"Hey, you," Hermione whispered, happiness filling her as she looked at the man next to her.

"Hey," he whispered back. He had woken up before her and looked at her now in disbelief.

"Why are you looking at me like this?" she asked after she yawned.

"It's like a dream to be here. Lying in bed with you. And you know – doing things with you." He shook his head and rubbed his face.

"Really?" She coudn't believe her ears, she pushed herself up to her elbows.

"Yeah. You have no idea for how long I've wanted this. It's so surreal."

"Me too.".

His eyes widened. She wanted this too? She wanted him too?

"I think I love you, Draco Malfoy," Hermione whispered next to him.

"What?" He could not believe what she had just said. This must be a dream.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I just – I think about you all the time and I just-"

"I love you too," he said and kissed her. Draco gently brushed his fingers over the inside of her arm; the scar was still strongly visible. "I have felt like this for months but I was never brave enough to talk to you about it," Draco admitted. "I wasn't sure how you would react. I really believed that you would stop seeing me. I was afraid but I couldn't lose you. You were too important. I thought I wasn't good enough for you, hell, I still think that. You have no idea how happy I am right now."

"You thought you wouldn't be good enough for me?" she asked, pulling her arm away. "Do you see this? Your aunt made very clear what I am, this scar...everytime I even thought about telling you how I felt- it stopped me. I thought you could never love a mudblood."

"Never say that word again," Draco said forcefully. "Yes, you are a Muggleborn, but that doesn't matter! I really don't care about things like that anymore. My aunt was crazy! This scar, it doesn't define you. Hermione, you are the brightest whitch I know, never let anyone tell you different." He kissed her scar". "But I am just an ex-Death Eater, I have no job, I have no friends, I just can't give you anything. I have nothing to offer." He threw his hands in the air.

Suddenly Hermione climbed on top of him.

"I don't care about that. Never did. You are all I need." She kissed him.

/

"The second time was just as awesome as the first time," Draco said grinning.

"Yeah, it was," Hermione said under her breath. "I'll go get breakfast." She wrapped a bedsheet around her body and walked into the kitchen.

After some minutes she came back with tea and waffles. She placed it on the bed and snuggled right next to Draco.

They talked and laughed and kissed a lot in between.

Suddenly Hermione's doorbell rang. Both stopped playing around and looked at each other. Hermione bit her lip and pulled on her bathrobe and walked to the door to open it.

"Hermione! I was worried! You said you would call when you got home. We were worried." Harry stepped inside, followed by Ginny.

"Um, yeah, sorry, I totally forgot about that." Hermione blushed and threw a glance at her bedroom door, hoping Draco would stay in there.

"Wait, where is Malfoy?" Harry asked, looking around. "Did you bring him home?"

"Well, no, not really," Hermione smiled awkwardly.

"Is this his shirt?" Ginny smirked while she lifted the shirt off the floor.

"Umm." Hermione just stared at Ginny.

Harry rolled his eyes and grinned. "Malfoy, you can come out. It's alright."

The bedroom door opened a crack and Draco stuck his head out of the door and smiled sheepishly. He walked over to them, just wearing his jeans but no shirt.

"I guess that's yours, then." Ginny threw the shirt at him and giggled.

"Thanks," he said, catching it and putting it on. The silence was awkward.

"Well, so you guys are dating now?" Harry asked, breaking the silence.

"Um, yes, I think we are?" It was more a question than a statement. Draco looked over at Hermione to see how she reacted to it. She just nodded and smiled.

"I knew it! Ha! I won! Ginny you know what that means!" Harry laughed and looked at his girlfriend.

"I can't belive it!" Ginny said. "I shouldn't have bet with you! You knew because they told you before! That's not fair!"

"Wait, what are you both talking about?" Hermione's tone was confused but also slightly angry.

"We bet, I won, Ginny lost," Harry said. "I said that you'd be here together plus I said you'd be dating. Ginny will be doing the laundry for the whole month." He grinned

"Congratulations," Draco said and grinned too. They looked like best friends.

"Boys." Hermione rolled her eyes and laughed with Ginny.

"So, now that you guys are official, are you going to tell everybody?" Ginny asked.

"Yeah, sure, I mean, we need to let it settle in for ourselves first." Hermione looked over at Draco who smirked at her.

"Well, it's my mother's birthday on Tuesday and I wanted to throw a little party anyways" Draco said. "I think that would be a good event for such an anouncement."

"Okay, Tuesday then," Hermione smiled.

They sat down together and ate breakfast while planning the birthday party for Narcissa. Harry and Ginny went home after, leaving Hermione and Draco alone.

/

"Soooo," Harry started as soon as they were out of Hermione's apartment.

"They are together now!" Ginny said, grabbing Harry's hand. "That's so cute. They are a lovely couple."

"Right," Harry said. "What do you think Ron will say?"

"Oh, he'll come around," Ginny said. "I mean, he has a girlfriend too. Draco is such a nice person now and Ron will see how happy Hermione is."

"You're right," Harry said. "Shall we?" Ginny nodded and they apparated home.