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Draco sat at breakfast, his head heavy from lack of sleep. He had spent the last week staying up late thinking of Hermione. After that day when she had come into his dorm room and jumped on his bed it had never felt the same. And when he lay on his side of the bed he ran his hands over the side of the bed in which Hermione had lay and left her own little indent.

"God Draco, love isn't very kind to you…" Blaise said as he happily sucked back pumpkin juice.

"What do you mean," Draco snapped and Blaise shrugged.

"You look like crap is all I'm saying…" he said throwing his shoulders up.

"Well thank you Blaise… I have her next in potions and now all I'm going to be thinking about is my appearance!" Draco exclaimed as he began to chug down his large coffee. He looked up and saw Hermione standing on the other side of the table looking down at him with a smile. It surprised him so much he began to choke on his coffee and managed to spill it all down his shirt.

Hermione giggled slightly but then took out her handkerchief and went to his side. He inwardly cursed his clumsiness but Hermione sat down beside him and began to wipe away the stain.

"What are you doing here," he asked still overcome by shock.

"I was going to see if you wanted to go to potions early…" Hermione replied still smiling at his clumsy act. She looked up at him and suddenly her face became worried. "Are you sick or something… you look unwell!" Hermione said and Draco heard Blaise snigger behind him.

"Nothing I can't handle…" Draco said. "Let's get out of here." He got up and grabbed his bag and Hermione's hand and they both ran out of the hall. It was of course only the Slytherins who knew why Draco Malfoy had changed but the rest of Hogwarts sat in the seats absolutely shocked.

"Silence," Snape yelled to the class and everyone stopped gossiping about how much time Hermione and Draco had been spending together. "You're projects are do in tomorrow! I will accept no excuses so be prepared to hand them in!"

Draco and Hermione were only half listening to what the teacher was saying. They were finished and had made a very large jug of their potion. It was a drink that once drunk a little thought bubble would pop up and when they looked at someone what they thought about them would pop up in the bubble. Draco was sure it was going to win and so now all he did was write a small note to Hermione.

He slid it across the desk and under Hermione's fingers, slightly caressing them as he did. She sharply turned to him and he motioned for her to read the note. She looked over at him shocked at first but then smiled and turned back to the note. She wrote her answer and slid it back to him. He felt his heart in his throat as he took his note from her hands and opened it.

First he had to re-read what he wrote just to make sure he wrote what he wanted to and not that she double checked the solution to make sure it had worked.

Hey, meet me in Hogsmede Library? I need to tell you something…

Ok…

He breathed a sigh relief and put the note in his breast pocket as if some kind of proof that he was allowed to see her. He looked over at Hermione and saw her sharing a secret smile with herself. He wondered that if she could see into his heart what she would find.

Class finished and everyone sighed with the greatest relief. The last hour had been filled with cram potion mixes and a lot of accidents, mainly from Longbottom. The bell rang and Draco stood and crammed everything into his shoulder bag and looked over Hermione who was standing and looking over at him.

"So, I'll see you there at 7:30," Hermione asked and Draco's mind stopped working and he just stared at her blankly. "You did ask me to go to the library with you… didn't you?"

"Yes… I did and you said yes…" Draco said realizing how lame that sounded. "So yeah 7:30…" he said and Hermione nodded before walking off and joining Ron and Harry as they left the potions dungeon.

Hermione searched her wardrobe for something to wear and still found nothing but crappy school clothes.

"So you're going on a date with him," Lavender asked from her bed as she flicked through a muggle magazine. She always got Hermione to get copies for her so she could look over what was popular and then she used a spell she had learnt to conjure up the outfits.

"It's not really a date Lavender… he just said he has to tell me something…" Hermione rationalized and lavender squealed with delight.

