Chapter 2:
The day after, I was walking back from my last class, and to my surprise, Draco appeared, out of nowhere, like he likes to do all the time, but today he was without his besties. "Granger, stop stalking me" He laughed, I rolled my eyes. "Where are your girlfriends?" I asked him with a sarcastic smile on my face. "What? They aren't- what do you want?" he asked, he gave me butterflies sometimes, and I got mad at myself for reacting like that, I mean, its Draco, I can't like or even consider liking a guy like him… "I don't want anything, you keep bumping into me and start acting like- "I hesitated, choosing my words. "Acting like what?" He grinned. "Like a stupid person" out of all the words, I couldn't believe I chose those. He let out a laugh, a small one, it was kind of adorable, but I still hated him. He looked so weird, like something was on his mind… after a long silence of floor staring, I finally left.
It was awhile, and since our last conversation, there weren't many, just glances, and when there were conversations, we would both mostly taunt each other. The more we argued, the more I would think about him all the time, I started giving in to myself, maybe I did care for Malfoy. I kept that thought on a question mark, because we would barely talk.
I was walking through a corridor, and Draco was rushing through it, and he accidentally bumped into my shoulder while rushing past me, he looked troubled, and like the stupid girl I am, I decided to go after him, maybe annoy him a little. But he really did look troubled. I went after him to the bathroom, and came in right after him. He washed his face, but I can see through the mirror that he was crying. I walked toward him and put a hand on his shoulder. "Draco?" I said softly, I startled him though. "What do you want?" I started opening my mouth, but no words came. "Go away, get out of here", he said frustrated. "No" I only said that. "Get out!" He said with more force. "Draco, what happened?" He calmed down and put his hands on the sink. "Like you care" he said softer. "I do care, I care about you Malfoy" I shrugged. "Yeah right Hermione" he rolled his eyes. "I do!" I spat, "And if you aren't mature enough to accept that and talk to me, then how is anyone supposed to help you?" I shot. "It's none of your business anyway! Get out!" he said finally making eye contact. I sighed and turned to go. "I would tell you if I could" he admitted softly. I stopped in my place. "That doesn't help though does it?" I said and kept walking.