Saving You

The Library

They went on like this for the next month. Meeting secretly in the tower snogging and talking as old friends.

Hermione thought about telling Ginny about everything that has happened, but shew was afraid of the reaction she'd receive.

"Um Ginny." Hermione said, coming up behind Ginny who was talking with her friends. Ginny turned around "Can I talk to you?"

"Of course!" Ginny said waving goodbye to her friends and following Hermione to sit on one of the couches by the fire.

"Well," she started, unsure how to continue "Draco Malfoy and I well erm, well we kissed."

Ginny stared at her wide eyed with shock "You kissed Draco Malfoy? What were you? Blody drunk?"

"No," the which replied sounding embarrassed "Well we became friends, he's changed yknow, and well a month ago...we kissed for the first time."

Ginny figured it out.

"You really like him don't you?" Ginny said softly, grinning and patting Hermione's knee.

"I really do" Hermione said with a smile.

"Yknow," Ginny said with a slide grin "Malfoy is kinda hot. I wouldn't be surprised if he's not a bad kisser. You know you got yourself a king 'Mione. Just be careful."

Hermione bit her lower lip and nodded "Anyways Gin, Malfoy and Blaise Zabini are throwing a small party in the room of requirement and Draco told me to invite you, so pretty please won't you come."

Ginny stared at Hermione for a long moment "You really want me to come don't you?"

She nodded her head furiously.

"Will there be alcohol?" Ginny asked questioningly.

"It's Draco Malfoy, he's a Slytherin. O course there's gonna be alcohol!"

Ginny smiled "Ok fine I'm in, as long as I can bring Luna with me."

She grinned widely "Thanks Gin I owe you one!"

She kissed Ginny on the cheek and skipped out the portrait hole.

"Hey there Granger," a voice said from behind her "Thought I might be able to find you here. 

She was in the library when Draco came up behind her, two other people were following him. He kissed her on the cheek and introduced her to his company.

As he gestured to the dark skinned Italian on his right he said "This as you may know is Blaise Zabini." Blaise winked and Hermione blushed. Blaise was very good looking.

"And this one here," he said pointing to the small blonde "this is Amora."

Amora looked delighted to meet Hermione, advancing a little she said "Hi! My name is Amora. We have so much to talk about! Draco won't shut up about yo-"

Draco cut her off with a kick to the shin.

"OWWWWW DRACO YOU FUCKING PRI-" 

"Amora we're not here to gossip, besides you wouldn't want to be a twit now would you?" Draco spat at his friend.

Draco sat down on the table where Hermione sat reading, while the other two leaned against bookshelves, making themselves more comfortable.

"So about the party, what did Ginny say?" Draco asked questioningly.

"She said yes on two parts. One, if there was going to be alcohol and two, if she could bring Luna Lovegood. I told her yes to both." the frizzy haired witch replied.

"Luna as in Loony Lovegood?" Blaise asked, a tone of disgust in his voice.

"Hey," she said, her tone defensive "Luna's cool, ok?"

"I agree," Amora said with a smile "Great so now we know who's coming."

"Who else have you invited?" Hermione asked.

"Well you, Draco, Blaisey, me, Luna, Ginny, Neville, Daphne Greengrass and Dean." the blonde said mentally checking off the list in her head.

"You invited Longbottom?!" Malfoy whined "The bloke is just going to tell us about his gram and about stupid plants for Merlins sake!"

Amora looked taken aback for a moment but she recovered quickly and said "Well he's changed quite a lot, so I thought wee ought to give him a shot."

"I swear you're too nice to be in Slytherin." the blonde ferret muttered under his breath.

"Who's Daphne?" Blaise inquired.

"Seriously?" Amora turned to him, disbelief read all over her face "We talk to her her all the God damn time! She even sits with us in potions! She's got really blonde, almost silver hair and a dazzling smile....."

When he didn't show any sign of recognition she sighed "Her sister is Astoria?"

"OHHHHHHH HER!!" Blaise said with immediate recognition "Why didn't you just start with that?"

"because I thought it would be rude!"

The two started to bicker and Hermione felt a cool hand touch the back of her own.

She looked up at Draco who smiled and whispered to her "Let's get out of here."

She nodded and the two walked past Amora and Blaise who didn't even seem to notice the fact that they were leaving because they were so infused with bickering.

They exited the library laughing a the stupid couple they'd left behind. 

Draco held Hermione's hand as they walked away from the library and back to the Gryffindor dormitory.

"I've been meaning to ask you this for a while but, a Hogsmeade visit is coming up this weekend and I was wondering if you'd like to go with me?" Draco asked, blushing slightly as he said it.

Hermione grinned broadly "I'd love to go with you! Could Ginny, Blaise and Amora tag along?"

The blond wizard beamed back "That would be fantastic! We could all go to the Three Broomsticks or Honeydukes, maybe Zonkos!"

She chuckled and they stopped outside the Gryffindor portrait hole and Hermione turned to Draco "See you this weekend?"

"Will do Granger."

She kissed Draco and he smiled widely when they broke apart "Goodnight Malfoy," she whispered in his ear.

He waved as she disappeared into the portrait hole. 

Hermione went straight up to her dorm with happy thoughts in her head. She was going to Hogsmeade with him and her friends, they were going to have a fantastic time. 

What could possibly go wrong?