Draco was more than grateful at the way that Ari handled his nudity, as he had been doing a lot of that lately. He was of age, and there were no rules about having to sleep in bed clothes. He was showered, dressed, and even shaved. He knew from a reply that Harry sent that there were things to be discussed. He hated that they would still be separated into Houses for the classes, as there were things to be discussed between them all. He combed his hair and was going down to the common room, all of it taking him less that ten minutes. He waited in the room, going over the list of things he had read up on over the summer.
He and the "gang", a term he was still getting used to with him attached to it, spent time over the break getting to know each other. One thing he was very happy about was meeting Hermione's parents. He was getting used to the idea of thinking of them as people not Muggles, and he had fun with all of them when they and their families, sans his and Harry's, went places. He used some of his funds to help Harry with a place of his own, something that the two of them had a meeting of the minds on. Harry called him "Malfoy" as an answer to Draco sometimes still calling him "Potter". Things were different, especially after he denounced Voldemort in the middle of the Battle. With lives on the line.. with everything at stake, Draco made a choose in the heat of the moment... and he was better for it. He had not looked back.
Draco was then back to the present, still holding what he had been holding in his hand. It was a box that held a platinum chain with a particular symbol on it. One of the other students, a half-blood from Ravenclaw, had given it to him when they all had accepted an invitation to play D & D at his house. Draco had fun, and realized how much he had missed. He smiled to himself, hoping to see David at breakfast as well.
