Synopsis: DRACO'S UP!!!! That's about it! ~smiles~

Disclaimer: The concepts and characters below are blatantly stolen from JKR

A/N: OK, I'm not sure if I think D is a *bit* OOC or not here. I mean, keep in mind that Hr just saved his life, and all, so he's got to be nice, and he's happy that he's alive. Don't worry, the fighting will start again soon. Announcements and more A/N at the end!

Hermione, dazed, made her way back to her room. She noticed that it was still quite early in the day.

"Hmm, I have Care of Magical Cratures right now. I haven't been in a long time," she said to herself, "I think I'll go."

So, she changed in to her robes, put on her coat and went off to the paddocks next to Hagrid's hut. As she drew closer, she heard the chattering of the Gryffindor students. She knew that they were studying the healing properties of certain creatures that week. She approached the class quietly.

"Now, the blood o' the unicorn can keep a man alive, but only-Hermione!" Hagrid suddenly saw her in the back. Everyone turned and looked at her questioningly.

"Oh, sorry I'm late Hagrid."

"S'quite arright! We was jus' discussin' unicorns. Have yeh got the notes all caught up an' such?"

Hermione nodded.

"Well, grand! So, let's continue.."

Hermione walked over to Harry and Ron, who were staring at her wide-eyed.

"So?" Harry whispered.

Hermione smiled at him and nodded. "I'll tell you after class," she whispered back.

Hermione had arrived so late that only 10 minutes were left in class. As soon as they were dismissed, Harry and Ron furiously began asking her questions.

"So, what happened?" "Did he wake up right away?" "Did it hurt? "Did he say thank you?" "What did Snape say?" "Was Dumbledore there?"

"Calm down, you two! Good Lord!" She laughed, "May I answer?"

They nodded eagerly.

"Well, they gave Draco the potion, and then Snape and I went and did the spell. Pretty much as simple as that. He woke up at about half past ten, and, well, here I am. He's up there with his mum and sister."

"Wow," Harry said in awe, "Mione that's great. For your sake, I'm glad he's ok."

"Thanks Harry. Man, am I starving! Now I know what you must feel like all the time, Ron," she laughed.

"Oh, how did you get so witty? I am dying of laughter, just DYING," Ron said sarcastically.

"I know, I know," she replied breezily, as they entered the Great Hall. As she sat down at the Gryffindor table, she caught Snape's eye at the Head Table. He looked at her for a moment, as if pondering something, then smiled at her. Though a bit taken aback, Hermione smiled back at him, and turned her head back to her friends. Ginny soon came over and sat down.

"Mione! Oh, thank God! Dear, you look like SHIT."

Hermione laughed so hard, she almost shot pumpkin juice out her nose. "Well, THANKS, Gin! Remind me not to perform and life-saving spells on YOU the next time you're unconscious!" Hermione laughed as she saw the twinkle in Ginny's eyes.

"Well, Gin," Harry said, smiling, "Not everyone can be as gorgeous as you are all the time."

For a moment so brief that only Hermione caught it, Ginny lost her composure. She regained it in an instant, so neither Harry or Ron noticed.

"Well, Harry, it's not easy, but somebody has to do it."

After lunch, Dumbledore approached Hermione.

"Miss Granger, can I speak to you for a moment, please?"

"Sure, sir."

They walked in to the conference room, and sat down.

"How do you feel?"

"Well, truthfully, I feel a bit run down. I went to Care of Magical Creatures, but only the last twenty minnutes. I mean, I slept a lot last night, but I feel like I could practically sleep forever."

Dumbledore nodded, "That's entirely understandable, Miss Granger. I know you haven't been attending classes, but I'd really suggest that you take a day or two off just to rest up. You haven't left Draco's side for a long time."

"But sir-"

"Please, Miss Granger, I try not to order you around, but do this as a favor to me."

Hermione sighed, "All right, sir."

"Excellent, I will see you Wednesday morning!" He got up, and left.

Hermione shook her head, and walked up to her room.

"Oxygen," she began to walk through, "Oh, Draco will be back soon."

"Excellent job, Miss Granger," Slytherin said to her. She smiled, and went in.

In her room, she undressed, and put on a pair of navy lounge pants, and a grey tank top. 'I hate it when I'm tired but not sleepy!' she thought. 'Hmmmm... maybe I'll put on some music and clean! That always passes the time.' Hermione walked to her shelf, rummaged around, and pulled out a Muggle compact disc, and walked in to the study with her CD player.

"Motown's Greatest Hits," she read aloud from the label, "You know, for American Muggles, they sure know what they're doing."

