Hermione Gaunt

3- Sleep

The fireplace in the common room radiated with warmth while Hermione delicately flipped the pages through her book. She rested her head rested on Draco's broad shoulders while he read a book about Quidditch.

"Hermione?" He asked when he heard slow breathing instead of the sound of turning pages.

He looked down and saw her peacefully asleep. All of the muscles on her face looked relaxed, like a baby in their slumber. Not caring about their woes and worries, but just focusing on her dream that was playing in her mind.

Her deep and slow breathing tickled his chin slightly and he could see her chest slowly rising up and down. Innocence showed on her face, and Draco felt that the world had stopped, just for her.

He smiled and slowly grabbed the book out of her hand, making sure to bookmark it before placing it on the table. He scooped his arms under her legs and neck and carried her to the painting on the wall.

In her first year here, Hermione was granted a special room which only a true descendant of Salazar were able to open. While keeping her in his arms, he softly grabbed her hand and dragged it across the left side of the frame. The painting swung open and revealed a gorgeous room inside.

He gently laid her across the bed and turned around to go when he felt her grab his arm. He felt a tingling sensation shoot up his arm by a simple movement, catching him off guard.

"Wait, stay" she whispered tiredly. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, but laid down next to her, letting the drowsiness engulf him just as it did so for Hermione.

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Sunlight peered through Hermione's windows making her eyes flutter open. She felt Draco's arms tightly around her making her her blush crimson red. Her eyes tiredly flickered at the clock which read 8:25, meaning that she was late.

"Draco, wake up!" She called shaking him.

She hurried across the room, quickly grabbing her things.

Draco's grey eyes fluttered open and he yawned, eyeing the clock.
"Relax Hermione, its just breakfast" he chuckled.
"Exactly it's breakfast! And mind you the most important meal of the day!" Hermione scampered off, grabbing a brush and dragging it across her hair. Draco rolled his eyes playfully and smirked in amusement.

"I'll wait for you in the common room" he said before opening the door to get out.

Hermione huffed and threw on her Slytherin cloak. She quickly grabbed her bag before rushing at of the common room.
"Come on!" She said, grabbing Draco's hand and rushed out to the hallways.

She quickly spotted her friends in the dining hall and started walking towards them, completely forgetting the fact that she was still grasping onto his hand.

Draco smirked when he saw the jealous look on everyone's faces. The boys, jealous that the Draco had swooped the Slytherin princess off her feet. And of course the girls, jealous that Hermione had gotten with the Slytherin Prince.Though none of them would admit, they did look like a cute couple. But for Hermione she hadn't noticed the stare of mostly everyone in the dining hall.

"THE Hermione Gaunt is late! What has the world come to?" Blaise smirked when they sat down.
"Everyone is late once in a while Blaise, even me" Hermione retorted while glaring at him.

"And how is it that you and Draco are both late and you both walk in at the same time holding hands?" Pansy asked, pointing at their hands. She crossed her arms and smirked, waiting for an explanation.

"Well I was simply in a hurry and Draco over here was being slow and I couldn't afford missing breakfast" she said, grabbing a biscuit out of the bowel.

Theo raised his eyebrows before smirking, wearing the same amused grin as the other 2 Slytherins.

"But Draco wasn't in his bed this morning, have an explanation for that?"

Hermione turned around to the Slytherin trio, giving them an irritated look for being bombarded with questions this early in the morning.

"We just slept with each other, no not in that way just next to each other" She warned when she heard gasps from eavesdropping students.

Draco chuckled amusedly when he saw Hermione's cheeks fluster.

"Now no need to lie Hermione, admit it it was the best shag you've ever had" Draco smirked. Hermione's jaws dropped and she turned around to Draco.

"I'm just so irresistible Hermione" he winked at her. The 3 Slytherin glanced at each other before bursting into laughter. Hermione scoffed and raised one of her eyebrows.

Draco smirked at her before grabbing a glass of water to drink when he felt her hand on his chest.

"I mean who can blame me? Quidditch just has done wonders to your body" she said, trailing her hands across his chest. Draco choked on his drink and started to have a fit of violent coughs.

Hermione laughed and turned around to her friends.
"I'm just joking we did not sleep with each other. Don't get the wrong idea" she laughed, returning back to her breakfast.

Her friends laughed before returning to their bickering about Gryffindors.

After Draco's coughing died down, he glanced at Hermione and shook his head, laughing to himself.

She was definitely something.