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AUTHORS NOTE:
This is my first piece of Draco/Hermione fanfic and I hope you enjoy reading it. Please review this story to let me know if it' ok and if I should go on with the plot. I don't mind criticism, it'll just show me where I need to improve ^_^DISCLAIMER:
I do not own any of the characters in this story, they all belong to JK Rowling.SUMMARY:
A new project is issued for their N.E.W.T's which means Hermione will have to spend 3 months in a cottage with Draco Malfoy with NO MAGIC. When her life is put in SERIOUS DANGER, her view on him changes completely!*********************************************************************
On The Hogwarts Express:
Hermione Granger stood beside her parents trying to spot her best friends. She'd been looking forward to returning to Hogwarts all summer. She'd receive a few letters from her friends asking how she was but none asking if she'd like to meet up with them some time. So she spent the summer sat in her garden, reading romantic novels which she guessed was a change from the usual ones she read.
"Now Hermione," Hermione turned round to face her mother who gave her a hug "Owl me as soon as your settled in"
"I will mother. You and dad take care of each."
Hermione couldn't be bothered to stand around waiting any longer so she decided to get on the train and find an empty compartment whilst there was some left.
She kissed her parents good bye and, picking up her luggage, got onto the train.
Hermione made her way past many compartments until at last she finally found one that was empty. After placing her luggage safely in one corner of the compartment, she sat back and let out a deep breath.
She gazed out of the window and looked at the clock. "One minute 'til the train leaves." Hermione thought "I hope their already on the train or their going to miss it…again!"
A whistle blew and the train started to move. Hermione scanned the crowed to see if she could see them any where. Seeing as they weren't, Hermione shrugged her shoulders and lent over to retrieve an item out of the new rucksack her mother brought her. The item was her new Discman which her mother also brought her, along with some cd's from her favourite muggle artists.
She turned it on, placed the earphones in her ears, pressed play, closed her eyes and lent back. Hermione began to hum along with the tune and then began singing the words to the song:
~Daytime, I'm fine
Everything is back to normal
Last night I thought that I would die.
I had nightmares I was so scared,
Thank god that you were by my side
To hold me when I cried~
Draco Malfoy made his way down the train with the usual scowl on his face, scaring all the first years as he past them by.
"That stinking fucking Potter!!"
Draco shouted in his head "One of these days I'm gonna rip that stupid smirk right of his stupid fucking face!!" He grabbed Neville when he spotted him coming out of one of the compartments and pushed him against the wall."What…do…you want now…Malfoy" Neville asked whilst trying to breath.
"Tell him to watch his back or he's gonna get a nasty surprise!" Draco loosened his grip on Neville, allowing him to run down the hall to give Harry Potter his message.
Taking a deep breath and straightening his robes, Draco continued his journey down the train but stopped in front of one compartment in particular. Hermione's. Gazing in he noticed that she had her eye's closed and seemed to be singing to some un-heard music. He opened the door and sat on the seat opposite her.
~As long as I am with you,
As long as I can feel you
That's all I need
To keep me going on and on and on and on……
I wanna believe that I save the world and make it right
But I'm only human,
And you got a hero's faith
Right here in your arms is the safest place
Right here in your arm's is the safest place
The safest place
The safest place~
Hermione opened her eyes to see Draco sitting opposite her, arms crossed and a smirk across his face.
"Nice voice Granger."
"What do you want Malfoy?" snapped Hermione "Come to tease me about my voice?"
"Granger, you think so low of me." He leaned forward and gave her a wink. "I think you've got a good singing voice actually."
Hermione rolled her eyes back and placed her Discman back in her rucksack. "Yeah right. In all the years I've known you Malfoy you've never once complimented about anything…well not good compliments anyway."
"What's that?"
"What's what?"
"That muggle thing you just put in your bag. What does it do?"
Hermione rolled her eyes again, this time tutting whilst she did. "That muggle thing, Malfoy, happens to be a Discman. You place a CD inside it and it plays music which you can hear through these." She pulled out one of the earphones and lent over to place it in Draco's ear.
"Watch it Granger! What do you think your doing?" Malfoy shouted.
"Oh do shut up. You have to place these in your ears to actually hear the music you git!" Hermione placed herself on the seat next to Draco waiting for him to give her the OK to put them in his ears.
"Oh…OK." He relaxed a little whilst she put them inside his ears, breathing in her scent as she did. "That better be all!"
Hermione pressed the play button and switched to track six. Music began playing in Draco's ears.
For awhile they just sat there whilst he listened to it. Hermione noticed the small smile that was creeping across his face as the track neared the end. When it finished she took out the earphones.
"So. What do you think?" She waited for him to reply.
"It's…OK I guess." That wasn't true though, he actually loved the song that he had listened too. But of course, being Draco Malfoy, he covered it up.
"Uh huh." She didn't believe it for one second.
"What?"
"Oh nothing," Hermione snickered whilst she placed the Discman back into her rucksack.
"What Hermione?" He grabbed her arm and pulled her down to sit back next to him.
Hermione patted her hand on his thigh and looked at him with an amused smile. "I think you actually like my muggle music"
Just as Draco was about to disagree with her Pansy Parkinson came through the door.
"Draco I've been looking all over for you!" Pansy shouted and then Hermione caught her eye. "She's the last person I would have expected to find you ALONE with. What are you doing with the Mudblood?"
Draco got up and quickly walked over to her. "Uh…why would you think I'd be near her? Come on, let's go Pansy." He took her hand in his and led her out of the compartment whilst the two girls exchanged looks of disgust.
Once they'd gone, Hermione's smile grew wide as she laid herself down across the seat.
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