Pansy leaned forward to whisper something in her ear and Hermione turned to respond. Draco sat back and observed the golden girl. He no longer looked down on her blood status. That foolishness was relegated to the dark depths of his embarrassing past. The fact that people other than those nearest and dearest to him even remembered what he was like back then was enough to make him shiver. He had seriously considered starting a new life in another country but would have missed his friends and family. Even the one currently drinking himself into a stupor whilst chatting up a married woman.