Author's Note: I'm so so sorry it took me so long to update please forgive me.

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Chapter 9

After a couple of practice rounds the group started their game. Ginny was the first to go pulling a nine.

"I pulled a nine so that means we all have to rhyme right?" Ginny asked, Brianna just smiled and nodded her head. "Okay I'll start with goose."

Hermione was next, "Moose".

Pansy, "Noose"

Brianna, "Loose"

"Juice" Blaise said with a wide smile.

"Damn it! You took my word you jackass." Draco yelled taking a gulp of his drink, while the rest of the group just laughed at him.

Over the next hour the game went along smoothly the group was getting along laughing and having a great time. Once it was Hermione's turn again she drew the first king in the deck. She looked at the card skeptically as she thought of what she was going to say for her never have I ever.

"Never have I ever had a competent sex partner." Hermione said as she placed the card down, causing Draco to choke on his drink. "Are you okay over there Malfoy?" Hermione asked with a grin.

"Just fine," Draco responded taking a sip from his water bottle to flush out his windpipe.

"Never have I ever had sex." Pansy said causing Ron to stare at her in disbelief. This also caused not only him but, Harry, Ginny, Brianna, Blaise, Hermione and Draco to take a drink. "Wow don't I feel like the class dork being the only virgin in the group." Pansy said looking at the floor as her cheeks reddened with embarrassment.

"Pansy," Hermione started, "It doesn't make you look like a dork. It was your choice not to have sex. If people refuse to respect that, then ssscrew 'em." She finished she slightly slurred, as Pansy reached over to hug her.

"Never have I ever been on a broom." Brianna said as everyone drank.

"Well on our next date I'll take you on one." Blaise said as he went on with his turn, "Never have I ever ridden a horse."

This continued for the next couple of rounds. Soon the game came to an end and the rest of the group got up and began to stumble around a bit making Hermione grateful that she made some hangover potions.

"Just to let everyone know, there are hangover potions in the bathroom." Hermione said, "Are you guys going to be able to make it back to your dorms?" Hermione smiled as they all let her know they would be fine.

"Have a good night and don't forget to take the potions." Draco said as he walked everyone to the portal door and closed it quietly.

"Well," he started, "That was fine tonight. Did you have a good time?" He asked.

"Yeah I did actually. You know you're not so bad when you decide to be a decent human being." Hermione said laughing and obviously still drunk.

"So are you when you get your head out of the books and lighten up a bit." Draco shot back as he walked towards her feeling very buzzed and bold.

"You have only seen me at school, you've never seen out of it, out of uniform. I've been the top of our class since day one, then I became a prefect and now head girl. You and I both know that I'm held to certain standards and so are you." She said as she moved closer to him.

"Well maybe one day I'll get to see you away from all this, when you are able to be free from the pressure you've put yourself in. But you want to know something I've notice? He asked staring into her eyes.

"And what's that? That I'm still a bucked tooth, frizzy hair freak?" Hermione asked, alcohol in full effect guarding herself for a possible fight or at least an insulting match.

"Not at all," Draco started calmly hoping she would back away from her defensive line, "You seem to be happiest when you are studying, that you love to learn new things and experience them. The only other time I've seem you almost as happy is when you were dancing at the party. And I'm will to bet my entire family fortune that you were just as happy if not happier than when you study is when you were dancing tonight.

"Even though I didn't know it was you till midnight tonight, but I could feel it in every step you placed, every turn you took, and every move you made. I could feel the joy radiating off of you, you have incredible talent. I honestly felt honored dancing with you, and I would love to able to do that again soon." He finished standing only mere inches from Hermione's face and all she could do was gasp at what he said. Draco saw that as an opportunity and he moved in to kiss her.

Hermione was surprised to say the least, but still incredibly intoxicated and could not help herself and deepened the kiss. Draco saw this as an okay to go further and wrapped his arms around her waist as she wrapped her arms around his neck as he softly pushed her against a wall. It wasn't until Draco moved to kiss her neck that Hermione snapped to her senses.

"Stop," she almost yelled.

"What's wrong?" Draco asked, afraid he pushed her too far.

