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Chapter 18

"I will begin." Theodore lifted his glass of firewhiskey mischievously looking around. "Never have I ever…"

Theodore paused shooting a quick smirk to Blaise then to Draco. They both flashed him menacing looks.

"..been married." He chuckled softly to himself. Everyone quietly lifted their glasses, and sipped. "You're next mate!"

Harry shifted after Theodore slapped his arm. He slowly rotated his glass, thinking to himself.

"Never have I ever..studied all night."

Hermione blushed softly as Draco lifted his glass with her and they both sipped quietly.

Theodore rolled his eyes. "…ok, boring. Blaise! Spice things up."

Blaise rolled his eyes. "Never have I ever been to Azkaban." He lifted his glass to Theodore and mouthed silently "Cheers, mate."

Everyone fell silent, eyes on Theodore. He sipped his drink slowly, keeping his eyes cast down. The almost settled tension, suddenly felt as tight as ever.

Blaise continued to stare at Theodore but tapped Ginny, indicating it was her turn.

"Never have I ever.."

As Ginny began, Theodore stood, gave an awkward bow to Pansy and stormed off.

Blaise and Draco exchanged annoyed looks.

Xxxxxx

"Did you have to do that?!" Ginny threw up her arms as Blaise straightened the quilts on their bed. "Why must you poke the bear?"

Blaise said nothing and didn't make eye contact with her.

"Whatever he is up to..you're going to make it worse! Things will only get wor—

"I am going to bed."

Blaise climbed into bed and lay silently turning away from her.

Ginny huffed loudly and climbed into bed herself.

Xxxxxx

"Are you ready to discuss what your problem is?" Hermione pulled her unruly hair into a bun, staring at Draco as she walked across their tent to their bed.

Draco looked up at her from his book. "I don't know what you—

"Draco." Hermione rolled her eyes irritated.

"I don't feel I—

Hermione let out a long sigh, climbing into the bed and sitting up with her back to him. "I really thought we were making progress." She shifted and began to lie down.

Draco stayed silent.

"Do you want Harry to hate you forever?"

Draco didn't respond.

"Does it make you feel like you have something from the past to hold on to?" Hermione turned to him slowly. "Do you want things to go back to the way they were, do you—

"I'm going to sleep." Draco put his book down on his bedside table loudly and drew the blankets up to his neck.

"I am not done!" Hermione surprised herself by how loud she'd spoken. She could feel Draco flinch under the blankets. Still, she snatched the blankets back and looked him straight in the face.

"I won't live like this Draco." Hermione let out another sigh as Draco sat up looking back at her.

"I'm sorry, i—

"I want to love my husband."

Draco felt his ears burning now. He watched Hermione as she shifted her body in embarrassment.

"I-I know that all of this has been unconventional..and-and well, I never thought I'd be saying these things to you of all people." She paused. Taking Draco's hand slowly. "We've changed—we're changing."

She blushed as Draco squeezed her hand. They both laughed lightly.

"We're married."

Draco nodded slowly.

"I don't know what came over me today." He shook his head. "I've hated Potter for so long..I don't know how to feel anything else for him." He released Hermione's hand to touch her cheek. "I know that I can't continue to behave this way…and I won't."

Hermione frowned. "Harry has changed too." She let him trace her face with his fingers, before taking his hand away and looking at him seriously.

"We're all changing together."

Draco sighed. "I am sorry Hermione."

Hermione nodded at his apology. She turned away from him and began to lie down.

"I want to love you too."

Draco blushed deeply after his declaration. He pulled the blankets up and turned his back to Hermione.

Hermione didn't respond, but her heart was beating out of control as she shut her eyes and tried to stop smiling.

Xxxxxx

"You had an early night." Pansy looked up from her porridge to interrogate Theodore, who hadn't returned to their tent last night.

Theodore looked her over, looking around the tent.

"Harry isn't here." Pansy smiled softly. "He's gone off to duel with Draco."

At this Theodore raised his brow. Pansy patted the table, inviting him to sit across from her.

"At his wife's request, Draco would like to make "peace"." She used air quotes for peace, and hummed softly to herself. "Harry has been indifferent to you all for months, I really wish you'd behave."

Theodore reached for a mug and tea. "I have been behaving."

Pansy rolled her eyes. "You think so?"

Theodore scowled down into his mug. "Why don't I get to miss the way things were?"

Pansy sighed empathetically. "Theo—

"We were all friends once." He shook his head. "All this stupid marriage act has done is change all of you." He looked up at Pansy. "Turned you all against me."

Pansy looked away from Theodore, pushing her porridge aside and getting a mug of her own.

"Theodore." She took his hand slowly. He didn't flinch, he watched as she massaged it slowly. "I decided some time ago to let peace win."

Theodore took his hand back. "..and what did that mean for us, for our friendship?"

Pansy laughed softly. "It meant nothing…and everything."

Theodore rolled his eyes. Taking a huge gulp of tea. "You two are bloody serious aren't you?"

Pansy looked down at the table.

"You were engaged before all of this weren't you? When would you have had time to—"

Pansy waved his questions away as Harry walked in.

Xxxxx

Theodore was surprised by the odd pair Pansy now made with Harry. It had never occurred to him in all the years he'd spent with Pansy that she could be so light and 'in love', with anyone, let alone Harry Potter.

Theodore found Blaise outside near his tent. He was crouching down attempting to fix some muggle contraption that Luna had given him to catch fish. Theodore looked around, Luna was no where in sight.

"Blaise."

Blaise looked up slowly. A bead of sweat fell down his brow. He wiped away at, clearly agitated.

"I don't understand this thing."

Theodore shrugged. "I'd ask Herm—

Blaise huffed loudly. Throwing down his project. "What do you want Theodore?"

Theodore shifted, it was no secret that Blaise made him uncomfortable. In all their years together, he had been superior to him in more ways than one. Blaises' animosity towards him didn't help his cause.

"We need to talk."

Blaise raised his brow.

Xxxxx

A/N: I'm back! I won't even apologize for my absence, I have decided that I love this story and don't have any idea where its going. I am going to give it 25 chapters so you have 7 more chapters coming your way, sometime this year. No promises when I will update. I found out I am in Gryffindor after years of feeling like I would be in Ravenclaw. This realization gave me newfound inspiration. I just want to remind everyone THIS IS A DRAMIONE fic. A comment was made about Harry/Pansy conflict resolution…and they're side characters. This fic has been Dramione and some Blaise/Ginny for the most part so please don't be mad if the pairings aren't working out the way you want them to. I hope you enjoyed this, please review/favorite/follow, thank you to all of my long time supporters! This story is almost 3 years old!! I can't to finish.