"So, you're saying you, Draco Malfoy, are in love?" Blaise couldn't believe his ears. He had never known his best friend to fall for just one girl, but come to think of it he doesn't really know him anymore.

"Yes, she is sweet and has a great heart, but she's been through a lot," Draco thought of the cuts on her arms and shook his head.

"Like what?" Blaise asked.

"I don't exactly know we haven't really talked about it," He wondered what was so bad in her life that she did that to herself.

"Well you might want to look under the hood before you purchase the car, if you know what I'm saying," Blaise smiled then walked away. Draco realized he was right so he went to look for Hermione.

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He went down to the Library and found her sitting in a corner reading a book.

"Umm…Hermione?" He started she looked up from her book.

"Draco! I didn't expect to see you here, I didn't even know you could read," She teased as she stood up.

"Can we go somewhere?" Hermione nodded and followed him setting her on a table on the way out.

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"We need to talk, we've been friends for a while and I think I deserve to know," He looked at the confused look on her face. "Why did you start cutting in the first place?" She couldn't believe she was being asked this by him of all people.

"Why are you asking me this, Are you trying to make me relive those horrible memories?" Draco shook his head.

"No, that's not my intentions at all!" Hermione's eyes glowed with anger, but was their something else there to? Draco couldn't describe it, it almost looked like hurt.

"You know what; you are the biggest git of all time Draco Malfoy!" She took a raspy breathe the tears in her eyes threatening to spill over. "I never want to see you again!" Hermione ran as fast as she could away from him. She didn't know where she was going; all she knew was that she had to get away.

The tears blinded her vision until she couldn't see anything at all, but she still kept running. She ran straight into something and landed on the ground with a hard thump.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there," a strange voice said. She quickly wiped her tears and looked up.

"No it was my fault; I wasn't watching where I was going." The boy outstretched his hand and pulled her to her feet.

"I'm Jackson by the way," Hermione was staring at the boy for he seemed very familiar.

"I'm Hermione, nice to meet you, but I really must be going," She said and started to leave.

"Hermione, As in Hermione Granger?" She nodded unsure of how he knew her name. "I never thought I would see you again," He smiled and hugged her.

"I'm sorry but I'm not sure I know who you are," Hermione tried to sound nice about it but it came out in a rough manner.

"I don't expect you to remember me, it has been a very long time since I've seen my Hermit Crab," He chuckled to himself as realization dawned on her.

"Jackson West?" She said astonishment filled her voice. He nodded and smiled. She looked at him and saw how he had grown up. "Wow, you look amazing, last time I saw you, you were still my Jack-o-lantern," They both laughed.

"Just because I had buck-teeth it doesn't mean you had to be so cruel," He smiled once again showing his straight close to perfect teeth.

"Well just because I had bushy hair doesn't mean you had to be so cruel," She retorted. They both laughed and looked each other up and down.

"Well it did look like your shell," He smiled as she playfully hit him on the arm.

"Wow you do look different though, I mean straight silky hair and a nice body I might add," she smiled broadly at his compliment.

"You look different to, straight teeth longer hair and you have a pretty nice body yourself," He chuckled and looked around the hallway.

"So what are you doing here?" Jackson looked around the big school.

"Do you remember when we were about 11 and I went to a boarding school?" Hermione nodded, "Well I actually went to a school called Durmstrang, I was transferred here so I could be closer to my home," Hermione nodded.

"So-" She was cut off by another male voice.

"Look Hermione I wasn't meaning to hurt- who is that?" Draco asked looking at Jackson.

"That is my friend Jackson," She replied coldly.

"Well sorry Jackson I'm going to have to steal my girlfriend away for a moment," with that said he picked Hermione up and carried her away.

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"What in Merlin's name were you thinking in calling me you're GIRLFRIEND?!" He could tell she was furious.

"I don't know, I just saw the way he was looking at you and it disgusted me. I had to say something to make him stop," Hermione slapped him hard on the face.

"I will never ever ever-," She was in shock. Draco had never even hinted that he liked her, and now he was kissing her like she was his Girlfriend. He pulled back and looked into her eyes. She opened her mouth to yell at him, but he put his hand over her mouth briefly.

"Before you say anything I just want to tell you one thing, Hermione Jane Granger I love you,"

A/N: So what did you think? Come on please review!!! I only have like 18 and alot of ppl have read it. So if you love my story or like it or whatever then review.