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It was after they had finished scolding the Hufflepuff prefects and handing out extra duties and were packing up rota's that it finally crossed Hermione's mind to mention Ginny.

"So…" She began taking the new round sheets out of Malfoy's hands.

"So?" He replied as he charmed his books into his bag.

"You know Ginny?" She asked trying to be casual.

"Who?" he frowned looking up at her confused.

"You know, red hair?" She prompted but the bemused look on his face remained and she sighed "Ron's sister" She could see the cogs turning and he snapped his fingers

"The Weslette!" He announced and Hermione was shocked to find that this comment amused her. She mental scolded herself for laughing at an insult aimed at her friend.

"Her name's Ginny" She corrected and Malfoy rolled his eyes.

"What about her?" He asked and Hermione faltered, how exactly was she supposed to communicate Ginny's affections for him.

"What do you think about her?" She asked and Draco stopped what he was doing, swinging his bag onto his shoulder he folded his arms and turned to face Hermione one eyebrow arched. "What?" She defended as she mirrored his actions.

"What is this about Granger? Since when do you ask me for my opinion on girls?" He questioned and she couldn't help but blush.

"It was just a simple question" but he shook his head

"Nothing with you is 'just a question'" She held up her hands in defense and he shook his head pushing off from the desk behind him. "Come on we've got potions class and you know Snape will be on your arse if you're late" He announced and she glanced at her watch realising he was right.

Unfortunately they were late, even as Hermione practically ran down towards the dungeons she knew they were late.

"Fuck!" She swore and she heard Malfoy laugh behind her. "It's not funny, hurry up!" She cried.

"I don't need to hurry its not me he'll take house points from!" He called back and she cursed again before flying into the potions room. The whole class turned to look at her and she found herself blushing for the third time that morning.

"Sorry I'm late professor but Malfoy and I had to hold a prefects meeting this morning" She gushed as said blonde haired boy breezed in behind her and took his seat at the back of the room.

"That is no excuse Miss Granger-" Snape began but surprisingly he was cut off mid sentence.

"My fault Professor, needed to scold the Hufflepuff's and Granger had to be there" Malfoy announced as he raised his hand in the air to gain Snape's attention. Hermione blinked in confusion before glancing at the boy who winked in response, she shivered in horror and turned back to Snape.

"Very well, take your seat Miss Granger" The brunette did not need to be told twice and dropped into her seat by the door Blaise separating her and Draco.

Potions had never really gripped Hermione and she soon found her attention wondering, apparently the same was true for Malfoy as he had already shoved his text book to one side and was currently undertaking some new task in his note book. She crannied her neck trying to see but failed. Her eyes wondered the room searching for something to do when a piece of paper was unceremoniously plonked down in front of her. She looked up into the eyes of a grinning Blaise before turning her attention to the paper he had just presented to her.

Cursed and how

Was scrawled at the top of the paper in Draco's delicate script, underneath he had written;

Pavarti- Blasting Curse

She arched a brow before her eyes fell on the next words written in Blaise's messy hand

Pansy - Full body-bind curse

Hermione snorted and quickly covered it up with a cough; she looked at the two to find them watching her with raised brows. Picking up her pen she wrote;

Longbottom - Babbling curse

Then slid it back to them, they both grinned wide and continued there game of, who would you curse and with what.

Hermione grinned wider as she passed the paper back for the 7th time that lesson, she had been amazed at the people they had written (most of them were in Slytherin) and she had enjoyed making up a few of her own, in one she had even decided to curse Ron. It was positively liberating. It was Snape's voice that snapped her back to reality.

"Do you find something amusing Miss Granger?" He asked, it was only then that she realised her face was stretched into a large Cheshire cat like grin she quickly wiped it from her features and shook her head.

"No Professor nothings funny at all" She quickly replied and all would have been fine if Blaise hadn't let out a quite deep chuckle right next to her ear. The face splitting grin reappeared and instantly Snape's face flamed.

"MISS GRANGER! I advise you to wipe that grin from your face this instant before I send you to Dumbledore! 10 points from Gryffindor" But it was too late Hermione was stuck with the giggles. Her face lit up and she let out a delicate laugh that echoed around the otherwise silent room. "MISS GRANGER! GET OUT OF MY CLASS!" Snape bellowed and, still laughing, Hermione gathered her things and slung them over her shoulder, however that was not the end of her ordeal.

Being the uncoordinated person that she was, as she slung her bag over her shoulder she managed to hit Blaise square in the face and a joyful Malfoy, who was already struggling to hold back his own laughter, let out an almighty chuckle. If the room could have fallen any quitter it would have at that very moment. Hermione was now in a bout of full blown giggles, which, unfortunately, Draco soon caught and within moments the Gryffindor princess and the Slytherin prince had been kicked out potions.

As the two sobered up in the hall they quickly realised whose company they were in.

"You got me kicked out!" Hermione protested the horror evident in her voice.

"Oh quite down Grange, you had a blast" Draco silenced her and for once Hermione had no quick response. "Come on we need to go meet the prefects to check their round reports any way" He announced and led the way down the hall.

Hermione once again fell into step behind him and was left with very confusing thoughts. Were she and Malfoy… friends? Surely not, she hated him. Friends was the wrong word, they were… comfortable. She could honestly be herself with him and that was refreshing, she couldn't even be herself with Harry and Ron. He really couldn't care less if she said something inappropriate or even mean; in fact he normally found it funny. Her talent as a witch didn't intimidate him, as he was just as talented.

"Oi Granger come back down to earth" He snapped and she blinked looking up at him.

"Huh?"

"Where do you go when you look like that?" He asked and she frowned.

"Look like what?" She asked and he screwed his face up gazing up at the ceiling and sticking his tongue out. She whacked him across the chest making him chuckle.

"I do not look like that," She grumbled but all he did was grin.

They were early for midmorning briefing but that was always the case, it only took a few minutes for the prefects to join them and hand over their round reports.

"So anything to report?" Hermione asked casting her eyes over the Slytherin and Ravenclaw prefects as it was their turn to patrol, there were a few Hufflepuff ones here too, doing time for their bad behavior. Cho Chang raised her hand Hermione rolled her eyes, she had told the girls so many times to not raise her hands in these meetings.

"There were a group of Gryffindor third years out by the lake in class, I've written all their names down but something was definitely going on" She announced and Hermione nodded looking at Draco who had already pulled out her report.

"Alright, Thank you Cho"

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