DISCLAIME: I SADLY DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE HARRY POTTER CHARACTER, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I HAVE BEGGED. LOL.

CATCH ME WHEN I FALL

CHAPTER TWO:

THE MASK WE WEAR

'Mijn beste Hermione, als u wist slechts hoe hard het voor me u in

klasse, in de ' Grote Zaal ' moet elke dag zien, of hallway, en u in

mijn wapens, als kunnen niet verpakken doen wij tijdens de nachten

terwijl elke anders in slaap is. Ik wens dat iedereen anders kon zien

dat het niet, en nooit agaist om het even welke regels geweest. Ik

begin om te denken dat iedereen forgeting, dat de huizen wij, aren't

binnen zijn die wij zijn. Ik ben zo blij u niet vanaf me draaide, toen

wij de nacht na de gemaskeerde bal ontmoetten. U keek mooi, in de

gouden toga. Het maakt me denken, hoeveel andere huizen het zelfde

soort ogenblikken hadden, zoals wij, en wonder als zij ook later

samenkwamen om te zien wie de daar geheimzinnige datum om bleek te

zijn. Dat is wat deze school ons had gemaakt worden, vreemdelingen

achter masker. Wij beoordelen iedereen, gebaseerd op de huizen wij aan

sevent jaren geleden werden toegewezen. Wens was er een manier om deze

maskers van de hand te doen, die verbergen wie wij werkelijk zijn. Tot

wij opnieuw samenkomen! Liefde altijd, Draco Malfoy P.S: Ik writting in het Nederlands, omdat het de enige andere taal is

die ik u kent heb gekend, en geweten Blaise niet het weet. Aangezien

hij over mijn schouder leest, te begrijpen gelieve het Nederlandse

writting.'

(Transolation:

My dearest Hermione, If you only knew how hard it is for me to see you everyday in class, in the 'Great Hall', or the hallway, and not be able to wrap you in my arms, like we do during the nights while every else is asleep. I wish that everyone else could see that it doesn't, and has never been agaist any rules. I am starting to think that everyone is forgeting, that the houses we are in, aren't who we are. I am so glad you did not turn away from me, when we met the night after the masked ball. You did look beautiful, in the gold gown. It makes me think, how many other houses had the same kind of moments, as we did, and wonder if they also met later on to see who there mysterious date turned out to be. That is what this school had made us become, strangers behind mask. We judge everyone, based on the houses we were assigned to sevent years ago. Wish there was a way to get rid of these masks, that hide who we really are. Until we meet again! Love Always, Draco Malfoy P.S: I am writting in Dutch, because it's the only other language I know you know, and know Blaise doesn't know. Since he is reading over my shoulder, please understand the Dutch writting.

Hermione laid in her bed, reading the letter in her hand, "Brilliant," she said as she read the letter, she went to her desk, and took a parchment, and a quial out from the door, and wrote:

' Draco, u is bloedige brillian, liefde. Ik ben zeker als wij het aan

de directeurenaandacht brachten, dan zouden wij beablet hem moeten

overtuigen dat wij niet in huizen zouden moeten worden gebroken, omdat

de grens ons. Zonder hen die het kennen, hebben zij ons tegen elkaar

geplaatst, en aangezien Voldmort is verslagen, dan is er geen reden

waarom wij togetber in dit keer zouden moeten komen. Wij hebben elkaar

nodig, maar het is moeilijk dit te doen, wanneer wij tegen elkaar

zijn. Ontmoet me voor het bureau van Dumbledore, als u wilt proberen

om een diffrence, voor de toekomst van Hogwartz te maken. Door de

manier, houdt u van me? Of is dat iets u aan het eind van elke brief

schrijft. Door de manier, vertel Blaise, hello voor me. Enkel plagend.

Uw altijd Hermione.'

