It was in the middle of potions when she got hit by a ball of paper. At that moment Snape was lecturing and as he turned away she picked up the parchment and straightened it. Her eyes scanned over it with skill and she tried to process the hidden meaning behind the words. There had to be one, right?

'Granger,

You look decent today.( this was then hastily crossed out) You're appearance is slightly less ugly than normal today, mudblood. Good work.

Malfoy'

He had crossed out 'you look decent'? Why would he do that? Malfoy was always sure of himself. Why would he suddenly not be? She had to investigate this further. She quickly scribbled a response back on her sheet of parchment. Draco was sitting behind her so she tossed it back wards. She heard paper crinkling and then a slight pause before a small… chuckle? What the Hell was up today? Was it April Fools? No, wizards don't celebrate that kind of holiday. This time the parchment hit her directly on her back. She bent swiftly to pick it up. It read…

'Wow, Malfoy, I guess I could say the same to you, but that would be a pitiful lie. You look as ugly as normal. I also didn't know that they taught you to compliment MUGGLE-BORNS in your household. Maybe I should call your daddy to ask him how you learned such nice manners. You couldn't possibly have gotten it from him. Your mother then?

The suggestion that the statement I made was even close to a compliment is completely unfounded, since I did not say anything that could be considered nice at all. I merely stated that you look ugly every day and that today you managed to some how dim the ugliness down a tad bit. Nothing nice at all.'

She smiled at the paper in her hands. Then she folded up and placed it in her robe pocket just as Snape walked by. Unfortunately for her though he saw her movements and turned to address her.

"Miss Granger, What do you have there?" He asked menacingly. She cringed, 'what to do, what to do?'

"PROFESSOR, NEVILLE!" Harry screamed at Snape and Snape turned to see Neville Longbottom's Robes erupted in blue flames just as the bell rang. Hermione's eyes furrowed for a second before Malfoy walked by whispering, "You owe me one, Granger."

She just smiled before gathering her books. She had fully intended to follow Harry and Ron out to the great hall, but she stopped when she saw Draco heading toward the dungeons. She turned to follow him. He was right she did owe him and it was her duty as a Gryffindor student to fulfill that debt.

She after all was the Gryffindor princess. What example would she be setting if she let a Slytherin do something nice for her without returning the favor?

Please review! I don't like it too much, but I always over criticize my own work. Plus it was just something I whipped up in about an hour and you can probably tell. Signed Sugarcube18