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As Hermione lay in Draco's bed reading she found that it said everything she'd already been told. Disappointed, Hermione made a decision to visit a nearby library today to do more research on the topic. Carefully Hermione closed the Narincoño and placed it back in the drawer. The scent of flapjacks, eggs, bacon and sausage drifted into the bedroom and Hermione, just now realizing how hungry she was, jumped out of the bed and made her way into the kitchen.

There she found Draco putting the breakfast foods on separate plates and placing them in the middle of the breakfast bar. Blaise and Theo sat at the bar one reading the paper and drinking coffee, Blaise, and the other reading his mail and also drinking coffee, Theo. Hermione sat down next to Draco and the four began eating silently.

After a filling breakfast Hermione excused herself from the bar and headed into her room. Looking through her closet Hermione found a cute pair of black flip flops. Putting them on, Hermione tied her hair into a high ponytail and exited her room.

"I'm going to the library to do some research if any of you wanted to come." Hermione said while heading for the front door.

"I'll come. I have some research to do as well." Blaise said, standing up and walking towards her. Things were rather awkward between the two of them as both knew they had a slight lust for eachother, but Hermione held it back. She loved Draco and that's all that mattered.

"Ok! It's always nice to have someone accompany you." She turned to the other two boys. "Anyone else? Draco?"

"Sorry, love, but I have my instructor coming here, but if your still there when she leaves I'll pop by." Draco approached her and kissed her softly on the lips. He smiled at her and then turned to Blaise and said with a grin on his face: "Don't try anything, Zabini. Just make sure she doesn't get lost or anything. She means to damn much to me to lose again."

"Draco, you act as if I was five!" Hermione exclaimed with a glare. Secretly she thought it sweet that he was so protective of her.

Blaise chuckled lightly. "I'll make sure to watch after the little kitten. No worries man. And you can't blame me if I do try a thing or two on her. You got yourself quite the catch." Draco glared at him. "You know I won't try anything, man. Damn no need to take me so seriously at times!"

Draco just shook his head, kissed Hermione one more time and watched the two leave. He had a bad feeling about this in the pit of his stomach, but knew he could trust Blaise to protect Hermione. His only true worry was the lust he knew the two had for eachother. It was understandable really. He, too, held a certain lust towards Blaise and Blaise towards him and the two had acted towards it many a time before he became involved with Hermione, it was just the fact that he really didn't want to lose Hermione. He loved her so much that it almost hurt him when they were separated.

Draco sighed and returned to the kitchen to finish cleaning the breakfast mess. Theo was there charming some dishes to clean themselves. Theo had always been the one who was good with the classic household charms. Blaise was the one who was good at the charms to fix things and Draco was the one who was good at making sure everything stayed in order… and the cooking. That's why the three of them did so well living together. Everything was covered, but now they had Hermione there and it would make the place all the better. A woman's touch was always needed in a household in Draco's opinion, something you rarely heard from a male.

Theo looked over at Draco and when he saw the look on his friend's face he gave him a concerned look.

"What's up, man? You seemed worried." Theo said coming over to the breakfast bar which was where Draco was currently seated.

"I don't know. I guess I'm just afraid of leaving those two alone together. You have to have noticed the lust they both have in their eyes for eachother. I just them both, I really do. I'm just afraid that Hermione'll leave me for him and then get her heart broken. You know Blaise; he's not really the type of guy to stick with a girl. He's more of the fuck and go, maybe date for a week if your hot type. I love Hermione so much and can't stand the thought of losing her to my best friend." Draco said, not able to look up at his friend.

"Hey, don't worry. If she really loves you, which it's obvious she does, she won't leave you and you know Blaise. He would never date a girl which you've dated and really liked… or loved." Theo said with a smile. Draco looked up at him and smiled in thanks.

Again there was the lust. Draco also held a certain lust towards Theo and Theo him, but they had acted upon it once and decided they just weren't right to do those things to eachother. Draco knew for a fact that Blaise and Theo 'got it on' every once in a while. That was the one thing about the male residents of this penthouse. As they all were bi-sexual they had no problem with others bringing guys home to have sex with and chuck out the next day or even that very same night after the sex. It's just how it worked in that household.

A knock sounded at the door and Draco got up and answered it to find the Healer standing in the doorway with a smile on her face.

"Ready to study?" She asked kindly.

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Over at the local library Hermione was reclining in a white armchair with a book on the magical religion from the English section (she couldn't exactly understand Italian). Blaise had had to go up to desk with her and ask the librarian where the section with the books in English was as the librarian only spoke Italian and he had always gotten the books from that library in Italian.

