A/N I am back from my holidays, although I'm pretty disappointed the 50th review competition failed, I don't think I'll do that again. I'll come up with something, that gets you all involved if that's what you want, I don't know, anyway, here is the next chapter so I hope it makes up for the time you didn't have an update haha, this one really focuses on Draco and Hermione only, no other characters interacting and sort of showing what their relationship is like better and such. Anyway, here you go.
After the long Quidditch talk, Harry had decided when to do tryouts for the Gryffindor team and had disappeared to find Ron with Ginny, leaving Draco and Hermione alone, "What's up?" Draco asked softly. Hermione peeked up at him and sighed.
"I don't like Quidditch as much as them and I usually get bored easily and lose all concentration." Hermione replied dismissively, Draco quirked an eyebrow and Hermione lowered her gaze, she hoped Draco believed her. She used to be able to lie to Ron easily, Draco however- the king of lies- may not fall for it. "Right. . ." He said slowly, Hermione smiled up at him innocently.
"Honest." Hermione said Draco just looked at her with his piercing gray eyes. Hermione felt her heart melt. "It's just, now I'm not with Ron, I'm probably no longer welcome in their family so if I owled George, I would either, not get a reply or get a harsh reply and then Ginny would have to owl George and mention Fred and get all upset again and I don't want that." Hermione gushed to Draco, Draco sighed and frowned before hugging Hermione softly.
"If you tell George the situation he'll be fine with you and angry with Ron." Draco reasoned.
"He'll hate me too." Hermione muttered her gaze on the floor.
"Why?" Draco asked her. Hermione just looked at Draco in disbelief.
"Oh." Draco said in realization. Hermione nodded with an amused smile. "Well maybe he'll be a little more laid back about it all, now the war is over." Draco murmured hopefully, Hermione scoffed and shook her head, "I doubt it." She replied boredly.
The couple were quiet for a little while relaxing in the sun and watching the giant squid lazily. "I wonder how old it is, and how many of them there are." Hermione said randomly. Draco laughed. "What on Earth Hermione?" He asked amused. Hermione giggled and shrugged.
"I have no idea." She giggled. "I just thought, we've been here eight years and it's been here longer than that because Fred and George seemed to have really bonded with it over the years, so that's another three years or so on top, so we're talking about eleven years already." She said swottishly, Draco shook his head. "Do you ever stop thinking about school?" Draco teased. Hermione slapped him playfully.
"Shut up." She giggled, "I do, when I'm kissing you." She said flirtily. Draco smiled and lowered his lips to hers before he kissed her, Hermione fluttered her eyes closed and kissed him softly, nibbling on his bottom lip gently, Draco placed a hand on the square of her back and tangled the other in her hair, Hermione sent more pressure to the kiss before placing her arms around his neck and slipping her tongue into his mouth, teasingly she ran her tongue along his teeth, making him moan softly. Hermione pulled away to breathe before continuing to kiss him, she felt Draco try to pull her closer to him and obliged, still kissing him, she felt Draco teeter slightly before he lay back on the grass with Hermione rested across him, they continued kissing until they were both gasping for air and had to pull apart again. Hermione smiled warmly to Draco before she rested her head on his chest, she felt Draco start playing with her hair and she sighed contently.
There was a long silence as the pair cuddled, kissing each other briefly every now and then. "I love you. . ." Draco said slowly. Hermione smiled to herself and snuggled up to him closer. "I love you too." She replied, smiling at the three words playing in her mind.
"It's amazing how those three words can have such a huge meaning." Draco said softly after a while. Hermione nodded and sighed. Draco placed his arms securely around her waist and Hermione buried her head in his neck, kissing it briefly. Draco kissed Hermione's hair and the couple cuddled closer together. The sun beat down on Hermione's back and she moved so her arms were positioned on Draco's chest in a way that propped her up. She watched him for a few moments and smiled. "What?" Draco asked. Hermione shook her head.
"Nothing." She replied gently. Draco rolled his eyes good naturedly and moved his head up to kiss her on the lips. Hermione smiled to him before rolling off his chest and lying on the grass beside him, she moved her head to place it across his chest; nestled under his chin. Draco wrapped his arm around her back and smiled, "When we go to Hogsmeade I am going to spoil you." Draco murmured warmly, Hermione peered up at Draco.
"Who knew you - the Draco Malfoy - could be such a sweetheart." Hermione teased. Draco smirked before moving and kissing her cheek. Draco shifted himself slightly and Hermione moved her head; watching as he stood up and brushed grass off of his back and out of his hair, he then held out his hand for Hermione who stood up and brushed herself off also before taking Draco's hand. Draco twisted his wrist slightly to look at his watch, "Let me walk you to lunch and then, if you like we can go somewhere together; like to the Slytherin Prefects lounge." He said softly. "I'll be the only one there because Pansy won't be there; she'll be with Blaise, Theodore and Daphne in the Slytherin common room." Hermione smiled to Draco.
"I'd like that. I'd offer to go to the Gryffindor one with you but Ron will be there with Lavender." Draco nodded to her and took her hand. Together they walked to the Great Hall.
When they entered the Great Hall it went quiet for a minute before everyone started talking again. Hermione frowned and looked up at Draco who was looking over at the Slytherin table and directly at Pansy. Hermione let go of Draco's hand and walked over to the Gryffindor table, "Quidditch tryouts sorted?" She asked Harry as she took her place opposite him and Ginny. Harry nodded in reply. "It took some doing but we managed to talk Ron into coming alone." Ginny said rolling her eyes. Hermione laughed and picked up a ham sandwich and began nibbling at it. "So what have you and Malfoy been doing whilst we were gone?" Ginny asked playfully, Hermione blushed and smiled widely. "He told me he loved me." She squealed. Ginny smiled widely.
