"I have an announcement to make, everyone!" Professor Dumbledore said across the Great Hall. "I've forgotten to tell you who Head Boy and Head Girl are!" Hermione squirmed in her seat.

"Now Head Boy and Girl share a common room but have their own dorms," Dumbledore smiled.

"Hurry up!" Draco heard Hermione whisper.

"The Head Girl is, Hermione Granger!" Dumbledore announced. (Draco heard Hermione yell, "Yes!)

"The Head Boy is Draco Malfoy!"" Dumbledore said.

Draco could feel millions of eyes staring at him. He could tell he was red, especially

because he knew had to share a common room with Hermione.

A slytherin, Blaise, wished Draco luck. I could use it, Draco thought.

Then the feast began. Draco took only half of what he usually ate. He was still feeling pretty sick. It wasn't helping that he was sitting right across from the Gryffindor table, where Harry, Ron and Hermione glared at him.

But he had changed, Draco wasn't who he used to be and he'd hope to prove that somehow. The question to him was, how? Draco didn't see how it was possible. Maybe he should just apologize. Then again, Harry and his friends really hated him.

Draco was lost, just thinking, staring. He didn't notice he was staring at Hermione until she flashed a very pretty smile and waved to him. Draco looked around to see it Hermione wasn't waving to anyone else. He smiled at her too, and then waved. Hermione turned around and went back to talking to Harry and Ron.

That was weird Draco thought. Maybe she was joking?

Draco was still staring off into space when he heard Harry yell. "Shut up! You aren't helping! Geez, Ron gets more attention from you then I do! You know what? We're no longer dating, it's OVER!" Draco saw the tears in Hermione's eyes.

Draco couldn't stand seeing her hurt, for some reason, so he stood up and left for his Head Boy room. Hermione too, stood up and left. Draco walked next to her, silently.

Finally he broke the silence. "It's not as bad as you think it is. I've been through worse," Draco said. "You don't know how much I liked Harry, Malfoy! Dancing grapes," she said to the picture on the wall. It opened and Hermione went into the room first, then Draco.

Draco was surprised at how big the room was. There were 2 doors, 1 for Head Boy and the other for Head Girl. There was a couch and a fireplace. Draco sat onto the couch and patted the seat next to him. Hermione sat quietly, sniffing once in a while. Finally she looked at Draco and saw the bump on his head.

"What is that?" Hermione asked. Draco moved his hair over the bump. "It's nothing," Draco smiled, "Nothing you need to worry about." Hermione moved the hair softly away from Draco's face.

"W-What's THIS! Does it hurt?" Hermione asked.

"Of course it does, Granger! I got hit with a cane!" Draco yelled a little too harshly. He could see the tears back in Hermione's eyes. "I'm sorry H-Hermione," Draco apologized.

"Hey that's the first time you called me by my real name!" Hermione brightened. Draco nodded and smiled.

"But seriously," Hermione spoke, "Tell me, where did you get that?"

"I got it... somewhere," Draco laughed.

"Draco we're going to be sharing a common room! You can at least tell me what's going on!" Hermione looked down at her feet.

"I will, after you tell me, what's going on with you!" Draco said.

"Nothing is up! Oh... that. Well I've been hanging around Ron a lot." Hermione looked down at her feet.

"Tell me the whole story!" Draco said, "Then I'll tell you my story."

"No you tell me first, and then I'll tell you," Hermione said seriously.

"You know my father, Lucius," Draco said. Hermione nodded. "He's a Death Eater. Well, he wanted me to be one. I told him no, so he got mad, this morning he threw a cane at my head." Draco pointed at his head. "And that's how I got this."

"Can you clear one more thing up for me?" Hermione asked. Draco nodded, "Of course."

Hermione stared into Draco's grey eyes. "Why, err, what made you say no?"

Draco sighed. "I met a Muggle guy while traveling. He was cool. I think Muggles are cool now. Being a Death Eater would be terrible; knowing a lot of Muggle borns would be killed." Draco looked at Hermione and smiled.

Hermione smiled back, she could finally see that Draco actually had a heart. "Draco! That is the sweetest thing ever! Oh my gosh! Ah. I'd like to be your friend," Hermione decided.

Draco's smile got even larger. "I'd like to be your friend, too! You know, I apologize, for being such a total jerk." Draco got up and gave Hermione a soft warm hug. "I'm really sorry." Hermione was surprised, but she hugged him back.

"Now sit, Draco." Hermione patted the couch and smiled. "It's time to tell you what's happening in my life. I want you to know." Draco nodded.

"Well, my parent died last summer," Hermione's smile faded away. "Voldemort killed them, I'm lucky I'm alive. I've been living with Ron for a while; I don't have anywhere else to live." Draco held Hermione's hand softly. "Harry found out. Well, he wasn't too happy, obviously. So he dumped me. I-I guess I only have you and Ron." Hermione was trying to hard not to cry, Draco could see.

"It's okay Hermione." Draco hugged Hermione again. "I'll be there for you. I'll be your bestest friend ever. I promise.

Hermione couldn't help it and gave Draco a great big bear hug. Draco smiled.

After a few hours of watching the fire in the fireplace, Hermione yawned. "I think I'm going to bed she said, tired. Draco stood up. "Goodnight," he smiled and gave her one last hug.

"Goodnight!" Hermione smiled, hugging Draco back. Hermione left to her room.

Draco was happy; Hermione was probably the most amazing person he had met. He smiled, staring off into the fireplace, thinking. Then he drifted off into a nice, deep sleep.

A/N: Wow I thought the chapter was going to be longer. Hehe, I've been working on this all week! Enjoy, even though it's short....

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