Chapter 2 : An Idea and the Library

"Welcome, welcome students! We will begin the sorting!" Dumbledores voice echoed throughout the Great Hall. The sorting went on and on with applause and cheers every other minute.

"Now, I will announce your Head Boy and Girl along with your prefects. Head Boy is Tim Halls and your Head Girl is Cho Chang! Please stand up." The Heads stood up and everyone applauded. Harry was smiling but he wasn't grinning like an idiot. He had gotten over Cho … somehow.

"Now, as for our prefects. From Hufflepuff, Hannah Abbot! From Ravenclaw, Terry Boot! From Gryffindor, Hermione Granger! And from Slytherin … Draco Malfoy! Please stand up you four!" Dumbledores rang and the 4 prefects stood.

"Mione! You have to work with the ferret?" Ron asked with venom in his voice.

"Yes, unfortunately." Hermione groaned and put on a smile for everyone. It seemed as if a lot of guys were looking at her.

Haven't changed that much have I?

"Thank you! Now, let the feast begin!" All kinds of food appeared on the long tables. Ron dug in incredibly fast, totally predictable. Harry seemed to occupied with staring at Ginny, while Hermione just sat there, picking at her food, putting small portions in her mouth, not bothering to really taste it.

Oh happy day, I get to work with Malfoy the gay! Haha!

~

"Hey Lav! Hey Parvati!" Hermione yelled down the corridor.

"Mione! It's so good to see you! How was your summer? Did you have fun? Hook up with anyone?" Parvati and Lavendar took their turns asking their questions.

"Girls! Calm yourselves. My summer was just fine, I had fun, no I didn't hook up." Hermione answered all of their questions. "You guys look great!" Hermione threw in.

"Well Mione, you've changed a bit yourself and you look positively adorable, but don't you want a boyfriend?" Parvati asked.

Um, doesn't every girl? You stupid git, DUH!

"Yes of course." Hermione answered calmly when really she wanted to scream, 'Gods yes! I've wanted one forever but nooooo! No guy has ever or will ever noticed a know it all like me!'

"Alright well, your look could use some 'touch ups'! What do you say to a little make-over tonight?" Lavendar asked.

"Um, whatever. Just don't make me look like a tramp, okay?" Hermione answered slowly.

"We would never dream of it Mione!" Parvati said sweetly.

What am I thinking? This is Lav and Parvati! They're bloody insane! Sure they're pretty, but they're bimbo's! Oh Gods!

~

"Hey Mione!" Ginny called down the corridor. Ginny and Mione were pretty close, even if Ginny was a 5TH year.

"Hey Gin! Wanna come with me tonight? Lav and Parvati are giving me a make-over. I can't believe I said yes! I must've gone crackers!" Hermione began laughing crazily.

"Calm down there Hermione. Sure I'll go with you, you wouldn't want to suffocate from too much make-up would you? Don't worry, I'll protect you from them!" Ginny put her fists on her hips, puffed out her chest, and put on a low voice. The two girls burst into fits of laughter.

"Having fun are you?" Came Malfoys usual drawl. They finished laughing and wheezing and turned to face him. They were smiling and Draco looked horrified.

"What Malfoy, never seen anyone smile or laugh? Although I'm sure you've never experienced those two things, you stupid critter." Hermione spat and Draco looked rather offended.

"I laugh and smile, I just don't do it around you stupid prats!" He spat back and Hermione still stood with a smile on her face.

"You probably wouldn't know fun if it walked up and smacked you on the face!" Hermione put her hands on her hips and cocked her head.

"You want me to prove it? I will! You decide the terms! I'll prove it." Draco yelled furiously.

Aw, he gets mad so easy. He's kind of cute when he's mad. No! Do not think that. It's Draco Malfoy. The hottest guy at Hogwarts! Nuh uh! Yes huh! Shut up!

She's really, really, really cute. No! You didn't think that! You didn't. Oh come on, you know you did! Shut up!

This was when Ginny decided to speak up. She had a coy smile and a glimmer in her eyes. She had the kind of expression that read 'I am a genius.'

"Alright! I got it. What is the next big event going on?" Ginny asked quickly.

"Yule Ball." The two prefects both replied simultaneously.

"Great. Have you started preparing anything yet? Decorations, outfits, stuff like that?" Ginny rushed.

