Hermione woke up the next morning to see Ginny pulling her curtains open.
"Shut out the light" she mumbled before turning around.
"Hermione Granger ,get up,up!" Ginny yelled in her ear ,making Hermione jump out of bed.
"Ginny" Hermione moaned "That was loud" Hermione was rubbing her ear ,when she heard the shower running. "Is Harry here?"
"No, that's Ron" Ginny replied. "He actually woke up before you"
"Oh" Hermione replied monotonously ,staring out of the window.
"Were you awake late last night?" Ginny asked ,standing next to Hermione.
"Yeah, I was awake ,but I wasn't doing anything. Just thinking about...going back. I really want the boys to hurry up their reconciliation ,so I can return" Hermione replied. "I feel like I am doing something usefull there"
"Well, Harry gets along with many people. I'm sure that it will only take a day or two for them to be friends" Ginny reassured Hermione. Hermione snorted.
"The day that Harry becomes actual friends with him is the day I...have a crush on Draco Malfoy" Hermione scoffed.
"Cruch on Draco Malfoy?" Ginny asked.
"Weirdest thing I could think of" Hermione replied in a forced offhand voice. "Anyway, why is Ron staying here?"
"Luna kicked him out ,again" Ginny explained.
"Right" Hermione said ,leading the way downstairs to the kitchen to make breakfast, her mind in a completely different place.
After Hermione crashed her mug of coffee for the fifth time that morning and Ginny repaired it using her wand, Ginny looked at her best female friend ,concerned.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" Ginny asked ,her voice softer than Hermione had ever heard it.
"Nothing ,Ginny, just thinking about yesterday" Hermione answered ,which was technically correct. She was actually thinking what made her act that way towards Malfoy and Harry. "I think I should go on a walk" Hermione stood up and took her beaded bag ,which she had strung around her neck. "I need the fresh air"
"Alright, but come back quickly" Ginny gave Hermione a tight hug before leading her to the door. The moment the door closed, Ginny let out a a sigh before calling Ron downstairs for a chat. Hermione
"But ,Gin, I need to go Quidditch practise" Ron whined rushing down the stairs in his Chudley Canons kit
"Is Quidditch more important than your best friend?" Ginny was glaring daggers at her brother.
"Is it Harry? Did he get hurt?" Ron asked ,dropping his broomstick on the floor.
"No, it's Hermione. I need to talk about her. She is acting unusually" Ginny beckoned Ron to follow her into the kitchen.
"But Ginny you know that I am not very good at these things" Ron moaned ,dragging his feet to follow Ginny and added in an undertone. "I am just going to be listening while you waffle"
"What was that about?" Harry asked ,looking at Draco quizzicaly ,he had a feeling that Draco had something to do with it. Hermione had been in a worse state when shouting at him.
"No idea" Draco lied staring at the door "Did she mean that?"
"Not really. She sometimes exaggerates. She may come back but she is very good at the silence killer and may still be angry at us." Harry looked at Draco.
"So, we should really try and become friends or atleast not enemies" Draco said ,looking at Harry.
"You really want Hermione back here ,don't you?" Harry looked at him suspisciously "If you want to beacome friends with the 'boy who lived'" Draco looked surprised at Harry.
"Do you really think I care about that. All I care about is that you aren't a Death Eater and you will help me defeat Dumbledore. You also are good dueller" Draco looked at Harry solemnly and sat down on his couch "And you may actually be a friend"
"A friend? Malfoy, you have all your Death Eater friends and all your father's?" Harry asked gently "Why would you want to become friends with 'the chosen one' and 'the mudblood'"
"Because, all those Death Eaters aren't friends. And Gryffindor spirit will help us on our journey" Draco faked a smile and held out his hand for Harry to shake "So do we have an agreement to have a truce"
"Okay ,but I still don't get you Malfoy. You ,Voldemort's right-hand man, want to bring him down using the help of two Gryffindors and then there's your past -all foggy" Harry said ,shaking his head and smiling ,as he shook Malfoy's hand. "You aren't telling us something" Malfoy smiled at Harry.
"You will get to know ,Potter, I am very complicated. Giving you a full insight into my life, will shatter you. I wasn't like I used to brag myself to be" And with that, Draco went to his room. The moment Draco opened his bedroom door, he colapsed onto his bed. So Potter thought that he -Draco Malfoy- liked Granger. That was absurd ,impossible ,would not happen. But then the image of Hermione in a rage entered his ming and he stopped. She looked so... No, he did not fancy Hermione Granger ,but then another image came into his mind. One of the night he brought her into his house. Before he woke her up, he took some time just watching her face. She looked so beautiful with the moonlight shining on her face and her hair in an unruly tangle. He was surprised that any girl could look like that without adding make up. She really was something. But he didn't like her. Potter was imagining things and was simply kidding him when he told him about it in the drawing room...Soon enough, Malfoy had fallen asleep.
While Hermione was taking her walk, she wondered whether she could find a hospital to practice at to help with the mission ,besides she wouldn't be going on the actual adventures other than the final one ,so she could call for help or heal them after the escapade if needed. Apparating to St. Mungo's, Hermione looked down at herself. Walking into St Mungo's ,looking like herself, wouldn't be the best of ideas in the present climate. She was a usual target for Death Eaters and if any spies were working at St Mundo's, it wouldn't bode well for her. Apparating to Diagon Alley, Hermione collected a few potions supplies for the glamour potion and other healing potions she would need to practice. Heaving the bulk outside the shop, she apparated right outside Grimmauld Place. When she entered, she could hear Ginny talking to someone in the kitchen.
"Ginny!" Hermione called from the hallway "Can you help me with these things?" The talking stopped and Ginny came out of the kitchen in a rush.
"Oh my gosh, Hermione, what did you get?" Ginny asked ,as she picked up frog's legs from the floor and placed them in Hermione's bag.
"I thought that it would be good if I practised my skills while the boys were back at our hideout ,so I bought all the ingredients I would need to make a glamour potion. This means that I can disguise myself and work at St Mungo's for the week." Hermione explained ,starting to walk up the stairs occasionally dropping a mandrake root or a strand of unicorn hair. Ginny followed her up the stairs ,picking up the fallen ingredients and placing them back in Hermione's bag.
"Whose DNA are you going to take for the potion?" Ginny asked.
"Red doesn't suit me ,so I don't think that I will take yours or Ron's ,but there isn't anybody else's hair I can use other than Harry's or..." Hermione suddeny smiled cheekily and then finished her sentence in a much quieter voice ,which even Ginny couldn't hear."Malfoy's" Now in a rush of excitement, Hermione bouded up the rest of the stairs to her room. Ginny followed her ,picking up all the ingredients that Hermione had let fall from the basket.
A/N: I bet you know what is going to happen. If not, then I am afraid that you will have to find out. Harry and Draco have shook hands ,but will they be able to get along? What did Ginny want to talk about with Ron? How is Hermione going to get Malfoy's DNA with out him knowing?
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