Hermione's eyes widened. "Oh My God, I can't believe it."

Draco grinned at her expression. "I can't either, I told you that I've changed." He then took another good look at her and then thought, 'She's quite the looker.'

"So, what's the secret?" She raised a brow at him and sat back in her chair as the waitress brought their drinks to them and left.

Draco then replied, "I see you haven't changed at all, book-loving, curious, and as gorgeous as ever. Oh, and I just told you the secret." He raised a brow and grinned.

"What?!?!?!?" Hermione got a serious look on her face.

Draco just sat there, enjoying the look on her face. "You heard me, Hermione."

Hermione grinned, "You're not so bad looking yourself."

Draco leaned in a little bit more, "What? What is this that I hear coming out of your mouth?" He grinned.

"You heard what I said, but you had better be glad that you didn't tell me who you were straight off. I would have never even come in here with you."

Draco smiled and then said, "I know, but I didn't recognize you at all when we bumped into each other this morning."

"Neither did I. I thought you looked vaguely familiar, but I paid no attention to it." Hermione shrugged.

Draco also shrugged. "I subconsciously knew who you were I think, but then was lost in your beauty." He grinned.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sure." She laughed a bit and took a sip from her cappuchino.

Draco grinned even more as he eagerly took a slow sip of his warm drink, waiting for her to say something.

"So...what now?" Hermione looked at him inquiringly.

Draco shrugged and then said, "I thought that you wanted to know the secret, well, I didn't tell you the entire secret." He gave her a lopsided grin that made him look like when he was 11-years-old.

"Well, what is the rest???"

Draco took a small breath and then said, "Did you think that I just recently started to like you?" He looked at her, a brow raised sarcastically.

"Come on, just tell me. Don't hint around or anything." She gave him the puppy dog face.

Draco looked at her seriously, but then was also gazing at her. He then softened his expression and then continued. "To tell you the truth, I never thought you were a.. a mudblood like my father thought and taught me to think. I also liked you since first year." He turned a slight crimson.

Hermione blushed. "Oh..."

He took another slow sip from his cappuchino, hoping to drown his thoughts within the drink.

Hermione smiled. "I never knew that. I liked you when I first saw you, but when you spoke to me like you did...all those feelings disappeared.

He looked at her curiously, "Really? I mean.. did you really like me?" He looked at the table and then barely audibly said, "I never knew that.. I'm sorry."

Hermione looked down and blushed even harder. "It's okay. I just...you know, I...liked you. But then you talked and it all changed..."

Draco continued looking down and then he suddenly, his hand crept towards Hermione's hand that was on the coffee table. "Could I.. I get another chance?" His expression was really showing his apologies today and the two previous days were honest and that he meant them.

Hermione smiled, "Er...yeah. I can definately give you another chance." She blushed harder than ever before and held Draco's hand.

Draco smiled and then thought, 'Oh my Lord, has hell frozen over?' "Thanks Hermione, I'll make sure that you don't regret this.." He held her hand tighter and then noticed her blushing. He also blushed a bit more than he should have. Hermione was the only girl in his entire life that he had ever blushed in front of.

Hermione laughed slightly at the fact that he was blushing. "I won't regret this, I can tell." She laughed uncomfortably.

Draco also let out a small laugh and then he answered back, "I'm sure you won't." He then let go of her hand and retreated his back to his side of the table, feeling that she was a bit uncomfortable.

Hermione looked up. "So...um...What now? I mean, we're going to be working together. In the same room might I add." She laughed.

Draco looked up also, her voice interrupting his trance. "What do you mean what now?" He tilted his head to one side and then added, "Oh I see what you're talking about.. Erm, I honestly don't know. Whatever happens will happen." He smiled warmly after the last comment.

"So, who have you seen lately from school?", she said, trying to make small talk..

"Hmm.. I just recently heard that Lavander Brown and Seamus Finnigan got married, Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter got engaged, and the Pansy Parkinson ran away and married a muggle, whom I do not know anything about." His voice sounded disgusted at Pansy's name being mentioned by himself.

Hermione smiled, "Oh..." She sighed, 'Why have i not heard about Ginny and Harry?' She shook it off and smiled again.