Draco and Hermione became friends over the course of weeks. Everything was weird at first but they warmed up to each other slowly. In the afternoons, they worked together on their homework then went their separate ways to hang out with their friends. At night after their patrolling duty, they talked until one of them fell asleep.
Hermione's birthday was arriving and professor McGonagal gave her permission to visit her parents the next day since her birthday was on a Friday.
The day before her birthday. Hermione woke up with a smile on her face. She went to wake up Draco but he wasn't there. She looked around the place and Draco was nowhere to be found. She sighed and gave up going into the bathroom to shower.
Draco said into the dorm and quickly made his was to his room setting two bags on his bed. He quickly hid the bags in his closet and raced out the door where Theo was waiting for him.
"Mate why are you in a hurry?" Theo asked.
"Tomorrow is Granger's birthday and she won't know what hit her." Draco smirked.
"Mate I know you hate her but-"
"I don't hate her." Draco snapped. He looked away looking forward with his natural cold gaze.
"Wait a minute! It all makes sense now!" Theo grinned from ear to ear.
"Could you be more specific Nott?" Draco rolled his eyes annoyingly.
"I mean, it makes sense, all of this. It makes sense why you've been unavailable on the afternoons. It makes sense that you do your homework and that you are constantly in a better mood. You must fancy her and that was not a prank you were planning. Plus isn't her birthday like tomorrow? Damn I owe Lovegood five galleons."
"I don't fancy her mate, but everything else is true. If you mention this to anyone I'll hex you. Wait you bet on this with Lovegood?! What the heck mate!"
Theo started running away knowing that Draco would probably do something bad to him. Draco didn't even bother chasing after him so he just went to the Great Hall.
"Mate Hermione is going to be so surprised to see us" Draco heard a voice saying that around the corner.
"Ron, you never told me what your surprise was going to be." 'Saint Potter' Draco thought.
"Oh I'm proposing to her." Ron said with excitement.
'What? He's proposing to Hermione? Why do I care? I don't. Yes you do Draco you're talking to yourself in your bloody head. Enough!' He took some steps back and began running screaming Theo's name so they wouldn't think he over heard.
"Bloody Hell that ferret is wankers. Do you think Em will say yes?" Ron asked Harry looking down.
"Of course she will mate. Now let's go surprise Hermione." Harry patted his friend's back as they walked off.
At the Great Hall
Draco stared at the Golden trio as they were laughing with Ginny and Luna. He couldn't take it anymore and began walking away to his class.
Hermione laughed with her friends like old times. Harry and Ron had asked Professor McGonagal to come visit her. She gladly agreed and invited them over but it had to be today because it was their off day from training. Ron was going to propose to Ember, a former Hufflepuff soon. Then something caught her eye, a tall blond exiting the Great Hall looking annoyed. Hermione bit her lip making a mental note that she would talk to him later. She didn't talk to him all day but that was because of classes.
In the afternoon, after Harry and Ron had left, she went up to talk to him. The only problem was that he was nowhere to be found. Again.
She decided to talk to him during their patrolling duty but he ignored her. She knew something was wrong by the look of his face. It wasn't a cold glare but a painful look.
