Yule Ball. This couldn’t be the Mudblood he had hated for all those years. This was not, in any shape or form, Hermione Granger. Despite all his doubts and denial, the fact that “Granger was beautiful” still persistently nagged at the back of his mind.

The fear that is gripping my heart for most of these days is the possibility that you may die. It is funny how much I have denied the existence of having a heart until I felt it breaking. I know I shouldn’t care, I know you should mean nothing to me...

DHr. Rage was welling up inside Draco. For a minute, he thought it was Hermione, when Blaise mentioned the library. And for some bizarre reason, even though he detested her, he felt like knocking the smirk off Blaise's face. Slightly AU with HBP release.

Does anyone really know the true pain and true torment of unrequited love? Love that runs deep yet is unanswered, unreciprocated, and unreturned? Well, I did. As a matter of fact, I still do. . .

COMPLETED 12-21-02! 1st DracoMione fic, not the ordinary. A story showing that true beauty comes from within. Read and Review!

COMPLETE! Just a simple conversation that could change the future of Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger forever. Who'd have thought?