Chapter 7. I can't believe I lasted this far! I want to thank everyone for their reviews... I seriously thought I wouldn't get any. Well, I don't really have anything to say, but thanks for all your ideas and I hope you keep reading!

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Chapter 7: Together or Not?

"Oh God." said Hermione when they broke apart.

"What?" said a satisfied Draco.

"I can't believe I just did that." she said.

"Why not?"

"Because I'm not supposed to fall for you remember?"

"So what? I fell for you a long time ago." he said seriously.

"No, you just feel sorry for me and thought you fell for me."

"No I didn't, Hermione. I think I can tell what I feel and I feel I've fallen for you." he said with great relief that she hasn't run away yet.

"I fell for you too." she whispered, "but we can't be together."

"Why can't we be together, Hermione?"

"Because...'cause..." she had no clue why they couldn't be together.

"Because nothing. There is nothing that could keep us from getting together." he said.

"I can think of three reasons." she said glumly.

"What are they, then?" he wondered what they could be.

"Harry, Ron, and Ginny."

"Hermione, you can't listen to them forever. You've got to separate from them sooner or later and now is a good time."

"I don't know. Just let them think we're really good friends and if we get together it won't be such a big thing, alright?"

"What do you mean 'if'?"

"I mean if we get together. Good night, Draco." she walked up her staircase.

At least she didn't run this time he thought, listen to her, she has a good idea goin', don't break her trust his conscience told him, but she does have to seprate from the three gryffindors soon he replied, just don't chase her away and everything will be fine, it said once more.

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Hermione went to her room and immediately ran through her thoughts on how to handle this. this doesn't have to be a bad thing and I really do like him. I guess the whole 'proving that he didn't like me by kissing him theory' didn't turn out so well. she thought and giggled a bit. I told you so said her conscience, oh don't rub it in and I want to be with him...right? even if Harry, Ginny and Ron aren't happy about it, they'll eventually accept it, right? she asked herself they've got to value your friendship more than you being with Draco, but I'm part of you and I can only tell you what you feel, I can't tell you the future, but I can also tell you that you like him more than you know and that it's really worth the risk it replied and at once, Hermione knew this was the truth. So she decided that she would make her three friends see that nothing is going on between the two and that they're just really good friends and then maybe if things get better, she'll tell them about Draco and her, if they're still together, that is...

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Hermione met her three friends at the Gryffindor Table the next morning. Surprisingly, Harry and Ron were there before her and they were already stuffing their faces with multiple dishes in front of them.

"Hey, guys." she greeted them.

"Hey, Mina, what's up?" asked Ginny, who was the only one eating calmly.

"Nothing, me and Draco are friends again." she said casually.

"Oh how wonderful." said a sarcastic Ron.

"Shut up, you guys said you were okay with us being good friends." she accused them.

"Oh, right." said Harry.

"Yeah, so keep your mouths shut or don't agree with what I'm doing." she said firmly.

"Okay, we agree, but we still want to know if he does anything to you, okay?" asked Ron.

"Yeah, you're practically our sister." said Harry.

"Draco wouldn't lay a hand on me, Harry, I know him a lot better now and he's not what we thought of him all these years."

"Whatever you say, Mina." Harry said and he and Ron started stuffing their faces again.

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Hermione met up with Ginny again at lunch. Harry and Ron landed themselves in detention with Snape during lunch. Hermione tried telling them how to do their potion right, but they wouldn't listen and kept telling her for once she was wrong... or so they thought she was wrong.

"Hi, Ginny." Hermione said and sat down.

"Hey, Hermione... Okay, I'm dying to know, what happened between you and Malfoy?" said an excited Ginny.

Hermione was taken aback and must have showed it on her face.

"Oh don't play dumb, Hermione, you were defending him and all at breakast, so spill."

"Okay, fine, but you can't tell Harry and Ron."

"Okay." said Ginny and Hermione accounted last nights events and conversation. She also told her about her plan to get Harry and Ron to accept it.

"I see..." said Ginny, " I think it's great."

"You do?"

"Yeah, now you finally have a boyfriend, who is really hot by the way, to help you forget about your brother's death." Ginny said the end nervously.

"Yeah, he did help me through that too." Hermione looked down.

"Hermione, is it okay that we talk about your brother? I'm always afraid to mention him when I'm around you." Ginny asked.

"Yeah, but I don't want to talk about it. You can mention him if you want, but I don't think I can talk."

"It's a start... Draco's looking this way." Ginny said.

"So? It's not like we're together yet." Hermione still turned around and she looked straight into those icy blue eyes.

"Oh, shut up, you know you like him a lot." said a giggling Ginny.

"True, but I still don't know, Ginny."

"Hermione, I know you care a lot about Harry and Ron, but you're going to fly solo and go through with this plan if I have to make you." Ginny said with all seriousness.

"Okay, fine, but don't tell them just yet."

"Okay."

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Later in the common room, Hermione entered the potrait to find Draco sitting across from the fire. He hadn't noticed she came in because he was apparently in deep thought about something and his face definitely showed it. He looked like he was in awe about something because his mouth was slightly open and his eyes were fixed.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked sitting down next to him.

"Nothing, what's up?"

"Nothing. I told Ginny about us."

"So there is an 'us'?" Draco asked excitedly.

Instead of answering, she leaned up and gave him a kiss that told him the answer immediately. When she broke away, he pulled her back again...she didn't refuse.

"Does that give you the answer?" she smirked.

"Uh-huh." he said, nodding his head. He was still registering what just happened.

"Good. I've got homework to do. I'll be in my room if you need me." she walked up to her room, leaving a still surprised Draco behind.

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