Hermione was already in the library when he got there that evening. She was sitting at their usual table, surrounded by textbooks, and Draco felt a wave of satisfaction upon seeing her. “Hey.” He said, swinging his bag onto the table to unpack his books. “Hi.” She said with a smile looking up from her paper, which he could tell was not schoolwork. He took his time arranging his work and sitting down, not wanting to give away how eager he was to discuss the events of the day with her. “What are you working on?” he finally asked her, watching her scribbling away furiously. “I’m doing a first draft of my personal statement for my application to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. I’m trying to show that the Being Division is an area of special interes

