AN: This is the last part.

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Days later, Hermione was still floating on Cloud 9. Her friends, of course, couldn't know truly what was making her grin all day, or what was putting the pep-in-her-step. She kept it to herself, so she could dwell secretly and reminsce freely. Though one day the next week, it'd been very hard to keep her thoughts and memories to herself, especially with the new development...

She, Hary and Ron made there way outside, onto the sweeping lawns of Hogwarts, to do a little studying under the Beech tree. She had agreed to help them with some Transfiguration work, since she'd suddenly busied herself considerably... failing to include the two into anything she'd done. So she promised, with her life, that she'd do it.

Once seated and put together, Hermione was letting her concentration slip. Then again, the two boys before her had figured out a way to tutor each other on the complicated human transformations. This allowed her to stare out at the water placidly and, for what seemed like the thousandth time, dwell upon the night of the coming outs and the wonderful, beautiful kiss that left her breathless simply thinking about it.

"Hey...Granger."

A soft, very familiar voice was right next to her, and she tried to hide her silly grin. Harry and Ron had look up from their Transfiguration books and were glaring at Draco with all the hate they could muster. He simply smirked at them and flopped down next to Hermione. "I was wondering something." he told her, resting his hand on her waist. "Oh yes? And whats that Malfoy?"

He leaned in closely and whispered in her ear, "Do you usually hyponotize guys like this, or am I just a special case?"

She giggled insanely, and glanced a Harry and Ron from the corner of her eye. They both had the same basic look drawn onto their faces. Highly shocked, stupid gaping looks that clearly said they'dve said something... had they not been in such shock. Their jaw's seemed to drop even further as they watched her grab Draco's thigh and lean into him.

She whispered softly, "You're certainly a special case, and I think I rather like it."

They looked at each other for a moment with wide grins. "Me too." replied Draco nonchalantly. Another moment passed in complete silence before Draco stood and patted himself off. "See you tonight." he murmured to her. Then he casted a look to Harry and Ron and nodded curtly. "Potter... Weasley." He simply strolled off after the statement.

They were both oggling Hermione as she set herself back to watching the lake. "Well," sputtered Harry. "Want to explain?"

"Explain what? Just a little flirting."

"FLIRTING!?" the two boys cried in unison. She looked at them with a small smile. "If my having a relationship with Draco's going to bother you, tell me now. I'll be sure to find new friends."

"Are you serious?!" Ron exclaimed. She smirked. "Only half. Well?"

Harry and Ron exchanged looks, then looked back to Hermione. "Well... I mean, I thought he was..." Harry stammered.

"He was... but then I started helping him out in something and... well..." she was blushing a little. "Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be civil to you two... I mean, you are - after all - my best friends." she reassured them. Ron opened his mouth as if to say something, but found nothing coming out and decided it better to close it. "Whatever." he finally murmured.

She smiled widely. "Really?"

"Really. We'll... we'll act civil towards him. Only for you though Hermione, you already know how we feel about him." Harry told her seriously. She nodded, hugging them both. "Thank you! Oh... what a weight lifted." she gushed. All together, her world had changed. And it couldn't be any better.

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AN: Well, there it is. The story is now FINISHED. I'll probably do a sequel to it, never fret.

I'd like to take this time to thank those who reviewed it:

Arrow-Card, Elendrila, Sentimental Butterfly, hotaru420, Yamis-girl202, Chach-a-lot, Hermione Double, Phnx, thenimbus, klee-babe, Alamathea, and Bombshell. You guys are AWESOME! And I'll be sure to read a story from all of you... that signed in. Thanks again.

Though she won't be reading this, I'd like to thank JK Rowling because well... without her, this obviously would've never come to be.

This is the first story I've ever actually finished, so I'm very proud of myself. Sorry it wasn't very long... I'm so amatuer.

Be sure to read my other fics, anything on this name is HP so yeah... Thanks again everyone, and I hope you enjoyed reading this!