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Chapter 14

Apologizing.

HERMIONE--

I rolled over and found that Draco had been laying behind me all night and we were laying on the floor of the common room. We obviously slept there all night and I found that my whole body hurt. I shook Draco and waited for him to wake up.

"Good morning sunshine." I said as he opened his eyes to look at me.

"Morning, did we sleep on the floor all night?" He asked looking around.

"Yeah we did. I'm still tired though so do you want to go lay down in bed?" I asked sitting up.

"Yeah, I hurt a lot." He said sitting up as well. I stood up and helped him to his feet and we made our way to his bedroom.

"We'll have to go to lunch at least that way we can see Alex and Ginny." I said looking at him.

"Yeah I know, but lunch isn't for another couple hours." He said smiling at me. I smiled back and we went into the bedroom. I changed my clothes without even going into the closet. I didn't care if he saw me in my underwear. He changed too and we got into the bed. Draco laid down on his back and then I laid down with my head on his chest. It felt so right to be there with him.

I was tired but I couldn't fall back to sleep. I loved laying there with him. I didn't know what I was feeling. What happened to me? I hated him at the beginning of this year and now I'm sleeping in his bed? What's up with this? I just don't get it. I hope that this isn't fake. I hope this lasts. I thought to myself as I was laying there. I didn't understand what was going on. Maybe it was better that way. I just wondered how Draco felt.

DRACO--

I woke up to Hermione shaking me. She asked if I wanted to go lay down in our bed because the floor was amazinly uncomfortable. We moved to the bedroom and I grabbed some clothes and started to change. I then realized that Hermione was changing too, but she wasn't in the closet, it was weird to see her changing in front of me. I shook it off and got into bed. She got into bed with me. She laid across my chest and I fell asleep within minutes.

I dreamt of Hermione and I at the Halloween ball. I saw us dancing together, she was wearing a beige velcet dress, it hugged her curves nicely and it went all the way to the floor, and I was wearing black slacks and a wifebeater with an unbuttoned black overshirt with green flames. We danced and talked and hugged and kissed. I felt like all was right in the world. Then suddenly I woke up.

I looked around and Hermione was laying on my chest but she wasn't sleeping. I could feel her breathing and it wasn't deep and slow like it would have been if she was sleeping. It was rapid and shallow, like she was upset about something.

"Hermione, what's wrong?" I asked looking down at her.

"Huh? Oh, I was just thinking, I don't understand what the deal is with us. Not that I'm saying that I don't want to be with you, I'm saying that It's weird that a month ago I hated you and now I'm dating you. It just doesn't make sense to me, does it make sense to you?" She said looking up at me.

"Well, nothing makes sense to me anymore. I love being with you and I don't want to lose you. Hermione, I'm just like you, taking this one step at a time. Trying to figure things out as I go. Please believe that I feel the same way you do about all of this." I said.

"I know, it's just that I don't know what's going to happen between us and I'm afraid of that." She said rubbing her hand across my chest.

"Well, let's just take every day as it comes. Let's not worry about tomorrow or any day after that. Let's just worry about today. Okay?" I asked letting my hand glide up and down her back.

"Okay, Draco." She said realxing against me.

We laid there for a long while and finally we fell asleep. An hour and a half later I woke up and saw that it was almost time for lunch so I started to shake Hermione.

"Hey, sweetie." I said as she started to stir.

"What, dear?" She said smiling at me.

"Time, for lunch." I said.

"Okay, let's get up." She said sitting up.

"Okay," I said as we got out of bed.

We got dressed and headed out of the common room. We walked down to the Great Hall and went to our seperate tables. I sat next to Alex and started to eat. We talked about the things we got for the girls and the things they got for us. I loved my ring and Alex loved his watch, so everyone was happy.

HERMIONE--

Draco woke me to tell me it was lunch time, we went down to the Great Hall and sat at our seperate tables. I sat next to Ginny and she showed me the bracelet and ring Alex had given her. They were gorgeous and I showed her the things Draco had gotten for me. I loved them and so did Ginny we talked about how much fun we had had at Hogsmeade the day before. We were so busy talking that we didn't notice Harry sit in front of us.

"Hey guys, can I talk to you for a few minutes?" He asked looking at us.

