A/N: So here's the second chapter…hope you like it.!
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Hermione walked to their compartment alone. Ron had to go chat up with Seamus and Dean about Quidditch. And ogle at Lavender's now bigger chest. She thought drily. She had always been inferior of her chest. Although Ron and Ginny had assured her that it's average, she still gets jealous of girls like Lavender.
She opened the door to their compartment and was shocked to see almost all the D.A., formed in front of her. Even Ron, Her mind shouted.
"Hermione," Harry addressed her briefly before looking away.
Hermione examined the small group of seventh and sixth years. In the left side were: Seamus, Dean, Parvati, Lavender, Ron, and Colin. While on the right side were: Ginny, Harry, Luna, Neville, Dennis, and a space for her.
"Well, this comfortable," Lavender muttered with a chuckle.
"So Sorry, but we haven't any luxurious place for the queen," Hermione burst out.
"You know I was joking. Come on cheer up 'Mio," Lavender said but she did not miss the flare of challenge in her eyes.
It's on. She thought. "It's Hermione. Make use of your brain Lavender. It doesn't take anything to work up a few brain cells," she retorted.
"I-…uh...what is wrong with you,"
"Oh, nothing," Hermione said in a sing-song voice.
"Don't worry about her, Malfoy's the Head Boy," Ron said smiling at Lavender.
"Oh, Draco, well you know," she said loudly for Hermione to hear. "Normal girls would have killed to get in your position,"
"That's it," Hermione yelled. "Just because I'm not a slut like you, doesn't mean I'm normal. And such shallowness! Draco Malfoy my face,"
"You know what?" Lavender said standing up too.
"What Honey?" she said in a sarcastic tone.
"I think what you need is a lay, or at least a boyfriend, to keep you at bay,"
"As I have stated before, I am not a Slut,"
"Are you insinuating that I'm a slut,"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Call the Daily Prophet, Lavender Brown, just used a word slightly uncommon, so tell me, how many brain cells did you use to think of that word?"
Lavender slapped her but, before she could Hermione had already pointed her wand at her.
"Don't you dare,"
"What is wrong with you!" Lavender said though Hermione, to her satisfaction, saw a hint of fear pass her eyes.
"Oh nothing, and remember Lavender, I'm Head Girl," she said.
"Hermione, that's enough!" Ron said-yelled.
Hermione looked at Ron in confusion and hurt. Normally, he would be the one protecting her.
"You…I," she ]ran out of the door ignoring Harry, Ginny and Neville, who tried to stop her at once.
She ran as fast as she can with tears streaming down. The next thing she knew] was that she bumped a person…and fell flat on her back.
She groaned as pain exploded dully in her back.
"Goodness me Granger," Draco Malfoy said
She groaned again as she lay flat.
"Eeeew…Granger, don't tell me you're still fantasizing about Weasley,"
"Jerk," she muttered and stood up.
"What are you doing, running like a headless chicken!" he scolded her.
"None of your business Malfoy," she said.
"Were you crying?" he said laughing.
When she did not answer, he doubled up. "Oh my Gods, You Were!"
"Shut it Malfoy,"
"Wait-wait, is it about Weasley?"
When she blushed and did not answer again, he burst out and fell on his back pounding the floor laughing.
Hermione looked at the laughing blonde, red-face and wriggling. Cute. Whoa-whoa whoa, Cute? I will never say cute to a Death Eater Ferret.
When his laughs seem to subside, Hermione left him, seeking the food Trolley.
"Say Granger, If you want to talk about it, then I'm here," he said.
Hermione stopped in her tracks and looked back. "What?"
"Well," he ran his hands through her hair. "We're colleagues now, and I thought it woud be beter if were civil to each other."
"Sure Malfoy?"
"Yeah,"
"Well then promise," Hermione demanded holding out her right pinky.
"Huh?"
"I forgot, you're a pureblood, this is called a pinky promise, what you do is you promise and you fold your pinky's around the other and connect your thum," she explained.
"What's the use?"
"So that, if you were to break that promise, then the person gets the right to break your piny,"
"Ouch,"
"I know Malfoy so wear to it, or would you rather the Unbreakable Vow?"
Draco flinched and did what she instructed.
"As soon as their thumbs met, Hermione felt her stomach gurgling.
"Someone's Hungry," Draco teased.
"Come on, I'll treat you," Hermione said, not aware of a pair of cautious eyes, watching them.
"Sure," Draco said and together they located the Food Trolley; it was 2 compartments away from Hermione's.
