The four teens looked up to see Harry, Ron, Pansy, Crabbe, Goyle, Luna, and Neville standing in the doorway. Two were pissed, two looked worried, two gazed at them in confusion, and one looked dreamily around the room. The screeching voices belonged to Pansy and Ron.

"What does it look like?" Draco asked in a bored tone, wrapping his arm around Hermione's waist, pulling her closer to him.

"It looks like there are two couples in this compartment. But how could that be when you all hate each other?" Ron seethed, glaring at the Slytherins that were wrapped around his sister and the girl he had been crushing on for years.

"Well, 10 points to Gryffindor," Blaise drawled sarcastically, Ginny and Hermione giggling at his response. "And by the way, we don't hate each other. We never did."

"What do you mean you didn't hate the Mudblood or the blood traitor!" Pansy screeched.

Draco and Blaise stood up, pissed off at her words. "Don't you EVER call them that again you bitch!" Draco roared. "You're just jealous because I don't want you and you can't have Blaise either. We never wanted you and we never will want you. Get over it."

"It's always been them," Blaise continued. "It always will be them."

The girls stood as the boys were talking, standing between them. "We are happy together, and we all want to be together," Ginny boldly said, facing her brother and friends.

"If you can't be happy for us, then you guys don't need to be part of our lives. This is where we want to be, and who we want to be with. We made our choices and worked out our differences," Hermione spoke for the first time, wrapping her arm around Draco's waist, feeling his arm wrap around her shoulders in response. She noticed that Ginny and Blaise copied their position.

"Are you really happy 'Mione, Ginny?" Harry asked as Neville nodded, agreeing with the question.

"We are Harry," Hermione responded, as Ginny smiled, agreeing with her. "We trust the boys and we want to be with them. This is new and it will take some work, but this is what we want."

"Okay then," Harry smiled, stepping towards the girls. Neville and Luna followed his lead. "I'm happy for you both then, and you have my full support."

The girls pulled away from their boyfriends to hug their friends, tears falling out of happiness. Pulling away, they moved to stand in front of Draco and Blaise, the boys wrapping their arms around their girls' stomachs, their heads resting on their shoulders.

The group of 7 turned to look at the 4 in the doorway. Crabbe and Goyle shrugged, not caring or comprehending what was going on. Both boys smiled at Draco and Blaise and left the room. The stand-off was now against Pansy and Ron.

"Ginny," Ron began, his voice strained. "What are you thinking? You hate Zabini, and now you're dating him? I thought you liked Harry. What are Mum, Dad, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, and George going to say?"

"Ron, I have never hated Blaise," Ginny said softly. "I've wanted to be with him since I first met him. He is an amazing man, and I know he will treat me right. I was infatuated with Harry in the past, but that all changed when I met Blaise. Harry is just my brother. As for the family, they will all just be happy that I am happy. They won't begrudge me anything. Fred and George will interrogate him and give him a hard time, but they will be fine when they realize how happy he makes me. I hope you can do the same."

Realizing that Ginny wasn't going to change her mind, Ron turned to Hermione. "Hermione, I thought we had something. I thought we were going to be together. Since when do you even like Malfoy? He's called you names and tortured you for years, and you're just going to forget it all like it doesn't even matter? He's made you cry 'Mione. What are you thinking?"

Draco's grip tightened around her waist at his words. "Ron, you know nothing. You and I are not meant to be together, and we never were. You are one of my best friends, and that is it. I've liked Draco from day one. He at least didn't treat me like shit then change his mind. He never said things behind my back. Draco didn't torture me or call me names for years. Malfoy did. There is a difference. Draco is a good, kind man, while Malfoy is a name, a reputation that he had to maintain for the sake of his father. I'm thinking that I care deeply for Draco and I have for many years. That should be all that matters to you. If it isn't, then I don't know that we can be friends anymore until you accept the truth."

Ron stood flabbergasted at Hermione's reply, not knowing what else he could do. Shaking his head in defeat, he turned and walked out of the compartment with Pansy at his heels.

The 7 in the room stood in silence until Harry noticed the tears streaming down Hermione's face, the hurt reflecting in her eyes. "Hermione, are you okay?" He walked towards her, but stopped when Draco spun her in his arms.

I made her cry? The question blazed through his mind, burning him and filling his heart with anguish. I made the love of my life cry. I am a horrible person, and I don't deserve her at all. Hearing Harry's question, Draco spun her around so that he could see her. Noting the grief in her expression, he crushed her to his chest, soothingly running his hands up and down her back, whispering sweet nothings into her ear.

