Later that night after Hermione had finished studding for charms, she skipped down to the Great Hall. Looking over at Ron and Harry she smiled, Harry was still blue because of Cho but he would be much happier if she told him about Lavender. Her eyes skidded over to the Slytherin table and for a moment, she was unsure of what to do. Should she go sit with Draco, or with her friends? The indecision lasted only a few moments though and she made her way to her usual spot next to the two she had sat next to every day for the last six years.

"Hey, where were you today?" Harry asked as soon as she sat down. He looked concerned which didn't surprise Hermione; she wasn't one to skip a class let alone all of her afternoon classes.

"I was upstairs most of the time, I didn't feel to well. After I missed Charms and Divinations, plus half of Herbology I figured I might as well study for tomorrows quiz in Charms." She smiled at them, a smile that never reached her eyes, which were fastened on the Slytherin table and a certain blond who had his arm draped over a redhead and had his face close enough so that only she could hear the intimate words he whispered to her. Hermione knew little of the redhead, her name was Daphne Greengrass, and she was in their year and in Slytherin. Hermione nearly choked as Draco leaned in and kissed her. It wasn't as if he was forced to do so, Hermione could see it was by choice that he kissed her, and really who could blame him, the red head was beautiful.

"Are you okay 'Mione?" Ron asked stopping his fork half way to his mouth. "You just paled, look like you just saw a ghost." He smiled as nearly headless Nick floated by, "Well, you know."

"Um, Yea I'm fine." Hermione shook her head and stared down at her food, suddenly she didn't have an appetite. "I just ain't as hungry as I thought is all." Harry, who had been looking over at the Ravenclaw table, turned his attention on the Slytherins that had caught Hermione's eyes.

"Jeez, does he get the hot ones or what?" Hermione lowered her eyes to her empty plate. She felt like crying, how could he do that to her. They had just spent all afternoon together, and then he goes to her? "Herm, are you sure your ok?"

"Yea, I'm just going to go back upstairs and lay down, I still ain't feeling to well." She stood up and with out looking over to the Slytherins table she walked out of the great hall and up the main staircase. Once she was sure, she wasn't going to be heard she began to run, she didn't know where she was going she just needed to run. She ran up to flights of stairs and through doors she hadn't known even existed. She ran down another flight of stairs that no one knew about and threw another door, which lead her to a dead end. She looked at the solid stonewall and then with a sudden rage slammed her fist into it. She screamed and kicked the wall again, and again. When she finally stopped beating the wall the tears were falling fast, and with out success she tried to stop them wiping at them fiercely.

Leaning her forehead on to cold stone wall, she slides down landing on her knees. what the hell she thought as she stayed leaning up against the wall, tears still streaming down her cheeks. what was I thinking? That he could really change. That he really liked me? God I am stupid! Hermione heard footsteps behind her but before she could get up and hide a tall dark haired Slytherin came walking out of the door on the right.

Stopping dead in his tracks he took in Hermione's red eyes and tear streaked cheeks, and sighed deeply. "Damn it" he muttered and bent down next to her. "Are you ok?" he asked in an exasperated voice, which made Hermione's anger grew, it's not as if she asked him to help her.

"I'm fi-fine." She hiccupped and turned her head to wipe her face off on her robes. "You can carry on now." She added when he didn't move.

"What's wrong?" was all he said as he sat down next to her, Hermione noticed that he had on Slytherins trademark colors of green and silver. He didn't wait for an answer he just kept talking, "Boy trouble, no doubt. What's he done?"

"No, I said I was fine." She wasn't about to sit here and talk about it with someone she didn't even know. She just wanted to be alone, and sitting here, she was almost sure she wasn't going to get that luxury. She made to stand up but he stopped her with a hand on her arm, he pulled her back down next to him.

"Why are you lying? It's not like I know you so I can't judge you? And judging by where you are it seems you have no one else to share with." He let go of her arm and leaned his head against the wall. "So shoot, I'm listening." Hermione sigh and shook her head, I can't believe I'm actually thinking about telling him. But what will it hurt really? It's like he said he doesn't know me? Maybe if I leave out some names. Yeah I won't tell him Draco's name he won't know who I'm talking about

"There's this guy from a different house, your house." She paused and waited for an answer when one didn't come she continued. "Well, I hated him, or so I thought for the past six years, then on the train he sat by me, and he was really nice 'til we got off the train. Once we were back in school, he was a real ass. Well" again, she hesitated unsure how to tell him about the dreams with out sounding perverted.

