A/N: Well, I'm back! Read and don't forget to review.

'So ,Draco, who was that girl last night?' Blaise asked in an as offhand manner as he could muster the next day at breakfast.

'Girl?' Draco asked ,snapping out of his third scan of the Great Hall 'What girl?'

'You're really smitten' Blaise chuckled.

'Am not!' Draco cried before lowering his voice and saying 'I'm just finding it weird that I've never seen her in the Slytherin common room or in the Great Hall for lunch, dinner or breakfast.'

'Never?' Pansy asked ,picking up on his word choice.

'So you've know her from before last night?' Blaise's eyes widened in shock. Draco was popular with the girls ,but he'd never really had a proper relationship other than with Pansy in fourth year and that was not serious at all.

'I'd seen her twice before' Draco muttered hardly audible to anyone but Theo, Pansy and Blaise.

'And you never told me?' Pansy asked ,incredulous. 'Draco Malfoy! I am your only female friend and you didn't tell me when you liked a girl?'

Draco was saved from answering ,when Hermes sat down next to Theo not saying a thing but smiling vaguely at a point on the table ,causing Pansy and the others to turn his attention to her instead.

'Hey ,Hermes, where did you get to last night?' Draco asked ,frowning at the disguised student. 'We were worried'

Hermione didn't answer ,grabbing a toast and nibbling on the edge of it ,breaking into a girlish smile at random periods ,her eyes still fixed on some random point on the table.

'Hermes?' Theo asked ,tapping Hermione on the arm lightly. Letting out a short and rather quiet scream of surprise ,Hermione came back to reality.

'Did you say something?' She asked ,blinking rapidly.

'Where were you last night?' Draco asked ,rather harshly ,causing Theo to kick him in the shins with a pointed glare.

'Last night?' Hermione asked ,collecting her figures before answering 'Oh yeah, I had a stomach ache. I think it was the refreshments. I had too much'

'Right' Draco nodded ,not really buying it ,but mentally noting to discuss it with Theo later on.

'You missed Draco's song' Blaise said apologetically. 'It was good and the girl he sang with was a real catch'

Hermione blushed and tried to school her features into regret before digging into her eggs and sausages ,hiding her face behind her plate. Her actions weren't unnoticed by Theo who frowned.

Pansy shrank back into her seat at Blaise's comment ,pursing her lips. 'He could do better' she muttered.

'Better?' Blaise snorted ,ignoring Theo and Draco's warning looks. 'Did you see her or was that a different girl? She even looked intelligent.'

Pansy scrunched up her face and was about to argue ,when Draco spoke up.

'This isn't even a big deal. It's probably just a passing crush' Draco waved them away. Blaise opened him mouth to protest. 'So I don't want anyone getting worked up about it' He gave Blaise a pointed look at that and the rest of breakfast continued with no more drama ,although Draco and Theo kept on shooting each other and Hermione furtive looks.

'Found anything ,mate?' Theo asked ,as Draco arrived with a fresh stack of books from a different section.

'Nothing yet ,but there has to be something in here. She can't have evaded every single reporter. There must be at least one that managed to get something about her' Draco moaned.

'At the rate you're going, it'd probably have been breaking news' Theo chuckled before returning to his Transfiguration essay.

'You're not helping either' Draco frowned in an accusatory manner 'I bet we would've found at least her name written somewhere by now'

'That wouldn't have helped ,though, would it?' Theo argued. 'It's better I do something useful ,like Transfiguration not everyone does their homework the day that it's set'

'I didn't do any today' Draco defended.

'Well, you're still holed up in the library' Theo said ,shaking his head ,as Draco rubbed his temples 'And you're getting yourself all worked up anyway. There's no difference'

'We're getting somewhere ,though. This is personal studying' Draco argued 'Now shut up ,so I can study'

Theo snorted ,but obliged.

They worked in silence for another hour before Theo began to join in with Draco's search for any trace of Hermione Granger.

Although, it took another two hours before they began to get thoroughly tired.

'This is useless' Draco moaned ,his eyes drooping sleepily as he tried to focus on the black letters in front of him. 'I can't concentrate anymore' He looked up to see Theo already snoozing ,his cheek plastered to the open page of a book.

Shaking his head, he shook his friend awake before trekking down to the dungeons with a stack of fresh books to look through.

'Let's camp out here' Theo said ,crossing his legs on the floor and taking a new book before leaning against the couch behind him and attempting to read. Draco took a book ,but after a few minutes he claimed it futile for the words to make any sense and let the book fall to the floor before shoving his hands into his pockets. His hands connected with a small piece of glossy paper he'd so far forgotten he'd had. Checking that Theo was still engrossed in the book, he pulled out the photo that he'd found on the floor at the ball. Staring at the girl's face in the photo, Draco felt a small smile appear onto his face. He let himself stare at her for a few long minutes and would've done so for much longer had Theo not interrupted him.

'What's that?' he asked ,snatching the photo out of Draco's hands. Inspecting it for a few moments, Theo looked astonished at Draco.

'You got someone to take a picture of you two singing' Theo asked ,smiling with a knowing look at Draco.

'No ,of course not, I...found it on the floor' his voice faltering in his sentence ,snatching the photo from Theo's hands.

'You know what this means ,right?' Theo asked.

'Uhhh...no' Draco shook his head 'Other than the fact that I can keep this as a way to recognise her'

'This is a magical photo' Theo iterated slowly ,as if talking to a seven-year-old.

'So?' Draco uttered.

Taking the photo from Draco, Theo found his wand under the pile of books and pointed it at the object in his hand. 'It is a simple spell.' Theo said patronisingly 'A wonder how you don't remember it. You'll probably be jumping for joy any time soon'

'Stop speaking in bloody riddles' Draco shouted in frustrations.

Theo gave him a look before answering simply 'The spell to uncover people's names from a picture'

'Revelio picturo' Draco said in realisation ,excitement bubbling in his stomach as a goofy smile spread across his face.

'Well, what are you waiting for?' Theo shoved the photo in front of his face 'Go for it'

Draco took a deep breath ,taking the photo into his hands and closing his eyes before performing the spell and reading the name that came up underneath it.

In that second of a moment, the past few weeks of Draco's life came crashing down around him. Nothing stayed as it was ,'cause written there in black and white above her singing face were the words 'Hermione Granger'.

Stunned, Draco let the photo drop from his fingers and fall to the floor

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