Just A Dream- Chapter 6

Hermione woke up early the next morning and got dressed for school before anyone woke up and headed to the Great Hall for breakfast with her book bag. She didn't want to waste any time talking to any of her friends when all they would do is try to convince her to not hang out with Malfoy and remind her over and over what he had done when they were still enemies. She got to the Great Hall and took a seat away from a few fourth and fifth years that were up early. "You're up early." Said a voice from behind her. She turned around and saw that it was Malfoy and smiled. "I can say the same about you." She told him and they both laughed. "Can I take a seat?" he asked her. Hermione nodded and he sat down and grabbed a slice of toast.

"So what happened to meeting after breakfast?" he asked her jokingly. Hermione rolled her eyes but smiled at him. They had just started talking yesterday, but it was as if they were old friends. Of course it had been a bit awkward talking to him and watching what she had to say, but she felt like she could trust him with anything and had a feeling that he wasn't the same guy from before. "I umm, woke up early so that we could meet earlier." She confessed as she grabbed some eggs and bacon and some orange juice. "Oh, so you actually missed me?" he said half-jokingly but more curious than anything. "No, Malfoy. I was actually really glad to be away from you and just wanted to get this over with." She said sarcastically. "Awww and here I was thinking that we were actually getting along." He said pretending that her words had hurt him. They both looked at each other and burst out laughing. Other students from the other house tables looked over at them and started whispering about them, but the teachers that were already having breakfast just smiled, glad to see that two students from completely different houses, especially the ones that were enemies for as long as they could remember, were actually getting along as friends and even wondered if it would lead to something more.

More students started to come into the Great Hall and Malfoy stood up. "I'm gonna go out and wait for you or are you ready to go?" he asked her. "Yeah, I'm coming." She said as she got up and grabbed her book bag. They both walked out of the Great Hall together and headed over to the Library to waste some time before class started. "Any problems last night?" he asked her quietly as they chose a table in the back of the library. Hermione nodded and told him about her and Ron's conversation last night. He looked through a book from one of the shelves he had gotten and stayed quiet. "They're never going to forget about what happened back then, are they?" he asked her. Hermione bit her lip before answering. "Not right now, but eventually they will." She assured him. She was sure that one day they would realize how much of a big deal they were making out of her and Malfoy talking, but knew that wasn't going to happen any time soon.

It went on like that for two weeks. They met in the mornings for breakfast and then went to the library before classes started. Sometimes they would meet between classes and he would walk her to her next class and later after school, they would go to Hogsmeade before dinner started and spend more time after dinner as well. They got less stares as they hung out more and by then, she already trusted him with anything she had to say instead of her own friends. She didn't see them as much as before since she avoided seeing them, but when she did see them and talk to them, it was only for a few minutes to see how they were doing and nothing else. She still spoke to Neville and was happy to hear that he and Luna were now going out.

The day before Halloween came, Hermione and Malfoy spoke about what they should do and thought about just celebrating it at Hogwarts with their houses or maybe just going over to Hogsmeade. "Have you thought about what you're going to be doing for Christmas?" she asked him. They were out by the lake and were now wearing scarves and gloves so that they wouldn't get sick. Malfoy shrugged. "Uhhh, not yet. Maybe go and see my mother. What about you?" he asked her. Hermione looked uncomfortable and shrugged. "I might just stay here." She told him. "What? Why?" he asked her. "I don't know if I'm still invited to go with Ginny and Ron to visit their parents." She said as she looked out at the lake. "I was looking forward to it, but with all this that happened with them freaking out about us hanging out, I'm not so sure if I'm still invited or not." She explained. "Why don't you ask them?" he asked her. "I'm sure they would love to see you since you're pretty much like a daughter to them." he told her, trying to make her smile.

Hermione smiled a bit and laid down on the grass. "I guess I can do that." She told him. He laid down next to her and closed his eyes. "If they don't want you to go over or anything, I'll just stay here and we can figure something out to do." He told her. Hermione looked over at him in surprise. "No its fine." She told him. "You should go and see your mother on Christmas. Don't cancel just because of me." She said as she sat up. Malfoy opened his eyes and looked at her. "We still have a long way till Christmas so don't worry, ok." He said as he closed his eyes and slept for a bit. Hermione watched him sleep for a bit and then looked back out at the lake. I hate feeling this way, she thought to herself. I told myself I wasn't going to think about dating or anything close to that, and here I am thinking of Malfoy. She thought to herself.

She sighed and decided to write another letter to her parents. Sometimes she wrote to them twice a week, sometimes three. She had already told them about her and Malfoy talking and hanging out, but left out how she was feeling about him. She had also told them about her friends trying to pretty much stop her from talking to him and how now they barely said a few words to each other. Her parents were sad to hear that, but they told her that she didn't need any friends that would just bring her down and she was right. She knew her parents weren't so happy either about her and Malfoy hanging out at first, but they soon got over it and told her to tell Malfoy that they said hi. She wondered how things were going to be by December and hoped that things didn't get worse with her and her friends or with Malfoy.

[Gonna work on Chapter 8 since I barely started it last night. Reviews please! :D]