"I told you I won't judge you, I don't even know your name for Christ sake."

"Alright, the first night back I started having dreams about him. At first I though they were just some sick phase I was going through, but after a while it was hard to hate him, and then he was in some of my classes and it was hard to not, well not want to attack him." She laughed a nervous laugh before continuing. "I couldn't look at him with out remembering the dreams, and so I tried to avoid him, that didn't work so I tried to stop the dreams and that didn't work. One night in one dream my friend Ro-Roger, was there." She stumbled on Ron's name almost slipping it in there. "He was waiting in the room I was supposed to meet, um this guy in. Well, he's my friend so I sat down and we were talking when he walked in. he thought something was going on but I kinda convinced him there wasn't, well I thought I had."

"Is your problem about a dream guy?" he looked over at her with a smile on his face. "Your problem is in a dream world?"

"I wish, no the next day he started walking towards me, well of course I wanted to avoid him so I stood up and started walking. He followed me to the room of requirements, and followed me in. He told me he had been having the dreams to, and well things happened." Hermione turned deep red, and turned her head away from the dark haired stranger.

"You lost it to him, didn't you?" he asked looking down at her placing his hand on her cheek and bringing her eyes up to his. With out saying anything he knew the answer, and shook his head. "So let me guess he doesn't want you now?" his hand dropped from her cheek and he raised his arms above his head.

"Well I don't know, at diner I saw him kiss some one else. Now I know Slytherins are supposed to hate Gryffindor and all that jazz, but it wasn't like he was forced to kiss her. If she were to have leaned in and tried to kiss him I could have understood but she looked a little nervous and he was flirting and then all a sudden he leaned down and bam, smack on the lips. Thought I was going to gag." Hermione put her head down resting them on her hands.

She felt his hand come back to her cheek and he lifted her eyes to his again, smiling he asked "Like this?" and before she could register the words he bent his head and kissed her. She was so shocked that she didn't try to stop him, it didn't take long for the kiss to be over and Hermione, wide eyed, stared at him. "Well, was it like that?" he asked laughing at the look on her face.

"Um" she cleared her throat and nodded. What the hell? she thought again.

"You know what I say you should do?" he looked down at her as he stood up, reaching out his hand to help her stand up. "Forget about Malfoy and find some one else. He is the biggest player ever." Hermione gapped at him, she hadn't told him Draco's name! How did he know?

"How, when, how?" she stammered, looking once again wide eyed at him.

"It's obvious isn't it?" he gave her another dazzling smile, "You aren't supposed to like him, and he isn't supposed to like you, I'm not stupid I know you hang out with Potter, and every one knows that Malfoy hates him." He shrugged. "Plus I didn't know it was him I just threw his name out there," again the dazzling smile, "but now I'm sure." He chuckled and Hermione took his hand to stand up.

"That obvious, huh?" He smiled at her as she bent her head and played with the toe of her shoe, with her other foot.

"If you don't want to run into him and Daphne you might want to come away from the Slytherin door." He indicated to the stone wall, for the first time Hermione heard footsteps that must have been coming for a while because they sounded very close. Hermione looked around franticly for a place to hide, there wasn't one, so she looked at the man, who she realized she didn't know the name of, with pleading eyes.

"Come here." He said and she walked over to him, he placed his hands on her shoulders and pressed her up against the wall, "just go with it, he wont know who you are ok." He leaned over and put his face close to hers, as the group came nearer Hermione's heart beat faster. If he recognized her, he would be very angry, from the door it would defiantly look as if her and this person were snogging. What if he recognized her and started a fight? What if he thought she was a whore again?

When the group walked out of the door, she raped her arms around his neck and giggled. This was somewhat exciting, hiding from someone like this. She heard Draco's voice, "Wow, go Pucey." He snickered and Hermione heard a small giggle that was defiantly Daphne's. Hermione decided she could be just like him, she lifted her head a half a centimeter and her lips met Pucey's. She kissed him softly at first then it deepened, Malfoy stopped talking when she tilted her head back for him to reach her neck. He had gotten a good look at her face, he knew it was her. With every one around he couldn't do anything about it.