"I'm sorry Malfoy, but I've obviously have had too much to drink. I shouldn't have let you kiss me like that. I'm so sorry I let it get that far please forgive me." Hermione almost cried as she hurried off to her room and shut the door quickly leaving Draco standing in the common room staring at the wall he just had her pressed against.

After five minutes of staring and wondering what the hell just happened, Draco went up to his room to take a hangover potion and get ready for bed.

How the hell did I just fuck that up? He wondered brushing his teeth.

'I don't know maybe you moved to fast you drunk horny dumbass.'

Really shit head? You're going to start this bullshit right now? Now that I have to beat one off just to sleep.

'Good thing she doesn't know that or she'd never let you near her again, if she hasn't already decided to do so.

Fuck off. And with that Draco turn out his light and drifted off to sleep thinking of only Hermione and the thought of dancing with her again.

What the hell is wrong with me? Hermione asked herself changing for bed.

'I don't know I thought that was going along splendidly. I didn't know Malfoy could kiss like that.'

Well neither did I. It was a wonderful kiss, but maybe there was too much alcohol in the mix. I'm still in shock by what he said.

'Well it's all true.'

And how would you know that?

'Really? You are having a conversation with yourself inside of you mind. How the hell do you think it's true? You really are that happy when you study or dance.'

God, I can't believe he kissed me though. It had to be the liquor. And with that Hermione laid in bed ready to fall asleep, only the feel of Draco's kiss on her mind.

The next morning Hermione made her way down to the great hall for breakfast noticing the tired and obviously hung over students she pasted in the hall again grateful for the potions she made the week before. She looked around for Draco but didn't see him.

Maybe he's still sleeping. She thought to herself as she sat down with her friends.

"So did you guys make it to your rooms alright last night?" She asked, "Where's Ron?" she continued hoping he was still in bed.

Ginny broke into giggle fits and point at Harry to answer her.

"Well somehow," Harry began, "We lost him on the way back. And professor Snape found him two hours later telling the fat lady portrait how pretty she was and asking if he could kiss her and have his way with her." He finished before couldn't hold it in any longer and began to laugh hysterically with Ginny. All Hermione could do was hold her hands to her mouth to keep from losing it just as Ron had walk in and obviously with an ounce of hang over potion in him.

"Not a damn word from any of you." Ron warned. "Do you have any extra potion on you?" He asked Hermione praying that she didn't decide to not be over prepared for a change.

"Yeah sure." She said reaching into her bag and pulled out a small vile of potion.

"Thank you, you guys don't think that what I was doing got to pansy do you?" Ron asked looking at the Slytherin table. To his disappointment Pansy was laughing at him and shaking her head. "How do I approach her now, we were getting along so great she probably thinks I'm not worth her time anymore." He stated looking away while his ears turned red.

Hermione wasn't paying attention to Ron, because just then Draco walked in looking confused and sleep deprived.

"Well you look like you didn't sleep well," Blaise commented taking a bite of a muffin.

"No I didn't." Draco grumbled grabbing some toast. "I think I fucked up last night."

"Oh shit you think you fucked up? That must mean you actually did. What happened last night man?" Blaise asked wondering if he needed to run interference between Draco and Harry.

"I kissed her, for a good few minutes. She freaked when I started to kiss her neck. She didn't seem like she was going to have me killed or anything, but she didn't seem happy." Draco explained looking at the table not wanting to risk eye contact with Hermione.

"What do I do now man?" Draco asked looking at Blaise with hope in his eye.

"Write her a letter." Blaise started having given the subject a bit of thought, "Write a letter apologizing for taking things a step too far, and just for kissing her considering she just started to give you a chance and you just straight fucked it up." Blaise finished as he patted Draco's shoulder as he got up and walked out of the great hall.

Draco sat there staring at the food he wasn't going to for ten minutes as he thought of the letter he was going to write, when an idea came to him about how he would apologized. And with that left the great hall and returned to his dorm to set his plan in motion.

And there is chapter 9. Again I'm so sorry. There has been so much that has happened and I've had the worse case of writers block.