While Hermione was sleeping peacefully, Draco was having a rather hard time to get to sleep. Goyle was snoring louder than usual but something else was bothering him. He had been having nightmares very frequently since his father had died in Azkaban, although he hated him. His mother had always encouraged him to join the right side and to start a new life all over again. The only person Draco knew would help him was Dumbledore and he had promised Dumbledore that he would try to change himself and had kept his promise but at that time, he had thought that he would never be able to forget his hatred for Harry, Ron and Hermione, the Golden Trio. Although, he despised himself for the times when he had called Hermione a mudblood; he had realised that no one was better or inferior because of their blood, he didn't think he would ever be friends with the bookworm. But Dumbledore was a very wise man and knew how to hook them up; Draco had eventually sorted out things with Harry and one day, in the library, he had also poured out his sorrows to Hermione and she had understood him, without asking any question. He often asked himself, how could anyone be so nice, soft, angry and caring at the same time but then he reminded himself that he was talking about Hermione.

Shaking his head, he went back to sleep. A good night's sleep was all he needed now. During breakfast, loud and excited murmurs were heard from the students as they headed towards their first house unity class. They were all greeted in a very big classroom where there were no tables and chairs. Miss Bones introduced herself and smiled warmly at the class. She seemed incredibly nice and intelligent.

" Okay, so, we will be having this class every weekend,I already prepared your practical sessions and I have a feeling that it's going to be a lot of fun. Now, before I put you in pairs , I would like to stretch the importance of house unity."

The students listened to her carefully, after all it wasn't very often that a professor talked to her students so freely and after a few minutes, she started calling out the names.

"Neville and pansy". They both glared at each other and walked away.

"Dean and Luna."

"Goyle and ... Parvati". Parvati gave Goyle such a disgusting look that he thanked God looks couldn't kill or he had be dead by now.

"Ron and Ernie". Ron flashed Ernie his best smile.

"Harry Potter and... Dana Howell". Hermione raised her eyebrows at her as she smiled flirtatiously at Harry.

And finally our last pair is Hermione and ... Draco. What? They both cried in utter disbelief. All the students cast pitiful glances at them and even the arrogant Blaise looked shocked. "You can't put us together" Hermione said in a small voice.

"Oh I sure can, and I think that you two will eventually start liking each other by the end of the year" she said, her eye twinkling mischievously. " Anyway, that's what this class is for, right?"

The students watched her intently with a has-she-gone-crazy look on their face. To avoid further awkward situations, she told them to start their first task which was to tell each other five of the most important facts in their lives and Hermione and Draco were the last one to get started.

" I don't wan't to get a bad grade, so we better get started", Hermione said in an annoyed voice.

"Everything to please you" Draco said in a sweet and sarcastic voice.

"Whatever" she muttered under her breath.

As Draco started talking, Hermione noticed something unusually nice about him;there wasn't the usual smirk but a nice smile on his face, his eyes shone beautifully as he talked and for the first time, she remarked how handsome his silvery blond hair was.

Now, did I just think what I think I thought? Hermione muttered, loudly enough for Draco to hear.

"What?"He asked, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.

"Oh, nothing". She said her cheeks turning slightly pink.

The bell rang, saving Hermione from a confused Draco Malfoy as she fled out of the classroom.

Finally, it was eight o'clock and she went in the room of requirement. To her great surprise, it had been turned into a library. Draco was so deeply concentrated in his book that he didn't notice Hermione coming.

" I didn't know that you liked reading ".

"Oh, I'm not a big fan but I like monsters' books. So, we've got to figure out a plan in making Harry jealous. Any ideas?"

"We can call each other sweetheart and other names if you want." " We can hold hands and look deeply in love and we also have to invent a story about how we met and stuff." She said quickly.

"Huh, love at first sight sounds an easy story for me, eh?

" I dunno, won't it sound fake?"

"Rubbish" he said in a very Mc Gonagall type of voice which made Hermione laugh.

For about two hours, they planned their ' love story ' and had a really good time. They didn't notice the time when finally, it was ten o'clock and they said goodbye.

"Hermione was unusually very pretty; her brown hair wasn't as bushy as before and her soft curls lay beautifully on her face. She dressed more elegantly and had a very charming look" Draco thought and realised that he liked being around her.

The next day was probably one of the most chaotic days Hogwarts had ever had. The teachers had a meeting and the students were left alone in the Great Hall with only Professor Trelawney to look after them. A second after she went to the bathroom, Ginny and Dana were in the middle of a big battle, apparently Dana had been flirting with Harry and we all know what happened next.

The students were howling with laughter as they watched Ginny and Dana fighting; Dana had tried to transfigure Ginny into a pig but Ginny was too quick for her and the spell was reversed and hit her instead. A small pig was standing in front of them and even Harry, who was very upset because of their fight, burst out laughing.

At the same time, professor Trelawney entered the Hall. "For Merlin's sake, what did you do to her, Miss Weasley?" she screeched.

"I'll talk only in the presence of my lawyer" Ginny said in a stubborn tone and sat down as if it was the most obvious thing ever.

The girls giggled softly and Hermione couldn't suppress a grin. Last year, she had taught the Weasleys a lot of muggle terms during Christmas and the 'lawyer' term was one of Ginny's favourites. She couldn't help but feel guilty about their plan, after all Ginny was one of her closest friends.

But as things eventually went back to normal, the students got another shock of their was holding Hermione's hand and was kissing her softly on the lips. It was a warm and comfortable kiss and they both felt a strange surge of excitement run through their body. Draco let her go as they gasped for breaths. When they looked around themselves, they saw that everybody was staring at them with their mouths wide open. Ron had spluttered milk on the table and Harry was choking on his food. Ginny stared stupidly at them and said in a whisper : " Somebody pinch me".

"Ouch" she mouthed, glaring at Neville who had pinched her hand.

Luna was the first one to recover from the surprise, " You never told us that you liked Draco, Hermione, even though, Miss Bones had warned us". She said smiling dreamily at them.

"WHAT...YOU AND...HOW...WHY DID YOU... WHAT?" Harry stuttered.

Hermione shrugged and smiled weakly at him while Draco tried his best not to laugh out loud.

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