A/n: hi guys. I'm reallllllly reallllly sorry, but I just don't feel like writing this story much anymore. Maybe I'll write two or three more chapters? I don't know, you decide.

Chapter 8: True Feelings?

It was a day after Hermione and Draco had danced to Breakaway and neither had a clue about their feelings for each other. Thoughts ran through Hermione's mind as she walked down to the Great Hall for breakfast. She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't even notice someone right in front of her until she fell and waited for the impact that never came. She looked up into silvery orbs and nearly smiled.

"Thanks, Malf - Draco. I didn't know our truce could make someone as—well, someone like you so polite!" Hermione said teasingly.

"Ha-ha, Hermione. I just couldn't stand there and watch you fall!" Malfoy answered brusquely.

"Why not? You've done stuff much worse than that for many years, why stop now?" Hermione replied.

"Well... Well... It's not much fun torturing you anymore! Maybe I actually want to be friends with you! Is that alright with you!" Malfoy inquired her furiously.

"Actually, yes," Hermione said softly.

"W-w-what?" Malfoy said, surprised.

"I want to be friends with you. I truly want to get to know the REAL Draco, the one behind the mask. Who knows, maybe we could end up good friends! Maybe even more." Hermione trailed off, and with one final glance at Draco, walked away, leaving him standing there instead of her for once.

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"Are you SURE that's what you said to him?" Ginny asked Hermione for the seventh time that day.

"Yes!" Hermione whimpered as her shoulders shook up and down. Ginny had been trying to comfort her friend, but so far nothing had worked.

"Maybe He'll forget by tomorrow… it's okay, Hermione, really… even if he did hear he's not gonna do anything about it," Ginny said, glancing over her shoulder, making sure no one was in the girls' dormitory.

"But what if he agrees and asks me o—never mind. Malfoy would never do that," Hermione said miserably.

"Do you want him to?" Ginny asked her friend suspiciously.

Instead of blowing up, like Ginny suspected she would, Hermione answered calmly," I don't know.. maybe.. That might actually be nice," Hermione did not expect what happened next. Ginny ran from the room, yelling, "HERMIONE WANTS DRACO MALFOY TO ASK HER OUT!" (A/N:I know, so ooc, but oh well.)

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"What do you think I should do?" Draco asked Blaise.

" I don't know, D, maybe you should just forget you ever heard it… or maybe you should get to know her," Blaise said.

"Well, I mean, I do like her, but she's a mud - muggleborn. She's kind of difficult to get along with, but really nice if you get on her good side.." Draco starting talking to himself, forgetting that Blaise was in the room.

"Bro?" Blaise asked him.

"WHAT IF SHE WANTS ME TO ASK HER OUT!" Draco said, louder than needed.

"Duuuude. We're talking about Hermione Granger, know-it-all. Get a grip," Blaise shook Draco's shoulders, as if trying to shake some sense into him.

Draco shook him off as he left the common room, saying, "Okay, I'm going to go and get to know Hermione Granger." Blaise was left staring after his friend, dumbfounded.

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"Alright, meeting adjourned. You're dismissed," McGonagall said as the Heads and the Prefects hurried to leave.

"Um.. Draco? Could I talk to you a second?" Hermione asked him before she started talking to McGonagall about the new information. A couple of the prefects, hearing this, stopped dead in their tracks. This was something they did not want to miss.

"Oh, will you go? There's nothing to see here!" Draco snapped at them. "Sorry. What did you want?"

"Um...do you think we could talk somewhere-err-private?" Hermione said uncomfortably.

"Sure?" Draco said, more as a question than a statement.

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"I want to tell you something," Hermione said once they reached the room of requirement.

"Okay…" Draco looked at Hermione oddly, but waited for him to continue.

"I-I think. I want to get to know you," Hermione stammered nervously and waited to hear Draco's reaction.

A/n: Hey guys. So yeah. I wanted to end the chapter there. Just so you know, a few of my friends want me to end the story with Draco realizing that he hates Hermione and kills her and then goes off and elopes with Ron. I seriously considered doing that, but I'm not that mean.  PLEASE READ AND REVIEW. IT REALLY WILL HELP ME UPDATE SOONER.

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