Ok today is the three year anniversary of this story, so I'm putting up two chapters just for the occasion. So here you go, hope you enjoy. :) :) :)

Chapter 21

"So you guys spent the entire weekend getting Dean together with Luna?" Harry asked the three girls. They nodded in response; they were all sat in the Gryffindor common room. "Why didn't you just tell us?"

"Well, because Dean didn't want anyone to know until he was officially with Luna," Hermione stated looking up from her Defence Against the Dark Arts homework they had gotten today.

"Seamus knew, Dean told him. So I don't know why he's confused," Rachel said as she took out a book to help her with homework. Seamus just shrugged in response to the looks he got of the boys.

"So Hermione did you sort out the study groups?" Tina asked as she contemplated her next move. She was playing wizard's chess with Ron.

"Oh yes, I've sorted it all out. The study groups will take place in the library; I already asked Madam Pince if it was ok. So we can use a section of the library on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday evenings from 8 till 10 pm. And also Saturday afternoons 1 till 4pm," Hermione explained.

"Oh that's good. Have you decided what to revise on each of these days?" Rachel inquired.

"Yes, I have. I figured we'd spend an hour on each subject. Mondays it will be Defence Against the Dark Arts and then Charms. Wednesday will be Ancient Runes, followed by Arithimancy. Fridays Transfiguration then potions and on Saturday Herbology, then Care of Magical Creatures," Hermione explained all this rather excitedly. "Madam Pince said she would put up spells around our work area, so that we don't disturb anyone else. I wrote about the study groups, where we are having it and the timetable for it. I'm going to clear it with professor McGonagall and then have it put up in all of the common rooms."

"Sounds good, Hermione," Tina stated amused at her friends antics. "I can get Jack and the boys to put it up in their common room."

"Yeah and am sure Luna would deal with Ravenclaw for us," Rachel said.

"And Hannah can put it up in the Hufflepuff common room," Neville said and returned to his homework.

"Well that's settled then. I've finished my homework, so I'll go see professor McGonagall now," Hermione stated getting up.

"I've finished as well, I'll come with you," Rachel said standing up to join Hermione. It didn't take that long at all to get McGonagall's approval, she was very happy as were the other teacher's at their commitment to their upcoming exams. "You take Ravenclaw and Gryffindor and I'll take Hufflepuff." Hermione nodded, handing two copies of the study group plans to Rachel before she went off to find Luna. Rachel went on a search for Hannah, she used a locater spell and it led her to the grounds by the lake. Hannah was sat with Susan Bones and Eloise Midgeon. She walked up to them and explained about the study groups they have arranged and they agreed to put the notice up in the common room. She walked back towards the castle and noticed a blond figure in front of her.

"Draco," Rachel said, he turned around with a smile on his face, he knew that voice anywhere. She walked up to him. "I'm glad I found you."

"You are?" Malfoy asked his smile widening a little bit.

"Yeah, we got permission for the study groups and we just need to put up notices in all the common rooms," Rachel explained, Malfoy's face fell a bit but he recovered quickly. Rachel took out the parchment she had put in her bag. "Would you mind putting this up on your notice board?"

"Not at all," he replied taking it from her and walking with her to the castle. "What are you doing now?"

"I have to get back to the common room and help Hermione decide on the study materials," she replied casually.

"Oh, ok then. I'll see you at dinner," he said as they arrived in the entrance hall.

"Yeah see you then, Draco," Rachel said and walked off. Malfoy turned and walked to his own common room. He reached the blank wall in the dungeons and said 'callidus suffragium,' the wall slid back and he walked in. He went over to the notice board and put up the parchment on it with a permanent sticking charm.

"What's that?" Blaise asked him from the couch he was sprawled over.

"Study group information, Rachel asked me to put it up," Malfoy replied and walked over to Blaise, knocking his legs off the couch before taking a seat. Blaise sat up with a cheeky grin.

"Oh, did she now? You guys seem to be getting along pretty well," Blaise stated. "Is there something you need to tell me?"

"Oh shut up, you know we're just friends," Malfoy said shoving Blaise. "Anything else would be impossible."

"A month ago that's what you thought about you guys being friends," Blaise stated matter-of-factly.

"Yeah, I know but this would be pushing my luck," Malfoy said quite seriously. "She doesn't think of me in that way. So I'll just settle for being her friend, it's more than I can ask for."

"Wow, you really like her, don't you?" Blaise asked Malfoy just nodded. "Alright, I won't say anything about it." Malfoy looked at his friend appreciatively and leaned back to relax before he had to go down for dinner. Unfortunately the peace was ruined by Parkinson walking in at that moment; she looked at the notice board.

"Why on earth would we seventh years want to go to a study group organised by Gryffindors, especially Granger?" She asked in a very loud voice. Malfoy was very irritated now, he was very tired. He hadn't been able to sleep at all last night and had stayed up revising and then gone to lessons.

"Well, Granger is really smart, so studying with her would be very helpful," Claire Moon said as she sat down on an armchair.

"Yeah, she's right and it was nice of them to consider asking us Slytherins, given our past history," Millicent added.

