Hermione woke up the next morning feeling very rested. She looked across her to see Draco lying across from her sleeping silently. She couldn't help think how adorable he looked while he slept. It was the first time she had ever seen him as relaxed as that before. She snuggled up on his chest again and thinking about what he said last night. If he was willing to fight with her, then she was willing to fight for him. Snuggling up to him made her feel the safest she had ever felt before in her life and she liked it. She gave him a small kiss on his chest and went back to snuggling him. He wrapped his arm tightly around her then and looked down at her. He couldn't help but think how beatiful she was.

"Are you awake." he asked her quietly.

She gave a small nod and kissed him once more on the chest. He pushed her back and kissed her pasionately on the mouth. She let out a wee groin and pulled him in closer to her to deapen the kiss. After a few minutes he pulled away. He looked down at her with a soft smile on his face.

"Have you thought anymore about my question last night?" He asked.

"Yes."

"Your going to have to do better then that." He said with a small laugh.

"Yes, I have thought about it more."

He raised his eyebrow in question.

"I decided that if you are willing to stand by me and fight, I am willing to fight for you." she said.

He gave her a small smile. "That that mean what I think it means?"

"Yes, I would like to give it a go, as us." she said with a smile.

"That's just what I wanted to hear." He said with a playful smirk on his face.

He went to kiss her but then they heard the door closing. She motioned for him to hide so he cast the disillusion charm. He didn't want to miss this.

"Not right now. I'll tell him later but not right now." she whispered before getting out of bed.

She walked out of her bedroom and saw Harry sitting on the couch waiting for her. Malfoy quietly followed behind her.

"Hey Harry." she said as she sat on the couch beside him.

"Hey, how are you feeling?"

"I'm good."

"Are you going to come down for breakfast?"

Just as she was about to answer she felt a tickle on her shoulder and felt Malfoys hand on her shoulder. She slowly lowered her hand.

"Actually I was planning on studying today. I'll get something from the kitchens."

"Alright. I'll come and see you later on."

"Not unless you want to be studying too."

"OK, I might pass." He said with a smile and kissed her on the cheek before getting up.

Malfoy tightened his grip on her shoulder. He let go and just before harry stepped outside she saw him almost fall out and the door shut behind him.

Malfoy reappeared, rage on his face. How dare he kiss her, how dare he kiss his woman.

"It's alright Draco."

"Next time I see him kiss you, I will hex him." he said

He saw the anxious look on Hermione's face and calmed down almost instantly.

"I'm sorry Hermione. I didn't mean to get so angry."

"When are you going to be telling them?"

"I thought we should leave it for a few days? With you just being my little secret for now." she said with a smirk.

"Well that sounds tempting miss Granger." He sais mockingly. "I dont mind being you dirty little secret." he smirked.

She grabbed him and pulled him in and gave him a big kiss and pulled him to sit on the couch.

They sat there for a few minutes before either of them spoke.

"I am really glad mother won the argument for where to send me." he said softly while holding her hand.

"What do you mean Draco?"

"My father wanted to send me to Durmstrang instead of hogwarts."

"Why did he want to do that?"

"Because Durmstrang focuses on the dark arts and not much more then that."

"He wanted me to be trained so when it came time, if Voldemort rose again then I would be ready at a younger age to join him, but mother wanted me to go to school closer to home and she finally won the argument to send me here. I never wanted to join him, I was never ready. My father pushed me into it and as I result I got this." he said and pulled up his sleeve. "I was the only one to avoid going to Azkaban Prison" he looked saddened by the whole talk.

"Draco, I never knew. How on earth do you cope with that?"

"I just go through how I have been the last year and a half, I lash out and I make myself scarce. I don't know how else to deal with it." He said softly.

She leaned into him. "You don't have to do it alone any more." She said quietly.

"So how are you going to tell Scarhead and the Weasel about all this?" He asked.

"I don't know yet." She said. "I was thinking of just getting them both into the room together and tell them."

"How do you think they will react to that?"

