With a deep breath and a final look behind her at his retreating back, Hermione exited the busy airport. Hopping into the back seat of Laurens, boyfriend's jeep, she assured herself it was only for one week.

'Absolutely pathetic' she thought to herself 'He's a guy!!' With that as a final though, she put all thoughts to the back of her mind and started to vibe with the music shattering from the speakers. Charity turned around in her seat next to Lauren,

"You gonna be o.k.?" She asked. Incredible.

"I'll be fine, honestly, it's only a week, and he's just a guy!" She sat back in her seat, only to fly, quite literally, out of it when she heard Ginny's, who was sitting next to her, words.

"He's not just any guy 'Mione, he's the guy. You love him and I can tell!"

"Ginny…"Hermione started, slowly considering each word carefully. "… I don't love Draco like you think I do. Yes, he's a…nice guy, but I don't feel I actually know him well enough to love."

"Sure you don't" Ginny retorted.

"Someone's got a case of the denials…" piped in Lauren, whom up until now had been silently concentrating on the road. 'This is absolutely ridiculous' She though to herself.

"You guys, honestly, can we just… NOT talk about this. I don't love him that way, o.k.?"

"Well Shy… you can't sincerely-"Charity tried,

"Char, don't." Hermione said, before sitting back in her seat and staring out the window.

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After a seemingly dull morning, Ginny and Harry disappeared to explore the world from the American perspective. They were soon followed by Charity and Lauren, who were merely "getting out of the house" leaving Hermione and Ron alone, together. After a while, Hermione soon realized that she to needed to get out of the house, and go have some fun.

"Hey Ron?" She called out. Ron, who had been sitting on the floor playing with Indy, looked up.

"Yea?" He winced as Indy bit his sleeve and pulled. He tugged his arm out of the dog's mouth and stood up, dusting himself off.  

"You wanna go for a walk? I'm bored." He nodded his head in response.

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Soon the two were wandering up the streets, silently viewing the sights around them. Hermione hadn't really realized where she was leading them, until they arrived there.

"Lost Souls." Ron read under his breath. "Where are we?"

Hermione shook her head. "This is where I work… except it's closed for the month because the manager is out of town." She looked thoughtful for a moment. "Wanna go in?"

Ron shrugged. "Sure… but I though I said it was closed?"

"It is." A mischievous grin spread over Hermione's face. She walked around the building until she was at the back, staring at a tiny window.

"Ron, come here a sec." Ron wandered over, slowly. When he finally stood next to her, she place her hand on his shoulder and hoisted herself up onto a pile of boxes. She tapped the window lightly.

"Perfect." Ron heard her faintly mutter, before climbing up onto a higher box. With a final burst of strength, Hermione managed to wiggle the window pane out of place and pull her self into the bar. She fell with a thump to the floor, stand up, she dusted her jeans off, and wandered around to find a light. Though the darkness she managed to locate the switch and soon the bar was flooded with light.

She heard a bang behind her and swung around to find Ron on the floor just below the window. She laughed while walking voer to help him up.

"You o.k.?" She asked. He looked at her sceptically.

"You realized how many rules we're breaking?"

She rolled her eyes, "So? Lauren, Char and I, we do this all the time!" Ron, looked taken aback, "Don't look so shocked Ron, times have changed." She wandered over and jumped up on the counter behind the bar, "wanna drink?" she offered, pulling two beers out of the fridge. He nodded his head, and sat down on one of the bars many stools.

"Hermione, I need to admit something."

Hermione took at small sip, and placed the bottle down slowly. Ron fiddled nervously with the paper casing the bottle in his hands.

"Well, get on with it Ron." He took and a deep breath and spit out.

"Well… 'Mione, you've… you've changed." Hermione stared at him blankly, before bursting into a fit of giggles. Ron stared at her, "Hermione, I don't see what so amusing, I mean it, you've really changed. Like you just broke into some bar, and last night, the Hermione I know would never even have considered going dancing."                  

Still, she couldn't get her giggles under control, but she managed to get out a few word between gasps of breath. "Is… Is it a bad thing I've changed?"

He stared at Hermione, "Of course not! This new Hermione knows how to have fun, I was just pointing out that you've changed."   

"Ron… come on." She took a final gasp of breath and calmed herself down. "It's a different world out here; you couldn't have honestly expected me to remain the same? I mean, frankly, I don't think I've changed that much, so I enjoy dancing and I'm a little more daring, it's no change, it's just added on to who I already am."

"Can you explain Draco then?" Ron retorted.   

"Yes, Ron, I can explain Draco." She said offensively. "Do you remember what you and Harry used to tell me that you loved about me most? My trusting outlook? Remember that Ron?"

"yea." Ron said quietly.

"Well I'm still trusting Ron, and when he helped me, and trusted me enough to tell me about his past, I did what I do best, and I trusted him Ron."

Ron placed the bottle of beer down firmly on the table. "Hermione!! He's a Malfoy. Do you need me to spell it out for you?! M-A-L-F-O-Y! He can't honestly have changed."

"What about me Ron?" Hermione asked, calmer than Ron had been. "Since you seem to believe I've change, and for the best at that, aren't I living proof that people can change?"

Ron sat silently for a moment. He seemed to be trying to process the information. "What happened to giving him a chance?" Hermione asked quietly.

Ron stared blankly at his beer. "I'm not sure I can do that."

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Hermione and Ron left the bar, and walked back to the apartment, not a word spoken. When they arrived back, they were greeted by Harry and Ginny. They all had a quiet lunch, and didn't really speak much. The tension in the air was so thick; Hermione could have cut it with a knife.

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Later that evening, Ginny and Hermione sat on the couch, a tub of ice cream between the two and a movie remaining unwatched in front of them.

"Ginny?" Hermione whispered softly.

"Hmm?" Ginny asked.

"Do you have a problem with mine and Draco's relationship?"

Ginny Sat up and dropped her spoon into what was left of the ice cream.

"Well 'Mione, I mean, obviously I have some sort of problem, he is Malfoy, he did make our years at Hogwarts a living hell, but, I trust your opinion, and, if you say he's changed, then I'll believe he's changed also." Hermione nodded her head.

"Thanks Gin'"

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"Harry?" Ron asked, as he and Harry wandered along the walked though out the park, Indy trotting happily in front of them. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure mate', what's up?"

"Why don't you seem to be bothered by Malfoy and Hermione?"

Harry took in a deep breath. "I do Ron." He released the breath and continued. "But Ron, as of right now, I'm just happy to have her back in my life, and if Malfoy is what makes her happy, then, so be it."

Ron just shook his head. No matter what, he wasn't ready to accept that fact that Hermione, his Hermione, was slowly falling in love with some pure blooded ass hole.      

 Hello everyone, It been a while! And I'm TRULY sorry. But I think I've lost all passion for this story. But, I really don't want to stop writing it, and I know there's a lot of people out there who would absolutely murder me if I did stop, so I'm not going to. I really need you to know though, the chapters may take a while to come out now, I've learned not to try and push the chapter out and to just let them come out in their own time. Anyways, I really hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I hope you understand why I needed to get rid of Draco for a while. I was sick of all the fluff, so no fluff for a while, as for those of you who enjoy the fluff, well I'm really sorry, it will be back soon!! Anyways, R\R!! Thanks! 

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