A/N: Your reviews had me laughing, good job. haha

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"Lets get her covered up and let her rest, she looks like death." Lucius whispered back.

The carefully moved the small witch up to her pillows and covered her up, they owed her and they knew it.

Now:

The next morning Hermione woke up sore. She felt as if she had run a marathon and didn't rest or stretch the entire time. "I'll just get my music and relax in a nice hot bath, that should help the muscles." she said to herself while grabbing her MP3 player . She made her way into the bathroom, started the water and stripped.

A few minutes later she lowered herself into the water and started her MP3 player, submerging her sore body into the extraordinarily hot water. She leaned back and closed her eyes, drowning the world out from around her.

In the next room Draco was starting to stir when he heard a tapping on his window. Pulling himself up, he walked over and opened the window to let the bird in. The first thing he noticed is the owl belonged to Pansy.

"Didn't take her long to settle in." he said to the bird who was holding out his foot for Draco. He untied the letter from the owl and read the letter from Pansy, stating she was coming over for a visit. The bird flew from room as soon as Draco finished reading.

"Great, now I have to deal with her, I wonder if mum wants to go shopping again, that'll get me out of this." he said to himself with a chuckle.

Hermione had already finished her bath and dressed. She sat back down in her bed to write Harry a letter, telling him she was alive and well.

Harry and The Weasleys,

Just wanted to send you an owl letting you know this are going fine. Narcissa took us all shopping yesterday...for hours, we all just wanted to escape. The entire family is being very nice, Draco is still quiet around me, but Narcissa and Lucius have included me in everything – Lucius even likes my tee shirts.

How are things going at the burrow? Write me back and let me know.

Hermione

She sealed the letter and made her way down stairs to ask if she could use their owl. When she reached the dining room, she found Lucius sitting at the table reading his paper.

"Excuse me, Mr. Malfoy, I was wondering if I might use your owl to send a letter?"

"of course child." he replied while snapping his finger. A black owl landed in front of her.

"Take this letter to Harry at the burrow." she said to the owl, who gave a small hoot and flew away.

"Where's Narcissa?" she asked.

"She escaped early this morning, Pansy Parkinson is coming over in a bit to see Draco and my wife would rather set her robes on fire then deal with the girl."

"I wish she would have taken me with her." Hermione replied with a laugh.

"Am I to assume you don't care for her either?" Lucius asked with a smirk.

"I cant say I don't like her, after all, I don't know her very well, but if she's anything like she is in school then I can honestly say I'd rather go fishing or actually anything then deal with her."

Lucius raised an eyebrow at her, "What's fishing?"

"You've never been fishing? Wow, I thought everyone had. Fishing is when you go to a lake or any body of water that harbors fish and catch them with a fishing pole and bait."

"Is it a muggle thing?"

"Yes, but a lot of the wizards I know have gone at least once in their life. You really should try it, it's relaxing."

Lucius went to reply but was interrupted by Pansy, who walked in as if she lived there.

"Where's Draco?" she asked without as much as saying hello.

"He's in his room, He's probably waiting for you." Lucius replied. Pansy walked further into the dining room, glaring at Hermione.

"Granger, why don't you join me and Draco for the day?"

Hermione wasn't stupid, she knew Pansy just wanted to find a way to call her names and make fun of her for whatever she could come up with.

"I'm sorry Pansy, but Hermione is going to teach me how to fish today." Lucius replied, knowing Hermione wanted nothing to do with being trapped anywhere near her.

"Oh, fishing...how muggle." she replied with a sound of disgust.

"Just be a dear and tell Draco that I'll be out at the lake if he needs anything."

She turned around and started for the stairs without saying a word.

"You really want me to teach you how to fish??" She asked in amazement

"If it will get me out of this house while she in in there, the answer is yes."

"Okay, you might want to change though, and I'll transfigure us some poles and bait."

"What kind of clothes do I need?" He asked, knowing his wardrobe was limited when it came to normal clothes

"Do you have jeans and a tee shirt?"

"Jeans yes, tee shirt no." he replied

"I have a tee shirt you can use, My mum bought it for me but she bought the wrong size, it's meant for a grown man."

"alright, I'll follow you up to get the shirt, then we will meet back here in say ten minutes."

"Sounds good, come on and I'll get you the shirt."

They made their way up the stairs, creeping in front of Draco's room so Pansy didn't here them. She walked into her room and pulled out a gray tee shirt.

"This one should fit you, it looks to be about your size. You can also keep that one in case you need a regular tee shirt in the future."

Lucius nodded and walked to his room to change.

In Draco's room, he was already wanting to pull his hair out.

"So how is it having a mud blood living with you?" Pansy asked.

"She not that bad, My parents seem to really like her." Draco replied, hoping Pansy would want to leave soon.

