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Chapter Four
"I was talking to Hermione." Ron began.
"She does happen to be your wife." Harry replied.
"And she says that, despite the fact that we both hate him, we should give him a chance." Ron said.
"Who's 'him'?" Harry asked.
"You-know-who!" Ron hissed.
"Voldemort?" Harry questioned.
Ron glared at him. "No. Not Voldemort."
"Oh. Then I'm not quite sure who you're talking about, Ron." Harry stated.
"I'm talking about that bloody Slytherin git and you know it!" Ron snapped.
Harry sighed. "What about Draco?"
"Well, Hermione says that we should give him a chance." Ron explained again. "Even though we both hate him immensely."
Harry nodded. "Thanks, Ron."
"Yeah well… It could be worse…" Ron muttered.
"Oh?" Harry questioned.
"It could be You-Know-Who." Answered Ron, causing both of them to laugh.
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"I don't like you, you know." Hermione stated, glaring, arms crossed.
Draco sighed and stood up. "I know." He turned to face her.
"And I don't know what you did to Harry, but if it's something bad-" Hermione warned, pulling out her wand and pointing it at his face.
Draco glanced down at the wand. "I didn't do anything to him."
"Then why the sudden attraction?" Hermione asked, wand still out.
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"Although, Harry, mate, I do have one question…" Ron began.
"Yeah?' Harry asked.
"Why Malfoy?" Ron questioned.
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"It wasn't sudden." Draco replied.
"Then how come Ron and I are just now finding out?" Hermione pestered.
"Probably because we, and by 'we' I mean Harry, thought you, and by 'you' I mean Ronald, as well, would react poorly." Draco shrugged.
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Harry's face scrunched up in thought. "I guess… I guess, when you think about it, without Draco, I wouldn't entirely be where I am today."
Ron glanced at him. "Obviously."
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"If we would have been told properly…" Hermione argued.
"You wouldn't be here now with your wand pointed menacingly at my face?" Draco asked.
Hermione blushed and lowered her wand.
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"I meant in other ways." Harry rolled his eyes.
"Like what?" Ron questioned.
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"I don't think that one can ever tell their best friends that they're dating the enemy properly." Draco scoffed.
"Well, we certainly didn't need to find out like we did!" Hermione indignantly replied.
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"Like… if it hadn't of been for Draco insulting Hagrid, I might have been sorted into Slytherin. And, you know, there is that whole thing about his wand helping me defeat Voldemort." Harry explained.
"That last one is pure coincidence." Ron stated.
"Not really. If he had been able to kill Dumbledore, then the whole battle might have been different." Harry said.
Ron shrugged. "Technicality."
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"Do you really think that Harry would have told you?" Draco asked.
Hermione opened her mouth to reply, but thought better of it.
"Exactly." Draco whispered, so softly that Hermione wasn't even sure she had heard him, lowering his eyes.