I know you hate me for taking so long sorry! But OMG it was so funny today in my bankers training class we had to make up names to create fake accounts so of course I had Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and Ginerva Weasley and Tomorrow I will probably open a CD or IRA for Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini lol ahahaha its sad though Im the only one in the class that gets it.

So please read and enjoy hope you like it!

Once again I DONT OWN ANYTHING

Apology Accepted

Hermione was about to fall out of her chair.

They were apologizing to her.

She thought for sure that she had another few weeks full of them pouting and whining before she would finally have to find them to fix things.

"Excuse me! I don't think I heard you right. Did you just apologize to me?"

Harry and Ron both looked at her a little sheepishly and Ron cleared his throat.

"Don't make us say it again Mione." He said uncomfortably. "You heard us we… Well we were just tired of seeing you this way. No matter what you did you are still our best friend. Even though we don't know what made you want to do anything with the Ferret."

Hermione gave them a small smile.

"Look I'm going to tell you this once and once only." She said determined. "I am a female. I have urges just like the two of you and well… We got caught up in the moment and he was good at it and I couldn't get enough-"

Ron and Harry both put their hands up stopping her from going any further.

Harry was the first to speak.

"Please Mione! We do not want to hear about you and Malfoy shagging."

Hermione laughed and stood walking around the table to give here two best friends a hug.

"Sorry guys! I just wanted to make sure you understood." She smiled affectionately to them. "I don't know why I even put up with you guys."

Ron chuckled and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Because you love us."

Draco was having a particularly bad Quidditch practice.

It didn't help that Hermione had just walked into the field flanked by those two idiots she called best friends.

So the Golden Trio had made up and all was well with the world again. Draco thought. Well he didn't care. He couldn't care less. Right?

Blaise flew up to him after Draco took a beaters bat and hit Goyle upside the head with it.

"Drake I think we should go ahead and end practice. Gryffindor is starting to show up and you look a little distracted and upset now that Granger is here."

Draco growled and threw the bat back at Goyle who caught it and flew away.

"This has nothing to do with Granger and everything to do with how bad these guys are playing today."

Blaise rolled his eyes at the blond.

"Do you think you can meet me at the RoR tonight after dinner?" He asked him. "I have something I want to discuss with you."

Draco looked at his best friend curiously.

"Sure."

Before he could ask anything else Blaise had flown away and down into the bleachers. He could have sworn he saw him wave at Ginny Weasley.

"Alright guys let's take it in." Draco shouted to the other Slytherins. "I don't think any amount of practice will help you today anyway." He mumbled under his breath.

Hermione watched Draco from the bleachers. He seemed upset and she was not the only one to notice it.

Harry snickered from her right and whispered for only her and Ron to hear.

"You seem to have a big effect on him. I think you should show up for all of their practices and games. Throw him off a bit."

Hermione shook her head and sighed.

"He has enough on his plate without me making it worse."

Ron snorted.

"Just because we forgave you Hermione does not mean we forgave him too. We don't believe that somehow Draco Malfoy can be saved. He is still the slimy git he always has been in our eyes. We still hate him."

Hermione rolled her eyes and watched as Draco flew down to the ground and made his way out of the Quidditch field.

Draco walked into the Room of Requirements where Blaise waited patiently for him.

He knew what Blaise was going to do. He was going to try and talk him out of taking the mark. It wasn't going to work he had made up his mind. He was taking the mark one way or another.

He was tired of everyone trying "to save his soul".

Blaise cleared his throat. "Look Draco I'm not going to beat around the bush here. I've decided I'm not taking the mark and I don't think you should either."

Draco shook his head.

"Blaise you can't just not take the mark. They will send someone after you, torture you and then kill you."

Blaise smirked "Do you think I haven't thought about that Dray. I will be safe with the Order of the Phoenix."

Draco looked at him a little shocked.

"How do you know about the Order?"

Blaise gave a low sarcastic chuckle and looked to a very confused Draco Malfoy.

"You are so self-centered Draco you know that?" Blaise had an expression on his face that Draco hadn't seen before. "Do you think that you are the only one that was extended the offer to come to the light side? The world does not revolve around you!" He exclaimed. "After Dumbledore and Snape found out about Ginny and I they-"

"Wait Ginny? As in the Weaslette?"

