A/N: kk 7th chapter, In this Chapter Ron and Draco are going to go through some, fluffy and some very squee moments w/ Hermione Enjoy.

the bold italics are for the Past

Italics are still for Ron

regular is for people who are still alive speaking, this Chapter is the final one of Draco's POV.

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RECAP: "I guess… why? What if after all this I still don't---" Ron interrupted again, "Mate don't be stupid, especially since I was the dumb one."

"Ro--" Before I could say anything else we were in my next memory…

"As you can see we're at the Yule Ball"

"No, no way keep going…"

"Merlin, you're stubborn look---"

"No, it's not about Hermione, just keep going."

"Why?"

"You have obviously forgotten who I went with…"

"Wha------- OH YEAH! HAHA nope we are definitely going through this one."

"You're evil, I'm not even kidding. Voldemort and my Father were NOTHING you are EVEEEEEL!!!"

"WOW! How did that happen?" Blaise was chuckling like a maniac, well until Millie hit him, " Blaise shut up!" Millie turned to me and looked me, " Draco I'm so sorry. How-how did she?"

I shook my head, " She took my journal, and she was really desperate for a date… It can't be that bad right?"

Blaise looked worried, meanwhile Millie looked at me like I was severly dumb.

"Wait, you mean she knows about your infatuation with Granger?" Blaise continued, "She's not gonna tell anyone is she?"

I was insulted, "Do you really think I would put Herm- Granger's actual name in? I wrote… Luna's instead… cause she's a pureblood and all…"

Millie looked at me as if I was Crabbe or Goyle… " Ok, good move with the whole Luna thing, but ARE YOU JOKING?!?!?!?!?!?!? Pansy has been IN LOVE with you since we had a sleepover when we were SEVEN!!!!!!!"

I could feel my eye twitching, "wha-what???"

"This is a disaster, Draco big deal she would have spread around the whole school that you fancied Luna, why didn't you just go with the flow?"

"I-I-I figured I get my father off my back for a little while…"

Blaise and Millie fell anime style on the ground.

"Well, mate nice knowing you bye." Blaise snickered

"Oh Draco…" Millie winced

" Millie you were joking about the whole "in love" thing right?"

"She has a mini-shrine under her bed… One at school and one at home…"

At this moment in time Blaise and I had our mouths gaping to the floor.

"Draaaaaakieeeee." Pansy shrieked in the background

"Oh, shit quick someone… uh tell her I'll meet her at the Great Hall." I didn't wait for a response I ran the hell out of the Slytherin Dungeon, and I kept running that is until I ran into a beautiful girl in a periwinkle blue dress. Before she fell I caught her and apologized immediately, " Merlin, I'm sorry are you ok?"

she gaped at me, "M-m-malfoy???"

It was only then I realized that the girl I had nearly ran over was in fact Hermione Jane Granger… I knew I should have regained my composure, smirked, sneered and I should have been nasty, but I couldn't.

"You alright?"

She continued to look at me in shock, but I could see that she had the same struggle that I was going through, it was the same thought process, 'No one's here, and I did apologize let's just be civil just this once.'

"I-I'm fine, where's the fire?"

"Uh, what fire? Oh you mean about the running yeah, Millie just told me that Parkinson has a two mini shrines under her bed, of me. And she blackmailed me into going to the Yule ball with her, so I'm freaking out and I ran out of our common room. That's um it… basically…"

"Wait- you mean you didn't know? Granted I only knew about the shrine at school but still how did you not notice?"

"Yeah not exactly helping Hermione."

Things got awkward again, I called her Hermione… out loud… AM I REALLY THE BIGGEST MORON OF ALL TIME?!?!?!?!

"Di-did you just call me Hermione?" she took a step forward and winced with pain, and I caught her.

"Oh shit I think I sprained your ankle come on let's go to Madam Pomfrey's."

"Are you joking I was going to be early, for my date."

I looked at her skeptically and simply sighed, " Hermione, first off guys prefer girls five –ten minutes late, it means you're not desperate. Secondly good luck dancing with Krum while you have a sprained ankle, which if we go to Madam Pomfrey's right away then, you'll show up with the rest of the champions and their dates on time."

"How did you know that Viktor asked me?" Hermione blushed

"Because, a) you're not the only one who uses the library and b) Krum sits at our table remember?"

"Oh… right…" she whispered putting her hand around my shoulder as we walked to the Hospital Wing. "Why are you being nice to me? Don't you hate me more specifically Muggleborns?" she asked meekly

I winced, I knew this was bound to come up.

" I don't hate you and I don't hate Muggleborns… well except for Roger Davies, he kind of pisses me off, but other than that I don't generalize."

"Then, why do you make my life a living hell? Do have any idea how hard I try and ignore some of the dumb stuff that comes out of your mouth?" she sounded angry and frustrated.