(Tansolation: Draco, you are bloody brillian, love. I am sure if we brought it to the headmasters attention, then we should beablet to convince him that we shouldn't be broken into houses, because the limit us. Without them knowing it, they have set us against one another, and since Voldmort has been defeated, then there is no reason why we should come togetber in this time. We need one another, but it is hard to do so, when we are against one another. Meet me in front of Dumbledore's office, if you want to try to make a diffrence, for the future of Hogwartz. By the way, do you love me? Or is that something you write at the end of every letter. By the way, tell Blaise, hello for me. Just teasing. Your's Always Hermione

Hermione attached the parchment to the Niles (Draco's Owl) and sent it on i't's way with a treat, "Thank's Niles," she went into the bathroom, and ran a brush through her hair, before hurrying to the Headmasters office.It was a Saturday, so there weren't any classes, when she reached the Headmasters office, she saw Draco leaning against the wall looking nervous.

He smiled when he saw the girl, but then the smiled dissapeared when some students walked pass, he glared at them, "You have a problem?"

The two, who were both first years, shook there heads, and hurring off, "No!"

"Can't you ever be nice?" Hermione asked in an annoyed tone, loud enough for the two to still hear her, she smiled at Draco, when the students were out of view, "Malfoy."

"Granger," He smirked as he watched her walking to the gargoyle.

"Have you ever had 'Chocolate Frogs'?" She was looking at the blonde smileing, as the gargoyle opned up, revealing a spiral staircase that lead to the Headmasters office.

"I find that I work to hard trying to keep a hold of one, by the time I finally get it in my mouth, it isn't really worth the work," He took her hand, as the door closed behind them two, "I missed you, Hermione."

She smiled at him, and let go of his hand, when they reached the door, "You want to knock."

Draco knocked, as he kept his eyes on the girl beside him.

Dumbledore's voice came from the other side of the door, "Come in."

The door opened at the words, and Hermione, and Draco entered the office.

Dumbledore smiled at the two, offering them both a Lemon Drop, only to be turned dowm, "Have a seat."

Draco without thinking helped Hermione into her seat, and then took his own seat, he blushed when he realized what he had done.

"So what brings you two to my office?" The old man smiled at Draco, and then at Hermione.

Hermione, sat up straight in her seat, soemthing she always did when preparing to give her opnion, she smiled at the old man, "Headmaster, Dra- Malfoy, and I been talking, and we never really fully understand why we are sorted into diffrent house, you want us to all get along, especially now that the war is over, and we find it hard to be there for the fellow classmates, when in every thing we do, the groups are rewarded with points, and for what, just so we could have our flad hanging in the hall for a year. It was fun in the first and second year, but as the years went on, I find that it really is pointless, because we are the ones who turn ourselves into what we choose to become, not the houses Gryfindore, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, or Hufflepuff, but the students. We should be free to sit with our friend, or with whoever. Because of the seperation of the houses, alot of the student's are afraid to make there relationships with public, because most of there other halfs are not in the same houses, and they feel that there own houses will turn them away." She whispered the last sentence to her self mostly.

"The points are good, it helps you to work together as a team, we can't get rid of the points," Dumbledore smiled at the young lady, as he walked around his desk, and knelt down between the two students, he looked at Draco, "Unless you could think of a way we could still reward points, for good work."

Draco thought for a moment, then looked at Hermione, "You said you went to Science Camp last summer, right?"

"Yes," She gave the blonde a puzzled look.

"You were saying that they broke you off into two teamsm, a boy team, and a girl team," He looked at Dumbledore, "Why don't we do that, make it like the battle of the sexes, it will thrive each of the groups to want to be better. We will be encouraging one another, by competing, except it will be all the guys working together as one, we will be forced to work with our school enemies, and at the end they could realize that we were never really enemies to began with."

Dumbledore looked at Hermione, with a sparkle in his eyes, "What do you think about that?"

"I think it will be great, it will get the girls not to fepend on the men of there groups, like I know alot of girls have done. It will show we could do just as much of a good job as the boy," Hermioen smiled at Draco, "You're brilliant," she looked at the old man, "It's great, and we should beable to eat where ever we want, just the points will be rewarded to either the girls, and boys. Which means we will be paired up with the same sex. for projects."