Blaise let out a growl.

"Her name is Ginny! If you don't want to call her that then Weasley would be fine too." He took a few deep breaths and spoke again. "Do you really think you were the only one that had fun that night at the club? You know what of course you did! Like I said you are so self-centered that's why all you could think about or talk about was what happened with you and Granger. I didn't even bring up Ginny and I because I knew there was no point."

Draco was surprised to say the least. He quickly grabbed a glass of firewhiskey that had been waiting on him and flopped down very ungracefully in a chair.

Taking a long swig of the drink and sitting back he sighed.

"Blaise I can't. I will lose everything and so will you. How are you going to do it?"

Blaise sat down across from him.

"It's all material things Draco. If you think about it, you will lose everything either way if you take the mark. If Voldemort wins he will probably just take over all of your family's money and spend it. If he loses you will be thrown in Azkaban and never have access to it anyway." Blaise was right but Draco didn't want to listen. "I can live without material things and what really sealed the deal for me was Ginny. She risked everything. Her relationship with her family and her reputation just to bring me to their side. She wanted to see me safe. I thought about it when I was given the choice. Could I really see myself facing her on the battlefield one day? No I couldn't and if I did I would never be able to harm her."

An image of Hermione on the battlefield made Draco's stomach drop. He had asked himself the same question. Could he stand against her when the time comes? He stood up and stared pacing back and forth.

Draco turned to look at his friend. "Maybe you can give up everything for love. I can't Blaise."

Blaise shook his head as he watched Draco closely.

"I don't look at it as giving everything up. I am gaining a lot too." Blaise in a-matter-of-fact voice. "My mother never really cared for me. She was jumping from husband to husband and all the while trying to buy my affections. I don't remember the last time I received a hug from her or letters to say anything other than announce her next victim. All she wants from me now is leverage in the Voldemort's ranks. It's the same with you and you know it."

Draco felt himself become angry. His parents only wanted the best for him. Right?

He had to get out of here. He couldn't be around Blaise anymore he had a lot to think about. He made his way out of the room without looking back.

Blaise sat there for a while thinking. He thought for sure he would be able to talk some sense into Draco but apparently he guessed wrong.

Hermione waited outside of the Dungeons for Draco.

They had been assigned prefect's rounds for the night. This was going to be fun.

Finally Draco showed up. Hermione said nothing and just walked away.

Draco followed behind her sulking.

Half way through their rounds and three horribly embarrassed couples later Draco could no longer stand the silence.

"So I saw that the wonder twins couldn't handle doing their own homework and came crawling back to you."

Hermione stopped and turned to him.

"It had nothing to do with their school work Malfoy. I will have you know neither one have asked me for any help since we have made up. You just can't stand to see that my friends have forgiven me but if you were to tell your family and friends they would disown you. You can't stand to see me happy while you are miserable."

Draco let out a growl.

"Shut up Granger! I am not miserable far from it actually. If I do recall I was the one that left you in a pile of crying mess that night not the other way around. I have nothing to be miserable about."

Hermione gave a snort.

"I know exactly what you want Malfoy. You want me to come crawling back to you begging for you to forgive me. Well you're not getting it." She said calmly.

Draco felt himself tense why was she not upset anymore.

"Don't get me wrong Draco." Hermione said with a sigh. "I care for you and I probably always will but I am not begging you to join the Order. You know what is being offered to you. If you're stupid enough to not see it then I'm done with you."

Hermione turned around to walk away but felt herself being pulled back and against Draco.

"Let me go Draco."

Draco looked down into Hermione's eyes. Before she could pull away he leant down and kissed her.

Hermione didn't know how to react. She didn't want him to think that she would just crawl back to him so she pulled away and looked up to his eyes.

"What do you chose Draco?" Her voice dead serious. "I can't play these games. I can't be involved with you if you are going to join Voldemort."

There was a pregnant silence until finally Hermione could no longer take it. Her anger was boiling inside her as she looked into his grey eyes.

"Chose now Draco."