Authors note: hope everyone enjoyed the last chapter and hope they enjoy this one just to say I don't own any of the things from Harry Potter they belong to J. K. Rowling I just own the plot
Chapter 2: Duty and A Change!
After the sorting and welcoming feast both head prefects went with professor Dumbledore, Snape and McGonagall to discuss the arrangements. First of course was that the patrol duties had to have a rota created, with the new routine given to the headmaster by the end of the week. Next they ran through all the rights and rules like "not to abuse power", Draco hated that one and "the ability to give detentions to those who did wrong" unsurprisingly he loved that one, no one could touch him all year not even Granger. Then, of course, they had to talk about privileges like use of the prefect bathroom though they most likely wouldn't need that because they had an on suit bathroom which was included in there other privilege, there own common room of course this meant they had to live together, they may have had separate bedrooms in side however it was still too close for Hermione's liking.
With this Dumbledore led them to the entrance of there new common room and left them out side with 2 passwords, one to his office and one to the common room. Now his office password was expected it was 'Honey duke's sour balls' however of all the things they could have picked for there common room password this one did not suit, it was 'unity', this was the one word that least described them as a team.
The next evening everything started. It was a Sunday, school had returned on a Saturday so that the new students could find there way round before classes started. So they had the day to do what ever they wanted to, however after dinner at 9 o'clock it began, they were on patrol today and much to their dismay they always had to do it together. Of course Hermione had done the rota without help from Draco, just as she liked to, he signed it as she had as she handed it to Dumbledore early that morning, however they were given strict instructions that they had to do all head prefect work together and that included patrol duty.
And that is why they were wondering round the halls of Hogwarts, after curfew, in complete silence. They had refused to speak to each other, except when asking for a signature, since the train ride. They decided early on patrol was likely to be extremely boring without their friends.
Hermione was getting fed up with the silence by half way through the second hour and so decided that talking with filth was better than the deafening silence already surrounding them. "So… Malfoy…Umm…how was your summer holidays then?" "Why are you talking to me?" he said snidely. "Because I am bored and talking to you is better than silence for 3 hours straight" "Well, fine then, my summer was bearable, yours?" he said muttering the last bit. "It was quite good, thank-you" she said slightly more cheerfully though still not entirely comfortable. "So what did you do then?" he muttered. "I spent the first 2 weeks with my parents in London, on Holiday so we stopped and visited place, you know the usual tourist things to do, and then the rest of the time I stayed at the Burrow with Harry, Ron and his family. Then I went back to mine for the last 3 days so I could pack. What about you?" she said smiling slightly. "I spent all holiday at Malfoy manor practicing spells and potions, that kind of thing, of course I did other things as well, my proper past times. Other than that I didn't do a lot." He said head still held high, after all he was still a Malfoy, and that is when it happened, she started laughing. At this point she noticed that the air between had changed, she looked up and saw him smiling slightly. "What are you laughing at?" he said. She could hear the smile in his voice "You just sounded like such a snob" then she realized what she said and began to worry that she had offended him; after all they were only just beginning to get along. Then she heard him laugh slightly and then straighten and say "I am a Malfoy I am allowed to be a Snob" he said in the snobbiest voice he could muster up. And so she responded with a slight laugh of her own and "Well I am a Granger, which means I am allowed to laugh at you being a snob" and with this they both started laughing.
Authors note: Heya all hope you enjoyed! I am sorry they are so short but they will get longer I promise. Also I am sorry if they are out of character, I haven't read the books since last year and may get details wrong about things if you spot any things that doesn't make sense or is spelt wrong I would love to know, constructive criticism is welcome. Tell me how often I should up date just not daily I cant work that quickly!
