AN: This takes place in their fifth year, Voldemort never had Horcruxes, Harry defeated him when he came back in the graveyard during the fourth book, Cedric is still alive, there is a really cool D.A.D.A. teacher, and Harry never liked Cho and has been going out with Ginny since the Yule Ball.

Hermione sat at the Gryffindor table, eating cereal and reading a part of the Daily Prophet. She smiled at the last sentence of the article she was reading and threw the paper aside.

" Anyfing intristin' in the faper?" Ron asked with his mouth full.

" Oh, Ronald, please swallow first. And no, not really. People are still rejoicing." She replied. The whole magical world had been celebrating since before summer when Harry had defeated Voldemort. It was so great. Harry came back with Cedric and was holding Voldemort's wand. Now, he was extremely famous for beating him twice.

" Well, at least I don't have to live with the Dursleys anymore. I mean, I have to because I have no where to go, but not for other reasons." He said. Professor McGonagall came around and passed the trio their schedules for the year.

" Oh, great. Double potions." Ron muttered.

" Me, too." Hermione said.

" Me three." Harry scowled. They all grabbed their school bags and left for the dungeons.

" You know, Harry, you may be able to live with us. I mean, you do half the time anyways." Ron said as they were making their way towards the lower parts of the school.

" What about money. Your family doesn't have a lot." Harry asked.

" My dad got a big raise and we're catching up now. Besides, there's your money. Or, you can live with Sirius." Ron replied.

" Yeah! I didn't think of that one!" Harry said excitedly.

" Crap!" Hermione suddenly shouted, throwing her bag at Harry. " I forgot my purse! I'll be back!"

" What if you're late?" Harry asked, throwing it over his other shoulder.

" Oh, well! That has all my stuff in it!" she screamed and ran out. She made it halfway to the Great Hall when another person ran around the corner and hit her dead on, causing her to pass out.

Hermione awoke in the hospital wing of the school. She covered her eyes from the blinding whiteness and looked over to her right side. There, she saw her purse. Filled with glee, she snatched it from the table and searched through it, making sure everything was there. Happy that it was, she set it back on the nightstand and then realized that someone was over to her left. She glanced over and saw the one person she despised more than anyone, Draco Malfoy. She gasped quite loudly, causing him to awake.

" Oh, good Lord. My head hurts and I'm sitting next to a mud blood." Malfoy said, trying to get up. He managed to stand, and then fell back on the bed.

" Dizzy?" Hermione asked, folding her arms and turning away from him. It was quiet for a while until he said, " That was your purse. Wow."

" What's so 'wow' about it?" she asked.

" You have a happy family…even though they're rotten muggles." He replied.

" First off, you've got a real sentimental streak there, Malfoy, and second, why were you looking through my purse?"

" To figure out who's it was. You and your family are pretty happy, huh?"

" Yep." She replied, turning back to face him. He was looking at his lap and playing with his hands.

" I wish my family was like that…." He said.

" Okay, I'll bite. What's wrong with your family?" she asked, even though she couldn't believe that she was.

" My parents, they're, like, married, but not happy. My dad's always gone or my mom's gone and when they are home, they argue. I have no idea why. Something about how my dad's never there. I don't really know anymore." He spilled, quite easily actually.

" I'm really sorry." She said. In all honesty, she actually was sorry. Her parents were happy, and even though Draco was smug, he seemed happy. Did I just call him Draco? She thought.

" No, you're not." He said.

" No, I really am." She replied and he turned, faced her, and did something he had never done before. Something she had thought he was incapable of doing. At least something she thought he was incapable of doing to her. He smiled at her.