That night Hermione ranted her heart out about Umbridge to Malfoy and while he told her he sympathised that he would have to keep up appearances. She understood but hated that there was this chasm they couldn’t seem to cross. The only solace was the patrols they did together. They would often end up on the seventh floor corridor in replicas of their rooms at home. It was the best way they could share things with each other. One night while they were sitting in a replica of Hermione’s bedroom Draco said"You need to take Occlumency lessons... I don’t know how you’ll do that, but you should. Maybe ask Snape.."