Make Or Break (ON HOLD)

Chapter 3: Something Occurring

(Draco's POV)

I undressed and got in the shower. I didn't understand the feelings occurring within me at the moment.

I had laughed with Hermione. I was so upset that I had to be with her. Why Hermione? It made no sense. The Sorting Hat must have been wrong because there is no way that I am most compatible with her.

Then again... I have hated her for years and what happened just now was no accident. I have been trying to change after the war and have been given a second chance as well as my mother. My father might get one but might not. It is to be determined on the 5th of October.

That was why it was so vital for me to be there on that day. If my father got a second chance he promised to clean up his act but if he didn't then he would get the Dementor's Kiss. I didn't think he really deserved either but he would get one or the other.

Anyway as I was previously thinking, why was I laughing with Hermione? I was just trying to get her off of the bed because I was not going to sleep on the floor. I realized that I had to tickle her because she would curl up in a ball and laugh.

I did so and she did as well but she was smiling and laughing and it was... well... I don't know the word. It caused me to start laughing too. I couldn't help it she just looked so... cute. Did I just call Hermione cute?

I finished up in the shower and dressed into my pants before crawling into be beside her. I turned my back to her not wanting to be here. There was nothing that I could do though so I just let it be.

(Hermione's POV)

I woke up the next morning facing a bare back. That's a hot back. Then I shook my head when I remembered who's it was. Then I jumped out of bed in disgust after I fully realized who's back it was. 

Note to self... Malfoy sleeps without a shirt. I shuddered and went downstairs to make breakfast, laughing slightly when I saw how confused Pansy was with the microwave. "What are you laughing at?" she asked. 

"Here I'll help." I said.

"Thank you." she replied. I turned and stared at her. "What now?" she asked. 

"Did you just..." I started. 

"Yeah. I'm trying to change. I don't want to be rude anymore so I'm trying. Now can you please help?" she asked. I nodded and began showing her how to work the thing.

After I was done, both of us were laughing at how easy it really was. I moved over and began baking some eggs showing her how to work everything. "Something smells amazing." Ron said coming downstairs followed by Ginny, Blaise, Astoria, Harry,Theo, and Nathalia.

"Just breakfast." I said. I served them all and sat down eating as well. Then sleepily, Draco stumbled in and my stomach flip-flopped. Quit it. 

"What do you want?" I asked getting up. 

"Breakfast." he said defensively. 

"No I mean to eat. What do you want for breakfast?" I asked. 

"Whatever's fine with you Hermione." he said sitting down. I nodded and began cooking a few pancakes eggs and bacon.

I felt someone staring at me and I realized it was Ron. "What do you want Ron?" I asked.

 "You do realize he called you Hermione right?" he asked. I froze and tensed up. Did he really? Then I snapped out of it quickly and finished cooking. I almost burned it there.

I handed him the plate and he thanked me. Everyone sat silently wondering why he was being so nice. "Why are you being so nice?" Ron finally asked. 

"Trying to change after the war." he said. That was it.

"Why should we believe you?" Ron bit.

"Ask Nathalia. She knows."

I looked over to Nathalia. "Can you please tell me how you two know each other. I mean my best friend and my former enemy slash fiancee are close... I would like to know." I said.

"You mean you didn't tell her?"

"Tell me what?" I asked.

"Hermione, Draco and I..." she started.

Ginny interrupted because she saw how uncomfortable Nathalia was. 

"What happened last night?" Ginny asked trying to start a conversation. 

"Me and Pansy got in a fight and then as I was walking away I saw something that I have never seen or thought I would see before." Ron said.

"What did you see?" I asked.

 "You should know. You were part of it." he said. 

"Oh that." I chuckled turning away to hide my blush.

 "Well we don't know. What did you see?" Harry asked.

 "I gotta go before I miss... uh... McGonagall." I said quickly. 

"Me too." Draco said stuffing a pancake in his mouth. Then we both hurried out of the common room and began laughing.

"Did you really need to see McGonagall?" he asked.

 "Of course not. I just didn't want to be there when he told them what happened." I mumbled. 

"Me too." he chuckled.

 "Why so nervous about it?" I teased. 

"Why me? Why you?" 

 "Because... silly... I didn't want to be there when Ginny found out." I said.

"HERMIONE!" Ginny squealed. 

"That's why." I said running and he quickly followed suit when he heard her excited feet. We both turned the corner and ran into a secret passage that led us to the Slytherin Common Room. We both started laughing so hard that we were hunched over. 

"That was fun." I said.

 "That it was." he replied. Then we both stood up and tried to breathe but found many faces staring straight at us.

 "We should go." I said grabbing his hand and running through the passage again.