Harry looked at Draco
"I don't suppose-"
"No, I'm sorry. I really don't want to talk about it." Replied Draco and he looked away.
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Look, I'm sorry for all those things I've said and done to you and your friends over the years okay?"
Harry looked quite taken back by this. He opened his mouth to speak but he was interrupted.
"I really mean it Potter. I really am sorry for what I've done."
"Okay Mal-Draco, its okay. I didn't believe Hermione before when she told me in the letters but after Dumbledore gave his consent, I guess if Dumbledore thinks you've changed, so can I."
For a moment Hemrione saw that Harry and Draco really connected. They were no longer enemies.
Draco got up and released Hermione's hand.
"I should start going back. If my father realizes then everything would be ruined."
Hermione nodded at him. This was very important. He had to pretend he was interested in becoming a death eater just like his father so he could get close enough to Voldemort to see what they were doing inside.
Draco had already told Dumbledore that Crabbe and Goyle were ready to join the death eaters and he should join before they did or else it would look really suspicious.
Draco took out his wand and he was gone without a warning.
Ron turned back to make certain for himself that Draco had left before he spoke again.
"I don't trust him."
Both Harry and Hermione looked taken back.
"Why not?" asked Harry
"Its Malfoy we're talking about. Malfoy, the boy who has tormented us for six years." He turned to Hermione and shouted, "You are too trusting for your own good sometimes you know that?" before he looked back at the floor.
"I agree." said George, "It does seem a bit strange to me that he suddenly decides to help us. And how does he know about the order anyway?"
"That would be me. I told him about it and he saw it as a chance to- " said Hermione before she realized that he was about to betray Draco.
Ron looked at her "A chance to what?"
"Nothing." And she looked away.
"Well if you don't have a reason why you told him then he shouldn't be here. And you shouldn't have told him."
Hermione was red. He wanted to tell Ron and shove the pain Draco was going through in his face but she couldn't. Her feelings for Draco had grown and she was not going to betray that for some foolish school rivalry.
Ginny got up, "I trust Hermione. And I trust Dumbledore and if they say they trust Malfoy then I trust Malfoy too."
Hermione couldn't help but smile at Ginny. Oh how much she's changed throughout the years. She was no longer the shy little girl she used to be when they first met her. She was now able to stick up for herself and she never let anyone tell her what she thought was wrong.
"I agree with Ginny. I trust both Hermione and Dumbledore and if they say that Draco has changed, then I believe them."
"Have you forgotten Harry?" screamed Ron as he stood up "Have you forgotten all the rotten things he's said about you and your family? All the times he has tried to mess things up for us? You forgive him for pretending to be a dementor at your Quidditch game? You forgive him for taking house points from you just because he didn't like you?"
Harry was silent. He hadn't thought about that. But when he thought about it, he had done a few pretty rotten things to Draco himself.
Harry looked away and said "He's forgiven me so why shouldn't I forgive him?"
Hermione took Harry's arm and patted it.
"But he's a Malfoy" said Fred.
"He's changed. Didn't you hear him? He doesn't even want to be a Malfoy anymore." Said Hermione.
"What if he's lying?" Said George
"He's not lying. You heard Dumbledore himself give fully consent for Draco's presence." Said Ginny
Hermione got up and turned around to leave. She could hear that Harry had gotten up as well and was following her along with Ginny.

They went to the room where Ginny and Hermione were staying in and closed the door. Hermione couldn't help but start crying. She wanted to tell them. She wanted them to understand but she couldn't. She wasn't going to betray Draco.
They all sat around for a while in silent while Ginny handed Hermione a cloth to wipe her eyes.
Finally when Hermione felt that she could say something she said "They just doing understand."
"They don't understand what Hermione? Because I don't understand either. All I know is that you trust him and he says he's sorry. I have no proof but I do believe you. I just, I would feel better with some proof. Some proof that he is telling the truth." Said Harry
Hermione cried some more "I can't. I can't tell you."
"Why not?" said Harry
"I'm not going to betray him. If he wants you to know he would have told you but he didn't. He didn't want you to know how he's feeling right now. You just need to trust me that he means well and that he's really trying hard to change."
"I have to agree with Harry. I believe you but it's hard without proof and since you wont tell us, well-"
"Its not that I don't want to tell you. I want to, I really do. I want you guys to understand what he's going through but I can't. I'm not in position to say anything."
"Well, I guess it's easier for us to understand because we both went through the same thing as Draco." Said Harry "Ginny and I both had to decide wither we wanted other people to know about what happened. Ginny with Tom Riddle and me with Voldemort."
Ginny shut her eyes at the name but she nodded in agreement. It was easier for both her and Harry to understand Draco because they both had to go through the same thing. And they just wanted others to understand that they had to respect if they wanted others to know about what happened or not."