Disclaimer: Hp isn't mine.

Author's notes: Hmm, I was thinking, Draco x Hermione would never be, but like I said before, I love it when the evil falls for the good, MWHA HA HA HA HAAAAA!

Chapter 10

Draco stared glumly out of the window of the Hogwart's Express. He wished that he didn't have to go home for Easter, one, because it would be boring anyway, and two, he would miss Hermione like hell. When would be the next time he would be likely to see her? In two weeks? Damn. Even if he did see her in two weeks, he wouldn't be able to go anywhere near her. He'd have to plan when he could sneak her somewhere quiet, everyday of every week of every month at school.

The chu-chu of the engine gradually slowed down to timed spits; the Hogwarts express finally came to a halt and released a puff of smoke in relief. Draco plainly stood up, stared blankly at a boy who happened to trip over in the gangway, and without even laughing to himself stepped out onto the platform only to be grabbed roughly on the shoulder by his father, Lucius.

"My son." he hugged Draco sharply and looked around him to see if anybody were to eavesdrop. "Quickly, get your trunk. We must rush home. Balkanor Rashnff and his family are staying for tea and there is somebody who I want you to meet." he smirked and almost chuckled nastily behind his serpentish grin.

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"Hello." The pale girl smiled devilishly to Draco. "Nice to meet you." she grabbed his hand, shook it gently, but didn't let go afterwards. She acted as if she were being normal and smiled up at Draco's parents as he stirred uncomfortably.

"Come on then Narcissa, let's prepare some tea. And I've been meaning to ask you, where did you get that skin-vase from?" "Groaker's, Knockturn. There really are very many wonderful-" the strange woman followed Draco's mother into the kitchen where their voices were muffled by the slammed door.

"Draco," Lucius took him to one side of the room and the strange girl and Balkanor Rashnff and his daughter began chatting quietly with one another. "Draco, this is the girl for you, trust me." he looked over at the girl. "If you were to get together, our family name would for sure remain pure- blood, and anyway, I know you'll fall for her." Draco couldn't believe this. His father was trying to set him up! How could he even begin to think about marriage? He was still too young!

Lucius pushed Draco roughly towards the girl and beckoned Rashnff for a walk to discuss some object of their work.

"Great, so now I'm stuck with a weird girl who looks like a frog threw up over her." he thought to himself, not actually peering over at her.

"How about showing me your room?" she spoke with a voice like a crocodile's.

"I don't think - you really want - to go in my room..." he answered, picturing the cursed skulls, and tatty moulding books scattered around his floor.

"Why ever not?"

"It's um... it's dangerous..." he quickly replied, using the first idea that entered his head.

"I like danger let's go!" she grabbed him and lead him upstairs as if it were her room she was leading him to. "Oh it's gorgeous in here!" she squeaked when they entered.

"What the hell is she on?" he thought to himself looking at her in disbelief.

"But what's this?" he watched her picking up a green... thing with her finger tips and wincing her face in disgust.

"It's erm, it's better If you don't know what it is actually..." he snatched it off her, trying to remember what it actually had once been.

"Well, we've seen all this now, how about a walk?"

"Huh??" Draco stared at her with an alienated look. Did she just say what she thought she said. She was gazing a him funny. "What did you say??"

"How about a walk, a walk. W-a-l-k."

"Oh-ho-o, 'walk'. Heh heh." I swear that bitch is on to me, he thought to himself. "Yeah, okay. As long as it is 'a walk'." he gave her evils behind her back as she left the room.

Despite Draco's room, the rest of the Malfoy house was pretty impressive and tidy, in a twisted way, especially the garden.

"You're so lucky to live somewhere like this!" she skipped round admiring the dark and crusted bird fountain.

"I am?"

"Of course you are, look at the place! And also, hm," she giggled, taking his hand "I'm so lucky to be here with you."

What the hell! he thought to himself. Why is she acting like she's in love with me or something??

"I should have said this before but I couldn't ; what the hell are you doing?"

"Don't worry! I know perfectly well what I'm doing." she leant forward to kiss him but Draco pulled back and freed his hand.

"Look Missy, I don't know what the hell you think you're doing, but things don't work that way!"

"What way? Don't you think I'm pretty enough?" she gave him a puppy-dog- eyes look.

"Erh, no it's not that. I'm just saying that things don't work that way, okay!" he ran back to his house, grabbed his robes, his trunk, and his bird cage, assembled them onto his broom, and kicked off into the air at the front of the house. He was going back to Hogwarts.

********* Babababaaaaam! whoop! Chapter 11 coming soon. I just had to add the bit about the 'walk' ^_^ I originally had the actual word but since I can't remember what rating this is meant to be, I just changed it around a little bit. Sorry for the long wait from chapter 9 peeps ^_^