"I'm sorry." I whispered it felt like she slapped me again, I know that is cliché, but it did what am I supposed to say to her? I can't tell her the truth as if she'd believe me anyway, it doesn't matter that I'm taking her to the Hospital Wing or being nice to her, I've been mean to her since 1st year and I'm the one who's putting her in the Hospital Wing, it was an accident but there are so many other times, where I did as well, like with her teeth…

"If you're sorry then why do you do it?"

"I don't really have a choice…"

"What do you mean? You can deal with peer pressure."

"It's not my peers that I'm afraid of."

"What do you mean?"

"I can't talk about it. Please Hermione just let it go, when I say or do stuff to you it's just about my image that's all that's not how I really feel, I'm not as heartless as my ----"

"As your what?" I looked down at the ground and stopped walking with her, partly because we were at the Hospital Wing, partly because I had something to say.

"Just be grateful that you have a family that loves you as much as they do, and that it doesn't matter how different you are or if you disagree with them. They'll always love you, and typically at least in Slytherin, that's not a luxury we have." She looked absolutely dumbfounded, and I continued, "By the way over this summer, I know I didn't warn you in the most well, nicest way and I know I didn't exactly point you into the right direction to evade the Death eaters, but thank you for not getting caught."

"You warned me?" she looked confused as if I was a completely different person to the Draco Malfoy she knew, but then again, this would be last time she's ever see me like this.

"Yes I warned you remember?

"Hadn't you better be hurrying along, now? You wouldn't like her spotted, would you?" and then you said, "What's that suppose to mean?" Then I answered with "Granger, they're after Muggles, D'you want to be showing off you knickers in midair? Because if you do, hang around... they're moving this way, and it would give us all a laugh." (A/N: GoF Chapter 9, p.121-123)

"You were warning me …" she repeated solemnly

"Yeah, so whenever or whatever I say, with the exception of this conversation ignore, because it's not really me, have a fun time I'll see you once come down." I sighed, "Ugh, at least you'll have a decent date."

I looked up and smiled and then I walked off and I didn't see her again until she came down with Krum. I danced with Pansy for a bit and I think I might have been a little too polite because after that, she would never ever leave me alone afterwards! But one thing I'll never forget is her face and the look in her eyes, it wasn't pity, pity is a bad word for it. Maybe, it was, I dunno, it was something.

"Wow, she never told us about this…"

"Why would she? I turned back into dickhead after the ball remember?"

"Yeah, but she always, said to ignore you after that night, like in 5th year when you told Harry "I'm going to get you Potter."

"Well actually that time I meant it, he completely screwed me over because he sent my dad to Azkaban, because of that, I was in line to kill Dumbledore."

"Oh, shit I forgot about that… you knew then that you'd have to do it?"

"Yeah… So your turn and you better have a bloody good one this time."

"ok, ok sheesh your bossy."

"Syltherin... duh."

"Haha… yeah um we're not going through mine anymore…"

"What! You must be joking!"

"No, I'll show you my memories another time, yours are pretty long anyway…"

"You are unbelievable."

"oh shut up you're not even angry anymore…"

"No I am angry, that was probably the most horrifying experiences of my life, 2 Shrines under 2 Beds!!! No you are definitely showing me your memory."

"Alright, alright jeez…"

I could feel us getting sucked into a memory, which I am happy to say isn't mine…

"Hey…" I whispered, he was in the Hospital Wing our sixth year, where I accidentally poisoned by you Draco…

"Hi…" At first she couldn't look at me, "don't let this make you think that you're off the hook for being a complete wanker to me…"

"I know… I'm sorry, I was- it was stupid."

"You know- it's one thing when we're in first year or when we were in fourth year and you decide that, I'm not good enough, because then I think it's just a boy thing. But then I realize that it's not a boy thing because when Harry gets a girl friend or when he goes out with a girl, he can still be my friend but you decide that, for what ever reason, I--" she sniffed and continued… I had hurt her really badly and what's worse is I did it on purpose, " I just don't make the cut with you do I? Do you do I on purpose or do you just not realize how insensitive you are? Did it ever occur to you that there is a reason why I have to be at the top of my class or that I bury myself in the library to maybe escape reality… You know Ron you're my best friend, not Harry, not Neville not Ginny or Luna, you, you're my best friend, but you just don't see that do you? I wasn't even all that jealous of Lavender, I was just sad because you wouldn't talk to me unless you wanted to fight with me. Not even Draco bloody Malfoy can make me feel as small as you do."

I winced, I'm so bloody stupid, why can't I just ask her out? Maybe not even that, why can't I just be a normal brother to Ginny and a normal friend to Hermione? "I'm sorry, why do you let me affect you like this? I didn't realize you were as sensitive as you are when Malfoy says dumb stuff you just ignore it so I figured you just ignore me!"

