Draco walked out of the bathroom to find Hermione asleep in front of the fire.

"Of course," he growled. "The only bloody time I WANT to talk to her, she's asleep." He swaggered over to her place on the rug and began to shake her shoulder.

"Granger. Granger. Get up. Come on. Wake up and act like you like me so we can leave this god forsaken room. Granger!"

"Draco…." She whispered, swatting at his hand. His shaking paused at the sound of his name. "Draco… Draco? Draco? What the heck Malfoy? Get your hand off me!" She threw his arm away from her and jumped to her feet. "You can't just throw a temper tantrum in the bathroom and come in here acting like everything's all fine and dandy because it isn't Malfoy." He began to back away from her when a ding drew both of their attentions to the wooden table. A silver platter, identical to the one from the night before, had appeared on the edge of the table.

"Finally…" Draco huffed, rushing to the table, Hermione following in step. "I could eat just about anything." He lifted the lid of the silver platter and was shocked at what he found.

"What is this rubbish?" He threw the lid down in anger next the platter and stared at the "food" placed decoratively. There was a pitcher of some sort of creamy brown liquid, enough for the two of them he assumed. He then noticed four large circles with holes punched through the middle. A closer look and he noticed the circles were covered in a thick white mush that looked like the vanilla icing he'd seen at Honeydukes on the cakes in the window displays. He turned from the platter and stared at Hermione, crossing his arms and leaning on the edge of the table.

"Explain." he drawled.

"Well seeing as you're a judging know-it-all, I figured I'd give you a taste of Muggle food to prove your opinon of them wrong."

"This is edible?" he exclaimed and waved his arm over the platter.

Hermione rolled her eyes and continued. "Yes and you're going to eat it unless you'd rather go hungry." With that, she pulled out a chair and began to pile her napkin with two of the circles. Angry more at himself than Hermione, Draco pulled out a chair as well and grabbed one of the circles, taking careful sniffs of the cream and crusty edges.

"It's a bagel Malfoy. You pick it up, place it in your mouth, bite, chew, swallow, and then repeat." She began to eat hers slowly and sarcastically to prove her point. Draco slowly brought the "Bagel" to his mouth and took a tiny bite with the edge of his front teeth.

He spit out the Bagel in surprise. "What's this creamy stuff? I thought it was icing!" Hermione laughed and explained that what he'd thought was icing was actually cream cheese and the "crusty circles" were actually toasted bread.

"Mmhmm…." He stared at his bagel some more and took another bite, this time bigger and more confidently.

"Well? What do you think?" Hermione badgered.

"Oh, it's okay I suppose." Draco answered, finishing his first Bagel quickly before reaching for another. He would never admit out loud his increasing feelings toward these Muggle pastries. He paused his chewing as he watched Hermione pour herself a cup of the peculiar brown liquid and take a sip, leaving behind a tan moustache.

"And what is this brown fluid?" he asked, flicking his hand in the direction of the pitcher.

"Chocolate milk." Hermione answered with excitement as she wiped her lip with a napkin.

"What? Why would you want to chocolate-fy your milk?" Draco was certain he wouldn't be trying it anytime soon.

"Why would you want to bewitch a broom for pleasure?" Hermione rebuked.

"Because I enjoy it? What kind of question is that?" Draco was beginning to question Hermione's intelligence.

"It's the kind of question that proves my point." Hermione leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms.

Draco thought momentarily before responding. "True, true." He replied, reaching for the pitcher to give the "Chocolate Milk" a chance. He turned his head to see Hermione giving him a questioning look after his response. "It's just something I picked up from Zabini. He says it quite frequently…"

Draco could feel the pressure building up inside him and knew his face would contort soon. Desperate, he poured a cup quickly of the Chocolate Milk and took a large sip, hiding his face behind the rim of the glass. He felt his face quickly twitch but knew he had hidden it well.

"Well?" Hermione asked a second time.

It tastes like an explosion of happiness has just erupted inside my mouth. "Oh, well, I guess it tastes fine." He was definitely not going to admit the previous aloud to anyone.

