A/N: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY! *gets hit with crucio* OW FUCK! Okay, okay, I'm sorry that this chapter took AGES, but I was having a serious case of writers block. All I could think of was how funny it would be if Draco tripped over a bush while chasing Hermione….. Okay, so maybe I've been eating too much chocolate and pepsi… ;)

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Chapter 9:

The kiss was like nothing I'd ever experienced. It sounds so cheesy and cliché, but fireworks literally went off in my head. After a few seconds, he pulled back.

"Why did you stop?" I asked, slightly breathless.

He looked at me weirdly. "You weren't kissing back…?"

"Oh! Sorry, I was admiring the uh… fireworks…" I explained lamely and the corners of his mouth turned into a genuine smile.

"Fireworks? So you got them too…" he trailed off. I opened my mouth to say something, and he took advantage of it by pulling my face closer and planting another one on me, thrusting his tongue into my mouth.

This time I kissed him back, my tongue tangoing with his. I saw the fireworks again, but tried to focus on Draco's mouth instead of all the sparkly explosives. I wanted this feeling of complete and utter joy to go on forever, but unfortunately Blaise had other ideas.

"HERMIONE! DID YOU KILL – Oh… Did I interrupt something?" he practically threw the door open, completely killing the mood.

"No, Blaise, you didn't interrupt anything!" Draco said sarcastically, glaring at the awkward wizard (Random Interruption: ROFL, AWKARD WIZARD FTW XD) in the doorway.

"Didn't you hear, Draco, sarcasm gives you wrinkles." Pansy said, appearing behind Blaise. I saw Draco scowl, and lightly touch the corner of his mouth before going back to scowling. I couldn't help the small giggle that left my mouth.

"So, we're just going to leave now, aren't we Pansy?" Blaise said, backing out of the doorway, a positively evil smirk on his face.

"Oh, yes. How about we go and… uh… eat something?" Pansy suggested lamely, also moving away.

"Sounds good. Oh, and guys?" Blaise started, pulling the door closed until we would only see one of his eyes, "USE PROTECTION!"

I could hear their howls of laughter as they retreated down the hallway. I knew I was blushing furiously, and when I glanced over to see Draco's reaction, he had his usual famous smirk on, joined by two pink spots on either cheek.

After a long awkward silence of just looking at each other and looking away, I finally decided to say something.

"So…"

"So…"

"I'm going to take the mind-blowing kisses as a way of you saying that you like me." I stated nervously.

He chuckled and scooted a bit closer to me on the bed. "Good idea. I'm glad we got this whole thing straightened out. You have no idea how long I've wanted to kiss you for."

I did a very un-Hermione thing and giggled, also moving closer to him. "Oh really? How long?"

"I can't even remember the first time I realized. Every time we fought your cheeks would go all red and your eyes would blaze up, I seriously had to restrain myself from snogging you senseless!" he admitted, putting his arm around my shoulders. I felt like a bloody thirteen year old with all this awkwardness and giggling!

I blushed and rested my chin on his shoulder, my head turned to look at him. "So you purposefully picked fights to see me all riled up? I have to say, Draco, that pretty evil of you."

"Oh you don't even know what evil is until you've seen me in bed." He winked at me.

"Is that a promise?" I whispered, managing to keep my voice husky despite the fact that on the inside I was squealing like a pre-teen.

"Sure it is." The next thing I know, his lips crashed down on mine, his tongue poking through my lips, asking for permission; which I granted.

One of his hands trailed down to my waist, whilst his other went up to my neck, holding my head where it was. I fisted one of my hands in his silky silver-blonde hair, my other hand resting lightly on his chest. We finally had to pull away when we realized we needed air to survive.

I took a deep breath and he rested his forehead against mine, his grey-blue pools gazing into my brown ones. We were silent for a few moments, just staring at each other. The oh-so lovely moment was ruined, however, by the little taps at my window, which signaled an owl. I sighed and went over to open the window. I was surprised when I realized it was Hedwig. Why on Earth was Harry owling me? I shrugged and took the letter from her beak, watching as she quickly flew away. Again, I was surprised. Why wouldn't Harry want a reply? I went back and sat next to Draco on the bed, opening the envelope on the way. There were two separate letters, as well as what looked like the front page of The Daily Prophet in there, so I pulled out both, opening the less crumpled one, and began to read.

Hermione,

I hope you read this letter before you read Ron's. Ginny and I tried to talk him out of it, but he only agreed to not send you a howler. Be grateful.

