A/N: Hello guys! I'm so sorry for keeping you waiting this long but I had so much work to do for school, I didn't have time to write anything. As an apology, I wrote an extra long chapter. I hope you like it! :D

Oh, I'd like to thank every single one of the reviewers! I'm sooo happy to know that you liked the last chapter. I was nervous because it was such an important one, I didn't want to screw it up. Thank you!

And sorry for the lame title. I couldn't come up with anything better and I want to go to bed.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of it's characters.

Chapter 6: The library

Hermione could barely breath. What did he just say...? She opened and closed her mouth several times looking for something to say but she couldn't find the words.

"I-um..."

In that exact moment Filch appeared, telling them they were done for the night. Draco left, running as fast as he could.

"Malfoy, wait!" was all Hermione could say, but he didn't turn back, he didn't stop. She felt the tears in her eyes, which made her feel even more confused than before. She slowly made her way back to her dorm.

What did I do? Draco kept running until he reached the Slytherin common room door. He leaned against the wall beside the entrance to catch his breath. He told her. He went over the recent happenings several times trying to process it.

Why? Why did I had to do that? Not only is she going to reject me, but she's going to laugh about me with her friends. She's going to humiliate me!! All because of a stupid... Dammit! Why did I have to start fantasizing about a possible relationship?! Just because she's not like the other girls I've ever dated doesn't mean...

I'll deny it. After all who would believe Draco Malfoy would have feelings for the muggleborn Gryffindor Hermione Granger. No one is going to believe her.

He entered the empty common room and went directly to his bedroom. He lay awake on his bed and couldn't help but notice the "hole" in his chest, which didn't seem to get any smaller.

Why won't this go away? Why can't I just forget about her like I've done with all the other meaningless girls I've ever dated? Well, I guess it's because I didn't feel anything for the others. But still, why is it so hard?

Why do I even like her in the first place?

He felt so frustrated that no one could answer his questions. He decided to go to sleep and deal with whatever the consequences were, in the morning.

Finally Saturday! And even though the students didn't have much time because of all the work they had to do, they still were happy to have a day without classes.

Hermione woke up a little later than usual. As she got up from her bed, all of last night's memories came back to her. She hadn't really given it much thought last night. She knew that she would spend all night awake if she did, and would still think about it the next day, so she decided to have some sleep and deal with it later. But now, it was all there, waiting for her... She sighed deeply. Why did everything have to be so complicated.

Why couldn't an... appropriate boy like her? The worst part is that the idea of Malfoy and I being together didn't sound bad at all. Ever since our first detention together, everything changed, but I don't know why. He wasn't nice to me, we didn't even have a "moment". It was just as if an invisible line was drawn between the two of us. It came out if no where and nobody else can see it but it is there.

What am I going to do? I can't even imagine what any of my friends would say about this. They'd probably take me to the Hospital wing to see what's wrong with me. That might be a good idea...

She was still thinking about this as she made her way towards the Great Hall. Harry and Ron had already left. As she turn in one of the halls, she bumped into someone.

"Oh! Sorry..." she said as she looked up to see a horrified looking Lavender Brown. She looked at the floor and then checked the halls to see if there was anyone that could hear her, but they were empty.

"Look Hermi, I know you probably think I'm horrible for what you saw me doing last night. I mean, he being a Slytherin and all... But I swear to you, he isn't like the others and I really really like him." said Lavender with a small smile on her lips. "The thing is, I haven't told anyone about him yet, and I wanted to ask you, to keep this secret for me, please!"

"Oh don't worry about it Lavender, I won't tell anybody, I promise. It's Malfoy you should worry about."

"No, Goyle promised me he would take care of him. It's OK." Lavender let out a deep sigh. "Well, I have to go, but thank you Hermi." Lavender turned around and left.

Hermione heard her stomach growl and hurried towards the Great Hall, still thinking about Draco. It was curious how much time she spent doing that lately...

She headed towards her friends at the Gryffindor table and grabbed a toast. She looked up and noticed that her two best friends were staring at her.

"What?" she asked with her mouth half full of toast.

"How did it go?" said Harry a little exasperated.

"How did what go?" She knew what they were talking about but she didn't want to talk about it.

"Oh bloody hell Harry, I think he hexed her." Ron said looking at Harry with worry in his eyes. "I'm going to kill that stupid ferret!"

Harry narrowed his eyes at Hermione, inspecting her.

"I'm NOT hexed!" Hermione rolled her eyes at them. "Last night was... Ok"

Both Harry and Ron raised an eyebrow. "Ok?"

"What do you mean Ok?"

"It was fine, nothing out of the ordinary..." Yeah right!

