Morning came by pretty quickly. I managed to get a good night's sleep and conjured myself a new set of clothes to wear underneath my robes. Only now, did I just realise that a small note had been folded up and placed on my bedside table. I opened it up and in scrappy handwriting, it read: 'Stay away from him or I'll come to get you.'
I lumbered down to breakfast and greeted everyone with smiles and waves. I sat down and picked at my food, my mind too interested in another matter. Malfoy. Ugh, why was he always in my head? Yesterday he was pretty infuriating. What I hoped would be a civil time with Malfoy, actually turned into us bickering at every word that came out of our mouths. My deep thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a concerned tone.

"Hermione, are you alright?" Harry asked, worried. "You've barely touched your food."

"Huh? Oh what, yeah I'm fine Harry. Just a bit stressed out from last night's hard studying." I tried my best not to quiver.

Harry didn't seem at all convinced, but sincerely nodded and left me alone to think once again. After taking a few more bites out of my honey drizzled toast, I excused myself from my friends and left, holding a few books in my hand.

Draco's POV:

I saw Granger leave the dining hall abruptly and immediately became worried. Where was she running of to now? Hold on, why am I even worried? I shook the thought out of my head but my mind began to wander recklessly. I said good-bye to Blaise and ran down the corridor, frantically searching for the lovely brunette with soft curls. Absconding out of Hogwarts' halls, I ran down to the lake. I didn't know why I was going there; something just told me that she might be there. And there she was. I gaped at her while her eyes stared into the sky, looking like she was trying to comprehend something difficult. I took an abysmal breath and approached her cautiously, being careful not to alarm her.

Hermione's POV:

My thoughts came to a halt when I heard someone's footsteps approaching. I quickly obtained my wand, but put it back in my robe when Malfoy advanced from behind the trees. I huffed, irritated.

"What do you want now, Malfoy?" I snapped.

Malfoy was stunned. "Well, I thought you'd, I don't know, want some company, but I guess that's not the case… Later, Granger," then he turned to walk off.

"Wait," I called out.

Malfoy circled back around and looked at me with surprise. Crap, why did I just do that? "W-would you like to join me?"

Malfoy shrugged and came to sit beside me. I went back to staring into the sky but I could feel his eyes bore into me.

"'Take a picture Malfoy, it'll last longer.' " I mocked playfully.

Malfoy grinned and studied the pile of books she brought with her. 'Man did this girl like to read.' Malfoy said as I read his mind.

I slightly giggled and looked at him in the eye. His steel, grey eyes gave an electrifying stare back and we just gawked at each other for quite a while. Finally, I decided to look away. The butterflies were going crazy in my stomach and I couldn't control them. Malfoy leaned back onto the grass next to me, and pulled me down with him.

"So," he started to say, completely unaware that he was still holding my hand, "what were you thinking about before? I saw you at breakfast and before you noticed me here. It seemed to bother you a lot considering you didn't much of your breakfast."

I twisted my head to face him. "You were watching me?"

Malfoy hesitated and turned a light shade of pink. "Well, I don- maybe-yeah. Yeah I was."

I laughed, being able to make him speechless. Then, I spilled my guts about the note I found on my bed side table and how I didn't know who it was from and what it was talking about.

"Typical of you to be so curious," Malfoy muttered under his breath.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" I questioned sharply.

"I just said that it was typical of you to always get so caught up in something as small as this. I mean, it was just a note. It could just be a slight misunderstanding. The way your mind wanders at such tiny matters…." He drifted off.

I scoffed and jumped up hastily.

"Well it's typical of YOU to always think these thoughts!" I retaliated.

I picked up my books and stormed away, red in the face. I can't believe that after all this time, he still hasn't changed one bit. I even let him in on a secret that only HE knew! Ugh, he is so infuriating!

I ran back to the dormitory, passing many students along the way and slammed my door shut. Finally, no noise, no drama and definitely no Malfoy. I sighed and picked up my book, continuing my day with studying.

* Hope this wasn't too long for you! There was a lot of dialogue so.. yeah c:
Writing the next chapter right now. Will be filled with surprise and shock :D
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