AN-I'm not gone! My dad grounded me from the computer until my 10week grade report comes in for the new semester. But I did well this week! Here's a short chapter to satisfy for a while. Disclaimer and enjoy!

Hermione POV:

"C'mon, please?" Standing in front of me is Draco. He stands in my path of putting away books.

"I have to work, Draco. I can't just leave. Besides, it's only eleven. The shop just opened two hours ago," I tell him as I dodge my way to put an ancient looking book back on the shelf by hand.

"All the more reason to leave," he says and I roll my eyes. He wants to take me out somewhere. Not like I wouldn't want to go with him, I just haven't worked in a while. He grabs a book from the stack and looks through it. His expression reminds me of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. "I don't understand how you like to read so much," he says, pawing through the pages.

"It's fun! I learn so much," I explain. And I'm just like Belle. "You're slowing me down Draco," I tell him but I'm smiling.

"Hermione!" he pouts like a child. And I smile as I put away more books.

"Sorry Draco. Why don't you go do something until my shift is over? Like read?" I suggest, a smirk forming on my lips.

"Fine. I'll be back. Two, right?" he asks. I nod and he moves out and mutters a greeting to Ginny when she walks in. Spoiled Slytherin.

She walks over to me. "What was that all about?"

I continue to put the books away, nearly finished before I answer her. "Draco wanted me to skip work today to go out with him."

"And?" She looks at me expectantly.

"And I told him no."

She raises her eyebrows at me. "No? Why not?"

"I haven't worked in a while. I can't just leave Ginny."

She looks at me. "'Mione, you're so experienced that you could put half the staff here out of a job. You could practically run the place if you wanted."

She's probably right. "But that doesn't mean I can just walk away from a job, Gin. If it makes you happy I'll get off a half an hour early, okay?"

I turn from her, and bury myself back to into work. I don't exactly stay true to my word when the time comes. I just sit down against the wall and pick up a book that someone left behind.

"I see your still reading," a voice says from above me. I look up and see Draco staring down at me. Setting the book down, I say, "Hey."

"You ready?" he extends his hand out to me and I take it. "Yeah."

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Draco POV:

When we head out and Hermione asks me what we're doing, I have absolutely nothing in mind. I just wanted to be with her.

"I don't really have any plans actually," I say, rubbing the back of my neck. "I thought you'd want to do something."

"Me? I was ready to go wherever you wanted."

"Oh…well in that case…" I extend out my hand towards her and her eyes gaze at me before staring at my outstretched hand. "It's not going to bite, Hermione." She stares at it a second longer before taking it and smiles at me. "Sorry. I'm just not used to this," she says.

"Used to people holding your hand or my affection?"

"Both. Sorry."

"It's fine. C'mon lets go for a walk."

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Hermione POV:

*Previously*

"Oh…well in that case…" he reaches his hand out to me and my eyes widen a little. I look at him before looking at his hand. Draco showing affection is uncommon. And whatever cruel things he did those years in Hogwarts…it's unsettling in a way. But I can't think like that. That was the old Draco, this is the new.

"It's not going to bite Hermione," he says and I stare at his hand for a moment longer before taking it and smiling.

Whatever he did then is in the past. This is now.

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AN-This is mainly a filler but I literally just had an idea come to mind so I'll write about that next. Please review even though its short. I just wanted to get something in. Thanks!