HELLO! kay i hate myself. i really do, i take way to long to write chapters, but i'm going to get better i promise. i'm already almost finished the next chapter so you know, be proud of me :')
i hope i still have readers... i haven't really gotten any reviews lately so i hope i haven't been abandoned! i'm still here and i am finishing this story. the amount of chapters, i'm still not sure about but there is still much much much more to come and let me tell you, it's only getting more intense from here on, as i know it's been kinda meh lately, it's gonna get cray-cray after this chapter, this i promise.
so anyway, here's the new chapter, enjoy! hope all is well 3 xoxox- Brooklyn

Draco slumped in his seat, not paying an ounce of attention to professor Slughorn. He had more important things to focus on; he was running out of time and ideas. That stupid girl, Katie or whatever, opened the package he gave her to give to Dumbledore, so that had faltered. What was worse was the suspicion, Potter, as usual, was sticking his big nose where it didn't belong. He needed to be more careful. And what was that notice for Granger about? A full inspection of the Room of requirement? That stupid girl better not get any ideas, and how did Dumbledore know what he had done to the room… he needed to do something before the stupid mudblood took matters into her own hands and went straight for it, he couldn't afford it. Not now.

"Ahg!" Draco growled gripping his head. There had been a pounding in his head for the past few days now and it was driving him insane. As if the insomnia and nightmares weren't bad enough, now he had these horrid pains as if he had forgotten something extremely important. What was worse was this ache only occurred when he thought of… her. That stupid Granger. The know-it-all, the useless mudblood, the cow! Draco moaned with pain again as the aches pounded harder.

Suddenly, and forcing a small sound of startledness from him, a hand touched Draco's shoulder.

"Fuck, Blaise" Draco cursed under his breath as he snapped his head to the side to see the perpetrator.

"Sorry" his friend said taking his hand away.

"It's fine, I just forgot you were there," he growled back

"Thanks mate" Draco's lip twitched slightly at his friend's sarcasm. "Are you alright? You look funny, and you keep making these sounds…"

"I'm fine. Just head pains"

"Alright…" Blaise didn't sound convinced. Draco had been elsewhere for days now. His mood swings were giving Blaise whiplash.

First when he was sneaking around with Granger and he was chipper, but still with some edge, then when she had her memory erased and Draco grew depressed. Now out of nowhere this sudden, edgy, angry, evil-esk Draco had sprung up.

"Yes, there! Miss Granger?" Blaise heard Slughorn call.

"Flubberworm mucus sir" Granger quipped, obviously the answer to one of the old oaf's questions.

"Very good! You should all pay a little more attention, like this ray of brilliance here," said the professor as he gestured towards Granger with a big grin, she blushed.

Blaise scratched his chin; did she have something to do with this? He bet she did. Draco's 'moods' always did involve that stupid wench.

"Hey… Draco?" said Blaise questioningly

"Hmm?"

"Has anything… what's… how's Hermione?" he whispered. Draco's head snapped up so fast he cracked his neck.

"How the hell would I know?" Blaise was taken back by this

"Well, I just mean… has anything happened?"

"Has anything happened?"

"Yeah, you know… anything to change your mood? Anything good? Bad?" Draco stared at his friend for a good ten seconds before speaking.

"How would that stupid cow change my mood? And since when do you refer to her as- well by her first name?"

"Stupid cow?" questioned Blaise, forwarding his eyebrow. "Draco I know what happened, you know that. You know I'm here for you mate"

"What happened? The fuck are you talking about?"

"Your secret little romance with her!"

"MY WHAT?" Draco screamed. Him and Blaise soon realized how quiet the class had gotten. Looking up from each other, they saw every pair of eyes in that room on them.

"Mister Malfoy! Mister Zabini! Would you like to share with the class the reason for your shouting and not paying attention to the lesson?" said Slughorn from the front of the class.

"No sir. Sorry" said Blaise, straightening in his chair.

"Yeah" mumbled Draco as he searched the faces of the students in the class. Noticing Potter and the weasel smiling like idiots at their getting in trouble, the confused look of Pansy as she glared at the two boys, then landing on the girl herself. She was sitting as far from them as possible. Not a shock to Draco, she had been steering clear since his threat a few days ago. They locked eyes for a few seconds and the pains in Draco's head re-occurred, as did a pain in his chest and gut, that stupid feeling of forgetting. Draco snarled at her for making him feel this pain that he couldn't even understand. Her eyes widened and she quickly turned away.

"Right…" said Slughorn confusingly, gaining Draco's attention back to the matter at hand. "Well you two can make up for what you missed in detention. Seven o'clock sharp, I'd like you two here to miss what you have learned" the boys groaned, but didn't fight. Slughorn then shuffled over to where Hermione sat and leaned down to speak to her. Little whispers of students talking amongst each other erupted around them, Draco strained to hear what Slughorn was saying. He caught enough to make him groan "…please…. A few hours…. Extra credit…. Won't do anything… busy… watchful eye… brightest student… a thank you Hermione, you truly are a saint. Boys!" he called catching their attention yet again "tonight you will be accompanied by miss Granger, she will provide for you what you have missed and keep a watchful eye on you two while I am at a… uh, meeting. You will be kind and on your best behaviors if you don't want detention for the rest of the year!" the boys groaned again, but Slughorn, not allowing any protest, instantly dove back into the lesson.

