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Chapter 4: The great hall. Part 1.

It was a long train ride for everybody, especially Hermione; she just wanted to get to Hogwarts and finally feel safe.

When the train finally stopped, she, Harry and Ron climbed off, she was clad in her school robes, baggy as ever and hair in smooth curls, her eyes shone out and to put it brief, she was stunning even in her school uniform.

"Where you going herms?" Harry said with a confused look on his face, he wore that a lot nowadays.

"Oh, I have to go to the heads carriage with Malfoy." She said, trying her best to sound revolted.

"Oh, well if he does anything or tries anything, let us know right? Because we will snap him puney little neck. Wont we Ron?"

Ron was staring in pansy's direction. Pansy had changed in many ways, she was nicer and she didn't look at all bad, she didn't go into the dark art l9ike she used to and she didn't join in with Malfoy's little name calling sessions that they had.

"erm…. Ron?" Hermione asked

"oh…. Wha'? what you guys talking about?" Ron asked dazed.

" I said, we would snap malfoy's neck if he tries anything!"

"oh, yeah, yeah we will, anything for Hermione"

"ok, ok. Listen you guys we wont try anything, trust me. Now, I'll see you in the great hall, ok?" Hermione said. She was desperately late and she needed to go.

She walked up to the thestrals, she could see them every since last year when she saw her grandfather die. It was about the time with her father started abusing her.

As she climbed In she found that Draco had already come in and it looked like he had been waiting a long time.

"hello granger." Draco said. He had been waiting, staring at the door for about 20 mintues. He saw this as a good opportunity to ask granger why she had those scars, and what actually happened over the summer.

"oh, hello Malfoy." She said.

" erm, granger?" Draco asked. He was not good at confronting people about these things and he was nervous.

"yes?"

" erm I was erm, wondering-"

"spit it out I haven't got all day…"

"fine! How did u get those cuts on your arm?"

She froze, she should have knew that he was going to ask what it was, but she really wasn't ready. She hadn't even told her best friends yet, why would she tell her enemy? She didn't know what to say to a silence echoed in the air.

Draco look at her, as soon as he said those would the physically froze up, she was shaking and wouldn't look at him, he could tell something bad has happened and she did NOT want to talk about it.

"im sorry, I didn't mean to get u upset or anything, you don't have to tell me."

She looked at him in disbelief. Was Draco Malfoy actually APOLOGISING to her?

"its ok, I knew you would ask, its just I don't want to talk about it, I would rather tell me best friends about it than you, coz if you haven't noticed, we aren't exactly friends are we?"

"no, good point" he smiled. An actual smile, not those cruel smirks he showed her before. " Well, if u want to talk, ill be closer , because we have to share a dorm."

"WHAT!"