"I guess," I said looking back at him.

"I just wanted to say, I'm sorry. I know that I was rude and everything, I'm just worried about you two. I mean you guys don't have to deal with Voldemort like I do. I mean I am supposed to be the one to kill him and the thought of you guys dating two of his possible followers freaked me out. I'm really sorry. Please forgive me?" He asked looking a little sad.

"Harry, I forgive you but you have to understand that neither of them will be a Death Eater. I know this for sure, Alex's family doesn't follow Voldemort and Draco hates his father. There's no way he'd follow in his footsteps. So, I accept your apology and I'm glad that you are willing to give them a chance." I said looking at him.

"I accept your apology too. On one condition," Ginny said looking at Harry.

"What?" Harry and I asked at the same time.

"You have to get to know the two guys. You have to spend time with us and them. How about you and Ron and his girlfriend and whoever you want to bring have dinner with all of us tonight?" She asked looking at Harry and me.

"Okay, sounds fun." Harry said looking at me.

"I'm fine with it.It sounds like it'll be fun." I said looking at my friends.

"Okay well, I'll have to tell Ron and find somebody to bring with me." Harry said.

"Well, I had better tell Draco and Alex." I said looking at Ginny.

"Okay, I'll talk to you later." Ginny said.

I walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down next to Draco. I got a lot of weird looks for it but I didn't care. Everyone already knew that we were dating so it didn't matter. Draco looked at me and cocked an eyebrow.

"Hey, I need to talk to you two." I said looking at Draco and Alex. They both got up and followed me out of the Hall.

"So, what's this about?" Alex looked at me.

"Harry apologized to Ginny and me. She accepted his apology on one condition, that the four of us and Harry, Ron, Cassie and whoever Ron wants to invite have dinner with us tonight." I said looking at them.

"You mean we have to have dinner with four people that probably hate us?" Draco asked looking a little nervous.

"No, they don't hate you, Harry is really going to try to get to know you guys. Please just have dinner with us? I'd really appreciate it." I said looking pleadingly at both of them.

"Fine," They both said at the same time. I smiled at them and hugged Draco tight. We told Alex that we were going to go back to our room and get some more sleep. We went back and laid down in bed. I woke up a couple hours later and realized that we would have to get something for dinner from the kitchens.

"Draco," I said shaking the handsome man who was sleeping beside me.

"Yes, dear?" He asked sleepily.

"We have to go get something for dinner. Come on." I said getting out of bed.

"Okay," He said getting up.

We went down to the kitchen and got some food from the hosuselves. When we got back to the common room Harry, Luna, Ginny, Alex, Ron and Cassie were waiting for us. They all smiled at us and Harry, Ron and Ginny hugged me when I arrived.

"Hey guys, we got some food." I said setting the food on the table. I went to get some plates and silverware and some soda for everyone. I sat it all out on the table and everyone sat down around it.

"So, you guys obviously know Draco, but this is Alex. Alex this is Ron, his girlfriend Cassie, Luna and Harry." I said introducing everyone. They all said hi to one another and started to eat their food.

"You guys, I'm sorry that I treated you so badly for all those years." Draco said looking at everyone.

"Well, you'll have to prove yourself to us." Ron said looking around to nods of approval.

"I will, I've already proven myself to Hermione, so I guess I can prove myself to you." He said looking at Ron.

"Good," Harry said.

"You guys, he's really a good person. I know it's hard for you to believe but it's true." I said looking at my friends.

"Hermione, you have never led us astray," Luna said in her slightly dreamy voice.

"Thanks Luna." I said looking at her.

Everyone smiled at each other and we ate, we all got to know each other a little more. Luna told us about her family's jobs. Alex told everyone about his family. Cassie told us about her favorite place to hang out in the castle. We all told each other our favorite things and what got on our nerves. I found out that Draco didn't like things that were mint flavored which coincidently was something I hated too.

We all laughed and talked for a good part of the night. We then realized that it was almost time for curfew and so everyone left. Draco shook hands with everyone as they left, I of course hugged everyone. After everyone was gone we went to bed. I fell asleep almost as soon as I hit the bed. I dreamt of how great things went with all of us. I was happy that things were so great with my friends.

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