I awoke to a throbbing in my head, "What the f-"
"Hey Malfoy, calm the language, I don't think McGonagall would like to hear you say those words."
I looked up and Hermione sat there with a cute little smirk on her face, "What happened?"
"You fell, I found you, gave you CPR, called Madam Pomfrey, she fixed you up, I've been waiting here since." She looked down quickly and unclasped her hand from mine. I could tell she was leaving things out.
I touched her hand, my fingers lightly running over the top of her hand. She pulled away quickly biting her bottom lip. "Hey Granger, what's wrong?"
She jumped up and started yelling at me, but her eyes weren't angry they looked more curious than anything. "Aren't mad at me, or done with me, since the chase got boring? God Malfoy, I can't believe you, stop with the mood changes."
Out of the corner of my eyes I saw Potter poking his head through the door, and he just nodded. That's when I knew that he told her what he had told me, so I knew it was safe to tell her the truth. I weakly reached my arm up and grabbed her hand; I gave it a small tug, grimacing in pain. "Hermione, you know what I did, but what you don't know is that it killed me to say those mean things to you. All I wanted to say was how smart and beautiful you are, but you asked me not to. Hermione I will do anything for you." My icy blue eyes searched her milk chocolate ones and they had started to melt, my eyes then drifted down to her mouth where a small smile was starting to form on her lips. She sat down beside me and my fingers worked their way in between hers so they were intertwined. "I love you," the whisper of words escaped my lips before I knew what was happening.
Her small smile broke into a big one, and I tugged her hand to bring her closer, then I pressed my lips to hers. I didn't know what to expect from a girl as prudish as Granger, but it definitely wasn't the girl that could bring me to my knees with one kiss. The way her lips were pursed against mine, the feel of her hot breath escaping onto my lips, and the feel of her dainty fingers moving over my cast on my forearm to my bicep were no cast was found, it was almost more than I could handle.
We broke apart and a smirk automatically formed on my lips, and her eyebrows shot up, "What is it now Draco?"
"I said 'I love you' first, and that is the first time that has happened." My hand carefully reached up to brush some of her curls out of her face.
"That's where you're wrong Malfoy, I said it first. You were just unconscious." She stuck her adorable tongue out at me, and I quickly shook my head. "I did too! How would you know?" She said, her face starting to close the distance between us.
"Does it really matter Granger? We love each other, no further discussion," I said and then finished off the rest of the distance, closing the sentence with a kiss.
She pulled back quickly, and my eyebrows shoot up, then she whispered; "But Malfoy, I always win." We both burst out laughing and her hand finds the side of my face, I move my head slightly so I can kiss the palm of her hand lightly. "Are you ready to go back to your room?"
"Oh yes please."
Hermione helps me up, and helps support my weight by sliding her arm around my waist, and I put my arm around her shoulders. "I have a faster way to get to your dormitory without all of the moving staircases," she says, and leads me down a hall.
"Good," I laugh, "Because I think I will be having nightmares about them for a while."
We finally make it to my dormitory, stumbling the whole way there, but yes, we do make it. I say my secret word and my door opens up, and that's where Hermione stops. I look over at her, "Aren't you going to help me inside? I need to change before we can go to dinner."
"I uh, I don't know if I can help, I can just stay out here," her voice is quiet and I just smile.
"Please help me Granger, I seriously do need you." She looks up at me startled and then slowly nods, she knows me well enough to know I wouldn't just say that.
We stumble inside and I lead the way to my bedroom. It's mostly dark green and the shades are down, I turn up the lights slightly so there is a dim shining. Hermione lets go of me and I wobble my way over to the dresser. I grab a clean dress shirt and pants, along with a robe, I then slowly and carefully unbutton my shirt and slip it off, the next thing that comes is my slacks. I hear a quiet "eep" and I turn around. "Hermione, are you okay dear?"
She nods but I notice right away that her cheeks are bright red and she's trying to avert her gaze, but failing. "It's just me."
"But it's you with minimal clothing on," She tries to laugh, but it sounds so nervous that it's just pathetic.
"Hermione, come here." She shakes her head and looks up at me through her eye lashes. "Granger I can't walk over there, please come here." She bites her bottom lip and slowly meanders her way over. I take her hand and place it on my bare chest, where my heart is beating. "I don't want you to be scared around me; I want you to be comfortable with me." Her liquid brown eyes flick up to look at mine and then to my shoulders, then to my chest, my abs, and then lower. She takes a step closer and wraps her arms around my neck and places a soft kiss where my shoulder and neck connect. "I need to finish getting dressed… unless you want to-"
I am cut off by her slapping the side of my head and laughing, I try to reach for her, but she dances out of my reach, so I put on the clean clothes and we make it down to the dining hall, hand in hand.
As we enter, no one is even paying attention to us, everyone is focused on something, no, someone in the front of the hall. I see the crowd part like the red sea, and then everyone is looking at Hermione and I, then back at the person. Hermione lets out a small, "Oh no," and squeezes my hand.
"Wait what is everyone staring at?" I ask.
But that's when I see the figure emerge from the group of students and faculty. "Bloody hell," I mutter and then there is the booming voice calling Hermione's name, followed by the buffoon himself, Viktor Krum.
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