Love is in the air
"Hi Harry, hi Ron!" Hermione said cheerfully "sorry I couldn't hang out this summer I was on vacation in Cuba."
"That explains the hott tan," said Ron fondly
"Excuse me?" Hermione said in a flirty, angry kind of tone.
"Oops did I say that out loud?" Ron said, as his face became a bright red.
"I think we should get a seat before there isn't any left." Harry said trying very hard not to crack up and to stop the conversation before an argument started. (They boarded the train. There weren't many seats left. )
"Neville can I sit here?" asked Ron.
"Yeah sure Ron!" Neville answered.
(Ron took the last seat in that compartment. So Harry and Hermione went to the next non-full compartment. With 3 hufflepuffs in it.)
"Hey can I sit here?" asked Harry
"Yeah no prob." (One of them said making room for him.)
" Uh you can sit here if you want Hermione." Offer Harry.
"No that's ok Harry I can find another seat, thanks though." She answered. (Hermione looked for another seat only one compartment was left with a seat open it had Malfoy sitting in it looking very angry.)
"Malfoy cou-" Hermione said but was cut off.
"What do you want mudblood?" he sneered.
"Don't call me that and I would've told if you hadn't cut me off!" Hermione practically shouted. "This is the last seat left so I have to sit here whether either of us like it or not!" she huffed. (She stomped over to the empty bench and sat next to the window.)
"Talk about over reacting" he muttered
"Why don't you just shut up you-you stuck up, pureblood, brat!" she yelled and looked out the window trying to hide the warm tears running down her face, as she tried not to start sobbing this wasn't how she wanted to start her fifth year.
(Malfoy felt shocked, he stared at the wall for a minute then looked to her to give her a dirty look but faltered as he saw she was quietly crying and the weird thing was he felt sort of bad.)
"Herm-I mean granger I'm sorry I didn't mean it." He said gently.
(As more tears came streaming down and the train started she answered), "Sure sounded like you meant it." She said shakily.
"Hermione please don't cry," he begged as he moved next her on the bench that was opposite him. (She turned to him and put her head on his shoulder and gently hugged him. Draco not knowing what to do since he wasn't usually hugged by anyone but pansy but they were over so he guessed he should hug back so gently he did.) Softly and quietly he whispered, "it's ok, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." (He rocked gently back and forth as she quietly sobbed into his shoulder. After about fifteen minutes she stopped crying and dried her eyes.)
"Oh your shirt" she said weakly and pointed to his shirt with her wand and muttered "Hudortrocken" and his shirt dried instantly.
"Thanks" he said and she gave him a small smile in return.
After about ten minutes Malfoy asked, "So-uh how was your summer?"
"Good, I went to Cuba. You?"
"It was ok I was at home alone for the summer or at Crabb or Goyles house."
"Why were you home alone?" asked Hermione.
"My dad works and my mom um…died this summer." Said Malfoy.
"I'm so sorry I didn't know I'm so sorry." Hermione said.
"It's ok she was sick and I wasn't near her much she wasn't very fond of me." Malfoy said looking at the ground. (Then looked up and shared a gaze with Hermione for a minute until they both noticed what they were doing then they both looked away Malfoy a faint pink, Hermione a medium red.)
Then they listened to the train announcements "20 minutes till we arrive to Hogwarts please be sure to have your robes on and will Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger please go to professor Dumbledore's office when we arrive." (Hermione and Draco looked at each other with a confused look. Then they both went their separate ways to get into their robes.)
When they came back from changing Draco said, " You look nice Hermione"
"Did you just call me Hermione?"
"Uh yeah I guess I did." He answered. (The train stopped and they saw Hogwarts right outside the window.)
"Uh so I guess we could walk together to professors office since were both going there right?" Draco said with a sweet sound in his voice.
"Yeah I guess we could." Hermione answered shyly and gave him a flirty smile. (So they headed to professors office quietly together.)