Blaise was in the white sofa diagonal to her, stretched out over it and reading a book on ancient trials. He was taking notes every once in a while, most likely on what the Aurors had done during them.

Hermione concentrated on the book in her hand reading the book diligently. She, too, was taking notes except her's were about the religion.

The Light King is like the muggle God

The Dark King is like the muggle Devil

Angels' powers: healing, knowledge of a loved ones pain, able to conjure a blinding light which can render an enemy sightless for as much as a minute to an hour depending on how strong the angel is

Demons' powers: strength in which they don't look to have, quickness, able to conjure a burning fire that can last for as long as the fire is big which depends on how powerful the demon is

Angel looks: light hair, fair skin, light eyes, has a certain aura that emanates good

Demon looks: dark hair, dark or pale skin, dark eyes, aura emanates pain

When an angel gets their powers they will not be able to cause pain to others unless in self-defense or in dire need

When a demon gets their powers they will have an irresistible urge to hurt others, cause them as much pain as possible without killing them

When a demon has had their powers for a year or so they will want to kill and torture continually

When an angel has had their powers for a year or so they will become very protective over others and may want to heal even the simplest injuries

Angels' powers when crossed over: poisoning in the same way as healing, power comes from loved ones pain, able to conjure a total blackness that can render a person blind from a minute to an hour depending on the angel's strength

Demons' powers when crossed over: strength which is more than they appear to have, quickness, able to conjure a burning fire that can only hurt the enemy

A grandfather clock chimed five times in the distance bringing both Blaise and Hermione back to their senses. The two quickly returned the books they'd been reading and collected their things. Silently they walked back to the penthouse and when they entered they found Draco just finishing up his lessons. It seemed Theo had left sometime during the day to do something, they didn't know what.

Hermione went into her room and placed the notes safely in a drawer in her bedside table. Hermione then took off her shoes and went into the kitchen where Draco was preparing dinner.

"Something smells good." Hermione said, wrapping her arms around Draco's middle from behind. Draco smiled and turned around in her arms. He lent down and kissed her softly.

"It's just spaghetti, nothing special." Draco said with a smile.

"Ah but your spaghetti is something to look forward to Draco!" Blaise said, entering the kitchen. "Draco here makes a mean spaghetti. He adds all these seasonings and vegetables that it's just awesome."

"I smell Draco's spaghetti!" came Theo's voice. Next moment Theo entered the kitchen with a smile on his face. Blaise and Hermione laughed while Draco just stood there looking embarrassed but he didn't blush. He did keep some of his Malfoy ways and one of them was that Malfoys don't blush. Instead he turned back to the spaghetti and began adding seasoning.

Hermione smiled and collected four plates, forks and butter knives and entered the dining room. This having been her first time in here Hermione couldn't help but look around it in awe as she placed everything on the medium length table that could seat ten. The room was a crème color and the carpeting was a soft blue. The furniture was made of some light colored wood that Hermione didn't recognize and the chairs had soft blue cushioning. Hermione smiled and set the table, folding the napkins and placing them carefully on the plates. Draco then entered the room with a bowl that was steaming and he placed it in the middle of the area in which the settings were. Next moment Blaise entered with a hot loaf of bread on a wooden cutting board and Theo entered with glasses. After placing the glasses in front of the plates Theo exited the room for a moment and when he returned he had a pitcher of water in one hand and an already opened bottle of wine. Each place setting had two glasses so Theo first poured water into one glass per place setting and then wine into the remaining glasses which happened to be wine glasses. Hermione smiled as Draco held out her chair and she sat down. Draco sat down next to her and Blaise and Theo sat on the other side. If there was an occasion where the table would be filled Draco would have been sitting at the head of the table but as this was just the four of them they sat across from eachother.

Each person put some spaghetti on their plates and Hermione realized that Draco's spaghetti was something special. It was more of a veggie spaghetti for it had things like broccoli, corn and water chestnuts in it. Draco placed a piece of fresh bread on the side of her plate and Hermione buttered it before taking a bite seeing that no-one was doing anything like praying as they were all eating. Hermione took a bite out of the spaghetti and was surprised by the taste. There was a seasoning placed in it that she couldn't quite figure out but it sure did taste awesome. Hermione suddenly turned to Draco.

"Hey Draco, where'd you learn to cook?" Hermione asked.

"My mother taught me whenever my father wasn't around. The only things I was allowed to learn when Father was around were the Dark Arts, more Dark Arts, how to obey, the piano and the violin." At seeing the look on her face Draco said: "ya, don't ask."

Hermione laughed softly and returned to her delicious meal. She sure did have a lot to think about…