Briana woke up at 10 'clock the morning of their lunch date with the Malfoy's. She had two hours until then, but she would rather be up too early than too late. And, of course, she wanted to make sure she was looking good for the first time she sees her best friend after 5 years.

She was also up very early because she was too excited to sleep any longer. Briana got out of her bed and drew back the curtains, letting the bright sun shine into her room.

With a smile on her face, she walked into her bathroom and turned on the water. She went and put on some music; one that was very happy-sounding and completely fit her mood at that moment, "Magic" by B.O.B.

Briana hopped into the shower and started singing along with the song happily. She couldn't contain her excitement for what was happening in just a matter of minutes.

She dried herself off and, wrapped in her towel, went to her closet. Looking around the gigantic walk-in closet, she tried to decide what to wear. She tried on several different outfits, but it wasn't until about an hour later that she finally decided on a cute, floral sundress that her mother bought her a few months ago.

(In case you couldn't figure it out, this is the dress she chose to wear)

By now, Briana had about half an hour to finish getting ready for lunch. She used a spell to make her hair have loose curls, and another spell to apply her make-up. She didn't wear much of it; just mascara and lip gloss most of the time.

She put her shoes on and finally went down the stairs to the entrance hall of her home. It was 5 minutes until noon, and her parents appeared from the living room, smiling at her.

"You look very nice, Briana," her father complimented.

"Thank you, father!"

"Yes, I knew that dress would look great on you right when I picked it up in that boutique.", her mother agreed.

Then they were on their way to the Malfoy Manor, just next door. Briana's head swam with many different thoughts. She was thinking of many seperate scenarios that might take place when she got there, when she saw Draco.

What if he looks completely different? What if he's not like the same person anymore? What if he doesn't even recognize me? Worst of all, what if he hates me now?!

With the last thought, she got butterflies in her stomach and she wasn't exactly as excited as she was when she'd woken up that morning. I mean, of course she was still eager to see him, it's just that before she'd never really thought about the possibility of something negative happening when she got there.

Well, it was the moment of truth, because the Brightsman family had finally reached the Malfoy Manor. Briana's father gave three firm knocks on the large door. It was quickly answered by one of the house elves that worked at Malfoy Manor, Briana recognized it as the one named Mika.

Mika bowed to them and gestured to the entrance hall. They waited there patiently while Mika the house elf went away through a door that Briana remembered led to the gardens in the gigantic backyard.

The house elf returned a moment later and spoke, "Please follow Mika to the gazebo in the garden where the Malfoy family awaits you."

So the Brightsman family of three followed her out to the garden and on a short walk to a large gazebo that sat in the left corner of the Malfoy's property. From a distance, Briana could see three white-blonde heads sitting at a round table.

When they finally walked up the three small steps to the gazebo, the three Malfoy's stood up and greeted them, and the whole occasion was much like a miniature family reunion, which in a sense, it was.

Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy were like Briana's other parents, and Perseus and Anais Brightsman were like Draco's other parents.

Lucius smiled at Briana, shook her hand, patted her back and said, "How wonderful to see you again, Briana." Narcissa smiled even wider at the girl, gave her a long, tight hug and said, "Oh Merlin's beard, Briana, you're so grown up now! You're so beautiful! Great to have you back, dear!"

And as Briana's parents greeted Draco's parents, there was no more avoiding it, not that either of them really wanted. Time to face your best friend, five years later. Briana finally looked at Draco Malfoy, and it amazed her. He was much different, much older, much more mature-looking.

He had the same white-blonde hair, the same bright blue eyes and that same, enticing little smirk. He'd just gotten so much taller, much more mature, and, dare she say, much more good-looking. She could hardly believe he was him. Whatever puberty had done to Draco Malfoy, puberty had done it right.

As Draco looked over Briana Brightsman, he was thrilled and slightly surprised. He didn't know his best friend could look so different. She was much taller now and had curves. Very nice curves. Things had gotten bigger. Her brown hair had gotten longer and slightly darker, but had the same healthy shine. She also had the same, dark brown eyes he always liked. As wrong as one may think it is, Draco thought his best friend was now very very attractive. Time had done Briana Brightsman extremely well.

Their eyes finally met, and they smiled at each other. Their smiles were huge. All at once, they were hugging each other tighter than anything else. And they hugged for a while. Briana was happy. Draco was happy. They were together again.

When they pulled away, they smiled at each other again. Briana laughed a little and Draco smirked at her.

"I missed you, best friend," Briana said.

"I guarantee I missed you more, best friend," Draco said.

Narcissa said they ought to start actually eating lunch then, so they all sat down. The Brightsman family on one side of the table, the Malfoy family on the other. The wives were across from each other, as were the husbands, as were the best friends.

The six of them ate their appetizers in the most wonderful silence any of them would ever experience, the kind of silence that makes you happy. They only looked at each other occasionally and smiled. But they did start talking when their main courses arrived.

The adults mainly just talked amongst themselves, but would sometimes ask one of the teenagers a simple question. The two teenagers themselves hardly said anything at all, until they were eating ice cream for dessert and the grown-ups were completely wrapped up in their own conversation that neither Briana nor Draco cared about.

Draco asked Briana, "Are coming to Hogwarts with me this fall?"

"I certainly am. Why? Are you eager to show me off?"

He smirked, "We won't have to wait until then; we're hosting our yearly 'end of Summer holiday' party and you are going to be my date."

"Draco, I don't particularly remember being asked to be your date."

"Will you please be my date, Briana?"

"I would be delighted, young man." she smiled at him.

Lunch was over soon after that, and the Brightsman's were meant to go home, seeing as both they and the Malfoy's had work to do. But as they were getting ready to leave, Briana's parents said, "Well, Briana, we suppose you could stay here, we'd just be working the whole time. You and Draco can make up for all those lost years."

Narcissa and Lucius thought it was a great idea as well, so she stayed. Both of their parents disappeared to do work.

"Shall we, Bri?"

"We shall, Dray."

With those few words, both their hearts were warmed a bit, because nobody else called them those nicknames, and they loved them.

Briana Brightsman and Draco Malfoy walked up the stairs side-by-side, finally together again.