"Have you guys lost it? I can't believe your even considering it," Pansy said looking very irritated.

"Whatever, Pansy, I want to pass my NEWTs. I'm signing up," Millicent said and grabbed a quill from a nearby desk and added her name to the list. Claire got up and added her name as well as Daphne. Blaise got up from his seated position.

"I'm glad you girls know what's important," he said as he walked over to the notice board.

"Well, Draco agrees with me," Pansy stated looking at Draco's relaxed figure on the couch.

"You want me to put your name on the list, Draco?" Blaise asked ignoring Pansy completely.

"I'm already on it, as are you, Theodore and Jack," Malfoy mumbled.

"Of course we are, we already agreed to it yesterday," Blaise said shaking his head for forgetting.

"Why would you agree to this?" Pansy asked clearly annoyed.

"Argh! I'm going to rest for a bit, wake me up when it's time for dinner, will you?" Draco asked Blaise as he stood up.

"Sure thing, you go get some rest," Blaise answered as Draco went to the boy's dormitory.

"And to answer your question, Pansy, I think you've lost it," Daphne said. "The boys have been friends with the Gryffindors for at least a month now. Blaise and Jack for even longer."

"Do you think Finnegan will be there?" Claire asked with a smile.

"Yeah, his name is on the list," Millicent said smiling at her friend knowing exactly why she wanted to know. "He's kind of short," she added teasingly.

"I'm shorter than him, by an inch but still shorter," she replied smugly. Pansy stormed out of the common room.

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"Oh, look Millicent Bulstrode, Claire Moon and Daphne Greengrass have all signed up. Parkinson is the only Slytherin who hasn't," Hermione said reading of her list.

"Not that you particularly care," Tina said.

"All the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws have signed up as well," Rachel noted as all of them left the common room for the great hall.

"I know even Diggory signed up," Seamus stated as they walked down the stairs. Luna joined them and linked hands with Dean.

"Hello," Luna said to them all and everyone said it back. "All the seventh year Ravenclaws really appreciate the study group idea."

"I'm glad," Hermione said and they entered the Great Hall at the same time as the slytherins minus Malfoy.

"Where is my dear cousin?" Tina asked looking around.

"He was tired and decided to sleep, he still tired so I told him I'd bring him some food," Blaise explained. They all walked to their own tables to eat.

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Draco groaned as he got up and checked the time. It was 10:30pm; he hadn't slept for that long. He was hungry; there was food next to his bed, which had a warming charm on it. He went to the bathroom and then sat down on his bed and began to eat. He noticed a paper plane hovering above his bedside table. He took it and saw his name written on it in familiar hand writing. He opened it and read:

Draco

I was just checking that you were ok. Blaise said you were tired because you hadn't slept at all the night before. I thought maybe you were ill and that's why. Tina is concerned as well but she won't admit it. I've sent you a potion that will enable you to have a peaceful night's sleep and you will wake up feeling refreshed. Hope you feel better. See you tomorrow.

Rachel

Draco smiled as he re-read the letter and he was still smiling when feel asleep ten minutes later after taking the potion he was given.

***

The Library

"Alright, it's ten to eight, so everyone will be arriving soon. Let's set up," Hermione said as they walked to the back of the library where a large section was sealed off for them. They put their bag on a desk at the back and then went to get books to help them.

"We should be ok for today, we're only waiting on three people for the first hour," Tina said bringing some books over. "Here are all the Ancient Runes books that I could find."

"I think that should be fine," Hermione said helping Tina set the books up. "Hey Blaise."

"Hello girls," Blaise said taking a seat next to Tina. "Just Hannah and Anthony left to arrive then?"

"Just Anthony, actually," Hannah said as she came over to them and sat down next to Blaise.

"Who is Anthony?" Tina asked looking at Hannah and Blaise. Hermione sighed looking amused.

"We go through this all the time, he does exist and here he comes," Hermione explained.

"Whatever, I'm still right," Tina said in a huff as Anthony sat down next to Hannah. Hermione grabbed some books and sat down next to Tina and they began to revise.

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Rachel said bye to the boys and headed for the library to revise Arithimancy. She walked down the stairs and was joined by Terry Boot and Padma trailed behind them.

"Hey Rachel," Draco said as they walked over to him. "Boot." Terry nodded in his direction politely.

"Hey Draco," Rachel said walking side by side with him. "Did you get that Transfiguration homework done?"

"Yeah I did, I've nearly finished my Arithimancy homework as well. What about you?" Draco asked and they entered the second floor.

"Yep, I'm all up to date," Rachel stated happily as they arrived at the library. They walked over to the study area. Blaise and Tina were putting away books and Hermione was arranging others.

"Hey guys, it's all yours," Blaise said indicating the table and him and Tina left as Cedric entered. They went over to Hermione and Rachel sat down next to her. Cedric went to sit next to Rachel.

"Draco, here sit next to me," Rachel said quickly, Draco wasted no time and sat down next to her with Terry on his other side. Cedric and Padma took their seats around the table.

