Sorry for the long delay but I only recently came back from my month and a half trip overseas to the US of A which was amazing thank you for asking. So thanks for your patience and here is chapter 10...

Disclaimer: Harry Potter is not mine, big surprise there eh? Bet that one had you shocked!

The next morning Hermione woke up the next morning with newfound resolution to stick to her plan of forgetting all about Draco Malfoy. This she soon discovered was to be easier said than done however as it was only that morning that Professor Dumbledore announced at breakfast that there was to be a Halloween celebration culminating in a school dance the next week.

At this announcement there was much giggling from all the girls in the main hall as they whispered to each other about who might ask them, they then proceeded to give shifty looks to any remotely good looking guy who walked past them. Hermione just rolled her eyes and focused on her cereal feeling the irony pressing down on her as the fact was she had just broken up with the only guy who would ask her to a dance.

Harry and Ron both exchanged glances at this announcement and Harry nodded at Ron who then immediately turned to Hermione and said "I know you've just gotten over your relationship with Blaise but it would mean a lot if you went to the dance with me."

Hermione felt tears well in her eyes at this statement as she knew Ron had no feelings for her and was merely asking her so as to not have her feel too alone. Her heart warmed as she thought about the kindness of her friends and she opened her mouth to say "yes" when someone tapped her on the shoulder.

She turned and came face to face with the person she least wanted to see right at that moment, Blaise.

"Hermione, can we talk?" He asked in a tone of voice which suggested he had done nothing wrong at all. Hermione stared at him in amazement, how dare he have the nerve to come over here like she hadn't just caught him making out with someone else recently. She felt anger well up inside of her and it just kept on rising, she had a sudden urge to punch him very very hard in that stupid face of his.

"What do you want?" She said icily instead choosing to keep her emotions as under control as they would stay.

"Well I know we're not on the best terms right now but if you want we can still go to the dance together". By now pretty much the whole school had heard about Blaise's cheating scandal and at this announcement silence fell pretty much throughout the whole hall as each and every student waited to hear Hermione's response to this outrageous statement.

Hermione's anger soon got the best of her through her magic though and as she stood up slowly so she was face to face with Blaise she suddenly seemed much taller and more intimidating and a sudden wind gushed through the hall causing her hair to blow out behind her. She soon presented a very striking figure and had captured even the teacher's attention a few of whom stood up to interfere but were soon hushed down by Professor McGonagall who quite wanted to see what Miss Granger was going to do.

Hermione started speaking in a quiet voice which was somehow projected throughout the whole room "how dare you come over here like you didn't just stomp all over my feelings and act like you have done nothing wrong? How dare you look at me without feeling guilt throughout your whole being and how dare you speak to me without the words 'sorry' and 'eternally humbled' in a sentence somewhere?!"

Sparks were now crackling out of the end of her wand which she had suddenly raised and it was with this movement that the teachers decided it would be best to interfere. Professor Snape quickly strode over determined to protect his student and he snatched Hermione's wand out of her grip rendering her magic useless. However she had enough emotion it seemed to be able to perform small amounts of wandless magic and the sparks still crackled around her emphasising her anger.

Blaise was staring at her with mainly fear present on his face blatantly wondering what the hell he should do. He stepped backwards giving the impression of his submission but he tried to reach for his wand so as to be able to protect himself. Hermione saw this movement though and without her wand had only one option. She leaned forward and drove her fist into his face putting all her emotion behind it and she thought she might have broken his nose.

He fell to the floor with a wail and she stepped back the wind and sparks dying down so everything was back to normal. There was however an unprecedented silence in the hall as everyone stared in awe and shock at the bleeding Blaise on the floor and the now calm Hermione helping herself to another roll.

She turned to Ron and said loudly "and yes Ron thank you I would love to go to the dance with you." Ron smiled at her and conversation resumed itself in the hall thinking the incident over but one person was still watching Hermione in awe, Draco Malfoy. He was impressed with her ability to stand up for herself but his heart had clenched at the last words she had spoken. Was she now with Ron Weasley? So soon, perhaps they were just going as friends...

It was potions and Snape was being particularly agressive towards Hermione as he seemed to be the only teacher who did not approve of her outburst at breakfast that morning and he wanted to punish her for the embarrassment she had caused Blaise and therefore Slytherin. She had barely started on her required potion when Snape swept past knocking her ingredients out of her hand and into her cauldron which promptly exploded into her face.

She had to endure the rest of the lesson cleaning up the sticky mess and listening to Snape's jarring insults about her inability to make a simple Sleeping Potion, she knew it would be useless to fight back so she listened letting the anger build up inside and not letting any slip out for that would be even more disastrous.

Snape had given her detention for 'disrupting the class with your exploding potion' and she was required to come back at the end of the day to clean out the stores cupboard. Harry and Ron were supportive and after potions spent most of their walk to transfiguration complaining about Snape's unfair treatment but Hermione was actually looking forward to time alone where no one was allowed to talk to her.

She needed some alone time desperately, the idea however was soon spoilt when she walked into the corridor in time to hear Professor Flitwick shouting at a particular someone "that will not be tolerated in my classroom Mr Malfoy, detention tonight and since your head of house has requested to take all of your detentions I shall send you to him to deal with you". This was clearly not something he tolerated much as the disdain was perfectly evident in his tone of voice but Hermione froze on hearing this.

Now Draco Malfoy would be serving detention with her tonight...alone in a small room?! This was not going to end well, especially with her newfound feelings towards him.

Well there's chapter 10 for you leaving you with some suspense and I also have a somewhat strange request, I know that a lot of people who read these fics come from many different places and I would be interested if you want to in a review would you say where you're reading from. Not specifics, I don't want to stalk you or anything just the country, of course it is not necessary but I would be fascinated.

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