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Disclaimer: i dont own anything xcpt Jackie and Taylor

(The bold sections are either jackies thoughts or flashbacks)

Chapter One: I meet the bookworm and the "slytherin prince"

Professor Dumbledore led me down to the Great Hall, smiling calmly down on me… I suppressed a sigh with difficulty… the school was even bigger than I had thought. Something not a lot of people know about me is that I am naturally a very shy person and I don't thrive in huge social situations. So this huge hall wasn't really boosting my confidence. He tiredly pushed open the huge heavy doors and I fought the strong impulse to turn around and run when I saw the thousands of faces suddenly turned to the door and by association, me. BLOODY HELL!

"Welcome Hogwarts students to yet another wonderful year of magic and lessons and fun, naturally! I know you are all dying to eat and avoid listening to me drone on and on but I must delay your gorging a moment longer…"

'Oh great… now they are all going to be pissed at me because they wont get to eat right away'

"It is my pleasure to welcome a last minute transfer student who will be joining our sixth years… Jackie Stone – come here dear…"

'Oh shit! Oh shit! Ok… just put on a brave face and smile for all the... many very, very many… students'

A polite smattering of claps filled the room along with a few shouted hellos and those accompanied by a few wolf whistles…. Immature asses… I smirked at them all; my eyes quickly took in the room and were drawn immediately to a cocky blond boy leaning back in his chair smirking up at me… oh shit… major ex flashback…

Taylor sat cocked back in his chair, straight bright blond hair falling over his green eyes… he was teasing me… as usual. "Come on darling… you know you want to kiss me... Please sweetheart…." He tried to hold my hand only to drop it and grab it back again a minute later… talk about a tease. Can't believe I fell for that shit.

I tore my eyes away from his interested gaze and was drawn back to Dumbledore when he cleared his throat and ushered me down the long aisle toward a crummy hat sitting on a stool. I put the thing on my head, only too aware of all the eyes fixed on me. The suddenness of this whisper in my ear startled me… "hmmm… where to put you… you seem fairly smart … fairly devious… and ahhh- though you seem to doubt it you have much courage" my mental snort made a nasally chuckle erupt in my ear from the hat " I think you could thrive in Gryffindor" … merely seconds later..

"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat roared and an entire table burst into applause … through the clapping I could vaguely hear a guy say to his friend "dude… we got the hot girl!" And for the first time all night a genuine smile crept onto my face

I headed over to the Gryffindor table and decided to sit by a sweet-faced, if rather bushy-haired, girl rather than the numerous guys scooting over to make room for me by them… I am still too fresh off the Taylor thing for guys to hit on me while Im trying to eat.

The girl I sat by held out her hand and introduced herself to me as Hermione Granger… her two friends sitting by her immediately chiming in with their names and hellos… Ronald and Harry … I think I was nice to the guys... can't really recall… I mainly talked to Hermione. I already don't see how she puts up with Ron and Harry- they constantly interrupt her and make fun of her… she doesn't seem like the kind of person who would put up with that shit.. And I may have said something along those lines….

"Well all the professors here are so good, I can't really say anything bad about any of---"

"Don't listen to Herms over here…. Professor Snape is the devil incarnate and he is a complete prick to any one that isn't a slimy slytherin… Hermione only won't say it because she is too much of a suck up…" Ron interrupted Hermione to inform me and Harry, his mouth full of sprouts, nodded his agreement…

Hermione just sighed but I was already sick of listening to them run right over her so I said "Hermione- why in the hell do you put up with them talking over you and treating you like shit?"

She was just about to respond when I heard Ron mutter "Oh great… we got a bloody feminist in our house…"

I whirled around to face him and watched the blood drain out of his face… "For your information Ron… I am not a feminist and I merely think you should try respecting people once in a while... try it for a week and you might be surprised to find that when you treat people better they will treat you better too!"

"So if I treat Pavarti with more… respect… she will finally snog me!"

"Bloody hell Ron… you are a complete imbecile!" Hermione said and Harry laughed

"Hey Jackie… you are in my dorm so if you want to head up now and unpack and stuff you can come with me but if you want to stay a little longer Im sure Harry and Ron could show you where the Gryffindor common room is…"

"Uh no thanks... I am coming with you Hermione."

"Haha I figured… alright boys… we'll see you tomorrow"

So we said goodnight to the guys and the other people around us and headed out the door… we were halfway up the marble staircase when a hand grabbed my upper arm and I came face to face with the cocky blond I had seen at dinner…

"Well, well, well… I don't believe we have met… because I sure wouldn't forget you… Im Draco Malfoy… and you are…?"

Hermione turned around and rolled her eyes "Bugger off Malfoy… go bother someone else"

"Hey Mudblood- why don't you try letting her talk for herself!"

"Um actually Draco Malfoy… Im not interested and Im pretty sure Dumbledore already announced my name so I think ill be going now… goodnight." I pulled my arm free from his grasp and continued up the stairs, smiling slightly to myself… that felt GOOD!

"Wow… I don't think ive ever seen anyone brush off the Malfoy charm like that… I can't wait to see how he responds to rejection!"

"Ha-ha well ive had enough of blond guys who think they are hot shit… they seem to have trouble sticking with one girl at a time… so… been there done that and no plans to go there again."

"Ah I see… Malfoy is especially bad since he is also arrogant, conceited, spoiled, and stuck up, daddy's boy, prick…"Hermione was flushed from her speech…

"You think he is hot."

"Hell yes."

"Yeah same… it's just they think they are hot too."

"Don't tell Harry or Ron they would die if they knew I think he's hot"

"Well you wouldn't be a girl if you didn't …. But I won't tell them"

"So what did you think about them anyway because you seemed pretty annoyed with them at a few points…"

"They seem fine- other than the whole interrupting girls' thing and the no respect thing …. Im sorry… they seem like a lot of fun. Im being so harsh – I just came off a rough relationship and Im not in the mood to forgive guys so easily. "

"Oh well they liked you a lot… especially Harry. I haven't seen him act like he has even noticed a girl since he and Ginny, Ron's little sister, broke up."

The conversation followed a similar vein until we finished unpacking our things and feel asleep in sheer exhaustion… at least I did. My first real day at Hogwarts was tomorrow and already I was nervous but really excited… the place felt like home.