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Draco POV

I walked into the Great Hall, looking around for Hermione.

I took a breath of relief. She wasn't here yet.

I took a seat at the Slytherin table with Blaise. Suddenly, a couple of Ravenclaw girls walked over holding a paper.

"Draco, check this out." they said, handing me the paper, and walking away giggling.

I looked at the heading, and my eyes grew wide.

Shit.

Hermione POV

The next morning, I headed off to my classes, looking around for Draco.

Throughout Potions, Draco had been avoiding me. He didn't sit next to me like he usually did, nor did he look or say anything to me.

I was slightly worried. Was he still embarrassed from what had happened yesterday?

I tried to ignore it, and I just headed off to Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Come in, class! We haven't got all day!" called Professor Lupin.

We all hurried to our seats. I sat next to Ginny, while Draco sat lazily next some other Slytherin boy.

"Alright. Starting today, we will be doing our dueling unit. Today, why don't we have two people come up to demonstrate?" asked Lupin. He looked around. "How about...Miss Granger and...Mr. Malfoy."

I stiffened. Ginny pushed me up, and I awkwardly walked up to the front of the room with Draco strolling lazily behind me.

Once we got up there, we stood across from each other.

"Alright you two. No harming each other too badly, and now unforgivable curses. Obviously." said Lupin. "Alright. Walk towards your partner, wands up, down, and back."

We both walked briskly towards each other, flicked our wands up, back down, and headed back to our side, both taking a fighting stance.

"Begin!" yelled Lupin.

"Oppugno!" I shouted, and a flurry or birds shot straight at Draco.

"Incendio!" he yelled, burning all of the birds before they could hit him.

"Expelliarmus!" I shouted.

The shot didn't quite hit him, so he remained with his wand.

"Serpensortia!" he yelled, and a large brown snake came out of his wand.

"Incendio." I said, and the snake burst into flames.

"Levicorpus!" he yelled, and I was lifted up into the air.

"Stupefy!" I cried, and he shot backwards.

"Sectumsempra!" he called. The look of horror passed through my face, and his as well.

The whole class screamed.

I flinched, but before I could yell out a protecting spell, the ray disappeared as a magical shield was placed in front of me.

Professor Lupin was holding up his wand, looking almost scared. "Are you both alright?" he asked.

I nodded, still trying to get my heart rate to it's normal speed.

"I'm so sorry." apologized Draco, getting up. "I didn't-"

"That's alright Mr. Malfoy. But I'm afraid I will have to give you a detention, and take 10 points from Slytherin. If that shot hadn't been blocked, we'd be in a nasty situation." said Professor Lupin.

My face was surely pale, and I knew I was sweating.

The bell rang, and people started hustling out of the classroom.

"Ah, Mr. Malfoy? Please stay. We need to discuss your detention." called Professor Lupin.

He nodded, but passed by me.

"Sorry." he mumbled.

"That stupid git could've killed you!" screeched Ron, as I told him what had happened during Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Yes. Like you almost killed him." said Ginny, rolling her eyes.

"Well, I'm sure it was an accident. After all. He apologized more than once, AND he's doing detention." I said.

"Good. That nasty ferret deserves it." muttered Ron.

"Hermione," called a voice. I turned around to see a girl from my Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Maria Montul.

"Oh, hi Maria." I greeted.

"Are you alright?" she asked me.

"Oh, yes. I'm fine, thank you." I said.

"That's good. But I can't believe he'd do that. I thought you two were getting along quite nicely." she said.

"Well, we were-wait. How did you know?" I asked, confused. I was not too familiar with Maria, so I was wondering how she knew.

"Oh! It's all over the Daily Prophet." she said. "Didn't you know?"

She even pulled out a copy and handed it to me.

As soon as I saw it, my jaw dropped, and my heart almost stopped beating.

On the front page of the Daily Prophet, were the words- Draco Malfoy, gone soft?

Under it showed a picture of us two. He was puttin on my necklace for me.

I was horrified.

I quickly snatched the paper and read the small story-

Former death-eater Draco Malfoy has apparently be changed. Instead of the old, cold-hearted boy he was, he has turned into a loving boyfriend, as it shows in the picture above. He is apparently dating a girl named Hermione Granger, whom he cherishes deeply. Much is expected of these two love birds, and hopefully, we will see more. -Rita Skeeter, Daily Prophet.

I just gaped at the article.

"That dammed woman." hissed Ginny. "Doesn't she have a life besides going around and stalking people?"

"I highly doubt it." scoffed Ron.

"I agree." said Harry.

I was still in shock.

That cursed devil-woman.

A/N: What did you think?

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Thanks to Franny, who helped me with the dueling :)

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