So here is Chapter 2. Same layout as before, part 1 is about Hermione and part 2 is about Draco.

I still don't own Harry Potter, but I'm working on killing everyone who does so that I can finally own them and do with them as I wish, but alas, not yet.

Hope you enjoy ;D

Part 1

To Hermione, the weekend all but flew past.

It was full of Ron trying to talk to her, and Pansy, Blaise and Draco stopping him, with some much needed help from Harry and Ginny, which surprised Hermione slightly.

And constant apologies from Lavender, before Hermione just admitted to her (but mostly herself) that she never really loved Ron, he was more of a friend anyway, and she didn't care that he had had sex with Lavender. She went as far as telling Lavender that she could pursue a relationship with him if she wanted.

The only event that stood out was her 5 hour shopping trip with Pansy, and as she sat at her desk in her room on the Sunday evening, she reminisced about the odd occurrences the day before.

Xx Harry Potter xX

They had been trailing around Diagon Alley for the last 3 hours, and although Pansy had managed to buy three bags of stuff, she still hadn't found a dress for the upcoming ball, and consequently, neither had Hermione.

Just then Pansy stopped abruptly, and pointed at a shop.

"This one, I bet you we can find exactly what we want in here." So they went in, and were immediately escorted to a private room with two of the women working at the shop.

They asked about what sort of dress the girls wanted, so Hermione went along with it, describing her dream dress. She didn't however, expect them to come in carrying what she could only describe as the perfect dress.

It was a purple-blue colour made out of silk that fell down to the floor, flaring out at her hips slightly to accent her shape. It only had one strap, which was also made of silk that sat in a bow shape on top of her shoulder. All in all, it was the most beautiful thing Hermione had ever seen.

Pansy's dress was equally as beautiful, in the same design only hers was in an orange-red colour, making her look absolutely stunning.

The next events shook Hermione a bit. After Pansy announced they were buying the dresses, they asked the for price. After hearing the price (2,100 Galleons) Hermione sadly started pulling off the dress, announcing she couldn't afford it, but then, the sales assistant said her dress had already been paid for in full, so she could just take it.

'Who would buy me a dress?' Hermione thought as her and Pansy left the shop with their purchases.

"Look, don't worry about it Hermione, now come on, we need some matching shoes." And she skipped ahead towards the dress shops 'sister' shop that sold shoes that matched all of the dress shop's dresses.

"Fine" Hermione grumbled, as she trudged up the street, still trying to work out who would have bought her a dress, seeing as the sales women at the shop wouldn't tell her anything about him, 'at least she had let slip it was in fact a he' thought Hermione, 'it narrowed down the list'.

When they got to the shoe shop the same thing happened. She found a lovely pair of overpriced shoes that matched her dress perfectly, (they were the same purple-blue, with a bow on top, the same as the one on the shoulder of her dress) and found out that they had already been paid for by the same mysterious guy from the dress shop.

Pansy stayed uninterested in the whole ordeal of somebody buying things for Hermione, which was making her grow suspicious that Pansy knew who the person was, but she wouldn't push. She would wait until Pansy couldn't hold it in anymore, and then tickle it out of her.

Before they apparated back to school for the rest of the afternoon, they stopped by Hermione's favourite coffee shop in muggle London near the Leaky Cauldron.

As she was sat their, drinking her Latte, and listening to the people around her talk about Christmas, the waiter came over and asked if she was Hermione Granger. 'How odd' she thought, but said yes all the same, so he handed her a note that said

Hermione,

I hope you love the dress you bought while out today, and I look forward to seeing you in it at New Year. And yes, Pansy knows who I am, but she can't tell you who.

All I can say to comfort you is that she knows me, and thinks I am 'good enough' for you. And you know me too, and I like to think you like me, and think I'm devastatingly handsome.

I would also like to know if you would accompany me to the New Year's ball. I know it's weird, seeing as you don't know who I am, but I assure you, you will enjoy being my date, even if you don't share my feelings when you work out who I am.

And you will get a clue with every message you receive from me, and I must admit, I hope you work out who I am soon, but not yet.

One more thing, I would approach you now, but I don't want to be a rebound after Weasley, that's not my style.

Yours truly,

-X-

Hermione read through the letter twice more before throwing it on the table and sighing.

"He's right you know" Hermione looked up at Pansy questioningly, who was holding her letter, "He is devastatingly handsome, even I have to admit it. And by the way, that's your first clue as to who he is. He has a huge ego." Pansy laughed slightly, shaking her head at the thought of Hermione's secret suitor "And you should go to the ball with him too, he's an excellent dancer" Pansy said with a wink.

Hermione was left to ponder all this information as she and Pansy headed back to the school, where dinner was going to be served shortly.

'Which boy's do I know who are single, straight, have massive ego's and are coming to the ball?' she thought as she made her way to the great hall.

Xx Harry Potter xX

Sitting at her desk, she looked down at the final list she had;

1. Seamus Finnegan

2. Cormac McLaggen

3. Theodore Nott

4. Justin Finch-Fletchly

5. Zacharias Smith

6. Antony Goldstein

7.

There was nobody else Hermione could think of, apart from-, but no, he wouldn't look twice at her, but she put his name on her list anyway

7. Draco Malfoy

There, she had done it. She had put Draco Malfoy down as a potential suitor. Although she had put down Cormac McLaggen as well (he was stupid enough to have to redo his final year at school) so she was opening herself up to any possibility. But would Pansy approve of all these guys? She decided to take Cormac off the list, Pansy would never approve of him.

1. Seamus Finnegan

2. Theodore Nott

3. Justin Finch-Fletchly

4. Zacharias Smith

5. Antony Goldstein

6. Draco Malfoy

She was happy with that list now, and could edit it when she needed to. But who did she want it to be?

