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CHAPTER SEVEN: Sugar Cubes

"Harry? Harry? Wake up! Come on! Harry! Don't you want to come? We're going for brunch and then going shopping. Harry!" Jade said jumping up and down on Harry's bed. Harry grunted and pulled the covers over his head. That's when he pulled it a little too hard and Jade tripped and fell right on top of him. "Whoops." Harry pulled down the covers slowly and they were face to face. "Good Morning." Jade blushed and so did Harry and Jade rolled off. "Come on change! I want to go!"

Jade ran out of Harry's room to wake up Hermione and Harry was still blushing as he changed.

"HERMIONE! HERMIONE! HERMIONE! WAKE UP! TIME TO GOOOOO!" she yelled loud enough for the whole city to hear.

"BLOODY HELL, JADE! What did you have for breakfast!" exclaimed Hermione as she kicked Jade off the bed.

She rubbed her arse for a second before jumping up again. "SUGAR CUBES!" she shrieked proudly. "Oh yeah, the Malfoy guy said good morning," she said happily as she skipped out the door.

"What?" Hermione asked quietly to no one.

She quickly dressed up in casual Muggle jeans and shirt. She grabbed brushed her hair hastily and rushed out the door, grabbing her purse as she went. As soon as she went outside she bumped into someone….again.

"Sorry! I'm after my sugar-high cousin!" Hermione said picking up her purse.

"Oh it's oh, well I'm leaving; tell your boyfriend I'm ditching him," Blaise said to Hermione as he carried his luggage to the elevator.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY BOYFRIEND?" Hermione shouted.

"Well he was talking to himself in his sleep. 'Oh Hermione, Oh Hermione, blah, blah, blah,' well I got to go," Blaise said as he walked away.

"He talked about me in his sleep?" Hermione asked to no one in particular. She shook her head and decided to go after her cousin. Finally after looking in about a dozen different places she went over to Harry's room.

"Hey, Harry!" she said enthusiastically. "Have you seen a hyper, crazy cousin come by here lately?" she asked.

He laughed and said, "I think she thinks you're playing hide-and-go-seek….I know where she is but I can't tell you. She swore me to secrecy," he said winking.

"Okay I'll go find her…" she said as she went to explore again.

She searched for about twenty minutes before passing by the hotel's private room. 'I guess I can check in here,' she thought shrugging. So she went over and knocked on the door.

Slowly she opened the door open and tiptoed inside. It was pretty spacious with a comfortable reading area in the middle. She spotted few windows, but they were covered with curtains and let little light into the room. There were two comfortable chairs in front of the fireplace, which was lit. In one of the chairs was a blonde with glasses, reading. He turned around and saw Hermione. Quickly he took off his glasses and shoved it in his pocket.

"Sorry, I need glasses to read…" he said shyly and blushed.

Hermione giggled. "It's okay, I think you look cute with your glasses," she blabbed and realized what she just said. She covered her mouth in embarrassment. "Did I just say that aloud?" she asked the blushing Draco.

"Um…yeah. But that's okay…I always knew I had good looks even with dorky glasses," he said as his trademark smirk appeared on his face. He walked over to her and she blushed at how close they were now and decided to make a list of why the floor is so interesting. "So, Hermione, love, what brings you here?" he said smoothly. She looked up.

"Um, well I was just looking for my hyper cousin and report to you that Blaise decided to ditch you," she replied stepping back. He just stepped towards her another step. "Erm, so have you seen Jade?" asked. "She's high on sugar cubes and hot chocolate.

"Yes, I know, I had a little snack with her this morning." Draco said.

"Well do you know where she is?" Hermione asked again.

"She's playing a Muggle game, hide-and-find or something. I think she's in Potter's room," Draco said.

"You know you're not supposed to tell the seeker where the person is hiding." Hermione said grinning.

"Well can the seeker keep other secrets?" Draco asked moving closer.

"It all depends, what's the secret?"

Draco suddenly wrapped his arms around her waist and moved down closer until their lips touched and Hermione's eyes widened open in shock. He was surprised she didn't pull away; instead she involuntarily put her arms around his neck. They both didn't know what they were doing, but it felt good. Supposing it was just hormones, hey just stayed like that for a few minutes until they heard a faint giggle and pulled away quickly. There was the giggle at the curtains.

Draco sneaked over to the window and pulled the drapes open, revealing a small Jade giggling her little arse off.

