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Around two am, she heard the tapping on her window. She grinned and opened it up. “You look beautiful tonight, Granger. Hop on.” And so she did. They rode up to their spot on the roof. They cuddle for a little bit and he kisses her. They talk and she’s happy for a while. Then she hears another broom. Harry lands on the roof and looks at her. He doesn’t say anything, he just looks. Then he speaks up. “Malfoy? Hermione? You know, Ron hasn’t stopped talking about you. But he’s too much of a git to realize his feelings for you. I was hoping that you liked him to so that he could shut up about you already. But I guess you’re not available. So I’ll see you later. And don’t worry. Your little secret is safe with me. Goodnight Hermione.” He flies off of the roof and back to his dorm. She feels her cheeks get red. Draco kisses her cheeks and holds her hand. “I’ll take you back to your dorm. Hey! Hey hey hey. Don’t cry.” He wipes a tear off her cheek that she didn’t know she shed. She closes her eyes and nods her head. Draco climb onto his broom and pulls her onto it. They fly silently down to her dorm. At her window, Draco takes her hand to help her into her dorm. He kisses her cheek and flies away. She climbs into bed and promptly falls asleep.

She opened up the window but didn’t take a look at who was there. “Go away, Draco. I didn’t finish our conversation earlier for a reason. You broke up with me. I don’t want to talk to you. Go aw-” “Hermione. It’s me, Harry. Are you ok? I knew there was something going on. Do you want to talk about it? Come on. Get on. We can talk about it.” “Harry! I- I’m ok, really. It’s fine.” He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the window and onto his broom. They flew out to the roof of the tower and sat for a while. “Do you want to talk about it?” “No.” “Are you sure?” “Yes.” “Ok. Just tell me when you want to go back to bed.” “Ok.” She leaned her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. “Harry?” “Yes, Hermione?” “I’m glad we’re friends. Thank you for being here for me.” “I’m glad we’re friends, too. I’m here for you. Ron is, too. Well, not here at this moment, but he’s here.” “Thank you.” There were many minutes of silence. So many minutes that the sun started to come up. “Hermione? I’m going to fly you home now, ok?” “Ok Harry. Thank you. I needed this. Thank you.” Harry flew her back to her dorm window and let her back into her dormitory. “Hey, Granger.” “Harry?” “Good night. I’ll see you tomorrow.” She smiled and closed her window. Harry flew off to his dormitory and Hermione fell asleep very quickly.

She stood up in her sleeping gown and opened the window. On a broom, Draco was hovering a few feet down with a small bag and a single flower. “Granger, come outside with me. I want to show you something.” She slipped in her slippers and hopped out of the window. They flew up and landed on the roof of the castle. “I’ve always loved this view. What do you think, Granger? I flew out here when my father came to talk to Dumbledore once. It was brilliant.” “It’s beautiful, but a little chilly.” She shivered. Draco draped his arm over her shoulders. “I like you, Granger. But that isn’t ok with my family. My father would be outraged if he found out I was involved with a mud-… muggle born. So I would like to keep it quiet. Ok?” She felt hot and smiled a large smile. “Ok. Yes. I would like that very much.” Draco pulled her closer and they sat until the sun began to rise. She had dozed off on his shoulder once and he kept her warm until morning. He gently woke her and flew her back to her dorm. They said good-bye and she went back into her dorm.

Thank you IKEA. never knew we needed this until now 🏰 #gryffindortower