Chapter 5

Hermione found herself once again sitting in the library pouring over books and trying to complete her homework. She was definitely starting to feel the strain of the whole term and it had only been two months since it began. On the bright side though, there was only a month and a half left until Christmas.

After another hour of working she packed up her things and waving a goodbye to the librarian, Madam Lenehan walked out. She was momentarily blinded by the sun and ended up walking straight into someone who caught her around her elbows.

"Careful," said a deep voice. Looking up, Hermione found herself staring straight into Jake's eyes. They were big and blue and oh so gorgeous. She started blushing furiously.

"Are you ok?" Jake asked.

"Um..Yeah thanks," Hermione mumbled. She straightened up but upon noticing that her bag had ripped and everything had fallen out of it, she quickly bent down to try and pick them up. Jake also knelt down but when Hermione quickly dropped her head to hide her blush, her forehead came in contact with his knee. She bashed it painfully on his knee causing him to fall on his knees and her to clutch her head in agony.

"Oww," she yelped clutching her head.

"Oh my god! Are you ok?" he asked again trying to see her forehead.

"Yeah I'm fine," I think my head is about to split in two she thought.

"I am so sorry."

"Don't be it wasn't your fault," she said trying to smile. She realised that they were still sitting on the ground. She quickly gathered her books and papers and stood up with her ripped bag dangling over her should pathetically.

"If you want I can help you carry these back to your dorm," Jake said pointing to the many books in Hermione's arms.

"Um..no it's fine thanks," she said smiling at him. It's not that she didn't want to keep Jake in close proximity for a longer time. It was just that she was already feeling extremely embarrassed. She didn't know what she might do if he remained around her for a while longer.

"Are you sure?" he asked pleadingly.

"Yeah. Absolutely. I'll see you later," she said and with a weak smile walked away. Mortified, she didn't even look behind her. Jake shook his head and laughing to himself he walked away.

Meanwhile, Draco was sitting with Cindy in her room. Cindy was in a particularly good mood and was making sure that Draco was in a good mood too. He didn't like it. Her being in this mood always meant that she wanted something. He sat on her desk chair while she lounged on her bed. She constantly reached over and rubbed his knee. They had been together before. By being together, he meant having sex. Everytime that they had done it however, she had always planned it before hand. She would tell Draco that tonight they would be having sex and of course he would readily comply. So basically he had always known in advance when they would be doing it. Tonight however, she was extremely flirty with him and constantly kept touching his legs.

"Draco," she cooed, "come sit next to me," she said patting the bed. Shocked, Draco slowly stood from his chair and sat down next to her. Instantly her arms went around his shoulders from the back and she pushed him down onto the bed. She threw one leg over his thighs and straddled him. He may be shocked, but he was still a guy. His hands found her hips while she moved to kiss him. Her chest moved against his while she kissed him clumsily. Draco didn't know what an earth had gotten into her but he definitely was not complaining. She kissed him for a few more minutes and with a sigh rolled off him and laid her head on his chest.

"Hey Draco," She said propping her chin up on his chest to look at him.

"Yeah?" he said stroking her hair.

"Would you do something for me?"

"Sure."

"Can you lend me a 100pounds? I saw this really nice dress in Debenhams and I just have to have it but you know I don't have that much money. Plus it's not like you'll miss it. I mean you're loaded," she said laughing at him.

Draco felt instantly annoyed. "What? You want money?"

"Yeah," she said laughing. "But if you want I can make it worth your while honey," she said about to straddle him once more. He pushed her off him and jack-knifed off the bed.

"You want to have sex with me to make it worth my while after I give you money?" he screeched.

"What is wrong with you? Brad would have done it," she said arrogantly.

"Oh yeah. Just throw your stupid ex-boyfriend Brad in my face Cindy. I'm not some bank that you can use and pay back in your own little way ok?" he yelled at her.

"Yeah like you'll miss a 100 pounds," she said flipping her hair.

"You're ridiculous and disgusting. I can't stand being around you right now," he said walking towards the door.

"What? Draco wait," Cindy said jumping off the bed and walking towards him quickly.

"Stay away from me Cindy," he said holding his hands out infront of him to prevent her from coming closer. Dejectedly she let her arms fall back to her sides and looked at him pleadingly.

