Chapter 9: Baby is this love for real?

Hermione woke up very early the next morning, 6 a.m. to be exact, because today was the day she had been anticipating. Today the campers and C.I.T.s arrived. Sarah was still asleep when Hermione hopped into the shower. This was the last time she would be able to take a long shower because it was just the two of them, but when the campers arrived, it was 4 minute showers for everyone.
When Hermione was done in the shower, she turned on her music and began to sing along with one of her favorite songs. Hermione knew Sarah would probably be mad at her, but she went over and started singing really loudly right next to Sarah's head anyway:

Baby is this love for real?
Let me in your arms to feel
Your beating heart baby,
The beating of your heart baby

She yelled the last line right next to her ear. Sarah shot straight up and banged her head on the ceiling, forgetting that she was sleeping on the top bunk of the bed, and the ceilings were low.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU HERMIONE!?" she screeched rubbing the top of her head.

"Oh relax. It was just a joke. You need to wake up anyway, because it's quarter til seven." Hermione said still holding back her laughter.

"BUGGER! You know I like to take long showers! Why didn't you wake me earlier?" Hermione just gave Sarah an evil smile.

"I'll see you at breakfast Sarah. I'm going to go see Daniel." She said walking out of the door. Sarah stood in the cabin, still confused at why Hermione and Daniel were so close.

"I think Jess and I are going to need Josh and Mark to figure this one out." She said quietly to herself.

Meanwhile, Hermione had reached Draco's cabin. The night before he had given her a key so she could see him whenever she needed. She entered the cabin, and sat on the couch in his lining room.

"Draco, are you in here?" she called out.

"Yeah, give me a second; I just got out of the shower." About 30 seconds later he walked out of his room, and he was still putting on his shirt. Hermione got a pretty good look at his six pack. 'Draco's kind of hot' she thought to herself.

"Hey Draco."

"Yes." He replied.

"What do you do out here all the time when no one else is here? I mean there's no Quidditch or anything." She asked Draco.

"I just hike a lot. I have lots of time to just think, really. I do miss the flying though. It was my favorite thing to do. And just to ask, I can't talk about magic but you can? Because you just broke your own rule talking about Quidditch." He told her.

"Well, there are no muggles around, so we can talk about magic. I thought you knew that was what I meant. I thought your brain was a bit bigger than a troll's Draco." Hermione replied coolly.

"Uh oh, I think that little brain fart yesterday is wearing off. Or maybe not, because you can't honestly compare me to a troll. I've read Hogwarts a History at least 5 times, I had the best grades in Slytherin, and, don't forget, I'm no where near as ugly as a troll. I also saw your face when I walked into the living room this morning." He smiled and turned to go back into his room to finish getting ready. She sat in the chair even more embarrassed that he had noticed her watching him. Hopefully he didn't notice how much she was blushing! She checked her watch and noticed that there was about 45 minutes until breakfast, so she sat down on the couch and began to read a book.

About 40 minutes later, Draco came out and saw Hermione lying on the couch reading. "Nice to see you're still a bookworm, Hermione."

"Says the man that read Hogwarts a History five times? I believe you've been a member of the dorky bookworm club for a while. Besides, didn't you know that reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body?" Hermione told him.

"O goodness! She's back and using analogies!" Hermione grinned and closed her book.

"Why don't we head down to breakfast?" she asked.

"Sounds good, ladies first." He opened the door for Hermione and followed her outside. The walk down to the Mess Hall was filled with comfortable silence. Draco and Hermione were stealing glances at each other when they thought that the other wasn't looking. When their eyes met, they both turned away in embarrassment because they had been caught. When they reached the Mess Hall they both sat down where they had the previous night. After breakfast Draco and Hermione went back to his cabin, while Jessie and Sarah went to have a chat with Mark and Josh.

In the Hawk Cabin...

"Have you guys noticed anything weird between Hermione and Daniel?" Jessie asked the two boys.

"You mean how they're really close even though they've never met?" Mark asked.

"YES! EXACTLY! When did you notice it?" Sarah asked.

"Did you not see him take her hand when she was telling us about Ron?" Josh pointed out to the girls.

"HE WHAT!?" Jessie exclaimed.

"Yeah, when she was crying he reached over and took her hand. Maybe you guys were so upset that you didn't notice it…" Mark said.

"Well, I saw them hugging, and he pretty much walks her too the cabin every night." Sarah told the group. They all exchanged suspicious glances and thought about this newest revelation.

"I want to figure out why they're so close." Jessie added.

"Me too. I mean are they dating, are they just friends, have they met before or…" Sarah paused and her eyes grew wide. "or they went to school together." Jessie and Sarah both thought this might be a possible answer, but they weren't going to tell Mark and Josh.

"Well, lets just keep digging around and we probably will be able to figure this one out. If anything new happens, we'll meet up again, okay?"

"Agreed." They said together.

Meanwhile…

"Oh, there is no way you never dated Parkinson! She was practically attached to you at the hip!" Hermione said laughing at Draco.

"We never dated! She was just obsessed with me! She loved my money; she was a little slutty gold digger!" He told Hermione.

"WOW! That's unbelievable! The Slytherin house whore, a gold digger? Who would have guessed that!"

"Enough sarcasm Hermione, it really doesn't suit you. SO what was up with you and Krum?" Hermione sighed.

"Oh for the love of Merlin! Why does everyone bring him up! IT. WAS. JUST. A. FLING. All we did was go to the Yule Ball together."

"Okay, Okay, don't lay a dragon egg. Ah, the Yule Ball, you looked quite stunning back then, if I must say." Draco said.

"Yeah, and it took me three blasted hours to get ready. I'd never do that again if you paid me!" Hermione paused for a second. "I thought you hated me back then Draco. Why would you care if I looked stunning or not?" she asked. Draco did something Hermione had never seen him do; he blushed.

"Well, I didn't care then, but I care now." He turned to face her, and their eyes locked. Slowly their faces drew closer and closer together. Just as their lips were about to meet, there was a knock at the door.

"DANIEL! THE FIRST CAMPERS ARE ARRIVING!" Philip shouted.

"COME ON HERMIONE, YOU TOO! EVERYONE'S WAITING!" Allison yelled.

"We're coming." Draco said. He then turned to Hermione. "We'll talk later. Let's go and welcome the campers." She nodded in reply and reached for the doorknob. Before she could reach it, Draco grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a quick kiss. It was just short and sweet, but Hermione's lips were slightly tingling from the feeling of his lips on hers. He smiled at her and she smiled back. Wordlessly, they exited the cabin and made their way down to the office where the campers were now arriving.

A/N: I hope you all are enjoying the story so far!! The chapters also get longer from this point forward... (pretty much) Things also begin to really pick up after this chapter :

The song is Beating Heart Baby by Head Automatica.