((Authors Note: Really sorry that I haven't updated recently but I've been extremely busy, and now that I have a boyfriend I've got no time at all. The reason I'm writing this chapter today is because I'm off school ill (well it is two days worth, its hard to write when your ill you know!). Aren't you lucky?

Thanks for all the lovely reviews people, it's your reviews that keep me going. I would say a special thanks to a few people but it would take forever so I'm going to say THANK YOU EVERYONE! Hehe on with the story.))

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Draco woke up in the hospital a week later, sitting up in bed with great pain he saw Hermione asleep in the chair next to him. Smiling he turned back to see Madam Pomfrey walking up to him. "Mr Malfoy, Nice to have you back in the land of the living."

Draco looked at her rather confused, "How long have I been here?"

"A week my dear." She replied cheerily, "Now would you please lay down so I can check that everything is in order." Draco lay back down on his bed like he was told, but couldn't stop looking at Hermione. Why was she sleeping there, wouldn't it have been better for her to go back to the dorm and sleep there? Just as he was thinking this Hermione began to stir, rubbing her eyes she looked at Draco and smiled to see him wake.

"Oh you're up!" Hermione said shocked.

Draco raised an eyebrow at her, "You say it like it's a bad thing."

"No, of course it isn't silly! How long you been awake?"

Looking at the clock on the wall he replied, "I'd say about 20 minutes. Man I'm starving."

Madam Pomfrey tapped his stomach, "Just give me another couple of minutes then I'll let you down for breakfast, but I want you back up straight away, your still not fully recovered, its just one more night you hear." Draco nodded and waited for her to finish before getting changed and walking down to breakfast with Hermione.

"Where would you like to eat? The hall or our common room?" Draco offered to Hermione. He saw Hermione shrug; he then smiled at her, "lets go to the hall." As he carried on walking to the hall he saw Potter and Weasley walk in there before them. He felt Hermione's hand clench slightly, looking at the door he then turned to Hermione. "On second thoughts, lets go eat in the common room. I don't think I can face every one today." Watching Hermione breath a sigh of relief Draco smiled. He knew she would be uncomfortable in there and he wanted to do everything he could to help her.

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Hermione sat next to Draco on their couch in the common room smiling. A lot had happened since he had been admitted into the hospital wing; most of it had been bad, hence why she had spent most of her time in the hospital wing. Harry and Ron had told all the Gryffindors that she had fallen for the enemy and now was considered a traitor. Ginny, on the other hand, had stuck by her though everything and for her troubles was also called an outcast by the Gryffindors. The Slytherins had also gotten word of what was going on between her and Draco and where now giving her a hard time as well. She dreaded what would happen to Draco when he was out of the hospital wing. But none of that mattered right now. They were together again and at that moment in time everything was perfect.

Draco wrapped his arms around Hermione and pulled her closer to him. Laying against him Hermione looked up at him. "Draco?"

"Hmm . . ." he replied whilst stroking her hair.

She was about to tell him everything that had happened during the last week but decided against it. "Don't worry." At that moment in time a house elf popped into their common room with some food. Hermione smiled at the house elf and took the plates from him.

After their breakfast Draco had to go back up to the hospital wing, thankfully they had only passed a few Gryffindors, who snarled when they saw Hermione and Draco together. Draco had turned to Hermione with a raised eyebrow, which she simply shook off. She wanted him to get well as soon as possible. Telling him what had happened would only make it worse. Their first Hogsmede trip was tomorrow, and seeing as none of her friends, except Ginny, were talking to her she wanted Draco to go.

The next morning Hermione woke up to Ginny shaking her. Hermione had told Ginny the password to the portal that goes to her room as an escape route if the common room ever got too bad. "Get up Hermione! Come on get dressed we gotta go get our stuff for the ball!"

Hermione opened her eyes reluctantly; it was the first night she had spent in her bed since Draco had been admitted into the hospital wing, and it was only because Draco had forced her to get a good night sleep in her own bed that she had slept in her room. Pulling back her cover and walked into the bathroom while Ginny ran down to the kitchens to get breakfast for the both of them.

After her shower Hermione used a quick drying spell and pulled on a pair of jeans and her baggy shirt and walked down into the common room, where Ginny was waiting downstairs with their breakfast. Yawning she walked past the couch and jumped as something grabbed her leg. Looking down she laughed; Draco had been hiding there. Smiling she sat down between the only two people who would speak to her and ate her breakfast.

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Draco had an awful feeling that Hermione was hiding something from him, the problem was that he didn't know what. The three of them had decided to go to Hogsmede together and get their costumes for the Halloween Ball that would take place the following day. Draco obviously would be going with Hermione, he just hadn't asked yet. It was an unspoken thing. But he had decided that he would do this properly and ask her while they were in Hogsmede.

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Mrs Malfoy and Mrs Granger had been kept up to date with exactly what had been going on in school. "That Ginny girl is awfully nice keeping us up to date. Wouldn't you say so Louise?"

Louise Granger nodded, "Yes it's nice to know how our plan is working out. I feel awful for putting my Hermione through this but destiny is destiny."

Narcissa smiled at her best friend, "My dear, you remember what that old hag told us. It's our destiny as much as theirs we just have to make sure it all goes to plan."

Sighing Louise nodded again, "I know you are right. I just pray that everything works out, for everyone's sake, if anything is going to happen it needs to happen soon!"

((I love when I bring the two mums into this it completely throws everyone off track whilst gives every one a taster of what's to come. Please Review. Amie xXx))