"Well this is will be fun won't it?" whispered Blaise. Draco glared at him, then at Slughorn, and finally at the back of her head, at that rat's nest the cow called hair.

Ah potions. Thought Hermione, you never let me down. Another question answered perfectly. Hermione grinned with success, and blushed as professor Slughorn complimented her.

She prided herself on doing better and answering questions correctly, Harry had been Slughorn's prize student ever since he found that blasted book with cheats on every potion.

"Nice job Hermione" whispered Ron behind her. She turned and gave him a soft smile, which he returned, but she saw the tinge of pain behind it.

Hermione couldn't help that she wasn't used to this whole girlfriend thing. She thought boys didn't like when you were too clingy, so she told Ron not to sit with her during classes. Was that wrong? This is stupid. Relationships were stupid. Boys were stupid! And now she was wasting precious class time thinking about them. Damn it all.

Okay, focus Hermione. Focus. She thought, sitting up straight.

Suddenly, some distance whispers caught her attention. I'm trying to learn you gossipy morons! Shut. Up! Hermione turned, lips pursed and ready to "shh" the perpetrators. When she saw who it was however, she stopped. Zabini and Malfoy were whispering frantically to each other, and at one moment Hermione swore she saw Zabini mouth her name, but she wasn't sure. She narrowed her eyes, trying to decipher their whispers. Little did she know that Slughorn noticed that she had turned and followed her eyes just in time for Malfoy to shout loud enough to make everyone still.

"MY WHAT?" he shouted. Slughorn scolded the boys and asked them to explain themselves. He only received one apology and a mumbled agreement.

Hermione stared at the two along with the rest of the class; no one hardly ever heard from Malfoy in any class lately, he was even apparently missing quidditch practices, and even a few games. Suddenly he turned his head so their eyes met, and her pains returned. For weeks now Hermione was having these pains in her skull whenever she tried to remember a distant memory that she couldn't grasp, and this distant memory that she couldn't locate was only brought to her attention when she looked at Draco, and it was only worse when he looked back and their eyes met.

She remembered when she kissed, how the pains went away. How it felt like in some twisted way, that was the memory. But it made no sense to her, and that was something considering EVERYTHING made sense to her.

Suddenly, Draco snarled at her. She had completely zoned out and hadn't even realized they were still looking at each other. Why was he snarling at her? He didn't know she had been thinking about the kiss did he? Her eyes widened. Mental note- STOP THINKING ABOUT THAT BLOODY KISS. It didn't happen, it didn't happen, it didn't happen- she continuously tried to assure herself. When suddenly, Slughorn was at her desk, and leaning down to speak to her.

"Miss Granger…" he began

"Yes professor?" she asked cautiously

"I need to ask of you, a favor," he said slowly

"Of course sir, anything"

"Are you free tonight, around seven?" Hermione's eyebrows knit together.

"Yes…? Why?"

"I was wondering… if you could please help mister Zabini and mister Malfoy with the lesson they missed, tonight in detention, it would only be for a few hours" Hermione's eyes widened yet again, and she gaped.

"Oh, sir. I'm not sure if that's really such a good idea…"

"Please, I beg you! I'm willing to offer you extra credit for helping me, I won't be around and I don't like to leave my students unpunished when they have missed a great lesson"

"Yes I understand sir, but I don't particularly see eye-to-eye with, uh, mister Zabini and mister Malfoy"

"Oh I can assure you they won't do anything, you know I would not ask this of you if I weren't busy, I just need you to keep a watchful eye and help them with their work. I only ask you as I know you are the brightest student at this school"

"Thank you professor that's very kind but-"

"Don't make me beg any more then I have. Take pride in knowing you are much, much smarter than your enemies" Hermione smiled lightly at that.

"You know professor, you shouldn't say such things about your students… alright, I suppose I can do it"

"A thank you Hermione, you truly are a saint. Boys!"

Oh god. This was horrible, tragic. Hermione did not want to spend any time alone with them. Especially not now after Malfoy threatened her, no, violently threatened her! They hadn't even spoken since that night, only shared a few awkward, angry glances.

Slughorn told the boys she would be accompanying them tonight and judging by the groans, they didn't like it any more then she did. Bugger. This was not going to be fun.

OKAY DON'T HATE ME I KNOW THE FIGHT BETWEEN RON AND DRACO WASN'T IN HERE. i just forgot i had to get through this first and i wanted to save the fight for the next chapter. me= super super sorry. don't hate me :'( next chapter you are guaranteed a fight!

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