"All right, well first I just want to check has anyone done the homework?" Hermione asked everyone nodded. "Oh good, well I've got all these useful books to help with revision and a list from professor Vector of what has come up in the exams before."

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"That went well for the first session, Friday will be different, we've got nearly the entire seventh year coming," Hermione stated as she went over the study timetable.

"You'll do great Hermione, you always do," Ron said as he put his arm around his girlfriend, she smiled at him in response.

"You guys are sickeningly sweet," Tina said looking at the couple but smiling none the less.

***

Herbology Greenhouse 3

"Psst, Tina," Blaise said quietly.

"What?" Tina asked in response as she dug in a pot.

"What are you getting for, Draco?" Blaise said mimicking Tina's actions.

"Why do you need to get him something?" Rachel asked as she helped Tina, who she was paired up with.

"His birthday, 5th June," Tina answered quietly as Draco wasn't that far away.

"That's the date of our last exam, potions isn't it?" Rachel asked looking at Tina, who nodded in response.

"We'll just get something from Hogsmeade on Saturday," Tina said. "But we'll have to get some sort of cover; don't want him to find out."

"Hermione said she'll go with Blaise and Theodore first, while we keep him occupied and then I can go with Harry and Ron," Rachel told them. "Tina can just go with Jack."

"Ok, but tell Hermione that we will have to leave early and make up an excuse and then meet up with the rest later," Blaise said. "Oh and it's nice that you all want to get him something."

"I was thinking, since it's the last exam we could throw him a surprise party," Tina suggested.

"Yeah, that sounds good. But it will have to be arranged before the exams start," Blaise commented. They all nodded and continued with their work.

***

The Library – Friday

"Thanks again, guys. See you on Sunday," Daphne said as she walked out with Millicent and Claire.

"Sunday?" Rachel asked Hermione with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, it's just for this week. Sunday instead of Saturday because of the Hogsmeade trip," Hermione said arranging the books Ron gave her. "Ok guys, let's just get the Transfiguration books put away and we can start on potions." The other thirteen students helped her put away the books and then settled down to start revising potions.

It was ten to ten and everyone was quickly going over their potions homework, occasionally asking each other questions.

"Is there a book I can use to reference this point?" Michael asked looking around, Blaise who was sat next to him looked at what he was talking about and handed him a book. "Thanks."

"Well, I am impressed you are actually taking these study groups seriously," Snape said standing next to them.

"Thank you professor, Hermione's good at organising and arranging things," Rachel said looking up and then going back to her essay.

"Well then, well done Miss Granger by taking your exams seriously and for helping everyone else," Snape said to Hermione. Everyone looked up at him in shock, did he just praise Hermione? Snape just smiled at their reactions and swept from the room.

***

"Where are Blaise and Theodore?" Draco asked the five Gryffindors and Jack, who were sat with him in the Three Broomsticks.

"Blaise went to flirt with the assistant in Zonko's and Theodore went with him to make sure he didn't do anything stupid," Ron said and took a sip of his butterbeer. "Here's Hermione."

Hermione walked up to them holding two bags in her hand. She sat down and accepted the butterbeer Ron handed her.

"Sorry, I got carried away in the bookstore," Hermione stated, Jack whispered something in Tina's ears making her smile.

"Um guys we're gonna go for a walk," Jack said and took Tina's hand walking out.

"Yeah, a walk, sure," Blaise said as he sat down taking Tina's seat and Theodore taking Jack's.

"Sorry we took so long, you know how Blaise can be," Theodore said rolling his eyes. "He just ended up making Zonko's a nice profit." Theodore indicated the bags they had. Ron stood up and pulled Harry to his feet.

"I want some sweets, let's go to Honeydukes," Ron said his mouth watering; Harry nodded at his friend in amusement.

"I'll come with you, see you guys later," Rachel said getting up as well. Draco was about to say he'd come as well but Blaise got his attention and started explaining something to him.

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Draco looked at the Shrieking Shack and wasn't sure if he should believe Hermione about it not being haunted. He turned around at the sound of Rachel's voice, she was laughing at something Ron had said. Both her and Harry were in fits of laughter.

"You guys took your time," Hermione said as they approached. "Even Jack and Tina are back."

"Ron – (ha) - wanted – (ha) ..." Rachel attempted to say but just couldn't and was now holding her side as she laughed.

"What she was trying to say was that Ron wanted to check out Zonko's as we were passing," Harry explained stifling his laughter.

"Pray tell, what is so funny?" Tina asked attempting to raise an eyebrow and failing.

"You had to be there," Ron said wiping away an imaginary tear from his eye.

"Oh, look there's Dean and Luna," Hermione said looking behind Ron, Harry and Rachel. They turned around and everyone else moved forward. "They are so cute together."

"They're together?" Draco asked confused, he thought that Rachel was with him.

"Yeah," Rachel said answering him. "Me and the girls helped to get them together. That's what we were doing all last weekend."

"Oh," was all Draco could say, he was happy as this meant that Rachel was single but not that he was going to do anything about it. They watched Dean and Luna walk off. Then they all went around Hogsmeade some more trying to enjoy it as after this is was back to revising again.

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