Draco didn't want to around anyone. He never wanted to see Blaise, again he was so angry at him. His blood boiled as he stormed into the Great Hall and placed himself between Crabbe and Goyle. Other Slytherins looked over at him, surprised that he wasn't sat in his normal seat in the middle of the table, but they didn't ask questions, everyone knew – you don't ask a Malfoy questions. Draco didn't want to eat, he didn't feel hungry anymore. He looked over to the Gryffindor table in search for his new, secret friend.

'He probably hates me now' Draco thought disappointedly.

Draco was beginning to admit to himself that he did care about the other boy, the boy with a funny shaped scar and round glasses but now Blaise had gone and ruined things again. He continued to search for the boy and his friends, as quickly as his heart pounded when he saw him, it sank when he saw how happy the three were, laughing and joking at Fred and George, who had just slipped a few puking pastilles into Dean's pumpkin juice. Draco sighed, he longed to be part of that, be a Malfoy gave him the respect of course, but it didn't give him the type of friends he wanted, Many times his "friends" had not backed Draco up against the trio, like the time when Hermione punched him in the nose, their excuses were "she's a girl"

'... Granger throws a good punch' Draco said, chuckling back at the thought.

Draco got up silently, ignoring those who asked where he was going, he looked back over to where Harry sat, to be greeted with the boy staring back, his cheeks a little pink from laughing too hard, a half-hearted smile, that disappeared quicker than it appeared, Draco nodded.

'OUCH!'

Draco looked back in front of him, where stood an angry looking Pansy.

'DRACO!' she squealed.

'Where have you been baby? Blaise said you was pissed off with him before storming off into here, are you ok sweetie? He didn't hurt you did he? She said, lifting her hand and caressing his face.

Draco scowled and discreetly looked over to Harry, who was looking towards Pansy with narrowed eyes, his hand gripped so tightly around the fork that his knuckles turned white, Harry growled quietly before turned his back to them, lifting his hand to his face and carried on eating.

Draco pushed away Pansy hand, she's was already annoying him.

'Just leave me alone.' Draco said quietly before pushing her aside and walking out the Great Hall. He hoped she wouldn't follow him. Draco didn't want to go back to the dorms; he knew he wouldn't be alone long there.

'The library!' Draco thought, no one would bother to look for him there.

Draco walked faster than his normal pace, racing up the stairs and towards the library. He rushed into the big room that was filled with every kind of book he could think of, he sat in a far corner as far away from the door as possible, it was quiet and almost empty, Draco liked that.

Sitting behind a desk, he pulled out his potions book and flicked through it onto their most recent page, Draco began reading it, the words weren't making sense to him, after the first page his mind started to become distracted, pulling Draco in to ignore the book laid out in front of him...

'There's no way I want to be friends with Harry Potter, my biggest enemy, I mean... Why would I want to be his friend? His probably annoying and downright rude...' Draco started thinking to himself, staring out into space.

'Father wouldn't allow it anyway... Even if he did allow it, it would only because the Dark Lord would have ordered me to do something... Why didn't I get a normal family? Not one like the Weasleys, their just blood-traitors!' Draco growled in disgusted at the thought of a family like Ron.

'But just ones who cares more about their son than some evil wizard.'

'What are you talking about Draco, of course you wouldn't mind being friends with Potter and even Granger, they wouldn't care about your name or blood status, they would actually stick by me and help me... '

'Doesn't matter anyway, they all hate me anyway...'

Draco sighed, his mind was made up – he longed to have friends like the golden trio. But it would never happen, a Slytherin friends with a bunch of Gryffindorks?, everyone would think the world is crazy.

Draco imagined himself with the three friends, all laughing and joking about how Seamus had managed to blow up a feather back in first year. He imagined that he was one of them, the fourth friend, accepted and loved just like the other three did for each other now.

Draco sighed loudly.

A little cough bought Draco back to reality, he looked in front of him quickly ready with an evil look to scare whoever had dared to disturb him away, but she stood at ease, it was Hermione Granger. She held 5 large books in her arms without any trouble, dropping them down on the table, they fell out of her arms with a thud, she smiled at Draco.

'Need any help with that assignment?' she asked looking down at the book sprawled out on the desk.

AN: is anyone actually enjoying this fanfic or?