Summary: Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy have been enemies since they first met in first year. Now, in their seventh, Hermione has been made Head Girl. It is no surprise to her that Draco is Head Boy. What does surprise her is her new feelings for the blonde. This is a story about how opposites really do attract and the obstacles that can try, but never succeed, to interfere with true love. Also, forget most of 5th year and all of 6th and 7th years from the books/movies. This is my own version. The Horcruxes never happened. Dumbledore never died. I haven't decided whether Sirius is alive or dead.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS! If I did, I'd be rich. LOL!

D/Hr, Ron bashing

Chapter One

Hermione Granger gave her parents one last hug and stepped through the barrier, breathing a sigh of relief as she stepped onto platform 9 . She loved her parents, of course, but sometimes they could be a little overbearing. Not that she blamed them. After all, they didn't understand her world and therefore, could not understand the adventures that she'd had with Ron and Harry. She made a point each summer to downplay anything real big that might have happened during the school year. She'd learned to do that the summer after she was petrified in second year. Professor Dumbledore had written to her parents to explain what happened. Not understanding the word "petrify", they took that to mean "dead" and freaked out. They freaked out even more when they realized that, due to them not being magical, they could not visit her at Hogwarts.

When Hermione got home, it took her almost the whole summer to convince her parents that not only was she okay, but that they should let her go back to Hogwarts. They finally agreed about two weeks before school started and when she got to school, she was able to actually convince Professor Dumbledore to not write her parents about anything unless it was absolutely necessary.

"Hermione!" Hermione looked to her right and smiled, dragging her trunk over to where Ron, Ginny, and Harry were waiting for her. After hugging everybody, she stepped back and looked around. "What are you looking for?" Hermione turned to Harry and shrugged, pointing at the pin on her sweater.

"I just couldn't wait until I put on my robes before putting this on," she said softly. "I was just looking to see if I could maybe find out who the Head Boy might be."

"Congratulations, Hermione!" Ginny squealed and hugged Hermione tightly. The other two hugged her as well, big grins on their faces.

"Well, we better get on the train," Hermione said. She grabbed the handle of her trunk and began walking towards the train, the others following close behind. Fifteen minutes later, after shuffling through the crowd of students and down the narrow corridor of the train, they were finally sitting in a compartment, Hermione and Ron on one side and Harry and Ginny on the other side. Their luggage was safely stored above them. Another ten minutes or so and the train finally started moving.

"Well, I better get to the Head Compartment," Hermione said after five minutes of silence. She couldn't stand the curiosity any longer. Standing up, she quickly left her friends and made her way to the front of the train, slipping into the Head Compartment and sliding the door shut behind her. She was the first one there, so she slowly looked around for…ah, there it was. On the table in between the two seat was a sheet of paper. In very nice handwriting it read:

Head Girl

Hermione Granger

Hermione closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Please, don't let it be him.

Head Boy

Draco…

"Malfoy," she muttered.

"That is my name," a masculine voice said from behind her. Slowly, Hermione turned around and came face to face with the silver-eyed, blonde-haired boy. She wasn't surprised, she really wasn't. After all, next to her marks, Draco's were the best in the class. Knowing that, however, didn't make it any easier to see him standing there. Draco raised an eyebrow and gave a little smirk.

"Disappointed?"