Hermione walked up the winding steps of the Astronomy Tower with tears streaming down her face. After what she had just witnessed in the Common Room, she decided to never think of Ron that way again. Never again would she let him hurt her. She was moving on. She got to the top of the steps and froze when she saw a tall blonde boy looking out over a ledge.

Draco couldn't understand what was going on. His life changed so much since the previous year. He just needed to think about it. He closed his eyes and felt the cold wind in his face.

Hermione sat on the floor, crying, ignoring everything that was happening around her. He wouldn't talk to her and she wouldn't talk to him, she hoped.

He heard something. He rolled his eyes, thinking of who had dared to perturb his solitude.

She couldn't stop thinking of what she had just seen... It was just too hard for her.

He looked back at her. He smiled ironically. 'Great.', he thought. He turned back again and said:

Draco: "Can you please just shut up, Granger?"

She froze in the moment she heard Draco Malfoy. She wiped her tears and looked at him:

Hermione: "What do you want, Malfoy?"

Draco: "What I want? If you didn't notice it yet, I was here before. So, what do YOU want, Granger?"

Hermione: "I want to be alone. I didn't know you were going to be here, otherwise I wouldn't have come."

Draco: "Once you saw me here, you can leave." He was having a terrible day, definitely.

Hermione: "Yeah! It's better if I do! I'm definitely not in the mood to argue with you."

He turned around and saw her preparing to leave. For some reason he didn't know exactly what it was, he said:

Draco: "Wait. You can stay. "

Hermione: "I don't want to hear you, then." she said.

Draco: "Don't worry. I'll stay quiet. I don't want to argue now."

Hermione: "Great" she sat on the floor.

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He thought he was running insane when he noticed the words coming out of his mouth.

Draco: "Is everything alright, Granger?"

Hermione: "Does it look like everything's alright?" she was surprised with what she

Draco: "Do I look like I have it?" he replied.

Hermione: "You don't."

Suddenly, he realized what he was saying and to whom he was saying that. He stood up.

Draco:"I guess I might be drunk."

Hermione: "Why?" she asked.

Draco: "I don't talk to Mudbloods."

Hermione: "Don't call me that!" she was hurt.

He looked at her and realized how bad she was.

Draco: "So what do you want me to call you, Granger?"

Hermione: "My name!"

Draco: "Yeah, right. Do I even know you?"

Hermione: "No. But that means nothing. I also don't know you and I call you Malfoy, your surname!"

He realized that maybe he was being childish.

Draco: "Okay, then, Granger, I will called you this."

Hermione: "Much better." she smiled at him.

Draco: "Do you want to talk about what happened to you? I won't tell anyone, after all, I don't have any friends."

Hermione: "Maybe I shouldn't…" she thought. But she wanted to. "I just saw Ronald and Lavander in the Common Room kissing and snuggling."

Draco laughed. Hard.

Hermione: "Are you stupid or something?"

Draco: "Granger, I can't believe it! Do you still believe in him?"

Hermione: "Believe in what?" she knew perfectly what he was talking about.

Draco: "Well, everyone knows it, right? And I don't like to admit it, and if someone ever asked me this I would refuse, but you are intelligent."

Hermione: "Tell me!" she needed to hear it from someone else.

Draco: "If you really want it. Ronald Weasley is snuggling with Lavender Brown since, probably, last year."

A tear dripped from her eyes.

Draco: "Come on, Granger. You knew it already." he couldn't stand tears. They always remind him his mother.

Hermione: "I think I hoped it wasn't true…" she said sad.

Draco: "It could be worst."

Hermione: "How?" She couldn't imagine her life getting worse in that moment.

Draco: "You could have no home."

Hermione: "Soon I won't have one."

Draco: "Why?"

Hermione: "We are in the middle of a war... I need to fight." she said.

He felt something in his chest. Something he couldn't describe.

Draco: "We are in opposite sides, what are we doing here, talking like old friends?"

Hermione: "I don't know..." she was confused.

He was right, but she was really liking that moment. It really seemed

like they were old friends.

Draco: "Never tell this to anyone, Granger, or I will never call you this again."

Hermione: "Ok." No one would accept that talk.

He started to leave the Astronomy Town.

Hermione: "What's going on your mind?"

He stood where he was, in shock with such a personal question.

Draco:"Sorry?"

Hermione: "What are you thinking in? You look worried."

Draco: "I am not worried. I am drunk."

Hermione: "The truth!"

Draco: "Look, Granger, there are things I can't tell you. You are with him."

