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…this one is on me…" A voice said, she recognised it but she wasn't so sure because it sounded a lot deeper than all those times before. Hermione turned around and her realisation was true-I was Malfoy.

"Well its Granger! Your almost unrecognisable from behind," he winked and strolled over to the counter. Before Hermione could stop or mutter words off protest he had already paid for his pet and her new one as well.

"Um is that Ok if I come and pick it up later? I'll probably come back in a hours time," she said as she looked confused and annoyed but yet remembered her curtsey and so smiled politely to Albert and then stepped past Malfoy to reach for the door handle.

"Oh which Mooniff pup did you want? You never said," asked Albert so he could write it down on in his accord journal. He looked at her expectantly. She glanced at Malfoy and then at Albert.

"May I have the female pup please? They are easier to look after, from past experiences of dogs," she clasped her hands together in an awkward stance. She hoped Malfoy wouldn't comment on her Mudblood line.

"Certainly dear, you can head off now," Albert gave a smile as Hermione pulled the door open and left, "And yours is the Male then, Mr Malfoy? Is this OK?"

"Not a problem Albert…she's beautiful," said Draco, who was so deep in a trance that he only realised a minute later what he said.

"What the pup? Why yes they are a beautiful new specie if you ask me.."

"Err…Yeh the pups…" replied Draco hiding a smile. Albert rambled on a bit more until Draco asked if it was possible if he could come back a hour later as well. With their exchange in thanks, he then left the shop.

***

Hermione leant against the wall outside the shop. She rested her head back and noticed it wasn't so busy any more compared to earlier on, this morning. She checked her watch 14:15pm, she had 45 minutes until she could return back to the shop and collect her Mooniff. She would need to think of a name for the Pup, but that had to wait until later. She glanced up in response to the bell ringing, as the door to the Pet shop closed shut.

She knew Malfoy had left the shop, but she knew he hadn't walked away. Should she take a chance and walk out only to possibly be followed and bombarded with his criticisms, or should she walk out and face the music. She knew she couldn't do this, she knew she couldn't change for the better, he had scarred her too much after all those years of bullying. Or was it this chance now to prove herself strong against him? To prove herself strong against the world…

She took a deep breathe and walked out from the wall and carried on about her business, she needed that last textbook after all.

***

He had no idea what he was doing but everything he thought about her in that shop, looking back at him as she left through the door, he got a collection of mixed emotions. But the curious thing about it was they were all positive emotions; Happiness, Joy, Longing and Warmth. He wanted to know why her? Why was she the only one he felt brighter with? Or maybe it was a one off crush after not seeing her for other 3 months.

Just when he thought she had gone straight out of the street and out of his sights, she passed him, apparently unaware of him standing there. He watched her go. He looked her up and down…how perfect she was. The curves: all in proportion, caramel, brown hair swaying in the faint breeze. Little loose curls wrapping around her shoulders as she flicked her hair back off her face. Those hazel eyes which locked onto his, stared only at the ground as she walked past.

She had changed a lot. She was no longer the bushy-haired swat he had known but she was now a really beautiful girl. Was it wrong of him to think this of the enemy? Was she even an enemy to him?. She was an enemy to all his friends however. He felt bad for treating her so rudely and mean up until now, he wanted to make it up to her. It will take a lot of hard work and maybe a lot of tiffs and arguments but he had a feeling he could make her trust him and maybe a friendship could be formed…or more.

***

She knew he had seen her and she could feel his gaze burning into her. No actually she did feel something burning into her. She felt her arms, which were hot and reddening, almost like she had caught sun burn. But can it form that soon?

"Strange…" she said to herself, "I was in that store for a good while and its only now that I'm walking in the sunlight…"

"Talking to yourself Granger?" a voice asked behind her. She sighed, tensing her shoulders and letting him fall again. "Here we go…round one," she thought to herself.

"What do you want Malfoy? Thank you!! Thank you for buying my pet for me but honestly-I'm not that poor, so stop thinking that I am just because I come from a Mudblood Family," she snapped sarcastically. Malfoy walked up beside her and followed at her pace.

"How dare you! I haven't even said or implied that you are poor-sure you have Potter, he's loaded and in case it didn't occur to you-I don't care what your blood is," snapped back Malfoy. Hermione was startled at this but wasn't in the mood to argue back but she did want to question his motives.

"How long were you following me for? What took you so long to speak up or were you checking something out before hand?" she asked coldly and raised an eyebrow as she caught his glance. He grew red in the cheeks-she had caught him out good.

"I was just admiring the view, give a guy a break," he retorted as they stepped into the sunlight. The light hit off his hair casting a reddish colour over it, Hermione noticed this.

"What the hell have you done with your hair?" inquired Hermione stopping on the street, "If you have changed it to try and impress me Malfoy, you have another thing coming…" Draco groaned. He had such a mix of emotions to the extent that he felt quite drunk. He saw her lips moving, probably mouthing indecent comments but he didn't hear her, he only saw red, succulent lips which he longed to kiss. To at least try their taste. He felt a jolt. It was so strong that it pushed him forward on to her mouth. Their lips meet and parted just as quickly with a thump to his head.

"Oii! What the hell Hermione?!" he shouted as he gathered his balance. He starred at her. She held her hand bag at head height, ready to strike again.

