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"Draco," Hermione said shaking me awake, "Come on, we have to get to work."

"What time is it?" I asked sitting up.

"About ten," she said sitting next to me, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," I said shaking my head.

"Bull," she said softly, "Talk to me Draco."

"I kept thinking about how horrible I was during school," I said sighing, "I was so mean to everyone, even when they were trying to be nice to me. I just…I hate what I did to everyone."

"You can't think about the past Draco," she said sadly, "If you do you'll never move past it. You just have to get over it."

"I know," I said smiling, "I know I do."

"How about I give you something for that mind of yours to think about?" she said sweetly.

"And what is that?" I asked curiously.

"Astoria," she said making me stand up as she did, "I think you should ask her out."

"Hermione," I said shaking my head, "Do you ever let it go?"

"No," she said smugly, "Now, give me a good reason that you shouldn't ask her out."

"She's a few years younger than me," I said hoping she would buy it.

"Yeah," she said rolling her eyes, "And Remus and Tonks are years younger than each other and they're great together. They even have a son. And if you say something about her and you not getting along because of your houses think about Harry and Luna. They got together after the war. And then there's…"

"Okay I get it," I said putting my hand up, "I guess I'm just don't think I'm good enough."

"Let her make that decision," she said crossing her arms over her chest, "Now when she comes in here I want you to ask her out when I'm gone."

"You're not going to drop this until I do are you?" I asked looking away.

"Nope," she said just as Astoria walked into the room.

"Hey Draco," Astoria said smiling shyly.

"Hey," I said waving slightly.

"My hello is insignificant, so I'm going to leave you two alone," Hermione said before walking out of the room.

Hermione smiled at me before winking at Astoria and walking out of the room. Astoria shook her head and let out a soft sigh. Once Hermione was gone I opened my mouth to ask her out, but she started talking before I could.

"Hermione told you to ask me out, didn't she?" Astoria asked glaring at the wall, "You shouldn't though. I know you don't like me like that so don't bother."

"Astoria," I started to say.

"I can't believe she would do that," she said angrily, "I know that you don't like me and I don't want you to ask me out because you pity me."

"Astoria," I tried to say again.

"It's just pathetic if you do that," she said throwing her hands up, "I don't want to go out with you if you don't…"

"Astoria!" I yelled trying to get her attention.

"What is it?" she asked cocking an eyebrow.

"I'm going to ask you out," I said stepping closer to you, "And not because Hermione told me to, but because I want to ask you out. And if you let me get a word in you would have realized that Hermione was talking to me because I was having a hard time getting over myself and asking you out though I knew that you liked me."

"Was I that obvious?" she asked biting her lip.

"No," I said shaking my head, "I am just really good at reading people."

"So you want to go out with me?" she asked hopefully.

"Yes," I said smiling, "I want to go out with you. So, will you go out with me?"

"Of course," she said before pulling me into a huge.

When Astoria wrapped her arms around me I felt my heart beat faster. I pulled away from her slowly and looked into her eyes. Before I could think correctly I kissed hew lips softly once and pulled away from her fully.

"You kissed me," Astoria said in shock.

"I guess I like you more than I thought," I said shrugging.

"Yeah," she said before kissing me.

I placed my hand on her cheek and tilted her head to the side to let me kiss her better. Astoria pulled away from me after awhile and leant her whole body against me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and held her tightly to me.

Having Astoria in my arms I realized that I missed having someone in my arms. I wanted to keep Astoria in my arms for as long as I could. Astoria let out a sigh and I looked up at me.

"I really like you Draco," Astoria said looking into my eyes, "I didn't know how much until now, but it is quite a lot."

"I like you a lot too," I said quietly, "So, want to get something to eat with me?"

"Right now?" she asked hopefully.

"I don't think so," Hermione said walking in, "I'm glad you two are together now, but there is not a chance I'm going to be cleaning this up on my own."

"Hermione," Astoria said pouting.

"Just work for an hour and then I'll let you two go eat," Hermione said pulling out her wand.

"Thank you," I said smiling, "Let's get to work."

As we worked we started to talk more. Hermione and Astoria learned how much they actually had in common and I learned what had happened with some of the other people from the war.

I was happy to hear Hermione say that Harry, Luna, and George were going to be coming to the school to hang out with her. When she told us that I was a little worried what they were going to do when they saw how much she and I got on together. Hopefully they were aw open minded as Hermione was.