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They never noticed a certain blonde haired Slytherin eavesdropping on their conversation. Draco Malfoy was going to be in the Olympics.
Chapter 2: Flashback
"Hi, Drakey. Were did you go? I missed you?" Pansy Parkinson said as he walked into their compartment. Draco rolled his eyes. He new that she didn't like him that way. She was just using him to get to the Weasel. 'But your using her to get to Granger' a voice reminded him. He hated that voice. Blaise called it his conscience, but he was a Malfoy he didn't have one just like Malfoy's never got sick, drunk or fell in love. They were completely void of that particular emotion.
"I was spying on the Golden Trio. Guess who has a new partner for the Olympics?" He said with all the cockiness he deserved and a little more.
"Really? Who's your new partner?" Blaise asked, clearly wanting to know if the girl was cute and single.
"Well...um... she doesn't know that I'm her partner yet." He said sheepishly.
Everyone gave him a confused look. "Who are you skating with?" Goyle asked feeling confused like he was just asked what two plus two was and some one gave the answer of four.
"I over heard that Granger's partner broke his leg. She's going to put flyers in the common rooms of every house. Who every wants to skate with her has to try out in front of her parents, then if they like you, your in." he said. His plan already worked out in his head. No one except for Pansy, Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle and his parents new that he was a skater. And of course his fans. He always wanted to do partner skating but could never find one to skate with. They either already had a partner or were too ugly. A Malfoy only skated with someone as good looking as himself.
"You're going to be Granger's partner?" Blaise asked clearly astounded that Draco would even touch a mudblood, let alone skate with her. Then again he did have a crush on her even if he didn't want to admit it to himself. Blaise often caught him staring at her in class or in the Great Hall. And his insults didn't have the same cutting edge as it used to.
"Yep. I have it all worked out. I tryout, her parents love me and then she has to skate with me no matter what because there is no one else who can skate without a spell or charm." Draco sat back looking like he had just concocted a plan to kidnap the Minister of Magic.
Hermione was looking out the window while Harry, Ron and Ginny talked about Quidditch when someone tapped her on the shoulder. It was Neville.
"Hermione, are you ok? You've been staring out that window for an hour." Neville said, worried about her.
"Yes, I'm fine. Just thinking." She said and went back to staring out the window.
Actually Hermione was thinking about a certain blonde haired Slytherin. Hermione knew she liked him the very second she saw him. His blonde hair and pale skin and the way he thought he was so much superior to everyone else made her like him. It was very weird Ginny had told her when Hermione let it slip who she was thinking about and why she liked him. She hated him, yet she still liked him. She didn't want to be another girl who was crazy over him and did very not normal things. Such as going into his bedroom and taking a picture of him while he was sleeping and photocopy it on to a t-shirt and sleep in it every night. No she wasn't that crazy about him. She just had a crush on him. A very small, teeny tiny crush. NO big deal. Right?
"Hermione? Hermione? HERMIONE." Someone yelled at her. Hermione almost jumped a foot in the air.
"What? You know you don't have to scream to get my attention." She said to Harry who was the person trying to get her out of her revive.
"Well when you think you're talking to someone, then realize they aren't paying attention you get a little annoyed." Harry said.
"We're here Hermione. Come on." Ginny said. Everyone went and got off the train. Hermione was still trying to figure out if her crush on Draco was only a crush when she walked into someone sending her and the person onto the ground.
"Oh, I'm sorry abo-" but she stopped when she realised that the person who she had fell on was the same person she was thinking about. Draco Malfoy.
The thoughts running through her head were something along the lines of saying 'You know I think I like this postion.' Hermione was so lost in her thought that she didn't notice Draco talking to her.
"What?" She asked clearly oblivious to what he had said.
"Can you please get off me?" He said his face a little red and then she notice where she had landed. She blushed and got up. She was stunned that no one was watching them, because to her it felt like she was on Draco for an eternity, but actually she was only on him for a few seconds. She held out her hand to help him up and to her surprise he actually took it. She was so surprised that she actually let go and let him fall back down.