"What the hell Hermione..? More like what the hell were you thinking!" She exclaimed. Her face was hard and set with anger, "Have you lost your mind Malfoy? I don't give myself away like that! So never take advantage of me again!"

She turned on her heels and marched away, rage fumed from her as she left a bruised Draco.

***

She slammed her bag down on a seat, which was beside her own. Resting finally on the seat she placed her head in her hands and gave a long sigh. After Malfoy and her encounter she had marched the whole way to the right store, picked up the last remaining book she needed and then left in such a hurry to find a place to sit, were she found herself at this Café.

The waiter came around and she ordered a glass of Lemonade to quench her thirst. She couldn't understand how he could do that to her. They never spoken civilised to each other before and straight away he lunges in for a kiss, she felt degraded, it made her want to storm back and hit him a few more times so it could knock some sense into him.

She took a sip of lemonade which had just been set down in front of her and rested against the back of the chair. "And what was the deal with his hair? Strawberry blonde?" she thought to herself.

***

Draco placed his hood up to stop the sun burning his neck. He couldn't get his head around the fact that he couldn't control his emotions. What was up if the jolt? I got in from the pit off my stomach and my tummy does actually feel pretty off now…

He walked on for a bit trying to clear his mind but there was so many unanswered questions, he needed to speak to Dumbledore to see if there was a way forward with all these changes. He felt embarrassed and sorry for Hermione, he didn't mean it after all and what's worse she would probably tell her clan, giving them even more reason to hate him. Nice one Draco…

He needed to see her again, to maybe talk it over and to try to be civilised for once.

As if someone from above had heard and answered his plea, he passed Café, which indeed had Hermione sitting in it, with her head in her hands. He entered the Café and went over to her table. It all needed to be sorted out as quick and as clear as possible.

***

Her mind was tired from thinking to much so she let it rest for a moment and a moment it was, for a voice spoke to her. A voice she didn't expect to be talking to her for the second time this day.

"Is one of these seats taken? Can I have a word with you?"

"No they aren't taken and no you may not," she replied coldly. She heard a seat being dragged out and the movement of someone sitting in it. She sighed… Round two. Lifting her head she raised both eye brows which, to Malfoy, was an oblivious warning that she was in no mood to talk.

"Listen Hermione, we need to talk, please hear me out, OK?"

Hermione sipped her Lemonade and pulled out her ipod from her pocket. She couldn't be bothered listening to him so she thought maybe after listening to a few tracks he would get the hint to leave her alone. She turned it on and placed an ear phone in her ear but before she could place the other one in, Malfoy had placed a finger on the ipod, turning it off.

"I have just come to apologise, Ok?" he assured her. He looked genuinely sorry so Hermione sipped her Ipod away, back into her pocket and stated bluntly:

"I'm listening…"

"Ok I don't know what came over me, you know I would never act like that-ever…well maybe I would…but defiantly not to you. Your on the other side, we are seen as enemies and even talking to you is unheard of, so I have to watch in case anyone notices. What happened was I had a weird drink and I felt quite drunk and so I don't know what came over me," he gave a reassuring nod, in the hope that it would, in someway, help with his apology but it didn't work.

Hermione frowned, "Well Malfoy that would explain the way you paid for my purchases and for the way you tried to attack me with a kiss, because really you would have been absolutely crazy to do that to me…But on the other hand, you have been staring at me a lot in the minutes we have seen each other and for some reason I don't think your telling me the truth," she smirked back. She had caught him by the tongue and now he would have to give up and say. Malfoy looked flushed, it was almost as if staring at her was torture for him. She liked it, this was revenge.

"Right ok, god Granger you just have to go poking your nose in don't you," Malfoy said sighing to control his frustration, "I did not have a weird drink and I don't feel drunk, but yes I have been watching you and I admit I do like what I see."

Hermione had to smirk again, she now had him wrapped around her little finger. "I can't explain the kiss part too well because I don't even know what the heck happened. All I can say is I had a jolt which caught me by surprise and caused me to lose balance and sort of fall forward on your lips," he half explained. Hermione rolled her eyes. All guys had the most outlandish excuses for trying to come on to her. She had almost heard them all, this was a new one to the record.

"Malfoy, you have no idea how pathetic that sounds right now-a jolt? Was it a jolt in those boxers of yours?" she laughed sarcastically. Draco glared at her. He hadn't the time for games and she was teasing him right there in front of her. Usually he would say something of a comeback but he didn't want to fight.

"I told you the truth and no it wasn't from my boxers Granger, it was my stomach but I wish though," He replied smirking as he got up from the chair and winked to her as he left the table.

Hermione started as she felt butterflies in her stomach as soon as he did that, what was going on with her? She was now quit attracted to Draco Malfoy, the enemy… But she liked it. It bought an unusual sense of curiosity to her mind and she wanted to see how far she could push him. He glanced back and smirked as he left the Café, he knew the effect he caused her and she knew he liked a good tease game and it seemed with the increase in chemistry between them, that it was going to be a long tease game with no one giving into each other. She would win this one. She would get back at him for those times before.

Taking out the right amount of coins from her purse she set them at the Café counter and left to follow Malfoy out.