Some of the bits are confusing but I'm sure you will get it soon. It even confuses me sometimes and I'm the one who wrote it. Anyways, enjoy!

Chapter 6

Meanwhile back in the Room of Requirement Draco emerged from the corner he had hidden in while the trio left and walked over to the heap of black, "Alright you gits get up." Crabbe and Goyle stood up and removed the black hooded capes.

"So Draco did we do well?" asked Goyle.

"Yes! You did excellent!" Draco replied smiling.

"What exactly did you do to the Mudblood?" Crabbe boasted curiously.

"Don't you ever call her a Mudblood!" Draco yelled furiously. Then seeing the looks of shock and suspicion on Crabbe and Goyle's faces he added; "Only I can call her that!"

"Okay, can we go eat dinner now? All this work has made me hungry," Goyle announced.

Draco rolled his eyes, "Alright I suppose."

Crabbe and Goyle quickly ran out of the room. Draco remained in the room. He stayed there thinking.

"I finally did it! She left Weasel . She's going to meet me at the Three Broomsticks this Saturday." thoroughly satisfied with himself Draco walked over to the cabinet and ripped off the door. He then knocked it over. "There that should keep actual Death Eaters from returning to the school."

He then walked over to the door, smiled dreamily and walked out.

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Hermione, I've always loved you and I care so deeply about you...Better than that Weasley...
"No, no she'll rip it up and storm off… and I'll never have another chance..." Draco thought as he waded up the piece of parchment he was writing on.

He pulled up a second piece of parchment and began again.
Hermione,
As I sit here writing this letter I want nothing more than to tell you who I am. But I can't tell you that just yet. For I believe it would scare you away from me forever.

"Ugh! That's stupid! Hmm…Okay Draco calm yourself. Tell her how you feel. You love her... so tell her." Draco argued with himself.

He waded up the second piece of parchment and threw it aside. He was determined to make this letter perfect. But every time he tried he either brought up Harry or Ron. He knew that if he bashed them in the letter Hermione would defiantly know it was him who had the crush on her. He wanted to break it to her slowly. Get her to fall in love with a secret admirer. But he just couldn't get it right on paper.

Finally after a dozen attempts he had the perfect letter for Hermione. He folded it neatly and put it in an envelope and set it in his trunk next to the rose he had gotten her. The Hogsmeade visit was an hour away and he was a nervous wreck. He prayed that things would turn out, as he wanted them to.

Once the students were released to go to Hogsmeade Draco walked as casually as he could. His heart was pounding in his ears. As he passed Hermione, Ron and Harry he shifted the rose and letter inside his robes so that they couldn't see them.

Once inside the Three Broomsticks he walked up to the counter, "Madam Rosemerta I have a favor to ask of you."

"Alright then what favor shall I assist you with?"

"This rose and letter. May I set them on a table for a girl I like?"

"Aw, love how sweet. Of course you may. Who might this lucky girl be?"

"Umm, I can't say. Please don't tell her who they're from if she asks."

"Oh, a secret admirer. I see. No worry I won't tell a soul!"

Satisfied Draco approached the first empty table he saw and quickly glanced around to make sure no other Hogwarts students were in the Three Broomsticks before he pulled out the rose and letter. He placed them neatly on the counter and rushed out to meet Crabbe and Goyle at the Hogs Head.

Hermione, Ron and Harry were standing out side of Fred and George's new shop that they had just set up. They had bought Zonko's Joke Shop. "Harry, Ron, I'll meet you back here in about an hour okay? I have something's I need to get done!"

"Okay Hermione. See you later." Stated Harry absent mindedly as he stared at a girl across the road.

"Hermione, wait!" Ron called after her as she turned to leave.

"What is it Ron?"

"What did I do wrong?"

"Nothing it's just…I value your friendship and I don't want to lose it if we had broken up later on down the road. Now please let me go I need to go somewhere."

"Right then, go, have fun." Ron muttered.

Hermione hurried across the street to the Three Broomsticks. She hesitated for a moment at the door before she pushed it open. Once inside she looked around for a boy holding a rose. She didn't see anyone. Her heart sunk. Just as she was about to turn and leave she spotted a table near the back of the pub with a rose on it. She smiled and rushed over hoping to finally meet her secret admirer.

When she arrived she saw that no one was there but beside the rose laid a letter. Curious she opened it and read what it said.
Hermione,
Ever since our first encounter on the Hogwarts Express 1st year, I have liked you. I always wanted to date you and have you all to myself. But our differences have always kept us apart! I apologize for not being here today at the Three Broomsticks like I had promised you I would be. But I do not think it is time for us to meet face to face yet. I am going to give you several clues to help you figure out whom I really am. I hope in return you fall for me the way I have fallen for you.
Yours Forever,
Anonymous

Confused Hermione put the letter into her pocket. She picked up the rose and smiled. She sat in the Three Broomsticks for an hour thinking about who the guy could be. She was anxious to get the next clue. She glanced down at her watch and realized that she was late to meet Harry and Ron. She jumped up and rushed out of the store. She bumped into Draco on her way out and said, "Ugh watch it you cockroach!"

Annoyed Draco yelled after her, "Get a life Mudblood!" He watched her run across the street towards Harry and Ron. He noticed that she had his rose clutched tightly in her hand. He smiled; his plan was going great so far. Now all he had to do was give her regular clues and get her to fall in love with him.

He watched her tell Harry and Ron about the rose and letter. Then he laughed as she told them about what happened in the Room of Retirement after they were knocked out. He smirked an evil little smirk when he saw the look on Ron's face when he realized that was why Hermione had left him. Ron stormed off muttering to himself. Harry stood staring at Hermione in a state of shock. Hermione stood there with a dreamy look on her face.

Satisfied Draco went in to the Three Broomsticks to ask Madam Rosemerta how Hermione reacted when she was there. "So? What did she do when she saw I wasn't there?"

"Poor girl look so disappointed." Then seeing the worried look on Draco's face added, "But once she read that letter you left she brightened up. She sat there day dreaming for an hour before she got up and left."

"I see. Did she say anything to you?"

"No but I heard her shout at someone and call them a cockroach."

"Yeah, that was me she was talking to."

"Oh not friends with her then I suppose?"

"No, she hates me. That's why I couldn't be here when she read the letter and received the rose."

"Oh. Well, I wish you the best. Good luck. I hope you become friends with that girl."

"Yeah, I wish for more…" Draco said as he departed from the Three Broomsticks and started heading back up to the school.

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