"Our groups," Hermione spat the word groups furiously, "are assigned Hogsmeade days. Ours is this weekend. Saturday as a matter of fact. I can't believe I'm stuck with him." Hermione nodded her head toward Draco.

"Brilliant. Draco, you're going to show Hermione you can have fun when you go to Hogsmeade. Get all of your prefect crap done then the fun begins. Draco, have fun. Hermione you decide whether you two had fun, and you have to be honest." Ginny rushed on.

Hermione began smiling at her 5TH year friend.

"Ginny! That's brilliant. Dra- Malfoy? Sound good to you?" Hermione asked giving a sweet innocent smile.

"Sure, it's a date." Draco answered.

Bloody hell! Did I just say 'Sure, it's a date?' I think I did. Omigosh. I am such a git! But you know you want it to be a date. Do not. Do too. Fine, I do!

Ginny began giggling madly. Hermione raised her eyebrows at Draco.

"What's so funny Weasley?" Draco asked.

"Nothing. Nothing at all." Her reply came quick and she abruptly shut her mouth.

"Whatever. Come on Gin." Hermione grabbed Ginny's shirt and pulled her along.

Date hm?

~

I can read minds! I can read minds! This is so cool! Who knew that I could read minds? Alright first things first, Draco and Mione, second things Harry, third things … everyone at Hogwarts.

"Attention students! There will be a Yule Ball on Christmas Eve, that's December 24 for those of you who don't know that. This dance is for 4TH years and up. Hogsmeade trip will be December 18! The dance will be from 7-11! There is only one rule. You must share, at the least, one inter-house dance." Groans filled the Great Hall when they heard the news about the inter-house.

Yes! I'll try and dance with … no I won't dance with him. I'll dance with… um… Terry! Yeah! No.

Aw, she wants to dance with Draco, I know she does. This is so perfect!

"Gin, why are you smiling? This is horrible." Hermione shouted. She had a furious look on her face.

"Liar." Ginny muttered. Hermione slowly turned her head back towards her friend.

"What?" Hermione asked with venom.

"Huh? What? Oh, nothing." Ginny tried to sound dumb. Hermione dropped it so she supposed she did good enough.

"So … who are you going to have as your inter-house partner?" Ginny asked meekly.

"Huh? Oh I have no clue …" Hermione's voice trailed off.

"Oh." Ginny replied quietly.

~

"Haaaary!" Ron whined. He had to tell his friend his 'issue', his 'problem.'

"What is it Roooon?" Harry used the same tone. Ron always wanted to have a 'man to man' or a 'heart to heart' talk when he used that voice.

"Alright, you know I have a thing for Hermione. How do I tell her? I just … I don't know how to tell her. She would probably be like 'Hell no!' and I couldn't take that kind of rejection! What do I do Harry? How do I tell her?" Ron asked at the speed of light.

"Ron just tell her! I think she does have a thing for you. Just do it! You know you have to!" Harry admonished him.

"I know, I know. I'll do it … this Friday!" Ron thought about it for a minute before deciding the day he would tell her.

"Sounds good mate! You better tell her!" Harry warned him. He was getting so sick of hearing Ron say, 'I should tell her.'

~

"Miss Granger. Are you helping Mister Longbottom with his potion?" Snape's voice spat.

"N-no professor." Hermione stammered. All of the Slytherin's were laughing … all of them except for Draco.

"Do NOT lie to me!" Snape yelled.

"Fine, fine, yes I was helping Neville with his potion." Hermione muttered.

"2 days detention." Snape announced.

Perfect!

Draco took the chance and made a move while Snape was looking. He tapped Crabbe on the shoulder and when he turned around, Draco punched him square in the jaw.

Snape's mouth opened and he looked at Draco wide-eyed.

"What did you do that for Mister Malfoy?" Snape asked quietly.

"Yes, I am wondering the same thing." Came Professor McGonagall's voice from the door. She was glaring daggers at Draco.

"Just felt like it!" Draco replied happily.

"Very well, you shall serve detention with Miss Granger. Class dismissed." Snape said sadly.

Oh poor Snape, his favorite student in detention with me … the smartest girl in Hogwarts. Bloody hell, that was conceited. Oh well, it's the truth.

