Hermione sprinted down the hallway, passed a group of bewildered looking 4th years and threw herself in to the first empty classroom she could find. She slammed the door and fell against it, her chest heaving back and forth as she caught to catch her breath. As her breathing slowed she was shocked to find tears pricking at the edges of her eyes. As her breathing eased all she could think of over and over again was that bastard, that conniving jerk! She should have taken Ginny and Luna's warning seriously, I mean honestly, what was he playing at kissing her one day and then being wrapped around another girl the next without so much as an explanation. She was shocked to find how betrayed she felt, and confused as to why this would bother her at all.

She slid to the floor and started thinking about the situation logically. Draco Malfoy kissed her a few days ago, that was a fact. He has been being a lot nicer to her lately, that was also fact. Today he was kissing Pansy Parkinson when he knew she would be coming into the common room, another fact. She groaned and put her head in her hands, if she had of been able to talk to him and find out why he kissed her in the first place, maybe she would be less confused. If she knew how she felt about kissing him in the first place she would be even less confused. She hadn't had that much experience kissing, she could admit, but with both Victor and Ron it was simply never as good as it was the other night with Draco. It was pretty, well, hot she thought grimly to herself. If only the guy who kissed her so well wasn't a complete arrogant toe rag in every other department.

Ugh that slimy git can have him! She thought and jumped to her feet. Hermione didn't want to face Malfoy and Pansy just yet, but she knew she couldn't go to the Gryffindor common room, Ginny would see straight through her change in mood in a second and then the inquisition would begin. It might be time to pay a visit to Hagrid, she thought to herself, a welcome distraction and he wouldn't see through her frazzled state so long as she kept a smile on her face. He was probably missing her anyway, the group of them didn't get down to his cabin as much as they probably should.

She made her way down to Hadgrid's cabin and she knew she made the right choice when he opened the door and his face split into an almighty grin.

"'Ermione!"He exclaimed. "Now how come you're down here tonight."

"I just thought it was about time for a visit, I haven't seen you in forever Hagrid!"She smiled up and him and stepped into his hut for an evening of talk about how people in the order were doing and how his new classes just weren't as good as when he was teaching her, Harry and Ron.

Later that evening, she waved goodbye to Hagrid, with her pockets filled with his infamous rock cakes, she headed back up to the common room. She was walking as slow as she possibly could in the hope that the two guilty parties from earlier will have packed up and left. When she reached the portrait hole she took a deep breath to calm herself and stepped through.

She could see a blonde head sitting at the couch in front of the fire, alone thankfully. He had an open text book in his lap and he appeared to have not heard her enter. She begin to walk as stealthily as she could before his voice stopped her in his tracks.

"Enjoy the show did you Granger?" He slurred at her as he turned in his seat.

"No, actually, I didn't enjoy the show." She stared daggers at him across the room. "A heads up next time would be nice if that's alright with you. It would be nice to know when I can come in and out of my common room."

"Our common room actually." He grinned at her. "We agreed we could each have visitors of a night."

"Yes with a heads up Malfoy" She said his name with malice.

"Okay well, heads up! I had Pansy over tonight." He kept the same grin plastered on his face.

"Okay well, heads up! You're a jerk!" She snarled at him. "And if you don't watch yourself I will slap that stupid grin right off your face!"

"Ah, again with the quick wit Granger." He retorted but wisely wiped the grin off his face into a look of indifference, when he remembered how hard she had hit him in their third year. "What's it to you who I spend my time kissing?"

"What's wrong with you?" Hermione exclaimed. "I can't understand you at all. One day we are having a deep conversation like equals, or you are kissing me completely out of nowhere, and the next you go out of your way to make me feel like I don't matter to you! Why are you acting like this? And next time you plan to assault me can you let me know so I'm better prepared?"

A flash of hurt showed on Draco's face before he smoothed it back into a look of indifference. "I can't imagine what you mean."

"Oh, so I imagined you snogging me senseless the other night then?"

"That was... a mistake on my behalf." Draco smirked. "I'm sure you've spent nights dreaming of me Granger, but I'd give up those dreams, they're delusional."

Hermione felt tears spring to her eyes. "A mistake, yeah I guess we agree in one thing."

The smirk wiped off Draco's in a second. "It's just, it would be better if weren't... friends, for a want of a better word." His face looked the most sincere it had the whole time.

Hermione was past seeing any kind of reason at this point. "Ugh, I can't even stand to look at you." She growled at him and spun on her heel. "Just stay out of my way." She yelled over her shoulder as she ran up the stairs to her room.