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Chapter 15

Hermione rolled her eyes slowly as she crumbled the letter she'd received from Astoria. She didn't know what irritated her more, the fact that Narcissa had, in fact, been trying to tamper with her reproductive organs, or the fact that Astoria and Daphne
/were petty enough to think that this would ruin things between her and Draco. She sighed, taking a deep breath and lying back on their bed. As much as she wanted to march over to the Malfoy Manor immediately, and scold Narcissa, the last thing she
/wanted to do was kill the present mood with Draco. She made a mental note to send her an owl in the morning.

"Hermione!"

Hermione sat up alarmed at Draco's yell. "Yes?!" She walked towards the bath. "Draco?"

There was no answer.

"Draco?" Hermione bit her lip, hoping she wouldn't find him passed out naked in the bath, but also perked up at the idea of his naked- "Draco!"

Draco stepped into the doorway of the bath, dripping water everywhere. "Aw, I thought you might want a hot shower after the day, I left the—"

Hermione's entire body was a furnace, her eyes wide and her mouth in a clamped shut. Draco smirked, reaching for his towel. "I thought about inviting you to join me—"

"Well that will not be necessary. I will be just fine alone, thank you!" Hermione moved around him quickly, ignoring his laughs as he exited the bath. She shut the door behind him and let out a deep breath. "Merlin.."

...

"So it's settled then!" Draco clapped his hands and jumped from the couch.

Ginny scolded, "I have no idea if Ron and Harry can be in the same room with you two, I will ask…that is all I can prom—"

"Should be no problem." Blaise chimed in calmly, he began to pour himself a glass of fire whiskey, passing the bottle to Draco. "It will be—"

"Entertaining, if they join us." Draco chuckled. "I do love to see Potter squirm, and with Pansy now—"

"Oh bloody hell! Do you really only think of embarrassing other people? Honestly, you—"

"He's only joking Gin."

Ginny glared at Draco as he continued to laugh. "Once a git, always a git."

Hermione giggled as she exited her bedroom, catching Ginny muttering what she herself couldn't entirely disagree with. "What are we drinking to?"

Ginny rolled her eyes at Draco. "Draco has planned a camping weekend."

"Oh?"

Draco smirked. "Yes, Mione." Ginny raised her eyebrow at Hermione, who moved towards Blaise in the kitchen for a glass of her own. "I think it will be nice to get away from this damned school and have a weekend of fun with all of us…and

our…friends."

Blaise nodded. "I think it's a riveting idea."

Ginny made a face at him.

"Gin, what's your objection to this trip?" Hermione watched her sink into the couch.

Ginny sighed loudly. "I-I have accepted Pansy…but I just, and Ron—"

"Ginny it'll be fin-"

"Bloody awkward it's what it'll be, an entire weekend with Parkinson! Honestly!"

Draco laughed loudly. "Last I heard, you two were best mates."

Ginny's face turned red. "I ought to hex for that!"

Hermione giggled. "I would love to get away from all of this, Theo—"

"I've invited him too." Blaise spoke quickly.

Draco shrugged as their faces fell, he looked inquisitively to Blaise.

The room went quiet. Everyone turned to Blaise who averted his eyes from Ginny's glare. "It is possible, getting him to interact with certain people, could bring out a different side of him."

"What other side?" Hermione, Ginny and Draco chimed together.

...

Ginny wiped her eyes and sat up as Professor Trelawney droned on. She straightened abruptly, adjusting herself as she gave Blaise a confused glare from across the room. He had just exchanged, what looked like a friendly handshake with Luna Lovegood. Thesmall
/smile he'd given her had vanished, he looked down and averted his eyes from her.

Ginny looked over to Luna who'd returned to her seat after rummaging through a broom closet on the opposite side of the room. She was sitting a few seats behind Ginny, airily finding her barrings as usual.

Ginny observed her, Luna was quite obviously the oddest person she knew. Throughout the few months she'd shared with Blaise, she'd never seen him interact with Luna, nor any other Ravenclaw for that matter.

She shook her thoughts away. She was tired of nothing making sense with Blaise. Since Theodore arrived, he'd grown increasingly distant and mysterious. She didn't know what to expect from this upcoming camping trip, but she feared it wouldn't be pleasant.

...

"Ronald! Will you sit down this—" Hermione gasped, trying to pull Ron back into his seat. He had jumped up as Draco sat across from her.

"No Hermione I will not—"

"No Hermione, he will not stop. Let's go, Ronald." Parvati's voice was small and low but serious.

Ron and Hermione paused momentarily, surprised at her boldness.

"Par—Ron!" Hermione lost hold of his arm and yelped. "He is here to be peaceful, please sit down."

Ron rolled his eyes, turning to Parvati. She jumped when he patted her shoulder. Sighing, she returned to her seat, watching Ron sit back down next to Hermione.

"I never agreed to dinners with this git, I don't care that—"

"I don't know if I like your tone Weasley."