"He's going to admit his undying love for you! If he asks you to marry him… will you say yes?" Lavender asked. That day in the middle of dinner Ron had popped the question to Lavender and she of course said yes… Harry had also asked Hermione a few days ago to help him go engagement ring shopping for Cho and even rumors of Ginny and Neville tying the not were beginning to spread!

"He's not going to ask me to marry him!" Hermione demanded. "Neither is he going to admit love for me! Especially because it's totally screwed up with the fact that he's a Slytherin and I'm a Gryffindor! We're like…"

"Romeo and Juliet!" Ginny offered… Hermione had almost forgotten she was there.

"It's all so romantic!" lavender again declared and Hermione couldn't help but feel the anticipation swell in her stomach.

"You do know how that story ended… don't you?" Hermione asked.

"Oh don't be silly… that won't happen to you two! Ron already knows and he doesn't want to kill Draco…" Lavender said and Hermione smirked. "Well… not enough to actually go through with it!"

"He'll never declare anything if I show up in my school uniform!" Hermione said and lavender nodded but just to add a romantic spin on the whole idea she replied.

"He's seen you every day in your school uniform for the past seven years and still fell in love with you!" Hermione smiled at what lavender said.

"But you are right about the whole no clothes thing…" Ginny said getting up from her bed.

"What about this outfit," Lavender asked holding up the magazine. Hermione looked over at the green tulle skirt that had thousands of layers. The belt that defined the bottom half of the dress from the top was silver and the top of the dress was white and came up in spaghetti straps.

"That's perfect!" Hermione yelled and with the flick of Lavender's wand her school clothes melted away and Hermione was left wearing the dress. "Do I look alright?"

"Even if Draco isn't in love with you once he sees you in this dress he definitely will fall in love with you!" Ginny chimed and Hermione felt her heart swell.

"Oh shit!" Hermione exclaimed when she looked at the clock at the other end of the room. "It's seven! I have to go! I'm riding my horse in to town… it'll be quicker," Hermione said as she slipped on some silver high heels.

"You don't want to keep Romeo waiting!" Ginny exclaimed as they followed her out of their dorms. Of course word had spread out to all the rest of the Gryffindor girls and most of them stood in the common room, waiting for Hermione to emerge. She felt all eyes on her as she strode through the red room and felt everyone whisper praises of her outfit.

"Wish me luck," Hermione said as she tried to calm her nerves.

"Good luck 'Mione!" Ginny exclaimed squeezing Hermione white gloved hands.

Draco stood at the window of the Hogsmede library. He stood on the top floor and as he basked in the warm fireplace he sipped champagne. He looked out onto the busy street and watched as the snow began to fall. He watched the road for Hermione and he still didn't see her.

Draco looked to the clock and saw it was around 7:40 and fear began to enter his stomach as possibilities as to her lateness swirled around his head. He looked back out the window and saw a white horse gallop up to the library. He watched as someone in a dress hopped off and ran towards the library door.

A few moments later he heard the doors to the room he was in swing open. He turned and saw Hermione standing there with a long white coat on and she looked flushed as if she had been running.

"Sorry for being late, Draco," she said with the poise he adored. "I had nothing to wear and Lavender wouldn't shut up!" She continued. Draco walked up to her and took off her white coat and hung it on the rack for her.

"It's ok… Glass of champagne," he asked and Hermione nodded. He popped the cork and they both laughed as it bounced off a picture of an old stern looking lady who probably wouldn't approve of them drinking. He handed it to her and then looked at her dress. She looked even more beautiful if that was possible.

"Nice dress, I think green looks good on you," he complimented and she smiled.

"Maybe I shouldn't have been put into Gryffindor maybe I'm a Slytherin at heart!" she replied and he laughed along with her. And his mind went back to the image of her lying in his bed. He looked over at her and saw her eyes were on a silver platter that rested on the table near a leather couch.

"Shall we sit," he said and Hermione looked over at him.

"Yeah ok, but did you need to tell me something," Hermione prompted as she followed him to the couch. He sat down and motioned for her to sit down next to him.

