DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Potter or any other characters.

The first thing I did for Hermione was get the proof of my being part Veela to her. After reading over the document several times she sighed, and told me that she definitely believed me now, then thanked me for actually following through with what I had said. After this, she seemed much more open to the idea of accepting to be my life mate…of course she still needed more convincing.

"Drake," said Theo running up to me in the hallway after Transfiguration. I stopped, and let him catch up with me. "So, how is everything going?"

"Well, I got her the proof she wanted," I said, "But I haven't done anything else yet."

"Come on," he started, "It's been a week now since I told you what to do…get on with it man."

"Easier said than done," I growled. We walked down to Hagrid's hut for our Care of Magical Creatures class. I would be seeing Hermione since we took this class with Gryffindor.

"Hey, there she is," said Theo, "Just go up and say hey…ask her how her day has been. Then give her that Charms book I told you to buy." I nodded and made my way over to Hermione and her little group of friends. She noticed me instantly, giving me a warm smile.

"Good afternoon Draco," she said.

"To you too," I said, "How has your day been so far?"

"Lovely, although I am quite hungry," she replied, "I will be happy to have a break for lunch." I nodded "How has your day been?" she asked.

"Quite good," I said, I sighed and slid my hand into my bag…bringing out a brand new copy of 'HISTORY of CHARMS'. "I was thinking of you the other day and bought this." I handed the book to her. She looked at it with surprise, taking it from my hand gently. "I know how much you love Charms and I thought perhaps you might like to know their history." Hermione ran a hand over the cover of the book. She looked at Ginny, who smiled and then looked back to me.

"Draco, this is very sweet of you," she said, "And surprisingly I don't have this one yet. I suppose I can cross it off my list though. Thank you very much, I will start reading as soon as I can." I beamed at her…she had accepted my gift, and I was very obviously happy about it. Then I watched as Ginny nudged her, and whispered something in Hermione's ear. She nodded her head in some sort of agreement. "Maybe you and I could take a little walk after lunch today, just the two of us."

"I would like that very much," I said, nodding.

"Good, it's settled then," she said. Then she walked off with Ginny to the front of the class and I went back to stand next to Theo…and Blaise who had finally arrived.

"So…how did it go?" asked Theo.

"Perfect," I said, sighing a bit, "She even asked if I would like to walk with her after lunch, just the two of us."

"Told you," said Theo.

"What have I missed?" asked Blaise.

"Oh, Drake here just gave Hermione that gift," explained Theo, "And it turned out well."

"See, she will come around soon," said Blaise, smiling…I nodded to him and then turned my attention to the class. Hagrid was telling us something about monstrous spiders. I shivered as I remembered there being loads at the Battle of Hogwarts. Then he assigned us a paper…we had to choose any magical creature and write a three page report on it. After class I stayed behind.

"I will meet up with you two by the Head's Portrait," I said.

"Everything alright mate?" asked Blaise.

"Yeah," I said. "Just need to take care of something." He and Theo nodded and started the walk back up to the castle. I walked over to Hagrid and cleared my throat.

"Malfoy," he said, when he turned to face me.

"I…well," I started and looked at him.

"Hermione, Ginny, Harry and Ron tell me you're part Veela," he said suddenly. I nodded quietly, "Are you taking the drought."

"Yes, Snape will be making it for me," I said "I've already taken it for this month." He nodded.

"Good," he said "I always thought there was something different about ya." I looked at him.

"Listen I wanted to apologize," I said, finally doing what I came here to do, "About the dragon, and your hippogriff…and well anything else I have done."

"Well…you were a bloody git," he said. "But I suppose apologizin' isn't easy. You just take care of Hermione, and don't cause any more trouble."

"Absolutely," I said. He grumbled something under his breath and told me I should go. I walked back up to the castle.

HERMIONE'S POV…

As I walked along the hallway with Ginny, I could suddenly feel the stares of people around me. I clutched the book Draco gave me tighter and looked at my friend.

"Why are they all staring?" I asked.

"Because, it's finally got around school that Draco Malfoy is pursuing you," said Ginny with a shrug and I sighed. "They of course don't know the whole story, but that doesn't matter, the important people know." I smiled.

"True," I said. "I'm just not used to being stared at like this."

"Well, get used to it," said Ginny, "There are a lot of people who wonder what is going on. There have been lots of rumors…like Draco put you under a spell…you two have been secretly been dating for a few years…that you put a spell on him."

"You would think a few of them would ask for the real story," I said, shaking my head as I heard a few whispers.

"I don't really care," said Ginny. "It's when they try to hurt you that I will be there. Right now they are just letting their imaginations get the best of them."

"Yeah, I suppose," I said "I don't think anyone will try to hurt me though…well except for maybe Pansy Parkinson."

"Nah…you should have seen her face the other day," said Ginny. "Trust me, she knows the truth and she won't dare cross Draco. Well I best be off to my next class…are you going to the library?"

"I don't know," I said "where did Ron and Harry go?"

"Not sure," said Ginny, looking around for a moment. "Probably to the Gryffindor Tower, they have a break in between classes like you do don't they?" I nodded and she sighed. "Well I will see you at lunch."

"Yep," I said, deciding that I would go to the library. I wanted to start reading my new book. I said goodbye to Ginny, and went to the library. I snuggled myself into a chair and opened the front cover. There I found a note, written on the first page.

'My Mia,

Hope you don't mind but I have found a nickname for you. Just thought I would let you know that if you do make the definite decision to be with me, that I will love you fully and for always. I hope you like the gift…your passion for books, is such a rare and beautiful thing that I wanted to see it blossom.

Forever Yours,

Draco.

I smiled at the note and wondered how long it had taken him to write it. I did like the nickname, it was short and sweet. Mia, that might take some getting used to, but I imagine he would want a nickname that was his and his alone. I was confused still, on what I should do. In all truth, I knew I wouldn't tell him no…I knew I would choose to be with him. So I suppose this time I was taking was for me, and I did want to be sure he wouldn't change suddenly. It had been a week now since Draco told me. I closed the book and stood; deciding I had better do a little research on Veela rather than get into my new book right now.

Later at lunch, I saw him sitting with Theo and Blaise. He would look at me every few minutes, giving me a smile and I would smile back. I felt better now that I knew a bit more about what it meant to be a Veela's mate…and I planned to talk to Draco on our walk.

"So…how was the book?" asked Ginny.

"Book…what book?" asked Harry, his head snapped up from eating to look at me and Ginny.

"The book Draco gave me in class today," I said "HISTORY of CHARMS."

"Oh, I think I might have seen that," said Ron, jumping into the conversation. "You're really serious about this."

"Of course I am," I said, "This has to do with the rest of my life. I'm not going to just blow it off like you do your homework." I looked back over to Ginny "Anyhow, I didn't read it. I decided to do a little more research on Veela."

"Oh good," said Ginny.

"I think I will go and see if Draco would like to take that walk now," I said. I stood and started walking towards the Slytherin table. I didn't have to come all the way, because Draco noticed me and met me halfway.

"Are you ready for that walk?" he asked. I smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, there are some things I would like to talk to you about," I said.