The New Law

The Next Morning

This is quite a short one, but hey, ho
Disclaimer: I don't own this world, I just play in it ;)
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Draco knew it was early because the room was still quite dark. He was slowly waking up feeling surprisingly well rested. Suddenly he could feel something moving beneath his head. What in the world? He thought. Draco opened his eyes to see that he was still lying on Hermione's chest. Well that certainly was interesting, he could sleep better when he was close to Hermione. Who would have thought? Draco was starting to feel a little awkward and decided to get out of the bed. He didn't want Hermione to wake up and have him still lying there, it was weird. What was even weirder was the fact that he didn't really want to leave her. There was something so calming and soothing about her presence and he wanted more of it. Get it together mate, he scolded himself mentally. This is Granger, you don't like her remember? And she certainly does not like you. And with that Draco got up to take a shower and head down stairs for some breakfast.
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Hermione woke up early, like it was still dark outside early. It was probably somewhere around five a.m. There was something heavy lying on her chest, and as she looked down she realized it was Draco. She was about to get angry before she remembered that it was her that let him lie there, she was the one who told him to do it. Suddenly she felt him shifting a little and she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. She knew he had woken up as he froze mid movement and she could practically feel how confused he was. She should probably let him know she was awake or something, but she was feeling a little too comfortable with him there. After a moment she could feel Draco getting up, out of the bed though and it left her feeling weird. Like she didn't want him to leave and that was just wrong. Seriously Hermione, get your act together, she reprimanded herself internally. This was not a feeling she wanted to pursue so she would just pretend it never happened and make sure to forget all about it.
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It was later in the day and Draco and Hermione were sat eating dinner together. There was definitely a feeling of awkwardness between the pair and it was quite pitiful to watch. This can't go on Draco thought to himself as he cleared his throat and asked Hermione about her day. "It has been a rather nice day actually, work was productive and I had a nice cuddle with crookshanks as well, which always calms me after a long day at work," she answered him. "How about your day, did anything interesting happen?" "Just a regular slow day at work really. Not much that happened, other than a few meetings and a lot of paperwork." Draco told her. There was a moment of silence again before Draco decided to speak again. "You know, I have to say thank you for last night. I really appreciate it. I know it can't have been easy for you to do that and I owe you one for what you did," Draco said, a sincere look on his face. "It was nothing," Hermione answered him shyly looking down at her food and when Draco looked at her he felt something inside him that he was trying his best to ignore.