes, but does she like you?"

"I'm not sure." He sent her a pleading smile.

"Oh no, no, no, no. Draco, no, I will not do your dirty work for you!"

"Please Pansy! Come on!" He begged.

"No! Do it yourself Draco."

"Come on, she would never tell me the truth, but you, she'd tell you the truth maybe when you guys are shopping." Pansy groaned in defeat.

"Fine Draco. I will talk to her." She said standing up and making her way towards the doors. Draco quickly followed.

"Thank you! Thank you! Pansy you are amazing!"

"Yeah, yeah." She said as they walked down the hall.

They walked into the Potions classroom and placed their essays on the Professor's desk before finding a table to sit at. Within minutes Professor Snape and Hermione walked in. She placed her essay on the desk and shot Draco a shy smile, before taking her seat next to Harry.

"Before I start class this morning I would like to congratulate one of our students. Well more like thank him for our entertainment yesterday morning." Draco looked at Hermione who was just looking at the Professor.

"50 points to Slytherin for breaking Ronald's nose." The whole class laughed, even the Gryffindors. They didn't even complain about it being favoritism.

Draco was shocked, Hermione did that for him? He looked at her again, this time she was smiling. After mouthing the words 'thank you' she turned back to face the front of the classroom.

Potions class went by smoothly, Snape was obviously in a good mood, he even let Hermione work with Neville. So for once there was no exploding potion.

When class ended Hermione was the last to leave. Draco wait outside the classroom until she walked out.

"Why did you do that?" he asked walking behind her.

"I have no idea what you are talking about." She said with shy smile.

"You had him give back the points McGonagall took away."

"Actually Professor McGonagall had already asked him to, yesterday. So I didn't need to ask him this morning."

"Really?" he laughed.

"Yeah she hated taking points from you; you did defend her favorite student."

"Wow." They walked in silence for a while. "Look about last night…" Hermione stopped walking.

"Yes?"

"I'm sorry. Not about kissing you, but about the timing. I just acted on impulse."

"Impulse? And just how long have you had these impulses?" She asked with her head down. He walked up to her, lifted her head up by her chin, and looked deeply into her eyes.

"Since you slapped me back in our third year." He smiled down at her.

"Is that so?" she smiled up at him. "Well why did you wait so long to tell me this?"

"I could never get you alone. You were always flanked by the two goons."

"Oh." She said as they started walking to their class with Professor McGonagall.

"Now that the Heads have graced us with their presence." She said when they walked into class. "We can begin our class."

Draco and Hermione took seats together in the back of the classroom. Because it was a review day, Hermione wasn't taking notes. Draco decided he wanted to keep talking to her so he charmed their parchments.

~Are you mad about last night?~

-No, why?-

~Because you said you didn't get a good night's sleep. Was it because of me kissing you?~

-Yes actually.-

He read her reply and frowned. Pansy was right, he shouldn't have kissed her.

-I was having nightmares about Ron and Lavender that would wake me up, then I would have a hard time going back to sleep because I was thinking of you.-

~Oh, so you're not mad?~

-No, why do you regret it?-

She bit her lip hoping he wouldn't regret kissing her.

~No, not at all. Just hoping I didn't cross any lines.~

-No you didn't.-

~Ok.~

-So since 3rd year?-

He smiled.

~Not many girls will actually slap me. You earned my respect that day.~

-I won't apologize for that, you earned that slap!-

~I will say I was surprised by your strength.~

-Really?-

~Yes, to be honest I always thought they were your body guards, boy was I wrong, you could defend yourself just fine.~

She smiled and tried to laugh silently to herself. He looked at her and thought that she was the most beautiful witch he had ever seen. She caught him staring and raised her eyebrow.

-What?-

~You look beautiful.~

She blushed and focused on her hands that rested on her lap. He grabbed one of her hands that caused her head to snap up. He interlaced their fingers and let their hands rest on the bench between them.

Pansy looked back a couple of times during the lesson to see the little transactions between the Head Boy and Girl. She saw the blush on Hermione's face and the shy smiles on both of their faces. She knew it wasn't a good idea for him to push her but if Hermione wasn't going to stop him, why should she?

Pansy was pulled from her thoughts when Harry reached over and grabbed her hand, interlacing their fingers. Yes Hermione knew what she was getting into. She would be just fine. Pansy smiled up at Harry before turning her attention to the front of the classroom.

Chapter 5 is written out, all I have to do is type it...don't let that fool you, it could still take days for it to be posted. Spring break is next week so more chapters might be posted because I have no plans :(...well hope you liked this chapter