4.

Heidi awoke the next morning full of excitement at her new position. She wrote a letter to her father and Alys to tell them both the good news, but declined to mention to Alys what Draco had let slip to her last night, and what relevance it had to the 'rumours'. She kept his conversation ticking over in her mind; he was waiting for something, waiting for something to happen. He didn't want to be here, that much was for sure.

Heidi told herself that she wasn't going to get involved. She had heard many a time, the tales of Harry Potter and The Golden Trio. She suspected most of them were fabricated, because most of the time, the tales were too epic to be true.

It was her last year, all she had to do was get through a few months work and revise well. That wouldn't be hard, would it?

She exited her room, the room that she had to herself, and entered the common room – the sickly sight of green and yellow giving her a headache. It seemed that Draco was not awake yet, although he had left a note, a letter? A list? Something was written on parchment that sat on the table.

Heidi looked over it, and found it was the list of possible candidates for Head Boy and Girl.

Hermione Granger

Lavender Brown

Parvati Patil

Padma Patil

Hannah Abbot

Susan Bones

Megan Jones

Lisa Turpin

Mandy Brocklehurst

Pansy Parkinson

Daphne Greengrass

Heidi MacAvoy

Ron Weasley

Neville Longbottom

Dean Thomas

Seamus Finnegan

Justin Finch-Fletchley

Terry Boot

Michael Corner

Anthony Goldstein

Wayne Hopkins

Ernie MacMillian

Blaise Zabini

Theodore Nott

At least her name had actually been on the list, even if at the very bottom. She wondered why Pansy or Daphne hadn't been elected, but obviously Snape hadn't wanted to seem biased to the school governors – it was obvious that making a Hufflepuff Head Girl was his idea of a sick joke. Draco's name hadn't made an appearance at all. Heidi couldn't believe that not one of the eleven students before her had either not returned or been suitable. He probably picked her to spite Dumbledore the most, that's something that she wouldn't put past Professor Snape. Snape had been right though, the most popular candidates had all been Gryffindors. She wondered why Harry Potter's name had been declined from the list.

Just then, the front door burst open and Draco stalked in.

Heidi squealed slightly, and clutched her chest, "I thought you were still asleep,"

"I rarely sleep," Draco replied defiantly, sitting down in front of the fire.

"This list…" She held out to him, but he didn't take it.

"I found it," Draco snarled, his eyes fixated on the grate.

"Did you steal it?" Heidi's brow crossed.

"Who are you? My mother?" Draco spat.

"I was just asking," Heidi rolled her eyes, "Listen, Draco – if we're going to be working together and pretty much living together too, you're going to have to exercise some manners and be polite towards me," Heidi told him, folding her arms.

Draco had an expression on his face that Heidi couldn't read, but the corners of his mouth were turned up, and she swore she could see a ghost of a smile.

"What?" She asked, mid-sentence.

"Nothing," Draco shook his head, "You just, reminded me of someone," He hid his face from her and sat in silence.

"Right… well, we're going to have to work something out," She said loosely, "I get it, you don't like Hufflepuffs, not many people do – but quit sulking and get over it,"

Draco lifted his head and looked at her, and Heidi wasn't sure whether he was going to shout at her or not.

"No one has ever spoken to me like that," Draco muttered, faintly.

"Well, get used to it, sunshine," Heidi replied, bitterly, "I'm a Quidditch girl, okay, I'm a tough cookie," She half-laughed, realising how ridiculous her argument was starting to sound, "Deal with it, or go,"

Draco smirked, and she felt some sense of result that she had at least made him smile a little. Maybe now they could find some common ground.

"Alright, I get it," He said holding his hands up, "No bullshit,"

"Right," Heidi nodded, "No bullshit,"

"Since we're going with that whole, no bullshit thing…" He said, standing up and making his way towards his room, "Nice panties…"

Heidi looked down, and then behind, to find her skirt tucked into her underwear. Embarrassed, she squealed slightly and pulled the hem of her skirt out, as Draco laughed his way into his chamber.