Hey Everyone!! Ok I know it was longer than two weeks but it was pretty fast, right? :P Ok well I'm sorry anyway. Here is chapter 7! Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, I really LOVE getting them :D. And of course thank you to everyone else :) I hope everyone is still liking it, if there is anything that's annoying you or confusing you or anything don't hesitate to mention it! Ok, here you go... enjoy!

Chapter 7

"You winked at her?"

"Yes."

"You winked at her?"

"Yes."

"Is there an echo in here?" The voice of Draco Malfoy caused Hermione to break away from the argument she was having to him a exasperated look.

"You're really not helping," she said.

"Oh don't worry, I wasn't trying to," Draco replied.

Hermione rolled her eyes at him and turned her attention back to a smirking Blaise.

"Why did you wink at her?" she asked for the hundredth time.

"Because she looked over at me, I was being friendly," he replied, a mock innocent smile on his face.

"But she's-"

"Look," he interrupted, "I told you to tell her to stop giving me those looks, but they didn't stop so, you know, if you can't beat 'em join 'em."

"Join them and you never set foot in this dorm again," Draco said with a laughing grin.

"Thanks," Hermione said sarcastically.

"What? Oh come on, you know I didn't mean you," he said defensively, a smirk still on his face.

"Oh well who did you mean then?" Hermione asked, her hands on her hips. She was still annoyed with the both of them.

"Ok when you two are finished with your lovers tiff, can I just ask why I am in so much trouble for winking my eye?" Blaise asked impatiently.

"Because you're causing problems!"

"What problems? With who?" Blaise persisted.

"Ugh ok look, Harry saw you winking at Ginny and he thinks that there is something going on between you guys," Hermione told him, feeling a bit bad for telling him but knowing at the same time that he wouldn't tell anyone.

"So by winking I'm causing problems for the famous Harry Potter?" Blaise asked, a grin beginning to form on his face.

"Keep winking, I say," Said Draco. The two boys burst into laughter. Hermione wanted to scream at them, couldn't they see that she didn't think this was funny. This was hurting her best friend.

"Can you please listen to me?" Hermione tried to shout but her voice cracked at the end. Draco noticed immediately and stopped laughing. He got up from his place on the couch and walked towards her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her close to him looking into her eyes.

"Hey, hey," he comforted, "We were just messing I'm sorry. Of course Blaise will stop if that's what you want."

He ignored Blaise's protests from behind him.

"Thanks," Hermione whispered, not wanting to cry in front of him or Blaise.

"Well I'm getting out of here, still can't see how you stand all this cuddly touchy feely stuff," Blaise said, heading for the door. Just as he reached the door Draco spoke up.

"You will stop," he said softly but firmly, not even looking up from Hermione.

"Yeah, yeah sure don't worry about it," came the response just before the door slammed shut closing them in.

Draco bent down and let his lips meet Hermiones. Hermione leaned into his kiss and slid her arms around his neck, pulling herself into him.

She felt him start to pull her top up but stopped half way up, paused for a moment, and then pulled it back down. Confused, Hermione unwrapped her arms from his neck and started to pull her top off herself but stopped when Draco put his hands on hers and gently started to push them back down. Hermione tilted her head slightly and gave him a questioning stare.

"Would you mind terribly if we didn't do this right now?" he asked her. Hermione shook her head, of course she didn't mind but that didn't mean she wasn't surprised. She couldn't stop herself feeling a tiny bit hurt too, hurt that he didn't want her. Draco must have seen it in her face because he pulled her in for a kiss.

"I'm sorry, you know I want to, of course I do, I just don't feel the best right now," he whispered in her ear.

Hermione's confusion and hurt immediately turned to concern.

"What's wrong? Is there anything I can do? Do you need to see Madam Pomfrey?"

Draco laughed as he watched her concerned gaze look him over quickly, he shook his head.

"No it's fine, I'll be fine," he told her. Hermione looked up into his grey eyes smiling down at her and thought she saw something flash in them but it was gone after a millisecond.

Draco gave her one more kiss before he turned away and headed up to his room. Hermione stood there for a while before heading up to her room, all the while trying to figure out why she was getting that feeling that something wasn't right.

