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Chapter 21: Draco's Back

"Hey" Hermione looked up from her book to Harry. She had a study period first, and so did he. "So Draco's back."

"Harry before you ask, I', not going to leave like I did before. Things have changed now." Harry nodded.

"I didn't ask because I knew your answer." He replied. "I came to ask you if you were still in love with him." Hermione looked back at the book she was studying. Charms extended edition, it was showing how to reverse a memory charm, in other words help people to remember something.

"Yeah, I think I am." She answered. "But it changes nothing."

"It changes everything!" Harry closed the book. "If you do love him then I'll and perhaps Ron will support you."

"It's more complicated than you think, Harry." She told him. "A lot of people in this place judge us as a couple, Pansy's gone off the deep end and Blaise would probably still be our friend, but he's friends with Theodore Nott and you know what he's like."

"Well who cares what people think?" Harry said.

"It's more than that, Harry. The nurse said if Draco had drunk more of that drink he could've died and she thinks that was the person's intent." Harry frowned. Even this was too complicated for the boy who lived.

"I'll be honest, I wanted Draco to leave you alone, but whenever you're alone you just look..." He trailed off and was obviously trying to phrase this without sounding mean.

"I love him." She said, getting up. "Enough to protect him." With that, she left.

1 month earlier

"Is he going to be all right?" Hermione asked, rubbing Draco's hand.

"Yes, but it may be a while before he wakes up. It was a very powerful potion under further examination." The nurse stated. "It may take up to six months for him to wake up, there's no way to be sure."

'Six months?' Pansy mouthed to Hermione.

A lot of change could happen in six months, Draco would wake up and it could seem a whole other universe. After a while, the three friends left and returned to Slytherin. "Hey heard Draco took poison to get out of being in a party with you." Daphne said as soon as they returned.

"Shut it, GreenGrass."

"You'll see soon, Parkinson." She laughed, walking off.

Pansy scowled at the back of Daphne's head. "She needs a life makeover." Pansy moaned.

Blaise didn't say anything, he just went to his room. Something was off about him, he'd gone to eat and Pansy went with him. She came back saying he'd gotten talking to Theodore Nott, when he returned he was just off. As lovely as Pansy was, Hermione wasn't so sure about staying in Slytherin. She and Blaise weren't exactly friends, Draco had gone while Pansy was the old non-bitch version of Ginny. And Ginny was the old bitch version of Pansy. And that's when it hit Hermione, Blaise was the new Ron, and vice versa. Harry was her friend who had off and on days, which was similar with Draco except she loved Draco as more than a friend. She'd replaced her Gryffindor values and friends, for Slytherin. Why?

Pansy glared at her potions partner all well, potions class. Duh. He kept stealing glances at her to see if she was still frowning at him. She always was. "Tell me again, Pansy." He finally said. "What is it you want from me?" Pansy glanced at Slughorn across the room. He was busy talking to Theodore Nott. There was something Pansy didn't like about that kid. And it wasn't that he'd taken Blaise away, though that was a reason.

"I want you to tell Hermione to meet me at the Astronomy Tower, at seven." Ronald Bilius Weasley frowned, again.

"Why?" He asked. Again.

"Haven't we already been over this?" Pansy said, slamming her hand on her textbook. "I can't tell you. Just tell Hermione. And tell her not to be late." Ron bit his lip. The bastard - I ask him to tell Hermione one thing and he has to think it through. Not that I don't expect it the whole school knows he has this crush on Hermione. But she's in love with Draco, because he was in a coma or whatever Ron thought he had a chance. Now Draco's back and Ron knew Hermione's feelings had come rushing back (this is starting to sound like some really bad romantic film, like one of those 80's sappy films) anyway, so Hermione had sort of fallen in love with Draco again when she saw him at the end of the hall.

"Right, end of class!" Slughorn announced. Ron ran out of the class as fast as a bullet.

28 days earlier

"We're just glad you're back in Gryffindor." Ron smiled at Hermione, she smiled back and call him crazy but he felt something. When Ginny suggested he ask Hermione out, he wondered how as he only saw her as a friend. He started wondering what it would be like with her.

"Things are crazy in Slytherin." Hermione said, "Blaise has been acting strange and Pansy's been distant. As for Draco..." She trailed off, sighing. That's why Ron was yet to ask her out, she had six months to forget about Draco and move on. Ron planned to make the most of the opportunity.

"Blaise." Theodore said, as Blaise sat down. "You're late." He spat, passing Blaise some pumpkin juice.

"I got held up." Blaise replied, taking a sip. "Draco's been asking questions." Nott raised an eyebrow. "I gave him vague answers, they were mainly about Granger."

"Tell me more." Nott demanded.

"He asked why she was in Gryffindor, I said it was due to Pansy reuniting with Daphne." Blaise continued: "He asked why I was friends with you, and who poisoned him." Nott bit his lip. "I said you let me copy your homework and Daphne poisoned him."

"That's quite far off the truth, you're a good liar Blaise."

Ooh. We find out from Blaise next chapter. But do you like this so far? What do you guys think happened to blaise? What does Theodore Nott have to do with this? Who poisoned Draco?