She hadn't gotten the opportunity to corner Draco about it for the first two weeks of term. She knew he was avoiding her, knew that he surrounded himself with housemates who didn't know about them in an effort to keep her from approaching him. Her appeals to Blaise, Theo and even (god help her) Pansy hadn't gotten her any closer to him. Their first opportunity to speak happened completely by accident: Hermione was running late to dinner and had run (quite literally) into Draco's chest. He'd looked nearly as shocked as she felt to find themselves essentially alone in the corridor outside the library. He had made to duck away but she had forced him into an empty classroom and demanded an explanation, barring the door so he couldn't leave. His words, nearly three months later, still stung.