7. 3rd of March, Wednesday

Hermione

Hermione's first thought on her interview's morning was the kiss Draco Malfoy had given her the night before. She got out of bed and singing walked in her living room just to find her two best friends sitting on her sofa.

"Good morning guys. What are you doing here?" they both smiled "We are here to wish you good luck for the interview. You know us, we are your moral support." She smiled remembering someone else wishing her good luck.

"Thank you guys. But by the look in your faces I can see that there is another reason for your early visit. Spit it out." They looked at each other and then Harry spoke "Well Hermione. We talked with Mr. Weasley and he told us that yesterday night you were at the Ministry's party with Malfoy. He said that you had a ring on your finger and that Parkinson approached you. We were curious and worried about you."

Her smile widened "It was a fantastic party. I met so many important people and even the man with which I will have the interview today. They all seemed very nice with me. And the ring is part of our plan guys, so don't worry I won't really marry Draco." And a thought crossed her mind, she wouldn't have minded that much though.

She was shocked but managed to hide it from her two friends. "Pansy invited us to a party on Friday where I believe I will be attacked on all fronts. She did it out of jealousy. She had her eyes on Draco since school." The two friends were concerned when they heard the possessive way in which she said the ferret's name.

"Hermione?" Ron said "Are you sure that between you and Malfoy nothing is going on?" she looked at them surprised "Of course nothing is going on. We are just spending an awful amount of time together and he isn't that bad after all."

Harry was the first to recover "Hermione? Are you saying that you actually like Malfoy? Because I would like to remind you that he is using you for his own plan and he is just faking to be nice." She sighed "I didn't say that I like him, I'm just saying that he can be nice sometimes. But I guess you are right, he is behaving like this because he needs me."

The two men saw their beloved friend getting a bit sad. Was she disappointed that he didn't like her?

"Hermione, you are such a fantastic witch. Everyone likes you, you don't really need to be appreciated by Malfoy to know how much you are worth." She smiled again "I guess you are again right Harry. Did I ever tell you that I love you guys?" They smiled at her and both hugged her tightly. "We love you too, Hermione."

Draco

Draco woke up with a groan. Everything that happened yesterday night came back to him. He kissed and had a very good time with Granger. He couldn't believe that he liked her. But the more he was thinking about it and the more he was starting to see the signs. He laughed and was nice with her, he wanted to protect her from anyone.

Where did we go wrong? He couldn't quite put his finger on when he started to fancy Hermione Granger. He thought about the prospect of bidding goodbye to her on Sunday and he suddenly felt that he didn't want to leave her. He groaned again. He had five days to convince Hermione stubborn Granger that they were made for each other.

What if she didn't fall for him? Impossible, a Malfoy is never rejected. He smirked and with a new plan forming in his mind he got down for breakfast. He wanted to sweep the brown-haired witch off her feet.

Narcissa was having breakfast when she saw her handsome son entering the dining room with a huge grin on his face. She was pretty impressed by his good mood, it seemed that Miss Granger was having a positive effect on her grumpy son.

"Good morning mother." He kissed her cheek and the sat in front of her "And good morning to you too son. How was the party at the Ministry?" He smiled "It was interesting. Pansy met Hermione and she invited the two of us for a party on Friday." Narcissa eyed her son "Do you think your girlfriend will survive the slaughter?"

Draco went rigid, his bright grey eyes got a cold look. "I trust that no one will hurt my Hermione or they will have to answer to me." Narcissa was shocked by the dangerous tone in her son's voice. "She is my fiancée and as a Malfoy woman she will get the respect that she deserves."

"You seem very fond of her Draco but I remember a time when you were the one who would hurt her." He nodded "Hermione has forgiven me and I was fed a lot of rubbish from my father at that time." Narcissa became sad "Lucius was trying his best with you Draco. He wanted for you to be and feel the best." He sighed "it doesn't change the fact that he imposed his authority on me and deprived me of the freedom of thought."

Narcissa knew when it was time to stop and after a very embarrassed silence she said "Can you tell Miss Granger that dinner will be served at 8 tonight?" He smiled "Yes mother when I see her at lunch, I will inform her of the time. Now if you want to excuse me, I have to go to work." He kissed her and then disapparated away.

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