~~ Hello everyone, I wrote this story a while back, and it was my first one, so at the beginning its kind of corny, but don't worry! The plot gets way better towards the middle and it gets really sad, and really cute. Here's a summary:

Hermione goes to school having grown up a lot, and not really expecting anything new to happen (other than her usual adventures with Harry and Ron, of course). However, something new does happen, she finds something that she had never even been close to finding before now-- love. Draco Malfoy is the perfect guy for her, but what will happen when she finds out the truth about him?

Hermione stood patiently waiting for Harry and Ron at platform 9 ¾. After a while, she saw them running toward her and smiled broadly. They looked very different from when she had last seen them the year before. They looked much older and more sophisticated. As they got closer to her, she realized the looks on their faces changed. Apparently, they could see that she had changed a lot over the summer too.

When they got close enough, Hermione saw the look on their faces and frowned, but was slightly happy inside. Ron was looking at her as though he hadn't eaten in days and she was a huge dinner just sitting there. Harry however looked at her in a different way. He looked nervous and tried to smooth his hair when he saw her.

After a couple of minutes of them standing there staring at her, Hermione said "why don't we go and get ourselves a place on the train?" Harry and Ron nodded and followed her onto the platform. As soon as they got on the train, they noticed that it was overflowing with kids and that there was no way they could get a compartment to themselves. What was worse is that the only place available was with Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle.

After much hesitation, the three walked into the compartment malfoy was in. Draco saw them and said, "Potter! Weasley! What are you doing in MY compartment?"

"I don't see your name on it!" Ron said

Just then Draco saw Hermione and his jaw dropped.

"What are you looking at?!?" Harry screamed.

Hermione blushed and said, "oh, come on cant we just-"

Just then, the lady with the food trolley came walking by. "Hello dears, you six will probably have to sit with each other, as you can see, there's not much room on the train this year"

Draco took this as an excuse to sit next to Hermione, he didn't know why he wanted to but he just couldn't help looking at her and smiling.

Crabbe and Goyle started talking to each other in their piggish way, Ron started talking to Harry about Quidditch, so Draco and Hermione were left to talk to each other. Hermione noticed the difference in Draco too. He was taller, his hair was shorter and he had it spiked, his eyes had more depth, and she couldn't help think that he was pretty good-looking.

The only conversation between them at first was the "hello" that Hermione said. Then there was a long silence. Draco was tempted to ignore her or call her a mudblood just like he would've done last year or any time before that, but his heart was beating so quickly that he couldn't say anything at all. Finally, he managed to get out a small "hi."

Hermione was obviously trying to be friendly because she kept asking Draco questions like "how was your summer?" or "do you think this year will be more challenging?" and once she even asked " what do you think about the way house-elves are treated?" Draco finally managed to slow his heart down and was able to answer "good" "yes" and "I don't know."

Hermione couldn't seem to start good conversation, but she didn't know if she should be relieved or frustrated. She decided to be quiet for the rest of the trip, but constantly noticed Draco looking at her, and she couldn't help but look back and smile.

As they were getting off the train, Hermione found herself holding hands with Draco. She hadn't even realized this and wondered how long she had been doing it. She quickly let go, but then regretted it. Hermione knew this was ridiculous and shook her head. She looked over at Draco and when she saw his face, she got a horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach. He was looking at the hand that Hermione had been holding, but he too must have realized that this was ridiculous, because he shook his head and walked away with Crabbe and Goyle.

At the great hall that day, Hermione sat down with Harry and Ron. She and Ron were talking and having a good time. Hermione noticed that Harry wasn't talking. Instead, he was sitting quietly, picking at his food. "Is something wrong?" Hermione asked him. Suddenly, Harry stood up and lost his temper. " Is something wrong?!? Is something wrong?!?" he screamed. Ron was looking a bit uncomfortable and he tried to get Harry to calm down. Harry only got even angrier. "I'll tell you what's wrong Hermione! You! You and Draco! I can't believe this! My best friend with my worst enemy! How could you do this?" everyone in the great hall, who had been staring at them, now shifted their eyes to Draco Malfoy.

Hermione just stared at Harry. After a moment of silence she grabbed his arm and took him outside. As soon as they left, they could hear the whispering of the other students in the hall. Hermione let go of his arm and asked, "what is wrong with you?"

"I already told you" Harry mumbled.

"Harry what are you talking about?"

"don't act like you don't know! I saw you in the train! I saw how you two talked to each other and looked at each other! I saw you holding hands! Don't try to hide it Hermione!"

"Oh, Harry don't be silly-"

"How am I being silly, Hermione? What is silly about this?"

Hermione ran back to Hogwarts, and didn't talk to Harry or Ron for the rest of the day.

The next day Hermione walked to Potions by herself. On the way there she met Draco. At first, she tried to avoid him, but then realized that he was coming towards her, so she started walking to him too. When he got to her, he took her into an empty classroom and said "Listen, I'm really sorry about yesterday."

"why are you sorry?" Hermione asked.

"well-I'm sorry for making Potter mad at you."

"oh, that… well don't worry about that, it wasn't your fault"

"oh, ok then"

" well I'd better get to class now,"

"yea, but just one other thing,"

"what is it?"

"well…I'm sorry for…um…,"

Hermione nodded encouragingly.

"for giving you a hard time these last four years and for calling you…mudblood"

"oh….um…I guess its alright now that you've apologized" Hermione said. Draco smiled at her and she returned that smile and headed for the door. She paused and looked at Draco, he walked up to her and held her hands. They stood there looking at each other for a while until Hermione said "oh, my! Look at the time! I'm late for class!" and she ran out the door. Draco stood there by himself for a long time, thinking and smiling to himself.