"Yes but I do need some courage…" He said and he looked into Hermione's eyes for any sign that she may know where he was going with it.

"Isn't that what champagne is for," she asked and they both laughed.

"Lift the lid," he said to Hermione motioning to the silver platter. She looked over at him suspiciously before she went to do it.

"There's not a bomb in there or anything," Hermione asked before she lifted the lid. On the silver platter were a plate of chocolate, a small note he had written and a vile of the potion the pair had made for the assignment.

Hermione looked over at him and furrowed her brow at him. He kept his eyes serious and fixed on her. Her eyes looked at him with questions.

"This is a very eclectic mix of things…" she commented. "Wait is that some of our potion?"

"Have some chocolate then read the note…" he said and Hermione gladly took a block of chocolate and bit into it.

"What's the potion for…?" Hermione asked and Draco took a large breath in and grabbed it with his trembling hands.

"It's for me, Hermione! Now read the note when I suck back this sucker!"

Hermione took another block of chocolate and put it all into her mouth before she turned to the note. She looked up at Draco who was waiting for her to read it, the potion vile in his hands. Hermione wanted nothing more than to read the note but she was afraid of what dangerous secrets it held.

Dearest Hermione,

No doubt you've realized the change in our relationship. We went from bitter enemies to what I could almost describe as an intimate friendship. You've been able to see past my bitter exterior I refer to as my 'Malfoy Mask' and have seen my true self. A part of me I felt was beginning to die…

You're a smart girl Hermione! And the most beautiful woman I've ever seen! I should, and do to a degree, feel happy with the fact a pure soul such as you is prepared to allow me into their heart as a friend. But of course I have always strived for the best! And the best for me that I could ever imagine is to have you for my own. To finally find a person to be Draco with… and not Draco Malfoy!

Hermione Granger, I love you with all my heart. And I wish upon each star that floats above my head at night, as I sleep in the bed to which you have left a dent that I cannot fill, that you would ever give me a shot to be your love. That you would love me the way I love you

And that's a love that even our two houses' feud will lie down and be still for. I've loved you since first year Hermione. And never have stopped loving you! And I doubt ever will stop loving you!

All my love (and I mean all of my love),

Draco.

Hermione felt her heart beating like a kettle drum, she found it hard to swallow let alone draw her eyes off the passionate letter. She had to blink a few times to make sure she read it right and after the fifth blink she felt tears form behind her eyes.

Of course she felt the same about him! She always had known he had a loving part of him and never gave up on finding it. She finally gained the strength to take her teary eyes off of the note and onto Draco. He now looked down at her with far more teary eyes. She looked down at the vile he still clutched in his hand and saw it was empty.

She looked above his head and watched as a cloud started to form above his head and when it was finally fully formed and words began to shape in them.

Hermione Granger- Everlasting Love,

"Oh Draco…" Hermione was able to say and as soon as she did a tear fell from his eyes.

"What do you think," he asked. Hermione put her hands to her mouth and just shook her head in disbelief, not in rejection. Draco's bottom lip trembled, "Please say something Hermione!"

"Forgive me for not speaking, Draco! It's because I am overwhelmed with joy!" Hermione replied moving so her face was so close to his. "I love you too, Draco! I love you with all my heart!" Draco grabbed Hermione's head in his hands and brought her in for a kiss, a kiss that seemed to posses all the magic in the world.

"I've dreamt of this moment for so many years," Draco whispered when they finally drew apart. His hands were resting just below her ears, his thumb stroking her cheek. Hermione closed her eyes and dwelled in the blissful warm embrace. She lay next to him on the couch her face very close to his own as they talked about how blissfully perfect it all was.

"Do you think we'll be together forever," Hermione asked as Draco brushed her wavy hair from her brown eyes. The look of admiration so evident in his grey eyes she didn't restrain herself from kissing him once more.

"Forever and a day…" Draco replied.