Author's Note: Okay first off a big thanks to Rayne ish Morelli's Cupcake. I'm really glad that you like it so much and keep reading! Second like I said in the last note there's a very good chance that this one will get a little more graphic...and by graphic I mean sex. So if that offends you I suggest that you stop reading now. Third and finally, I'll probably get a lot done because I'm not swimming in my gym class and I'll have loads of time to do nothing. And that's enough useless babble. Read On Dramione Fans! Read On!

Draco woke up in a warm bed inside of the Room of Requirement. It was Sunday, and it was Halloween finally. He went down to the Great Hall for breakfast. In the process of rushing down the stairs he ran into none other than...

"Oh look it's Potty and the Weasel." Harry looked as if he was going to make some sort of snide remark when he remembered his deal with Granger. "OI! Potter!" Draco yelled as they walked by. Harry and Ron turned around.

"What d'you want Malfoy?" Harry spat at him as they turned around.

"Lay off her." He said then started to walk away. Ron put his arm up to stop him.

"What the bloody hell are you going on about eh Malfoy?" Ron said.

"Hermione, lay off of her. She's had enough, just leave her alone."

"Or What, a git like you would curse us?"

"Or how about tricking us into falling for you so you can use us for your sick twisted fantasies?"

"What?" Draco's jaw dropped.

"We know you've been shagging off the side and we know you must've...well done something confuddled her or sommat to force her to sleep with you!" Harry's face was red with rage.

"You're mad! I would never touch a mudblood like her! She helps me with homework and that's all! Now just leave her alone and Fuck OFF!" Draco yelled and then stormed off down the stairs to the Great Hall his fists clenched in tight balls of fury. Now he had to just calm down and avoid Pansy all day until after the Halloween Ball. CRAP! The Ball! He had completely forgotten and all the good ones would surely be gone by now. Lucky for him he could fret about this one on his own. Theo, Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle and Parkinson were nowhere to be found. He sat down at the Slytherin table and scooped a few eggs onto his plate. Just as he was about to start eating Hermione walked up to him.

"What Did You Do Malfoy?" She was seething, he was actually a little scared from her look.

"N-nothing Granger, why? Did It get worse?" He was surprisingly ready to go kick their asses for being so mean to her.

"They aren't talking to me now. Whatever you did...Thanks a lot git!" She walked off.

"NO! Wait! Hermione!" There was a sound of desperation in his voice. She froze, and turned around.

"You just called me by...my first name." Was she blushing?

"Yeah what of it? Just...I'm sorry, please don't be mad. Look here, meet me by the lake at lunch time okay?" She looked at him suspiciously and then nodded before walking away.

At ten to noon Draco headed down to his room to gather a few things in a bag, before heading to the lake. When he arrived she was nowhere to be found. He laid out a blanket and stretched out on it, he was just about to fall asleep when a shadow covered his face. He opened one eye and looked up.

"Didn't think you'd make it Granger."

"Yeah well I was thinking about coming...and thinking about not coming...and I decided it would be nicer of me to actually show. What are you disappointed?"

"No..." He smiled. "I'm actually glad. I mean to be honest Granger, it's not that awful spending time with you and it's rather enjoyable."

"So why do you want me here?"

"I was thinking we could do our homework here, and...maybe have a picnic?" He said apprehensively hoping she wouldn't laugh. She didn't but she sat down next to him and was... she's smiling! She's actually happy to be with me? Draco grabbed his bag and pulled out some food, some fruit and a couple of sandwiches, he handed her a sandwich and grabbed his Herbology homework.

"Knowing you Granger you probably have the right book with you to do this, and I know we've already learned this a thousand times over so please spare me the lecture, but the paper is on Gillyweed, Dittany, Fanged Geranium, and something called a Mimbulus Mimbletonia. What?" Hermione was shaking her head, but she was smiling so not annoyed.

"Gillyweed...Even Neville knows what this does." She said as she reached into her bag and pulled out a small purse drawn together by a golden string.

"What's that? It's not Gillyweed is it?" Hermione actually laughed at this statement.

"No you dolt. This is just a purse I've bewitched to hold a considerable amount more than it should." She opened it up and pulled out a rather large book that could not have possibly fit inside there. "Magical Mediterranean Water Plants and Their Properties." She said before he could ask. "...Native to the Mediterranean, this water plant looks like a bundle of slimy, greyish-green rat tails. When ingested it causes the user to grow gills, webbing between their toes and fingers. The effects last approximately one hour. It was discovered by Elladora Ketteridge, then later re-discovered by Beaumont Marjoribanks." She looked up at Draco, he was staring at her. "What? Did you hear me? Why didn't you write anything down?" He blinked and shook his head.

"Erm...Sorry." He grabbed out a quill and some parchment for notes and jotted down a few things. "So what about this Mimbulus Mimbletonia? I swear I've never heard of this before."

"Actually we learned about this one in our third year, but you were in the Hospital Wing because you were attacked by Buckbeak." Draco frowned at this but continued to listen to her as she reached again into her purse and pulled out another book, this one if possible bigger than the first. "There's not much on this one, it's just a cactus that's native to Assyria and it's very rare. It has boils instead of spines and apparently...well no not apparently because I've seen one before. But the boils are said to spew a rather large amount of stinksap. It's Disgusting!" She made a repulsive face. "That's all it says though, I hope that's enough information." Draco nodded.

"I'll be able to hopefully bullshit something. What's next then?"

"Well there's only two more..." She looked up at him and he was staring at her. "What?"

