A/n: Thank you for the reviews! I hope everyone likes this chapter. I start school on Monday, but I will continue to update whenever I have a chance. Please remember to R&R.
Lanvenderlavi: It takes place in their sixth year, but it's not going to follow the plot of the sixth book.
Draco could not concentrate the next day during lessons. It began to snow half way through the day and this did not help his concentration one bit. The professors had to stop teaching a few times to make sure that he was actually hearing what they were saying. After class Pansy walked up to him with a smirk on her face.
"Got the mudblood on your mind?" She pursed her lips at him.
Draco blushed angrily. "I do not know what you're talking about Pansy."
"Oh Draco we all know you fancy Granger."
"We?" Draco sounded slightly surprised.
"Well me, my friends because I told them why we broke up, and I think even Crabbe and Goyle are catching on." Pansy grinned.
"Why would you tell people about this?" He asked indignantly.
"Because I just thought that your friends would like to know that you're snogging a mudblood." She sighed impatiently. "You're a pureblood Draco and you're fraternizing with a mudblood. It's going to give you a bad reputation. I figure if you stopped seeing her now, everything would be ok."
"Pansy, it is not your place to tell me who is giving me a bad reputation. You are not my girlfriend anymore. Now we are done talking about this." Draco pulled his book bag over his shoulder and walked away as fast as he could. Pansy stood back and watched him leave with a displeased look on her face.
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Draco entered the prefect common room to find Hermione already sitting on the couch with her nose in a book. Before Draco had gotten to know Hermione he had thought that this was an annoying that, but now that he knew her he loved the fact that she was a know it all and he loved how attached she was to books. When he came in Hermione heard his footsteps and looked up at him with a big smile on her face. He leaned down and kissed her before sitting down next to her.
"So I have to be honest with you and tell you that I do not feel like studying tonight." He smiled at her and waited for her to get annoyed with him.
"You know what? I don't really feel like it either, but I would feel bad not to, I mean Christmas break starts next week." She sighed and began to pull out their transfiguration book.
"That reminds me, what are you doing for Christmas break anyways?" He grabbed the book from her and set it down on the ground.
"Well Ron has invited Harry and I to come to the Burrow with him."
Draco rolled his eyes, "Oh, that place."
"Hey," She hit his arm. "It's a really nice house. It's so cozy I love it there. You have never actually been there so you wouldn't know. Besides, you don't have to be jealous I didn't say yes to him." She bit her lip and her eyes grew wide. "I was actually going to ask if you wanted to come back home with me for Christmas. I know Muggles aren't really your favorite people, but I just thought it might be relaxing." She shoved this all into one very quick sentence.
Draco took her hands in his and set his light eyes on her dark ones. "I actually think that would be really nice. I just don't know how to get it past my mum. I mean I don't think that she would be very happy if she knew that I was going to spend the holidays with Muggles instead of her."
"Just tell her that you're staying here and then come home with me." Her face brightened.
"Well there is a problem with that plan." He took a deep breath. "Pansy has told almost the entire Slytherin house about us, so if any of them get wind of me going home with you I am sure that they would tell my mum."
"Oh, well that is not good. Do you think you could tell everyone you're going home, but just tell you mum you're staying and then come with me to my house. I mean do you think anyone would catch on to that?"
"Maybe not, it's worth a try." He paused. "What will we be doing at your house for break?"
"I am not entirely sure, but it will be less stressful than being here. No one you know lives in the Muggle world so that is a plus."
"And-er- how much have your parents heard about you disliking me?"
"Ah, well, I'm sure I can gloss things over. I don't think that I have complained about you that much." She giggled and then sunk further into the couch.
"Don't worry. I've complained about you a lot too." Draco laughed and then leaned in to kiss her. "But things are different now it doesn't matter what we said or did before. That's not how it is anymore."
"I'm glad it's not." Hermione sat forward and put her arms around his neck. "Because right now I am happier than I have been in a long time." She kissed him longer than before. Draco pulled Hermione closer to him and leaned into her. They kissed for a long time, but Hermione finally had to pull away to catch her breath. They looked at each other and smiled.
"Do you think Pansy is going to tell anyone else?" Hermione asked with a worried look on her face. "Because that is not exactly how I want Harry and Ron to find out."
"I could talk to her, but if she hasn't already had that idea then she might use it and then tell them. So let's hope she doesn't." He rubbed her arm reassuringly.
"Yea, let's hope, because that would not be fun." She leaned her head against his chest and sighed.
"Although I would like to see the two of you face off. She would not be able to keep up. She really thick."
Hermione laughed, "You are really nice to her." She said sarcastically. "But I'm sorry to say that I don't think that will happen."
Draco laughed too and then looked down at his watch and frowned. "I have to go. I have some homework that I actually need to get finished before classes tomorrow."
"Don't go. You don't really have to do homework do you?"
"Excuse me? You are telling me that I don't have to go homework? Wow." He was in a state of disbelief.
"Oh fine go do your homework. I get to see you on Saturday when we go away for break though." She smiled at him again and kissed him before sticking her nose back in the book she was reading.