As he packed his school trunk in order to go back to Hogwarts for his seventh year. Draco Malfoy couldn't help but ponder as to why he did what he did during the summer. He had helped her, why?
As she packed her school trunk ready to go back to Hogwarts for her seventh year, Hermione Granger couldn't help but wonder why she did what she did during the summer. She let him help her, why?
Neither of them knew why their actions during the summer of Lord Voldemort's downfall were bothering them, but they knew this year at Hogwarts was going to be different. She was finally Head Girl; she had been waiting 6 years to become head girl. He was finally head boy, and he had not needed his father's power to gain it for him. No matter what had happened during that summer they were still enemies.
But for how long?
The last night in August she found she could not sleep; this was not a new thing for Hermione, every year without fail she would not sleep well the night before going back to Hogwarts for the new school year. Ever since she got her letter first year she felt like she got two Christmas's a year because the excitement she got the night before the beginning of a new year, was like the excitement she got as a child the night before Christmas. Only this year was different she was at the Zabini's. How would she tell people?
This year she was not the only one getting little sleep on the last night in August, Draco Malfoy was also getting little sleep, his lack of sleep was not really excitement more a reoccurring dream that he had been having since the fall of Voldemort, only tonight it was more vivid than it had ever been. He could not a certain Gryffindor witch out of his head. Nor that witch he had seen at Blaise's all summer. Who was she?
Eventually sleep overcame them both and soon a new day was breaking, and in what seemed like almost no time at all they were both at platform 9¾ her saying goodbye to her parents and him saying goodbye to his mother and the Zabini's, before heading off to get on the Hogwarts Express.
Hmm how curious the girl from Blaise's is going to Hogwarts. Thought Draco. I wonder if she was there last year.
Hermione stepped onto the Hogwarts Express completely changed from the girl that left Hogwarts a matter of months ago, she was still as short as ever smallest in the year, which was compensated by the large heels she was wearing, matching her classic black dress and big floppy black hat. Very 1930's sheek.
It wasn't only her clothes that had changed in fact she wasn't recognisable as Hermione Granger anymore, she had sleek black hair, and she had filled out, in all the right places, gaining her much attention from the males boarding the train.
Mmm I wonder what she has got to do with Blaise and where that half of her wardrobe was all summer. Not that she didn't look hot in sweats or a bathing suit and one of Blaise's t shirts, he must really like her whoever she is he never lets anyone wear his clothes.
Onboard the Hogwarts Express.
Hermione walked along the train looking to find Harry, Ron and Ginny, after walking the length of the train at least twice she at last found them sitting in the last compartment of the train. She stopped outside, she could hear them giggling about something inside. Before she could open the door to the compartment she had to give herself a pep talk.
Come on Hermione relax, they are your best friends they'll always love you and they may not understand at first but they will, eventually. Will they recognise me? Open the damn door and find out.
So she did just that, she slid open the compartment door and just stood there in the door way, with a smirk on her face like she'd seen Malfoy do so many times. And they all just stared at her blank faced.
Ginny was the first to speak "may we help you or have you just come to ogle 'The Famous Harry Potter'?" she said in a rather bored
All Hermione could do in response was laugh, and quite hysterically at that.
Harry, who had tinged a rather awful shade of red, asked "what on earth is so funny?"
"You all are" she paused just for a few seconds to gauge the reaction she received "you have absolutely no idea who I am, do you? And clearly without me your manners have vanished." She finished
"Do we know you? Listen just because you are hot doesn't mean that you have the right to come in here and start mouthing off about how we are all funny and have no manners, because right now you are the one with no manners." Outburst Ron
"Wow, you have me impressed Ronald, clearly someone grew up over the summer, and as clearly none of you are going to guess who I am let me reveal myself" and with a flourish of her wand she was the very same bucktooth bookworm Hermione Granger.
"Hermione!" they all chorused together
She smiled as they all jumped up and hugged her Ginny the longest, Harry the tightest and Ron with the biggest awkward feeling imaginable.
"Sorry guys, I've got to go for abit I've got to go meet the new Head Boy, I was hoping to chat to you more but you didn't guess who I was quick enough." She smiled
"Who do you think it is?" Ginny asked
"To be honest Gin, I don't care who he is as long as he isn't Malfoy." They all smiled at this comment. I can't spend any more time with him summer was bad enough and he didn't even know who I was in the summer
"Anyway the sooner I go the sooner I know" and she started to head off down the train towards the Head's Compartment.
As she arrived at the door to the Head's compartment she could see the figure of the Head Boy from his shadow, he looks well built she thought ha it can't be Malfoy then she thought as she opened the door
"What do you want Granger?" Malfoy asked rather civilly
"To know who the Head Boy is and to get rounds over with, I have people to see" she said coolly
"Why'd you care who the Head Boy is?"
"Well as Head Girl it would be nice to know"
"You're Head Girl?" Malfoy's face dropped
Great I have to spend a year working with the queen of muggleborns Granger, why couldn't it be that cute mystery girl that was at Blaise's!
"Yes, that was what I said Malfoy, have you gone deaf over the summer? Now will you please just tell me who the Head Boy is? Actually wait why am I asking you?" she said the last bit more to herself than him
"I am Granger" he said with that trademark smirk
Oh great caus the summer wasn't enough now I have to spend the year working with him, bloody arrogant pureblood twat at least I'm not living with him
She thought as she sat down opposite it him, he couldn't help but notice how different she was.
Hermione soon rested her head on the window and with the rhythmic humming and vibrations coursing through her body she fell asleep. Draco thought she looked so peaceful whilst she slept, and it was that that made him feel guilty for all the cruel things he'd said to her over the years.