It was a few minutes before class when hermoine woke up."Oh my god! Im going to be so late!" she panicked "accio uniform!" She quickly got dressed and slid into her robe while running out the door. On the way to  potions she tripped and dropped all her books and papers. She looked up and saw draco malfoy, with a halfhearted smirk and his foot sticking out. "Oops, didnt see ya there!" The other slytherins laughed and at malfoys command, stopped. "Need some help?" He said being fully sarcastic. He picked up the biggest book he could find and dropped it on hermoines head causing her to pass out.

A few hours later she woke up in the infirmary with Ginny and Harry at her bedside."you guys- missing class, what time is it?" She muttered " 'Mione, LITERALLY the last thing we care about right now is class" Ginny said. "That ferret is REALLY gonna get it one day." Retorted Harry. "But its 5:32 right now" professor Mcgonnagal walked into the room and made a little 'ooh!' when she saw that Hermione was awake. "Oh Hermione! So glad you're up! You will be staying here over night just so we can keep an eye on you to make sure you dont die!" She said lightheartedly not realizing it wasnt funny."tough crowd in here. Ginny, Harry, lets go so that hermione can get some rest." Harry and Ginny gave Hermione a parting hug and went off to bed.

Later that night, Hermione woke up to the sound of footsteps. She kept her eyes closed so the intruder would think shes asleep. After a few minutes of laying like this she dicided to turn over and face the intruder, but still keeping her eyes closed. She got curious after 30 minutes or so and opened one eye. "Malfoy?" She sat straight up and looked him dead in the eyes. He stood up from the cot beside Hermione where he had been sitting. "I-I just came to grab something!" A rosy pink color made its way onto his pale face. "For an hour? Youve been looking... for an hour?" She questioned. Blush was forming on her face as well, but it wasnt as noticeable as his. They just stared at eachother, each waiting for the other to break the akward silence between them. "Ill head out then." Draco said after a while. "No no! You are going to tell me what you came in here for and why you were looking for it for an hour." His face was now bright red "I came in here for you and was looking AT you for an hour" he whispered under his breath so quietly that hermione could only hear a few words. "Speak up you filthy little cockroach!" He looked at Hermione and said "you"