Six hours later

Hermione was waiting by the entrance to the Astronomy tower with her hands in her pocket, a habit she had gotten from Zacharias who pretty much had his hands in his pocket all the time. As stupid as she felt as she waited for Cormac, she felt a weird tingly sensation in her stomach that made her feel excited as if something good was going to happen.

For some reason, she had dressed more carefully than usual today for an outing. So instead of wearing the usual jeans and shirt, she opted for a pair of shorts and a collared top, that in a way, showed off her developing curves. She had also applied a tinge of make up on her face. It wasn't really much, just lipgloss and eyeliner, but she felt that it had been needed as she didn't want to look as if she hadn't put much thought into the date.

She rolled her eyes when she turned her head around after hearing someone giving out a moan that was not of pain. She saw a girl being snogged against the wall by a familiar looking guy who had his hands roaming about under her shirt. He appeared to have grabbed hold of something and she could hear the girl giving out venereal moans. She was a prefect so she was going to have to do her job. She walked up to them and cleared her throat, hoping to make her presence known to them. When neither of them made her presence acknowledged she decided to speak with an authoritative like manner so that they would give her at least some of their attention. "You're breaking the school rules by showing public display of affection. Five points off from each of your houses as well as a Saturday's detention with me in the Library."

The girl turned around, it was Pansy Parkinson, no surprise there, she was known for her nightly rendezvous's with different guys everyday. She gave Hermione a glare, muttering something about how stupid and filthy she was. Hermione then turned to look at the guy's face, her jaw dropped and her eyes widened. It was Zacharias.

Her heart hurt for some reason and she ended up showing how she felt by glaring at him. He didn't seem to care about how she felt though as he had his arms crossed in a relaxed position and he appeared to be bored. They weren't going out, but it still hurt to find out that Zacharias had been ignoring her all day to hang out with a slutty slytherin.

Pansy muttered something about having to pee and that Draco-boo was waiting for her and left the two of them in a hurry, disappearing around a corner. Her footsteps could be heard and it faded away after a couple of seconds. She was gone.

"Another five points off from Hufflepuff and a Sunday detention for you too," Hermione hissed after Zacharias gave out a yawn.

"Why are you being so nice?" Zacharias asked with a smirk on his face. "Why don't you add another one for Monday?"

Hermione so wanted to rub the cockiness off of his face as it was annoying her. Why in Merlin's name was he being so calm about what she was telling him? Any other sane Hogwarts student wouldn't have wanted to have detentions two days in a row.

"Why have you been ignoring me all day?" She asked him, ignoring his question. "You should have at least snapped me a note or something."

"You look nice in those shorts," he said, looking at them with a raised eyebrow. He looked genuinely surprised for some reason. He then looked her in the eyes which caused her to hold her breath as he looked too cute all of a sudden. "Going on a date with McLaggen?" he asked, suddenly with a deep growl.

"That's none of your business," she told him, crossing her arms in what looked like a bossy manner. She glared at him. "Why have you been ignoring me all day? I can't believe you got away with skipping all of your classes. I could tell on you, you know."

"Gosh I am so scared. Go on and tell on me." he said sarcastically, looking extremely bored once again. He didn't seem to care about what was going to happen to him. "I wasn't exactly ignoring you by the way. Besides, I hadn't done my homework for the classes I had with you."

"That excuse is so old," she told him, watching him lean against the wall.

The two remained silent for a moment and Hermione watched his hair as it swayed after he shook his head. The colour of his blond hair looked quite dull in the dark hallway but she could still see the way it went down in tiny waves. He yawned then looked at her in the eyes and she just stared back into his green ones, trying to see the pain he was hiding behind his pupils. She found none. She felt a sudden anger reach her mind when she remembered that he had been ignoring her all day just to make out with some girl.

"Why were you snogging Pansy Parkinson out of all the people?!" she asked him furiously.

"That's none of your business." he told her in a way that was way too casual for her liking. It was as if it was pretty normal to go around snogging random people. "I don't see why you get to choose who I get to snog. I haven't asked you about your sexual relationship with Cormac before have I? Bet you guys haven't even snogged yet. What's the point of going out with someone if you're not going to even hang around with him? Is this your first date or something?"

Hermione glared at him, wondering why on Earth he was getting mad at her. And her relationship with Cormac didn't concern him anyway. "Why are you even getting mad at me? What have I ever done to you?" she asked.

He didn't answer her and just pouted his lips petulantly like a child. Suddenly, their whole argument seemed like a joke to him by looking at the expression on his face.

"Why are you getting mad at me for snogging Parkinson?" he asked her. "We're not even going out or anything."

"You're annoying me." she told him.

"So are you."

