And then something very strange happened. Draco Malfoy looked at her and laughed. Not smirked or smiled, but laughed openly. It was sound she had never heard before and without even her realizing she memorized the look on his face. He looked younger, looked carefree as he doubled over laughing. Hermione wasn’t sure why she felt her own heart swell and before long she was laughing too. But not for the same reason. Not for the same reason at all.