September 7th 1994

Draco groaned and rolled over as he woke up. He could've sworn he was just awake not even an hour ago. He looked to his nightstand and grabbed his watch. It was 6:30. He groaned again as he realized he had only gotten half an hour of sleep. He stretched out his arms, back and legs, his muscles tense from lack of sleep. He got out of bed and changed into his white shirt, house tie and slacks. Yawning, he grabbed some parchment along with his quill and went to the common room. He sat at a random table and began writing. 'Granger, since your birthday is soon, (Yes i remembered) I figured I would get you a gift. I'll be getting it this weekend in Hogsmeade. No stalking this time. People may see. Yours, D.M'. Draco looked at his watch, only 6:35. He felt for some reason time moved slower when he was the only one awake. He folded the note he wrote Hermione and stuffed it in his pocket. Draco decided he'd go ahead and write his mother next, knowing she would be expecting a letter by now. 'Mother, things are good here. I'm all settled in. Apparently the school is hosting the Triwizard Tournament this year. There's only suppose to be 3 champions, 1 from each school, but there's 4 this year. Somehow Potter put his name in the Goblet of Fire. Which I don't understand. You'd have to be barking mad to enter the tournament. Besides, he isn't even 17 yet so I don't know how all this is possible. I suppose Dumbledore is behind it somehow.. Anyway, could you send me about 30 galleons? I want to get Hermione a birthday gift. Hope all is well at home. -Draco.' After he signed his name, Draco put the letter in an envelope and put it in his other pocket. He looked at his watch once more, 6:42. Draco sighed heavily and decided to go ahead to the library to wait for Hermione. Once he got his books together for his morning classes he walked to the library, his heavy footsteps echoing through the empty corridors. Once in the library he set out all his books on a table in a far back corner. He was so exhausted from sleep deprivation he laid his head down on the table and slowly drifted back to sleep.

Hermione entered the library at 7:40. She went to the usual corner table her and Draco met at. When she got to the table she found Draco asleep. She sat across the table from him and gently rubbed his leg under the table with her foot.

Draco groaned. "5 more minutes.."

Hermione giggled and tapped him on his shoulder. "Wake up Draco. We only have 20 minutes before breakfast."

Draco raised his head and slowly blinked open his eyes. "You're late then."

"I know. What time did you get here?"

"6:45"

"45 minutes early? Did you sleep at all last night?" Hermione asked worriedly.

"I didn't fall asleep until 6 o'clock in the morning. Then woke up half an hour later. Wrote a few letters then came here."

"So you got under 2 hours of sleep?"

Draco yawned. "Yeah. I can never go to sleep at a decent time. I mean, I'm exhausted but I just can't sleep. Like sleep deprivation you know?"

"The muggle term for that is insomnia. Maybe you can ask Madame Pomfrey for a sleeping draft."

"Right. Will do." Draco sighed and stretched out his arms and legs again. He reached into his pocket and handed Hermione the note he had written her. "Don't open it yet."

Hermione pouted. "Why not? Am I going to get mad?"

"No. And cause i said so Granger." Draco smiled tiredly. "Was that your foot rubbing my leg a few minutes ago?"

Hermione smiled and bit her lip. "Maybe.."

Draco stood up and led Hermione to an empty aisle of books. He gently pushed her against a bookshelf and pressed his body against hers. He kissed her neck softly, his hands on her hips.

"Draco!" Hermione hissed in protest. "What if someone sees?"

Draco fumbled with his want and casted a disillusionment spell so they could not be seen. "No one will now." Draco went back to kissing the witch down her neck. He loosened her house tie and undid a few buttons on her blouse. He kissed her collarbone gently. Hermione tilted her head back and Draco kissed the base of her neck. Draco paused and looked the witch over. "You would were a bloody gryffindor colored bra Granger." Hermione pulled Draco into a deep kiss to shut him up. In between kisses she managed to say something.

"You should see my Slytherin coloured knickers.."

Draco looked at her and smiled. "When do I get that pleasure?"

"Not anytime soon." Draco pouted but Hermione began kissing him again. She managed to take off both her tie and Draco's. She unbuttoned his shirt so the word on his chest was visible. "Does it hurt?"

"No."

"Good." They kept snogging for awhile and then Hermione paused to catch her breath. "Draco, what time is it?"

He looked at his watch as he caught his breath as well. "8:12."

"8:12?! Draco! Breakfast is almost over! Class starts in 8 minutes!" Hermione hurriedly buttoned her shirt back and blindly grabbed a tie from the floor. She gathered her books and kissed Draco on the cheek. "Try and not be late to Defense Against the Dark Arts. Don't give Moody another reason to not like you."

"Alright. See you there Granger." Draco smiled and buttoned his shirt back as Hermione hurried to the Great Hall. He picked up the tie off the floor only to notice it was Hermione's tie instead of his. Draco groaned to himself and gathered his books and went to breakfast.

Hermione walked into breakfast and sat with Harry and Ron at the Gryffindor table. Ron looked up at Hermione and nearly spit out his juice.

"Hermione..why're you wearing a Slytherin tie?!" Harry and Rons eyes went wide with shock and their jaws dropped.

Hermione looked down and gasped. "Oh no..."

Suddenly there was a loud shriek coming from the Slytherin table. "Draco! Why do you have a Gryffindor tie?!" Pansy exclaimed.

Suddenly the entire Great Hall's attention turned to Draco. He sighed and walked over to the Gryffindor table and handed Hermione her tie.

"You left your tie in the library, Granger." She took the tie and gave Draco his back.

Ron glared at Draco furiously and swung a punch at him. "STAY AWAY FROM HER MALFOY!"

Draco stumbled backward, clutching his bloody broken nose.

"RONALD! HE WAS NO WHERE NEAR ME!" Hermione yelled at him.

"Then how'd he get your tie and you got his?!"

"It's none of your concern!" Hermione got up and helped Draco to the hospital wing. "Draco I am so sorry.." Hermione said as they walked through the corridor.

"It's not your fault."

"But it is. I left in such a hurry because I didn't want to be late to class. I grabbed the wrong tie and i'm just so sorry."

"Granger, it's fine. Go ahead to class. I'll be there after i get my nose fixed."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, go ahead."