A/N- I know this chapter got really... well I tried to keep it as clean as possible. And again I do realize that I have made Draco and Hermione rather young in this story, and for that I am sorry. But I guess if this story isn't for you I do understand, Thank you to everyone!

Upon arriving at the dinner table Draco seen that his mother had placed him between Hermione, (which made him happy) and Luna Lovegood, (whom he didn't really know but she seemed nice enough) What he wasn't happy about was the fact that she had placed Ronald right across from Hermione, making it so that he was able to stare at her the whole night. At one point Ron had even started sucking on his fork when he knew none of the grownups were paying attention, his actions made Hermione so uncomfortable that she found herself grabbing Draco's hand under the table, which was probably the wrong thing for her to do. As it lead to what appeared to be a staring contest of sorts between the two boys, and what's worse was that Blaise seemed to notice what was going on, and had begun to lightly kick her under the table, as if that would stop their behavior. Dinner was nearly over when Ronald got an idea of how to get the girl away from Draco, and all to himself (more or less) he gave Hermione an evil grin before looking over to his mother and saying "Mother, since Ginny and Hermione are going to be roommates for the next seven years, wouldn't it be a good idea if they got a start on their friendship tonight? We could take her to the train station in the morning just as easily as The Malfoy's." "That's a good idea, but honestly it's up to Hermione and Ginny." Molly Weasley said looking at her son. Ron didn't like that his mother hadn't just agreed with him, and instead had given this girl an opportunity to back out. Hoping that Ginny wouldn't let him down, Ron looked over at his sister and said "We'll Gin, what do you think? Shouldn't Hermione come stay with us this evening?" Draco had seen where this was going, and was ready to to flip out, but before he could say anything Blaise drug him from the table, out of the dining room, and onto the back porch, he made sure to close the door before he spun around to face his friend. To as remind him "Dude, you do realize that as much as you want Hermione is not your girlfriend, she's not your anything! So if she were to decide to go stay with The Weasley's you'd have no say in it." "THE HELL I WON'T! " Draco all but yelled out, making Blaise glad that he had closed the door, otherwise Narcissa would be demanding to know what was going on between Draco and Hermione. "Have you not seen how he's been staring at her, and why was he licking his fork like that? I mean I know why! But what if she goes over there and Ronald does something awful to her." Draco says pacing back and forth trying to get between between Blaise and the door he was blocking with his body. "Well then... That would be awful! And if she ask you too I would help you kill the bastard and get rid of his body, (hypothetically speaking of course!) however you know that it would just be her word against his, and since she's been with you..." "Draco could not believe the words that were coming out of Blaise's mouth, it made him wonder how his best mate could just stand here, and speak so careless about Hermione, (considering the fact that Blaise knew exactly what happened between him and Hermione last Spring, and how much he still cared for her) he most certainly wasn't sure what to say what to say so he said "Blaise, I think that you need to shut up! You heard her inside that drawing room, she's still a virgin, all we ever did was kiss! And it will be a cold day in HELL before I let Weaslbee take that from her! Now if you'd kindly move out of my way, I need to save my friend from a rapist!" Draco says as he push Blaise out of the way and ran into the house, smiling when he found Hermione sitting on the couch talking with his mother and father. "Thank God! You didn't go with that rapist! Mother, I want him out of Hogwarts for the safety of my Hermione... I mean the safety of every girl in school." Draco says blushing as he realizes that he'd just called Hermione his in front of both his parents, when he had no idea how she actually felt about him. Narcissa wasn't sure what excited her more, the fact that Draco had just admitted out loud that he had feelings for the lovely young woman sitting next to her, or the way he was trying to act as if he hadn't said it, by saying it was for all of Hogwarts females. Not that Narcissa and Lucius hadn't raised Draco to be a very caring and responsible young man, he  just wasn't one to show it often. But he was right something needed to be done about Ronald Weasley, but kicking him out of school seemed a little extreme, considering that he hadn't actually done anything yet, at least not that she heard of, maybe she needed to look into it, and she would most definitely be keeping an eye on him from now on. "It's been a long afternoon, why don't you and Blaise take Hermione upstairs, maybe you boys can show her the movie room that you two love so much. And you three can get to know each other better, as you watch a movie, just remember that we need to leave for the train station by nine am."

Upstairs at Malfoy Manor
The three teens had been standing in the hallway aimlessly for about five minutes before Hermione realized that neither Draco and Blaise were looking at each other, much less talking to each other. Which if she had to guess was somehow her fault. And that was definitely the last thing that she wanted, because even though she barely knew Blaise, he seemed like such a sweetheart, and she really wanted them to be friends, especially if she and Draco were going to be close (and she really hoped they would be) So using her most demanding voice she says "I don't know why the two of you are fighting, but it needs to end now! I won't be the reason that you two stop being friends! Draco, I remember hearing all about your best mate Blaise, last Spring. And Blaise, you seem so nice, and I really want us to be friends." "We're not fighting!" both boys said at the same time looking away from each other, "Okay, well then I guess I shouldn't go tell your mother that you two refused to show me to this amazing movie room then..." "No!" they both said at the same time again, causing the other to laugh. Blaise recovered first as he ask "Did he really talk about me?" "So much! That if it hadn't of been his idea for us to have sex the first (and only) time we'd had it I would have sworn that he was gay!" Hermione said with a laugh of her own, Draco blushed the brightest shade of pink as he said "That's not true I only mentioned him, because you made me nervous, and I wanted to seem cooler than I was!" "Aww! Draco!" Blaise said ad he pulled his best mate into a bro hug, that ended just as quickly, all the while Blaise was watching the way that Draco's eyes never left Hermione, it was almost as if he thought that if he looked away, she might disappear? Which knowing that Draco was happier now than he had been this afternoon made Blaise realize that was all he EVER wanted for the blonde boy. Blaise took a moment to just look over at Hermione as well, and that when he seen it, she was holding Draco's hand, smiling at him like he made her happy too, and while he didn't know her from Eve, he wanted too. So he said "Hermione, I knew from the moment you walked into that living room door, this afternoon that you and I were going to be friends. Because Draco is my best mate, and he loves you, so I do too! Now if the two of you will excuse me, I am so tired that I am going to retire early. But Draco has a nice tv in his bedroom, and it's right next to yours, and I am sure if you two were to keep it quiet you could probably get away with having sex a second time, before school starts tomorrow, because something tells me that Ronald Weasley isn't going to give up on you just because..." "Yeah, not that I am complaining but why are you still here?" Draco asked Hermione as Blaise shot him a look before heading towards his bedroom, "Luna, seen the way that Ron had been watching me, and luckily she had already invited Ginny to stay the night with her, apparently so..." "Wait just Ginny, why not you as well? The three of you will be spending the next several years rooming together, are they already leaving you out? Because if they are we can tell my mother and..," "No, Draco, apparently she would have invited me, but she made Ginny the offer just after Ronald started show his butt, and by that time you had already whisked me away for a private kissing lesson, which I much prefer to a girls night. And I agree with Blaise, and would enjoy another one before..," Hermione was saying as Draco took her other hand in his and lead her back to his room, making sure to lock the door, before kissing her this time, just in case his mother came to check on them before heading to bed herself. Luckily for Draco she did not, and he got to spend the night exploring every part of Hermione's body with his lips (which were quite skilled in the art of kissing, thanks to Miss Rose) and of course his beautiful current bed partner Hermione Granger.