Dinner was a wonderful affair. When Pansy had told him that he was setting him up with a friend of hers, he thought she was crazy to think that Hermione Granger would even stay for dinner.
But she had stayed, she had enjoyed a meal with him, laughing at his jokes, and participating in the debate about law and the Ministry. It was amazing. He had not had such a mentally challenging date in very long. He never had a date like this one.
Helping her with her cloak as they left the restaurant, Draco decided to summon one ounce of her Gryffindor courage, and took her hand, placing it on the crook of his elbow. "Would I be overstepping if I asked you to take a walk with me? I know it's late, but I wondered..."
"I would like that very much, Malfoy." She said with a smile. "And it's not like we are children and have a bedtime, the night is still young!" Draco heard her say and smiled. "I know a great place, it's in muggle London, just a few miles away. Would you like that?"
Draco nodded. "That sounds good. Can you apparate us there? Or shall we walk?" He could feel her hold on his arm tightening and just a few seconds later they were somewhere else completely different. A park, with a castle or something, smaller than the manor.
"Where are we?" He asked, looking around.
"Greenwich Park." She said with a smile. "My parents used to bring me here when I was younger... but I never had a chance to come at night."
"Thank you for bringing me with you. Seems wonderful." To be honest, Draco was just pleased she had shared something so intimate and personal with him, it gave him hope.
They started by walking around the grounds, looking at the rose gardens, the fountains, the Greenwich Meridian Prime and the Royal Observatory. Granger was talking about muggle science, but he only caught little bits of astronomy parts. Draco could only think that if she wanted to know more about constellations, he could tell her everything.
When she started to lean more into his arm as they walked, Draco offered to stop and transfigured some leaves into blankets and pillows, and they sat against one ancient chestnut tree.
"I really enjoyed this blind date, Malfoy," Hermione whispered. "I need to thank Pansy."
"Not tonight. She said she would hex me if I even thought about stepping inside her home tonight." He advised.
"She told me the same thing. I think it was date night for them as well."
Draco smirked,"If there's a them, does that mean there's an us?" The Slytherin could not stop himself from asking.
"It's only our first date, Malfoy. Did you enjoy it that much?"
"I did... it has been quite some time since I had such a good evening." He confessed, looking at her. But her eyes were in the sky, brown eyes shining like tourmaline. He saw her bite her lower lip like she was restraining herself from saying something.
"Oh, look, Draco, a falling star!" Hermione pointed up the sky to the ray of light on the dark sky. "Make a wish!"
"A wish?"
"Yes, Draco, just look at the star and ask for something that you want!" she explained.
Draco tore his eyes from her face to the starry sky, eyes glued to the moving light. And he wished for a kiss. A kiss on their first date.
"What did you wish for?" he heard her voice, just a little above a whisper and just as Draco was about to open his mouth, she covered it with her hand. "No, don't tell me or it won't come true."