The table fell silent. Hermione threw Draco a dark glare, making him sway in his seat.

"I was..invited." Draco muttered, slowly drawing his pumpkin juice, now entirely uncomfortable, wondering why he'd agreed to sit with Hermione in the first place.

Ron sighed reaching for a dinner roll. He didn't lay his eyes on Draco again, focusing his attention on filling his plate with food.

Parvati watched Ron eat with her eyebrow raised. "You just ate an hour ago."

Ron shook his head in between bites. "That was a long time!"

She rolled her eyes. "Ew! Ronald!"

Hermione found herself grinning as Parvati complained, but wiped Ron's face with her handkerchief.

When she looked away, Draco was staring at her. She blushed deeply.

Everyone seemed to be finding their way as couples.

Harry paused as he approached the Great Hall. He couldn't see Pansy, but he could hear her. He didn't have to look far. He spotted her at the Gryffindor table, seated next to Parvati and across from—

Harry squinted, as he removed his glasses, wiped them, and then put them back on. Blaise was sitting across from Parvati, watching them, it seemed they were having a pleasant conversion. Ginny was sitting next to him, contentedly watching her brotherramble
/on to Hermione about what he was sure would interest himself and not her. He could see from where he stood that Hermione was tense, her face flushed. He shook his head a bit at the sight of Draco Malfoy sitting calmly next to Ginny.

Harry took a deep breath and strolled over.

"Hi Harry!" Hermione leaned up to give him a small peck on the cheek. Harry watched Draco's eyes follow him until he sat next to Hermione. He raised an eyebrow and nodded to Draco, who sipped his pumpkin juice and nodded back.

"You want to go on holiday so soon into the year, why it's barely Quidditch—"

"Oh Ron, it's but a couple days—"

"It will be bloody amazing! I've always wanted to camping but me mum—"

"Camping?" Harry looked over to Ginny, who was about to interrupt the squealing between Pansy and Parvati.

"Yes, camping." Hermione patted his arm. Harry patted her hand back and moved away from her slightly.

He couldn't help but feel increasingly uncomfortable next to Hermione, with Draco staring him down like a hawk.

He frowned at Draco and looked around the table. "All of us."

Blaise cleared his throat. "Yes, all of us. Draco and I know the right place."

Ron gave Harry a look. "Where is this place?" Harry asked.

Pansy rolled her eyes, throwing Harry an agitated look. "Harry, it's a fun place, not dodgy at all! We're going."

Harry sighed, looking around at the food on the table. "Should be interesting." He murmured.

"I imagine." Hermione nudged him. He watched her exchange looks with Draco, watching her blush as the blond smirked at her.

The only thought that came to his mind was how uncomfortably gross the whole scene felt. "When are we—"

"Oh hello."

Harry smiled as the familiar voice brought him out of his thoughts. He waved to Luna who had approached the table. She paused by Blaise.

"I imagine you've told everyone about the holiday you've planned."

Blaise nodded, giving her a small smile. Ginny looked from one to the other.

"I hope you're as excited as we are to get away from the school." Blaise leaned in as Luna chuckled lightly.

"Aw, yes. I am quite excited, I guess as excited as one can be, only if I were in Azkaban I suppose I would be more excited…than I am now, but no less excited."

The table fell silent. Blaise nodded quickly after his confusion subsided.

Harry fought with all of his might not to snicker as Draco's ears turned bright red.

"Definitely agree Luna, I'm looking forward to it…just as much." Blaise patted Luna's side lightly, they exchanged smiles and she wandered off.

Ginny's mouth was half open taking in the interaction. What the hell was going on between them?

Hi everyone! I did edit this a bit as it was confusing me, I realized the dividers weren't there for scene division. Working on new chapters and stories :) I'm in China now, so bear with me and my wifi. (03/14/2017)

A/N: Hey! Thank you all a bunch for the reviews and still reading this silly story! I am going to try and wrap up soon with a smooth 20-25 chapters? I think that should suffice! I am going to try and make them as lengthy and fun as possible. I am a year older, about to embark on another crazy travel adventure, working etc. also writers block…constantly. I was super excited to work on a Bill/Fleur , but I'm bored with the idea now. I want to try a serious topic with Draco/Hermione. I do a lot of creative writing and it's nothing silly like this ever, so I would like to try a serious fic and put a little more effort into it. Give me ideas! My favorite pairings are in this story, so give me some thoughts. For anyone confused or disappointed with this chapter being anti-drama, don't worry. I've already started on the very long camping trip. Full of surprises! Have a great month and happy holidays loves! :)

Note from the beta: yo I'm the new beta and you lot can call me Jo. I'm from Australia but I've been asked to use American spellings and the like for this fic, but if there are any British spellings (such as practice, since I believe Americans only spell it as practise) it's my bad. Hope my editing suffices. : Happy holidays for whatever holiday you may or may not celebrate!