Friday 8:45

"Get your hands off her, Malfoy," Harry said, his initial surprise followed by anger. Ginny stepped forward and took Harry's arm.

"Harry!" Hermione said.

"Hermione, do you even realize what happened there, he kissed you! He was obviously pretending to be your friend for all the wrong reasons!" Harry yelled, assuming things.

"I kissed him back, Harry!" Hermione retorted turning and grabbing Draco's hand protectively, "I'm part of it all too!"

"So this has been going on for a while," Harry said his eyes darkening, "And it simply slipped your mind to not tell your closest friends."

"Its none of your business Potter!" Draco said interrupted.

"Draco," Hermione said giving him a look then she turned back to Harry.

"I didn't tell you because I knew your reaction would be just like this, I was planning on talking to you!" Hermione told him then added, "If you can go off and have some affair with Ginny, I don't see why I can't have one with Draco!"

Harry raised his eyebrows and glanced at Ginny, surprised that anyone knew.

"She has a point there," Ron said and Harry looked at Ron incredulously.

Then Ron turned to Ginny and said, "And about that"-

"Oh! Don't you start going on about me and Harry!" Ginny said her turn to get in some yelling, "I'm perfectly old enough to have a boyfriend, and I've already had a few anyway! I don't see how it being Harry makes it any different!"

Ron's ears reddened and he bit his lip, opened his mouth, then closed it again realizing he had no real argument about that.

"You should have told me Harry," he finally said, "You're my best friend, and, Ginny, you're right, you are old enough. Sorry."

"How touching," Draco said then realized that sarcastic remarks were not what everyone needed. Hermione smiled slightly but Harry still looked quite furious with Draco. Ron looked at Draco suspiciously.

"Oh come on you guys! Really! You're acting like little kids!" Hermione said starting to get exasperated at their bickering.

"Well Draco keeps sticking in these comments," Ron started but was immediately silenced with a glare from Hermione.

Draco had to bite his lip to stop from making a retort at Ron reminding himself that they had all the reason to treat him the way they were. He had to show them he'd changed, but it was hard since he was treated no different by them.

"I'm sorry," Draco said, "Its kind of natural to retaliate against you guys. I need to stop, but it'd be nice if you guys could help. Try to treat me better, I have become and am trying to become a better person. You guys know what I was like."

Harry raised an eyebrow but was silent. Draco wanted to shake him and tell him to open his mind a little bit.

Ron spoke up first, "Okay. If Hermione trusts you, I guess I can."

Draco smiled starting to feel like he was going to fit in with the group. Harry continued to remain silent but Ginny said she agreed with Ron.

Harry glanced at Sen who said, "I never knew Draco when he was awful, as you guys say."

Draco kept expecting her to say she'd known about them all along, but realized she was keeping silent not wanting to start another argument between Hermione and Harry. Harry would be angry that someone Hermione barely knew, knew about them long before a close friend knew.

"Well, ah, shall we head to the Great Hall for dinner?" Sen asked breaking the silence. Everyone mumbled phrases of agreement so the group turned and headed back around, Hermione and Draco in the back, Sen and Ron in the front and Harry and Ginny in the middle.

Saturday 7:24

Hermione woke up, having slept almost the whole night for once and slipped into her robes, hoping to go to Hogsmeade that day. Down in the common room not many people were up. She spied Harry sitting in one of the chairs flipping through a magazine of some sort.

"Hey Harry," she said sitting down across from him.

"Hi," he said looking a little bit uncomfortable then he blurted out, "Sorry, for yelling, yesterday, about Malfoy."

"Draco," Hermione said, "He doesn't want to be remembered after his father. He really is trying, you know, to be a better person, and he is, Harry."

Harry shrugged, "I don't know, you've spent a lot more time with him, I still feel that old hatred for him whenever I hear his name. I kind of got used to him as a not-enemy or whatever, he has been hanging around a lot..."

Hermione smiled, "Just give him a chance, treat him like you would any person that you didn't really know."

"That's the problem though, I already know him!" Harry said, "And this just doesn't match up with the Malfoy"- "Draco." -"Draco, that I knew. He's never yelled at you or anything?"

Hermione shook her head.

"How can you be sure its not all just an act," Harry protested, "I can very well imagine Mal- Draco doing that in order to, I don't know, take advantage of you."

"Harry! All I'm asking is for you to give him a chance, to be a friend," Hermione argued then said, "I love him Harry. This isn't some silly thing like with Victor Krum, I love him."

Hermione looked at Harry but he averted her gaze looking down at the cover of the magazine, finally he spoke up, "You're my friend Hermione, I love you too, as a friend. I'll try though, Ron said he'd give him a chance, I will too. If he makes one bad move though..."

Hermione grinned and hugged Harry tightly, cutting him off, before stepping back. Harry smiled slowly too then said, "Its nice to have you back. Ron and I nearly died of worry. I really don't mind if you go out with Crabbe or Goyle, just as long as you don't disappear for many months again. Just don't get yourself hurt."

A/N: I contemplated having Ron being the one who kind of didn't really go along with the whole idea, or both of them, but it didn't really fit, I know Ron's the one who tends to let his anger get out of control, but we've seen Harry blow up a few times also, I can see Harry as the less trusting one of Draco, more than Ron. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!

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