Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. 

The First Night

            The feast that night was wonderful just like it always was.  Hermione sat next to Harry and across from Ron.  Hermione was thinking how perfect things were here.  The man she loved was sitting next to her, and the boy she loved as a brother was across from them.  This was the best dinner she had had in months.  It was full of joking and laughing.  Ron and Harry told her about all of their mini adventures they had over the summer.  Hermione spent most of her time listening and laughing; she didn't want to talk about her summer.  The boys both figure this much so they didn't make her talk about it.  It was a wonderful dinner.  They were among the last people to leave the hall.

            When they got out the door, they found a very surly looking Malfoy leaning against the wall with his arms folded across his chest.  "I thought you'd never come," he said maliciously.  

            Hermione glared in response.  She turned to her friends.  "Goodnight Ron!" she said hugging Ron. 

"Night Mione"

"Goodnight Harry,"

Harry barely got the word "Goodnight" out of his mouth before her lips were on his.  Malfoy cleared his throught letting the couple know that they had been at it for more longer than people were comfortable watching.  They pulled apart.  "Goodnight my angel" Harry crooned.

"Night"

The boys headed off to the Gryffindor Tower.  "Can we go now?" Malfoy urged impatiently. 

"Oh yea sure" Hermione said coming out of the daze she was in watching Harry go down the hall. 

The way she daunts over him is sickening! Draco found his mind saying. 

Draco and Hermione made their way up six flights of stairs in silence.  At the top, they found a huge corridor full of pictures. 

"Now what?"

"Now we start looking for an aardvark."

They both went up and down the hallway many times.  They couldn't find the aardvark.  Sure there were plenty of other animals from turtles, to zebras, to things like flying giraffes, and six legged chickens, but no aardvark.

"This is ridiculous!" Malfoy erupted.  He sank back against a wall fed up with looking. 

Hermione didn't give up so easily. She began going up close to every picture.  She came to one that had grass and bushes but no animals.  Then she realized that one of the bushes was shaking.

"Draco!" she said waving him over.  She pointed to the picture.  He looked harder.  They both started laughing.  The aardvark was hiding behind the bushes because he was nervous.  They both looked at each other and remembering the company they were keeping both stopped laughing abruptly. 

"Snidebark" Hermione said. 

The picture swung forward.  They both stepped through into an amazing room.  There was a fire place, a sofa, two recliners, a coffee table, a pool table, and in one corner a mini kitchen with a refrigerator and bar for eating at.  There were also doors that lead to the Gryffindor and Slytherin common rooms, a bathroom, their two bedrooms, and an outdoor place on the roof of the castle. 

"Woah!" they were both surprised at this room.  It was very comfortable. 

"Hermione?" Draco began to speak in a wavering voice.  "I was thinking that since we are going to be sharing living quarters this year, well maybe we could call a truce so we don't make this next year a living hell."

Hermione smiled.  She hated having enemies, and noted the cange that was showing up in Malfoy.  "Sounds like a plan."  She said.  She decided that while they were here she was going to watch Malfoy carefully, for other signs of change and reasons why. 

Malfoy crossed the room to the refrigerator and took out one of the six sodas on the top shelf.  And shut the door.

"Hey Malfoy, will you grab me one?"

"Uh, sure" he said and he opened the door again, to find six sodas on the shelf. "Woah, it restocks itself!"

"Really?  Cool!"

Draco handed Hermione her drink.  Hermione decided to go to her room.  It doesn't seem like this year is going to be bad at all.  When she opened her door, she found a huge room with a balcony.  There was a huge mirror in across from the bed and there was a bureau under a mirror, and there was a huge walk in closet, and of course all of her clothing had been put away.   Sitting on her bed was something she was pretty sure Hogwarts didn't put there.  It was a pretty snowy owl with a rose in its beak and a note on its leg. 

Meet me in the old Charms classroom at 9:30.

As Hermione read the note the owl hooted and flew away.  Looking at her watch she realized that it was 9:15 and she had better start going.  She looked in the mirror, reapplied some  lip gloss, and walked out of the room.

She went to the old charms classroom.  Harry was waiting for her outside. 

"Close your eyes."

She eyed him suspiciously, but she complied.  He took her by the hands and lead her into the room.

"Okay, open."

She opened her eyes and gaped at what she saw.  There was a blanket and picnic basket on the floor, sounded by rose petals.  Other rose petals and candles had been charmed to float in the air, and low, soft violin music filled the room.  Hermione turned around to face Harry. 

"All this for me?  But why?"

"Happy Anniversary!"

"But our anniversary is not till next Saturday!"

"I know I wanted to surprise you when you weren't expecting it."

Then he reached in his pocket and took out a beautiful silver heart shaped locket.  There were small rubies outlining the heart.  He put it around her neck and kissed the side of her neck. 

Hermione closed her eyes enjoying the warm tingling sensation that ran throught her body.  Harry brought his forehead up and pressed it to hers.

"I love you," he said.

"I love you, too."

With that Harry's lips descended onto Hermionie's.