Hermione was late for the train. She just barely caught it. All the compartments were full. Even Harry and Ron's was. Some new girl was flirting with Ron. She found a mostly empty compartment and walked in. she stopped when she saw who was in it. It was Draco Malfoy. "Granger, why aren't you sitting with Potter and Weasley? Oh yeah, that new girl Mali is with them." He smirked. "Seems Weasley likes her… a lot." Hermione glared at him. "Oh, you don't know? They've been together since the summer." Hermione's eyes widened. No wonder Ron had cancelled all their dates. Draco moved to sit by her. He draped his arm over her shoulder. Hermione looked at him. "What are you doing?" She asked. Draco silenced her by putting a finger to her lips. He moved and sat on the other side of the compartment. Hermione stared out the window and cried silently. "Granger, I know how to get Weasley to come back to you." Hermione looked at him. "How?" She asked. "If you pretend to be with someone else he'll be jealous and be begging for you." Hermione thought about it. "Yeah, but who will do that for me?" Hermione asked. This was the longest conversation she had ever had with him. Draco looked at her. "Think about it, Granger. You obviously hate that new girl, Weasley hates me." Hermione got his hint. "Are you saying you would pretend to be my boyfriend?" Draco nodded. Hermione looked at him. "Ok, fine. What do we have to do?" Draco looked at her. "Ok to make it seem legit we have to seem like we're really in love." Hermione sighed. "So we have to kiss?" Draco nodded again. "Fine, but only around Ron." Draco agreed. They discussed a plan for the remainder of the trip. When they arrived at the station they got off holding hands. They sat in the carriage in front of Ron, Harry, Ginny, and the new girl, Mali. A few minutes later a paper airplane landed on her lap. She unfolded it. It was a note from Ron.
Hermione, why are you sitting with Malfoy?
Hermione looked over her shoulder to see Ron looking at her. She turned around and planted a kiss on Draco's cheek. She wrote a note back to him.
Ron, since you always cancelled our dates I thought you didn't want me anymore so Draco is my new Boyfriend.
She folded it into a plane and sent it to Ron. She moved to sit next to Draco. She saw as Ron read the note. She leaned against Draco as he looked up. She waved at him. She saw Harry's head turn to see what was wrong. His eyes widened. He looked back at Ron, who handed him the note. He and Ginny both read it. Hermione watched as Ginny smacked Ron's head.