"That is so cute! I never expected Malfoy to speak his mind like he did with you." Ginny said thoughtfully. Hermione giggled.
"I know! My heart just melted and then he said how he couldn't believe that three words could have such a huge meaning." She quoted brightly. Ginny let out a small 'aww'. "Then he said after dinner he's going to take me to the Slytherin Prefects lounge." Hermione continued. "And that we'll get more time alone with no chance of anyone getting in our way." Harry raised an eyebrow and Hermione laughed. "Nothing like that Harry, he means people like Ron and Lavender." She said shaking her head with a smile. Harry smiled playfully and looked down the table at Ron and Lavender. "Have you seen Ron?" Harry said with a sudden amusement. Hermione and Ginny shook their heads and turned to look at Ron who was giving Draco a constant death glare. Hermione smiled wickedly. "Someone's jealous. Oh well, it's his fault." Hermione smirked. She glanced to the Slytherin table and saw that Draco was looking at Ron with a cocky smile on his face. She then turned back to Harry and Ginny who were still watching Ron with amusement, Hermione shifted her gaze to Lavender who was trying to get Ron's attention but was failing miserably. Hermione smiled sneakily and stood up, "Hermione, what are you. . .?" Harry began; Hermione smiled to him and walked over to Ron easily. She slipped beside him and prodded his side softly. She peered over to Draco who was now watching her with confusion. "So Ron." Hermione began in a quieter voice than usual. As she expected, Ron snapped his gaze from her boyfriend and looked at Hermione. "Hermione." Ron began slowly. Hermione smiled brightly.
"So I couldn't help but notice that you were watching Draco." Hermione said.
"Yeah, I don't trust him, I accept now you're going out. I don't approve mind you. But I think he's playing a game with you. I'm only worried about you." Ron explained, trying to sound impressive. Hermione smiled angelically. "Well I find that very touching but Draco actually does love me, he told me so; something you didn't used to do, but I think instead of focusing on my relationship, you should focus on your own. I heard Lavender tried it on with Draco the other day. I think I may have told you at the time, but I can't remember." Hermione said sweetly. "Do you mind doing that? Staying out of mine and Draco's relationship." Hermione continued. Ron nodded mutely. Hermione smiled to him and walked off, she always used to get her own way with him when she spoke sweetly to him. "What was that about?" Ginny asked when Hermione sat back with them.
"Trying to stop him from giving Draco those daggers. He's just jealous that I didn't go back to him. And I pointed out what Lavender did to Draco yesterday." Hermione explained. "Oh." Ginny said. The rest of dinner passed and as Hermione was finishing off a jam tart she heard someone approach her. Hermione glanced up and saw Draco stood beside her. "Ready to go?" He asked. Hermione rubbed her hands together getting rid of crumbs from her jam tart and nodded. Easily she stood, she took Draco's hand, bid Harry and Ginny goodbye and peered over her shoulder to Ron who was watching the pair with a very annoyed Lavender beside him. Hermione smiled to herself and let Draco lead her towards the Prefects lounge.
The pair walked down to the dungeons in silence, enjoying each other's presence before they reached the room. Draco allowed Hermione to enter first before following her in and closing the door. "Make yourself comfortable." Draco said warmly. Hermione smiled and sat on a black leather sofa, "So what were you talking to the weasel about?" Draco asked curiously. Hermione smiled easily.
"I was just trying to get him to leave us be and I told him about Lavender." Hermione explained. "He was so jealous at dinner, it was obvious. The way he was –"
"Looking at me?" Draco finished with a wicked smile. "Yeah I saw, I was giving him a death glare in return." Draco chuckled. Hermione smiled.
"I saw." She said, Draco walked over and sat on the sofa beside her, placing his arm around her shoulder he leant in and pecked her on the cheek. Hermione examined the room a little bit. "This place is beautiful." She mused. "So regal." She continued Draco smiled.
"We Slytherin's like formality." Draco replied.
"I can see." Hermione said nodding. "Gryffindor's do to some extent too." Hermione murmured. Draco smiled, the pair looked at each other in silence for a while before Draco leant down and kissed Hermione softly. Hermione scooted closer to Draco and returned the kiss forcefully, Draco wrapped his arms around Hermione's waist and held her securely. The two continued kissing until they both pulled apart. The cuddled each other in a content silence for a little while before Hermione spoke. "Has Pansy spoken to the others?" She asked. Draco nodded.
"They're all fine with it at the moment- as far as I know." He laughed a little. "But according to Pansy, they refuse to get friendly with the other Gryffindor's." Draco smirked. "I didn't expect them too." Hermione giggled. "As long as they're going to treat me and us well then good." Hermione said brightly.
"We Slytherin's are like a family. We tolerate each other's ideas, actions and relationships." Draco said. "And for the record, Blaise can't say anything, he dated Potter's girl." Draco said. Hermione thought for a minute and nodded.
"True." She said. She smiled again and kissed Draco softly before nuzzling close to him again.
A/N This is by far the longest chapter I've done so far lol, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Like I said before though I'll come up with another idea to give all you readers a chance to get involved if you so wish to but for now, enjoy this chapter and I hope to have a new chapter for Draco's Slytherin Princess shortly ^.^
Also I know that there was no 'Prefect Lounge in the Harry Potter series (as far as we know) but I thought why not add it; they do have a new school after all, there will be new and old things =P