Hermione woke up the next morning and got ready. She dressed in a black tank top with red ¾ plants. (Seeing as it was Saturday) Hermione tied her hair in a thick french braid at the bottom of her neck. She went to the common room and checked her clock. 'Hmmmm only seven, gotta kill time.' She decided to wake Draco up so that they could work on the plans for the trip. 'Geez I'm so hyped up about this. It's only the first day back too. Can't wait till the actual trip though.' Hermione knocked on Draco's door. No one answered. She pushed it open and walked in. Draco was still asleep when he heard someone come in very slowly. He wondered whether he should wake up or pretend to still be asleep. He chose the latter. 'I mean its only seven, come on! Give a guy some sleep.' Hermione saw Draco sleeping and decided that he probably wouldn't be awake. Hermione walked up next to his bed. "Draco? Are you awake? Draco?" Hermione sat down on his bed and gently nudged him. "Draco? It's Hermione, wake up." Draco groaned pretending that he had just gotten up. "Hmmmmmm?" "I said to wake up." Hermione said. "Which I did. So what are you doing so early Granger?" He replied with a grin. "Please call me Hermione, I mean it is my name afterall. Yeah I wanted to wake you up. It's around seven. I think I got up too early, you know excited about this year." "Okay Hermione, but I'm still tired, how can you be excited about school?" "I dunno. It's just me. Anyway I wanted to talk to you about planning the training course for seventh year," "Hmmm? What about that?" Draco asked. "Well you know how I said that we should ask the prefects to decide on the places?" "Yeah." "Well I reckon we should do it ourselves, I mean, it wil be fun to do it. We can pick it out of a hat." "Out of a what?" Draco asked. "Oh never mind, it's a muggle thing." Hermione replied. "Oh. Well okay then, what ever you say." "Cool. So your not doing anything this evening?" Hermione asked. "No not tonight." "Okay, we can get started then." "Alright." Said Draco sleepily. "So. are you going to get and get ready?" Hermione asked. "Um yeah, let me put my clothes on first." "You're not wearing anything?" Hermione asked, shocked. "No, why Granger, does that interest you?" Draco replied in a very seductive tone. "Of course not! Why should it?" said Hermione going red. Draco simple raised an eyebrow. "You know what, you should get your eyebrow pierced." "Me? Get my eyebrow pierced? Like muggles?" Draco asked. "Yeah, it would suit you." "Was that a compliment Granger?" Draco asked with a smirk. "Guess you could say that. Now hurry up and get dressed, breakfast's starting soon." Hermione walked to the common room and waited. Draco came out fifteen minutes later. "Geez what took you so long?" Hermione asked impatiently. "What? I take my time." Replied Draco coolly. Hermione walked down to the great hall with Draco and sat down beside Harry and Ron at the Griffindor table. "So how was your first night as Head Girl?" Asked Ron, helping himself to some Porridge. "Oh it was alright." Hermione replied. "And Malfoy?" asked Harry. "Oh Draco and I got on just fine. I'm just glad that's school's started. "Oy, when have you started addressing Malfoy by his first name?" "Oh just since we were I was Head Girl. It was better to be on a first name basis- you know to set an example." Hermione added. "Oh." They said. The day went rather slowly for Hermione. Harry, being quidditch captain demanded mandatory training every day to plan tactics against their first game which was against Ravenclaw. Ron wasn't there either. He had been selected as a beater in the previous year. Hermione sat in her room and read for a while. She had nothing to unpack, nothing to tidy so she went down to the common room to talk to the rest of the Griffindors. "Hey guys." She said, aprroaching Seamus and Dean who were playing exploding snap. "Oh hi Hermione." They said in unison. "Hows Head Girl?" Dean asked. "Oh alright I guess, nothing to do now I mean I'm bored out of my wits." "Nothing to do? I have heaps to do, homework and all." Said Seamus. "I could go up to the library and get in some extra reading for transfiguration." Hermione said thoughtfully. "Oh Hermione," Dean sighed placing an arm around her. "Don't leave me, I'll be stuck with him." He pointed to Seamus. "And of course we'll miss you ever so." "I think I'll go talk to Lavender maybe. Where is she?" Hermione asked. "Oh, Lavender, well she went down to the quidditch pitch to cheer on the Griffindor team." Said Seamus. "Good thing too- they'll need it for this year." Dean added. "What do you mean?" Hermione asked curiously. "Oh it's just that I heard that Malfoy's training his new keeper. I also heard the Slytherins have new tactics. And since Malfoy became captain, he's been pushing 'em really hard." Said Dean. "Oh that's no good." Hermione replied a little worriedly. "Oh don't worry over something so