"I will take in all that was discussed, and you will have an answer at dinner tonight," Dumbledore smiled at the two young students, as they both said, "okay," and left.

THE GREAT HALL

"Hermione, you are not going to believe what they did to the 'Great Hall'," Ginny hurried to where she saw Hermione, walking towards her.

"What's wrong?" Hermione saw a couple of students trying to open the double doors of the hall.

Ron, who had been one of the students pushing at the door, turned and looked at Hermione, "This schools gone bloody mad, Mione."

"So dramatic Ron," Ginny stared at her brother, disgusted, "Can't believe we're related."

"What's the hold up?" Draco was heard somewhere from the crowd.

Hermione made her way over to the blonde, seeing that was where Harry was standing, she smiled at the-boy-who-lived, "Ron is being dramatic again," she pointed towards the red head boy, who was still going on about the doors being locked.

Draco walked behind her, so that his back was brushing against hers, as he talked to Blaise, and Goyle, "Wish they would hurry up, and open the doors, some of us are starving."

Hermione felt her boyfriend, behind her as he talked to his friend, she pretended to scratch her back actually touching his back, so he knew she was aware that she knew how close he was to her. She looked at Harry, "Well they can't starve us."

Harry looked at his friend confused, "Never said they could."

"I don't know how much longer I am willing to wait here, I mean I could be studying in the library," Draco casually placed both hands behind his back, catching a hold of his girlfriends hand, he could feel her hair surrounding there linked hands.

Blaise stared at his friend confused, "Who's stopping you?"

"Just calm down, I am sure there is a good reason, why they are locking us out," Hermione smiled at her friend, "How was your day Harry?"

"I am sure they do have a good reason, I never questioned there reason to start with," Harry rolled his eyes, he looked over at where the Weasley siblings were argueing, "I am going to go stand next to Ginny, and Robn, you coming?"

Hermione felt Draco's hand tighten a little more, she looked at her friend, "Call them over here."

Harry just shook his head, "You are acting strange lately," he realized she had kept her hand behind her back for some time, and was going to question her, when the 'Great Hall' double doors opened.

Dumbledore was standing in the entrance, "If I may have all of you attention, please."

All the students who weren't already facing the door, turned there attention to the Headmaster. Some tried to see into the Great Hall.

Draco let go of his girlfriends hand as he turned around, and took a hold of it again once he was faceing the headmast.

Blaise looked at his friend, and noticed how close to Hermione he was standing, it almost looked like they were leaning into one another, 'What is going on?'

"I had a very interesting meeting this morning, with a couple of students, and there are going to be some new rules. First of all, when sorting points, it will be given to students on there achievements, being sorted into the boys team, and the girls team. You will be free to sit with whoever you choose to sit with, and lastly, I will assign six boys, and six girls who will be the ones you will turn to," Dumbledore looked at the girls, "And so that the points will be given fairly, I will assign a teach responsible for the teams over all, for the girls team, Severus Snape, and Minerva Mcgonagall , and for the boys team will look to Madame Hooche, and Rubeus Hagrid," Dumbledore seemed to be thinking of something, and then smiled, "You may sit where ever you like for dinner, there are also benches outside in the courtyard if you choose to eat under the night sky."

Draco watched as his friend went into the 'Great Hall', he let go of her hands, "Blaise, let's sit outside?"

Hermione looked at Harry, "Where do you want to eat?"

Blaise, and Harry stopped there friends from leaving, "Mione/Draco, what's going on between you and Granger/Malfoy?" They asked from where they stood with there friends.

"Nothing," The couple's lied.

A/N: Incase you are confused with the sentence (Blaise, and Harry stopped there friends from leaving, "Mione/Draco, what's going on between you and Granger/Malfoy?" They asked from where they stood with there friends) and ("Nothing," The couple's lied.) it's there friends asking them the same question, but from diffrent areas, and the friends answering from two diffrent areas. Ther aren't together at that time, but there friends asked them the same question.

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