"Granger, Weasley!" Draco called out to them making them stop, making Harry stumble some as he didn't stop at the same time as them but was pulled back by their linked hands.

"What do you want Malfoy?" Ron asked with a glare as Hermione picked Harry up and placed him on her hip.

"I-" Draco started but cut himself when he saw how small Harry was.

"I wanted to help." He finally said after a moment.

Hermione and Ron looked confused and shocked at his words.

"I'm Harry, what's your name?" Harry asked, thinking that it might not be nice to meet this blond-haired boy based on Ron and Hermione's reactions to him.

Draco gave him an almost sad smile before answering. "I'm Draco Malfoy, you can call me Draco or Malfoy, whatever one you like more."

Harry nodded. Ron had called him Malfoy so he would too if he ever had to address this man.

"Ron, why don't you take Harry to see the dorm area while I talk with Draco?" Hermione suggested as she handed Harry to Ron.

This confused Harry, Ron had called this guy Malfoy but Hermione called him Draco, which should he call him?

Ron and Draco both looked shocked when she called him by his first name but neither of them commented on it.

"Alright, come join us in there when you're done talking," Ron said before sending another glare at Malfoy before walking with Harry to the dorms.

~Focusing on Hermione and Draco~

Hermione looked expectingly at Draco and didn't say anything once Ron and Harry were out of eyesight.

"I feel bad for making the potion spill on him. I didn't do it on purpose of course but I feel guilty and I would like to help take care of him some if you don't mind." Draco said, taking her silence as his cue to talk.

Hermione still didn't say anything so Draco talked more. "I know you three don't like me and I don't blame you, I was an absolute prick every time we talked and I feel terrible about that but I can't change the past. I have horrible guilt over everything I've done to all three of you and I know this won't do much to help but I want to do something. I don't expect any of you to like me after this, just tolerating me would be nice." Draco rambled on and on, not even thinking before the words spilled from his mouth.

"I forgive you. However, with that said, I don't want you taking care of Harry without Ron or me in the room with you as well. I trust that you won't hurt him intentionally but I want to be safe instead of sorry." She stated in a calm tone.

"That's perfectly fine, thank you," Draco said as he let out a sigh of relief, his shoulders dropping some as his body relaxed.

"I'll talk to Ron about it, when would you like to help?" She asked as she looked over Draco's body examining him with her eyes.

"Whenever you two need a break or would like me to help, I'll do my best," Draco said as he crossed his arms over his chest, feeling uncomfortable under her calculating gaze.

"Alright, I'll talk with Ron, we'll owl you when we would like your assistance," she said with a small smile before giving him a nod and walking away to join Harry and Ron in the dorm.

Draco gave a nod back before leaving for his next class of the day.

~Going back, focusing on Harry and Ron~

Ron carried Harry to the dorms. "Who was that guy?" Harry asked referring to Draco.

"That was M-Draco, he is a person Hermione and I know, he's in some of our classes," Ron explained, not wanting to shit-talk Draco to the young boy.

"Oh okay," Harry said with a nod of understanding, Ron had called him Draco this time so he would call him Draco too.

Once they got into the dorm room, Harry wiggled out of Ron's arms and held his hand as they walked around instead.

Ron helped him stand safely and not fall from his arms before holding his hand, showing him around the common area, and then showing him their dorm room.

Harry took in everything the best he could as he looked around. This place was truly magical.

After they explored everything, they went back down to the common room in time to see Hermione walking in.

"Hermione!" Harry cheered with a grin as he let go of Ron's hand and ran over to Hermione.

Hermione smiled brightly at him as he did so and crouched down with her arms open for him to run into.

He did exactly that, he ran into her arms and gave her a big hug.

Ron smiled at them, finding the sight absolutely adorable as he walked over to them.

He stood beside them and wrapped his arms around them both before lifting them both up into the air for a moment before sitting them back down on the ground making Hermione let out a little yell, not expecting to be lifted as Harry laughed.

"Let's go see our new room shall we?" Ron asked as he helped Hermione balance herself and Harry.

"Yeah!" Harry said with a smile.

Hermione set him back down on the ground before he took both their hands again and began walking.

They walked Harry to the ROR before Hermione walked back and forth in front of the door before opening it.

Inside the room were a large king-size bed, a bathroom, a couch and chairs, a fireplace, a coffee table, and a window on the wall showing them the mountains in fall with all the bright colorful leaves on the trees.

"This is where we'll be sleeping every night for a while, do you like it?" Hermione asked Harry as he looked around the room.

"I get to stay here? I don't have to sleep under the stairs?" Harry asked with hope shining in his eyes.

"That's correct, you don't have to sleep under the stairs, you get to sleep in that big bed over there with Ron and I." Hermione said with a sad smile as Ron glared at the couch, remembering about the first time Harry told him about what the Dursleys used to do to him when he lived with them.

"Really?! Thank you!" Harry said with a large grin before he hugged Hermione's leg and then Ron's before he walked over to the bed.
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1,105 Words! Guys this is so random but I'm turning 18 in 2 days😱