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Ginny smiled as his hand entwined with hers, his eyes locked on hers for the first time in days, a smile on his face. She didn't know what had been up with him and she didn't know what made him get over it, all that she cared about was that he was back with her again. From what she'd heard they needed to spend every minute they could together, before he left. She knew her mother would never let her leave school to go with him, she might let Ron after a long argument but never her, her only girl, her youngest child.

Harry stared into Ginny's eyes, taking her in, every single bit of her. He had spent most of yesterday thinking about things, about her and Blaise, and he realised that he didn't care. Even if she had had a something with Blaise, and he accepted now that that was very unlikely, he knew that he would forgive her. He would forgive her for anything, she would just have to say the word and he would be back at her side again.

She looked up at him again and her eyes met his. She blushed slightly and smiled up at him, she was so beautiful. God, he loved her.

"Well I see you two have reconciled your differences," Ron's voice came from behind them. Oh, so he did notice after all, Harry thought to himself.

Ginny turned around and gave her brother a big smile, Ron grinned back at her. No matter how weird and awkward it was having his best friend dating his little sister he had to admit they looked happy. At least with Harry he knew that Ginny was being treated well and he wouldn't have to be breaking any noses, apparently that was what older brothers were obliged to do when their little sisters get dumped or cheated on or treated badly, according to Hermione anyway.

The aforementioned joined them just as they reached the breakfast table. She sighed happily as she sat down with them, it was good to have the old Harry back, laughing with them. She took a quick glance over at the Slytherin table as she remembered her talk with Harry. Her eyes immediately landed on Blaise. What was he looking at? It better not be Ginny. She followed his line of vision. Damn, it was Ginny. She stared at him until he felt someone's eyes on him and he switched his gaze to her, their eyes met and he immediately looked away guiltily. That was strange, thought Hermione, very unlike Blaise.

"...well Fred can tell obviously, and he's a bit annoyed. But what can you do? With twins as close as them it's bound to happen," Hermione heard Ron say as she entered back into the conversation.

"What? What's happening now?" she asked.

"George likes Angelina," Ron told her.

"Really? He said this?" she asked, astonished. This was the first she'd heard of this. "Is Fred angry?"

"Merlin Hermione, I just answered that!" Ron laughed, "not listening for once? Best not make that into a habit, you might only get exceeds expectations in one of your exams!"

Hermione rolled her eyes as Ron mocked horror and the rest of her friends laughed.

"Ok I'll answer one more time, for you," Ron said, still chuckling to himself, "like I said, Fred is a bit annoyed, of course, but he's not angry. They're Fred and George, have you ever heard of something that one twin liked that the other didn't? So it was bound to happen sooner or later, but it's not like George is going to steal Angelina or anything, he just likes her so it's really no big deal.

"Oh and no George didn't say anything, he didn't want to make anything awkward and it's not as if he's in love with her. But Fred noticed anyway, of course."

"And how do you know this?" Hermione asked, slightly in awe of the twins, she had always admired their close bond. She had never met twins who were as inseparable as the Weasley twins.

"Mum heard them fighting, well I don't even know if you'd call it fighting, they were just having a serious conversation that didn't include even one joke! So naturally mum sent an owl to all of us to tell us to see if we could send an owl to them and sort it out," Ron told her.

"She didn't send an owl to me!" Ginny cried.

"I guess she thought it was guy stuff, you know? For the brothers to sort out," Ron said, trying to make an excuse for his mum.

"She thought sorting out relationship problems was guy stuff?" Ginny asked sarcastically.

"Yes! Ok well, maybe it was because they were boys and she wanted to see how guys think and she didn't think you'd know..." Ron said, "and I don't appreciate what you seem to be implying there."

"Oh come on Ron, everyone knows that girls are better at sorting out relationship issues than boys," Ginny said.

"That is not true!" Ron argued, but then laughed, "although, I guess sending me the letter was not the smartest thing to do, because even if I don't think that's true with all boys, I am certainly hopeless at relationships!" he joked.

The group of friends laughed lightly. Hermione smiled at the light mood at the table, her mood couldn't help but lift in this atmosphere. All thoughts of Blaise, or his best friend for that matter, left her mind for the time being.

The day passed by quickly, Hermione found that she was able to concentrate on her work much more easily, now that she had no other things to worry about.

