A/N: I'm glad that many of you liked the previous chapter! So here comes the follow up! And thanks for the reviews I got on chapter 13 :D
Thanks to FreakyElla and ThreeUnicorns. You two in school equals never boring!

16th November

Draco stared at the couple snogging in front of him. He could literary feel the anger bubbling up inside of him. But it was not only anger, it was something more, a feeling he could not really describe. He felt how Joel put his hand on his shoulder for support and understood that he had let his guard down. Fuck! He cringed to get rid of Joel's hand. He did not want his pity. He threw the knickers in his hand into the room before angrily walking away. He ignored the steps that followed him until he had walked around the castle for about ten minutes.

"What?" He said, turning around and to no surprise he found Joel to be his follower.

"Draco…" He began. "Are you okay?" Draco could hear the concern in his voice. Why was Joel being nice to him? He had only known him for about an hour and the feeling that he could not find a good word for grew worse when Joel showed his concern.

"Yes, yes I'm fine" He said, trying to calm down. He didn't really know why he'd become so angry. Hermione could kiss anyone she wanted. Wait, had he just called Granger Hermione?

"No, you're not." Joel interrupted his thoughts. "I know how it is to be unhappily in love." He said sincerely.

"Wait, in love? I'm not in love with Granger!" Draco blurted

"Maybe not, yet. But you certainly like her or otherwise you wouldn't have acted this way. It all starts with denial Draco."

"Well, if you are the expert on unhappy love, then who are you so madly in love with?" He said coldly.

"You of anyone should be able to figure it out"

At that statement Draco started to think, unhappy love. That meant that you either couldn't be with the person you loved and watched the person from distance, or your love was inappropriate but returned but you could never be together. It could be Ellie. They could not be together because Ellie did not love him, she was clearly into Dean. Then it hit him like a thunderbolt.

"Y-you are in love with Mrs. Nord?" He asked skeptically, so surprised by his realization that he stuttered.

"Yes, unfortunately I am. Did you not wonder how I knew where her bedroom was in her accommodations?" he said with a little smirk on his face.

"The others, Gabryel and Phillemon, they do not know about this do they?"

"No they don't. And I would appreciate if you didn't tell anyone." Joel said honestly.

"I won't" Draco said sincerely. He didn't really know why he said he wouldn't tell anyone, maybe it was because Joel had decided to be honest with him, or the unnamed feeling in his chest.

"Good, because otherwise I would tell the whole school that you love Hermione." Joel teased.

"I'm not in love with Granger."

"Yes you are." repeating those fraises they eventually said "Good night" before heading for their own rooms for a good night sleep.

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The next morning, Draco woke with the odd feeling still in his chest. When he walked into the Great Hall, he saw Hermione waved eagerly at him with a bright smile. He could not really deal with her right now. He sat down at an empty table, ignoring the hurt look on Granger's face. He had just ordered a plate of blueberry pancakes when his peace was disturbed by a very happy voice.

"Good Morning my beloved British friend!" Gabryel's said. Draco did not really want to talk to his mentor right now either but nodded at him when Gabryel greeted him.

"And why are you in such a bad mood today Draco?" Gabryel's good mood started to get on Draco's nerves and instead of answering the question he asked coldly.

"Did you enjoy yesterday evening?

"Yesterday evening… What did I do yesterday evening? The Truth and Dare game, right! Aha, you mean the kiss with Hermione?" Gabryel asked.

"Yes."

"Well, it was kind of nice, she is a good kisser…" Gabryel must of seen how Draco's glance darkened at those word and continued the sentence "…but she's not really my type." when Draco's glance became lighter he once again continued "I prefer blond girls. Like the one I just asked out this morning and, to my pleasure, said yes. But on second thoughts, who would reject me?" Gabryel asked himself seriously.

"So you don't like Granger?"

"Nope, she's all yours" Gabryel declared.

"I don't like Granger" Draco snapped.

"Well if you say so…" Gabryel said, with a mischievous look in his eyes that Draco did not like at all.

ooo

Today was her first day at Survival class and the only person she knew in this class was Malfoy. She'd been really hurt when he'd sat down at another table. It was not the fact that he'd choose to sit self rather than with her that had hurt her the most. It was the look in his face when he had looked at her that had made her want to cry. He had looked at her like she'd disgusted him. So when he took the seat next to her, she had continued looking in the book she'd borrowed from Ellie and ignored him.

"How are you feeling today, Granger? Draco asked a bit too cheerfully.

"Well, the day started wonderfully. Then at breakfast you neglected me, then my mood took a sharp turn and now I am in an awful mode. Thanks for asking." She said frightfully.

"Well, I had a bad morning and it had nothing to do with you, so don't worry." Draco said, smiling at her. Hermione didn't really think that that was the truth, but she accepted the almost apology.

"So do you think this class will be interesting?" She asked

"It could be, but I'm not the kind of person who camps, so that will be a new experience for me." He said truly.

"You're going to do well, just listen during class." Hermione said

The teacher entered the classroom and started walking up to the teacher's desk at the front in the room.

"I see that we have two new students here in class. My name is Alicia Sorensen, but you can call me Ms. Alicia like the other students. I figure your mentors' has explained the purpose of this class?"

"Yes, they have." Hermione said, thinking back on the day before when Ellie had told her everything she needed to know about the subject.

"Great, miss..?"

"Granger, Hermione Granger. And this is Draco Malfoy"

"Lovely Hermione and Draco, let's start class." Ms. Alicia said as she started writing on the board.

The class turned out to be very interesting and they learned a lot about the nature and climate in upper Sweden. After class she and Malfoy had a livid discussion about the class while entering the Great Hall for lunch. They saw Ellie, Joel and Gabryel at one table and headed towards it. When they saw Hermione and Draco coming closer, they leaned closer and started whispering about something before they leaned back in their chairs and smiled at them, all of them looking suspiciously mischievous.

"Why do they look at us like that?" Hermione asked Draco.

"I don't know, but I don't like it!"

"Neither do I, neither do I…"

"Why do you look at us like that?" Hermione asked the small group when they sat down at the empty chairs around the table.

"Like what?" Gabryel said, looking even more mischievous.

"You are so annoying." Hermione blurted out. When she had said that, she looked up and her glance got caught with Malfoys. He looked at her with an amused and pleased look at his face.

"Do you know what they talked about?" She asked him.

"Oh, he knows what we were talking about, he just don't won't to admit it to himself." Joel said with a smirk.

Draco quickly changed the subject, but Hermione sat quiet and thought about what Joel had said. Draco did not want to admit it to himself. She could only come up with one possible thought that matched what Joel had said. But it couldn't be true, right? Draco Malfoy, could not possibly like her, Hermione, a Gryffindor, could he?