Hermione woke up feeling like crap on a cold winter's morning. The weather matched her mood, grey and drab. She slowly got up and reluctantly looked in the mirror, and moaned at her reflection. She had dark circles under her eyes. Her O.W.L.s were coming up, and she had been sitting up till sparrows every night studying even harder than normal.

Hermione forced herself to get dressed, and trudged down the stairs to breakfast. Harry and Ron looked up as she plonked down in an empty seat. "Gee, Hermione, you look awful." Ron commented. "Tell me something I don't know," she snapped, and put her head in her arms. "You really have to stop working so hard 'Mione," said Harry, "you're the top of our class, what have you got to worry about?" Hermione looked at him. "I wish I had your attitude,"

"We've got Potions first up," groaned Ron. "You should go back to bed," he said to Hermione. She looked at him sharply. "And fall behind?" she said incredously. "Sorry I spoke," grumbled Ron, before pushing his chair back and grabbing his bag. "Coming?" he asked Harry. After casting a worried look in Hermione's direction, he nodded and followed Ron. "See you there, Hermione."

* * * * * * "Well that was a whole lot of fun," said Ron sarcastically, as he, Harry and Hermione walked out of the Potions dungeon. Snape had been in an even fouler mood than usual. Hermione had fallen asleep during class and boy did she get a chewing out. "Oh," she suddenly exclaimed, "I've left my Tranfiguration book in class," After telling Ron and Harry she would catch up with them later, she ran back to the dungeon. On her way out again she ran into none other than Draco Malfoy. He dropped all his books, and his eyes flashed angrily. "Watch where your going Mudblood!" That was all Hermione needed, and she snapped. She burst into tears, and pushed past Draco to run to her dormitory. Draco stood there for a moment, a little taken aback at her reaction. A feeling of guilt started to sweep over him. "No," he told himself angrily, "who cares about her, she's a stupid cow." And he picked up his books and hurried to his next class.
Please tell me what you think, this is my first ever fanfic. Any suggestions on what could happen next would be great. I was thinking of making it a Draco/Hermione fic, but I don't know. Thanks. Jims.