A/N: I'm ba-ack!!! *Readers scream and run away*

No, I am nice really!! Deep down.

Keep going, a little further, nearly there, there you are, some niceness!! *L.O.L*

Here's the next chapter, enjoy, and RR, 'cause I know where you live…

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Chapter 4; Soon Enough.

Malfoy looked at Hermione. His face softened. He could see her cowering in her chair, and he felt a feeling like he had never felt before.

"Listen to me," he said roughly, pushing her head back so she could see him.

"For years I have struggled with my feelings. Even though you come from a family of mudbloods and are friends with that Potter boy, I love you Granger," he confessed suddenly "I always have done. Ever since I saw you in that first potions lesson, I've wanted you to feel the same way about me."

Hermione's eye's widened. Whatever she had been expecting, this was not it. She watched in amazement as Malfoy muttered the counter curse and sloped off into the darkness of the corridors. Bemused, she gathered up her books and walked back to the Gryffindor common room.

Why had Malfoy's character suddenly changed like that? Had he completely changed his mind in an instant, or was that what he had been meaning to tell her all along?

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The next morning, Harry, Ron and Hermione went down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Professor Dumbledore walked in, and heartily tucked into his breakfast of toast and kippers. When he had finished, he stood up, cleared his throat, and the entire hall fell silent.

He let out a huge burp and Fred and George sniggered into their porridge.

"Sorry about that" he said, with the familiar twinkle in his eyes.

"Now, where was I? Ah yes… everyone, I would like to introduce you to Alex Evans. She is an exchange student from Beauxbatons, and I hope that you will make her feel welcome. She will be staying in the Gryffindor for the remainder of the year, and would Miss Granger be so kind as to look after her and show her around?"

At the sound of her name, Hermione, who was deep in thought about the previous night, looked up.

"Okay," she said, taking a hard look at Alex. There was something vaguely familiar about her, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

She turned to Harry, who had a puzzled look on his face. "What was her name again?" she whispered as Alex walked towards them.

"Alex Evans." He replied heavily.

"Evans? But isn't that…"

"Hi!" said Alex cheerfully, looking from Hermione, to Harry, to Ron, who was still stuffing his face full of porridge.

"Hi" said Harry and Hermione in unison.

"Nshmmfy" said Ron, thickly through his food.

"Pardon?" Alex asked Ron laughingly.

He swallowed his mouthful. "Nice to meet you."

"Oh right! Nice to meet you too, I'm Alex," she said, looking hard at Harry, as if seeing him for the first time.

"I'm Harry Potter." He said.

"Really?" she asked, her eyes widening, "The famous one?"

No!" said Ron sarcastically, "His evil twin, also called Harry Potter. Of course the famous one, can't you see the scar?"

"Ron!" said Hermione, astounded at his rudeness.

"Well, how many…" Ron began, but Harry cut him off, before it could turn into a fully-fledged World War 3 between Ron and Hermione.

Again.

"We need to get to Transfiguration. C'mon." he said to them all.

As they went out of the hall, Dumbledore watched them go, with an expression of sorrow and inquisitiveness on his face.

"Ahh, Harry, I wish I could tell you and Alex, but you will find out soon enough…"

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A/N Sooo… waddaya think? Please RR me! This chapters a bit longer, because I didn't have much homework. Plus my sister was typing it for me, while I told her what to write, she did it because the quicker I got the chapter finished, the quicker she got to check her email. Haha! The next chapter will definitely be longer though. I know, because I've already written it!

By the way, the girl called Alex, is my sister, she wanted to be in the story, so I put her in, with her real name and everything!

Hey, it got her to shut up…!

Thank you to all my kind reviewers!

sweet-love16

Thanks for your reviews of all three chapters, etc, it means loads to me!! Thank you for all my reviews!

BURN THE R.U.M: I am seriously worried about Amelia, thanks for the review though!

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Thanks for the advise and the review! Stick with your story!!

Bazile; Well know you know. But Hermione didn't drop Arithmancy, she only dropped two subjects! Thanks for your review!