Back to business, why on EARTH are you and the ferret in newspapers and magazines everywhere? I don't only mean The Daily Prophet by the way, I mean Witch Weekly, Wizarding World News, Wizards Today, and Merlin knows how many more! I don't know if you have the Daily Prophets article yet, so I sent it to you.

Are you seriously in a RELATIONSHIP with Malfoy? Please say no! The git has taunted you for YEARS, Hermione! I thought you were supposed to be the brightest witch of our age!

I sound calm, but trust me, I'm not.

From, Harry and Ginny.

P.S. The Weasleys (minus Ron and Gin) say hello.

I looked at the letter in shock. Firstly, because Harry and Ginny DID sound exceptionally calm, and secondly, because Harry had basically called me stupid! It sounds self-centered, but he's supposed to be my best friend, supporting me no matter what! I heard a low growl from next to me and realized Draco had been reading the letter as well. He looked up from the letter and pecked me on the forehead before taking the paper hat was starting to crumble in my hands, and replaced it with the second letter, which I had assumed was from Ron. I was right.

HERMIONE!

WHAT THE BLOODY FUCK? THE AMAZING BOUNCING FERRET? THE GIT YOU PUNCHED IN THIRD YEAR? THE ALBINO THAT YOU HAVE VOWED TO HATE SINCE YOU WERE EIGHT AND HE KISSED THAT WITCH FROM FRANCE AND WHEN YOU GAVE HIM THE SILENT TREATMENT HE STARTED TO CALL YOU NAMES THAT HE STILL USES TOO THIS DAY!

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? HE IS GOING TO HURT YOU! YOU'RE BLOODY LUCKY HARRY AND GINNY TALKED ME OUT OF A HOWLER, BECAUSE OTHERWISE ALL OF BLOODY ENGLAND WOULD HEAR ME SHOUT AT YOU!

THE FUCKING PROPHET BETTER BE LYING HERMIONE, OR ELSE YOU WILL GET AND EARFUL FROM ME WHEN WE START SCHOOL AGAIN!

FROM RON.

P.S. MALFOY, IF YOU'RE READING THIS, THEN FUCK YOU! TAKE THE IMPERIOUS CURSE, OR LOVE POTION, OR WHATEVER YOU'RE USING OFF OUR HERMIONE!

By the end of the letter, I was almost crying; luckily it was with laughter. I heard Draco snicker next to me.

"Merlin, Weasley is an idiot. Does he not know how to write like a normal person?" Draco asked, placing his elbows on his knees and his chin in his palm, feigning interest.

"Oh, he has moments when he sounds like an actual human, though they're quite rare." I responded, folding the letters back up and putting them back in the envelope. "You know I will have to meet up with them sometime, so I can explain… us."

It still sounded so weird. Us, us, us, us. I didn't think I'd ever get used to it, me and Draco, a couple!

"Can't you just explain when we go back to school, like Weasel suggested." He sighed, and seemed to take the very un-lady-like snort as a no.

"Fine, fine. Actually, Weaselbee wrote something that I'd like to ask you about, Hermione." He continued, staring me down. I started to panic, what did he want to ask?

"O-okay…" I stuttered.

He smirked, and I knew this would be painful. "What did Weasley mean by 'The albino that you have vowed to hate since you were eight and he kissed that witch from France and when you gave him the silent treatment he started calling you names that he still uses too this day.'"

My eyes widened and I spluttered like a fool for a moment, before closing my mouth and trying to come up with a normal answer to his question.

"Well… Um… Well, do you remember when we first started to drift apart?" I asked, watching him grimace.

"Yeah, you didn't talk to me for ages, I started to insult you, all that."

"Yeah, well that pretty witch from France, Juliana Dupot, came to England with her parents, and you guys really hit it off, and I thought you replaced me with her and I got all irrational and then when you guys kissed, as innocent as it was, I got really jealous, because I thought it was supposed to be me kissing you, so I didn't talk to you, and you called me 'bush-head' and 'bookworm' so I vowed to never ever like you again." I explained, all in a big rush. When I was finished, Draco had a confused look on.

"Wait, you mean that crazy French chick that kept dragging me around and refused to let me see you? Her? You were jealous of her? Oh, Hermione, I spent that whole time trying to get AWAY from her, not trying to get closer!" I was blushing furiously, I knew it. I completely misread the WHOLE situation, and lost one of my best friends and the first boy I ever had a crush on. What. An. Idiot.