"Nothing..." He was smiling strangely at her.

"No...What?"

"It's just that, and don't take this the wrong way but-"

"OI! HERMIONE!" Somebody had yelled cutting him off. He looked over to see Ron heading over to them. "What're you doing with this git? Harry and I were waiting for you to show up for lunch but I guess you're busy..." He gave Draco an evil glare. "...Doing other things-"

"YOU'RE SO INSENSITIVE!" Hermione was up in a flash, her face was red and her eyes were aflame with rage. Draco could swear that Weasley looked as if he were about to crap his pants. Ron took a few steps back, his mouth dropped open and his eyes wide. "Just go Ron! I'll be in the common room later and if you're lucky I won't snap your head off."

"But Hermione, he's such a git, and he's a Slytherin. You're fraternizing with the enemy...AGAIN!"

"Ronald if you say that One. More. Time. I will make you regret it. Don't you DARE Test Me." She moved forward and he backed up tripping over a rock. Draco had seen enough, surprisingly he felt bad for the poor red-haired freak.

"Hermione...He's not worth it." Said the cool soft voice of Draco directly behind her. He placed an arm around her and she froze. "Just go sit back down. Please?" She did, he looked over to Ron.

"Weasley go tell Potter that when she is with me, you leave us alone. And like I told you before, be nice to her. She is one of your few friends. If you're going to be an outright git to her you'll scare her off." He gave Ron a smirk and turned his back on him. "And don't even think about pulling your wand on me, or I'll have your head." He said without turning around somehow knowing that Ron had reached his hand into his pocket for his wand. He stormed off leaving them alone again. Draco sat back down.

"What was all that about?" Hermione asked. "And you did it again."

"Did what now? And I should be asking you the same thing really. What is Weasley's problem?"

"You called my by my first name again."

"What of it? You didn't answer my question."

"I don't know what his problem is or Harry's for your information. Now why do you keep calling me by my first name?" There was a note of slight impatience in her voice.

"Is it really that big of a deal?"

"Is it such a big deal that you wont tell me?" She narrowed her eyes at him.

"Yes!" He did the same.

"Tell me or else."

"Or Else What?"

"I'll stop helping you with your work and you can do all your Arithmacy homework by yourself." Draco frowned. She had him there.

I really don't want to tell her how I feel. She'll just run off. Or worse...

"Hermione...Come with me." He stood up gathered his things and walked back towards the castle, she followed. They went down into the dungeon and stopped at a blank archway guarded by two menacing suits of armor. As Draco approached it the two suits of armor they sprang to life and flung theirs swords in front of the archway.

"Halt." The first one said.

"Thy blood runs pure in the veins of the snake. The snake whom guards a soul forgotten, her name speaks in tongue in a language unknown. Whom is this that we speak?" The second suit of armor said.

"Nagini the snake whom guards the Dark Lord." Draco said coolly without missing a heartbeat. The two suits of armor parted their swords and bowed to them.

"C'mon Hermione, this way. Be quick and quiet." He went through the archway which seemed at first to be a solid stone wall was just an illusion similar to the one at King's Cross. When the walked through the wall they entered into the Slytherin common room. In ways it was similar to the Gryffindor's room except that it was colder and damp, and the fact that everything was either black, green or silver. Draco walked straight across the room to another set of stairs that went down even further. He stopped at a door two flights down and entered the room. Inside was his room that he had all to himself. It was decorated similar to the common room but it had more things in it, especially books to Hermione's supprise.

"This is my room. Obviously." Draco said.

"Why are we here?" She asked aprehensively. Draco turned around to look at her.
"There was something I was going to tell you before Weasley inturupted." He made his way past her to lock the door. It made a loud click and Hermione jumped.

"Why did you just lock the door?" She was nervous and you could hear it in your voice. He turned around and moved closer to her. Close enough that she could feel his breath on her. "Uh...M-malfoy...What are you doing?"

"Just...Hold still...and don't move." He moved in close and planted his lips over hers pressing them firmly together. Hermione gasped and her eyes widend. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer. She relaxed against his body and kissed him back. He let her go and looked at her. She was blushing fercely.

"W-what was that all about?"

"I..." What do I say to her? How do I word this...without scaring her? "I...want more from you than...help with homework." Hermione's eyes widend and her jaw dropped.

"What do you want from me? You can't possibly mean...?" Draco winked.

"What do you think? Sounds like a good idea to me...I mean we're already in my room and-" She slapped him.

"What kind of girl do you think I am!" She was fuming. His hand went up to his face, it was sore where she had hit him and there was a faint pink hand print across his cheek.

"I know you liked it and you want more" He moved forward and pinned her against the wall so she couldnt slap him again.

"Get off of me Malfoy..." Hermione's voice wasn't as strong as it was scared. He backed off.

"Fine. Get out then. I'll see you in class." Draco turned his back on her and she took that as a sign to leave and fast. He heard the door shut behind her and then he went and laid down on his bed he rolled over on his side so his back was to the door and he looked out the window. Feeling a cold sting against his cheek followed by something warm he put his hand up to his cheek it was wet. I'm crying? That stupid girl, how dare she reject me...in fact how dare she make me feel this way...Why do I feel this way? What's happening...He pushed his face into his pillow and cried. Feeling sadness and feeling weak...he cried himself into a restless sleep.

Ha! Yeah I said this chapter was going to be graphic. I lied, and yea this one is maybe a bit corny but deal. Each romance story has to have some sort of sad soppy bit you know? Lol Leave a review tell me what you think!