Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter characters, however I did come up with the plot.

Chapter 1: Group #5!

"Good morning students," Mrs. Viands said as she walked into the classroom filled with students, "I believe that all who are here are in my muggle studies class. All who aren't please leave now." She waited a moment and when no one left she said, "Well good. Now instead of taking an exam for this class, I have made a special project. This project will be worth fifty percent of your final grade, the reason why this is worth so much and why I decided to come up with this project is because I got a lot of complaints from your parents that my class has been extremely difficult, and I know that most of you were shocked that you were failing so horribly. Last year when you signed up for this class you all thought it was going to be the easiest class of all, and I know that you would never recommend this class to anyone now that you took it, so with the permission of Professor Dumbledore I have made arrangements and I have asked the permission of all your parents, some of you have already talked to them about it, to go ahead with this project. Now I have put you all in groups of seven, the lists are on the wall, go look now and get in your groups please."

Hermione Granger was the first to run up to the wall to see her groups, she was hoping for a good group one that would be willing to learn and do work. She was hoping for a group that would be compatible and easy to work with but when she read the names of the people in her group she wasn't too happy. She double-checked to make sure but there it was clear as a glass:

Group #5

1. Lavender Brown

2. Hermione Granger

3. Draco Malfoy

4. Parvati Patil

5. Harry Potter

6. Ronald Weasly

7. Blaise Zabini

Hermione sighed. But at least Harry and Ron were in her group so hopefully it wouldn't be too bad. Also Lavender and Parvati were pretty smart, but Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini they were trouble. She had no clue at how this group was going to pull through. Then as she saw Harry and Ron headed to see who was in their group she said, "We're together guys."

"Yes!" Ron shouted.

Harry smiled and asked, "Who else?"

"Parvati, Lavender, and …" she said as she pointed to Draco and Blaise who were sitting down near Parvati and Lavender. The three of them sat near the group and the teacher started talking once more, "Now this is your assignment. You will all be spending the summer vacation together, in the muggle world," after the whole class groaned she continued, "You will choose a muggle and you will do an in-depth analysis on them. The details will be here on the paper that Amanda will pass out to each student," she said and she gave Amanda the papers and Amanda started passing them out, "Now I expect you all to talk over every aspect of this project, it is worth fifty percent of your final grade and that means that each and everyone in here if they complete this assignment right can pass and if this assignment is done wrong everyone can fail as well. I expect to see effort put into this. If you have any questions, let me know soon, before it's too late. Remember though all the directions are on the papers so read them over."

"Well," Parvati said as the teacher stopped talking and the class began, "where are we spending our summer vacation?"

"My house is definitely out," Harry said.

"Blaise and I don't live anywhere near muggles," Draco said.

"Neither do I," Ron said.

"Well we can do it at my house, if everyone's okay with it," Hermione said looking at Draco and Blaise, "and if everyone acts nicely to my parents and neighbors. I live in the suburbs, all muggles everywhere."

"I'm fine with it," Parvati and Lavender said in unison and Harry and Ron nodded.

"And you too?" Hermione asked and everyone looked at Draco and Blaise.

"My dad said that I have to do anything possible to pass so I will behave." Draco said.

"Scouts honor," Blaise said.

The teacher walked over to them at this time and she said, "Can I have a word with you?" They all nodded, "Now these groups were all picked at random and when I looked them over I was very concerned with this one. I realize there is a lot of tension in this group and I thought about choosing new groups many times but I decided not to because we have the top students in the class," she said looking at the girls, "and the students that are failing," she said as she looked at the boys, "I think that this will help everyone pass and keep a balance in the group. So I kept it but if there is any fights or any trouble this summer, you all will be punished so I suggest keeping each other in check."

They all nodded and she left.

"Well we'll talk this over on the train, we are all sitting together," Hermione said getting up. Draco then got up and faced her, "Granger who put you in charge? Who said you could make all the rules?" Hermione looked at him and said with lividness on her face, "I have the highest grade in this group, not to mention in the class, and I am sure that you weren't one of those top students she was talking about, thus making me the leader because I am not going to let any of you bring my grade down," Hermione said, then left the class, as she did so Draco mimicked her. Blaise laughed and Harry and Ron got up in anger with their fists clenched, Harry though saw the teacher look at them, as did Draco. So careful not to show anger for the teacher to see Harry said, "In order to pass this class Draco you are going to have to work with us, like it or not and if you and that lackey of yours," Harry said looking at Blaise, "don't get your act together I will go straight to Mrs. Viands tell her that trouble has started already. That means that trouble will be in store for you and Zabini so keep your mouth shut, and besides without Hermione, that girl you just mimicked, the mudblood as you call her, the girl you hate so much you won't be able to pass this class, and I'm sure your father won't like that. So if I were you I'd keep my mouth shut." He then shoved Draco a little bit and left with Ron following him close behind.

