A rather close rumble of thunder had caused Draco to wake from his nap up in the tree.

Wait, when did I fall asleep?

He remembered coming out to the courtyard to be alone. Then, as he sat in his tree, he got lost in his musing. That was the last thing he could recall.

He rubbed his eyes and stretched out his arms. He looked around to see that the sun was behind the mountains, it had left an array of colors in the sky. More noticeably, were the dark gray clouds that were practically overshadowing the Hogwarts' castle.

Draco hurried to climb down the tree and get into the building, before it started to rain. He could hear that the Great Hall was still buzzing with excitement from the students eating dinner and chatting, so Draco knew that he must have not been asleep that long. He started heading in that direction.

As he approached the Great Hall, Draco saw a blonde girl and a brunette girl exiting the room. Both of the girls seemed to be looking for something. Draco felt his lips pull into an automatic smile at the sight.

"Luna lose something again?" he called out, as he got closer to the girls. Both of them turned to look at Draco.

"Actually, it seems that Hermione was the one looking for someone lost, not myself, Draco." Luna responded. A thunderclap resounded outside and rain had started to drizzle against the windows.

Draco had reached where the girls were standing. He could tell that Hermione had been worried; she had that look in her eyes. He glanced over to Luna, who gave him a look that told him that he was the reason Hermione looked like that. He felt a surge of guilt.

"I'm sorry for making you worry." Draco said, placing his hand on her upper arm.

"As long as you are ok, then its ok," she replied. Hermione paused before continuing, her eyes focused on Draco's hand. "Well, I'm going to head on up to my common room for the night." She looked up at him wistfully as Draco slowly let his hand slide down her arm and fall back to his side.

"I'll walk up with you, Hermione." Luna said, as if she was reading Draco's thoughts. "We should let Draco eat some supper before its all gone." she added just as Draco opened his mouth to say something about joining them.

Does she read minds now?

Luna had her usual lofty expression, not one that showed she was concentrating on anything like mind reading. Draco turned his attention back to Hermione, who seemed to be miles away in her thoughts. He could hear the rain that was now pounding on the windows.

"Yeah, you have had a pretty busy day, Hermione." Draco said with a laugh. That brought Hermione back from her musing. She smiled bashfully.

"I'll be waiting at the top of the stairs for you, Hermione." Luna said as she walked towards the steps. Hermione turned to face her.

"Ok, I will be there in a moment." Hermione replied. Luna nodded as she went away. As soon as Luna was gone, Hermione looked back at Draco. She had a half smile on her face.

"I hope that you plan on behaving." he told her. Draco meant that in more that one way, but Hermione probably did not understand just how crazy he was for her. She just rolled her brown eyes at him.

"Don't worry, Draco," she said, "I don't plan on doing anything else so…out of character for a while." She finished with a wink. Now, it was Draco's turn to roll his eyes.

"Good." was the only response that he could come up with.

Damn it, winking is NOT behaving.

"Well, I've got some homework that I want to get ahead on," Hermione said, "And I can't keep Luna waiting."

"Ok, well…" Draco always disdained parting from Hermione, "Good night." He leaned down, after a quick glance around the corridor to make sure no one was there, and kissed Hermione on her forehead.

Even though nobody was there to see it, Draco saw, when he stood back upright, that Hermione's face had colored with a light blush and she was biting on her lower lip, looking up at him through her eyelashes. She looked so very adorable standing there like that. She let out a breath that she had been holding.

"Sweet dreams and good night, Draco." she said, still blushing. Hermione, chewing on her lower lip again, walked backwards as she waved at Draco until she reached the stairs. Then, she turned around and slowly disappeared as she ascended the steps.

Draco ran his fingers through his hair and let out a sigh. His heart was still racing and he could feel his face burning with a blush of his own. He was going to wait a moment before entering the Great Hall, so he could calm himself down.

As he walked into the Great Hall, Ron and Harry waved at him from behind their fan club at the Gryffindor table. Draco, politely, waved back and headed to the Slytherin table. He noticed the enchanted ceiling did not reflect the thunderstorm that was going on outside, but a calm and starry night sky. Draco saw Crabbe and Goyle were trying to get his attention to come sit with him. So, Draco went to join them. The two grunted a welcome and cleared a spot between them for him to sit in.

Draco quickly ate supper. Then, he left the Great Hall and went to the dungeons to return to the Slytherin house. Crabbe and Goyle followed Draco, but kept their distance as to not make it obvious. It was apparent that the boys' fathers wanted them to be in good graces with the son of Lucius Malfoy. Too bad the son wasn't even in good grace with Lucius.

He didn't pause as he went through the common room, where Crabbe and Goyle did stop following him. Draco went straight to the dormitory. All the excitement of the day was catching up to him, causing Draco to feel very tired. Even with his nap in the tree, he still felt lethargic.

Draco tossed his school bag onto his bed. He crouched down to get in his trunk to find a pair of pajama pants to sleep in. He took his time getting ready for bed. Draco was thankful that tomorrow was going to be an easy day, at least as far as his classes were concerned.

As he was settling into bed, knocking his bag on the floor, a thought struck Draco. The only emotion that could come close to describing what he was feeling about Hermione and Ron was jealousy. But why would he be jealous of that? He made Hermione smile a lot. So what if she smiled because of someone else? It wasn't just someone else, though; Draco realized what the problem was. Hermione was smiling at another guy.

Draco knew it seemed selfish, but he wanted Hermione to only smile at him. He knew it was wrong, but he wanted to be the only guy she thought about.

Maybe I shouldn't have introduced Hermione to Ron. Draco wasn't comforted at all by that thought, but he was suddenly overcome by sleep.

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