AN/ Okay, so Luna's birthday is sometime in February but JK Rowling herself never said exactly which day it was, so, since Valentine's day was only a week or two ago I decided to write this chapter with the idea in mind that Luna's birthday is February 14th. For those who haven't read or watched Nicholas Sparks' 'The Notebook' this is your warning... SPOILER ALERT!

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"WHAT! You, Draco Malfoy, are taking Muggle Studies?" Hermione said shocked as she looked at the back of Malfoy's white blond head as he dragged her in the direction of the hall.

"Yes Granger, and Professor Weasley really wouldn't like it if I was late to his class," Draco responded with a non-malicious smile on his face, and expression that he had been using a lot that day. Making their way back to the moving Grand Staircase, Hermione planted her feet on the stone floor using all her weight to make Draco stumble back a little just as he was going to place a foot on the first step. "Why did you stop," he asked annoyed as he tried to pull her again, having no luck.

"What makes you think that I would want to go to Muggle Studies with you," Hermione asked, just wanting to go back to the Hospital Wing and wait until the stupid sticking charm just wore off.

"Because Her-MYE-o-nee," Draco said, dragging her name out in a Ron Weasley like begging way, "it's Muggle Studies and a Weasley is the bloody Professor." He paused and then dropped his voice to a more menacing level, "and there is not way in hell that I'm missing today's lesson; not even if it means I have to carry you all the way there."

"You wouldn't dare," Hermione snarled, narrowing her brown eyes and holding her ground, resolute in the knowledge that she wouldn't be moving of her own accord anytime soon.

"Try me Granger; I did not spend about two to three hours reading the Notebook yesterday for nothing."

"You read the Notebook, but why?" Hermione asked with a snort, never thinking that a Malfoy would read romance novels, let alone muggle ones.

"Because today is Friday, and every Friday Professor Weasley lets the class watch movies, and because it happens to be Valentine's day on Sunday. That's why I read the Notebook and that's why I am not missing class, because I want to watch the movie," he explained to her and she wondered briefly if she had wandered into an alternate universe – Malfoy wanted to watch Muggle movies – "now can we go?"

Hermione sighed, moving her head side to side, having totally forgotten about Valentine's day because of Luna's birthday which fell on the same day. "Well fine, but first tell me what your favourite part in the book was?" She asked, starting to lose her resolve.

"I'm not telling you," Draco said, his cheeks reddening as he turned his face away from her.

"Fine; in that case I'm not going anywhere but the Hospital Wing then," she said turning away from him and starting to walk away.

"Oh, I don't think so Granger," Draco said pulling her back to him, putting his free hand around her waist and carefully picking her up.

"PUT ME DOWN MALFOY OR I'LL...!"

Draco scowled and interupted her howling, "or you'll what? Scream some more; try to fight me again."

Stopping her dramatic outburst after a little while Hermione gave up and held onto Draco with her free hand while he carried her all the way up to the fifth floor and to his Muggle Studies class. Professor Bill Weasley who had been made the new Muggle Studies Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after the Death Eater, Alecto Carrow, was permanently sent to Azkaban, heard his classroom doors burst open and looked up from his paperwork to watch with amusement as one of his student's carried his youngest brother's best friend into his classroom.

"Mr Malfoy, would you please care to explain to me why you are carrying Ms. Granger into my classroom," asked the curious red head with claw marks running down the left side of his face – the mauls a gift from the savage werewolf Fenrir Greyback during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower.

"Well you see Professor," Draco said in a voice that promised a joke, ignoring the fact that she was glaring daggers at him, "we're in a bit of a sticky situation."

"I see," Professor Weasley muttered, standing up and walking over to greet the Gryffindor girl. "It's nice to see you again Hermione; how's everything going; you keeping Harry and Ron out of trouble."

Hermione snorted, "like I keep those two out of trouble Professor Weasley," she said to the one Professor that everyone thought of as cool due to his rock concert clothing, dragon fang earring and ponytail. "Right now they're both in the Infirmary."

"Pleasle just call me Bill, Weasley makes me think of my father," he said then shook his head in clear disapproval and asked, "what did they do this time?"

"Well they didn't actually do anything this time but they did try and stop a duel, and-"

"And," Draco cut in from beside her, "Potter got a sardine hex thrown at him and Weasley was turned into a Weasel," he finished, unable to hold in his laughter effectively.

