A/N: SO we left off with Draco in Dumbledore's office.

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Draco was running back to the heads' common room after finally being dismissed by the headmaster and had just neared his portrait when he literally ran into 'The Boy Who Lived.'

"Oh, hey. Sorry, Potter." He said, offering a steady hand to pull the fallen Harry up off of the floor.

"Nah, don't worry about it. What were you doing running, anyway?" Harry immediately regretted asking this question, as he feared a tongue-lashing as a response from Draco. He knew that Draco didn't like anyone, no matter how important or famous they were, butting into his business. But Harry did not have to fear a tongue-lashing, as no such thing came from Draco's mouth.

"I was on my way to see Hermione. I haven't seen her since 8pm and what is it now?" he looked down at his watch, surprised at the time. "Shit! It's 12.30, I didn't even tell her where I was going. What were you doing in our common room anyway?" he asked, raising an inquisitive eyebrow.

"I went to see Ginny." Harry knew that this was the wrong answer. He also knew that Draco would immediately think the worst. "Don't worry, there's nothing going on between us. No, that is way over." Harry saw Draco breathe a sigh of relief and relax into Harry's companionship once more.

"That's good to hear. How's she doin'?" he asked. He was genuinely concerned about Ginny. Afterall, she was carrying his best friends' baby and he now took it upon himself to be responsible for the young lady while Blaise was out of action.

"She's okay. She's still crying quite a bit, but she's getting better. She's trying to stay calm for the baby, but god knows she wants to scream and just cry her little heart out. It's killing me to see her this way. Well, I better go. I gotta see Ron and ask him why the fuck he's doing this to everyone. See ya 'round."

Harry started to walk off when Draco suddenly called over his shoulder, "Hey, Potter!"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks... for tonight," Draco said. Harry was surprised... what was Draco thanking him for?

"You know...? Helping Ginny? Thanks for that. I know Blaise would be grateful too, you know, if he was in his right frame of mind."

"Oh, yeah. No problem! See ya." And Harry turned once again, rounded the corner and was gone.

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Hermione was going crazy. She had just helped Ginny back into a peaceful sleep after she woke up screaming and crying about Blaise, which was expected considering her situation. Hermione wanted to protect Ginny from everyone and she didn't want to let her out of her sight for the next seven and ½ months of her pregnancy. She wanted her friend to get through this, just like she wanted Blaise to somehow regain his memory so they could be a happy little family –just like Ginny and Blaise were a happy couple.

Another reason for her going crazy was the fact that she hadn't seen Draco in over four hours and she didn't know whether he was hurt or safe or even in the castle. He never told her where he was going when he stormed off a few hours earlier. What she did know was that he was going somewhere to get revenge; it was such a Draco thing to do.

Even though neither of the two would ever admit, or even acknowledge the fact, Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter had a lot in common. They both loved to save their friends and the world if the situation ever arose. They both defended their families to the ground when in public. And, secretly, they both loved all the attention they got from the ladies whether or not they were in a relationship already.

'For two people who hate each other so much,' she thought, 'they sure as hell have an awful lot in common.'

She missed Draco so much when she wasn't around him. She didn't know how this was possible though. They had only just started to be civil to one another before the relationship blossomed into a romantic one. She thought that maybe she was beginning to start to love him, but dismissed that thought. It took her ages to love Ron, how could she love Draco so fast? It had only been a few days; an eventful few days at that.

She was checking up on Ginny when she thought she heard the portrait creak open. She practically ran down the stairs to see if it was him. It was HIM and she ran to him and threw herself into her lovers' arms.

"Hey baby!" Draco said into his girlfriends' ear. He knew she was worried; she looked it. She also looked very tired and he knew she wouldn't sleep very well knowing that one of her friends' was upset and would probably have a disturbing night. He loved the way she had always cared about her friends so much; especially Ginny. He had watched her for the past few years, always fussing over Ginny like a big sister. In his opinion, nobody ever respected or cared for their friends as much as Hermione.

"You tired?" he asked, already knowing the answer. Of course she was going to say she was, all you had to do was look into her face, and eyes, and see just how tired she really was. Hermione nodded a yes in reply to her boyfriends question and he tenderly placed a soft kiss on Hermione's lips.

She instantly melted into the kiss and her tiredness was suddenly forgotten and replaced with a want; a need; a craving. That craving was Draco Malfoy and she felt that if she didn't have him tonight, she would explode. Afterall, they never made it to the main course earlier, only the appetizer as Snape walked in and told them of Blaise's bashing.

