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Author's Note: EEp! It took me sooo long to get this up. Sorry! ima try and update more often.

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First Hogsmeade Day

The next few days passed with Pansy watching Draco like a hawk. She hovered over him every chance she got. The only place he was free from her was the Head's Common Room. Because of this he ended up spending most of his free time in the Head's Common Room with Hermione.

Finally, it was Saturday. The first Hogsmeade day of the school year had arrived. Hermione got up at seven that morning just to prepare for the day. She hummed quietly to herself as she took a shower and then dressed in jeans and a light pink halter top.

Draco woke up when he heard Hermione running the water in the bathroom. He got up and yawned, stretching his arms above his head languidly. He strode across his room to his closet and took out his towel. He waited until he heard Hermione's door shut and then proceeded down to the bathroom to take his shower.

He finished getting ready for the first Hogsmeade day of the year. He dressed in black jeans and a white shirt underneath black robes. He walked out to the common room to wait for Hermione.

Hermione joined Draco in the common room a few minutes later. He leaned down and kissed her softly. Hermione kissed him back for a minute, easing up on her tiptoes toward him before she broke it off. She smiled shyly up at him and he grinned back down at her. He raised her hand toward him and kissed it before bowing to her.

"Shall we?" he asked, gesturing toward the door. Hermione giggled and answered, "We shall." before taking the arm he offered her and walking to the door with him.

At the door, they unlocked arms and Hermione slipped through the portrait hole into the hall. She smiled sadly at Draco before scurrying off to go find Harry and Ron. Draco watched her hurry down the hall before climbing through the portrait hole to go meet up with Pansy and Blaise.

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After breakfast, the three Gryffindors wandered out to the Entrance Hall. Hermione listened as Harry and Ron chattered endlessly about Quidditch. As more and more students filled the Entrance Hall, Hermione looked around for Draco.

When the Hall was filled, Professor McGonagall walked to the front of the crowd. "Calm down," she called out. The noise died down as everyone turned to look expectantly at the professor.

"Will the Head Boy and Head Girl please come up to the front?" Professor McGonagall asked.

Hermione caught a glimpse of platinum blonde hair out of the corner of her eye and she turned her head slightly to the right to see Draco making his way toward the front. Hermione followed him up to Professor McGonagall.

The professor spoke quietly to the two Heads while the students watched curiously. "I know you two don't exactly get along, but, as you know, the two of you are required to patrol Hogsmeade for an hour today. Please do not argue or do anything that will set a bad example for Hogwarts." She looked sternly at them.

"Yes, Professor McGonagall." they both mumbled, trying not to smile at how the professor talked to them like they still wanted to kill each other.

"Good," she said crisply. "Because I would hate to see either of you lose your head position over something as trivial as your hatred for each other."

At these words, Hermione hid her smile and attempted to look serious. Draco, however, couldn't help himself and burst out laughing. The professor raised her eyebrows and glared at him. "Is something funny, Mr. Malfoy?" she asked severely.

Hermione elbowed Draco in the side and he choked back another laugh. "No, no," he mumbled, avoiding the professor's questioning gaze.

"Alright, then." the professor said, throwing a curious glance at Hermione who looked away.

Professor McGonagall raised her voice so all the students could hear her clearly. "Please give Mr. Filch your name and once he checks you off the list, you may proceed to Hogwarts. Follow the Head Boy and Head Girl as they," she indicated to Draco and Hermione," are prepared to face any obstacle in your path, should you come to any. There are already several teachers at Hogsmeade. Have fun but be careful." she advised them. She waved her arm toward Filch. "You are dismissed."

Hermione and Draco nodded to Filch as they walked by him first and he checked them off the list. The rest of the students scrambled into a crooked sort of line for Filch to check them off.

As the students followed Hermione and Draco to Hogsmeade, Hermione looked around warily and drew her wand out of her pocket, pausing for a slight second.

Draco noticed this and whispered, "What? What's wrong?" urgently.

"I don't know," Hermione admitted. "But something just doesn't feel right." A sudden, ice-cold wind blew by them and Hermione's eyes narrowed slightly as she shivered in the rush of cold air.

"That's strange," Draco said, glancing up at the sky. "I thought it was supposed to be warm today."

"It is supposed to be warm today," Hermione said, gritting her teeth as another blast of cold air rushed by. Draco quietly reached inside his robe and drew his wand out too. He glanced behind them as they turned a corner and saw that the rest of the students lagged several feet behind.

He shrugged his black robes off of him and placed them on Hermione's shoulder. She looked up gratefully at him. "Thanks," she said sincerely. She smiled up at him and he reached down and brushed his hand against hers for a split second as the rest of the students began to turn around the corner.

The rest of the trip to Hogsmeade was uneventful. They made their way to Hogsmeade, glancing around every once in a while at their surroundings. However, no one noticed that hidden deep in the bushes that grew along the path, a pair of eyes watched them intently.

The eyes narrowed as they watched the interaction between the Mudblood Gryffindor Princess and the Pureblood Slytherin Prince. As the students disappeared around the next corner into Hogsmeade, Nagini hissed angrily and slither off into the depths of the forest.

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As the Hogwarts students piled into Hogsmeade, Hermione used her wand to magnify her voice. "Ok! We're here, as you can see, so have fun everyone! Prefects do not forget your assigned patrol times." she said cheerily. The students hurried off in several different directions.

Hermione turned to Draco wearily. "Well, we patrol first so where do you want to start?"

Draco pointed at the Three Broomsticks. "Let's stop in there first and get a couple of butterbeers to drink while we patrol."

"Alright," Hermione agreed. They made their way through the throng of students that were milling around the main street of Hogsmeade and walked into the cool interior of the Three Broomsticks.

"Hello," a young waitress at the counter greeted them. "Can I get you anything?"

"Yes, two butterbeers please," Draco said, taking out a couple of galleons.

The young miss went into the back and came back with two bottles of butterbeer. "Anything else?"

"No, that'll be all for right now, thanks." Draco said politely.

"Ok, that'll be two galleons." the young girl said, punching a few buttons into a cash register.

Draco paid her and they left the restaurant. They walked up and down the streets of Hogsmeade, keeping an eye out for any of the students playing pranks and being too unruly while checking around for any sight of danger. Their hour passed quickly and they found themselves laughing together and they made their way back to the main street.

"Did you see the look on that girl's face when I said that?" Draco gasped out, laughing so hard he almost fell over.

Hermione giggled, "The look on the boy's face was priceless," she managed to get out before bursting back into laughter.

They turned the corner back onto the main street and ran into Harry, Ron, Blaise, and Pansy. The smile immediately left Hermione's face as she saw her two best friends glaring at Blaise and Pansy.