Hermione sat in class, willing for the last lesson of the day to go quicker so that she could meet Bella. Monday's were Hermione's longest days, she had a free period at the beginning of the day but finished her last class at 5:45 pm, only 15 minutes before dinner.

Professor Presint was informing the class about an in class quiz what was going to be held in tomorrow. Hermione was trying to concentrate, but with her girlfriend sitting less than 5 meters away – concentrating seemed almost impossible. She blushed a little when Bella caught her staring at her, but the Slytherin just smiled at her, discreetly of course – or so she thought.

Lyra watched the interaction between the two girls, "She is quite pretty, isn't she?" She said to Hermione, who whipped her head around.

"What?"

"Bellatrix, she is quite pretty."

"What – I – uh…"

"I saw you staring at her." She said in an air-fairy voice, she reminded her so much of Luna.

"Oh…" Hermione said.

"Class is dismissed." Professor Presint announced. He left the class to pack up as he walked up to his office closed the door. The class hurriedly packed up and left, but Hermione took her time, as did Bellatrix.

"You can go, I'll meet you up at diner." She told Lyra politely.

Lyra's eyes darted between the only two girls left in the room, before she nodded understandingly, "Okay, I'll see you later."

Bella swung her bag over her shoulder and walked over to Hermione, "I saw you staring at me." She teased lightly.

"It's a bit hard not too." She said, giving Bella a kiss on the lips, "You are very beautiful." She paused, "You know Lyra caught me looking at you, I think she might suspect something."

Bella scoffed, "That nim-wit. I doubt it – I swear she's insane."

"Hey!" Hermione scolded her, "She's a lot smarter than people give her credit for."

"What ever you say." She shrugged, "Anyway, don't forget about tonight." She snaked her arms around Hermione's waist.

"How could I? What are we doing, anyway?"

"You'll have to wait and find out." She smirked.

Hermione huffed slightly, but with a grin on her face, "Fine." Hermione wrapped her arms around Bella's neck and kissed her lightly. Bella kissed her back more passionately, pushing them up against a desk, causing Hermione to accidentally fall down on it, taking Bella with her. Hermione giggled before pulling away, "Not here, Bella."

Bella huffed childishly, "You're no fun!"

"I can be a lot of fun." Hermione grinned seductively, with a mischievous twinkle in her eye.

Bella grinned, "I'm sure you can."

Hermione released herself from Bella's grip and finished packing up, "Are we telling people - about us, I mean?" Hermione asked her, putting her bag on.

Bella shrugged, "I told Andy because it seemed practical." She explained, "But I dunno... maybe we just don't not tell people, but don't go out of our way to tell people - if you get what I mean?"

"Yeah - so we don't really hide it, and if people find out, they find out, type thing."

"Pretty much." She shrugged, "Shall we go to dinner?" Hermione nodded as Bella interlocked their fingers together.

They past a few people in the corridors who would frown or murmur something to one another about them - but it probably was an odd sight to others, after all, Bellatrix had a bit of a reputation for being cold-hearted. When they got to the great hall most people were already eating. "Don't forget about tonight - 12pm ay the lake and wear something warm, it'll be cold." Bella reminded her girlfriend. She gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and sat down at the Slytherin table next to Narcissa, who like the other Slytherin's, hadn't seen anything.

Hermione wandered over to the Ravenclaw table but couldn't find Harry or Ron, so she sat down next to Andy who raised her eyebrows at Hermione, with a smirk tugging at her lips, "You guys telling people, or...?"

"You saw that, I take it." Hermione laughed, "We're not not telling people."

"I see." She said.

"Anyway, how have you been?" She said.

She shrugged, "You know how it goes."

"Andy." She said softly and sadly, not knowing what else to say, "Where are you going to stay?"

"With Ted and his family... Anyway, let's not talk about it now, I don't want to think about it." Hermione nodded understandingly, "Anyway, I here you have plans for tonight."

Hermione chuckled, "Yeah - your sister is very mysterious, she won't tell me a thing."

Andy laughed, "That's Bella alright. You'll have fun I'm sure... but if you get caught out of bed and loose Ravenclaw points, I'm not going to be happy." She said, pretending to be serious.

"I'll try." Hermione laughed. They talked and laughed for the rest of dinner until there was not many people left in the great hall, "I should try and get some sleep before midnight... I swear all these night time outings with Bella is going to be the death of me." She said with a yawn and headed up to the common room.

Hermione's alarm went off at 11:35pm, luckily it didn't wake anyone. She threw on some warm clothes and shoes, despite feeling bad about it - crept up to the boys dorm and pinched Harry's invisibility cloak (because he wouldn't be using it tonight, right?), threw it on and tiptoed quietly through the sleeping castle. Hermione shivered as she stepped out side, Bella was right - was a cold night.

When she got to the lake she could see Bella's silhouette. She took off the cloak and tapped her on the shoulder. She span around to face Hermione, "You're late." She frowned.

"By about 4 minutes, I'll think you'll live." Hermione smiled.

"I suppose..." Bella smiled back. She gave her a gentle kiss and grabbed her hand, "Come with me."

Hermione let Bella lead her to where ever they were going. They walked on the outskirts of the forest before they came to a garden. Bella opened the small silver gate and lead Hermione to the other side of the garden. It's like a fairy tale garden in here, Hermione thought as she observed the beautiful big trees and the flower beds of black and red roses. Bella stopped underneath a giant tree which had a large orange and yellow striped hammock strung up underneath it and dozens of candles lining the tree.

"You did all of this?" Hermione breathed. Bella nodded, "No offense, but I wouldn't have taken you for the romantic type."

Bella chuckled, "Then you're in for some pleasant surprises." She grabbed Hermione's waist pulling her down onto the hammock with her. She threw a large, warm rug over them and they snuggled in close together.

"This is beautiful." Hermione told her.

"Just like you." Hermione blushed and kissed Bella's neck. She sucked at the same spot of soft skin on her girlfriend's neck until she was sure she had left a hickey. "Marking your territory on me?" Bella chuckled slightly.

Hermione chuckled back, "You bet."

The young witches talked about nothing and everything; it was just past 4 am when they made their way back up to the castle.

A/N: I hope you guys are liking it so far! Still more to come! Drop me a review if you'd like to let me know what you think :)