~

"You're detention for tonight is to clean up the library. You are to dust, clean the tables, put the books back in alphabetical order, by title, and to shelve the new books. I will not be in the library with you, so I suggest you two behave yourself. I will escort you back, but if I come to the library and it is not clean, you will have another night's detention! Don't forget you have tomorrow's detention too!" Snape stated before letting the two prefects clean the library.

"Ugh, I can't believe I'm stuck here with you." Hermione said coldly. It was bad enough that she had detention, but it was worse that she had to serve it with Malfoy!

"Like I'm real happy about it! Like I want to be here with a Mud blood like you." Draco replied hastily.

"Aw, I thought you liked spending time with me. What a shame." Hermione retorted.

"Whatever. Just clean Granger." Draco muttered and they spent the next 30 minutes in silence. As Draco was re-ordering the books, a pile of them fell off of the shelf, onto the floor. It made an incredibly loud noise, almost giving Hermione a heart-attack.

"Sh, this is a library." Hermione yelled and began laughing.

Ahahaha! I'm so funny! Funny, funny, funny.

To her astonishment, he began laughing with her. Hermione had never seen him laugh, let alone smile, really smile like he was then.

"A little help?" He asked, not in a mean tone, just a flat tone. So much for him being 'lively' and 'happy'.

"Sure." Hermione walked over to the table, where the books had fallen by, and bent down to pick them up. They began picking up the books, when Draco stood up abruptly, sending a bucket of water flying into the air, and spilling all over Hermione.

"Look what you've done! My clothes are sopping! Thank Gods my hair is okay! You're such a prat!" Hermione screamed at him.

"It's not my fault somebody left the water on the edge of the table. Plus Granger, it's a beginning for your later competitions in the 'wet t-shirt contest' eh?" Draco smirked.

Hermione looked down and realized she had worn her white baby tee and quickly folded her arms of her chest.

"You're such a prat."

"Mud blood."

"Git."

"Know it all."

"Death Eater."

"Shut up!"

"Make me."

And so he did. He took one large stride, put his hands on her waist, and lowered his lips to hers. She stiffened at first, but soon relaxed. She had experience kissing, but not like this. Draco was the master at kissing. He knew just the right spots to let his tongue move to, and how to kiss.

"Draco … Draco …" Hermione began in between kisses. She wasn't calling out his name because she wanted more, she was calling out his name to stop. "Draco! Stop!" Hermione commanded. He obeyed (amazingly).

"What?" He asked, panting for air.

Who knew Granger was such a good kisser? No! She is not a good kisser. Horrible. Then why did you enjoy that? Shut up! What are you gonna do, kiss me too?

"We can't do this. We're arch enemies, you're the Slytherin King, I'm the Gryffindor Lioness, best friend of Harry Potter, best enemy of Harry Potter." She said pointing between the two of them. "Plus, I'm sure you're just treating this like any one of your little things." She waved him off with her hand.

"Little things?" Draco asked. Was it hurt or malice in his voice? Hermione couldn't tell, she was too busy recovering from that amazing kiss.

"Oh you know, your little 'one-night-stands'." Hermione once again waved him off with her hand, and acted as though she didn't care.

"That is not true! I am not like that. I have never, ever done that. It's not my fault girls just fall at my feet and beg me to shag them!" Draco roared.

"Whatever, just don't ever do that again. Okay?" Hermione spat.

"Why? Didn't you like it?" Draco smirked and stepped a bit closer.

"Nope, did NOT like it. Actually it was horrible, absolutely horrible." Hermione moved her arms in a 'no' way, but Draco didn't give up that easily.

"Well, let's make sure, after all, you are always right, wouldn't want to get this answer wrong would you?" He teased playfully, still advancing on her.

"Draco I-" Hermione began but found herself trapped with his lips on hers and his arms placed behind her, on the bookcase.

Hermione gave in willingly, wrapping her arms around his neck, and pulling him close, before realizing her fault and pulling away.

"Hm, are you sure you didn't like that?" He asked in a cocky voice.

"Um, I," Hermione began, then looked down at her watch, "oh, look at the time, best be off, see you tomorrow." Hermione waved and walked out of the library. At first she was walking, then she was jogging, now she was running full speed.

"Well, he sure is a good kisser." Hermione said out loud.

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* HERMIONE'S THOUGHTS ARE IN BOLD. DRACO'S THOUGHTS ARE IN BOLD ITALIC. GINNY'S THOUGHTS ARE IN *

*kaitie*

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