Once Hermione's sobs eased, he pulled back and wiped the tears from her face. "Are you okay?" he asked quietly, fear in his eyes.

"I'll be fine. That was an almost 6 year friendship that just got ruined because he was a jealous fool." She looked up, gazing into the soul searing storm cloud eyes, noticing the fear that was being reflected back. She placed her hand against his cheek, running her thumb across the bone. "Draco, I don't regret it. I won't give you up, and if he can't accept that, then he won't be part of my life. End of story."

His eyes brightened as he smiled down at her, her words halting his fears. He leaned forward and placed a soft kiss against her lips before hugging her tightly, whispering in her ear, "You're mine. I'm never letting you go now."

The pair pulled apart and reclaimed their seats across from the other smiling couple.

"Well, this is different," Harry said with a laugh. "What does all this mean? I get that you are together, and that's great. But not to sound selfish or anything, but where does that leave us?" he ended his question with a gesture to himself and the two still standing with him.

"What do you mean Harry?" Ginny asked, confused by his meaning.

"Love, he's asking how Draco and I are going to be treating him. He wants to know if this olive branch of sorts is only extended to the pair of you, or if it is for everyone," Blaise answered.

"Potter," Draco drawled, causing all eyes to turn to him. "This change is not meant for just the girls. I never really had a problem with any of you, and I know Blaise didn't either. We were doing what was expected of us. Now this doesn't mean we're best friends or anything, because let's face it, you and I have definitely had a lot of problems in the past. But I know that we would be ok with working on being friends with all of you. Other than Weasly. He is not welcome, because he hurt my girl," Draco's possessive side got the better of him as he growled the last part.

"What he said," Blaise said playfully. "Leaving out the Weasly part, because let's face it, I have to put up with him because he is my future in-law." Ginny blushed scarlet at his words, smacking his arm playfully.

"Sounds good to me. So can we stay in here?" Harry asked, knowing that Ron would not be a fun person to be around right now. "The trip is almost over anyways."

"Sure Harry, you all can join us," Hermione said, pulling Draco up and moving over to sit by Ginny and Blaise, leaving the other side of the compartment free for everyone else. "We need to all be getting changed soon. We should be at the school in about 10 minutes."

Hermione snuggled against Draco's chest, knowing that she needed to return to the compartment that Ron was in to get her robes. "Hermione, do you and Ginny want me to grab your robes from your trunks and bring them back in here?" Harry's voice once again broke the silence.

"If you wouldn't mind. I don't want to be around Ron right now." Harry nodded as he and the other two on that side got up to follow him to get their robes as well. Hermione then felt something soft bounce off her face. Looking down, she noticed Slytherin robes. "What the…?"

"Blaise?" Draco questioned with a slight edge to his voice. "First of all, why do you have my robes? Second, what the hell do you think you are doing hitting Hermione in the face with them?" Draco's voice got louder at the end so he was yelling.

"Sorry mate. I meant to hit you with them, not her. But I grabbed them before I left our compartment because I doubted that we would be back," Blaise explained quickly. "Sorry about that Hermione."

"It's fine, Blaise. Would you guys like us to step out while you change into your robes?" She asked, her and Ginny looking up into the faces of their new boyfriends, waiting for their answers.

"Nah, you guys are fine. We're not shy." Both boys stood up and pulled off their shirts, smirking as the girls' mouths dropped at the sight of their abs and muscles. They then pulled on undershirts followed by their school dress shirts and sweaters. Shucking their jeans, they both laughed as the girls dropped their heads and blushed furiously. Quickly pulling on their slacks and tucking their shirts in they fastened the pants and their belts and sat back down. "You guys can stop hiding your blushing faces," Draco snickered, earning him a slap from his girlfriend.

Hearing a knock on their compartment door, Blaise stood and opened the door. "Oh, hey guys. You could've just come on in, no need to knock." He turned and sat down next to Ginny again as Harry, Neville, and Luna walked back into the compartment.

"I didn't know if you guys were changing or not. I also didn't know if the girls were still in here, so I figured I would knock. Here are your robes. You got 5 minutes to change." The girls took their robes and went to leave the room to change.

"What, not going to give us the same show we gave you?" Draco's teasing voice halted them as both boys began laughing hysterically, the three newcomers looking on in confusion.

"I would watch what you say if you ever want us to return the favor love," Hermione quipped as she and Ginny walked out the door, missing the shocked looks on their boyfriends' faces as their mouths snapped closed and they went silent.