I froze in the second that Blaise kissed. It was warm yet foreign, it felt so strange. This was Blaise, we'd become close over the fact that he figured out I liked Draco so surely he knew I didn't want to kiss him. A few seconds later my blurred mind finally managed to come back to reality and step back from Blaise. His eyes opened and he looked me straight in the eye as though it was just me and him in the world.

"Trust me" He muttered quickly, but before I could even process his words he was ripped away from me as a body flew between us. I felt the air leave my lungs as I jumped back to avoid either Scorpius or myself getting pushed into the fray. I tried to breathe for a second and realised it was Draco that had attacked Blaise. No wands involved he was fighting like a muggle. Blaise wasn't even fighting back as he took punch after punch trying to push Draco back.

"Oh my god, Draco stop! You're going to kill him" I yelled as Scorpius burst into tears watching the two fight. There was a crowd forming all cheering and egging the fight on. It was getting messy and clearly no one was planning to stop Draco. Still pleading with him to stop I tried to calm Scorpius down a little but to no avail. Finally Harry's head broke through the crowd and he grabbed Draco from behind and pushed him against the wall muttering to him. Draco's eyes were wide with anger but finally flicked across to me as the crowd began to settle down. His silver orbs searched my eyes and filled with sorrow in the second I looked across at him. Looking away from him I glanced at Scorpius and calmed him down a little before going over to Blaise who was groaning as he got to his feet blood running from his nose, and head and deep bruises appearing on his eye and his cheekbone. McGonagall emerged in the middle of the crowd and instantly the students began to disperse.

"Back to your houses all of you and you four my office now." She snapped sternly gesturing towards me, Blaise, Harry and Draco. Looking away from all of them I bounced Scorpius as he sniffled, still struggling to calm himself down again. Draco appeared next to me and brushed Scorpius' hair from his face. "I'm sorry buddy, daddy didn't mean to scare you" He whispered softly as Scorpius' blue eyes stared at him widely. I looked away from the both of them and continued on in silence trying to figure out what on earth had just happened. Firstly Blaise had kissed me and then Draco attacked him. Did Blaise know it was going to happen? Had Blaise done it on purpose, but why would Draco attack him?

Draco seemed to know I was in no mood to talk to him right now so continued to mutter to Scorpius as we walked but made no attempt to make small talk with me. After what seemed like an eternity we reached McGonagall's office. We all shuffled in one after the other and all stood around McGonagall's desk, each of us avoiding her eye.

"Well…does anyone want to explain what that was?" McGonagall demanded after a few moments clearly one step away from full dragon.

"I'm sorry Professor, it's my fault." Blaise said quickly causing all of us to stare at him.

"Blaise you don't have to…" I started, trying to stop him from taking all of the blame but he cut across me.

"Professor, the truth is I was trying to prove a point." Blaise paused for a second and looked at me apologetically. What on earth was he going on about? Judging by the other faces in the room no one else had a clue either.

"What I mean to say is, all week Draco has been a little off and today it finally clicked. After he slammed the door in my face it all fell into place because if anything I'm the only person he never pushes away. Anyway, that's not important. I was trying to prove that Draco and Hermione like each other. I knew that if he saw me kissing Hermione he would freak out, as he did and maybe then he'd talk to us. I'm sorry professor and Potter didn't do anything he just pulled Draco off of me." I felt my cheeks flush a deep red at Blaise's words. He HAD known that Draco was there. He knew Draco better than any of us so he'd known exactly what to do to get a reaction out of him. Harry was staring between Draco and I, his eyes wide but a slight smirk on his lips.

"Is this true Mr Malfoy? Is this why you attacked Mr Zabini?" McGonagall asked after a few seconds causing us all to glance across at Draco who had his head in his blooded and bruised hands. Finally he glanced up and slowly his silver orbs met mine.

"Yes Professor, sorry Professor." He replied quietly still staring at me. My heart fluttered a little, he actually felt the same as I did!

"Very well, Miss Granger you may go it appears as though young master Malfoy has had enough for today." She nodded towards Scorpius' sleeping form on my shoulder. I looked around bewildered. Had she just accepted it and moving on? Was she planning to punish them when I left?

"But Professor…"
"Now Miss Granger" McGonagall added her tone warning. Reluctantly I nodded and made my way to the door, listening carefully for a few seconds once the door had shut…

"I hope you realise you're both on thin ice and this is dangerous." McGonagall spoke ominously as though part of her knew I was still here.

