“I was intoxicated,” Hermione spoke first, her voice eerily calm.

“That’s a pathetic excuse,” Draco scorned, his lips twitching into a smirk.

“You initiated it.”

“You continued.”

“Like I said, I was drunk.”

“Stop using that as your defense, Granger. It’s getting old.”

“But it’s the truth.”

“Tell me you didn’t enjoy it.”

“That’s not the issue here, Malfoy.”

“I dare you.”

“I could ask you the same thing, you know.”

“And I would tell you that I did. Every second of it.”

Hermione, in her surprise, opened her mouth and emitted a small gasp, and Draco, realizing what he had blurted, hastily broke eye-contact with her, mentally kicking himself.

“Oh dear Dilys in the heaven’s above!” Healer King bellowed, startlingly both Draco and Hermione into realizing that they were not alone. “SUCH TENSION!”

“HOWEVER,” Healer King hollered, “before you leave, here are a few conclusions that I have drawn from this ninety minute session, so please listen carefully.” Clearing his throat loudly and taking a moment to wipe his glasses for the third time, he said, “Firstly, I have concluded that Miss Granger is not an alcoholic.”

Draco rolled his eyes. “She has been trying to tell you that from the very beginning.”

“Secondly,” Healer King resumed as though he had not heard Draco, “Secondly, I have come to discover that Mr. Malfoy has a slight attitude disorder.”

Draco’s jaw dropped. “What are you on about, Healer?!”

Hermione sniggered softly.

“Further examination may be needed to draw concrete conclusions,” Healer King added with a sort of vicious smile.

“I'm not coming for further bloody examinations!” Draco protested.

“And lastly,” the elder wizard continued, ignoring Draco’s complaint, “I conclude that the two of you are madly in love with each other but are too obstinate to even start with something as simple as admission or even realization of these feelings as the two of you feel that doing so may result in lowering your dignity, or the two of you are merely in extreme denial.”

He said all of this in one breath.

“WHAT?!”