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Hermione woke the next morning with a small, mischievous smile on her face. She had gotten a good sleep that night, well she got the good sleep after her and Draco had a little work out of their own. Her smile grew as she thought of the previous nights actions; their intense lovemaking drove her wild as she replayed it in her mind. She rolled over, hoping that Draco was ready for the next round only to find that he was still sleeping deeply and that their was a dazed-looking redhead standing at the door to Draco's bedroom.

"Hey, good sleep?" Ginny asked, obviously amused with the sight in front of her. Hermione couldn't believe it! Ginny obviously knew what she had done and this embarrassed her more than anything did.

Hermione had never been comfortable with her friends knowing too many details about what she did with her boyfriends. Ginny had always known the details so that didn't worry Hermione, but what did worry her was the fact that she had just been caught sleeping naked next to an also naked Draco.

Hermione blushed before answering, "yeah, it was great. Hey, Gin, can you give me 2 minutes? I'll be down in a sec."

"Yeah, put your clothes back on you dirty little hussy!" Ginny said playfully. She knew that Hermione was already embarrassed and a little teasing from her best friend would only increase the beetroot-look that Hermione's face had going on.

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Draco woke up, hoping to roll over and find Hermione ready for the next round of wild sex; like last night. But he rolled over and didn't find Hermione at all!

'Shit, she must already be up! Well, there goes a missed chance...' he thought to himself. He could hear laughter coming from downstairs and remembered that Hermione had let Ginny sleep in her bed last night.

'I'm glad she seems to be in a better mood,' he thought, genuinely pleased that his best mates' pregnant girlfriend sounded a little happier than she had the previous night.

Draco pulled on his boxer shorts and some black trackies and headed downstairs. He found the two girls obviously gossiping about other girls in the school while drinking a hot chocolate each.

"Hey beautiful," he said to Hermione, bending down to kiss her on the cheek. Ginny looked away uncomfortably and this didn't go un-noticed by Hermione.

"So, Draco... how was your sleep?" Ginny asked, slightly smiling at the look that had appeared on Draco's face. Draco suddenly realised that Hermione would've told her everything that had happened between them in the past few nights... he suddenly felt intimidated.

"What if Hermione's told her I'm bad?' he thought. He knew that no woman would ever say that about his performance in the bedroom – he knew he was good. He could make the most experienced woman in the world squeal with delight over and over no matter how many men she had bedded before him.

"It was great, thanks." He said, dodging Ginny's unmistakable real question of, 'have fun last night?' he wasn't stupid. She only asked about his sleep because she knew that he and Hermione had slept together that night. "So, ladies... what's planned for the day?" he asked. He knew that they had classes, but he knew that classes would be the last thing on anyone's mind after what had happened last night with Blaise.

"Well, I have classes all day. No free periods for me..." that was Hermione's response obviously.

'That girl never gives a second thought to her school work, now does she?' Draco thought to himself. He didn't know whether it was selfish of Hermione to not want to skip class and be with Blaise's girlfriend who was her best friend. Or even to be with Blaise's best friend who also doubled as her boyfriend. But he understood that Hermione wanted to prove herself to everyone that she could be whatever she wanted – despite the fact that she was a muggleborn.

"What about you, Ms. Weasley?" he asked. He had been tempted to call her Mrs. Zabini, but decided against it. 'It might upset her,' he thought.

"I'm going home," she said. "Hogwarts' just has too many memories here."

This took Draco by surprise. He thought she was doing okay this morning. That was the last thing he had expected Ginny to say.

"Yeah, Mum is coming to get me in a couple of hours. Hermione helped me to decide that it's probably the best thing for me right now. School could be just too stressful and I don't want to lose this baby. It's the last thing I have to remind me of Blaise."

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Sure enough, later on that day Mrs. Weasley arrived at the school ready to take her daughter back home to help her nurse her broken heart.

Ginny had told Draco and Hermione everything; from how she felt when she and Blaise first kissed to the intimate conversations about their baby. Draco had discovered just how sensitive and warm-hearted that Blaise could be. It was a side of Blaise that he had never seen nor heard of. It made him proud to think that he was making someone feel this way because from the way Ginny had described everything, Blaise had meant the world to her and he obviously still does.

Hermione couldn't even hold back her tears for the sake of Ginny. They both cried together, in each others' arms. It broke Hermione's heart to see her best friend suffering like she was. No one deserved this, especially Ginny. Hermione just hoped that everything would turn out okay because she didn't know if she would be able to live through this if it was her in Ginny's position.

'Imagine loving someone so much and them meaning the world to you,' Hermione thought, 'then in a split second, it all be taken away and he can't even remember who you are, let alone the fact that you're both in love with each other and expecting a baby.'