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Draco sat at the Slytherin table in the Great Hall. He looked around glumly.

As always, the happiest were the Gryffindors who were joking around with one another.

His eyes searched the table until they landed on the person he was looking for.

She was beautiful. He didn't know when she had changed, but when she did, it was for the better.

When he had caught her from falling at Diagon Alley, she had felt so perfect in his arms.

Draco didn't know what made him stop Hermione from falling.

Draco looked down the Slytherin table.

There was Ana talking to Pansy.

How he hated her.

Hermione, Harry, and Ron were surprised when the Sorting Hat sorted Ana into Slytherin.

He did not want that girl in Slytherin, and he told her so, but she just smiled and laughed at him.

That laugh.

That laugh was what drew him to her two years ago when he visited the States.

She came over to him.

He flinched.

"Come, Draco, everyone's leaving. You don't want to be left behind, do you?" She cooed and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Don't touch me." He said bitterly.

"That's not what you told me two years ago." Ana blinked her eyes.

"Leave me alone." Draco then walked quicker towards the Slytherin common room.

He jumped into his four poster bed. (a/n: is that what you call it? I momentarily forgot.)

"Are you sleeping, Draco?"

Draco jumped and hit his head on the bed.

"Fuck.." he muttered.

"What are you doing here? Get out!" Draco yelled out at Ana who just stood there.

"You didn't think that I would just leave you alone now, did you?"

Ana grinned.

"Get away from me." Draco spat.

"Fine, but you won't be able to stay away from me for a very long time." She then walked off.

"Bitch." Draco muttered.

~*~

Hermione, as always, walked between Harry and Ron to all her classes. In this case, Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Ana!" Hermione greeted her cousin.

"Hermione!" Ana came over and hugged her.

"So how's life down in the dungeons?" Hermione asked.

"Nice, but could be better." She replied.

"Nice? How can living in the Slytherin den be nice? Oh, sorry Ana." Harry turned red.

"Oh, that's fine."

"All right children, get in your seats!" Professor Zachie, the new DADA teacher said.

"Today, we will be starting a partner project.." She looked around the room. "On curses that have become..how shall I say..almost non existent. This is a joint project between Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms class."

"Some curses are very easy to figure out." She looked at Neville "While others are extremely hard to figure out and may be highly dangerous." Any questions?" The professor asked.

"Good. Now when I read out your partner's name, go and sit by them."

"Longbottom, Patil." Parvati looked scared. Who wouldn't be?

"Andersen, Potter" Harry turned red again as he looked at Ana who was smiling at him.

"Goyle, Zambini." Eh..

"Crabbe, Weasley." Ron looked horror stricken. 'Poor Ron' Hermione thought. Just as long as I don't have Malfoy. She shivered.

"Brown, Thomas." Lucky. Lavender and Dean breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finnigan and Parkinson." The girl that looked like a pug, Pansy, got up and sat next to the Gryffindor.

"And where are the other names? Oh, yes, here they are."

"Granger, Malfoy!"

Malfoy? She had to work with Malfoy?

Hermione made a face but gathered up her things to sit by Malfoy.

"Hello, Mudblood." Draco greeted.

"Hello, Ferret-Boy." She also greeted.

"I will pass out parchments on which there will be the curse you will research.

Professor Zachie gave the parchment to Hermione.

"The Valperium Curse" Draco read from behind her shoulder.

"Well, now, I would expect we should start fairly quickly on it. Meet me after dinner at the library."

And with that, Draco walked out.

Had Malfoy actually been civil to her?





Ok. That's it for now. Wait until next time for Chapter 4!!!!