"Are you sure?" said Ron looking at her strangely.

"Yes, Ronald" said the brunette getting a little frustrated. She knew it was to be expected for them to act that way, but it made her feel nervous.

What can I say? If I tell them he was nice, they'd fight him because they'd think I'm hexed, And if I tell them he did something to me, they'd kill him anyway. And for some reason I don't want them to hurt him. Maybe I should go to the Hospital Wing...

She kept eating he breakfast absentmindedly. She looked up and searched for Malfoy in the Slytherin table but she couldn't find him. Where is he?

Draco stared quietly at the shimmering waters of the lake. Goyle and Crabbe were having some stupid conversation about food and Pansy and Blaise were talking about an assignment for potions, but he wasn't paying attention. He couldn't stop picturing her face and the look in her eyes when he told her.

She didn't look disgusted or about to cry. I wouldn't have been shocked by this with any other girl, but this was Granger. She hates me. But her eyes... She looked... well shocked but also... happy? No! Of course not. It's probably just my imagination. I wish I knew what she thinks. What am I supposed to do now? Talk to her? Ignore her?

I want to talk to her and ask her what she feels but... what if she rejects me? Oh Merlin! Something is really wrong with me. Since when do I think like this? I'm a Malfoy! She should be honored by this! She's lucky that I even looked her way!

He was distracted from his thoughts by the Pansy's whining voice calling his name.

"Draco! Draco! Come on, remember you promised me you'd go with me to the library and help me with my History of Magic essay!"

Malfoy didn't remember agreeing to that. He probably answered her without paying attention. He didn't have anything better to do so he got up. They started walking towards the castle and Draco noticed Pansy was curling her arm around his. She usually did this and he had always hated it but let her do it.

As they entered the library, he noticed the Golden Trio sitting at one of the tables. They were surrounded by books and parchment but they didn't look that concentrated. They were laughing at something Weasel said.

A smirk appeared on his face. He lead Pansy to the table right next to theirs.

Hermione looked up as they were walking towards the table. She saw Pansy's arm around Malfoys and for some reason she suddenly felt like hurting her. She noticed the blond was looking at her. He had his usual smirk in his lips. She quickly looked towards a pile of books next to Ron, pretending to look for something.

They sat down and Pansy started taking out her books. Draco looked over at Hermione and put his arm around Pansy whispering something in her ear. She let out a giggle and blushed.

This made Hermione's blood boil. She wanted to jump over and strangle her. But then she realized what he was doing. After all he was the one who declared his feeling for her last night.

She smiled wickedly and turned over to Ron.

"Ron, have I told you how much I like it when you push your hair back like that" she said with a supposedly innocent tone.

Ron blushed and looked nervous. "No..."

"Well, I really do" she said twirling her hair.

She felt ridiculous doing this but she knew it was working. Malfoy's hands were tightly balled into fists and his knuckles her white.

Harry, who hadn't paid attention to her comment, got up to look for another book he needed. Hermione stood up and sat next to Ron. She curled her arm around his and laid her head on his shoulder. Ron looked at her strangely.

"I'm so cold" she whispered. Her mouth was so close to his ear, that her breath made Ron shiver.

Draco punched the table angrily at this. He couldn't take it anymore. He was about to kill the Weasel. Ron and Pansy looked at him shocked. Hermione hid the smile on her lips.

"What the bloody hell is wrong with you?" asked Ron, raising an eyebrow.

"Shut up, Weasel! Isn't it time for you to start making dinner with the other house elves?"

Ron got up from his sit, his ears turning redder by the second. Hermione got up too, putting her hands on his chest to stop him.

"Calm down, Ron! Let's just go" she said trying to calm him down.

Ron stood there for a few seconds, staring at Draco. Then he grabbed his stuff and headed towards the door. In that moment Harry got back to the table.

"What's going on?" he looked from Hermione to Draco.

"Nothing. We're leaving" she said while packing her things and Harry's.

Harry looked at her and then narrowed his eyes at Draco. "What did you do?"

Draco opened his mouth to say something but Hermione interrupted him. "Let it go, Harry. Let's go find Ron"

She handed him his stuff and they left the library.

Draco sat back down and let out a sigh. Pansy looked at him smiling and kissed him on the cheek. She continued looking through some books while Draco stared out the window.

A/N:

Well, What do you think?

I really enjoyed writing the jealousy scene haha. Personal experience, believe me!

I didn't want to make Pansy a complete brainless doll. I don't think Draco would hang out with her if she was.

What do you think is happening next? Really, anything could happen 'cause I've got no idea yet hehe.

Please Review!! I want to know what you think