A/N: Hey guys. Turns out I'm a complete idiot. I totally forgot about my new 'answer reviews via e-mail as soon as I receive them' system and deleted the reviews that got sent to me by e-mail when I finished reading them. Terribly sorry for the stupidity and many, many, many thanks to all who reviewed the last chapter! Keep reviewing! So, anyways, here's chapter 9!
Chapter 9: Everything Is Good

When I opened my eyes, Draco was looking much too smug and satisfied. He smirked at me and I rolled my eyes before growing more serious.

"What was that?" I asked.

"A kiss, Granger," he said. "Don't tell me that you don't know what a kiss is."

"Of course I do," I snapped. "Enough with your jokes. What did it mean?"

"I don't know," said Draco, sighing heavily. "It just felt like the right thing to do at the time."

"You can't just go around kissing people who have boyfriends already, Draco," I told him, gathering my things.

"Hey, it's not like you didn't enjoy it," he said. "Where are you going?"

"I have to go back to my room so that I can actually get some work done," I said. I straightened up to leave but was just as quickly pulled back down to sit on the table next to him.

"Don't leave just yet," he said.

"Draco, you already know what I want from you," I sighed. "You told me that you couldn't give me what I want, so I moved on." Once again, I stood to leave.

"But what if I can now?" He called and I stopped dead. I turned.

"It's too late," I said slowly.

"No, it's not," he said, hopping off the table and approaching me. "I've figured myself out, just like you told me to. I know what I want and I know you want the same. You don't want to be with that git."

I couldn't figure out what to say to him.

"Besides," he said very quietly. "There isn't anything I want that I don't get."

I cracked a smile and he smirked before kissing me softly.

"This is going to kill Jason," I said.

"Does that mean…"

I nodded and he actually smiled. He draped his arm over my shoulders and I leaned in to his touch. I closed my eyes, inhaling his scent. This is what I wanted. He wrapped his other arm around me, bringing me closer, and I felt as if everything was okay in the world. He kissed the top of my head before pulling away.

"Let's go to your room."

"Excuse me?"

"Well, you said you wanted to get work done," he shrugged. "Let's go."

"You actually want to go to my room," I said slowly. "To work?" I was more than a little surprised.

"Well, maybe a little work, and then…" He left the end of the sentence open as he waggled his eyebrows. I just laughed at him.

"I don't think so," I told him as we turned to leave.

"You'll change your mind, Granger," he informed me.

We walked slowly to my common room. I should have cared about who might have seen me with Draco Malfoy's arm around me, but I didn't. At that moment, all I cared about was him. And, though I couldn't be sure, I was fairly certain that he felt the same way.

We reached the common room and inside was Shawn, surrounded by books and papers. I shook off Draco's arm and dived on to the couch next to the Head Boy.

"Oh!" cried out Shawn, his eyes widening. "You scared me, Hermione!"

I just laughed.

"It's good to hear you laughing again," he said warmly, taking my hand. "You haven't been yourself for the past few weeks. Are you alright now?"

"Yes," I said, squeezing his hand. "I'm sorry that I've been ignoring you, I just-"

"You don't have to explain yourself to me," he told me. "I'll always be here for you." He kissed me gently on the forehead and I smiled gratefully at him.

"I have someone for you to meet," I said before turning and beckoning Draco over. He approached us slowly with distrust in his eyes. When he came close enough, I captured his hand. "Shawn, this is Draco Malfoy."

"Mmhhmm, I know you," Shawn said to Draco, looking him up and down. He then leaned towards me and whispered, "So are you guys…?"

I nodded.

"Merlin, you did good," he said appreciatively. I snorted in laughter as Draco continued to look more and more uncomfortable.

"Look, Shawn, we have to go work," I said, standing.

"Oh yes, work," said Shawn, laughing. I stuck my tongue out at him and led Draco in to my bedroom.

"I don't like that guy," Draco said as soon as the door was closed. "He kissed you."

"Merlin, Draco," I said, rolling my eyes and flopping down on the bed. "Don't get jealous because of that."

"Why not?" He asked. He got on to the bed and pulled me on top of him. "Like I said, I don't share what's mine, and you are most certainly mine."

"In case you hadn't noticed, Shawn is gay, Draco," I sighed. I watched in amusement as everything clicked together in his mind.

"Oh," said Draco. "So that's why he was-"

"Checking you out?" I offered. "Yes. And that's why he's allowed to kiss me whenever he wants to. We're really close, Draco, and that's what really close friends do."

"I better not lose you to the gay man," Draco said grudgingly.

"Don't worry, you won't," I smiled and kissed him gently. I got up off of him and the bed. "Stay here. I have to sort some things out. I'll be back soon."

After making me promise to lock the door in order to keep Shawn out of the room, Draco kissed me goodbye and began going through my huge collection of books. I left without locking the door and made my way to the Gryffindor common room. As soon as I entered, I spotted Ginny, Harry, and Ron sitting by the fireplace. I went over and sat next to them.

"Hi," I said timidly.

"Hey," responded the three of them in unison.

There was an awkward silence before I let out a heavy sigh.

"Listen, guys," I said. "I'm so sorry about the past couple of weeks. I've just had a lot of stuff going on and I haven't been dealing with it very well at all and-"

"Hermione, stop!" Ginny laughed. "We were just talking about this. It's us that need to apologize."

"Yeah," Harry continued. "We haven't been very supportive lately."

"Oh, no," I argued. "I kept pushing you guys away."

"It doesn't matter who's at fault," said Ginny.

"We've really missed you, though, 'Mione," said Ron, his cheeks reddening.

"I've missed you too," I said, my eyes welling up.

We all had a group hug, which is terribly silly and I know that it made Ron and Harry uncomfortable, but none of that mattered at the time. All that mattered was that I had my best friends back.

The four of us talked and caught up for a little while before I suddenly remembered that Draco was still in my room. I excused myself and promised to meet with them later before returning to my room. I slipped inside and smirked at the sight that met my eyes. Draco was fast asleep on my bed with one of my books open on his chest.

I crept over to Draco and slipped in to bed next to him. I sat cross legged with my back against the headboard before taking the book off his chest and beginning to read from where he had stopped. Draco stirred beside me and peered at me with half open eyes.

"You've been gone for awhile," he murmured drowsily. "Everything alright?"

"Yes," I said, smiling down at him.

"Good," he mumbled, giving me a sleepy, lopsided grin.

Draco shifted so that his head was positioned comfortably in my lap. I stroked his soft white blond hair as he began to doze off again.

"Yes," I repeated very softly. "Everything is good."

A/N: There you have it! This was one of the happier chapters and I hope you enjoyed it. Please review (I'll answer them this time, I swear)!