I knew she would follow me. Why didn't I wait for her? I saw her slip, and now she was unconscious on the ground beside me. I didn't know what to do, but before I even thought about it, ginger head made an appearance from the corner of the light filled hallway.

"Hermione!" He said in an urgent tone. "What have you done to her?"

"Beat it weasel, she fell, and I'm trying to help her" I told him, clearly irritated. Before I could even finish my sentence, he was already pulling her up by the waist, and trying to lift her up. It was embarrassing to watch him struggle like that.

I sighed, "Give me here you incompetent fool." And I effortlessly lifted her – bride style – up and carried her to the infirmary. I could hear weasley's steps following closely behind, but I didn't care. I could just feel Hermione growing colder in my hands. Without thinking, I hurried my pace a little.

As we got to the infirmary, I immediately saw Madam Pomfrey, and she immediately saw us.

"Oh dears, what happened to her?" Her voice was worried, like a mother's. She said this as she checked Hermione's temperature and pulse. She signaled me to set her down and put her on the nearest hospital bed.

"Malfoy here tripped her, I found them both on the floor, and she was already unconscious." I heard ginger beside me say. I was ready to punch him in his over sized face when Madam Pomfrey said,

"Now, now, Mr. Weasley, let Mr. Malfoy explain. You were not there for the whole incident. In fact, you can leave now." I could not help it, I grinned so hard, my cheeks hurt. I saw him scurry to the exit, and leave us alone.

"Well Mr. Malfoy, will you explain to me what happened?"

"I had left the great hall, and the stupid girl followed me. I did not see it all, but she started running and slipped on a puddle of water. The school should get better janitors if there is water puddles around. Then I tried to help it, and Weasley came in. He thought I tripped her, and freaked out." I said in a matter-of-fact tone of voice. She just gave me a knowing smile, and said,

"Well Mr. Malfoy, looks like you have done the right thing. With a simple pumpkin juice and a spell she will be just fine. I will go get those now, if you would like, you can wait here for me. She will be able to go in a couple of hours."

"Alright Madam, I'll wait here" To that, she smiled even bigger and walked away.

I was now staring at Hermione. She had a gash on her forehead I had not noticed before now, and her hair was messy, but still, she had never looked more peaceful. Unconsciously I reached for her hand, and it might have been a trick on my eyes, but I swear I saw her smile, a faint smile, but a smile nevertheless.

Then Madam Pomfrey came, she gently glanced at our intertwining hands, and merely started working on Hermione.

Hermione

I was starting to gain consciousness. I felt something wrapped around my head, and something holding onto my hand. Before I could register what it was, it was gone. I was opening my eyes, and the first thing I saw was Malfoy sitting in the back, and Madam Pomfrey making me drink something.

"Oh you're up. Thank goodness, you have been out longer than I thought you would be." She said relieved. "If Mr. Malfoy did not bring you here in time, you would've even had to stay overnight!"

I immediately looked at Malfoy, but he simply looked away. Then, before anything else happened, a group of girls crashed into the infirmary.

"What happened?" I heard Ginny ask

"Are you okay?" Lavender cried out

"Will you be able to practice?" I heard a voice I could not process yell

"Did you hurt yourself?" someone else said.

I was getting a headache from all the noise, and then Malfoy said, "Calm yourselves, she's alright. You're giving her a headache with all this squealing and crying."

Ginny looked at him skeptically, "And why are YOU here Malfoy?"

"Mr. Malfoy brought Ms. Granger here when she... Um fell. You girls might even owe him. But he is right, you need to leave, Ms. Granger needs rest, she will be able to practice, but not today." As they left, I could see Malfoy gathering his things, getting ready to also exit out of the infirmary.

"Thank you." I heard myself proclaim before I even thought about what problems this would cause.

I saw him glance back and say

"No problem, mudblood"

Normally, I would have gotten angry at him, but he gave me a friendly, loving, beautiful smile, that made my heart skip a beat, and I could tell he was just playing around. He then turned back and left me wondering,

Am I falling in love with Draco Malfoy?

A/N: Well, it has been a LONG time since I have updated this. But here it is, I recently got a new laptop so I'm really excited to put this up. My midterms are in a two weeks, but hey! I rather do this than study for a while. I hope you all like it, sure its short, but its good to keep you knowing, and hey guys, I planned the next chapter, Draco and Hermione have a deep conversation! So wait for that! Okay, ill be back in a couple of days, maybe even tomorrow?