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

"Excuse me what?" I asked, looking at Hermione.

"Well, I gave my decision to the Veela part of you," she explained. "When your instinct took over, and you kept saying mine…I nodded and said yours. The books clearly state that me saying that is a submission of the mate."

"Why would you do that?" I shouted, "I thought you said you needed time. You can't take it back…well I guess you could."

"Draco," she whispered softly and I stopped my ranting to look at her. "I realized in there that I didn't need any more time. You gave me all the proof I needed just now. When I saw your Veela takeover like that, I knew…I knew that you had meant every word you had said since you told me. I did believe you before…but after that it made me REALLY believe. So, yes it did seem like a rash decision, but it really wasn't."

"So, you're really committing yourself to me?" I questioned.

"Yes," she said, "That doesn't mean we are going to be mating anytime soon though." I laughed.

"I sort of figured that," I said. "I want to ask you something though."

"Ask away," said Hermione, she was looking at the floor, searching for something.

"Um…what are you looking for?" I asked. "That's not my question, it's just…you're looking for something."

"My bag," she replied, "I guess I must have left it in the Great Hall. I should go grab it; it has my things for the next class in it." She started towards the doors, but stopped when she saw Ginny and Harry standing there; Ginny holding out Hermione's bag to her. "You guys followed us?"

"Yeah, we wanted to make sure everything was alright," said Harry.

"So, you really committed to him in there," said Ginny, as Hermione took her bag.

"Yeah," she said, "I did…hope that's still alright with you."

"Of course it is," said Harry, "Just wanted to be sure that was what it was."

"Weasel decided not to come with you I see," I said.

"No, he's too busy brooding over you two," said Ginny, then she made her way over to me, "Listen, I have already stated that for Hermione's sake I would be there, but now I think things will be different...so it might be a good idea if we tried to be friends."

"Um…okay," I said. I was a bit confused.

"So, Harry and I were thinking we should go to the Hogsmead weekend together, the four of us."

"We were?" questioned Potter, but Ginny gave him a look, "I mean yes we were…totally thinking about getting to know you better." I looked at Hermione, who seemed to be appreciating her friends at the moment.

"I…well," I started. I was going to ask Hermione on a date, but it might be better to spend time with her friends first. "Alright, I think that would be a good idea."

"Great!" exclaimed Ginny, "Hermione, I will give you details later." She turned to look at Harry, "We should really get going to class."

"Thanks Gin," said Hermione, "See you later Harry!"

"Aren't you going to class with them?" I questioned. She turned to face me.

"Oh, right I didn't tell you," she said, "Starting today, we have the same classes. I was reading up on Veela's, and it said something about them wanting to be constantly close to their mates…I'm just accommodating to that."

"You didn't have to do that," I said.

"It's alright," she said, "Besides we already had three classes together anyway." I nodded. "I would really like to get to know Blaise and Theo better too."

"Oh, yeah," I said. "They would like that too." She smiled and nodded.

"Wonderful," she said, she adjusted her bag on her shoulder, "Shall we then."

"Oh, right," I said and we went to class.

LATER THAT NIGHT…

I was doing my homework, when Hermione came in to the Head's common room. I looked up at her and smiled.

"Doing homework?" she asked and I nodded.

"Yeah," I said, "Still got to make the grades…did you need something, I am more than happy to oblige." She smiled.

"I…well," she started. "I was thinking about it while I was in the library just now…I was thinking…" I looked at her as her words trailed off.

"You were thinking?" I questioned.

"Um," she started, "Never mind, it's alright." I looked at her.

"Wait, what were you going to say?" I asked. She came over and sat next to me on the couch. She started pulling some book out of her bag, "Are those…on Veela?"

"Oh, yeah," she said. "I thought I should read up on it as much as I could…especially since I'm doing my Care of Magical Creatures paper on them."

"Really?" I asked, "Good choice I guess. Now what were you going to say."

"You're not going to let that go are you?" she groaned.

"Nope," I said, "Just tell me it can't be that bad."

"Well, I was sort of thinking…I could find a nickname for you," she started, "I mean you call me Mia…it might help if I have a name only I can call you."

"Oh, yeah sure," I said, I put my homework down, "What did you have in mind?"

"Well, I thought about Drake," she started, "But Theo calls you that. Then I thought about Dray…but it sounded kind of cheesy…there's always Ferret."

"How about no," I said and she laughed. "You could always wait until something does come to mind…you don't have to have a special name to call me, just having you is enough."

"Dragon!" Hermione exclaimed suddenly. I looked at her, "I can call you Dragon. Its prefect, that's after all what your name means, and it's not all mushy gushy!"

"My mother calls me that from time to time," I said, Hermione looked at me, "But I will most certainly ask her to never call me that again."

"That would be great," said Hermione.

"Mia, why are you doing this?" I asked. She looked at me.

"I…I don't know," she said, I looked at her, "Okay, fine…I don't just want to be your friend anymore. I think I am starting to fall for you."

"Really," I said, she nodded and I smiled. "Well that brings me back around to a question I wanted to ask you earlier."

"What's that?" asked Hermione.

"Will you go out on a date with me?" I questioned. "Like an actual date."

"A date," she said, I nodded.

"I would like to take you to dinner," I said, "You know, both of us get dressed up, go out and really try and make this work." Hermione smiled.

"Well…Dragon," she started, "If you're up for it then I am too."

"Great, next Saturday then," I said.

"Sounds great," she said, and putting on a mock serious expression, "Now finish your homework!" I laughed, and she pulled out her books to finish hers as well.