"Oh… Yeah, well, I was eight, and had some real jealousy issues… Let's just forget about it." I mumbled, and I heard Draco stifle a laugh, before pulling me into a giant hug.

"You are one funny witch, Granger."

For the next few days, Draco and I were virtually inseparable. We did nearly everything together, however tried to keep the public displays of affection minimal. It was time for Pansy to go home, however when we flooed there, her parents asked if she could stay the rest of the holidays, which was fine for us.

"Why do you reckon my parents asked if I could stay longer?" Pansy asked when she, Blaise, Draco and I were sitting outside on the grass, enjoying the lunch Peppy had prepared for us.

"Well…" Blaise got that mischievous look that meant he was about say something cheeky, "They were practically glowing when we got there, not to mention the fact that they seemed really in sync with each other. Don't even get me started on the mussed up hair and rumpled clothing, as if they had just pulled them on when we got there!"

Draco and I caught on to what he was implying straight away. Pansy took a bit longer. "What? I don't get what you're – OHH! Ew, ew, ew! NO! If you're saying that they kicked me out of the house so that could do that for the rest of the holidays, then you are wrong! They wouldn't!"

Blaise threw a casual arm around her, though I didn't miss the way her cheeks immediately went pink from the small gesture. "It's a beautiful and natural thing, love." He quoted something all of us had heard from our parents at some point in our lives.

"Well still… They're my parents… It's just not right."

"Oh, let them have some fun, Pans!" I chimed in.

"Yeah, what isn't fun about a whole summer without Pansy?" Draco said, and we all erupted into fits of laughter. Pansy glared playfully at him and stuck her tongue out.

After a few seconds the laughter died down, and we all went back to eating. When I was finished I looked around and noticed that everyone was pretty much done as well.

"Hey!" I exclaimed suddenly, jumping to my feet and startling everyone. "Let's explore! We still haven't seen what's in the Mini Forest!"

I pointed over to the thicket of tree's that signaled the entrance to the woods that Blaise and I had nicknamed 'Mini Forest'. We named it after we got home from our first year at Hogwarts, and we realized how small this forest was compared to the Forbidden Forest. All in all, it was pretty big, and led out onto a part of the land that wasn't owned by the Zabini's, meaning stretched on for about 7 or 8 acres.

"Come on!" I insisted, "It'll be fun!"

The others seemed to hesitate, but Draco was the first to stand. "I'm game."

Blaise nodded and stood also, holding his hand out for Pansy who took it tentatively. I grinned and took Draco's hand, and we both started to walk towards the woods. We walked past the first few tree's that led into Mini Forest, and I couldn't help the excited feeling that washed over me.

Mini Forest was beautiful, and lush, and green. It was the sort of thing that muggles would call a 'World Heritage Site' – or something like that. The light hit the tree's from the east, making their shadows slide over us as we passed. The ground was soft, and almost bouncy from all the fallen leaves on it. There were pebbles scattered along, in the direction we were walking, forming a make-shift path.

"Hey, there's a path! Maybe people have been through here before!" Pansy said, looking around at her surroundings with awe.

"I wouldn't be surprised. My ancestors probably built a little shelter somewhere under one of the trees, just in case You-Know-Who ever stopped by for a 'friendly chat'." Blaise explained, running his fingers along the bark of the trees.

We walked for what seemed like half an hour or so, discussing random things like the weather, or the surroundings, or animals we could see. We even played I-Spy for a bit. The afternoon sun was starting to make me tired, but I kept walking, determined to see were we ended up.

I saw a clearing up ahead and pulled Draco towards it. When I stepped into it, I immediately gasped. In front of us was a cabin, about the size of a whole floor in the Zabini's mansion. It was made of wood, and looked like a little place you could camp out.

Next to the cabin we could see a pool, which looked like it was about half the size of the pool closer to the mansion.

There was a glass sliding door, letting us see into it. It looked like one giant room that had been set up to look like a house. I stepped forward, noticing a small sign next to the door. In big block letters it stated"

ZABINI PARTY HOUSE

Used for the Zabini's pleasurable purposes since 1908.

I looked at the sign in shock, not realizing I'd read it out loud until I turned and saw the evil grins on Blaise and Draco's face. Pansy's expression mirrored my own of shock.

"Well, my friends, I think we just found ourselves a new place to stay for the holidays." Blaise said, rubbing his hands together.

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