A/n- yes, I have used yet another Vampire Diaries Quote

He Changes Her Too

-Chapter Three-

November

Hermione, returned her dormitory to find Malfoy staring into the flames of the fire place, Hermione sat in the chair opposite. The moment the two had shared at midnight, had confused the young witch, for years the boy sat in front of her had teased and bullied her but somehow she didn't hate him, she pitied him, what an awful family upbringing he'd had,no wonder he ended up the way he did. She then remembered her third year at Hogwarts when she had punched the git. Smiling to her self, she pulled off her heels and stood up "good night Draco" Hermione smiled sweetly at him before making her way to her bedroom.

Hermione couldn't sleep that night, memories from earlier that evening filled her mind, the way they danced to together, his face at the reveal and the very fact that she had called him Draco, for the first time to his face. Hermione liked facts. She went through them in her head.

Fact 1: She was Head Girl and He was Head Boy.

Fact 2: They shared a Common Room.

Fact 3: She had called him Draco, Not Malfoy

Fact 4: He hadn't called her Mudblood, since, well she couldn't remember that.

Fact 5: He still had Voldemort's Mark on his arm.

Fact 6: It was a scar, it wasn't going away.

Fact 7: The War had left physical scars on both of them.

Hermione stopped listing facts when the memory of Bellatrix Lestrange's torture methods came to mind. She rolled up her sleeve and stared at her scar. Hermione wished for a way to remove it.

Hermione woke up screaming. The nightmares were back. One of the reason's Ron had left. Her skin felt clammy, her cheeks were wet with tears. She looked at her familiar surroundings and breathed out. Draco then opened the door.

"Hermione? Are you okay? I heard a scream" His face seemed worried.

"Yeah, that was me" Hermione looked around, still slightly dazed. "nightmares" she said grabbing her scarred arm. In that action Draco knew what she had 'dreamed' about. It was memory that caused nightmares in him to. He walked towards her bed and perched beside her. He saw a glass of water on her night stand and gave it to her.

"Here this will help a little" He gave a weak smile. " I have nightmares about it too, you know, sometimes"

"Really?" She propped her self up and sipped the water.

"Yeah" He took her hand and removed it from her scar "I've regretted every time I called you that" Hermione smiled at him "Try and get some more sleep" Draco kissed her hand and quietly left. Hermione, if not more confused than before, smiled and drifted off into dreamless sleep.

A week passed and it was another Hogsmeade weekend. Hermione received an Owl during breakfast, although she wasn't eating she was studying. She recognised the writing as Ron's. Cautiously she opened the letter.

Dear Mione,

Gin told me that the nightmares have come back, I'm so sorry your reliving it again. I've been meaning to write for some time. I just didn't know quite what to say. You see I've been seeing this girl, she's a hell of a girl, you too should get to know each other.

Write soon

Ron.

After reading the letter a few times Hermione became angry. Why the hell would I want to meet his new girl friend. She thought to her self. She screwed up the letter and tear fell down her cheek. Draco who was sat nearly opposite to her on the Slytherin table, saw her reaction to the letter and made a mental note, to ask her if she wanted to talk about it. Draco himself had been feeling very confused when it came to the bushy haired, girl he shared a common room with. He had realised she wasn't the small bushy haired, buck toothed girl any more. Perhaps she was still the know it all. But he liked that.

"Malfoy!" Draco's thoughts were interrupted, he looked away from Hermione, to see Blaise, sat with him. "You okay mate, you've been staring into space for the last 5 minutes"

"I'm fine just got a lot on my mind mate."

"You still wanna go to Hogsmeade? Pans is dragging me there, need another guy, or I might go crazy"

"Sure, Blaise I'll be there, I'll meet you by the 3 Broomsticks?" Before Blaise could answer Draco had got up and left. Blaise shifted into the seat Draco had been sat in and stared in the same direction as him, in which he found himself staring at Hermione Granger. Blaise smirked. His theory about Malfoy had been proved right.

"Gin, I'm not really feeling shopping right now, I'll just get us a table in the pub"

"Ok sure Mione, I'll be quick" Hermione waited until her friend had disappeared before wondering into the pub, she found an empty table near the back.

"All by yourself Granger?" A familiar voice asked her, she looked up to blonde hair and grey eyes.

"Actually I'm waiting for Ginny"

"Weaslette" He said, in a way that sounded like he was correcting her. "Mind if I sit for a minute?" He sat down before an answer could be given.

"Sure Malfoy have a seat" Hermione said sarcastically.

"Are you okay, you didn't look so good during breakfast?"

"Like you care" Hermione muttered not looking at him.

"Look I'll go get you a butterbeer, then we'll talk" and again before an answer could be given. He was back quickly and handed her a drink.

"Thank you" Hermione whispered.

"So you gonna tell me what's wrong?"

"I got a letter from Ron, this morning" Hermione said looking down

"and what did the weasel have to say" Hermione looked up to him.

"Well in short, he has a new girlfriend, and told me I should get to know her, it's not like he's my ex-boyfriend or anything" Hermione added at the end, in her sarcastic voice.

"He's a bit of a bastard"

"Not really" Hermione defended "Just a little dim sometimes" She then sipped her drink, wondering where Ginny was. As if on cue Ginny walked into the pub. Draco who noticed first quickly said.

"You know i'm hear if you want to talk, i'm literally 3 steps away" Smiled and gave her a peck on the cheek, and walked back to the table he was at originally.

"Hey Mione, what was that all about?" Hermione looked up and smiled.

"Not really sure Gin" She continued smiling inside from the rest of the day.

Hermione finished her homework in library after dinner, then wondered up to her common room, subconsciously looking for Draco. He wasn't in the the common room, she then found her self knocking on his bedroom door. "It's open" was all she heard. Opening the door, she found him lying down on his bed, books all over the floor.

"Urr can I come in?"

"sure" he said with a smile "sorry about the mess".

"thanks" she said in an awkward tone. Draco patted the space next to him. Hermione slowly walked over and perched on the edge. "What happened in here?"

"Oh, I got frustrated with studying"

"Okay, I just wanted to say thank you for today, and last weekend, I never really did say thank you for that did I?"

"Hermione, it's okay, I like talking to you" Draco said slowly, he pulls her down to lie next to him. Hermione rested her head on his chest. This was their first intimate moment. They both lie their quietly for what seemed like hours but in reality was 5 minutes.

"Draco, why don't you let people see the good in you?" Hermione asked as she tilted her head to look at him.

"Because when people see good, they expect good, and I don't want to have to live up to anyone's expectations" Draco looked down at her face. "Living up to expectations got me this" Direction both of their views to his arm, he pulled up his sleeve. The dark mark was now looked like an infected tattoo, the skin was scarred and it looked painful.

"Draco you have a good heart, you just your way for a little bit."

"Hermione, would a person with a good heart have taken this mark, would a good person have stood around while his aunt tortured his classmate. A girl he grew up with. You don't how much I wanted to help you that day" Tears began to form.

"Hey, it's okay, regret means your Human, Draco your only human" Hermione gave him a comforting smile. "I have to do my rounds now" Draco tried to protest. Hermione leaned down to his ear. "I forgive you " She whispered, before giving him a peck on the cheek and leaving his room.

They didn't have many deep conversations like they had at the beginning of November, but Hermione and Draco decided being friends was a good place to be for them. And as December drew near, the coldness of the winter lead them to friendly conversations by the fire.