small, it's not like Harry hasn't been training either." Said Seamus. "Yeah I guess so. Well I'll be going then. I'll see you at dinner. Bye." Hermione went back to their common room. She found Draco sitting there, looking very tired. "Where have you been?" Hermione asked. "Wouldn't you like to know? I've been at quidditch training." "Oh, I heard you got a new keeper." "Yeah his name's Justin Lang." Draco said. "Very good if you ask me. What's the time?" "Five-thirty." Hermione answered. "Okay, I'm really worn out so I'll take a shower now and I'll see you here after dinner okay?" "Yep sure Draco." Hermione went down to the great hall for dinner. She sat next to Harry and Dean. "Hey Harry, how was Quidditch?" "Horrible." Answered Ron. "Malfoy has a new keeper and we spied on their training sesson. He's awfully good." "Yeah I know." Said Hermione. "Dean told me and then I asked Draco." "So how have you and the git been getting along?" Ron asked. "Alright. I haven't had to see him that much so it's okay. Can't wait till school term begins. They'll probably stick us with the Slytherins again for potions though. Too bad." "I know." Said Harry. "I mean who pairs us up anyway? I'm betting its Snape. He probably gets enjoyment out of torturing Griffindors. He gets enough arse-kissing from the Slytherins." Hermione finished dinner, said goodbye to Harry and Ron and went to the common room to get started on their trip. She sat on the floor with Draco and several pieces of parchment and some old wizard hats. "Okay so we want to make groups first right?" Draco asked. "Yep. Now I've listed all the names from the grade and put them in these four hats that are separated into house groups." "But how will we know whether we'll get a boy or girl." "Oh that's simple. I've charmed them so they'll give us a boy or a girl if we need one. Okay, ready to write?" "Yeah." Said Draco. "Okay, in group1, Gregory Goyle, Ron Weasley, Susan Bones and Mandy Broklehurst. Group2, Seamus Finnigan, Stewart Ackerly, Blaise Zabini and Eleanor Branstone. Group3, Vincent Crabbe, Owen Cauldwell, Lavender Brown and Lisa Turpin. Group4, Ernie Macmillan, Padma Patil, Harry Potter and Pansy Parkinson. Last group, Group5, Draco Malfoy, Terry Boot, Hermione Granger and Hannah Abott. Have you got it all down?" Hermione asked. "Yeah, I'm so glad I didn't get stuck with Parkinson." Draco said. "She's such a prat." "I thought you liked her though." Hermione asked. "What me like her?" Draco laughed. "I'm only constantly stuck with her cause of our parents. Not like I'd wanna be friends with that." "You know you're quite all right when you aren't mean." Hermione said. "Really? Well l'm only mean 'cause I get enjoyment and entertainment out of annoying you." Draco replied. He yawned and leaned against the couch. "Anyway, are we done? I'm tired and sore from Quidditch." "Sure, we're done. Dumbledore wants to see us tomorrow. Just to check how we're getting along and to give us some notes for the Prefect meeting tomorrow so don't oversleep. Prefect meeting at nine o' clock sharp." Draco groaned. "I don't know why Dumbledore wants us up that early. I mean we have to see him at eight then." "Yeah and?" Hermione asked. "Well I like sleeping in." Draco said very childishly. "Oh of course, his majesty's beauty sleep. You need it, you look like a troll." Hermione said sarcastically. "I'm not the only one either. Well I'll see you in the morning then. Goodnight." "Night." Hermione said before going to sleep.

Draco woke up the next day and got ready. He waited for Hermione but she never came. He walked slowly into Hermione's room. She was still sleeping. "Hermione. Wake up. We have to go now." Still no answer. "Hermione? Wake up. We have to go now, wake up." Draco shook her a bit. 'Woah she must be a very heavy sleeper.' Draco sat down thinking of what he could do. It was getting late and Dumbledore would be waiting. Draco sat down on Hermione's bed. He saw her lying peacefully. He could smell her hair. The scent was familiar but he couldn't quite remember what it was. Draco leaned down closer to Hermione's face to get a whiff of her shampoo. "Draco, what are doing?" It was Hermione. "Oh I was just. I dunno. the scent of your hair reminds me of my mother." "Really? What time is it?" "Ten past eight." "What!" Hermione cried. "Dumbledore's waiting for us! I need to get ready! Draco get off me!" "Huh? Oh right." Draco quickly stood up and straightened his shirt. "Need a hand?" he said to Hermione who was running around frantically. "Sure thanks. Ummm can you tie my hair?" "Sure thing. Just stand here and stand still." Hermione stood in front of Draco while he pulled her hair up into a fancy braid. "Wow where did you learn to do that?" Hermione asked admiring herself. "Oh I just practice stuff like that on my mum." "You and your mum are really close?" Hermione asked. "Yeah we are. Now lets get to Dumbledore." Draco said.