He started walking away as if the argument between them hadn't even occurred. He didn't even tell her 'goodbye' or that he was 'sorry'.

"Where do you think you're going Zach!?" she asked him angrily. "I demand an apology!"

"Hufflepuff common room. I don't give you my apology." he muttered, turning around slightly before waving at her with a smile on his face.

"You're going to go with me to a Quidditch game in two weeks time!" she said loudly.

"Goodnight."

She was about to yell at him again but he had already disappeared around a corner. She was going to kick him in between the legs tomorrow.

She sighed and walked back to the entrance to the Astronomy tower, trying to forget about her argument with Zacharias. As she thought about it, she suddenly realised how childish it had been. It was kind of stupid to think that she had got mad at him over snogging some other girl. But it was stupid of him to get mad at her for going out with some other guy. She checked the time with her wand. It was six thirty now and Cormac was nowhere to be seen.

She thought for a moment, wondering if he was even going to come. He probably forgot about the date with her and was probably hanging out with his friends right now, being popular as he was. There could be a possibility too that he was with some other girl, not that she cared. She glared at a few innocent first years to vent out some of her anger, who walked passed her and they scurried off as fast as they could, wondering what they had done wrong.

"Hmmm, I never seen that side of you before," an amused voice said right next to her.

Hermione turned around to find Cormac leaning against the wall with his arms cross. He was dressed in muggle clothes, jeans, a shirt and a hoody. His pose reminded her of Zacharias for a moment and she suddenly realised how similar they were. They were both blond, cocky, and well toned in a way with a similar smirk that was usually plastered on their faces. They both liked Quidditch too. The only things that separated them for being twins was that Zacharias was a nicer person and much more easier to talk to. Another thing could be that she was going out with Cormac.

She suddenly remembered that she had been angry at Zacharias and felt her blood boil again.

Cormac, who didn't seem to realise how she was feeling at the moment, grabbed her hand and started to lead her up the stairs to the top of the Astronomy tower. When they got to the top, the glare on Hermione's face hadn't left her yet. She couldn't believe how stupid he was as to not realising that she was currently mad about something. He took a deep breath and sighed before looking at her, with something in his hand.

Hermione realised that she hadn't noticed until now that he had brought his broom with him. She looked at him wide eyed, hoping that their first date was not going to be one of her worst nightmares. Were they going to go flying on a broom?!

"Ready to fly?" he asked her.

Hermione felt like she had fainted on the spot. Cormac was one of the most stupid guys she had ever met. She bloody hated brooms.

"Cormac, I don't like flying," she said, crossing her arms.

He looked at her as if her comment was the most ludicrous thing he had ever heard. "Hermione Granger," he said with a smirk on his face. "You've done all sorts of bizarre and scary things, including fighting and defeating Voldemort, and here you are now, telling me you don't like flying? What's worse? Voldemort or brooms?"

She had to smile at his comment. What he had said made sense and for once he had said something that made her smile. "I see your point there, but still. I just don't get along with brooms."

"That's where I come along," he said, suddenly looking full of himself. His Gryffindor bravery was also shining out through his eyes. "It's not exactly you who's flying so you'd be all right. I know that you just love reading books. You know the feeling you get when you read this really good book and it just takes your breath away?"

"What does books have to do with flying on broo-"

"-Let me finish." he interrupted with a raised eyebrow. "The feeling you get is amazing right? Reading books? That's how I feel like when I'm flying on brooms. I thought that maybe you could experience something that I like with me. I want to share the experience with someone I care for, and that's you. I'd feel bad if it were just me getting all the fun."

Hermione stared at him, not believing her ears. She couldn't recognise the Cormac McLaggen in front of her. His personality was just off and she couldn't see the cocky boy without a proper brain anymore. Instead, she saw a boy who didn't just think about himself, but was thoughtful and actually caring. Albeit the fact that he had deciding to take her on a broom for their first date, he had thought about it from a different perspective, and not just because it was what he was best at and could use to show off in front of her.

"Cormac, is that really you?"

"Why? Do I look hotter today? Like my smile?"

She laughed at his vainness and he stared at her with a confused expression on his face. "Never mind, you wouldn't understand." she muttered.

"Hmmmm. So you ready to fly? You trust me right? You won't fall for sure, I'm here to catch you just to let you know."

"I'm not worried about falling. I've fallen a couple of feet before and have had huge cuts and bruises. I'm just wondering why on Earth I would trust you. I mean, who would?"

He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. He gave her a small smile. "Why wouldn't you?"

She looked at him in the eye carefully and sighed. "I'd hurt you if I told you. Do you still want me to tell you after the warning?"

He smiled at her. "Keep it to yourself then, I know that you don't like me."

