I nervously kneaded my fingers as I stood outside the door to Hannah's dormitory.

None of the other Hufflepuffs I had met in the common room had asked any questions or even looked confused.

Which was actually surprising, since I was never actually here, and certainly not with my bag packed.

But it should be fine with me.

Nevertheless, or precisely because I had not yet had to explain to anyone why I was here, I was quite nervous.

Besides, there was still the possibility that Hannah wasn't here at all, but ghosting around somewhere in the castle.

But I had no choice, if I wanted to spend the next few nights sleeping in a bed and not on a sofa in the common room, I had to knock.

Slowly I raised my hand and gently knocked my knuckles against the wood three times.

"Yes?", someone called from inside, who was definitely not Hannah.

Nevertheless, I pushed down the handle.

I peered into the room and to my luck I spotted Hannah sitting on her bed with a book on her legs.

When she saw me and my bag, she put her book to one side and turned to her roommate.

"Susan, would you please to leave us alone for a moment?", she asked kindly and the sweetly smiling girl walked past me out of the door, which she closed behind her.

Hannah came from her bed to me in two big steps and stared at me with wide eyes.

Before she could say anything I asked my question so that was out of the way.

"Can I sleep here for a night or two?"

Her shocked expression softened and she nodded. "Yes of course you can, but what happened?"

She gestured to an empty bed next to hers and I flopped backwards onto it, bag and all.

"I had a fight with Min."

Maybe that was enough of an explanation for her and she didn't ask further.

But as I'd already established, today wasn't my lucky day.

"I'm assuming that this jacket, which clearly doesn't belong to you, was part of that argument", she guessed and sat down next to me on the bed.

And of course I still had the jacket on.

I could slap myself. Now I had no choice, I would tell Hannah everything.

Sure, I could have come up with some other explanation for the jacket but I wasn't willing to.

We were good friends, maybe she was even my best female friend and I didn't want to keep secrets from her anymore.

Besides, she already knew about my feelings for Draco, so only his reciprocation of feelings for her would be unexpected.

"Yes, that's right. It's Draco's jacket", I said sheepishly, paying close attention to her expression, which wasn't surprised at all.

"I know. Now I'd also like to know how you came into possession of that jacket."

She looked at me questioningly.

I took a deep breath.

"So yesterday, when Luna told you I had a headache, I didn't really have a headache", I began to recapitulate my evening last night.

I told her everything.

About my search for Draco, to him on the Quiddich pitch.

About our argument and my confession. Briefly I considered showing her the note that still rested in the jacket pocket, but that was something that was just for me.

So I left out how he had said it, but simply told her that he felt the same way and then we kissed, twice.

I told her that Draco had spent the night at my place and about Min's reaction to that.

I ended my explanation with Min and my argument and my decision not to sleep in the apartment the next few nights.

Hannah said nothing during what must have been atleast five minutes of my monologue but just listened.

"And yet I thought my night was exciting", she laughed, running a hand through her hair.

In doing so, she probably unintentionally revealed two red bruises on her neck.

It took my brain a moment to process what those were and what that meant but when it did, I was less shocked than I had thought just a few weeks ago.

"You and Neville had..."

I didn't finish my sentence but Hannah nodded eagerly with a huge glow on her face.

"You have to tell me everything", I demanded.

I wanted to know everything, firstly because I was happy for my friends and secondly because since yesterday it was something that actually didn't seem impossible anymore.

Was it a little uncomfortable to hear all these things about the two best friends?

Yes.

Would I now have to think about Neville's 'cute' birthmark on his hip every time I saw him?

I hoped not.

And even if I did, I got a lot out of this conversation.

From what she told me, I realised how lucky I was that Draco already had experience.

He knew how to do it and what to do.

That gave me an enormous amount of security, because I could just trust him and there wouldn't be two helpless little deer who didn't know what to do.

In the meantime Hannah's roommate stuck her head through the door and asked if we needed much longer, to which we both said yes, so she quickly scurried in, grabbed some stuff and then disappeared back through the door.

Hannah and I both had to start laughing.

"So",she began when we had calmed down again.

"Are you and Draco dating now."

I nodded.

"But I don't want to tell anyone but you for now. Including Neville", I explained, looking at her sternly.

She raised her hands in surrender.

"Don't worry, I don't want to have to explain that to him either. You'll have to do that."

And that settled that too.

Astonishingly simple.

"And you really don't object to that?", I asked in surprise.

"I've been watching what's going on between you two for months. When you told me you liked him I wasn't particularly surprised.

I just couldn't figure out Malfoy... wait excuse me Draco, I couldn't figure him out. He's a hard man to read.

But no, I don't mind. Why should I mind? As long as you're happy, I'm happy.

But I'll have to make it clear to him that if he hurts you, I'll hurt him."

She said the last sentence so seriously that I had no doubt whatsoever that she would hurt Draco.

"Doesn't it bother you that he was a Death Eater?"

"Does it bother you?", she asked me my own question.

I shook my head.

"Then it doesn't bother me either. Besides, he's really become a lot more affable.

Something or someone is having a good influence on him and I'd bet you can take credit for it."

I hadn't thought about that at all.

Sure, I had noticed that Draco had become calmer and more affable but I had never thought about why.

Maybe I had actually contributed to that.

"So you're going to keep it a secret?", was her next question.

"I don't want to spend my last few weeks of school also dealing with opinions about my relationship from people whose opinions I don't care about.

Besides, Draco already doesn't have a good standing here at school, I don't think it would make it any better.

People will think he drugged me or that I'm under his Imperius Curse.

Nah thanks, I really don't need that."

Hannah looked at me questioningly.

"He'd want to do it publicly?"

I shrugged.

"He said it was my decision."

"The man never ceases to amaze me", she laughed, and I couldn't agree more.

We spent the whole day talking in her room and we actually didn't run out of topics.

After my eventful morning, this was a welcome change.

Neither Hannah nor I told Neville at dinner that I was temporarily staying with his girlfriend.

And when I told Hannah that I had a date with Draco tonight, she just grinned knowingly and wished me a good time.

A best friend was really great. I wish I had always had a Hannah by my side.

But what I also realised, as I thought about myself and Hannah, was how hard the death of my parents must have hit Min.

They had been her best friends ever since she had helped them with their animagus research.

Sure I knew she missed them but today I really realised how incredibly hard it must be for her because I couldn't imagine not sharing something important in my life with Hannah ever again.

If Min apologised, I should talk to her about it.

But first she would have to get over her Gryffindor pride.