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p.s. sorry for the cliffie, hehe!

Chapter Seventeen

Hermione started walking towards the door, Draco pulled her back and whispered to her that he thinks it would be better for him to open the door.

To him, her safety was a priority, and he would not let her get harmed on his account. They didn't know who was behind that door. For all he knew, it could be death eaters looking for him. Hermione had to be kept back.

Draco took the knob in his hand and twisted it slowly. When he opened it, a surprised voice was heard.

"What the Fuck!" said the voice looking at Draco.

"Hermione babe, it's the Weasel King" said Draco with a full smirking smile on his face and a mock hospital voice.

"I told you not to call him that" said Hermione as she ran to hug her friend. She hugged Ron for about five minutes straight, and then moved on to Ginny.

Ron looked at Draco, and still repeated the same question, his ears getting red from anger.

"Errrr, I can explain…sort of." Hermione said smiling.

"Ooooh, this was soo worth coming for" said Ginny smiling, eyeing Draco and Hermione.

Hermione gave her a weak smile, and asked if they would like something to eat or drink.

"I would like to know what the bloody hell is going on!" said Ron getting impatient and ready to punch Malfoy's smirking face.

Ron was getting red in the face, and started moving closer towards Malfoy seeing that Hermione was not starting to explain the situation.

Hermione grabbed Ron by his clothes and sat him by the kitchen table. She told Ginny to sit next to him. She grabbed Draco and told him to sit right across from Ron, just in case, this way they have a table separating them.

Hermione took the last seat between Ron and Draco, across from Ginny.

They sat in silence for a minute, the silence was broken by Draco's laughter.

"What's so funny ferret face?" asked Ron shooting evil looks in his direction.

"My dear Weaslebee, you would never understand." said Draco and winked in Hermione's direction.

Hermione started blushing and looked down, she than cleared her throat and looked up at Ron.

"Ron, Draco is staying here for now." she said in a quiet voice.

"WHAT?" Ron yelled getting up from his seat, moving faster in Draco's direction. Hermione quickly got up and stood in front of him.

"Ron, you must understand.." she got cut off in the middle of her speech.

"Understand what?" Ron asked, "The fact that you let a filthy death eater traitor in your house?" he said showing more and more rage with every word.

"Watch your mouth red head!" spat Draco now also getting annoyed.

"Hey what are you trying to imply?" said Ginny looking in Draco's direction.

"Nothing, girls look good in red hair, nothing I can say about the goalie king." said Draco smiling.

Ginny just shook her shoulders and paid her attention back to Ron and Hermione.

"Draco keep yourself out of this or I will defenitly kick your ass all the way to the mansion right now." said Ron, paying his attention back to Hermione.

"What is it that you want me to understand, how could you have ever let him in your house? What the hell were you thinking?"

"Ron, you must understand, it's not what it looks like, Draco is not who we thought he was, he's totally different." said

Hermione not knowing where to start explaining.

Ron turned towards Malfoy looking at him furiously. "Did you place her under the Imperius curse?" he asked.

Draco burst into a fit of laughter, he knew Ron would come up with some crazy ideas, he just never realized they would be so farfetched.

"Weasel, get a brain, why would I do that?" he said after controlling his laughter.

Ginny conjured herself some popcorn and continued watching the show quietly.

"Ron, Draco did not place me under any curse, believe me, I know what I'm saying, besided this is all temporary." explained Hermione.

"Hermione, what are you doing? Why are you risking your life? How could you ever betray me and Harry like that?" asked Ron.

Hermione grabbed Ron by the collar, and asked Ginny and Draco to excuse them. She took him into her room and explained everything to him from the beginning.

Mean while Draco was telling Ginny about the past few weeks, how he met Hermione, and how it's been living at the Granger's house.

He didn't tell her anything about what happened between the two of them, but whenever he spoke of Hermione Ginny noticed a new found warmth in his usually cold eyes.

Ron understood Hermione's actions but he still didn't believe or trust Draco. Hermione told him that she didn't trust Draco completely either, she just felt like she had to help.

She told him Draco has no clue about Harry, his whereabouts ,and what he's up to. She loved Harry and Ron so much she would never dare risking their lives.

When Ron finally calmed down, he and Hermione went back into the kitchen. They joined Ginny and Draco at the table and sat down next to them.

Silence followed the next couple of minutes although the tension in the room was felt greatly.

Hermione tried to break the ice by recommending they all order something to eat.

After a while of angry glares, and undecided choices, Hermione was getting really annoyed.

"Draco, I want you and Ron to shake hands, and to finally treat each other normally." said Hermione looking in his direction.

"Why me, I didn't start anything." said Draco looking annoyed.

"Don't be a big baby, you too Ron, get up and stop this childish behavior." she said glaring at both of them.

Draco and Ron both knew that an angry Hermione is not a Hermione they would want to mess with, so they just got up, and shaked hands briefly.

Finally Hermione and Ginny decided to order some Chinese food. Although neither, Ron, Ginny or Draco have ever tasted it, Hermione was sure they would like it, and thought it would be a fun experience.

She ordered a little bit of everything and than finally sat down.

"Hermione, I don't really remember too clearly," started Ginny "But did Draco call you 'Babe' when we just walked in or were my ears fooling me?" she asked, looking at Hermione straight in the eyes.

Hermione blushed, and quickly looked down at her thighs, Ron's face got red again, and Draco smirked in Hermione's direction.

"Is there something I should know?" asked Ginny.

"Yeah, is there?" said Ron, fury showing clearly on his red facial features.