Hermione: "With Harry? Yes, until the end. But you can trust me, I won't tell anyone."

Draco: "Sorry, but it is too personal. And I am not your friend. And this is crazy, for Christ's sake!"

Hermione: "What's crazy it's what we are used to! This is a chat between two normal people! But if you don't want to tell me, it is ok." she said getting up and walking towards him.

Draco: "They want me to do something." he said. He closed his eyes, thinking in priorities.

Hermione: "Do you want to do it?" she asked getting closer to him.

Draco: "No." he confessed.

Hermione: "So, don't do it. They shouldn't demand you to do something you don't want."

Draco: He laughed. "Granger, life is not that simple. I have to do it, whether I like it or not."

Hermione: "Or what?"

Draco: "Or I'll die." he whispered.

Hermione: "What? No! They can't do that to you! You are one of them!" she hoped.

He looked at her, in disbelief.

Draco: "Granger, do you know what you are talking about? Do you really think they need me?"

She knew they didn't. He was an insignificant part of his plan.

Hermione: "I never thought they would be that cruel…"

Draco: "They are much more than what you could possibly dream. Keep as away from them as you can."

Hermione: "Do you actually care about me?" she smirked.

Draco: "No, absolutely not. I am just telling you what I think."

Hermione: "What YOU think."

Draco: "Look Granger, you are warned. Do whatever you want." he tried to think clearly, but it was hard.

Hermione: "I do what I think it's the best for me and my friends." she said. "But thanks for the advice."

Draco: "Yeah, right. Now I'm leaving."

Hermione: "Why? Aren't you enjoying this moment?"

Draco: He looked at her in shock. "Enjoying?" he couldn't accept, not even for him, that he was.

Hermione: "Yes... I am…" she confessed.

Draco: "That's because I'm awesome." he laughed ironically.

Hermione: "No!"

Draco: "No?"

Hermione: "No. That's because I'm awesome!" she laughed.

Draco: He couldn't help smiling. "I think you need to be more realistic."

Hermione: "Maybe…" she winked.

He gave two steps closer and said:

Draco: "Nobody will ever believe in this."

Hermione: "No one..."

Draco: "Are you going to tell this to anyone?"

Hermione: "No. Why would I do that?"

Draco: "No idea. I was just checking."

Hermione: "You should trust me! Already told you!"

Draco: "We should never trust anyone." He got closer.

Hermione: "Why not?"

Draco: "Because people cheat on us. And lie to us. All the time."

Hermione: "I know..." she said sad "But there are some people who will never do that to us."

Draco: "Are you sure, Granger?" he asked, getting even closer.

Hermione: "Yes…" she gasped.

He looked at her face, noticing something.

Draco: "I've never realized it, Granger. You have freckles."

Hermione: "I... What?"

Draco: He looked at her eyes and felt stupid. "Nothing."

Hermione: "Freckles... Didn't know it!" she smiled at him "Do you like them?"

Draco: "Well, I don't have to like it or not. Ask Weasley." he knew he was being rude.

Hermione: She sat sad "Don't have to be rude..."

Draco: "Sorry."

He was apologizing to Hermione Granger. What was wrong with him?

She smiled and got up, walking towards the ledge.

Hermione: "You know, you were named after a constellation!"

Draco: "Sorry?" he felt stupid.

Hermione: "You were named after a constellation." she repeated "That one!" she said pointing a group of stars with the shape of a dragon. "Draco, the dragon." she smiled.

He walked closer to her and looked at what she was pointing. And he saw it, right there, in the sky, a perfect dragon. He smiled.

Draco: "They are right, Granger."

Hermione: "About what?"

Draco: "You." he was being sincere.

He was still looking at the sky.

Hermione: "What do they think about me? And who are them?" she was confuse.

Draco: He smiled. "People. They are always saying you are the most intelligent which they know."

Hermione: She blushed "Not true! There are so many people smarter than me!"

Draco: "Name one and I'll accept it."

Hermione: "All the people that wrote our books!"

Draco: "Well, they don't actually know those people."

Hermione: "But they exist!"

Draco: "Yes. But that it's not what I've said." he smiled.

Hermione: "Maybe not…" she smiled back.

He finally looked at her. He couldn't describe what he was feeling and that scared him.

She looked back at him and dropped her head on his shoulder.

He felt so terrified that he couldn't move. So, he just stayed as static as he could.

She didn't know why she was doing that, but he wasn't stopping her, so, she stood still.

He cleared his throat and said: