Authors note: I stayed up until one in the morning getting this first chapter out to you guys! I hope you like it! Please review, thanks!

Rachel

Love can see even on a blind date

"Hermione! You need to hurry, your don't want to make a bad first impression!" Ginny's voice rang throughout the flat. Hermione Granger was sitting calmly in front of her mirror and rolled her eyes at the frantic redhead, who was now ranting on about how bad it would be if they missed him. Personally Hermione wasn't all for blind dates, she thought they were overrated and wasn't quite sure how she had been wrapped into one tonight. Ginny doesn't even know the guy! She has a friend who knows him and thinks they would be (and I sickly quote) 'A match made in heaven' from how they both described their friends to the other.

Hermione wasn't concerned, this date would be a complete farce, they would talk a little while he talked with his mouth full and he had B.O, or something else equally gross and would disgust Hermione to no end. You could never trust blind dates, not after Hermione heard some girl in the bathroom sobbing about how a guy had been the worst date of her life and how she wish that she had never listened to her friend and gone out with him. He had ended up spilling his food all over her new white dress. That won't happen to me Hermione decided, she would use a fake name so there would be no attachments. She had always wanted to be an Emma anyways. Hermione was finished and turned to Ginny and stood up.

Hermione glanced into the mirror, examining herself from all angles, she wore a soft pink spaghetti strap dress, stopping just above her knee, it had an inch of white lace around the bottom, and a small strip of white around her bust. Her makeup had been skillfully done by Ginny, not to much but not nothing. She had on baby pink eye shadow and just a hint of blush lingered on her cheeks. When Ginny had looked satisfied, they got up, ready to go.

"Calm down Ginny! When do we have to be there?" Hermione asked soothingly "About five minutes ago!" Ginny said giving Hermione her I told you to hurry look."Oh…" Hermione shrugged, and proceeded towards the door. Well lets just grin and bear it Hermione thought impatiently, as she picked up her purse from the couch and walked out the door, ready to meet her 'match made in heaven'.

Meanwhile at Draco's Flat

"Is that how you tie a tie?!?!" Blaise said, causing Draco to groan in the background. "It looks fine!" He exclaimed tiredly, he wasn't for insults on his tying skills tonight. It was bad enough that he was being set up, worse Blaise did not even know the girl personally. Draco mentally prepared himself to be disappointed, to see the girl had multiple amounts of facial hair, or something as utterly revolting. He had not done as much pampering as normal. He sprayed on some cologne and looked down at his clothes, just a fancy yet casual black tux, with a perfectly fine tie. He was to bored of finding girls on his own, they would always find out who he was and then exclaim how wonderful he was, and try to get him in bed. All in another pathetic attempt at the Malfoy fortune, and he was tired of it. No, this would end tonight, he sternly decided.

Then an idea occurred to him, why use his own name? He could just use a fake name, long enough to get through the date without everything going same old same old, I mean who knows. This could be the girl of his dreams. Wow he thought bitterly that's a great way to start a relationship, hi my name is Alan and then on the eve of our wedding, oh… by the way my names Draco Malfoy? Whatever he dismissed the thought, this girl would be no different. Might as well have some fun tonight. Then they left.

At the dinner.

Draco tapped his hand on the table impatiently; he had been here over ten minutes and still no sign of this girl. He heard the door open and a scowl appeared on his face, he was Draco Bloody Malfoy, he should have to wait for anyon- his breath caught in his throat and the previous scowl had disappeared faster then pudding at an old folks home. A girl stood in the doorway of the private dining area. She hesitantly walked in and she smiled with relief, it became apparent that she had been expecting someone a lot worse looking then himself. That both insulted him and complimented him at the same time. The girl bit her lip, and brushed a stray curl from her face and sat down.

"Hi, I'm sorry I was late, I'm Emma," Hermione said, with an as innocent as an angel look on her face. She had been surprised to see the man who she had been set up with was, in fact, quite handsome, she was almost positive that relief had shown on her face, but she wasn't worried. "Its fine," The man grinned, and then he said "I'm Alan, my friend Blaise thinks we would be a good couple." He was happy to see that she had a beautiful smile, "Yeah, my friend Ginny, the one who set me up with you, was way excited for this date, almost more then me."

That got a laugh from Draco, "Yeah, I had my tie tying skills hurt earlier because he said I couldn't tie them right!" he exclaimed, smiling. "Aw well that's to bad, I think it looks good," Hermione giggled and then looked down at the tie, and concluded he wasn't the best at tying ties. However, she decided to keep that to herself.

"So," Draco started, acting like they did in movies, "tell me about yourself," she raised her eyebrow in amusement. He wanted to play? Let's play he eyes shone with a challenge. "Well, I love long walks on the beach and-" She started giggling, she couldn't even finish the sentence. He even smiled, she looked right into his striking blue eyes, and tilted her head, as if trying to unravel a mystery. "You look somewhat familiar, how old are you?" Hermione asked him, curious. He smirked, making him look even more familiar, and said he was twenty-two, same as her. She thought for a moment and concluded she had probably seen him at the triwizard tournament seeing as he was the same age as her and they would have probably seen each other at Hogwarts at some point.

"Wow," she said, sounding surprise, "Same as me, maybe we saw each other at school at some point," Draco nodded in agreement. There was just something about this girl, something that was indescribable. Their food arrived and they made light conversation, by the time the date was over they had both shared a great deal of themselves, Draco knew she loved poetry, hung out with friends frequently, and worked at the ministry as a secretary for aurors. Hermione found out that he worked at a large family owned business, that he lived in a flat locally, only a few blocks away from hers, and that he listens to music whenever possible.

They were actually both having such a good time, they were oblivious to everything around them, not realizing the restaurant was closing in less then five minutes and they were in deep conversation. "No, people should not have abortions, its wrong!" Hermione said stubbornly, and Draco rolled his eyes "No, they should be able to, a baby should not have to grow up to neglect and abuse from an unwilling to have a baby parent!" Hermione shook her head "But its killing a person! Its wrong, what I don't get is that if the baby was out of the mother and living it is considered murder and you can go to jail, but if they kill it while its still in the mother oh then its just peachy its not murder its ridding yourself of a problem!" Hermione said in a huff. That ought to teach him, she thought by then he would say she was to unwilling to change her view, and walk away. Instead, he looked impressed and nodded as if saying that does make sense.

She smiled triumphantly, but saw he had a bemused expression on his face, "I haven't had a debate like that in a while, to long. Most people just agree with me or change their mind to agree with whatever I say," He admitted fondly. She scoffed with a smile, "Then what's the fun in that?" She teased and leaned in closer. "I'm not sure, its much better when I argue with you though," He smiled and leaned in until they were inches apart. Then a loud noise filled the air. "We are closed! You must leave!" The owner said with a daring look on his face. They looked at each other, surprised how they had let the time go by so quickly.

"Well I really must be going…"Hermione looked over and Draco and smiled, "I guess I'll see you later." She gave him a hug and tucked something into his coat pocket. She then turned and walked out, leaving a very happy Draco being pushed out of the restaurant seeing as it was already closed. Then he realized he had actually liked the girl that Blaise had set him up with, he was never going to here the end of this. Yet… he did not mind the teasing about her, there was something about this girl…something familiar...

Authors ending note: Suggestions and comments are appreciated!