Chapter 13: Return to school

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Amidst all the confusion of people coming and going over the next few days, it was quite a shock when Draco, Hermione, Harry and Ginny woke up one day to find out it was the start of term.

"Your not being serious, are you?!" Draco asked disbelievingly, when Mrs. Weasley came to wake him up. He threw the covers over him, and put a pillow over his head, blocking out all thought of school, and fell back asleep.

"Go away, I'll do it later," Was Harry's response as he buried himself deeper into his covers a few minuets latter, when Lupin came to get him up.

Ginny got up when her father came for her, but had the look of a sleepwalker.

"Oh no!!! I didn't study, my books…there only half read, oh what am I going to do?" Hermione positively shrieked when Mrs. Weasley came for her next.

"Its quite all right, Hermione, there will be plenty of time for you to read on the train." Mrs. Weasley replied gently. "Would you mind going and trying to get your boyfriend out of bed?? He seems quite firm in staying exactly where he is."

"Of course," Hermione muttered, her eyes having the far away look she usually has when trying to remember an entire chapter out of a book, which in this case she was. She got up and made her way to her boyfriend's room, where she distractedly cast a spell in Draco's direction, which dumped about four galleons of ice cold water on him, before making her way back to her room to get some last minute reading in, completely blocking out Draco's high pitched scream.

After the next few hours, pandemonium ensued. Children and professors alike were running every which way, trying to reclaim all their lost school supplies, while trying to stuff toast down their mouths in order to be fed for the long ride. Amidst all of this, Draco pulled Mrs. and Mr. Weasley aside, and led them into a secret passage, so they could talk in peace.

"I have a favor to ask of you two." Draco said, after getting the nerve to look up at them. "But first I want to thank you for all that you have done for my mother and I, and the house." Draco looked over at Mrs. Weasley, "the Manor looks wonderful; I can never thank you enough." Mrs. Weasley blushed; it was evident that the Weasley children got their bright blushes from both parents.

"It was all I could do, after you so kindly sheltered us from the Death Eaters." She murmured.

"That was no problem; I wanted to show your family that not all of the Malfoy's are horrible." Draco said, waving the issue aside. "What I want to ask, I mean if your willing, is if you would like to stay here, and take care of my mother while we are all at school." He paused, and then hurried on as he saw the couple exchange looks. "That came out wrong. Let me try again. Mrs. Weasley, I know you and my mother have become close, and since you have instilled your heart and soul into fixing up this house, I thought maybe, well…maybe the two of you would like to stay here. We have a five bedroom guest house next to the lake, with full kitchen and bathrooms. I would like to give it to your family as a way to thank you for all you did. And if you do, maybe you could help my mother when she gets out of bed? Just be her friend? Be there for her? I'll understand if you don't want to." He said in a rush.

The couple exchanged a look, and Mr. Weasley turned to him. "We would like that, Draco." He said, extending his hand.

Draco sighed a breath of relief. "Thank you." he said, the only two words that could possibly begin to describe his feelings. "Thank you so much."

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The platform was crowded as the group stepped onto it. Family and students were everywhere, saying their goodbyes, or, in most cases, their hellos.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley saw them off. After quite a few hugs and kisses, (the latter given by only Mrs. Weasley) they made their way onto the train and where lucky to find an empty compartment, where they were soon joined by many of their classmates. Their classmates, noting that Malfoy was in their presence, and that Ginny, Harry, and Hermione seemed to be friends with him, said nothing of the peculiarity, and included him in their conversations. (Though it was a bit awkward at first.)

The food trolley came, and Draco and Harry went out to meet it, buying enough between the two of them to feed their compartment and then some. On the way back to they're compartment they saw a weird sight in one of the compartments they were passing, so weird that the two stopped and stared, unable to say a word.

Sitting in the compartment were Crabbe, Goyle, Zabini, and countless other Slytherins. But in the very middle, being draped upon by Parkinson was none other than Ronald Weasley. After a few minutes, Ron looked up at the compartment window, and when he saw Harry and Draco, he sneered and drew Parkinson closer, who admitted a girly giggle.

"Move," Draco muttered, elbowing Harry. "I don't want the rest of them to see us."

"Too late." Harry muttered, nodding to at the compartment door, which Zabini was sliding open.

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