Disclaimer: I don't own Hermione, McGonagall, or any of the characters in Harry Potter, though Kimi does belong to me. I wouldn't mind having Draco by my side though. But what girl wouldn't?

I trudged toward detention, not wanting to go – even in the least. I had seen Draco in the common room shortly before I had to go, and told him the story. What infuriated me was that he seemed to not give a crap about it! Even worse, he seemed disgusted at me because I used a hex in school. And got a detention for it. I was so close to hexing him too. As if I hadn't gotten in enough trouble today. I'm sure he'll think better of me once he sees the precious trio tomorrow.

'Maybe it was one of those things where you had to see it to get it.' I thought, and I sure hoped so. I mean, I really wouldn't have done anything to them, had it not been for him. But I couldn't tell him that. I told him the story I was sure he would have wanted to hear.

By the time I turned all of this over in my mind, from wondering what I had presented wrong to his reaction, even to the possibility that he simply didn't like me! But we all know I'm just being paranoid.

I walked up to the door, gathering up my pride, and knocked boldly on Professor McGonagall's door.

"Come in," was the brief acknowledgement. I opened the door, hoping that I was here before Granger. I could have one point against her then. Of course, I was. I had left reasonably early. I can't imagine she would have had nothing better to do before this hell, what with everyone in her common room gawking at what happened to herself and her playmates.

"Miss Sosuke, you're here early. Have a seat, while we wait for Miss Granger," she said, gesturing to one of the chairs opposite herself.

I sighed and sat down, making sure every movement portrayed my distaste of being here. It was too red, too much like the Gryffindor Common Room. Well, what I imagined it would be like. It needed some green. Or even black would do. Just, something other than that infernal color.

After what seemed like ages, I heard a light tap on the door. 'God, she doesn't even know how to be sure of herself!' I thought, annoyed with her already. Oh, please, don't say I have to serve my detention with that abomination! I silently prayed.

"Today, you two will be organizing my bookshelves, alphabetically. They've been getting seriously out of order lately," McGonagall said sharply, "I've been letting students borrow them. I've set aside two of the bookcases for each of you. No magic may be used. If any of the books are in poor condition, in need of repairing," she conjured a clipboard and piece of paper for each of us, "You will write it down."

I sighed. This was going to be a long night. Those bookshelves were huge! I suppose I had better get to work then…Like any reasonable person, I wanted to get to bed at a decent hour. I needed my beauty sleep.

I grudgingly got started. At first, the titles all stuck out to me. Some even sounded interesting, and I contemplated, for a fleeting moment, of asking her to borrow them. I knew better though. As if I would actually read them in a reasonable amount of time, with all my schoolwork. I would ask her later, maybe to borrow them over the summer. At least I'd have something to do then.

As I went on, only the interesting titles stuck out. I longed for my common room, for my nice green bed. The red was starting to give me a headache. I groaned.

"What's wrong?" Granger whispered, a slight sneer in her voice, "Getting tired? Don't forget, you're the one who got us into this mess."

"Excuse me? Had you just accepted the fact, we wouldn't be here. You could have just pretended to not hear my laugh, and I would be in my common room, away from all this red, and you would be doing whatever it is you do at night! Don't even blame this on me." I retaliated, getting more irritated by her presence every minute. I glanced at the clock.

"Don't worry, we're not out of here until we're both done." She assured me. Then, getting back on the topic of argument, "Had you not hexed me, it would be the same!"

"Oh, but I had to, you see. It wouldn't do for –"

At this point, McGonagall decided it would be a fine time to end our argument with a quiet but firm, "Girls, back to work."

I contentedly returned to my work, now that some of the tension had been relieved from the room. I went back to reading titles and making mental note of which ones I may like to borrow over the summer, and making physical note of any of the books that needed a new binding, had extensively tattered pages, or anything that would need repairing.

Eventually, I did finish. I looked at the clock, and in horror realized it was already 10:00. 'Wow, that took longer than I had thought a detention could..' I thought, but not without regret. Seeing the mudblood bald was well worth the three hours of organizing the books.

"Professor, I'm done. Can I go now?" I said eagerly.

"Yes, you can. Thank you, Miss Sosuke." The elderly Professor replied.

I bounced eagerly out of the room, but not before I saw her get up. Apparently she was done right after I was. Well, at least I had still been first.

I walked toward the common room, all of a sudden nervous about what Draco's reaction to me would be. I slipped into a bathroom on the way, to touch up on my appearance. Hey, it wouldn't hurt. I smoothed out my robe, and used my magic to touch up on my makeup, which, by now, was nonexistent, worn off over the course of the long day.

When I was as satisfied as I was going to get with how I looked, I smugly strolled out of the bathroom, making sure that my posture reflected my self-worth. I walked into the common room with much a sense of dignity, and scanned the common room. To my surprise, I saw that Draco wasn't there. I sighed, getting slightly put-out by the simple thought, but, being myself, I kept my attitude. I gracefully walked into my dormitory, and after changing into my pajamas, (a silk top and pants, in case you were wondering. They look rather good on me.) I got underneath the covers and swiftly fell asleep.

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