She pressed play, and began singing along to the music, cleaning in a frenzy.

"I need love, love, to ease my mind. I need to find, find, some one to call mine, but mama said you can't hurry love..."

She failed to notice, while belting out "Can't Hurry Love" and arranging the books on Draco's shelf, that the portrait had opened up, and Draco, Narcissa, and Lily walked in.

"No, you just have to wait, she said love don't come easy, it's a game of give and take. How long must I wait? How much more can I take? Before loneliness will cause my heart, heart to break. No, I can't-"

Hermione stopped as the music abruptly shut off. She spun around to see Narcissa smiling, and Draco and Lily almost doubled over, laughing.

"Sorry, dear," Narcissa said.

"I-uh didn't hear you come in." Hermione was blushing furiously.

"Well, gee, Hermione, how come you never sang and cleaned when I was around?" Draco smirked at her.

Hermione looked at him and smirked right back, "Well, I know my voice would pale in comparison to your, ahem, 'beautiful baritone.'"

This time Draco began blushing, "Mum! Do you have to tell everyone that?!"

"Only the ones that will make fun of you for it, dear."

"Oh, good God, my mother is in cahoots with my roommate, will this year get any more splendid?"

Hermione and Narcissa laughed at Draco, and shook their heads at his apparent dissatisfaction.

"OK, dear, I'm going to take Lily down to Hogsmeade to show her around. Please don't bother Hermione, she's saved your life twice in the past month already. Come on, Lily. We'll see you two later!"

"Bye mum, bye Lil."

"Bye Mrs. Malfoy, bye Lily!"

The portrait closed behind them.

"Your sister is so great."

"Yeah, she is, isn't she? But, she would not shut up about you! It's so funny that she likes you. She doesn't like anyone usually. My mum has a hard time keeping nannies," he laughed.

"Well, she liked Harry, Ron, and Ginny, too."

"Ooh. So, uh, how'd Potter take the news?"

Hermione sighed, "WHICH news? He was fine with the breakup, that was mutual. And when I told him about your mums, well, that came as a bit of a shock to him. Now, I don't think he's going to start carrying your books for you, but I think he's got a new view of you."

"Oh, damn. My books are quite heavy, really. Errrr, how long do we have until break?"

"Well, the Yule Ball is in about three weeks, we have to start on that soon, by the way, and break begins the day after."

Draco sighed. "All right. Well, I'll just stay here over break, then. We have to finish everything."

"No! Draco, you can't! You have to spend time with your mum and Lily!"

"I know, Hermione. They'll be here until the end of December anyway, My mum wants to stay with me and Sirius."

"Ohhhh, how sweet!"

"Ew, don't say that! That's my MUM!"

"Oh, boys are so stupid about things like that. Anyway, we have to start planning the Yule Ball. Any ideas?"

"Ummmmm, let the girls get dressed up, and the guys come in their pajamas?"

"FABulous idea, Malfoy," Hermione rolled her eyes at him.

"Hey, I thought it was, Granger. Besides, I don't need to work on looking this good, it just comes automatically." He smiled at her, with what he thought was a very rakish look on his face.

Hermione laughed loudly in his face, "Wh- what was THAT? Do you think that look makes you ALLURING?" She was rolling on the floor, laughing so hard that she was crying.

"What are you laughing at? Hermione? Come on, stop!"

That served only to make her laugh harder.

"Well, fine! If you're going to laugh at me, I'm taking a shower!" he announced huffily.

"Pfft! Haha. All right, Draky Baby, I'll be here when you get out, you lady killer you."

Draco glared at her, but couldn't stop himself from smiling. He shook his head and walked in to the bathroom.

"You smell anways!" Hermione yelled after him, smiling. 'I'm glad he's back' she thought.



A/N: OK, first thing first, I have the concept for the Snape story all planned, and I think it's gonna be SO GOOD!! He's gettign paired w/ a HP character that exists, but that I have never seen with a good role in a fanfic, I feel so creative, lol! SO, I have Chapter 1 written of that, but I'm gonna wait till this thing gets going more to post it. But I think it's gonna be good. PLUS I have my Fred fic. I love those Weasleys. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, especially the faithful: Squin, Alanna Roseguard, Hermione13 (you are still too funny!), hermione malfoy, kat, Chikata, Lynx, amanda, lyra, Princess of darkness, and IloveDM! To everyone else who I can't list due to space, you'll get shoutouts soon, promise! THANK YOU ALL FOR REVIEWING!!!!! May I please have 15 reviews till 18, dear faithful readers? Ta ta! ~Lo