Draco grimaced as he saw the girl narrow her eyes. She met his eyes and somehow, he saw them soften for a bit and then the barrier built itself up again. She looked down at herself sitting in his lap with his hands around her waist placed at the small of her back and one of hers on his neck. " This is not a good joke Malfoy," she growled. He took his hands off her gingerly and held them up for her to see shaking his head a little as she removed her hand off his neck like he had the plague.

"Did you gain weight, Granger?" he asked with a smile as he saw her expression darken in mock amusement and she got off him and then said "Well, now that, that's"-she waved one finger back and forth between herself and him "all cleared up, I am going to leave and pretend whatever happened didn't happen!" she fumed. He chuckled earning a prompt glare from her. "So you don't remember anything?" he enquired.

She raised her eyebrow as if to say, 'I dare you to tell me'. He smirked and told her, "I'm hurt, Girls usually remember when they get to kiss, cuddle and get to sit in my lap Granger." He was right, that did it and her eyes flashed with anger as she opened her mouth to say something that died as Mdm Promfrey called her over to the table. Draco got himself out of the bed and made his way to to the door of the hospital and slipped out. He was very aware of the fact that Granger was walking behind him and he prayed fervently to god that her feisty usual self didn't allow her to hex him from behind although that would have been better than word spreading around that they had lost in a duel. He heard the footsteps behind him come closer and he forced himself to look ahead and show her no importance at all.

"Malfoy?"

He tilted his head about thirty degrees to give her the hint that he was listening to her.

"Sorry" she mumbled and that made him whip his head to look at her as she continued with the explanation, "I mean just now I don't think..well you get the point! And the other day you erm..yeah the practice I shouldn't have freaked out about your arm! I just wanted to say-"

"Don't get your knickers in a twist Granger, I won't touch you, you don't touch me!" he clarified for her.

"No"

"So you want me to touch you?" he teased

"No I mean, it's not that I don't like you-"

"So you like me?" she smacked his arm " Malfoy!" as he smirked and raised his eyebrows. He saw her take a deep breath and then continue "The both of us are only related because of the play and nothing else. Ok?"

He nodded somehow the little thing inside his chest that was called his heart seemed to squeeze a little because he knew she was –in a much more polite way- telling him to stay the hell away from him. The walk to their common room was extremely quite yet silence seemed to fit them snugly occupying the empty space between them. He doubted that there was much a need for conversation so he kept his mouth shut.

Hermione whispered her password to the door and slipped in. She walked over to her wardrobe and pulled out a tanktop and short shorts. She changed, not bothering to hang her uniform up. She was so exhausted that she eyed her bed with so much desire it probably would have had her boyfriend jealous –if she had one that is. For once in her life, she went to sleep without doing her homework first. She fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillows and her legs were under the deliciously warm covers.

Draco squeezed his eyes shut and then opened them to darkness. He assumed it was around 3 as he pulled the covers off him and ran a hand through his hair as he pulled open the door of his room and walked through the common room towards the bathroom in the middle of their dormitory. He pulled on a button up shirt, not bothering to button the buttons seeming as it was just a few feet away but he didn't want Granger to see him without his shirt although he would have loved to see her expression when she did. He walked out of his room barefoot making no noise. The one thing that stopped him in his tracks was the fact that Granger was in the living room stealthily walking towards the portrait hole. He smirked, 'So, Miss Goody-Two-Shoes sneaking out?' he wondered. He made up his mind almost immediately to follow her. He whisked back into his room and grabbed his wand and ran out just in time to see her figure disappearing. He ran after her, casting a disillusioning charm around himself in the process. He walked behind her figure that constantly checked every corridor to ensure no one was there.

'Nice ass' he thought as she walked swaying her hips unconsciously. When he saw her turn, he thought she was headed to the Transfiguration classroom but instead she began climbing up the staircase that led to the Astronomy Tower. He stalked after her quietly.