Hey guys, san01 just remember that Malfoy has been their like arch enemy for their whole life at Hogwarts, so to find out that Hermione has been with him, well it's a little shocking. Hey thanks everyone! For getting up early for my story! Haha give us some more reviews please! And tell all your friends about it and get them to review it! Ok ok I'm going I'm going, here you are. Ok and also Dumbledore is alive and Voldemort isn't.

Chapter 9.

When Ginny and Harry caught up with Ron he was steaming.

"Uh Ron?" Harry asked cautiously

"I can't believe her! I just can't believe her!" Ron growled "I mean, she always hated him! Loathed him! WHY would she change her mind?" Then Ron stopped walking "Malfoy! He's put a spell on her!"

"No Ron!" Ginny said firmly "That's just stupid, I know Malfoy's an idiot but he's not as stupid as that, to put a spell on someone in Hogwarts by himself. And plus, why would he? He helped to fight against Voldemort in the end" She said, and Ron slumped. Ginny looked at Harry, He and Ginny had been going out for 2 years now and she knew the look that was now planted on his face, he was thinking hard. She sidled up beside him and slipped her hand into his.

"What do you think Harry?" she whispered. Harry looked at her

"I'm not sure" he said and sighed "As much as I hate Malfoy maybe we should hear Hermione out, and Malfoy for that matter, but it should just be us, not Ron, he'll just get himself worked up again" he whispered again, out of reach to Ron who was muttering furiously. Ginny nodded and they walked on.

"We'll talk to him tonight".

When Draco reached the Heads dorm he burst in to find Hermione sobbing on the couch. He walked over and sat down beside her.

"I'm really sorry Hermione, I didn't mean for this to happen" He said quietly. He put his arm around her shoulders and she fell into his chest and wiped away the tears.

"Just the way Harry and Ginny just looked at me" She cried through fresh tears. Draco moved so that Hermione was sitting opposite him.

"Hermione, I assure you, you will get through this. Ron and Harry and Ginny will get over it, and if they really are good friends then they will forgive you too" He said. Hermione looked at him with watery eyes and nodded. She smiled

"I love you" she whispered.

"I love you" he replied. Hermione yawned and moved so that she was lying on Draco. And they lay there watching the flames dance in the fireplace. Eventually at around midday Hermione fell asleep and Draco carried her to her bed. He went back to the living room and started to attack his mound of Homework. To his surprise Hermione continued to sleep into the afternoon. So at 7:00pm he decided to go down to the kitchens and bring up some dinner for him and Hermione.

As he was walking down to the kitchens Harry and Ginny walked up to him.

"Malfoy" Harry acknowledged him and Ginny smiled.

"Malfoy we need to talk" Ginny said.

"Please, call me Draco, I'm not to proud of the name Malfoy" Draco said slowly. Harry's eyes widened in amazement, but Ginny kept a straight face.

"Of course, well Draco we need to talk to you about you and Herm" she said. Draco nodded

"Well I'm going down to the kitchens to get us some dinner, you can come too if you like" Draco offered, and they kept walking.

"So, what's going on?" Ginny asked. Draco sighed

"Ok, but before I tell you, I promise I have changed. I'm different" He said, Harry looked at him with immense surprise and Ginny nodded. "Well, I guess at first I didn't like Hermione, because she was just as smart as me, smarter in fact, and because my mother and father had always brought me up to believe that half-blood witches or wizards were, scum" He said and then started again quickly "But! I started to see Hermione differently, my father too, I started to see all the things that he was doing differently. As you know he's not the greatest of people. And I suppose over time, I got more and more feelings for Hermione and less and less admiration for my father" he stopped and looked at Harry and Ginny who were watching him as he spoke,

"So when I saw her at Ron's house, I just couldn't help it. By then I liked her so much that I couldn't hold back. It was then that we got together. And Hermione and I have been hiding from you, because, well I guess we both knew, how you would react-" Harry went to speak "but it's completely understandable" Draco said and Harry closed his mouth "And the only reason I'm been such a prick to you all these years, is that, well my father wouldn't be to happy if he found out I'd been rubbing shoulders with Harry Potter or one of the Weasley's" He finished. Ginny nodded, it made sense.

"The only thing to do now is to convince Ron, which won't be as easy" Harry said after a while.

"You mean this is ok with you?" Draco asked, shocked, Harry nodded

"As long as Hermione is happy" he said, Draco smiled gratefully

"And I'm sorry" he said

"Well it'll take a bit of getting used to, but I'm sure we can manage something" Harry said. They had stopped walking.

"Well we had better go, we'll talk later" Ginny said and smiled, Harry nodded at Draco and they walked off. Ginny kissed Harry on the cheek,

"See! That wasn't so hard"