Hermione awoke after a restless sleep and quickly realised that she had slept in. She jumped up, pulled on her clothes and without even a look in the mirror ran as fast as she could to the potions classroom. It was barely 5 minutes after she woke up that she rushed through the door of the classroom, panting to catch her breath.
"Well, Thank you for joining us Miss Granger, 5 points from Gryffindor." Professor Slughorn raised his eyebrows at her and continued on with his lesson. In that moment Hermione was never more thankful that Snape no longer taught potions, if he did she would have lost 50 and with probably a detention to boot. When she noticed Ron and Harry looking at her quizzically she mouthed 'I slept in.' and went about setting her cauldron up. The rest of the day went in a blur, classes were as hectic as ever. The only difference being Hermione kept making eye contact with Draco in the classes they shared, knowing looks being passed between them. She got caught actually blushing by the boys on a few occasions, much to her embarrassment.
Hermione was packing away her things at the end of a particularly difficult Transfiguration lesson when she looked up in shock to see a blonde haired Slytherin sauntering up to her.
"Don't forget we have patrol tonight Granger." He raised his eyebrows at her suggestively and strode off to catch up with his Slytherin Friends.
Ron looked at Hermoine suspiciously. "What the hell was all that about?" He asked her.
Hermione flushed. "Who knows, it is Malfoy." She looked after him to see him having already caught up to his pack of friends who were laughing at something.
"He isn't giving you any trouble is he Hermione?" Harry growled. "We'd be happy to teach the ferret a lesson."
"No he's not." Hermione quickly assured them. "He's been.. fine." A lot better than fine she quietly thought to herself.
"Alright, well, you just say the word Hermione." Harry expression was as serious as ever. "He better not so much as lay a finger on you!"
Hermione couldn't stop the giggle that erupted from her mouth at the thought of what the boys would say if they knew how much more than one finger Draco had laid on her. When she saw Harry and Ron staring at her incredulously she quickly covered. "The thought of Draco Malfoy hurting me is laughable. I'll be happy to duel either of you right here and now if you want to test my skills?" Hermione raised her eyebrows at them both.
"I think I'll pass." Ron said wisely, with Harry nodding in agreement.
After bidding farewell to the boys, Hermione found herself hurrying back to her common room for her patrol with excitement coursing through her, Draco seemed to be in a much better mood than yesterday, and she found herself hoping that tonight go better than the one before. She was pleasantly surprised to see him already waiting for her, leaning against the wall and sarcastically tapping his watch when he saw her coming.
"Don't give me that, I'm two minutes early!" She rushed through the portrait hole to drop off her books before heading off down the corridor with Draco to begin their patrol.
"You know, next time I'm not around around in the morning, a friendly yell up the stairs would be nice." She raised her eyebrows at him. "You know, so I don't sleep through my morning classes."
"You can hardly blame me for your sloppiness, Granger." She liked the way she said her last name now, with a playful connotation instead of a negative one. "Besides which," He continued. "I would hate to deprive you of your beauty sleep."
"What are you saying I need it, Malfoy?" She gave him a playful but swift punch to the arm.
"The opposite of that actually." Rubbing his arm with an exaggerated pained expression. "And keep your mitts away from me, I know first hand how hard you can hit if you really want to."
Hermione let out a startled giggle, upon having a very vivid flashback to their third year when she had clocked him one. "To be fair, you did deserve that one."
She was interrupted by 2 third year Hufflepuff students trying to sneak by with some Stink pellets, after swiftly confiscating them and sending the two of them back to their common rooms she turned back to Draco. "I like you much more this way," She looked at him shyly, once the other students were out of earshot.
"What way?" Draco looked at her in amusement.
"Carefree, fun... you know." She giggled. "Acting your age for once in your life."
"I'll show you acting my age!" Hermione let out a gasp of shock when Draco grabbed her by the arm and quickly pulled her into the nearest classroom. He pushed her down against a desk and pressed his lips to hers. Hermione barely got a chance to gasp when he pulled away and said "How's this?"
She didn't even respond, she just pulled him back into her and deepened the kiss. She was past the point of wondering whether or not she should be kissing Malfoy and had decided to just enjoy it. They lay there, making out, hot and heavy with him running his hands through her hair and with her exploring the contours of his back and chest, which was nice and firm to touch. After a while she pushed him away and he groaned which made her laugh.
"Well, it's about time I ended a kiss instead of you." She couldn't stop giggling until she looked around and realised they were in the Transfiguration classroom. "Oh no," now she groaned. "I'll never be able to look McGonagall in the face again."
"By the time I'm done with you, I hope you won't be able to look any staff member in the face again." Draco smirked at her.
Hermione turned bright red and quickly looked at her watch to check the time. "We best finish our patrol." She pulled him out of the classroom whilst trying to fix her hair as she went.
"No leave it." Draco smirked at her. "I like your hair crazy, reminds me I've been there." They continued the rest of the patrol in a comfortable silence, with Draco occasionally trying the grab her waist and pull her close to him and with her batting him away. They made their way through the portrait hole when she spun around to look at him.
"I can't help but ask." She looked up into his eyes. "Why the change of heart since yesterday?"
"No use worrying about the future yet, may as well enjoy you whilst I have you all to myself." He pulled her closer to him suggestively. "Speaking of which, feel free to join me in my bedroom tonight."
Hermione felt a flush flood through her body. "Goodnight then Draco." She planted quick kiss on his lips and turned and flitted up the stairs, feeling the gaze of the blonde haired boy at the foot of the stairs watching her. She fell into bed and couldn't help the grin that was plastered onto her face.