Draco woke the next morning, momentarily confused by his surroundings. He sat up and, rubbing the sleep from his eyes, realized he'd fallen asleep on Hermione's couch, waiting for her to come home. She'd probably gone straight to bed, he thought, and with mischief on his mind, snuck quietly down the hall, leaving a trail of his clothing as he went. In just his boxers, he quietly opened her door and stuck his head in, expecting to see his girlfriend fast asleep. Instead, he saw her perfectly made bed without her in it. She must have fallen asleep at the lab, he thought with a shake of his head. He quickly put his clothes back on and flooed to the Manor. There he showered, got dressed, and had breakfast with his mother. He then flooed to St. Mungo's from the Manor. He made his way to Hermione's lab and looked in her office. She wasn't there. He then went down the hall into their office. She wasn't there either. Starting to worry, Draco searched the entire lab but didn't find Hermione anywhere. Patients, he thought. She probably spent the night with a patient and forgot to tell him. He went up to the patient wing and asked the witch at the front desk which room Hermione was in. He immediately became concerned when she told him Healer Granger had stopped by the night before but left only a few minutes later. Draco went back to the main floor and found Erin speaking with another healer. When she saw him, she stepped away from the conversation and walked over to him.

"Have you seen Granger today?" he asked.

"No," Erin replied. "When I saw her last night, she was on her way home."

"She never came home," Draco told her, growing increasingly more concerned by the minute. "Did she floo home?"

"No," Erin answered. "Someone damaged the floo connection and they were still repairing it when she left. She went out the main entrance, she was going to apparate back to her flat. What do you mean she never came home?"

"I was waiting for her at her flat," Draco said, now starting to panic. "She never came back to her flat, I've looked everywhere for her. She's nowhere."

"I'll call Harry," Erin told him. "Ron too. See if she ended up with either of them. Wait here."

Erin strode away and Draco began to pace back and forth, berating himself for falling asleep before she'd returned. Erin returned 20 minutes later with a grim look on her face.

"Neither of them have seen her," Erin told him. "Nor have Ginny, Blaise, Pansy, or Gina. They tried her muggle mobile but she never has it with her. Harry is working on putting together an auror team and finding an auror to replace Ron so Ron can work with them too."

"She's missing," Draco said in a dull voice. "I need to talk to them. Potter, Weasley, right away."

"They're at the Auror's office," Erin told him. "Use the last fireplace on the right, it's connected directly to the Ministry. I'll let them know you're on your way."

They separated, Erin hurrying toward her office floo to warn Harry and Ron and Draco toward the floo. He stepped through and within a minute was in the Ministry. He ignored the stares and the pointing fingers and made his way to the lifts. He called for the Auror offices and a minute later, the lift doors opened and he found himself face to face with Harry and Ron.

"Where the hell is she Malfoy?" Ron demanded. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"She's my bloody girlfriend you great git," Draco retorted. "I'm here to help."

"Malfoy, I can't actually allow you to help," Harry said.

"Because I'm a bloody criminal?" Draco spat. "Bugger that and to hell with you."

"Because you're a civilian," Harry replied calmly. "Civilians aren't allowed to help with Auror cases, especially when it involves someone they're...close to."

"You can't leave me out of this," Draco said, deflating as the anger left as quickly as it had came. "She's the best thing that's ever happened to me. What if it were...Ginny?" he asked, choking out her name, then looking to Ron. "What if it was Pansy?"

Harry studied Draco for a minute then sighed. "Fine, you can stay," Harry said over Ron's protests. "But you cannot DO anything. We'll keep you informed as best as we can."

"Harry are you mental?" Ron shouted. "You can't do this."

"Ron, don't make me pull rank," Harry said quietly. "He's right. If it were Ginny or Pansy we'd be tearing through anyone and everyone just to help in any way. Malfoy stays."

Ron gaped at Harry for a minute then turned and stormed away. Harry sighed.

"Come on Malfoy," he said. "We're all in the main room."

The two men walked side by side until they reached the door when Draco stopped Harry.

"Someone tried to kill my mother," Draco told him.

"What?" Harry exclaimed. "When? Why didn't you say something?"

"We were going to tell you," Draco said. "Granger and I, but I asked her to wait and after you caught Rabastan we assumed it was him and forgot all about it."

"Regardless," Harry said sternly. "You should have told me, even if it wasn't me, someone in the Auror office."

"I know, I know," Draco told him. "Don't you think I wish I had now? Rabastan isn't smart enough to work alone. He must have been working with someone and whoever that is, is probably who has Granger. This is my fault."

Harry looked at the distraught man next to him and did something he never thought he'd do. He put his hand on Draco's shoulder. "I never thought I'd say this but this isn't your fault, Malfoy," Harry told him. "It's the fault of whoever decided to kidnap Hermione."

"But she's dating me," Draco replied. "My mother was poisoned, my girlfriend is missing, probably kidnapped by some lunatic who wants to get back at me or my family for something during the war. Fuck this, it's my fault."

"Malfoy, if it was your fault, I would happily tell you," Harry said, squeezing Draco's shoulder. "But it's not. Now, if you're done feeling sorry for yourself, you're going to help us find the prick who kidnapped Hermione."

Draco shook off his mood and now, looked determined at Harry. "I'll tell you anything you need to know."

"Good," Harry replied. "Let's get to work."

The two men walked into the room full of Aurors, ready to find the only person who could ever unite them.

A/N: I REALLY wanted these two to find some kind of common ground and, unfortunately, this was the only way I could think of to make it happen.

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