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Chapter 5: Meetings

Monday was slow. Nothing happened. Whispers still followed Hermione everywhere but yet they were Obscure and unheard by her. Ginny had told her the rumors about Malfoy how he had supposedly fallen in love, with someone who didn't care. But she did care. She cared for him as much as she did for Harry and Ron just in a different way.

It wasn't until Potions that anything happened. Hermione had used her free period after lunch to do the Arithmancy homework she had been set. When the bell rang she was still working in the Library and after running back to the tower to get her books, she raced off to the dungeons. She entered last, or so she thought. There was one empty desk at the back of the class. She would be working by herself today it seemed. The door to the dungeon opened again just as the bell rang. Hermione who was too busy getting her equipment ready to care who it was. They sat down beside her and she looked up into the eyes of Draco. She didn't pay attention as Slughorn started the class.

"Hermione," Draco whispered. "It's um, A Hogsmead weekend this weekend. I was… I mean if you…Do you?"

"Are you trying to ask me to go with you." She questioned.

"Yes… I'm not doing a very good job."

"No… I mean…I'd…I'd… love to." She felt him reach over and grab her hand under the desk.

The rumors spread fast. Draco Malfoy had a date with mystery women. Harry and Ron were discussing who in their right mind would date such a slimy git over dinner. Hermione kept silent the whole time. And for once went straight to bed afterwards.

"Ginny what's wrong with Hermione?" Harry asked as Hermione disappeared up to the girl's dorm. Ginny glanced at the staircase as the dark brown curly hair whipped out of sight around the corner.

"Ahh. No idea. But I'm sure that you . . . we will find out eventually" Ginny replied wondering whether or not her friend had had any luck with Draco. She pulled out her homework and ignored glances from Harry and Ron, who soon decided to follow.

Ron twittered with his quill, looked at his page as if it were going to jump up and run away. There was nothing written on the page.

"Oh I give up." he finally said. "I can't do this anymore."

"Well it doesn't help that you haven't started," Smirked Ginny taking the time to glance over at the table where Dean, Neville and Seamus were sitting. Ron looked over as well; Harry knew just how much Ron hated that Ginny was dating Dean. As Harry couldn't stand it either.

Ron went off to bed as soon as Ginny went over to see Dean. Harry didn't want to stay to watch them and retreated to his bed to organize Quidditch trainings. He was starting to see why Oliver was so tough on them now. It was hard to coach the team to its best when they are mucking around. At least Ron was better this year. The team was wonderful, but still Harry had an Idea that something would muck up his almost perfect team.

Ginny had seen Harry go upstairs and wondered if now would be a good time to talk to Hermione. The rest of the 6th year dorm was in the common room.

"Goodnight," Ginny said to Dean who kissed her and didn't question why she was off to bed early. Which was one of the reasons Ginny liked him, but she still knew deep down she liked Harry. But Dean was so much more obvious at the moment. "Hermione," she opened the door slightly.

"I was wondering when you would come up."

"I had to wait for Ron and Harry to leave so it didn't look weird that we were both going to bed early." Ginny sat on the bed. "So?"

"We're going to Hogsmead together this weekend."

"Yay." They hugged, Both smiling. "But um… what about Harry and Ron?"

"Well, we talked about that and we just aren't going to tell them."

"What… but they will freak."

"I know that's why." Ginny looked confused it was unlike her friend to be so mean. Especially to her best friends.

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Draco couldn't sleep. It was Friday night and tomorrow he and Hermione would be going to Hogsmead together along with the rest of the school. How he would to give to see her right now just for a little while. An owl hooted outside the window. The night was silent and lonely. A tap on the window or so he thought. There was another and another and another. Draco hoped out of bed, the stone floor chilled his feet. At the window there was a small owl the size of a tennis ball. He opened the window a cool breeze hit him as well as the ball of fluff. He took a piece of parchment from the bird which zoomed away out the opened window. He read it quickly, before opening his trunk.

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Hermione sat on a red couch in her pajamas. They were silk pink the top was rather reveling but she didn't care. He wouldn't care. There was a knock on the door. And it creaked open. Two blue eyes met hers.

"Come on." She said. Beckoning him over.

"The room of requirement." He said, "we should meet here more often." Draco had a small smirk on his face. He sat down next to hermine. There was an awkwardness between them. They weren't touching at all apart from the odd tap of each other's feet. They hardly talked, they just stared into each other's eyes. Hermione shivered.

"Are you cold?" Draco asked.

"No." Her voice was quaky

"You are I know it."

"Okay well maybe a little." She smiled.

"Come here." She moved closer to Draco, his arm went around her. She snuggled closer, his smell was sweet. It was only a few minutes before Hermione fell asleep. Draco smiled and kissed her on the top of her head before resting his head on hers and falling asleep.

(A/N: Yay another chapter down and many more to go. I have decided I am going to have to give up sport just so I can write more chapters for you. Please REVIEW.