She climbed through the portrait into her common room, looking forward to seeing Draco. She looked around the room for him but couldn't see him. He mustn't be back from head boy duties yet, she thought to herself. She waited. And waited. But he didn't come. She went to bed confused and more than slightly worried.

The next morning she woke up got ready and went down to her common room, only to meet a frantic Blaise.

"Where's Draco?" he asked. Hermione shook her head.

"I don't know, why? What's wrong?" She told herself not to panic.

"Well... it's... it's nothing really," Blaise stammered, "but I would have liked to talk to Draco all the same."

"Well do you want to talk to me about it?" Hermione asked helpfully. Blaise let out a short laugh.

"No, thanks, but I don't think so," he told her, "well, I'll see you later."

Blaise turned and climbed out through the portrait. Hermione stood there for a minute or two, trying to figure out what that was all about, she shrugged to herself and grabbed the books she needed for her lessons. She heard a noise behind her and swung around. Draco's form walked down the stairs from his bedroom towards her. Hermione's eyes widened in surprise, she'd thought that he hadn't slept there at all last night, clearly she had been wrong.

"Good Morning!" he greeted her warmly, she smiled at him.

"Morning," she replied. All the worry she'd felt vanished, he was obviously ok, "how come you were so late last night?"

"Oh, you know, stuff to do," he said. Was it just her imagination or did his eyes not meet hers when he said that?

"Oh, ok, well Blaise was looking for you," she told him, "he just left."

"Oh?" he asked, surprised, "what was it about?"

"I don't know, he didn't tell me. He was acting kind of weird though."

"He didn't tell you?" Draco's frowned in confusion, "I'd better go and find him then, see you later."

He leaned into her and kissed her gently, smiled at her and left the common room. Hermione grabbed her robes off the chair and followed him out.

Hermione joined Harry and Ron in the great hall for breakfast, Ginny wasn't there, which surprised Hermione until she saw her walking towards them.

"Hey Ginny," Hermione greeted her, Ginny gave her a weak smile back.

"Are you ok?" Hermione asked her. Ginny nodded, unconvincingly. The look on her face said otherwise. She looked upset and quite angry. Hermione could see that Ginny was determined not to talk about whatever was upsetting her so she kept her mouth shut.

"So are you ready for the party tonight?" Ron asked.

"What? What party?" Hermione asked.

"Am I really hearing this? Hermione Granger has forgotten one of the most important events of the month that I, lowly Ron Weasley, have remembered?" Ron mocked, a grin on his face. Harry laughed along with him. Hermione clapped a hand to her forehead as it came to her.

"Oh! The prefects party! I completely forgot, shoot!" She cried.

"Relax Hermione, you didn't have to do anything, it's all taken care of, all you have to do is show up," Ron said, still grinning.

Hermione scolded herself, how could she have forgotten? This year the prefects had thought of the idea of having a party just for them, a night off their hard work, they said. They had taken the idea to the headmaster who, surprisingly, agreed. And the night was finally here. It was for the prefects but they could take anyone they wanted.

Harry, the Quidditch captain, was included in the party and was obviously going to take Ginny.

"Who are you going with Ron?" Hermione asked. Ron looked at her surprised.

"Well, I thought, well, you know, I thought we were going together," he said. Hermione rolled her eyes inwardly. He obviously hadn't learnt anything since the fourth year Yule Ball.

"Well, I'm sorry Ron, but unfortunately the head boy and girl have to go together," Hermione told him, it was one of the few rules Dumbledore had insisted on.

"What? You have to go with Malfoy? Then who will I go with?"

"I don't know Ron, if you'd had the decency of asking me to go instead of just assuming I could have told you this before."

Hermione ignored Ron's grumbling and began worrying about the party. Was everything set up properly? How would it go? What would she wear? She forced herself to take a deep breath, this party wasn't her problem. If it didn't go well that wasn't her fault, all she was doing was turning up. Surprisingly, this did help calm her down a bit and she was able to finish her breakfast in peace.

The worrying was right back gnawing at her mind as soon as classes finished though. All prefects and the head boy and girl had been given the afternoon off their duties to get ready for the party. So she raced up to her common room to do just that.

Ok, there we go! Did you like that? Please tell me! Well obviously the next chapter is going to based around the dance but don't worry it won't be boring! :) (I hope :P) Please please review! I promise I will reply, it's the least I can do :D And again thank you for reading :D

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