"2 Bertie Bott's, 5 sugar quills, and 2 licorice wands please," Hermione ordered giving her some sickles.
"Here dear," she said kindly handing her the bag.
"Whoa, Granger," Draco said looking at the bag.
"Whatever, Malfoy," she said, giving him a Bertie Bott's, 2 sugar quills, and a licorice wand.
"Thanks," Draco said looking at Hermione who was nibbling a sugar quill. He smiled and took out the licorice wand and sucked on it.
"So what's your hobbies?"Hermione said randomly.
Draco, who was shocked at the question choked on a Bean. He began gagging and turning red.
"Anapneo," Hermione chanted and the bean shot out of his throat straight to Ron's forehead.
"Ouch," he yelled.
"Oh Sorry Ron," Hermione said, cracking up.
Draco and Hermione both fell laughing as Ron exploded.
"JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GAINING BY THROWING BEANS AT PEOPLE MALFOY?"
"Oh, sorry Ron, you see he choked on a bean and as I used Anapneo, it flew to you," she explained like an elder to a 5-year old.
"What are you doing hanging out with Malfoy," he said suspiciously spitting out the word.
"Oh nothing, you see I'm Head Girl and He's Head Boy,"
"Don't tell me you're going to follow the tradition," Ron said a little green. The 'tradition' he spoke about is that every year the Head Boy and Head Girl gets together romantically, always ending up married with each other.
"Of course not, it's preposterous," she burst.
"Just make sure," Ron said and disappeared in a compartment; Lavender's compartment.
Hermione visibly sagged.
"It's hard to act like I'm over it," she groaned.
"So you're not?" Draco said.
Hermione gulped. Had she said that outloud?
"Well, I…uh… yes Malfoy, I'm still head-over-heels with Ron.
"Well, its normal, you've just broken up," he said intelligently.
Hermione was shocked, she was expecting a tease or a laugh, but she got an advice.
"It's weird, you know, how we can get along," Hermione said.
"Yeah," Draco said awkwardly.
"Hey, I know, maybe we can stop the Gryffindor-Slytherin rivalry with this,"
"First, it's like defeating Voldemort single-handedly," he flinched at the name, "and what do you mean by it,"
"This. This Friendship, If we could put them is a single place and be with them, then maybe we could still break it,"
"So what's your plan?" Draco said interested.
"Well…There's 21 Questions…spin the bottle…visionary…Pictionary…Scrabble…Monopoly," HErmine listed off.
"Granger, they're all for nerds, do you honestly think that you could make Blaise and Theo play Scrabble?"
"Yeah, and how do you know Scrabble,"
"My Mom's not a pureblood freak, Granger, she even detested Voldemort, She associates with muggles, secretly of course, especially with my Aunt Andromeda,"
"Oh?" Hermione asked, shocked at what she heard.
"Yes Granger, were not evil Death Eaters, just my Father," he spat the word.
"I believe you," she said softly.
"Well…then Truth or Dare?"
"That's the best idea!" Hermione said brightly and hugged him tight. "This better work," Draco said.
"When?"
"This Night," said an ecstatic Hermione.
"Where?"
"The Heads dormitory," replied Hermione.
"How?"
"Lead them to it, I'll bring Ginny and the others first, then you bring the yours,"
"You've really though of it, have you?"
"Yeah,"
"Does something escape your mind?"
"AS far as I'm concerned, No," she replied.
"So I'm guessing now, that you're thinking of all the small details,"
"Yeah," she said.
"Hermione," Draco grimaced at the foreign name. "Calm down,"
Hermione's train of thought stopped as she heard her name being said by Draco.
"Sure…Draco," Hermione said also grimacing at the foreign word.
"So, meet you later?" Hermione said.
"Sure," he said and turned back.
Hermione smiled and opened the door.
"Hypocrite," Lavender said to her. "I'm not a slut," she said in a Hermione-like voice. "And the next thing you know she's flirting with Draco,"
"Get a Life," she said and went inside their compartment.
"Uh…" Ginny said.
"Oh sorry for the debacle, a while ago,"
"It's OK, I hate her too," Ginny said.
"She's ugh, don't know what Ron sees in her," Hermione complained.
"So you're saying that that debacle was just a jealousy scene?"
"Uhm…" Hermione stuttered cursing her mouth.
"Girl Talk," Ginny said kicking out Harry and Neville from the Compartment.
Luna and Ginny both rounded on her.
She gulped. Help!
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A/N:So how was it? Review please!