Draco glanced up to the clock for the 15th time that night. Hermione had left with Shaun over four hours ago and still hadn't come back or called, or stopped by,or sent a letter or anythingfor that matter, as far as he was concerned, he could have burnt the flat down or something and she wouldn't had have a clue.

He took a deep sigh and turned back to the television. He thought it was an interesting little invention but he still couldn't understand exactly how it worked. He had already been through something called cartoons then switched to a medical channel where they were performing surgery.

"Thank Merlin I'm a wizard, I would hate to be cut open like that." he mumbled, then the thought occured, "Oh shit! I cant use a medi witch...note to self...be extreamly careful, buy full body padding."

He soon grew bored with the medical channel and starting flipping again until he came across a show called blind date. He promptly threw a pillow at the television and couldn't help but look up at the clock again.

"What the hell do people do on a date for 4 hours... It's just not normal."

He finally decided there was nothing of interest on T.V. and went towards the kitchen for a little snack. He still hadn't mastered the stove but he had deemed himself king of the microwave as he had only caught that on fire one time, luckily Hermione was near by to put it out.

He pulled a T.V. Dinner out of the freezer, unwrapped it, and carefully checked for any of that stuff Hermione called foil that seemed to catch fire in the microwave. Once he was sure it was foil free, he placed it in the microwave, set the time and glanced over at the clock again.

"Five hours" he muttered as he sat down at the table. "Five hours for a single date. He must be pulling out all the stops on this one."

The microwave dinged telling him his snack was done. He stood from the table and went to the microwave to pull out his meal. As he was pulling a fork out of the drawer, he heard the unmistakable sound of a car door shutting and he ran to the window.

A smile graced his face as he watched Hermione with her finger pointing, telling Shaun off for something. She looked down right scary and Shaun, well Shaun looked like he was trying to figure out the quickest way back inside the car without being hurt.

Draco raised an eyebrow when he noticed her slender middle finger raise to the air as she turned around and headed for the door. Draco of course didn't want to be caught so he took off towards the kitchen, grabbed the dinner and fork before throwing himself in the chair.

The front door slammed and Hermione came through the kitchen.

"Have a nice date?" he asked, knowing she didn't.

"It was fine" she said shortly while walking to the fridge.

"Really, thats good. So whens the next date?"

"You should know there wont be a next date, after all, you were looking out the window."

"I was not!!" he replied with a straight face.

"Malfoy, I am not an idiot. Next time you want to peek outside, make sure the lights inside are off."

"But I didn't"

Hermione rolled her eyes, "I watched you sprint into the kitchen."

"I'll never admit it." he said with his nose raised in the air.

She shook her head, "Whatever Malfoy... I'm going to bed." and with that she left the kitchen and went straight to her room.

Draco wasn't afraid to admit that he was curious about what happened and he planned to find out as soon as he was done eating.

Ten minutes later, Draco walked to her door and knocked. He waited for a minute but received no response so he knocked again. When he still didn't get a response he opened the door to find her sitting on her bed in a pair of boy shorts and a tank top with her thing she called an MP3 player plugged into her ears.

As soon as she noticed him, she threw a pillow over her lap covering most of herself up, "What do you want?" she asked. She didn't sound angry to him just disturbed.

"Want to tell me what ole Shaun the mover did to piss you off enough to use the middle finger?"

"Haaa, you were watching" she shouted with her finger pointing at him.

"I was bored." he replied with a shrug, "So what was it? Did he try to get into your knickers? Or was it that he didn't try?"

"Stuff it Malfoy, it had nothing to do with knickers."

"did he say you were boring... or maybe a prude?" he asked, still being a git.

"Leave my room Malfoy, I do not owe you an explanation"

"Oh come on Granger, I sat here bored out of my mind for five hours."

Hermione took a deep breath, "You had the television, you have a radio, you have a phone, there is a computer in the living room, surely you could have figured out something to keep you entertained."

He knew what she was saying was true but he refused to admit the real reason for his snooping. The truth was that he had become accustomed to having her around, after all, she was the only person he got to talk to and the thought of her spending night after night out while he was stuck in the house didn't exactly thrill the pants off of him.

"I'm still not sure how to use the computer without messing it up, I have no one to call but you, the television had nothing on and I did not feel like listening to a music box. So yes, I was bored."

"Well, you could have figured out something." she huffed, moving to put the headphones back into her ears.

Draco shot across the room, taking the player from her.

"Malfoy, give. me. That. Back." she yelled

"Not until you tell me what lover boy did"

"You're a git"

"So I've noticed. Look, all you have to do is tell me what the fight was about and I'll leave you be."

"Why do you want to know so bad?" she yelled again

"Because curious minds want to know."

"If I tell you will you go away?" she finally asked

"You will never know I was here." he replied

Hermione sat for a minute in her own little world, "Fine, the fight was about you alright."

"ME??"

"Yes you, now go away."

he smirked, "I don't think I can do that Granger. Now why don't you be a good girl and tell me what happened."

Hermione sighed, she knew he was not going to leave her alone until she spilled the full details.

"He called you an idiot and made the suggestion that I was a slut. Are you happy now?"

Draco raised and eyebrow and sat down on the edge of her bed, "And why am I an idiot and you a slut?"

"He took me out to dinner first and we had a pretty good time. Then he suggested going to the movies, which I agreed with. After the movie, we went to the park to talk and get to know each other. During the conversation, he brought you up saying that you were an idiot if you thought he believed you about the bowling injury. I told him that you were not an idiot, you were just trying to fit in a bit because you had recently moved here."

Draco nodded, the explanation for his temporary stupidity sounded good enough for him.

"Well then he reminded me that you had the same accent that I did, which I guess I went temporarily dull normal to have forgotten that little piece of information and then he suggested that I was loose for letting a guy live with me that I was not married to or related to."

"Then?" Draco asked

"Then what? I told him to take me home and that my decision to allow someone to live with me did not reflect on my virtue in any way. I also informed him that I was top of the class at school and you were right behind me, so therefore you were not an idiot and I was not a slut."

Draco smirked, pleased with himself that he had been one of the reasons to get Shaun out of the picture, "Alright, I'll leave you alone now."

"Well??"

"Well what?"

"Give me my MP3 player back.."

Draco smiled a full blown smile, he needed something to entertain him after being bored for five hours, "You can have it back once you catch me." he said and took off out of her bedroom.

Hermione growled and jumped off the bed, "Have it your way Malfoy." she shouted and took off after him.