"About that, Your father told me to tell you that Granger is taking him fishing at the lake, just in case you needed anything." Draco nodded and changed the subject.

Hermione had already made it back out to the dining room , transfigured the poles and two containers of bait before Lucius walked in.

"Do all of your shirts say something?" he asked amused.

She laughed at the sight of the eldest Malfoy in jeans, wearing a gray shirt that said "Kick'in it old school."

"Yes, most of them say something, I personally just find them funny." she replied

"Well, if your ready, the lake is out back."

Hermione nodded and the pair made their way to the lake. It had taken her close to 15 minutes to get Lucius to bait his own hook, but after the initial spearing of the worm, he caught on and was able to do it himself.

Draco was watching the events from his window, ignoring Pansy with everything he had. She was boring, clingy and annoying. He laughed to himself as Hermione gave Lucius a worm to show him how to do it. He though his father was actually going to be sick at one point, but he only earned a chuckle from Hermione.

"Draco... Are you listening to me?" Pansy screeched.

"Listen Pansy, I really don't feel well, can we continue this another day?"

Pansy frowned but agreed, and left the manor. Draco on the other hand was feeling fine, he walked back over to the window and noticed that his father and Granger we having a good time, laughing and joking around. He slid on a pair of jeans and a white shirt before making his way out to the lake to join them.

Draco walked up slowly, he could here some of the conversation they were having and wanted to listen in.

"I know this is rude, but why are you all being so nice to me?" she asked Lucius as she sat down on the dock.

Lucius sat down next to her and sighed, "It's not rude, it's actually a question I was expecting from you at some point. The truth of the matter is I was a faithful follower of Voldemort for many years, until one night he threatened my family. I continued to obey him to save my family, but I really wanted nothing more then for Potter to finally rid us of him for good. Unfortunately the damage had been done and no matter what I tried, people still saw me and my family as the bad guys. When I heard about the project Dumbledore was offering, I signed us up, hoping to prove to everyone that we really aren't as bad as people think."

Hermione didn't respond except with a nod.

"I was actually hoping that you would sign up for the program, Draco would come home during the summer and complain that your grades were better then his, and everything else he could think of, but I think you earned our respect when you hit him in third year, it showed that you had back bone. We were hoping to have you assigned here. We wanted to get to know you."

Hermione was floored, but it did answer a lot of her questions.

"Well, I'm glad I got to come here, I never would have thought the Malfoys to actually be nice, but just over the day and a half I've been here, you have shown me a different side then I expected."

Draco finally started to walk closer again, he wasn't sure why, but he was glad his dad was getting along with her and she him.

"Mind if I join you?" Draco asked as he sat down next to Hermione.

"Is it gone?" Lucius asked

"IT, oh you mean Pansy, yes it's gone." he replied with a chuckle.

"Good, I'm going in to take a nap, your mum woke me up early when she was trying to leave before Pansy got here."

He handed his pole to Draco, "Thanks for the lesson Ms. Granger... and the shirt."

She smiled at him, "Your welcome"

Lucius made his way back to the manor leaving Draco and Hermione alone.

"Have fun with Pansy?" Hermione laughed, knowing he didn't.

"Have you ever had a tooth ache, that no matter what you did the pain was still there?" he asked

"Yes I have" she replied

"Well I would have rather had one of those then to deal with Pansy." he said with a smirk.

They laughed for a minute but then they fell into a comfortable silence.

"Do you know how to swim?" Draco finally asked

"Yes, I learned when I was 4."

"Do you want to go for a swim in the lake? Theres nothing in there that can hurt you."

"A swim sounds fun, but I don't think it would work to well in jeans."

He shrugged, "Take them off, no one is out here, you can swim in your shirt."

Swimming really did sound like fun, but that would make her half naked in front of him. Then she thought back to yesterday morning when she stood there yelling at him in nothing more then a shirt an Knickers.

"Fine, but I'll only swim if you do." she told him.

Draco stood and pulled his jeans down, leaving him in boxers and a shirt. "You better come in a swim too." he said as he jumped off the dock into the water.

Hermione sighed and removed her jeans, jumping into the water after him.

Narcissa had arrived home once she figured Pansy to be gone. She made her way up to her room, finding Lucius watching something out the window.

"What are you looking at?" Narcissa asked as she sat her things down.

"I'm watching Draco and Hermione, they seem to be getting along a lot better then the first night she was here."

Narcissa looked out the window just in time to see Hermione jump on Draco's back and dunk him under the water.

"How long as this been going on?" she asked with a laugh.

"About twenty minutes now, Draco accidentally splashed her and she retaliated, next thing I know their having a full blown water war."

They both laughed and watched the war continue for a few more minutes before going down stairs for lunch. They would have the elves bring lunch to the dock for Hermione and Draco.