They arrived at Dumbledore's at quarter past eight where he gave them notes about the meeting. "You must explain to them about when to take points off houses." Said Dumbledore. "But on a lighter note, how are you getting along?" "Oh just fine. There hasn't been any major problems." Said Hermione. "The rooms are good?" "Yeah they're fine." Draco said. "Okay then, you're dismissed. You may go to breakfast now." Dumbledore said. Draco and Hermione left Dumbledore's office and went to the great hall for breakfast. They were told to sit at the teacher's table in the mornings. Hermione took a place next to Madam Hooch and Draco sat next to her. After a breakfast of porridge and pancakes Draco and Hermione attended the prefect meeting. They took their seats and waited for the rest of the prefects to arrive. "Okay, is everyone here?" Draco asked. "Good. Now lets get started." The meeting went on for a while as Hermione and Draco explained the procedures and duties of the prefects. "This year Draco and I have decided to allow you to organise the Halloween ball. This means that you will be in charge of the decorations, the theme if you have one and you will be required to write a list of the foods and book the band- although you can get help for that." Hermione explained. "I also suggest that since the Halloween ball is in October that you organise a special meeting and that you get started soon. Your preliminary course for your NEWTS will start soon." "That's all this time. We will have another meeting in a fortnight. We want to just see how you are going with your jobs or if you want to make some changes to the meeting schedules. For next fortnight, write a report on what you've been doing, things you can improve, any problems you've had and things like that. It should be around 6 inches of parchment long." Added Draco. Many groans could be heard throughout the room. "Next time we will hold the meeting a little bit later, oh say around twelve, just before lunch on Sundays? Okay then, so we'll meet in two weeks. You may go now." "Geez someone's a bit harsh aren't they?" said Hermione to Draco as they left the room. "I like giving orders. It feels good." Was his excuse. "Anyway, what are you doing later on today?" "Hmmm I dunno, maybe hang out with Ginny for a while then look over my timetable for tomorrow. I think it's double Potions." Said Hermione. "Tsk tsk. Already memorised the timetable before the start of term. I was thinking that we could get some more things organised for the trip, perhaps the places we're going and stuff like that so we can ask for Dumbledore's opinion of the things we've arranged so far." "Sure. We'll meet up before bedtime and we can get busy then." Said Hermione enthusiastically. "Hmm, never knew you were interested in that sort of thing but if you insist." said Draco as he placed an arm around Hermione. "Awwwww gross!" cried Hermione as she pushed him away. Draco grinned broadly. "What? I'm seventeen." "So am I but I'm not that bad." Replied Hermione. "Not that bad ey, besides I'm a guy." "I'll see you at nine then?" "I'll be waiting." said Draco and turned right into the next corridor. Hermione spent the afternoon with Ginny helping her sort out her sixth year problems. "But you see Hermione, Jeremy already asked me out but that was before I broke up with Ben but he didn't know that and later that same day Ben broke up with me saying that we should see other people so I tried taking up Jeremy's offer and so we were like going out but then Ben told me that he didn't really mean it and he wanted me back and now I don't know who to be with and this is all before Joshua came into the picture -" "Woah Ginny hold it. so you're saying that Ben wants you back but you're with Jeremy and you don't want to hurt the feelings of either of them?" "Yeah but the thing is that Joshua who is Ben's best friend said that he wa the one who had liked me not Ben but Ben asked me out for him and I thought that Ben was the one who asked me out so I went out with him and now I don't know who to chose." "Okay so all you have to do is see who you like the best, Jeremy who asked you out but who you refused the first time but then came back to, Ben who broke it off with you and then came crawling back to you or Joshua who was too shy to ask you out for himself." "Geez Hermione you make them all sound bad and you make me sound like a whore." "What you mean you're not?" asked hermione inocently. "Hermione!" cried Ginny as she threw a pillow at her. "Anyways Gin, I got to go have a shower now. I'll see you at dinner." "Sure bye Hermione."