"But Draco-" she started but her words were cut short when Draco pulled the door open and walked out, slamming it for good measure. She quickly followed to see him apparate away to god knows where. Angrily she threw herself back into her room and bed and beat the mattress furiously with her small fists and feet.

After her initial mortification with Jake, Hermione walked back to her dorm to find Lucy. What she had not expected however was Lucy opening the door just slightly, barefoot and whispering to her about Blaise being in there. Hermione hid her initial shock and grinned at her friend. Reminding her to be 'careful' Hermione quietly walked back to her room. She walked in to find it completely empty. A part of her was hoping that Draco would be in there so that she could talk with someone. She was bored out of her skull from doing homework and lessons all the damn time. She walked over to her bed and sat down looking around the room. Her eyes landed on the window and she saw a park not far from their dorm where little kids were playing. Picking her coat back up, she walked out to the park enjoying a small stroll along the way.

She found an empty park bench and sat down pushing her hands deep into her coat pockets. She loved being outside when it was so cold. Her cheeks would go bright red but she didn't mind. Her father always said it made her look healthy. When she was little she would go outside into the snow all bundled up with her dad and mom. They would take her to the park near their house, not unlike the one that she was sitting in now. She used to love it. She watched a little boy and girl swinging and their mothers sitting on a bench chatting easily. She watched a couple sitting on another bench completely engrossed in each other. She sighed happily hoping that one day someone might be just as engrossed in her. All of a sudden she felt someone sit on the other end of the bench. She whipped her head around to see her roommate Draco sitting with his forearms resting on his knees, looking pissed off.

"Hey," Hermione said hesitantly.

"Hi," he said quietly. Looking closely Hermione saw hurt, anger and disappointment written all over his face.

"Are you ok?" she asked turning towards him.

"Yeah," he answered then all of a sudden he sat up and turned towards her. He was angry, but his anger wasn't towards her. "You know what Hermione? I'm not," he answered making Hermione blush because of his use of her first name for the first time ever.

"What's wrong?" she asked softly.

"I just found out my 'girlfriend' ," he said using air quotes, "has been using me for my money."

"What?" Hermione asked, shocked. She had most definitely not been expecting that. "She asked you for money?"

"Yep," he said bitterly with a smile completely lacking humour. "She said that she saw a dress in Debenhams that she 'absolutely has to have'" he said impersonating Cindy. "Then she went on to throw the fact that her ex-boyfriend would have given the money to her when I refused. Then she said that she would make it worth my while and then she went on to say that it's not like it's going to affect me because I'm and I quote, 'loaded'. Can you believe it? I feel so used. I can't believe I didn't see her for what she is. A damn gold digger," he said shaking his head in disgust. "But you know what hurt me the most? I seriously thought she was different."

Hermione refrained from pointing out that Cindy was probably worst of all the girls that he had been out with, to date. She was annoying, had no respect for anyone else's wishes and even used her friends. When she looked at Draco's face, she really saw the hurt in his eyes, even though he had a disgusted expression on his face. She wanted to make him feel better but was at a loss for how to. Tentatively she reached out and laced her fingers with his. He didn't acknowledge her. Didn't even look at her really. But she knew that he appreciated the gesture from the way his own fingers tightened around her small ones.

"Don't worry Draco. Everything's gonna be ok," Hermione said. He turned to look at her and was floored when he saw the sweet smile that she had on her innocent face. He had never been comforted before in his life and the fact that the first person to ever do this was his ex-enemy just made it seem even more surreal.

"Thanks," he said smiling back at her. They sat that way for a long time. Just holding hands, not even looking at each other. It was peaceful and comfortable. Neither of them felt awkward. Hermione didn't even notice the absence of nervousness that she would normally get with Jake. Draco didn't feel the need to conquer like he did with Cindy and every other girl.

"We should get back to our room," Hermione said when the sky started to darken. "I still have your homework to do."

Draco looked over at her and decided to do something nice. "You know what Granger, I'm giving you a night off tonight. You don't have to do my homework today," he said smirking, back to his old self.

"Gee thanks Malfoy," Hermione said sarcastically while they both stood up and dropped hands. Neither would say it, but they both missed the contact as soon as it was released.

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