"So Draco, about earlier when you woke me up-" She was interrupted by the slamming of a door and the entrance of McGonagall through the Common Room door.

"Professor?" Hermione shouted, jumping to her feet.

"Sit down Granger." McGonagall continued toward them and took a seat at the head of the table closest to the door. Draco and Hermione both exchanged a quick glance and turned to look at the clearly ruffled professor who had her elbows resting on the table so she could rest her head in her hands. McGonagall began to speak but her hands muffled her voice and the students had to ask her to speak up. The professor huffed, lifted her head, and continued.

"I'm sure you two will be happy to know that you will be released today." Hermione's face lit up at the announcement. "After talking to the Minister, we have decided to abolish the Marriage Law." Hermione's face lit up further.

"Why the change of heart Professor?"

"Well, erm, you see Granger, we've had a few…occurrences that can't be over looked. Students have lost all self-control and everything is in shambles. The law was a bad idea from the beginning."

"What happened?" Draco was genuinely curious as to how the other couples held up through the night.

"Well Weasley and Davis had a huge blow out in the Gryffindor common room within the first 45 minutes when Weasley left the seat up in the bathroom. Tracey is surprisingly strong for her size and has put Weasley in the hospital wing with a couple broken bones that Madam Pomfery should be able to fix up in the next couple days. In the meantime, Tracey will start seeing a counselor tomorrow about her anger problems. You would think her parents would have informed us of this before sending her here to school…"

"Erm, Professor? Was it just Ron who caused trouble?" Hermione was already planning her trip to the hospital wing to visit him.

"Ah, well, there were multiple cases. The Lavender girl ended up in tears on her date with Hopkins over someone by the name of Won-Won? Not much of her words were able to be understood through her blubbering. Abbot's in the hospital wing as well. Goyle tried to hug her but we're guessing he underestimated his strength and, well, her right arm was shattered. We're still facing some legal issues with her parents. Oh! Draco! I'm sure you'll be curious about the eldest Greengrass girl and Potter? They were placed in the Ravenclaw room when Greengrass refused to be seen in public on a date with Potter and when I patrolled by to check on them, I found the door blown to bits and the Common Room destroyed. We're asking the Greengrass family to help pay for any damages. We found Longbottom locked in a closet at Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop. We're still searching for Bulstrode. It appears she may have skipped town with Zabini who left his date as well. Oh and we found Parkinson as a gorilla in the Hufflepuff Common Room." McGonagall looked exhausted after the list.

"Poor Dean!" Hermione exclaimed. She knew how impatient he was with uptight Purebloods and she'd known him and Parkinson wouldn't end very well. She could see Draco rolling his eyes.

"Any who," the professor continued. "You both should know you were one of the few lucky couples not to end up in a physical fight. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find a counter-curse for the Parkinson girl. You may both return to your rooms." With that, she left the Common Room.

"Well then Granger. I suppose you're going to go running to Weasel now, aren't you? Declare your unyielding love for each other now that you've seen how hard it is to live life without each other?" He followed his statement with his famous smirk.

"Ron and I are good friends Malfoy. If it amounts to more, great. If it doesn't, I'll get over it. And you're one to be speaking. I know you'll be running off to Astoria as soon as you leave this room."

Draco's smirk dropped slightly at the mention of Astoria. "What I had with Astoria is just a fling Granger. Nothing more." A silence hung between them. It was a silence so fierce it could be cut with a knife. Surprising them both, Draco took a step forward to shorten the space between them. He continued forward, step by step. After what felt like centuries, Draco had reached Hermione. He leaned down and grabbed her shoulders, breathing heavily on her left cheek. He continued toward her ear.

"See you around Granger."

With that, he left the Common Room.

I know, I know. I'm sorry but it just had to be done. But don't worry, it's not over! Oh, and for all you wondering, I did my research on the food. They didn't eat bagels and rarely cheese. They also didn't drink milk at Hogwarts unless they wanted milk in their cereal. What do you guys think so far? Please review! Please and thanks!