Draco staggered through the hallway of Grimmauld place. His heart was beating in his chest. A drop of sweat trickled down his neck into his shirt.

This was it.

He fidgeted with his collar and swallowed the lump in his throat. It's not that bad, he told himself, he could do this!

He stopped in front of the door. Bracing himself he opened it. The room was filled with Order members, there were only a few he recognized. Everyone was talking to one another and the buzz got to his head. A slight pounding arose between his eyes.

Longbottom and Thomas looked around and glared at him warily. Patil and Patil stopped talking, glanced at him, then turned their backs to him. He couldn't care less.

He continued his journey in the room and saw the werewolf and his girlfriend. Tonks, he believed her name was, frowned and whispered urgently in Lupin's ear.

Moody was next. The paranoid auror looked at him with his freaky eye. He couldn't care less.

There they were: Potter and Weasley. Next to Weasley was only one chair free, next to Potter two. Perfect.

He dropped down in a chair next to Potter, who glanced at him, then snickered.

"You've got it bad."

"Shut up Pothead," very clever comeback of course. Potter and the Weasel snicker.

Then the door opens and she walks in, ever so beautiful. Her brown bushy hair was tied back in a bushy ponytail and her doe-like eyes sparkled.

"Hey Hermione!" the Patil twins chanted. Granger raised her hand in a silent salute and walked towards the guys.

Draco saw Longbottom's eyes linger on her and she smiled at him. Then her gaze was directed to the chairs in front of her. She scanned each chair. His heart began to hammer in his chest and her eyes flickered left and right. Then she made her decision.

She walked towards him and sat down on the chair next to him. He was afraid she could hear his heart hammering.

Then she looked at him, shyly, from the corner of her eye, and smiled.

Draco's heart leapt. 'She smiled at me…' The meeting started and Moody's voice boomed through Grimmauld's place living room. Draco sat, slumped in his chair with a goofy grin on his face.

'She smiled at me,' he thought. Far, far away he heard Potter and Weasley snicker and Granger telling them off.

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A/N Just a little plot bunny. R&R!