Chapter 2

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A week later, he had his trunk packed and all of his stuff together in his room. He went down stairs around noon and waited for the Weasleys to arrive. After an hour had passed he heard a beep outfront and went to see if it was them. Sure enough it was, Fred and George hopped of of the car and asked Harry if he needed help. So they went upstairs and brought down the trunk. As they reached the front door, they saw a look of happiness upon his face "Why are you so happy" the twins asked, "because, I am getting out of this house" said Harry but the real reason he was happy was because he would be seeing Hermione shortly. So harry went to the car and to his suprise, Hermione was in the car too. When she saw him she jumped out of the car and gave him a big hug, "I missed you," she said.

Harry could feel himself starting to blush so he ran back in the house to calm down a little. He had a crush on Hermione since he first saw her 4 years ago. He knew she liked someone else though and that made him hurt inside every time he thought of it. When they reached the Burrow, Mrs. Weasley told Hermione "Oh dear, an owl brought this over here for you while you were out getting Harry." The writing was in cursive and it had a sweet smell to it, Harry and Ron agreed that this was a love letter. Her face turned the color of Ron's hair and she ran to her room. "What was that all about" they asked each other in unison. When she got to the room, she opened the letter and smelt the wonderful scent. It smelt like her secret love. It smelt like her secret love, Draco Malfoy. She had not told anyone about their relationship in fear of being laughed at or worse losing a friend. It will be 8 months in a week, she was going to tell Ginny but she decided not to because she would tell Ron and he would tell Harry. Making sure that noone was around, she opened the letter and read it with a big smile on her face. The letter read:

"Mione,

Hey babe, how are you doing? I'm okay just bored thinking about you. Did you tell anyone yet? I keep my promise and didn't tell my dad about us. Just remember I won't let him harm you in anyway. I miss you so much, see you at school.

Much love,

Your dearest Draco

She was still smiling after she had put the letter away in a small box that was full of letters from him. A second later Ginny came in the room looking at Her with a suspicious look on her face. " Why are you so happy?" asked Ginny. "Because I am, can't a girl be happy anymore" replied Hermione. " You have been acting weird since the school year ended, What's up with you" said Ginny. "Am I not suppose to be happy or something" said Hermione blushing alittle. "Fine" said Ginny and she walked out the door. When Hermione went back downstairs, she had all eyes looking at her. "Who was that from?" asked Harry and Ron in unison. " A friend" she replied, but she could tell that they knew she was hiding something. The next day they went to Diagon Alley. Harry, Ron and Hermione were all heading to get their supplies when they ran into Draco Malfoy.

"Oh look who it is, Potter and Weasley" Draco said with a smirk." What do you want?" asked Harry. Ron didn't say a word but saw Draco and Hermione staring at each other, smiling, not saying a word and then Draco winked at her. Harry soon noticed too and as soon as Draco realized they were being watched he quickly took his eyes away from hers. Harry could see in Draco's eyes that he liked Hermione. " Nothing, get out of my way" he bumped into them but leaned more towards Hermione not wanting to leave her. As Malfoy bumped into hr she touched her shoulder and then saw them looking at her. " What was that all about?" asked Ron. "What do you mean " she asked looking guilty. " why did he bother us, we didn't even do anything to him." said Ron. "Maybe he's having a bad day, its not like I care anyway." said Hermione, she knew she was lying to herself because she loved him and was glad to see him again. " Why were you two staring at each other?" asked Harry and Ron. " I saw him looking at me so I decided that the only way to get him to stop looking would be to look at him until he looks away" said Hermione.

Harry and Ron looked at each other knowing and agreeing that she was hiding something. "Honestly, you guys will never trust me will you?" she went red in the face and turned around walking away from them. When they realized that she was gone, they ran after her on yelled for her to hold on. When they caught up to her she was crying, ' What's wrong Hermione?" asked Harry. " I want to tell you guys so bad but I am afraid you will just laugh at me and not want to be my friends anymore." she said wiping the tears from her eyes. " Tell us" they both pleaded, but she just keep on shaking her head " no". Seeing how upset she was, they decided to leave her alone. "We are your best friends you know, we wont laugh at you and would still talk to you." but she didn't believe them but finally said, " I have a boyfriend" she felt herself start to blush them turn away. "Who is it?" asked Harry feeling his heartbreak; " well, who is it?" asked Ron. " I cant tell you, I'm sorry" she said looking down at the ground. She turned around and walked away from them. "I think I know who it is," said Ron. "Who " asked Harry with a look of worry in his eyes. " I think it's.... MALFOY" said Ron. " I hope not...I" Harry said with a stop, he didn't want anyone to know how he really felt. " He is awful, he's a slimy git that doesn't respect anyone," said Harry who turned red with anger.

"What's with you Harry" Ron asked after noticing that he got offended and looked sad. " Nothing, I just..I..., said Harry he thought for a second then said, I don't want him to hurt Hermione." " Oh, is that all I said that because they were staring at each other when we saw Malfoy back there." said Ron. That night harry had another dream, he and Hermione were walking down Diagon Alley when all of a sudden, Draco popped up and stole her away from him. He woke up with a start and thought to himself, that Hermione would never go for Malfoy, even if someone paid her to. But he wanted to make sure that he was right so he decided that he was going to ask her in the morning. Ron and him walked to the great hall for breakfast later that morning, and Harry was dreading the fact that he was going to ask Hermione. When they reached the table, he saw Hermione happy as can be, she keep on looking at Malfoy and he looked back at her grinning big as can be.

Harry knew it was true, she liked Malfoy but what did she see in him and when did she start. He went over to her, sat down and decided to ask her now. "Umm. Hermione, I have a question for you" said Harry, "yes" she said innocently. "Are you seeing anyone" he asked shaking, "yes why" said Hermione. "Is it.., he started to ask, is it...Malfoy." She started to blush and then got up and left the table without saying bye. Harry looked at Ron with a shocked look. "Well, what did she say?" asked Ron. "She just got up and left" said Harry with a weird look on his face. " It's true then, our best friend is seeing our worst enemy" said Ron. "Let's find out tonight when she comes to the common room tonight." they both agreed. They had waited up until 2 am but she never showed. She was in the library with Draco Malfoy. They were sitting in a chair together, reading a book and laughing. She was so glad that she had him. He was so winsome and always made her laugh and smile. They had not realized what time it was but when Draco looked at his watch, he jumped up pushing her out of the chair on the floor. "Are you okay" he asked sweetly. "Yes" she said blushing a little. They got up and walked out of the library holding hands. When she got to the picture of the fat lady, she kissed Draco goodnight.

They parted still thing of each other. She saw the fat lady looking at her and she said" what", the fat lady said " You know you need to be careful not to stay out to late with your boyfriend." Hermione blushed and went through the portrait hole. When she went into the common room, she saw Harry and Ron sleeping in the chairs by the fire She had trouble sleeping that night, she keep on wondering what her friends would say to her about the scene she made at breakfast. Her eyes became really heavy and she finally fell asleep. When Harry and Ron woke up, they went up the stairs and knocked on Hermione's door. "Are you awake, please answer." Hermione answered the door and saw it was Ron and Harry. " What do you want?" she said yawning, her eyes were had bags under them and were puffy because she was so happy last night she started to cry. "Where were you at last night?" asked Ron worried, " You better not have been with Malfoy," said Harry with a look of anger. "What does it matter to you." she said looking just as mean back at him.
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