"What was that for?" He asked her clearly annoyed that he once again was on the ground.
"Sorry." She said sheepishly and helped him up again. He dusted himself off.
"Thanks Hermione." he said and walked over to his friends who wanted to know if he was ok. He was, but he was a little pain from where she had landed.
Hermione stood stunned for a few seconds then walked to the carriage in a daze. Draco Malfoy. The same Draco Malfoy she had a crush on had just called her by her name. Not mudblood, not Granger but Hermione. It sounded so good rolling off his tongue. She stepped into the compartment and sat next to the window again and stared and the beautiful thing that was Hogwarts. She didn't notice that someone was talking to her until the whole carriage screamed 'Hermione.'
"Huh... uh...what?" She asked.
"Have you been listening to us at all?" Ron asked her red in the face.
"No. I'm sorry what were you saying about Snape?" She asked assuming they were bad mouthing Snape, even though he had been on the good side during the war.
The whole carriage, which included Harry, Ron, Ginny, Neville, and Luna sat back and groaned.
"We weren't talking about Snape; we were asking you what happened with Malfoy." Ginny said going to get the real story tonight.
"Oh." She said clearly embarrassed. Now they really knew she hadn't been paying attention to them at all.
"I walked into him and we fell to the ground. I got up then helped him up. That's it." She said.
"Was he ok?" Luna asked and they all stared at her, but she didn't explain.
"Well, my knee kind of landed in a place that really hurt him." Hermione said going red that would be a run for Ron's money. The carriage was silent for a second then Harry, Ron, Neville, and Ginny started to laugh.
"Hermione that's great." Ginny said. "I've been wanting to do that for the longest time." She said almost falling on the floor from her laughter.
Hermione glared at her then Harry, Ron and Neville. "Want me to do that to you three?" She asked still glaring at them. That shut them up.
"Come on Hermione. It was funny. I mean it's not everyday that you hurt Malfoy that badly without getting into trouble." Harry said trying to contain his laughter.
"Well if you think it's so funny then why don't you stand up and let me kick you." Hermione said as the carriage came to a halt in front of the school. She opened the door and got out leaving her stunned friends behind.
Ginny final caught up to her, telling the boys and Luna to stay behind and let her talk to Hermione before they apologised. They had argued that they didn't have anything to apologize for but when Ginny threatened to bat bogey them they shut up.
"Hermione what's wrong?" she asked.
"I just thought that the boys and you were being very immature about it. It was an accident and I was embarrassed and so was he. Then all of you go laughing about it." She said in a huff.
"I'm sorry Hermione and the boys are sorry to. They are going to apologize." Ginny said.
"I only want them to apologize if they mean it and they don't." Hermione said. In the past she had learned the Harry and Ron only apologized when they wanted Hermione to talk to them again. They never actually meant they were sorry. OK, sometimes they were actually sorry, but she knew if they apologized they wouldn't mean it this time.
"Hermione, you have to admit that it was funny. You can't blame them for laughing." Ginny said as the entered the school and took a seat at the table.
"I know it was funny for them. But I was really embarrassed." She said. "But it was a little funny so I can't really blame them for laughing." She said as Harry, Ron and Neville sat down and Luna went to the Ravenclaw table.
"We're sorry Hermione." The said in unison.
"I accept your apology." She said.
They watched the sorting. The students were divided into all the houses and the sorting hat sang a new song since the war was over, but he still wanted all the houses join together.
The food appeared and Harry and Ron immediately tug in.
Hermione was picking at her food. She wasn't really hungry when she felt eyes on her. She looked up to see Draco staring at her. She stared back, but they lost eyes contacted when Blaise waved a hand in front of his eyes so Draco turned to see what the annoying hand wanted.
"Drake man, you ok?" He asked.
"Yes, I'm fine. Why?" Draco asked, forgetting that he had ever been staring at Hermione.