"I'm fully aware Professor, I tried not to." Draco said his voice quiet and shakey. Why was it dangerous for him to feel anything towards me? The war was over, we were supposed to be moving on.

"That's very well Mr Malfoy, but after everything…"
"I know professor, trust me I know."
Draco said sternly cutting across her. His voice slightly agitated.

"This may not be a bad thing Professor." Harry added into the silence causing yet another silence. Not wanting to get caught I made my way back to the common room with Scorp fast asleep on my shoulder. I'd heard enough to ask a few questions and after tonight I definitely had a lot.

Once I was back at the common room I placed Scorpius in his cot and sat by the fire staring into its flames for answers.

Draco Malfoy had admitted he was jealous. Blaise had proved his point and Harry now knew everything. Harry was going to want some explanation I'm sure, but if his thing was anything to go by then it wouldn't be so bad. The one I was worried about seeing was Draco, somehow knowing exactly how he felt made me more nervous. I was annoyed at him for attacking Blaise so violently, it seemed like a slight overreaction but I also needed to talk to him about how I felt too.

I was pulled from my whirlwind of thoughts by the sound of the portrait hole opening. I was shocked to see both Blaise and Draco walk through joking as though one of them hadn't been punching the life out of the other an hour ago. Draco froze slightly when he saw me. I felt the tension rise in the room as our eyes met and the rest of the room faded away. For a second it was just us and my breath was caught in my throat.

"I'm just gunna go look for that thing in your room, mate." Blaise said quickly pushing his way out of the room and leaving us in silence each of us too stubborn and nervous to make the first move.

"Is it true?" I said at last voicing my biggest fear. What if he'd just gone along with it to avoid getting in trouble?

"Look Hermione, I'm sorry for being a weirdo this week and I'm sorry for scaring you… with the Blaise thing." Draco blurted stepping forward as though he wanted to reach out to me. For the first time he didn't look sure of himself. I saw him glance across at Scorpius sleeping soundly in his cot, it appeared to calm him instantly. I still loved to see how much he cared for his son.

"Thank you, but that's not what I asked Draco." I watched as he fidgeted running his slightly swollen hand through his platinum hair. He knew I needed an answer and he knew he'd have to give it at last, but why was it so hard for him. I suppose a matter of weeks ago he hadn't even wanted to be in the same common room as me and now he was stood here putting his heart on the table. Even a betting man wouldn't put money on that.

"I didn't want you to find out like this. I tried hard to ignore it, Scorp loves you and I wanted to watch that love grow. I didn't want to lose having any part of you in my life… even if that meant being stuck as we are." He blurted quickly trying in a matter of words to explain himself.

"I feel the same Draco" I replied trying to stop the panic in his voice. He relaxed instantly and came forward to sit with me. I didn't quite know how to act around him so sat still looking at the flames once more. "I don't like what you did to Blaise. It was violent Draco and your son was scared." Draco was silent for a few moments at my words and slowly I felt his hand in mine, warmth spread through me and for a moment we sat like this.

"I'm sorry Hermione. I saw red, I've been working on it. I can only say I'm sorry" He whispered staring directly into the flames as he spoke his eyes watering slightly from staring. I rubbed my thumb over his. Letting him know I was still listening.

"I know, you're not a bad person Draco. Maybe one day you'll see it." I replied softly causing his eyes to flick towards me. He gave me a small smile.

"So… can I ask you if you want to go to Hogsmeade next weekend for our Christmas ball outfits?" He asked carefully and I couldn't stop the blush the crept up on to my cheeks.

"On one condition. Tell me why McGonagall thinks this is dangerous?" I asked quickly watching his already pale cheeks pale a little more.

"You heard that?" He asked and I could tell he was debating whether to tell me. He took a deep breath.

"She thinks that because my father and Blaise's father haven't actually been caught that it could be dangerous for us all if we got serious." He explained quickly. Everything seemed to come back to Draco's father, I could only hope that one day his life wouldn't be controlled by his father's decisions.

"I'd love to come to Hogsmeade with you Draco. If the day ever comes we'll handle your father." I said quickly causing him to smirk.

"I love that you've never been afraid of anything." He responded, standing to bend down and stroke the top of Scorpius' head as he slept. I sat and watched Draco as it struck me that a part of him would be worried about Scorpius' safety but I knew in my heart I'd die before I let anyone hurt him.

"You know Blaise is going to be beyond smug after this?" I said causing Draco to chuckle.

"Oh he's going to be unbearable."