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XXXXXHermioneXXXXX (Astronomy Tower, next morning.)

Hermione woke to find herself in the Astronomy tower, feeling very, very disoriented. Why am I here...? It took her a moment to remember the rather chaotic events of last night. She looked around her to see if anyone was awake, and to her surprise she found herself completely alone in the tower. None of her friends were there. It was still a mess, but it was a quiet and empty one. Hermione glanced at the clock on the wall and saw that it was already 12:45pm. Hmm I'm surprised that I've been asleep this long. Bu—hey! Where did they go? It was then that she saw the note on the door, it was from Ginny.

Hey Herms!

Sorry we're all gone, but you looked so peaceful while you were sleeping. We didn't want to wake you. Although with all the noise we were making getting ready, I'm surprised that we didn't. All of us are in Hogsmeade; if you get up in time then meet us in The Three Broomsticks for lunch at 1:30. Don't forget to pack your bag; we leave for the train at 8am tomorrow because it's winter break! Yay. Oh, and Mum already said that you could spend New Years with us, and we'll take you to the station on the 4th at 11am to go back to school. Bye, see you at The Three Broomsticks. (Hopefully!)

Love ya,

Ginny

Hermione sighed. She had had enough of the chick night people. There was only so much shallow but oddly (sometimes) fun crap she could take in one weekend. Ginny by herself was ok, but add Spencer, Elaine, Alyssa and Marie and it was chaos that made her often want to pull out her hair. But she would never tell them that of course.

Looking around the pigsty that formally resembled the Astronomy tower, Hermione decided that she would clean it. Nobody else would and it would waste time, especially if she did it the muggle way. Haha, never mind, I'm not thaaat bored. I'll just clean it with my wand and go pack. And that she did. With a quick wave of her wand, everybody's stuff was in its own pile, the leftover food was thrown out, and the floor was swept. With that done, Hermione shouldered her bag and walked back down the stairs to the Gryffindor dorms to get showered and dressed for Hogsmeade. On her pillow, Hermione found another note in Ginny's messy scrawl.

Hi again Herms!

Haha, guess what we forgot to do last night!! Give up? We forgot to play Truth or Dare. We voted that you would have to do the dare. Sorry, 'Mione, majority rules! So you're dare is to go to Hogsmeade how you are right now. No shower...no fixing your hair and you can't change out of your pajamas either! Have fun. See you in Hogsmeade!

Still love ya,

Ginny

PS: Oh and before you complain about it being December 18 and it's too cold to wear pajamas to Hogsmeade, think again! It's called a warming charm. I suggest you use one...or 20.

Holy hell! Is she serious? Oh my gosh. She has lost it!! Damn 'Truth or Dare.' I loathe that stupid game. Nobody tells the truth anymore so it might as well be called 'Dare.' Hmm and it always seems like I get the most ridiculous dares. Majority rules my ass! Of course its majority rules...I wasn't there to state my opinion!! Although even if I was, I'd still have lost. But still! What about minority rules? I like that idea so much better. Are dares binding? I don't think that they are, but I wouldn't put it past Ginny to tweak the rules...just this once. Oh well. I'm going to take a shower anyway and just say that I didn't get the note. Hermione smiled in triumph and went to take a shower, only to find another note stuck to the shower door. "Whhyyy??" she moaned piteously, already knowing who it was from.

Hermione---

Haha, I'll bet you are beyond furious with me. I wouldn't blame you. But I am leaving you this final note to say that we voted again and have decided to make dares binding. So if you don't complete your dare to the best of your ability, then you will face the consequences; and you don't even want to know what those are, believe me; it was Elaine who thought them up. So without further ado...goodbye, (for the third time) and I'll see you at Hogsmeade.

You know you love me,

Ginny

I knew it! Hermione groaned loudly and looked at the clock again: 1:15pm. If she hurried, she'd make it there just in time. A quick glance in the mirror told her all she needed to know. Her hair was still partially straightened but overnight it has puffed out a bit so it had the appearance of mildly tame. Oh well. She sighed in resignation. My hair has been worse. Grabbing her wand and a hair elastic, Hermione ran out the door completely forgetting about the warming charm. She had almost made it to the doors that lead out of Hogwarts, when she, quite literally, ran into none other than Draco Malfoy.

"Oomph," Hermione said as she fell to the floor beside the person she bumped into. "I am so sorry! I should have been watching where I was going and not running..." Her apology tapered off as she looked into the stormy grey eyes of Malfoy, whom she hadn't seen since before chick night.

"...down the corridors."

"It's ok Grange—Hermione." He said gruffly. "Just watch where you're going next time." He got to his feet and offered her a hand to help her up. Hermione suddenly felt really hot, and she hadn't even cast any warming charms.

"Thanks, Draco." They stood there in awkward silence for a moment, neither sure of what to say, and he glanced quickly down at her attire of a spaghetti strap and shorts that were shorter than that skirt she wore last night; making Hermione extremely aware of her current state of undress. She blushed. "It's a dare."

He gave a half grin, half smirk that could be scarily mistaken for friendly. "You're going to need a bunch of warming charms before you go out there, it's very cold. I'm surprised it hasn't snowed yet." He paused for a second. "Do you want me to help you with the charms? Well not help, per se because I'm sure you know how to do them, but just help and cast some..." He trailed off; looking as if he'd wished that he hadn't started talking. Hermione gave him a break and responded kindly. "Sure, that would be great." Together, they cast a bunch of heating charms in half the time it would have taken for her to do it herself. There was only one area left, her backside, and Hermione couldn't get her arm to the right angle to get the full effect.

"Umm would you..." Hermione motioned to her back and blushed.

"Yeah." She turned around, her back to Draco and let him cast the charm.

"How many do you want me to do?"

"Err three is good."

"Mmkay."

Oh my gosh, this is sooo uncomfortable. Why did I have to run into him?? Anybody else would have been better!!

Marcus Flint? Crabbe? Goyle?? The annoying voice that was in her head began talking to Hermione.

Ok, fine. You've proven your point. Just looking at Marcus' teeth would make me gag. He needs braces, no he needs head gear! Oh for the love of Merlin, he should just get new teeth!

Draco cleared his throat and Hermione hastily turned around, her face aglow like a Christmas tree. "Thank you, Draco." She said sincerely. He nodded in response and walked quickly away before she could see the faint tinge on his cheeks.

Hmm, checking out her ass? And I thought you didn't like her. Draco's inner (and very annoying) self butted into his silent musing.

I don't like her, checking her out doesn't mean I like her!

So you do like her and you were checking her out.

No! I was helping her, and I had no choice! I was helping her cast warming charms. I couldn't just say 'no.' She'd freeze!

Ahh, but that's where you're wrong young grasshopper.

Draco shuddered at the odd nickname.

You didn't have to do anything. You could have just said 'no.' Nobody was forcing you to help. And she's just a mudblood. Why would you care if she froze?

Don't call her that.

Ooh, protective aren't we. Haha.

Shuddup.

Meanwhile, Hermione walked outside in the freezing air, but felt extremely warm. And again, it wasn't just from the warming charms.

TBC…

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A/N2: Too fast? Hmm...Idk; mayyybe it was but oh well. I can't please everyone. Ok, so...Happy Christmas to those of you that celebrates it. Just be in a happy mood to those of you that don't. This chapter is your holiday present...so please leave some reviews for mine. And no OOC comments or flames!!!!

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