The Debate

Chapter 3

Draco woke up by the sound of the clock striking nine. "Oh no!" he said aloud. "I'm going to be late! Hermione, wake up!" he said, nudging her. She groaned.

"What time is it?"

"Nine o' clock. We have to get ready."

"Are you serious? Oh no!" Hermione quickly got up and started pacing. "I need to go all the way up to Gryffindor tower! I'll talk to you later Draco!" Not waiting to hear a reply, she ran out the door and headed towards the Gryffindor tower.

Draco ran up to his room and quickly dressed, then he quickly did a spell that would make his hair the way he wanted it, grabbed his books, and ran out the door, making his way towards the Great Hall.

***

"That's weird," mumbled Harry. Him and Ron were eating in the Great Hall.

"What's weird?" asked Ron.

"Malfoy is coming awfully late. I wonder why."

"I wonder why," echoed Ron. " I haven't seen Hermione either. I wonder why."

"I wonder why," echoed Harry. All of a sudden, Hermione entered the Great Hall. Her hair didn't look brushed. It looked a lot worse then it normally did. Her clothes were wrinkled too. One of her socks was also rolled down. Hermione came and sat at the table by Ron and Harry. When her food appeared, she quickly began to eat.

"Where have you been?" asked Ron.

"I was in the Girl's dormitories. I woke up a little late, that's all."

"OK. That is really unlike you," said Ron.

"Yeah it is. Sorry, I'm just not myself today." Hermione quickly finished her food. "Got to go. Bye." She got up and left.

"Do you believe her, Harry?"

"No, Ron, I don't"

***

After Hermione's classes were done, Draco ran to catch up with her. "Hermione, wait!" he called. She stopped and turned around.

"Hi Draco!" she replied.

"Hermione, there is something I want to talk to you about."

"What is it Draco?"

"Can we go and walk around and talk away from all of these people?"

"Sure." Hermione and Draco started walking in the Corridors. Once he saw that no one was around he stopped and began to talk.

"Hermione, there something that I have wanted to say for a long time."

"What?"

"Well, I like you Hermione. I really like you and I wanted to know if you felt the same way about me."

Hermione didn't say anything. She just stood there for a long time gazing into his eyes. Then finally, she leaned up to him and kissed him. Her hands slipped around his neck, and his hands around her waist. The kiss was long and passionate. Finally, Hermione broke the kiss and asked, "Does that answer your question?"

"Yeah, it does," he said and he kissed her again. Harry was standing around the corner, watching the whole thing. He just wanted to go and rip them apart. Instead he walked away and left to the Gryffindor Tower to find Ron.