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Chapter 12

Draco spent the next few days next to Hermione's side, and Harry brought up his homework when they visited. Dumbledore checked on Hermione every morning and evening, but there was still no change, Hermione lay sleeping peacefully, still with a cold chill and a very pale face. Once when Harry came up Draco asked about Ron.

"Why doesn't he come and see her? He's meant to be her best friend" Draco said.

"Yeah well. He's still pretty mad, but he does ask how she is whenever I come back from visiting" Harry replied. Draco nodded, as usual there was an awkward silence between them.

"Well I'd better go" Harry said "Tell me if she wakes up" he said, Draco nodded and Harry left.

Draco spent his nights up in the Hospital Wing, doing homework, studying and planning the ball.

On the Thursday Draco was woken by a soft nudging on his head.

"Mm" he grunted, and heard giggling, that woke him up. His head shot up, too see Hermione sitting up watching him, amused. Draco gasped and leapt up. He pulled her into a tight embrace. Hermione noticed he was trembling.

"Draco, what's wrong?" She said pulling away and looking at his face concerned.

"I thought you would never wake up" he muttered. Hermione looked at him properly, there were huge bags under his eyes from tiredness and stress and his eyes were filled with worry. She leant down and kissed him softly, Draco let out a sigh as if a large weight had just been lifted from his shoulders (which it had) and she smiled.

"You look tired" She said after a while.

"It's nothing, I'm fine" He said hastily, Hermione raised her eyes disbelievingly

"Go and get some rest" she said

"But I-!" he tried to protest but she cut in sharply

"Go!" she said, Draco stood up reluctantly and kissed her, "And plus! You kiss sloppily when you're tired!" she said smirking and pushed him away teasingly, Draco gaped laughing and walked out of the hospital wing smiling.

On the way to his dorm he met Ron who shoved past him glaring.

"Weasley!" Draco said grabbing his arm

"What?" Ron snarled and pulled out of his grip.

"You've got to get over it Ron" Draco said did I just call him Ron? "There's nothing you can do about it, and there's nothing wrong with it! Have you even spoken to Harry after what happened?"

"Oh right Malfoy, you think we can just be best friends now?" Ron said meanly and started to walk away.

"If you were really a friend to her, you would accept this" Draco said after him. Ron stopped and turned around

"What's that supposed to mean?" He said

"Think about it" Draco said and walked off.

Draco was just at his dorm when his best mate Blaise caught him; he was dragging Pansy behind him.

"Hey Blaise, what's up?"

"Heya Draco, Pansy here" Blaise gave a tug to a struggling and very unhappy Pansy who reluctantly walked forward "Has something to tell you" he finished. Pansy stood there glaring at Draco

"Well?" Draco asked impatiently, Pansy mumbled something that Draco couldn't here

"What?"

"I poisoned the slutty mudblood!" she yelled at him and pulled herself out of Blaise's grasp. Draco felt hot anger swelling up inside him.

"You stupid whore!" he growled and lunged at her, put Blaise caught him and held him back.

"Clam down man, we'll leave it to Dumbledore, don't make it worse" Blaise said, Draco struggled for a while glaring at Pansy who stood there smirking smugly at him. Draco stood up straight and Blaise let go.

"Good on ya" he said patting his back. And walked past him "We'll catch up later, I've got to take this one to Dumbledore" he said, Pansy turned around mouthing 'mudblood' at him and then smiled sweetly at Blaise and leant up to kiss him.

"Bugger off!" Blaise cried and shoved Pansy off him.

Draco sighed, anger still running through him. All of a sudden huge tiredness fell on him and he stumbled into his dorm and onto the lounge where he fell fast asleep.