"Hermione Jane Grange get your ass down here."
"One minuet Dad," Hermione said as she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror, she cringed as she looked herself over, and she had bruises all over her. Tears began to flow down her cheeks,
"It's been hard for him." She told herself, every time he would hit her, it had been hard for both of them.
Her mom died at the beginning of the summer from a car crash she died instinley, the first week her dad wouldn't even look at her let alone talk to her, she looks like her mom she cant help it. She took a deep breath and she got dressed and headed down stares. There at the bottom of the stairs was her dad and he was smiling, not a happy smile more of a smirk.
Hermione braced herself for a beating it was her last day here tomorrow she will be off to Hogwarts. As she reached the bottom of the stairs her dad raised his hand, Hermione flinched and waited for the smack but it never happened. She opened her eyes and looked at her dad and the look in he's eyes were longing, lust, anger, and guilt. She was fearful at which one he would act on. She looked in his eyes once more and only saw anger, and with one fierce swing he smacked her with such force she hit the wall.
He pulled her up by her hair and punched her in the stomach, she didn't even say a word. He punched he and throw her into the wall, and kicked her over and over. This was the worst beating she has ever had.
As he beat her she thought, "Why me, what have I done to deserve this, I have been the perfect daughter I got great grades, I have never lied, why me." He hit her once more in the face
"Go clean up yourself and go to bed." She gladly agreed and limped to her room then to the bathroom, She started the hot tap, and slowly but surly took off her cloth. She didn't dare look in the mirror, she know what she would see, and she slowly sunk into the tub wincing every few seconds.
Hermione could hear her friends now, Harry and Ron would want to kill him, make him wish he was never born. Ginny would cry and hold her and never want to let go, then Harry and Ron would want to go tell Dumbledore about this. Hermione could let that happen she couldn't let her friends find out.
After about an hour Hermione let the water out and got out of the tub, she looked in the mirror and her worse fear was relived, she had a huge bruise on her face. Every time her dad hit her she would make sure that he didn't hit her face. What would she tell her friends, she could hide the other bruises but not this one. She silently began to sob, "I can't let them see this, and I just can't." She cried.
She quickly ran to her room and began to go through her school books till she came across a book called "Magical Cosmetics" A book Ron said she could learn from. She search through the book till she came across a concealment spell it last for 24 hours. She tried it to see if it worked and she watch as her bruise slowly disappeared. She sighed and feel back on her bed and feel asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
"Hermione hurry up or I won't let to go back to school."
Hermione sunk her trunk and conceal her bruise and throw on a giant sweatshirt and ran down stairs, where her dad drover her to kings crossing and she ran through the barrier and on to the train where she found Harry Ron and Ginny in a compartment
"Hermione" Ginny yelled as she ran to her and pulled her in to a hug, Hermione had to hid the wince from the hug. "Ginny look at you have u grown, and Harry I almost didn't notices you are almost as tall as Ron, and Ron look at that shaggy hair God I missed you all."
Hermione sat next to Ginny and listen to them tell her about there summer, she tuned them out when non other then Draco Malfoy walked in to the compartment, she couldn't help but stare he was wearing a tank top that showed of his muscles in all the right places, and his hair was laying in his face not gelled back like it always is.
"What do you want Malfoy" Harry growled, Hermione guessed they just relived he was there.
"Well if you must know Potter, McGonagall would like a word with the heads and seeing that me and granger are well I think your small brains can figure the rest out." he said with a smirk.
"Hermione why didn't you tell use that you were head girl?" Ron asked.
"Well you didn't ask." Hermione said as she followed Draco to the heads compartment.
When they got there McGonagall was waiting "finally please be seated." they quickly sat down.
"Ok you two will be in charged of giving the perfects the passwords and will be in charge of the end of the year ball also you two will be sharing a common room"
"WHAT" They yell in unison
"you heard me and if I hear any complaining you will lose your positions ok and that is it I will see you Two at the feast" and with that she left, leaving Draco and Hermione to think about what she said.
"OK" Hermione was the first to speak, "I think we should have a truce since we will be living together this year" Draco stared at her for a moment "I think you are right Granger" He said
"Fine"
"Fine" and with that they shook. Hermione couldn't believe he agreed so fast she wondered why. When they got to Hogwarts Hermione told Harry Ginny and Ron what McGonagall said they were speechless at the end of the feast Dumbledore took them to there portrait on the 6 floor "The password is love and hate" and with that he left.
Hermione looked at the portrait it was for a little boy and girl the boy had blond hair and bright brown eyes and the girl had long brown curly hair and the blues eyes she had ever saw they couldn't be more then 6.
"Hi im June and this is my brother Dustin." The little girl said with a big smile.
"Hi im Hermione and this is Draco." Draco grunted "Don't mind his he is always like this." Hermione said with a smile.
"Ya ya ok can you let us in" Draco said
"You must say the password silly" The girl said smiling.
"Love and hate" Hermione said and the portrait opened reveling a beautiful gold and red room with Two couches and armchairs with a big homework table and a hug library, Hermione was in love and she ran up to her room is was pink and black her 2 favorite colors it had a huge bed and a walk in closet and a piano she loved it.
Draco's room was black and green with a huge bed and a walk in closet and it had his guitar.
"Welcome home Draco" He said as he shut his door.
