Dramione

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 The Meeting

             Hermione was wandering the corridors after their weekly DA session when she chanced upon Draco Malfoy.

"Oh Hello Granger, what are you doing up this late?" asked Draco inquisitively

"Just coming back from the library actually Malfoy but it's really none of your business."

"Alright just trying to be polite for once in my life!"

"Sorry, and don't take this the wrong way but you, being polite to me who are you and what have you done with Malfoy?"

"Nothing I'm right here and I just thought that for a change of pace I'd be nice to you, Potter and Weasley but maybe not." And he started to walk away

"Wait Draco!" She called after him "I'm sorry, I snapped, I'm just a little stressed is all."

"Did you just call me Draco for the first time in your life Hermione?"

"I do believe I did Draco and I do believe you just called me Hermione for the first time in yours."

"So I did, Uh Oh, Here comes Potter and Weasley, I mean Harry and Ron. See you Hermione."

Harry and Ron approached her and stared in disbelief after Malfoy's retreating figure. They were about to ask Hermione about it when Draco started coming back towards them.

"By the way Hermione you dropped your quill." He said handing it to her

"Thank You Draco." She took the quill and the fact that she was very lightly blushing in the firelight did not escape the notice of Harry, Ron, or Draco.

After Malfoy had gone Ron was the first to ask "So what did Malfoy want?"

"Did he hurt you, was he rude to you? I can hex him if you like." Asked Ginny as she came up from behind them

"No Ginny that's alright, He wasn't rude to me at all, he was a perfect gentlemen."

"HAHAHAHAHA!! Sorry Hermione I don't doubt that your telling the truth but MALFOY a GENTLEMEN! HAHAHAHA!!" Ron was laughing so hard that he fell over and Hermione went back to the common room with Ginny and Harry. Back in the common room Hermione really wasn't sure what had happened to make Malfoy behave the way he did but it wasn't all together bad that he was being nice. As she was mulling over her strange encounter in the corridor with Malfoy it occurred to her that his gentlemanly acts towards her tonight could possibly be the start of a semi-strained friendship, but she soon dismissed the idea thinking someone must have slipped him a love potion as a joke.

            The next morning as she was walking down to the Great Hall for breakfast she ran into him again, she actually ran into him. She was in a hurry and not looking where she was going and she crashed into him on their way into the Great Hall. "Oh Sorry, I..." and she slowly trailed off as she looked into his grey eyes.

"Oh hello Hermione, Malfoy." And Ginny walked past them into the great hall and took up a seat between Ron and Harry leaving Hermione and Malfoy staring at each other like idiots.

Hermione gathered herself, went into the Great Hall and sat down beside Harry looking only slightly flustered but even so her friends noticed.

Harry was the first one to be concerned "Hermione what happened? You look kind of flustered, are you feeling alright?"

"Yeah I'm fine, guess I'm just excited, Christmas in a week you know."

"Oh yeah, Hermione are you still coming to the Burrow, or do you have other plans?"

"No I think I'm good for coming to the Burrow, if that's still alright with Molly and Arthur."

"Should be fine." Ginny said, and then she looked up and rolled her eyes. Hermione looked up, Malfoy was standing there holding Hermione's quill again.

"Sorry to bug but your quill fell into my bag when you ran into me this morning."

"Thanks Draco...I...uh...I...um...Malfoy."

"No problem Hermione...Um...Granger." and as she took her quill he walked back to the Slytherin table. Fred and George walked in from where they had been standing at the door and had seen the whole episode.

Everyone asked at once "WHAT IN THE NAME OF MERLIN'S PANTS WAS ALL THAT ABOUT???"

Hermione definitely flustered and a bit embarrassed didn't say anything for a really long time and then "Um...well...um...I...you know last night in the corridor? I called him Draco for the first time when he returned my quill and he called me Hermione and I guess it just caught on."

There was complete silence at the table for a few long minutes and then everyone went back to their conversations as if nothing had happened that was out of the ordinary.