Growing Interest- Chapter One
As Hermione Granger walked to the King's cross train station she couldn't help but think about how lousy her summer was. Neither Harry nor Ron bothered to hangout with her because they were busy gallivanting around with their new girlfriends to think about her. Ron was dating a Ravenclaw named Luna Lovegood, a rather peculiar girl but very nice, and Harry was also dating a Ravenclaw girl named Cho Chang whom shares his interest in Quidditch.
Hermione spent most of her summer studying and when she did go out it was with Ginny, Ron's little sister. Hermione would visit the Weasley's burrow via floo powder periodically. Ginny and Hermione had become very close over the past summer, and Hermione was glad that she finally had a best friend that was a girl because there are a lot of things that you just can't talk about with two teenage boys.
Hermione finally reached the Hogwarts Express, she didn't find any of her friends around so she boarded the train. Hermione walked through the train until she saw a flaming red head who turned out to be none other than Ginny Weasley.
"GINNY" Hermione screamed as she ran towards the 6th year Gryffindor.
Ginny turned around and ran to Hermione giving her a really big hug. "We were wondering when you would turn up", Ginny said excitedly while pulling Hermione into the train compartment.
Hermione entered the compartment to find Ron telling one of his Oh-So- Hilarious stories to Luna, Harry, and Cho. They all turned when they heard her footsteps.
"Hermione" Harry and Ron yelled simultaneously as they got up to hug her.
"Hey guys, how was your summer?" Hermione asked once they stopped squeezing her.
"Oh it was one of the best summers I've had in years", Ron said while turning to smirk at Luna.
Luna giggled and shook her head in agreement
"Yeah the summer was pretty great", Harry replied, "So how was your summer, Hermione?"
Hermione thought for a second about how dull her summer was then replied, " Oh the Usual". But there was one thing that made Hermione´s summer unforgettable and that was when she got a letter from Hogwarts, informing her that she was chosen to be Head Girl. As Hermione reminisced about her letter she remembered that she was supposed to stay in a special train compartment assigned to the Head Girl and the Head Boy of Hogwarts. So Hermione said her goodbyes and headed to her assigned compartment.
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Hermione slid her compartment door open to find her worst enemy Draco Malfoy lounging on the compartment seat.
"MALFOY" Hermione yelled in shock. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh I guess you haven't heard, I'm the new Head Boy." Draco said with a smirk on his face.
"Oh I guess that's a logical explanation", Hermione mumbled. He was in fact second in their class, after Hermione of course. And he did have a way of charming the teachers.
"Yeah, and I'm guessing that you're the new Head Girl?" Draco asked rather casually.
Hermione simply replied, "Yes" and entered the compartment. She took a seat across from him and stared nervously out the window. "MAN has Malfoy really grown up!" Hermione thought to herself. He was more built, mainly in the shoulders. And he grew a few more inches. Hermione had never really noticed how damn sexy Malfoy really was until this very moment.
Draco sat there and watched Hermione stare out of the window, he had to admit Hermione wasn't the same bushy haired girl he was accustomed to seeing. Her bushy curls were now sleek waves, and her scraggly body had filled out in ALL the right places. Draco gave Hermione the elevator eyes once more before turning his attention to a Quidditch magazine.
Hermione fell into a dreamless sleep and awoke to find Malfoy sleeping across from her. He looked so peaceful, Hermione never would have thought that the horrible words he had called her throughout the years could have possibly come out of such a peaceful looking person. Hermione noticed that he was shivering so she took his robe which was resting over his carryon bag and gently draped it over him.
"What do you think your doing?" Draco asked in a harsh tone, as he opened his eyes.
Hermione jumped back in shock and replied, "W-Well you were shivering, so I was just trying to cover you up a bit"
Draco gave her the coldest look imaginable and said, "I would rather freeze to death than have the filthy hands of a Mudblood touch me!!"
Hermione was speechless so she returned to her seat mentally kicking herself in the ass for ever thinking that Malfoy looked peaceful.
The rest of the train ride to Hogwarts was spent in complete silence. But Hermione couldn't help but notice that when Malfoy thought she wasn't looking he would stare at her, it wasn't an evil stare, but more of a stare of interest.