"You would think that they would learn to stay out of other peoples fights by now, right?" Professor Bill said as he walked over to stand by the door and greet the students as they started to emerge into his classroom for the lesson.

Watching the tall red headed Professor walk away, Hermione turned on her heels and strode all the way to the back of the classroom, knowing that there was no way that even the Draco version of Malfoy would let her leave. Taking a seat she managed to continue to feel annoyed at Draco for carrying her all the way there and didn't say a word to the blond boy who had been forced to take a seat beside her.

Hermione looked about the Muggle Studies room and noticed that it looked different from how she remembered it. The room had posters of popular muggle rock bands such as Metallica, AC/DC and Guns 'n' Roses hanging all over the walls with a few horror movie one's thrown in for good measure. The east wall was covered with a bookshelf and the north one was were Bill's desk and blackboard was. The west wall contained the door at which the Professor was still greeting the arriving students; it also held all kinds of muggle things like kitchen appliances; a big sound system and camera's and video equipment. The back wall was the one thing that Hermione really loved about the room: the south wall was lined with up to date i-mac computers, both PC's and laptops, with printers and both ends of the very long table.

Sighing and throwing her head down upon the desk Hermione silently wished that Impersonate a Slytherin day could just be over with and it seemed to be almost impossible to act Slytherin in this depressing situation. Draco was looking at her and seemed to be growing angry with her, this was because all he had done all day was to try and be nice and not insult her; he'd been trying to show his true colours and his feelings for her. But clearly it wasn't enough to change her view of him.

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Entering the Muggle Studies room Blaise Zabini was greeted by Professor Bill. "It's nice to see you Mr. Zabini, you're a bit early ain't you?"

"I'm just excited to see the movie Professor," Blaise said in a rush as he scanned about the room which was filled with members of all four houses to find the Ravenclaw beauty.

"Is something bothering you Mr. Zabini," Bill asked, a little concerned as he eyed the tall dark skinned boy who was always late to his class and had never spoken more than two words during it.

Not really caring to answer the Professor, Blaise just walked past him and straight to the back of the room where he saw Draco looking at Granger with undisguised – at least to perceptive eyes – longing in his eyes. Rolling his own blue orbs at his best friend for not having found the balls to ask her out, what does Draco have to lose? His father was sent to Azkaban and is surely awaiting the dementor's kiss and his mother's resting in peace, he thought, knowing how much Draco had loved his mother and hated his father.

Taking his usual seat at the desk beside Draco and Granger's one without his friend even noticing as he was still busy gazing at Granger. Blaise sighed wondering where the intelligent open-minded, serene, unique girl who some though odd, but Blaise thought that Luna Lovegood was intriguing because she saw the world in a different light to everyone else, had gone after he lost her in the halls after lunch.

Staring into space as he dreamed about the girl with pale skin; hair more beautiful than the moon itself and those silvery grey eyes that reminded Blaise of a stormy day; and how could he forget those soft pink lips that tasted, strangely enough, like a sweet pudding. Licking his lips unconsciously Blaise failed to notice that the girl that he was day dreaming about had just entered the room and was making her way to the only open seat.

Luna Lovegood was late to her Muggle Studies class and noticed an unhappy Hermione, who didn't take this class, sitting in the back with Draco Malfoy, a bored look upon her face. Looking around the room she had seen the only vacant seat was next to Blaise Zabini who was staring into space and starting to drool. Smiling to herself she made her way to the very sexy Slytherin boy and took her seat next to him without even being noticed.

The Professor seemed to be getting the low down from his younger brothers on why they were stuck to the Carrow Twins. Professor Bill closed the classroom doors and faced his students from the front of the room. "How's everyone doing today?" he asked his class full of Ravenclaws, Slytherins, Hufflepuffs and strangely Slytherin like Gryffindors.

"Pretty awesome brother," Blaise listened to the two crazy Gryffindor twins say from their position in the front of the room where his Slytherin acquaintances the Carrow's scowled at them.

"Well," the Professor said, "everyone knows that Valentine's day is just around the corner, and since today is Friday we'll be taking our usual movie day." Walking up and down the rows of desks Bill smiled as he watched his students nod in understanding. "As we talked about last week, we will be watching the Notebook today, and you will of course have read the Nicholas Sparks book that the film is based on, seeing as it was last lessons homework."