Hermione almost laughed when she heard Draco snap at Crappe for laughing at her. take that she thought as Pucey trailed kisses down her neck and then back up to her ear, his arms raped around her back and his hands rubbed her back. Hermione almost moaned it felt so good. When the group had passed, Pucey was the first to step back.

"Well Granger I didn't think he liked that." He laughed and shook his head, "You know he saw your face right?"

"Yes, I know." She looked down and turned three shades of red. "What's your name? I mean he called you Pucey but that's your last name right?"

"No! That's my real name!" he gave her a pretend angry face and laughed when still she turned darker red. "Just messin' my names Adrian." He was laughing at her for blushing; Hermione looked up at him and playfully smacked his arm.

"That was mean." she said shaking a finger at him. "I suppose you already know my name right?"

"Kinda sure of your self aren't you?" again he laughed when she turned red, "you need to relax, I'm just joking with you. Yes, I know your name." he shook his head and leaned up against the wall.

"What do you think Draco's going to do?" She asked a little nervous.

'Probably tell every one that you're a whore. Then diddle himself with Daphne, it she lets him. When he's bored with that he'll probably fiddle with Crabbe and Goyle the fag." Hermione was going to ask him if he really thought that he would spread it around that she was a whore when the stone wall opened up and he walked out. Adrian pulled Hermione close to him and looked down at her face. They were sideways so Draco could see what they were doing. Hermione thought he was going to kiss her again but instead he just looked deep in her eyes, and whispered. "You're beautiful, did you know that?"

Hermione was at a loss for words she just stared back. is he serious, or just putting on Draco? she stared back into his eyes, he had beautiful eyes, they were a deep blue brighter then Malfoys and more full. His lips were tempting but Hermione stopped her self from making things worse between her and Draco then they already where.

"Granger, you little whore." He had a Smirk on his lips, as he watched her and Adrian come out of some sort or trance. She looked at him as if she didn't know he had been there, and then she turned her head back to Adrian and smiled.

"Sorry, Adrian. Malfoy what do you want?" she asked looking back at him, his smirk gone from his face and he was now scolding.

"You know what I wont Granger." He looked at her and his eyes roamed down her body, he was angry and Hermione knew that. "I want you to get away from him and come to me."

"Why would you want that? don't you think that Pansy and Daphne can satisfy you Malfoy?" she turned back to Adrian and leaned up on tip toe to kiss him lightly on the cheek before walking threw the door and finding her way to the Gryffindor tower.

Draco's POV

Draco looked at them standing there Pucey holding her, his hands on her back, her hands tucked in the small hair on his neck, smiling up at him as he whispered to her. He hadn't missed them snogging before he walked in the common room. Once inside he was sure she had been doing it just to make him angry, she must have saw him kiss Daphne. Now he wasn't so sure, the way she looked back at him, made him itch to kick the guys ass.

"Ganger you little Whore." He smirked as they became suddenly aware of him being there, either they were good actors or they were for real. He watched as she noticed him then smiled at Pucey, whispered something back to him and asked what Malfoy wanted. Dumfounded the smirk faded off his face, she should know that. "you know what I want Granger.," he eyed her with longing it hadn't been that long since they had met in the Room of Requirements, but it seemed like forever ago. "I want you to get away from him and come to me." There was a moment's pause before she answered him.

"Why would you want that? Don't you think that Pansy and Daphne can satisfy you Malfoy?" she turned her head back and kissed that Git before walking away threw the door. Malfoy wanted to go after her but he decided to deal with Adrian first.

"You fucking asshole" Pucey spat out before Malfoy could say anything. "You know she thought she was in love with you? She gave you her virginity!" he shook his head and Draco, "I knew you were scum, but I didn't think you would do something that low."

Malfoy's mouth fell open, what was he talking about. "What the hell are you saying Pucey? You're the one who was snogging her!"

"Only so that she could get back at you! Do you know how bad you hurt her? She was beating up the fucking wall because of you! A wall, Malfoy!" He walked to the stone wall and muttered the password before walking in and vanishing behind the wall.