An awkward silence passed.Draco swallowed and cleared his throat. "Well yes, you wanted me to crack, didn't you?" he said, desperately trying to keep his voice even. "You wanted me to lose my calm and cool composure, right? Well, I guess, as always Granger, you seem to get what you want."Granger lowered her gaze, slightly embarrassed."Malfoy, I...I'm sorry—"Draco waved the apology away. He didn't really want to hear her trying to fix everything that had transpired tonight. Always logical, always sensible, and he didn't want her to feel like she had to be like that tonight either."Save it, Granger," he responded curtly, standing up. "The only apologies we need to hear tonight is from those two idiots, Weasley and Potter. They had no right—no right to wreck your night."He turned and started walking away, after contemplating whether or not he should give in to his urge of banging his head repeatedly onto the nearby pillar.He finally did walk past her even though it wasn't as he had planned. He still found it hard to accept the fact that he had said all those things out loud. The same words he didn't even dare to think. Providing that Granger didn't say anything, his reputation will still be intact. But the damage was done, but at least it made her shut up.His mind was set on getting to the Slytherin dungeons as quickly as possible. He thought he was home free when he reached the top step, however..."Malfoy, hang on!"Granger's voice caused Draco to stop on the stairs and turn around. He sighed exasperatedly."Merlin, Granger, don't you think we've already exhausted this matter enough? If you are still unhappy about everything—"Granger reached him on the stairs and out of all the things Draco thought she was going to do, this was the last thing he ever expected.She placed a hand on the right side of his face, leaned in, and pressed her lips gently to his cheek. It was an innocent thing really, a kiss on the cheek usually meant nothing more than a "hello" or a "goodbye". So why the hell was he gazing at her as if she grew another head?She withdrew and grinned at him. "Exhausted, yes. Unhappy? Not anymore," she told him lightheartedly, as if she had never been crying or yelling at him just a few moments ago. "This may not be the night I had in mind and even though, no fairytale lasts forever, and this certainly won't since we may go back insulting each other the next morning, the night didn't end all too badly, wouldn't you agree?"She smiled in goodbye, and headed up the rest of the stairs towards the Gryffindor tower, leaving a bewildered Draco staring after her.Perhaps she was right. No fairytale ever did last forever and she and Draco would probably go back hating each other as they always did. But one thing was absolutely certain.Yes, it was official.That girl had definitely turned Draco Malfoy's world upside down for good.- FIN -