"What happened when you fell? I know there was something you didn't tell us, and I mean I can understand that. By the end of dinner Pansy would've told the whole school by now. But you can tell me. I can keep a secret." Blaise said an evil glint in his eye. Draco knew he could keep a secret. Draco had told him once that he had gone out into muggle London and he never told anyone.
"I tell you later. Ok?" Draco asked not wanting anyone to over here them.
"K." He said and went back to eating. Or everyone thought he was eating. Actually he was staring at his girlfriend. Ginny Weasley.
Over the summer they met in the wood by her house. Not even the Weasleys knew that they lived a forest away.
FlashBack
Blaise had been wandering through the wood wanting to see what was on the other side. He heard a noise and turned to see Ginny lying on the ground unconscious. He rushed over to see if she was still breathing. She wasn't. He cast all the healing charms he knew. He took off his jacket and put it over her. Then he remembered something he saw on TV at a muggle's house. It was a medical show. A woman was unconscious and the muggle gave her something call CPR. So he gave Ginny CPR. He pinched her nose, tipped her head back and "kissed" her. Then pulled back and started pushing blood into her body. After a few times she coughed and started breathing again. She opened her eyes and looked stunned to see Blaise.
"Are you ok?" He asked her.
"You saved my life." She said sitting up. He blushed.
"Yeah, sorry about that." He said.
"Why should you be sorry? You saved my life I owe you a wizards debt." She said.
"No that's ok. I did it because you would've died if I didn't. I'm sorry because I'm a Slytherin and Slytherins don't save Gryffindors" Blaise said once again blushing.
"But you did." She said. "And that was very sweet of you. I now owe you a wizard's debt." She said.
"No that's ok. I'll just go. You going to be ok getting home?" He asked.
"I think so." Ginny said, but when she tried to stand up she fell to the ground.
"I think my ankle is broken." Ginny said.
"Then I'll carry you." Blaise said. Ginny yelped when Blaise picked her up. She wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You know Ginny; I've liked you for a long time. Would you go out with me?" Blaise asked, totally afraid that she would break his heart in a second.
"Well, I don't think its fair that you got to kiss me when I was unconscious so." Ginny placed her lips over his in sweet kiss.
"Yes I would love to go out with you." She said.
End Flashback
That's how it happened. Blaise had conjured a stretcher and floated her down to her house so no one would see him. She hoped off and went in.
Blaise came out of his revise when he noticed Ginny staring at him.
Ginny was staring at Blaise when Ron asked her who she was staring at.
"No one." She said blushing and went back to eating hoping he would just drop it. He did.
Later that night Hermione was sitting on her be when Ginny came and jumped on it.
"So are you going to tell me what happened or not?" Ginny said hyped up.
"Ok, fine." Hermione said putting her journal away.
"Well, I walked into him because I was thinking of him. We fell. He asked me to get off of him. In a nice way mind you. I got off and offered him my hand to help himself up and to my surprise he took it. I was so surprised that I let go and he fell again." Hermione stopped when Ginny started to laugh.
"It's not funny." Hermione said.
"Sorry Mione, but it is." She said still laughing.
Hermione huffed. "Fine, I'm sorry."
"So I helped him up again. He dusted himself off and said 'Thanks Hermione.' and walked over to his friends."
"He called you Hermione. Do you know what this means?" Ginny asked.
"No?" Hermione said so confused.
"He likes you. But he couldn't just call you that in front of Harry and Ron they would've been all over him. He so totally likes you." Ginny was about to go bouncing off the walls.
"Maybe he does but what can I do about it Harry and Ron will kill him before I can talk to him if they find out."
"I don't know, give me sometime and I'll think about it. Night." Ginny crawled over to her bed and rolled on her side already making a plan to talk to Blaise about this.
"Good night Ginny." Hermione said turning off her light and snuggling down into her bed, thoughts of Draco certain to be in her dreams.
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