"BECAUSE DRACO MALFOY ISN'T MY FRIEND!!! That's why Ron, that's why I can ignore him and—and" she started sobbing and then she ran out of the Hospital Wing…

"There painful enough for you?"

"So that's why she was crying…"

"What are you talking about?"

"Well, I suppose it would just be easier to show you right?" I said partially sighing, this was one memory I thought I get away with… oh well, I guess after this one it'll be over, I kind of want to go back to England anyway…

" Oh shit, oh shit, oh SHIT! I'm so screwed, how the hell am I going to get myself out of this?" I was walking in the only girl's lavatory that was never occupied, Murtle's Lavatory, when she came in, crying, " I have had enough!"

"Enough of what Granger?"

When she first saw me she looked frightened as hell, then she yelled at me… "What the hell are you doing here?!"

"I was here first…"

"This is a girl's lavatory: sniff: Malfoy!"

"Yeah no offense but I'm pretty sure what you're crying about has nothing on what I have to deal with, and no one goes into this lavatory."

"And how would you know?"

"I'll assume that this is about Weasley, I'm sorry."

"What?"

"I did it, I didn't know he'd drink it I'm sorry."

Her mouth gaped in horror, "You WHAT?!"

"It's my assignment from Voldemort to kill Dumbledore I'm trying to stuff up on purpose without killing anyone, you can thank Potter for all of the stunts this year."

Hermione stepped back, she looked at me with that face again, the one she looked at me in fourth year right before the ball…

" What the heck are you talking about?"

"Once Potter put my father in Azkaban I was initiated into the inner circle of Voldemort, also known as Dante's 9th circle of hell. It's my job to assonate Dumbledore; you know why he gave me this impossible job? Because he knew I'm not like my father I'm not, I don't want to kill people who A) Don't deserve to die and B) kill them for reasons that I think are absolute Bullocks." I started tearing up because I thought then there was no way out, so I continued while wiping my eyes and sniffing away, " And the best part about all of this Granger, is that I have no where else to go, if I betray Voldemort my mother will die, Blaise, his sister and his mother will die, and Millie and her Mum will die too, I have no choice. My father sold me out; he knew he knew for years that I'm not like him and he tried continually to brain wash me that I was evil and that the only way to save myself was to kill muggles and muggleborns, that's why he went to Azkaban silently because he knew that this would happen to me. Hermione, he knew that Voldemort would test me out like this. I'm screwed, I don't know what to do and I can't go to anyone, I can't do anything and I'm scared." I paused for a second and then I asked almost half-whispered, "Hermione, you are the brightest witch of our year, tell me what to do."

"Go to Dumbledore."

"Were you listening to anything I said? If I go to Dumbledore everyone will die."

"Yes, I was listening Draco, but you are going to have to go to Dumbledore, listen Harry has an invisibility cloak I'm going to go get it with a pillow so it just looks like I need space from everybody in Gryffindor I've done it before, we're going to Dumbledore now."

The memory skipped to Dumbledore's office.

I had just spilled everything to Dumbledore, and I was waiting for his response.

" Draco, this is very brave of you, and as you know things will only get harder, I have contacts in Italy who will help Blaise's sister and mother; and a colleague who works with Miss Bulstrode's mother, and I have an excuse to receive both your mother Draco and your parents Miss Granger."

We both looked up in shock, but Dumbledore continued, " Well both of you were going to be Head Boy and Head Girl, I usually meet with the parents in this decision that's how it's been done for centuries. Now, Miss Granger and Mister Mal-"

"Black, please professor use my mother's maiden name."

Dumbledore smiled, "Of course, Mister Black, off to bed here is an invisibility potion, so you can go to your dormitory, Miss Granger use Mister Potter's cloak since teachers are on patrol and other prefect's have that job tonight. Good night."

As we were walking out of his office I broke down crying again which was actually quite embarrassing. Hermione started rubbing my back, " He's right you are brave. Draco everything will be ok."

"I just can't even believe that that happened."

" Yeah, you'd be surprised… You know what Draco? You're a nice guy. I'll look forward to seeing you Blaise and Millie over the summer, goodnight." She kissed me on the cheek and waved good bye.

Once I got back to my dormitory I told Blaise and Millie what just happened they started crying too, and then we all started laughing like the war was over or something, we knew it wouldn't be easy, but I'll tell you I don't think we cared how hard it would be, we felt as if an entire weight was taken off of our shoulders. We were free.

"We done now ghost of bloody Christmas past?"

"That is Kaylee's favorite movie."

"Yeah, it is…"

"We're done Draco, please look after them for me, Merlin knows you're the only one who can."

" Night mate."

"Night."

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A/N: hey sorry for the delay and this will be the last chapter in Draco's POV and I'm not sure if we're going to see Ron again PLEASE R+R and tell me if you guys want to see more fluff or more angst, because at this point it could go either way… maybe both : Till the next chapter…