I am back with another chapter. YAY! I know. I got a couple of reviews for the last chapter so thank you to the 2 of you that did. I appreciate it. Let me know what you think. If you like it, please review. If you don't like it, please review.

I don't own any of the characters from Harry Potter. If I did, I assure you that I wouldn't be on here writing fan fiction about them. J.K would probably freak if she knew what I did to them half the time. But my sick mind works in many weird ways.

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"Hey Mudblood." Harry stopped walking and turned around. So did Hermione. She looked really tired. Malfoy was standing there with his goons. "You dropped something." He held up a little pink notebook. Harry noticed Hermione's eyes get big.

"Give that back."

Malfoy just smirked. "But what if I want to read it?" He started to open it.

"NO!" She jumped forward to try to grab it out of his hands. He held it out of her reach. "Give it back."

"Now now little muddy chill out."

Harry took a deep breath and stepped forward. "Malfoy just give her the damn notebook back."

"Oh, Potter. And what are you going to do about it if I don't?" Harry took another step forward and hit him in the jaw. He stumbled back and covered his jaw with his hand. "What the hell?" He threw the notebook at Harry and turned to his followers. "Let's go." With one last look of death at Harry he left.

Harry handed the notebook to Hermione and she smiled really big. "Thank you so much. He is such a jerk."

"No prob. He sure is."

Hermione smiled at him again. "Did you see the look on his face after you hit him? He couldn't believe it. That was priceless." Harry couldn't help but smile himself. Malfoy did look pretty funny. "Well Harry, I have to go to the library."

He thought for a minute. "Do you mind if I join you? I have some homework that I need to do."

She looked a bit startled for a moment and then said, "Oh, of course not." Harry smiled at her and they went off to the library.

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Hermione laughed for what seemed like the hundredth time that day. "I'd forgotten what it was like to be around you."

"See, I told you that you needed some time off." Harry had finally talked her into skipping the library for one day. "You need to spend some time with your best friends."

"I know. You're always right." She smiled.

She should smile more often. It looks good on her. Harry had been thinking thoughts like that all day. They had had a good time with each other. They just spent the day together not worrying about homework or anything. Ron had even talked her into playing a game of chess. Harry hadn't seen her smile that much in all the years they had been friends. He liked seeing this side of her.

"Harry! Hermione!" It was Ron. "Shew, I didn't think that I would ever get away from him." He was talking about Snape. He had stopped Ron earlier because of something he had done in Potions two weeks ago. "That pathetic excuse for a man is a pain in the ass."

"Ron, don't talk about the professors that way." Hermione had this thing for respecting all the professors, even if it was crabby old Snape.

"Yeah yeah whatever. He is."

The three made their way to the common room and sat in some chairs in front of the fire. They just sat there for a few minutes not saying anything.

"Hey…" They all started at the same time and started laughing.

"Go ahead Hermione. Ladies first."

She smiled, again. "Okay. I was just going to say that I'm tired and I'm going to go up to bed." She stood up and gave her two best friends a hug. "I'll see you guys in the morning."

"Alright. Goodnight."

"Night."

When Hermione was gone Ron turned to Harry. "Have you seen any girls that you might want to ask out yet?" He had an excited look on his face.

He thought for a minute. Should I tell him about the way I've been thinking about Hermione? He thought against it. "No, Ron, no one has caught my eye."

Ron gave him a funny look. "You haven't been thinking about Cho again have you?"

"No, I haven't."

"Ok, if you're sure. That girls bad for your health you know."

"Yes Ron I know. You've told me several times. Don't worry. I haven't been thinking about her."

"Good. I'm going to bed. Coming?"

"Yeah. Let's go." Harry went to bed thinking about the day he just had with Hermione. And Ron, but he wasn't the one making him smile. When he finally fell asleep, he had a smile on his face.

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Ah, my second chapter is done. YAY! Ok, I want to explain something about this fic. I'm taking it slow with the relationship part. In real life two friends just don't hook up that fast. So I'm trying to make this seem as realistic as possible. Oh, and if anyone has any ideas that you'd like to share with me, let me know. Thanks. J