As Hermione Granger walked to the King's cross train station she couldn't help but think about how lousy her summer was. Neither Harry nor Ron bothered to hangout with her because they were busy gallivanting around with their new girlfriends to think about her. Ron was dating a Ravenclaw named Luna Lovegood, a rather peculiar girl but very nice, and Harry was also dating a Ravenclaw girl named Cho Chang whom shares his interest in Quidditch.
Hermione spent most of her summer studying and when she did go out it was with Ginny, Ron's little sister. Hermione would visit the Weasley's burrow via floo powder periodically. Ginny and Hermione had become very close over the past summer, and Hermione was glad that she finally had a best friend that was a girl because there are a lot of things that you just can't talk about with two teenage boys.
Hermione finally reached the Hogwarts Express, she didn't find any of her friends around so she boarded the train. Hermione walked through the train until she saw a flaming red head who turned out to be none other than Ginny Weasley.
"GINNY" Hermione screamed as she ran towards the 6th year Gryffindor.
Ginny turned around and ran to Hermione giving her a really big hug. "We were wondering when you would turn up", Ginny said excitedly while pulling Hermione into the train compartment.
Hermione entered the compartment to find Ron telling one of his Oh-So- Hilarious stories to Luna, Harry, and Cho. They all turned when they heard her footsteps.
"Hermione" Harry and Ron yelled simultaneously as they got up to hug her.
"Hey guys, how was your summer?" Hermione asked once they stopped squeezing her.
"Oh it was one of the best summers I've had in years", Ron said while turning to smirk at Luna.
Luna giggled and shook her head in agreement
"Yeah the summer was pretty great", Harry replied, "So how was your summer, Hermione?"
Hermione thought for a second about how dull her summer was then replied, " Oh the Usual". But there was one thing that made Hermione´s summer unforgettable and that was when she got a letter from Hogwarts, informing her that she was chosen to be Head Girl. As Hermione reminisced about her letter she remembered that she was supposed to stay in a special train compartment assigned to the Head Girl and the Head Boy of Hogwarts. So Hermione said her goodbyes and headed to her assigned compartment.
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Hermione slid her compartment door open to find her worst enemy Draco Malfoy lounging on the compartment seat.
"MALFOY" Hermione yelled in shock. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh I guess you haven't heard, I'm the new Head Boy." Draco said with a smirk on his face.
"Oh I guess that's a logical explanation", Hermione mumbled. He was in fact second in their class, after Hermione of course. And he did have a way of charming the teachers.
"Yeah, and I'm guessing that you're the new Head Girl?" Draco asked rather casually.
Hermione simply replied, "Yes" and entered the compartment. She took a seat across from him and stared nervously out the window. "MAN has Malfoy really grown up!" Hermione thought to herself. He was more built, mainly in the shoulders. And he grew a few more inches. Hermione had never really noticed how damn sexy Malfoy really was until this very moment.
Draco sat there and watched Hermione stare out of the window, he had to admit Hermione wasn't the same bushy haired girl he was accustomed to seeing. Her bushy curls were now sleek waves, and her scraggly body had filled out in ALL the right places. Draco gave Hermione the elevator eyes once more before turning his attention to a Quidditch magazine.
Hermione fell into a dreamless sleep and awoke to find Malfoy sleeping across from her. He looked so peaceful, Hermione never would have thought that the horrible words he had called her throughout the years could have possibly come out of such a peaceful looking person. Hermione noticed that he was shivering so she took his robe which was resting over his carryon bag and gently draped it over him.
"What do you think your doing?" Draco asked in a harsh tone, as he opened his eyes.
Hermione jumped back in shock and replied, "W-Well you were shivering, so I was just trying to cover you up a bit"
Draco gave her the coldest look imaginable and said, "I would rather freeze to death than have the filthy hands of a Mudblood touch me!!"
Hermione was speechless so she returned to her seat mentally kicking herself in the ass for ever thinking that Malfoy looked peaceful.
The rest of the train ride to Hogwarts was spent in complete silence. But Hermione couldn't help but notice that when Malfoy thought she wasn't looking he would stare at her, it wasn't an evil stare, but more of a stare of interest.