She looked at the clock and realised she should be in bed, and as she lay down she realised something. There was only one person on that list she wanted it to be, and she had unconsciously underlined his name while she was thinking.

And that person was Draco Malfoy.

Part 2

That Sunday evening, Draco was sat on one of the sofas in the 8th year common room. He was mulling over the last two days; telling Ron to piss off and stay away from Hermione 5 times (and that was only Saturday), and Pansy constantly badgering him until he admitted to her that he had strong feelings for Hermione (why did she have to be so annoying and persuasive?).

So he was sat there, minding his own business, when none other than Harry Potter came and sat next to him. Draco gave him a questioning look, but let Harry speak to him first,

"Look, I know we've had some differences in the past, but now I like to consider us friends" Draco nodded, and let Harry continue "well, Pansy came to speak to me this afternoon and told me that you were harbouring some feelings for 'Mione, now, after what happened with Ron, I'm hesitant to say this, but, as long as you promise me you will never hurt her, I am willing to help you make her happy, and get together with her, so what do you say?"

Draco was stunned into silence, was he hearing correctly? Did Harry just tell him he would help him get Hermione? He looked at Harry and realised he was waiting for an answer,

"Of course I would never hurt her, I love her far too mu-" he quickly cut himself off, realising what he just said, looking up and seeing Harry smiling though, caused him to sigh in relief. He was safe for now.

"So, Pansy also said you had a plan, and you had already put some of it into action, care to fill me in?"

Xx Harry Potter xX

Draco had had to get up extremely early on Saturday morning. (What sane person gets up at 8 anyway?) He dressed and left before Pansy and Hermione had a chance to leave, and went straight to the shop he knew they would be going to later.

People there were somewhat surprised to see him, but a sales lady still came up to him, asking what he needed. He said he wanted to talk to the manager, and was led to a room in the back of the shop where a balding man was sat behind an ornate desk. He looked, and if he was shocked to see Draco, he his it very well,

"What can we help you with today Mr Malfoy?" he asked, curious to find out why Draco Malfoy was stood in his shop.

"Well, in about two hours, Pansy Parkinson and Hermione Granger are going to come in here looking for dresses for the Hogwarts New Year's ball.

I am here now, to put down a deposit to cover any expenses for Hermione Granger. I expect her to get first class service, and make sure she leaves with the dress she wants, no matter the cost. I trust 5,000 Galleons will suffice? Oh, and she can't know it is me doing this, understood?"

He looked down at the man he was talking to who had a look of absolute shock all over his face. He stuttered a few times before coming out with an answer,

"Of-of c-course Mr. M-Malfoy, you are aware our most expensive dresses are only 3,000 Galleons?" Draco merely nodded, so the shop manager continued, "Of course we can have that sorted out for you Mr Malfoy, thank you for your generosity."

Draco merely waved his hand in dismissal before pulling out a bag of Galleons and dropping them on the table, before bidding him goodbye and leaving the shop.

He then repeated this process at the 'sister' shop that sold shoes (seriously, what the hell?) and then waited, just so he could see her dress and the look on Hermione's face. Luckily for him she looked quite pleased at the turn of events that allowed her to buy her dream dress and shoes, 'hopefully she won't kill me for this'

As they exited the shoe shop he heard Hermione mention the name of a coffee shop in muggle London they were heading to, 'thank Merlin I'm wearing muggle clothes' Draco thought as he went to execute his next step.

He saw them sit out side of the shop at a table and order their drinks, so he went inside to write out a message to send to Hermione.

Hermione,

I hope you love the dress you bought while out today, and I look forward to seeing you in it at New Year. And yes, Pansy knows who I am, but she can't tell you who.

All I can say to comfort you is that she knows me, and thinks I am 'good enough' for you. And you know me too, and I like to think you like me, and think I'm devastatingly handsome.

I would also like to know if you would accompany me to the New Year's ball. I know it's weird, seeing as you don't know who I am, but I assure you, you will enjoy being my date, even if you don't share my feelings when you work out who I am.

And you will get a clue with every message you receive from me, and I must admit, I hope you work out who I am soon, but not yet.

One more thing, I would approach you now, but I don't want to be a rebound after Weasley, that's not my style.

Yours truly,

-X-

He found one of the waiters and asked him to take the letter to her and hurriedly left the cafe to get back to Hogwarts before the girls did.

Xx Harry Potter xX

Draco finished telling Harry everything he had done the day before, and looked up at him to find his opinion.

"So that's what the list is in her room" said Harry

"What list?" asked Draco, looking quite worried.

"Well, I went in to talk to her before coming down here, and she was already asleep, but on her desk there was a list of 6 names. Your name was on their, and she had underlined it. Don't know why though." Harry said thoughtfully.

Draco sat back in thought, 'so she was trying to work out who had sent her the note' he was hoping it took her a little longer to actually work out it was him, he wanted to surprise her on New Year's Eve.

He decided to go to bed, as he had a feeling tomorrow would be a long day. Without any lessons, he wouldn't be able to distract himself from Hermione's now constant presence, after everything with Ron.

He excused himself from Harry's presence, and headed up to his bedroom to get ready for bed.

He lay in bed, waiting for sleep to come, thinking about why Hermione had underlined his name on her list, but dismissed the thoughts from his mind in favour of sleep.

And as Draco fell asleep, it wasn't to dreams of Hermione naked in his bed as it used to be.

It was to dreams of walks in the park, and her telling him she loved him.

So, it turns out that if you kill someone you have to go to jail, so I'm trying to formulate a new plan, but for now, I got nothing.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, leave a review if you can ;P