As he walked off towards an area just below the open roof, Hermione stared at his back, wondering how he'd known that. Or was he just saying that out of sarcasm? Had she been that obvious as to not liking him? She felt bad for him now as he did some stretches, like the ones he did back during the Gryffindor Keeper tryouts. He turned around and smiled at her as he prepared his broom for her to ride on.

She walked over to him and he helped her onto his broom. She felt a tiny tingle left behind on the palm of her hands as he let go of them. Just before he joined her, he leaned forward so that his lips were next to his ears. "Just remember that I won't let you fall." He then jumped and sat right behind her, one hand on her waist and the other on the broom. He then pushed off and the broom began to go higher and higher off the ground.

Hermione closed her eyes so that she didn't see what was below her. She felt a tiny bit of wind start to blow on her and she knew that they were sort of high up now, in her point of view anyway. She felt Cormac's hand drop from her waist and she felt the broom move for a bit and she wondered if Cormac was handling his broom all right. Was the wind blowing too hard?

"Are you scared?" he asked her when she finally opened her eyes.

She gasped out with surprise when she saw that she was in front of her, standing. "How did you get in front of me?" she asked him, slightly worried for him for once.

He chuckled. "I jumped over you."

Hermione looked at him with a look on her face that showed him that she just wished that he would grow up. She looked down at the ground and shrieked to see how high up they were. She saw that he had brought them further away from school and they were now somewhere in the middle of the Black Lake and she could see several small islands. "Aren't you scared that you might fall?"

"Why'd I fall when I've been on a broom all my life?" he asked her curiously.

"Even professionals make mistakes, Cormac. Don't get so cocky, it may be your downfall."

He smiled at her and didn't say a word.

Hermione looked around and found that the sun was almost completely engulfed by the mountains. She stared at Cormac and wondered if he had picked this exact time to take her out as it was actually quite romantic. She saw the way the wind was blowing at his wiry hair, making it stand up in a way that it actually looked quite funny. She chuckled to herself and she smiled as he looked at down her.

"Something amuses you."

"Your hair."

"Do you like it?"

"It's funny, you should gel it up like that all the time."

They continued to talk and soon night came chasing the day away. Hermione had learnt more about Cormac and vice versa and found that he was quite different from what she had expected, albeit the very obvious cockiness. She figured out that Cormac tended to overlook things and thought way too much of himself over others, but could be a generally sweet-ish person if he tried to be though that rarely happened. It was pretty dark now and they were on their way returning to Hogwarts.

A breeze came and the chill found it's way onto her legs, which weren't covered clothing by much as she was only wearing shorts. She shivered slightly, hoping that Cormac wouldn't notice. He did.

"You cold?" he asked.

Cormac jumped over Hermione again and sat down so that he was facing her. He took his hoody off and offered it to her to which she gladly accepted. She put it on and could smell his grassy scent and wondered if he spent most of his time lying down on fresh grass. She looked at his well toned arms and wondered if he was shivering.

"Aren't you cold with just a shirt on?" she asked him. "You might catch a cold."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

He suddenly looked at her in a way that made her wonder if he was going to kiss her. His eyes had gotten softer yet with a hint of lust and she watched him as he swallowed something. He then put his hands on her waist and brought her closer to him by sitting her on his lap so that she was now straddling his waist. Her chest was against his and she could feel the way his heart was beating faster and faster as they continued to look at each other.

She could choose to not kiss him. Kissing was not a requirement on a first date. But if she rejected his kiss, she would be in heaps of trouble as they were more than a hundred feet off the ground and he was handling the broom. She didn't know what she'd do if he got mad over it, he could toss her off the broom for Merlin's sake!

She then thought about Zacharias and how he had kissed Pansy when he probably didn't even have feelings for her. He couldn't. She hadn't liked the way they had their hands all over each other. Plus, how he had said she hadn't snogged Cormac yet had made her angry as it hadn't been very nice. He had been rather childish about everything.

Hermione blushed when she felt something hard brush against her thigh. Cormac was smirking at her as if she had been wondering just how big he was. She then felt Cormac's fingers play with her hair before settling itself on the back of her head. He then leaned forward and kissed her, bringing his tongue immediately into her mouth which she gasped at as she had been used to slow and steady with her previous boyfriend who had trailed kisses along her jaw and lips before doing what Cormac was doing now.

He roamed inside of her mouth and she just let him. She wasn't doing anything but he seemed to be enjoying it anyway as she could hear him groan through his throat. He licked at her tongue and everywhere possible. He then stopped roaming inside of her mouth and started kissing her neck before sucking on it. She let out a gasp as he sucked harder, making her wonder if he was a vampire or something. Merlin! He was going to leave a hickey of some sort... She hoped that she could remember the spell of how to get rid of one! Otherwise she was going to have to wear a scarf tomorrow...