"Not good no matter how I do it so I have to be careful how I do it. I will do it tomorrow night, but I want you to be there."

"Do you think that would be wise Hermione? I don't think they would appreciate the me being there too. I might get hexed."

"Well I want you there in the background and to come out when I call out."

"I think I can do that." He said and kissed her on the cheek.

They sat there in each other's arms for a while before she feel asleep on him from him running her fingers up and down her spine.

Next thing she knew it was already dinner time.

"I think we should go down to dinner." She said.

"Alright, you go first and I'll follow." he said with a smile before disappearing.

She walked down and sat with her friends at the Gryffindor table.

"How did your study go?" They asked her the second she sat down.

"As well as it usually goes."

Malfoy walked in just as she started getting some food and sat down at this table. She couldn't help but look over and he gave her a sly smile in return.


"Malfoy, where have you been? We haven't seen you all day?" Pansy said.

"I've been busy." he said

"Care to be more specific?"

Draco just glared at her to say to drop it and started eating. He looked over at the Gryffindor table again to see Hermione talking to Ginny Weasley and couldn't help but smile at how happy she looked.

"Why are you looking at Granger?"

He just glared at her.

She gasped. "You were there again last night and today weren't you?"

He just nodded, "But it's not what you think."

"How do you know what I think?"

"I don't know, guy staying at girls, what would usually pop into your mind as happening Pansy? And that is not what happened."

She looked slightly disappointed at that.

"What?"

"I just think you would be a good couple." She said. "You know I just want you to be happy."

Draco nodded.

"I still think there is more to it then you are saying."

He shot a menacing look at her.

"Are you dating her or something?"

He couldn't help but blush for a second when she said that.

"You are, aren't you?" she asked accusingly. He just nodded. "Then why is Potter and Weasley still so happy?"

"They don't know yet."

"What? When is she going to tell them?"

"Tomorrow, but until then I don't mind being her dirty little secret." He said with an devilish grin on his face.

Pansy just smiled and looked over at Hermione with understanding. Which made Hermione blush and look away. With living with the witch for a few days, she got to know her and knew she would be good for Draco.


The next morning came all too quickly for Hermione as she went up to the owlery to get three owls to send to her friends. Each note with identical messages on them

Meet me in my common room tonight at 7 o'clock. I have important news to tell you. Please knock before coming in.

She wrote the names of Harry, Ron and Ginny on the notes before sending the owls off then went up to her room. Draco was still waiting patiently for her to get back when she got there.

"Are you sure you want to do this today?"

"I'm sure. I just want to get it over and done with and besides I have already sent off the notes."

Drace gave her a huge hug. She was a lot braver then he thought. Willing to go up against her friends to be with him. It was probably the most scariest thing she had done in a while.

He kissed her. "You really are the bravest witch I know." He said with a smile.

The day went by as quickly as it could have possibly been.

It was just about dinner time so she asked Kreacher to bring up some dinner and two hot chocolates. It wasn't long before he was back and they ate before came the knock on the door that she had been dreading all day. She looked over at Malfoy who nodded in understanding and disillusioned himself before they could enter.

"Hi Hermione" Ginny said with a big smile on her face.

"Hi." She said to her friends as they sat down on the sofa.

"You wanted to tell us something?" Harry asked.

"Yes. It is something that is going to be difficult to tell you but I need you to be open-minded and just listen before you say anything please." she said

They all nodded in unison.

"Well I am actually seeing someone at the moment, someone who I like very much."

Ginny squealed in excitement. "Tell us everything! Is he good looking? How long have you been seeing him? What's he like? Have you kissed him yet?"

Hermione blushed at all the questions.

"Well, it's what I wanted to talk to you about and instead of telling you I just thought I would show you who it is."

"What are they here now?" Ginny asked all excited.

Hermione just nodded, standing up.

"Well where is he?"

"He is right here. You can come out now." She said and before everyone's eyes a tall man with pure white hair and stunning grey eyes appeared standing beside her with his arm around her shoulder.

They all looked at them in stunned silence for a minute before Ron exploded in anger

"WHAT!"