Chapter 6

"Get…off…her…now!" Draco demanded in between pants. He obviously had been running.

"No, she's mine now," Harry said. That was the WRONG answer. Draco took out his wand and pointed it at Harry, daring him to refuse again.

"I said…get…off…NOW…GIVE…HER…BACK!" Draco yelled.

"Alright fine. I have to go now anyway," Harry said. But before he got up, he kissed Hermione one last time. This kiss was…different from the others. This one was gentler and almost pleading. With that, he stood up and offered a hand to Hermione, but Draco grabbed her and pulled her to her feet. Draco and Harry exchanged glares before Draco took Hermione's hand and led her away.

"Draco I-" Hermione started but was cut off by Draco.

"Don't talk," Draco said.

"But, Draco, I'm sorry," Hermione said. Tears started welling up in her eyes. It wasn't just the fact that Draco was mad at her, but her first kiss was stolen by someone she didn't love. She probably would have lost more than that if it wasn't for Draco, and he was mad at her.

"It doesn't matter," Draco said bitterly. Hermione froze and refused to walk another step. Draco pulled back slightly by her sudden stop. He turned around to face her and saw the saddest and cutest thing ever. Hermione's head was lowered, her ears and tail were drooping, and when she dared to look up at him, she had tears in her big, beautiful red eyes. Draco's heart melted at the sight, and he fought the urge to hold her.

"I'm…so…sorry…I didn't…mean to…and he…stole my first kiss…" Hermione said in a whisper. Draco had to strain his ears to hear her.

"That wasn't a kiss," Draco said.

"What?"

"It wasn't a kiss. You didn't want it, right?"

Hermione just nodded slowly.

"Then since it wasn't voluntary, it doesn't count. It's more like…a bad touch," Draco explained.

Hermione nodded again and dropped her eyes to the floor. Draco couldn't resist her anymore. He stepped over to the poor sad kitty and wrapped his arms around her. He held her until she calmed down. As soon as she was calm enough, Draco gently held Hermione's chin in between his finger and thumb, and tilted her head up to look into her eyes.

"Would you like me to erase that bad touch?" Draco asked even before he realized he asked it. Hermione stared at him in shock for a second before nodding with a small smile. Draco leaned down and was within a centimeter of making contact when Blaise interrupted.

"Hey there, guys!" Blaise called.

Draco dropped his head on Hermione's shoulder before responding, "What do you want, Blaise?"

"I saw you running around and I wanted to see if you found what you were looking for. So did you find it?" Blaise asked faking curiosity and concern.

"Yes, you could say that," Draco said as he raised his head to look at Blaise.

"That's good! Well, I really must be going!" Blaise said cheerily. 'Consider that part one of my revenge,' Blaise thought with a devilish smirk.

Hermione, who had previously been completely still, slightly shook her head and giggled quietly.

"What's so funny?" Draco asked as he lifted his head to look at Hermione.

"Nothing, let's go now," Hermione said with a small, sweet smile.

Draco nodded and stood up straight. Draco held out his hand for Hermione to take.

"What? You're not gonna drag me along by my leash?" Hermione asked sarcastically.

"I wasn't going to, but if you want…" Draco trailed off with a smirk.

"That's not what I meant," Hermione said.

Draco just shrugged and held out his hand again. This time Hermione took his hand and the pair walked towards Draco's room.

"Oh, I got a bed delivered to our room for you," Draco said.

"Why do I have to take it? Why can't I have the real bed?"

"Because it's MY bed, and I was nice enough to let you use it temporarily."

"Fine, whatever," Hermione said with a sigh.

When they walked inside, Draco closed the door and leaned against it, his head tilted down. Hermione looked at the new bed and was genuinely surprised. It wasn't a little cot like she had expected. It was a twin sized bed with a two very soft dark green pillows and a comforter of the same color. The comforter had the Slytherin silver snake printed on it. Hermione pulled back the comforter to find white sheets accented with dark green. Hermione sat down on the bed and bounced slightly. She smiled and looked up at Draco. She instantly frowned at seeing the sad Draco.

"What?" Hermione asked.