His hand had let go of her head. She panicked when she felt his hand go under his hoody and under her shirt. He was kissing her again to stop her from gasping out even more in surprise. She felt his fingers leaving goosebumps trails as it made its way up. She wondered what to do, what he was expecting from her. She suddenly wished that she had listened to Zacharias as she was helpless up in the sky alone with Cormac.

She then remembered that Zacharias had been doing the same thing to Pansy. It should be all right then...

She tensed as she felt his fingers resting on the fabric of her bra, just above her breast. He rubbed at it a few times and she wondered what he was going to do. Was he going to take it off? Was he going to expect her to take all of her clothes off more than a hundred feet or so above the ground? She looked into Cormac's eyes, wondering what was going through his head. She saw lust, desire, want, craving and... it suddenly all disappeared and he looked apologetic.

He took his hand out from under her shirt and looked away from her for a moment as if sorry for what he had done.

"You look uncomfortable. Scared even." he mumbled, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes and voice. "I haven't seen that look in other girls before... It's all right though.. I'll wait I guess."

When they arrived at the top of the Astronomy tower and descended, it was close to ten. After Cormac helped her off, she muttered a goodbye and was about to leave when he grabbed her hand, twirled her around, stopping her exactly where he could see her clearly.

"Where you going?" he asked.

"Isn't the date over?" she rapped quickly, hoping to leave as soon as she could. She was still a tiny bit scared and panicky from what had happened earlier.

He shook his head. "You thought the sunset was the whole point of this?"

"Wasn't it?"

"No. The date hasn't even started yet."

He walked over to an area where the sky was in full view and he took out something from his pocket before enlarging it. He placed the enlarged blanket and two pillows on the floor before turning around to face her, looking at her expectantly.

"You expect me to sleep with you?" she asked him carefully, suddenly feeling scared. It was the same feeling she had gotten when his hand had went under her shirt.

He laughed at her comment. "No, but would you like to?"

She was about to panic again but he laughed again.

"Just kidding there. The blanket kinda gave out the wrong message but I just brought it over incase the stone floor turned out to be too cold for you. I asked you to come today because I wanted to watch the stars with you."

That wasn't what Hermione had expected but she liked the idea. She hadn't really stargazed before. She walked over to him and joined him as he lay down on the blanket, resting his head on the pillow.

"You aren't going to get scared about getting caught right?" he asked her as she lay down beside him.

"I'm a prefect, the professors would probably think I'm on patrol." she muttered.

"Hmmm...."

The two began to look up at the sky and Hermione could see a couple of stars. It shown into her eyes and she blinked a couple of times to adjust her eyes to the brightness. When she opened her eyes again, she found Cormac's fingers pointing up at something.

"Do you see that constellation?" he asked her.

She nodded, not really paying attention.

"It's called Lupus which means wolf in Latin. The Ancient Greeks called this star Therium, which means beast. It's brightest star is Alpha Lupi which is blue if you look at it with the use of a special spell. When I was younger, I used fly on my broom, as high as I could go near by my place, just to look at the Alpha Lupi. It helped me feel connected to my older brother whom I miss very much."

"I thought you were an only child?" she said.

"People think so."

"Did your parents hide him or something?"

"No. He ran away with some werewolf tribe after being bitten or something. I'm afraid they'll be in for a surprise once he dies or gets killed whilst fighting some vampires."

'Why?"

"Have you heard of vrykolakas? My brother's one. He's going to turn into a vampire once he dies."

"He'll probably join Cedric then."

"What?" Cormac turned to face her looking surprised. "Diggory?"

Hermione looked at him, surprised at what she had said. She hoped that he would forget it. "Oh, um, nothing."

There was silence for a moment and all that was really happening was the twinkling of the stars above them.

"That's all I wanted to show you," Cormac muttered, standing up.

She stood up with him.

"It's past curfew, I think it's time I should go to bed. You can go off and get to your prefect duty." he muttered.

He then leaned forward and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"Check near the Hogwart's greenhouses. Everybody goes there for a bit of late night snogging."

Before Hermione could say anything else, he winked at her and disappeared down the stairs, leaving the blanket and pillows behind him. She was left to ponder her thoughts on his brother and what he had told her about looking up at the Alpha Lupi. Thinking about it left Hermione completely forgetting about the argument with Zacharias.

She then turned back around and minimised the pillows and blanket before putting it into her pocket. All she had left to do today before going to bed was late night prefect patrolling... She began to make her way down the same staircase as Cormac had, and made her way to the Hogwarts Greenhouses.

A/N That's part two! I hope you liked it!