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Harry and Ron started to get worried when Hermione didn't show up at breakfast. Harry happened to glance at the Slytherin table when he noticed that Hermione wasn't the only one missing breakfast.

"That's strange," Harry commented.

"Waf?" Ron asked with his mouth full.

"Draco's not sitting with the other Slytherins."

With that Ron looked up from his bacon and noticed Harry was right. At that moment Ginny had sat next to Harry and started to say something.

"Huh?" They both said clearly not listening to her.

"I said that Hermione hasn't left her room yet." Ginny repeated.

"Bwonder by," Ron said with eggs in his mouth.

"We could ask the portraits," Harry suggested.

Ron and Ginny agreed and headed to the portrait of Maleficent the Wicked who guarded the head's suite.

Upon arriving Maleficent said with a wicked smile, "You don't want to interrupt them."

"What do you mean?" Harry asked.

"Well from the way Merlin and Morgan say, those two are pretty 'attached'."

Ron butted in at this point "What do you mean 'attached'?"

"Meaning they're snogging. Honestly, someone like her, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner."

"What do you mean 'someone like her'?" Ron asked irritably and indignantly.

"(Sigh) I mean that with her being attractive, intelligent, and breaks a couple rules now and then. I'm surprised Draco waited as long as he did."

Upon hearing Draco's name, Ron came to the realization that Hermione was snogging Malfoy. Harry and Ginny quickly grabbed Ron's arms as he suddenly lunged at the portrait. With Ginny's help Harry dragged Ron to the Potions room where Ron shouted to almost everyone except Draco and Hermione.

"I'm going to kill him. That stupid ferret," (everyone realized who Ron was talking about now since it was his favorite nickname to use for the Slytherin prince)" is as good as dead."

Seamus came over to Ron and asked," When is the fight?"

This riled Ron up even more as his face turned an even darker shade of red.

"Once we get done with McGonagall's class, when the final bell rings at three."

"Someone's going to have to tell Malfoy," Harry piped in.

Everyone in the room turned to Blaise Zabini who was Draco's best friend.

"Fine, I'll tell him." He said, palms held up in submission.

Since all the tables were buzzing about Ron and Draco's fight no one noticed Draco and Hermione walk into the room but fell quiet as soon as professor Slughorn walked in.

During the middle of his potion notes, Zabini noticed Draco was seated at the table next to him. He quickly wrote a note to him and passed it. When Draco read the note a smirk crossed his lips.

Ron plans to beat you up after Transfiguration.

What did you do to piss him off?

Draco wrote back:

Something he should have done if he liked her.

Being Draco's best friend, Zabini understood what Draco was talking about.

So you finally kissed her.

It's about time!

I know.

Come to find out she's been waiting for me to kiss her.

Draco was so caught up in his notes that he never heard Slughorn ask him a question until Hermione elbowed him.

"Ow, What"

"Thank you Mr. Malfoy for returning to earth. Now will you please tell me, when creating a Boil Cure do you add porcupine quills or snake fangs?"

"Neither because both will cause the boils to swell and explode causing them to break out more painful than before."

"Correct. Five points to Slytherin."

After finishing their potions Draco and Hermione headed to Arithmancy while Ron and Harry trekked up the stairs to Divination. With only lunch and charms separating them from now to Transfiguration, Draco quietly told Ron to "bring it on" for he was willing to fight for Hermione's sake and Merlin help anyone who stood between him and her.