Beside Blaise Luna took her homework and tapped him upon the shoulder so that she could pass her work down to him; Blaise was shocked to find Luna sitting next to him and in his surprise managed to fall out of his chair, causing everyone to turn to the back of the room and laugh at him, before looking up at the girl who had caught him off guard once again. Blaise blushed from embarrassment as he retook his seat and glared at all those who dared to laugh at him, shutting them up in the instant his piercing blue eyes fell upon them.

"Are you okay," the object of his obsession asked as she patted his hand, while Professor Bill looked concerned but did not mention the incident as he collected in their homework.

Blaise only nodded, not being able to speak yet, as he looked at the girl that he had just been thinking about and at her hand laying on top of his own. Blushing once more Blaise looked away from the blonde beauty to see Draco smirking at him, clearly knowing that something was up between him and the Ravenclaw girl.

"Well everyone... I hope that you all enjoy the movie as much as I did the first time that I watched it in my previous classes," Bill said getting his students attention off of Blaise, who was thankful, and pointed his wand at the projector making it begin to roll as the screen dropped down, he turned off the lights and the film began.

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The whole class fell deathly silent as the projector started. Beside him, deciding to watch, Hermione lifted up her head so that she could watch the movie from the light coming off of the projector not knowing that beside her one Mr. Malfoy was thinking over how he could find the guts to ask her out on a Valentine's date.

"Can you stop staring at me," Hermione hissed, not taking her eyes off of the screen as she watched Noah Calhoun hanging from the Ferris Wheel asking Allie Hamilton to go out with him.

Draco silently thanked Merlin that there lights were off as he did another un-Malfoy-like thing and let pink tinge his cheeks, before turning his head to look at the movie whilst thinking on how he should answer Hermione.

"I'm sorry," he whispered, not daring to take his eyes off of the screen as Hermione snapped her head in his direction with surprise written all over her features, clearly not truly believing that those words could have just come out of his mouth.

"Sorry for what?" she questioned, squeezing their glued hands to keep his attention off of the movie.

Draco turned into his seat and took a very deep breath, hoping that it would help stop his heart from beating so fast. "I'm sorry for everything," he whispered genuinely, feeling relieved that he was about to let his feelings out, "I'm sorry for staring at you; for letting us be stuck together; for calling you a mudblood; for hating your friends; for ever believing in the inferiority of muggleborns; for almost getting Buckbeak killed in our third year; for not stopping my Aunt Bellatrix from hurting you at the Malfoy Manor; for everything."

He stopped talking as he stared deep into Hermione's eyes, not noticing a tear leaking out of his own stormy grey pools until she wiped it away with her left thumb.

Hermione was speechless and didn't really know what to say as she wiped his tear away. She could see that Draco was embarrassed over what he had said seeing as he was now looking down to the floor. Hermione put her index finger under his chin and lifter up his face so that he was looking her in the eyes once more. "I... I forgive you for everything that you ever did and said to me Draco," she said with a big smile on her face and Draco's heart soared: maybe there was hope for him after all.

"Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Granger," came Professor Bill's interruption of their conversation. "Would you two please be quiet or do I need to send the both of you to Professor McGonagall".

The answered in unison, "no Professor," before turning back to the film.

Draco watched the movie for a little while and waited until he was sure that the Professor was no longer watching the two of them to lean in and whisper in Hermione's ear. "That's my favourite part," he told her.

"What," she asked confused, feeling goosebumps rise where Draco's breath had hit her ear.

"You asked me what my favourite part from the book was. That's it," he said, nodding to the screen where Allie was arguing with her parents in her father's study while Noah waited in the sitting room for Allie to come back out, listening to them argue about their relationship.

"Why?" Hermione exclaimed, "it's so sad, her parents don't approve of their love because Noah is poor, or trash like Allie's mother says, and they break up right after the scene."

"Because Hermione," Draco sighed, a small thrill going through him at saying her first name outside of his own mind, "Allie fought against her parent's wishes and went with her heart," he said watching Hermione watch Allie run out of her father's study crying, looking for Noah who had left the house.

The scene passed and Hermione looked at Draco, remembering what Flint had told her about Draco being in love with her. Now she understood why Draco could never have her even if it killed him, and that was because of his parents, his family.

She turned back to watch the rest of the movie as the idea settled in her mind, I'm Noah and he's Allie.


One more chapter to go everyone ! Hope you like chapter 9 and review for me please . The more you review the faster i'll write and post up chapter 10. Question to you guys should i write a Epilogue?