When everyone went to bed Hermione, Parvati, and Lavender were all awake in the Gryffindor common room. The fire was still blazing as Hermione was reading by the fire and Lavender and Parvati were talking and giggling every now and then. When some time passed Parvati called Hermione, Hermione looked shocked at this. The girls talked a little bit but Hermione had never considered them friends, nor had she ever really talked to them outside of class. Still Hermione went over and sat next to Parvati, "What's up?" she asked.

"So you sure your parents are going to be cool with six strange kids living in their house for the summer?" Lavender asked.

"Yeah," Hermione said, "My parents are going to be fine with it, and they are awesome. Besides they're muggles and we live in a muggle neighborhood so it would be easier to do the project there, we'd have a lot of subjects."

The girls nodded and Parvati asked, "Still though, how will we sleep?"

"Well we live in a huge house, my dad inherited from his dad who was a wealthy lawyer and had all these stocks and bonds, we live in a rich neighborhood see, and in our house we have three extra rooms. So it will be no problem at all."

"Oh so will me, you and Parvati share a room?" Lavender asked.

"I think you and Parvati will share, I'll have my bedroom, Ron and Harry, and then Draco and Blaise, but I'll have to get a permission slip to use a bit of magic to pop in the beds," Hermione said.

"Oh, that's cool. Too bad about you not sharing a room with us though," Parvati said, "I was hoping that you, me, and Lavender would share a room and stay up all night talking and stuff. I would like us to get closer."

"We still can Parvati," Lavender said, "like starting now."

Parvati smiled, "So Hermione do you like Harry?"

"What?" Hermione asked, as she blushed red.

"Come on tell us," Lavender said.

"Only as a friend," Hermione said.

"Too bad," Parvati said.

"Yeah," Lavender said, "I mean the way he stood up to Draco for you was so romantic, it's so obvious he likes you."

"Really?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, but why do you care? I mean you only like him as a friend." Lavender said.

"Unless that isn't true." Parvati said.

"Well…" Hermione said, "Maybe I like him a little."

"Just a little huh?" Lavender asked.

"Okay maybe a lot," Hermione admitted, hiding her face in a pillow.

"Oh Hermione don't be shy I mean it's so obvious he likes you too," Parvati said.

"You really think so?" Hermione asked.

"Oh yeah," Lavender said, "and if he didn't it's okay to have a crush. I mean I have one."

"More like a million," Parvati said as she and Hermione laughed.

"Hey, hey, just one right now," Lavender insisted.

"Who?" asked Hermione.

"Well you know that Draco Malfoy is a hottie," Lavender said.

"As well as a jerk," Hermione said.

"Well that just makes him hotter," Lavender said, "A hottie and a rebel."

Hermione shook her head, "And you Parvati, who are you crushing on?"

"None other than my Draco's best friend the third hottest boy in school Blaise Zabini," Lavender said.

"Third?" asked Parvati.

"Yeah," Lavender said, "Draco's first, Harry's definitely second, maybe first, but I still like Draco better, and Blaise is third."

"Whatever," Parvati said.

"I got an idea," Lavender said.

"What?" Hermione and Parvati asked.

"Well since our men just happen to be in our groups how about we make a pact?" Lavender said.

"What kind of a pact?" Hermione asked.

"We have to sleep with our guys by the end of the summer."

"What, no!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Come on," Lavender said, "it's kind of like a friends forever thing, like when you do the blood thing, only way less gross."

Parvati and Hermione looked at each other, "Okay," they both said and all three girls shook hands, as Hermione smiled. She had no clue what she was in for, but she was glad that at Hogwarts she had made some girl friends, because she missed having girl friends. Besides now she had a reason to look forward to summer, Harry Potter was coming to her house, her parents would finally meet the boy, their daughter never stopped talking about.

From the Author:

Well I finished Chapter One! And I am excited to start chapter two. I am going to try hard to update as soon as possible but I am swamped with school as well as with my part time job, but I am really excited about this story so I will try and write as much as possible. And sorry if this chapter was a little blah, but I promise things will get better, soon. Thank you so much and please review!