A little bit of fluff...

Change Is Good-3

Hermione POV

"Are the rumors true Hermione? Is the ferret really head boy?" Ron asked as soon as I sat down. Ugh! I had been in love with Ron for years but after the war I realized how stupid I had been. Now he was a prat with his rude remarks, ignorance to everything, and his prejudices about everyone who did even the slightest thing wrong during the war.

"Yes." I said curtly.

"Are you going to survive the year?" her understanding best friend asks with a cheeky grin plastered on his face.

"Yeah. He's not as bad as he used to be..." I tell Harry. Ron stopped shoveling food in long enough to stare at me for a minute.

"Who's not as bad as he used to be?" Ginny asked as she sat down next to Harry. Harry and Ginny were officially together now. After the war Harry apologized for leaving and never contacting her and they moved on. Harry kisses Ginny's cheek as she grabs a plate and starts piling good into her plate. Don't let anyone fool you, just because she has manners doesn't mean she doesn't still eat like any if the other Weasley's.

"Hermione here thinks that Draco MALFOY has changed. He's Head Boy this year and he and Hermione have to share a dorm." Ron angrily explained.

"I see..." Ginny said. She have me a look that said "you will explain later".

"Ginny do you want to see the dorm after dinner, if it's okay with Headmaster McGonagall of course?" I asked my best friend. Ginny and I had grown close after all those years of sharing a room at the Burrow and sharing a dorm room.

"Sure. Just give me five minutes."

For those five minutes I made small talk with Harry and occasionally Ron, when he got over the fact I had supported Draco.

"I'm done." Ginny said as she stood up.

"Okay, come with me." I stood up and walked to the front of the Great Hall to the head table was.

"Headmaster McGonagall, can I take Ginny up to my dorm to show her my amazing room?" I ask her.

She studies us for a moment then says "Of course, but you'll have to make sure Draco doesn't mind as he lives there too. And I expect Ms. Weasley to be in her common room no later than 9:30. You have classes tomorrow."

"Okay. Thank you Headmaster." I say graciously. I turn and grin at Ginny, who grins back. "Now Draco." Ginny have me a funny look when I said that.

"Draco?" I ask Draco who is at the head of the Slytherin table as always.

"Yes Granger?" I stare at him for a moment. I thought we were on first name basis. We agreed to be nice to each other...well he wasn't exactly mean. Oh well, I think, I'm probably over thinking it as usual.

"Do you mind if I show Ginny the dorm?"

"No, but stay out of my room." he says a little harshly. I glare at him for a second before Ginny and I head out of the Great Hall and up the staircase in silence.

"Apples" I whisper to Jane when we approach the portrait hole. The painting swings open and we step into the head's dorm.

"Wow. This is beautiful..." Ginny says. It looks like a cliché muggle movie the way she's spinning in the middle of the room with her arms out smiling at the ceiling.

"Come see my room!" I giggle as I run up the stairs. When I get to the top of the stairs I wait for Ginny before throwing the door open dramatically. I show Ginny everything.

"Do you need help unpacking?" she asks.

"Ummm..." I look around the room at my couple trunks. "Yes please."

Ginny hauls one trunk over and hoists it on to the bed. I do the same with the other one.

We unpack clothes and books silently for a few minutes before Ginny says "So...what's up with you and Draco? You said he's changed and you two are civil to each other."

"When we heard we had to live together we decided to put everything behind us and at least be civil. We introduced ourselves like it was the first time meeting and we were on first name basis from the time on the train to when we were exploring the dorm. We were even laughing and joking! But now I don't know...he called me Granger again." I explain.

"Mmmmhhhhmm. He was probably just acting like that in the Great Hall because he is the Slytherin Prince after all and he has a reputation to uphold."

"You're probably right. I'm just over-thinking things as usual." I smirk.

"You are. Do you think he's hot? Draco?"

"Ummm...well..."

"Oh come on Hermione! I think he is H-O-T-T, HOT. Quidditch had him toned before but the war made him muscular. It is hot." Ginny said pretending to faint in the pillows in the nook.

"Ginny! You are with Harry!" I scold.

"I'm taken not dead! You have to appreciate a good looking man with a super hot body!"

"Talking about me?" Draco says with a smirk in the doorway.

Ginny and I both flush beet red and Draco chuckles. I can feel the heat in my face, I wouldn't be surprised if he could feel it radiating from my face.

"Goodnight Hermione. I'll see you tomorrow morning, wanna walk to the Great Hall together?"

"Umm...err...sure?" Whoops! That came out more as a question than a statement.

"Okay."

As soon as he shuts the door behind him Ginny looks at me then burst into giggles. I blush so hard it hurt my face a little.

"Holy crap! It's 9:25! I have to be in the Gryffindor common room in five minutes! See you, Hermione! Have fun on your half-date with Malfoy!"

I bury my face in my pillow hoping it will make the blush go away...oh well. I change into my nightgown and brush my teeth and go to bed.

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