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A/N: Here is the fourth chapter! Hope you like it!

Chapter Four

"Don't you think he looked cute?? His face when he fell in was so funny! But I felt so bad. Dad really shouldn't drive that fast on the boat." Hermione and Caity were in bed and Caity could not stop talking about Draco. She didn't even know his name and she still couldn't stop talking about him! Hermione stayed silent whenever he was mentioned.

After a while, Caity noticed this and asked, "Hermy, are you alright? It seems as if every time I talk, you don't say anything. What's up?"

Hermione didn't answer right away, wondering if she should tell her cousin, then she sighed, "Alright, I'll tell you."

At this, Caity jumped up on Hermione's bed and put on a serious expression as if what Hermione was about to say was really important.

"That guy we helped flip his canoe over, I know him. He goes to my school and he's a pureblooded wizard. He hates muggle-borns, like me. He also hates my friends, Harry and Ron and anyone who likes Harry because he's famous. He calls me a… a mudblood."

"Oh… he hates you? Just because you're muggle-born? That's mean…"

"Yeah, but, I don't know, maybe he'll think of you differently." Although Hermione wasn't so sure about that, even though Caity was half witch and half muggle-born.

"Wait, so you don't mind if…?"

"If… you talk and flirt with him? No, I don't mind, but… just don't get hurt, okay? I, personally, don't think he's worth getting hurt for."

Caity laughed, "Okay, and Hermione? I think you're a great girl. It's his fault he doesn't see that, so it's his loss."

Hermione smiled and hugged her cousin, who, by every second of the day, was becoming more her best friend than she already was.

A couple days later, Hermione woke up wondering what Harry and Ron were doing at the moment.

'I think I'll owl them before I head down to the lake,' she thought.

She got up, got dressed and headed for breakfast.

"Oh good, your up. I'm making bacon and eggs, would you like some?" asked her aunt Kathy.

"Yes please," replied Hermione, who got some orange juice and sat down next to Caity. Caity was already eating her bacon and eggs.

Hermione saw she was dressed in a light green bathing suit bikini top and black shorts. She had her hair down; she had on some eye shadow and lip-gloss. Hermione could tell she couldn't wait till noon. Even though Hermione said she didn't mind Caity flirting with Malfoy, she got a sickening feeling every time she thought of the two together. He was the enemy of her best friend and her cousin was falling for him. Why Caity was falling for him, she had no idea.

"Hey sleepy head. Finally woke up, eh?" Caity loved teasing Hermione about how long she'd sleep in during the summer.

Hermione didn't mind this because she usually teased Caity about how long it took her to get ready sometimes. They'll just be going down to the lake for an hour or so and it would take her about a half an hour to get ready.

"Yeah," Hermione said, sticking out her tongue at her cousin playfully, acting like they used to when they were little.

Hermione was dressed in her bikini bathing suit as well. She had got it the day before when Caity dragged her away from her interesting novel, to the mall. There, Hermione stood in clothes stores feeling much too bored while Caity picked out many outfits for her cousin to try. Hermione went into the changing room and tried on what seem to her, like a million outfits but really, only a couple. They had bought mostly bathing suits and outfits for the summer. They also went to the Salon and Hermione got blonde highlights in her hair. Caity showed her a spell that would make her hair seem less frizzy. It was the first spell Hermione didn't know.

Hermione liked her new clothes and her hair. She had to admit that it felt good to have a girlfriend she could talk to without worrying about rumors spreading around, but then again, she wasn't at school.

She quickly ate her breakfast and started to write a letter to Harry and Ron before she headed down to the lake with Caity.

Dear Harry,

How is everyone doing? What's new with you guys? Did Ron find his wand yet? I'm at my cousin's cottage and I'll be staying here for the summer. I'm not sure if I'll be seeing you guys before we go back to Hogwarts but if we are going to go to Diagon Alley, I'll be sure to notify you. I'll write more in a few days. But for now, be good.

Love always,

Hermione

After she wrote the letter and sent it with Caity's owl, it was about 10:30 so she went down to the lake with Caity.

"Are you going to go swimming?" Caity asked.

"Uh, yeah I think I'm gonna go. It's getting hot lying in the sun and I need to cool off. How about you?" Hermy answered.

"Yeah, I guess I will if you are."

"1, 2, 3!"

There was a loud splash as they jumped in the water and when they came up, Caity started splashing Hermione. Hermione splashed back at Caity and took off towards the floating dock and Caity followed her.

"Ohh, I'm gonna get you for that!"

Caity swam fast after Hermione but didn't catch her. Hermione got up on the dock and looked down at her cousin who was just reaching the floating dock herself and she had no choice but to dive back in the water and swim fast again. She was so busy trying to get away from Caity that she almost swam into something but she stopped just in time.

As she looked up she found herself staring up into cold gray eyes. 'Oh great, he did remember to meet her.' Hermione thought. She had been hoping that he would forget all about meeting Caity. Caity had finally caught up with her cousin.

"Oh hello," Caity said, noticing the cute blonde guy that Hermione was staring at.

"Hello, I believe we've never properly met. I'm Draco Malfoy."

"I'm Caity Gilmore, and this is my cousin Hermione Grang--."

"We've met," Hermione said with a hint of coldness in her voice, before she swam back to the dock to get away from Malfoy.

'All I need to do is stay away from him and hopefully he won't say anything that'll make me cry today.'

When she got out, she quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped it around herself. She didn't want Malfoy to tease her of how she looked in something other than her school uniform. She heard Caity getting out as she pulled on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt she had brought down with her. She slipped on her sandals and turned to see Caity helping Malfoy tie the canoe to the long, skinny dock.

"Girls, lunch is ready!" called Aunt Kathy from the top of the hill where the cottage stood.

"Okay, thanks!" Hermione replied and turned towards Caity.

"Caity, I'm going up to have lunch, you comin'?"

"Uh, yeah I'll be up in a second. I just want to quickly dry off," replied Caity.

"Okay, I'll tell your mom."

"Thanks."

"Yup."

Hermione headed up, not bothering to say anything to Malfoy because she was sure he would either not answer her or say something mean and be the Ferret he has always been.

A/N: And I would like to thank my reviewers from the last chapter:

xoKaSsIeox – Sorry I haven't updated in a while, been busy!

bookbabe – Thank you! I love to read and write fiction!

And thanks to anyone else reading this!