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"Oh, come on, you guys…" Harry said, trying to get rid of some of the tension, "why are you all ganging up on me like this? You are my friends, you should trust me, right?"
Ron appeared to be falling for this, but since Hermione knew the real story, she didn't seem to want to let Harry get off so easily.
"harry, if we are truly your friends… why didn't you tell us? We would have understood… we would have been on your side" she said looking at Draco with a look that suggested that she was probably lying about this.
Ron was looking at Harry doubtfully, and Harry was glaring, with loathing, at Draco.
"Malfoy! Look what you've done! You've caused an argument with my friends!"
"it's not his fault" Hermione said in a small voice
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"ok, Hermione… I'm going to pretend you didn't say that. Let's go. We'll talk about this later… away from Malfoy." Harry said
He and Ron started walking up the marble staircase and left Hermione there, still looking at Draco with sad eyes.
"Hermione, are you coming?" Harry asked, halfway up the stairs
"yea, I just have to pick up my books," Hermione called up to Harry "you go on without me, I'll catch up"
Harry opened his mouth as if to object but Ron said "okay" before Harry could do anything.
Hermione picked up her books and walked over to Draco.
"I need to talk to you" she whispered, making sure that Crabbe and Goyle were a good distance away "I need to talk to you, soon"
"ok, ok… er… meet me in the in front of the girls bathroom on the first floor tonight after dinner"
"in front of the girls bathroom?" Hermione asked, smiling at him
"yea, just so you can tell Protective Potter that you need to take a dump or something" he said smiling. They both laughed… that was the first time anyone saw Draco Malfoy really, truly laugh.
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At dinner that night Draco ate as quickly as he could. He had finished with his meal in less than 5 minutes. After that, he left the Great Hall and walked quickly to the girls bathroom. He got to the bathroom and sat on the floor in front of it. People passing turned to stare at him, but he merely smiled sarcastically at them until they left. After a couple of minutes, Draco saw Hermione walking swiftly towards him.
"hi" he said seriously "what did you want to talk about? Has Harry been--"
"that's what I want to talk to you about"
Draco nodded
"Ever since you found out about Harry… you have, well, changed "
"changed in a good way? Or a bad way?"
"good, definitely good. But my curiosity has gotten he better of me, and I just have to ask…"
Draco thought he knew what was coming
"why?"
"why have I changed? yea, I've been wondering the same thing ever since that night that I found you crying outside… it just sort of happened. I certainly never expected it to, it just did. There's something I never told you…. About that night. The reason I was out was because I had just had a dream- a nightmare, really- about… you"
"tell me"
Draco looked around and then took Hermione by the arm and led her to an empty classroom. There he explained the dream…
That's all for now, folks!!