Each day was followed by the next at Hogwarts and despite the horrid news of things from outside the castle, Hermione could not remember a time when she had felt any happier. And it was all because of none other than Draco Malfoy, and there were, of course, still days when she could hardly believe it. But then she would catch his eyes from across the Great Hall and the way he would look at her would make her feel a very different heat up her neck.