A/N: Peoples wanted another chapter so here it is!! To anyone who thought this was going to be a Draco/Hermione story- big sowwies!! It's not! It originally set out to be one but it is now Hemione/someone else and Draco/someone else. I'm not saying who but you're welcome to guess. Hermione and Draco aren't together but they are still the main characters and are still Potions partners. That may play a part later but I'm saying nothing! Hope everyone likes it.....enjoy!!
Chapter 3
Draco sat in the Slytherin common room alone. He had a free class right now so he didn't have anything to do. Right now he didn't need anything to occupy him though since he was deep in thought. He was glad Crabbe and Goyle weren't around. Sure they served as good bodygaurds when he needed them but as far as friends went they didn't count. He didn't need friends right now though. He was thinking about a while ago in a corridor. Hermione Granger had walked right into him and he had actually helped pick up a book for her! What had he been thinking? He had obviously been deep in thought considering he didn't realize he was helping her until it was too late. But what had he been thinking about? He couldn't seem to remember. He had gotten quite angry when he couldn't think of it and it was still bothering him now. He was pretty sure he had been thinking about someone and not something. But whom, he could not even begin to guess. He knew lots and lots of people and he had a differnt reason to be thinking about each of them, some worse then others. He had also concluded that he hadn't been angry when thinking about the person. He sat there in the dark corner and thought to himself.
"I must be losing it! What kind of great prat can't even remember what he was thinking about? That's it! I give up! It can't have been that important if I don't even remember! I'm going to eat!"
With that he stood up and left without a word to anyone.
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Hermione walked through the castle on her way to the Great Hall. She had just finished with Arithmancy and was going to meet Harry and Ron for lunch. As she walked she heard a voice behind her.
"Hey! Herm! Wait up!"
Hermione turned around to see a familiar face and smiled.
"Hello Ginny. How are you? I haven't seen you in a while!" she said happily.
"Oh I know!" Ginny answered "I've been really busy lately! Did you hear? I'm a prefect!!" She showed Hermione her shiny silver badge and grinned broadly.
"Mum was SO proud when we found out!"
"And why wouldn't she be? That's a great honor!" said Hermione smiling. She had also been made a prefect in her fifth year and she still was. She knew that there wasn't tons and tons of things to do with it but she was sure Ginny was trying her hardest to do everyone else's job as well. That was just how Ginny was. She liked to make sure everything got done even if she had to do it herself.
Ginny continued to talk about all of her new responsibilities all the way to the Great Hall with Hemione half listening. When they finally reached their destination Hermione spoke.
"Hey! Ron and Harry are already here! Hope they saved us seats!" she said glad to get away from Ginny's talking. She loved her friend dearly but she also knew that if given the chance she'd talk for hours. As it turned out, Harry and Ron had saved them seats and they all ate together. After they all finished with their food, Harry and Ron left saying something about quidditch that Hermione wasn't really listening to. She looked up at Ginny and saw her staring at something on the other side of the Hall in a sort of half daze. Hermione turned around to see where she was looking but didn't see anything special(unless the other house tables were counted special). She looked back at Ginny and spoke.
"Whatcha lookin at Gin?"
Ginny, as though just realizing where she was shook her head.
"N..nothing." she stammered quickly and stared down at her practically untouched plate of food.
"Why didn't you eat? You'll be hungry by the time dinner comes!"
"I know I know. I'm not in the mood to eat now. I'll come back during my free lesson if I get hungry."
Hermione shrugged. She wasn't going to pester Ginny. She got enough of that from Ron. Instead she started a conversation.
"So..how are lessons going? Are you enjoying them?" she asked casually.
"Oh yes! They're wonderful!" Ginny answered her. Whatever world she had been in before, she seemed to have snapped out of it completely. The two continued their conversation for a while and then went back to their seperate worlds. Suddenly Ginny looked up.
"Hey Herm. Can I ask you something?"
"Sure. What is it?"
"Do you have a crush on anyone?"
Hermione looked a bit surprised at the random question. Then she looked at Ginny who was waiting for an answer.
"Maybe" she answered.
A/N: So. Was that one good or did you just waste your time reading it? tell me whatcha think! And if you liked it I'd like ot know what you think is gonna happen later! Maybe I'll use some ideas! Thanx! Good Luck and God Bless-
Angel
