Hermione jumped as she felt Draco's hand lightly squeeze her own. She looked up at his face and saw his eyes start to open. They fluttered for a moment before they opened and then his eyes trained on her.

When his eyes finished focusing on her, a look of confusion crossed his face. "Granger, why are you holding my hand?"

Hermione looked at him and tears started to form in her eyes. "Oh, Draco! You're awake!" She said, throwing herself on top of his torso but not letting go of his hand.

Draco laid still for a moment, memories of the last fight flitting through his head. He suddenly became uncomfortable at the thought that while he had come to rescue her, she had ultimately rescued him. "Uh, Hermione, are you alright?" He asked uncertainly.

Hermione sat back up and wiped the tears from her eyes. She looked at him strangely for a moment before answering. "Oh, of course, are you?" She asked, looking at this face once again.

He took a quick stock of his body and if anything was particularly painful. Satisfied that he was all in one piece, he nodded. "I think so." He said as he attempted to sit up. Hermione quickly got up to help him and propped a pillow up behind him. "How long have I been out?"

"Two days. I only woke up a few hours ago." She blushed and nodded her head towards her bed behind her.

Draco's eyes widened. "What happened after I was knocked out? I remember you stupefying my father. I don't remember much after that." He admitted.

"You were badly hurt. Harry and I stupefied everyone else; they're all in custody now. I brought you here and then I passed out." She admitted shyly. "It hadn't been an easy few days for me."

Draco remembered that she had been in his father's clutches prior to their rescue. His eyes did a quick scan of her body but didn't see any damage and let out a breath. He nodded his head and quickly realized that she hadn't let go of his hand.

Hermione saw him looking at their interlocked fingers and she blushed. "I've been sitting here for a little while." She started to explain when he interrupted.

"I heard your story." He said quietly his cheeks flushing with the admission. He had heard her voice, almost as if it was a dream. He could, in fact, almost picture what was happening as she was telling her tale.

Hermione's eyebrows shot up. "You did?" She asked, surprise clearly in her voice.

"Yea." He answered. "Thanks." He added after a moment.

Hermione smiled and nodded her head. "You're welcome." She said sincerely. She hesitated as a certain part of her story stood out to her. "Did you mean it?"

Draco looked at her questioningly. "Did I mean what?"

"What you said to your father, did you mean it?" She asked while looking down at their hands. She had to know though the irrational fear that he was saying it just to spite his father had cropped up in her mind.

"Oh." Draco answered. He paused for a moment before answering, mulling over her question and remembering the scene in his mind's eye. "Yes, I meant it." He answered finally. "Did you? When you said you felt the same?"

Hermione's face broke out into a big smile, a flood of relief coming over her. "Yes, I did." She paused for a moment before continuing. "So, where does that leave us?" She asked uncertainly.

Draco squeezed her hand and thought about it. "Well, maybe when I get out of here, we could go out to dinner. Maybe we can get to know each other without our lives being in danger." He teased.

She nodded and thought about what it would be like to get to know him in a more relaxed and normal environment. "I would like that."

Draco looked around the room for the first time and took in all the different medical paraphernalia. A memory from their time in the forest, hiding in a tree came to the forefront of his mind. "You know, you don't have to stay." Draco said after a few moments, somewhat dreading that she might agree with him.

Hermione knitted her eyebrows together, not quite understanding what he was getting at. Didn't he just tell her he wanted to try being with her? "What do you mean?"

He saw the confusion on her face and then realized that what he said had come out wrong. "I meant as an auror. You don't have to stay an auror." He amended quickly. "If I recall correctly, you said you wanted to be a healer at one point."

Hermione blushed, happy that he remembered that conversation. She chastised herself for jumping to conclusions already. She thought about what he said for a moment, wondering about the opportunity to do what she had once wanted. She looked around as well and remembered how good she was at all the healing spells, even without a wand. But then she looked at her blond roommate and she smiled. "And leave you without a partner? Not a chance."

Draco smiled. "Alright but you better not regret those words." He said lightly.

Hermione chuckled. "You can't get rid of me that easily, Draco Malfoy."

"I hope that's always true." Draco said as he returned her smile, truly content with his unexpected partner.

The End.

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A/N: And there you have it, my third completed story. I don't think this one needs an epilogue. I struggled for a bit with deciding whether or not to give Draco amnesia and have Hermione trying to get him to remember. But I decided that I was happy with the way the story ended up and she really didn't need more stress. Haha. THANK YOU to all my reviewers. You truly make writing a fun and rewarding experience.

Look out for my next story, the working title so far is "Head to Head". I believe the premise so far is a 7th year Hogwarts story, where Ron and Harry are in Auror Training and Draco and Hermione returns as Head Boy/Girl for the year. Draco is somewhat unwillingly betrothed to Pansy and Hermione and Ron are attempting a long distance relationship. The story will be about whether or not Draco and Hermione can resist each other and they will certainly try. :-) What do you think? Has it been done? Has it been overdone? I will of course try to add my own personal touches to it, so hopefully it won't be too similar to anything else. But, I'm not a big fan of overused story lines, so let me know.

THANK YOU again to all my reviewers! I hope you continue to read my stories!

~Chrissy