AN: Okee dokee! Here I am, once again, updating! And, as you may have noticed, this chapter is EXTREMELY short, because I've come to a huge steel wall. The reason is at the end author's note. Now, a lot of you were protesting from chapters 9 and 10 that their relationship was moving too fast. Well, it is going a little bit fast, but if you look at some of the other Draco-Hermione stories I've read, it's like: Draco and Hermione meet on Hogwarts Express for final year, Draco thinks Hermione is hot all of a sudden, Draco snogs Hermione senseless, Hermione falls in love with Draco before the train even pulls into Hogsmeade. It's so unrealistic! And that's the plot of half of the Draco-Hermione stories! Compared to those, mine seems to be going slow as a snail, especially since I didn't introduce Draco until chapter 7.

Also, many of you were saying that Draco couldn't have completely changed; he still has to have some of his old characteristics. Well, he probably does, somewhere in him, but do really think he'd show them around Hermione? He's got to be on his best behavior around her! I'm not saying that Draco is evil like Jim, I'm just saying that if part of his old Slytherin self is still in him, he wouldn't be mean to Hermione, since he loves her.

Now, enough jibber jabber and on with the story! This chapter gets "juicy", if you know what I mean . . .

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Hermione was startled when she felt his lips on hers. At first, she wanted to pull away, but that would tell him that she didn't mean what she had just said, and she knew that she did mean it. So, she kissed him back. At first, for a few seconds, it was just lip-to-lip. Then, his arms snaked around her waist, and she felt his tongue brush against her bottom lip. She knew what that signal meant, but she wasn't sure she wanted to allow it . . . and yet . . . she made up her mind and parted her lips slightly as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Hermione wasn't even aware of the snow now falling heavier as his tongue darted into her mouth. At first, she teased him, having her tongue move all around her mouth so he couldn't catch it, then, she surprised him by turning the tables, and now it was her tongue searching his mouth. This went on for another few seconds, until they broke apart, gasping for air.

"Wow," was all Hermione could manage to say.

"Ditto," said Draco, smiling.

"I guess that makes it official?" asked Hermione.

"Makes what official?"

"We're officially dating now?" said Hermione.

"Yeah, I guess we are," said Draco, his smile broadening. Hermione just thought about how he never smiled in school, just smirked or sneered. It was wonderful to see him with a real, genuine smile on his face.

"Well, we'd better get going if you want to get home before a blizzard hits," said Hermione.

"Right," said Draco, as he took her hand and apparated to the Leaky Cauldron.

Once there, Hermione and Draco headed upstairs to get their children, and Hermione realized that Ginny can't be in two places at once, so who was looking after Emily and Amanda? This question was answered when she and Draco entered her room to find Mrs. Weasley sitting there.

"Oh, you two have such sweet children," she said, rocking Emily in her arms.

"Thank you," said Draco and Hermione at the same time.

"Mrs. Weasley, since you have been caring for Emily and Amanda for the past two and a half hours, I insist that I pay you for it," said Draco.

"Oh, no, that won't be necessary," said Mrs. Weasley, but Draco was already digging in his pockets.

"I insist," Draco repeated, laying several gold coins in Mrs. Weasley's hands.

"Well, I suppose you wouldn't let me leave until I accepted them, so, all right. But you really don't need to," said Mrs. Weasley.

"Thank you again, Mrs. Weasley, for caring for Emily and Amanda while we were gone," said Hermione.

"Oh, it was no problem, dear. I expect I'll be seeing you soon," she said as she headed for the door.

"Bye, Mrs. Weasley," said Draco and Hermione together.

"Well, I expect you should be heading home, Draco," said Hermione.

"Yeah, I guess so," he said, gathering up Amanda. "Ready to go home, Sweetheart?" he asked her.

"Do I gotta?" asked Amanda.

"Yes, now come on," he said, carrying her out of Hermione's room.

"Bye, Draco," said Hermione as he dissapeared.

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AN: PLEASE READ THIS AUTHOR'S NOTE FOR THE REASON THE CHAPTER IS SO SHORT! Now, if I continue writing in this manner, it'll be just a bunch of dates, which is boring. So, I'm letting you guys vote: Do I continue writing boring, but romantic, dates or skip ahead in their relationship three months? If it alters your decision any, I'm really wanting to skip ahead.