"Wow I didn't actually think you two would end up together!" she said still laughing. Draco lifted her by her jacket hood and she was still giggling her head moving up and down.

"If I could I would use Obliviate on you," said Draco carrying her to the door. "Now don't speak of this to anyone do you hear me? Especially Potter." Jade just nodded several times looking like a bobble-head doll. "Okay good. Bye now." And he closed the door. He turned around to see Hermione still there, very flushed.

"I can keep that secret," she said quietly. "But I'm not sure Jade can. It probably wasn't a good idea to put her outside."

Draco turned around and opened the door to find that Jade took off her shoes and was sliding on the floor in the hallway and she bumped into the wall and knocked herself out. "She's fine, nothing to worry about," Draco lied and then facing her again.

"Well err…I guess I better be going," Hermione said passing it to him and then rushing pass him to leave, but he caught her so she couldn't get out.

"Where are you going?" he asked. She looked up at him.

"What? I'm going back to my room…" she said unsure of why Draco was acting so strange.

"I don't want you to go… yet," Draco said childishly. Hermione blushed.

Sounding a lot like Jade she asked, "Why?"

"Because a Malfoy always gets what they want," he said coolly.

"That's pathetic," she said as she tried to push her way past Draco. Again Draco was stronger and held her back.

"Please? Just stay," he said gently and practically pouted. Hermione couldn't help herself.

"Fine, stupid git," Hermione muttered, slumping into a chair. Draco took the seat next to her. "You better make this quick because I'm going shopping later."

"Well first of all," Draco started, "what about Blaise? You said he ditched me?" he asked trying to start a decent conversation. She nodded. He poured some tea and started slowly drinking.

"Yeah he told me to give this to you. And what I couldn't believe is that he thought you were my boyfriend," said Hermione still in disbelief. Draco spat his tea out.

"WHAT? Why on earth would he say that?" he asked.

"Well he said that you were talking about me in your sleep," she said. "Is that true?" she really wanted to know.

'Damn it, Blaise. First you ditch me, and then you blab to her about sleep-talking? Asshole,' Draco thought. How was he supposed to answer this now? Well, lie of course. That's what Malfoys were best at.

"Uh…err…no, of course I wasn't!" he said.

"Oh, well, okay then," said Hermione, partly relieved and partly discouraged. 'I'm so stupid! Of course he wasn't sleep talking about me! Wait, why do I care?' A look of disappointment crept up her face. Draco noticed.

"I mean—well I thought about you a little but I doubt I'd slept-talked," he said, surprised at himself. Why was he trying to be nice to a Mud—Muggle-born? He couldn't even bare to call her that anymore!

Hermione's face slightly lit up for a reason unknown to her. "Oh, well…I've been thinking about you too…" she blurted, unsure of exactly what to say. She blushed. Draco smirked at her.

"Really, well I guess you are attracted to me? I'm not surprised with all my good looks," he bragged again. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"What makes you think that I don't think about you as an intolerable git?" she retorted playfully. She was actually having fun arguing with him. It wasn't like their usual fights; this one was actually more…fun.

"Well, anyway, I don't exactly feel excited to go home, so I guess I'll stick around this place for a little longer. Did Blaise give you my key?" Draco asked, remembering he still hadn't gotten his key. Hermione shook her head. "Shit, the bloody bastard ditched me then leaves me stranded with no room."

Hermione shifted in her chair uncomfortably. "I guess you could stay with Harry?" she suggested. Draco raised an eyebrow.

"As if the Boy-Who-Lived would allow me to be roommates with him," Draco replied. Hermione nodded in agreement.

"Well…." Hermione started.

"Well what?" Draco asked.

"I suppose you can come stay in my room," Hermione finally said. Draco immediately smirked again. "But you're sleeping on the floor," she added.

"What? Me, Draco Malfoy, sleep on the floor? I might as well stay with Potter," Draco said astounded at her suggestion.

"Well how do you think the house elves feel, Malfoy?" Hermione asked, obviously annoyed.

Knowing she was going to start ranting about house elf rights and S.P.E.W. he just agreed, "Oh fine. As long as you don't lecture me about house elves I'll do anything." Hermione beamed triumphantly.

"Okay, I guess I better go. Well I'll see you around then… Draco," she said.

Draco stood and followed her to the door but didn't stop her. He felt like giving her another kiss but resisted. "Yeah…bye then," he said as she walked out the door. Draco smirked and gave a small wave as he closed the door. For the first time in a long while, he smiled.

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