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A/N: Hey, hey I am crazy! Haha, jk. It is once again that time when my blonde roots wrap around my brain and squeeze, hahah just kidding. Anyways, I would really like some more reviews. It wouldn't kill you poeple, right? Oh well, in this chapter; Hermione is trying to avoid Eteine who seems to just keep popping up wherever she is and Draco has a little run in with good old Ronald Weasley. Also Hermione and Draco send each other letters. I hope your happy, I am actaully posting this fast! Since I posted like 3 chapters in one day I won't be posting for a while. Also, if anyone can guess what my plot twist is (there are actaully three plot twists) I will send then a first copy of Trying Again - Chapter 8 - Growing Affections!!!! So review, tell me what is going to happen and leve your e-mail addy.

Chapter 7
Life Is Crazy

"They Paved Paradise, And Put Up A Parking Lot, With A Pink Hotel, A Boutique And A Swingin' Hot Spot, Don't It Always Seem To Go, That You Don't Know What You Got Till' It's Gone, They Paved Paradise, And Put Up A Parking Lot, They Took All The Trees, And Put Them In A Tree Museum, And They Charged The People, A Dollar And A Half To See Them, Now Don't It Always Seem To Go, That You Don't Know What You've Got Till' It's Gone, They Paved Paradise, And Put Up A Parking Lot, Hey Farmer, Farmer, Put Away Your DTD's, I Don't Care Spots On My Apples, Leave Me The Birds And The Bees, Please, Don't It Always Seem To Go, You Don't Know What You Got Till' It's Gone, They Paved Paradise, To Put Up A Parking Lot, They Paved Paradise, To Put Up A Parking Lot, One Night, Listening Late Last Night, I Heard The Screen Door Slam, And A Big Yellow Taxi Took My Girl Away, Now Don't It Always Seem To Go, You Don't Know What You Got Till' It's Gone, They Paved Paradise, And Put Up A Parking Lot, Don't It Always Seem To Go, You Don't Know What You Got Till' It's Gone, They Paved Paradise, And Put Up A Parking Lot, One Night, They Paved Paradise, And Put Up A Parkign Lot, Paved Paradise, To Put Up A Parking Lot, I Don't Wanna Give It, Why You Wanna Give It, Why You Wanna Give It All Away, Now You Wanna Give It, All She Wanna Give It, She Giving It All Away, I Don't Wanna Give It, Why You Wanna Give It, Why You Wanna Give It All Away, Cuz You Givig It All, Giving It All Away, Why Do You Want To, Why Do You Want To, She Giving It All Away, They Paved Paradise, To Put Up A Parking Lot."

*The Counting Crows &Vanessa Carlton* ~ "Big Yellow Taxi"

Hermione sat at a desk in a large classroom. She was hurriedly scribbling down notes from what Proffesor DeGent was saying about Advanced Arithmancy.

This class was actaully quite large, as most of the female population had decided to take it as one of their elcetives. Hermione was actaully sitting at a table with three other girls.

One of them, who had already introduced herself as Amanda James, was taking notes quickly, just like Hermione.

The other two where just gossiping and giggling every time Proffesor DeGent got anywhere near them. The one with the extremely fair hair was Angelina DeCoeur, and the one with flyaway red hair was Jaclynn Sparks, a good name for the girl.

Hermione doubted the two would even pass this class, as they hadn't taken a single note the whole class.

"We had a fling durring the summer," Jaclynn said hushedly as she pulled her wild hair into a pony, "He said he wants to talk to me after class".

Hermione looked up for a second, she had to admit Jaclynn and Etiene would make a wonderful couple. Jaclynn was so very pretty.

Besides Jaclynn was a model for some French witch magazine when she wasn't attending Beaxbatons, and she had a great figure.

Hermione sighed. She just hadn't seen any boys to her liking yet. Jaclynn suddenly noticed that Hermione was half listening in and she narrowed her eyes and started whispering French into Angelina's ear.

On the other side of the room Gabriel Delacour was having a spot of trouble. Proffesor DeGent had asked her to translate the French saying "Love is like magic", into numbers.

"But Proffesor I am sure I had my notes somewhere", Gabriel said softly.

Suddenly Angelina smirked and dug into her bag. When she withdrew her hand she was holding a bunch of parchment with numbers scrawled all over it. She showed it to Jaclynn who looked at them approvingly

Hermione recognized it as Gabriel's notes. She nudged Amanda who was just adding a couple flourishes to her work. Amanda looked over at Angelina and shrugged.

"I don't want to start trouble so soon", Amanda whispered.

Hermione raised her hand. Proffesor DeGent looked over at her and smiled.

"Aww yes, Miss Granger, what is it", Etiene said winking at her.

Hermione ignoring his gesture, pointed towards Angelina, " Proffesor if you ask Miss DeCouer, I am sure she knows where Gabriel's notes are," Hermione said loudly.

Angelina turned around when she heard Hermione's acusastion. She glared at Hermione before turning to the proffesor and giving him an innocent look.

"Proffesor, I have no idea what Miss Granger is talking about," she said sweetly.

"Then what is this", Proffesor DeGent said sternly as he grabbed Gabriel's notes from a back pocket in Angelina's bag. He had seen her trying to stuff the notes there a second earlier.

"I didn't take them", Angelina said trying hard to cry.

"Then who did", Etiene asked.

"Granger did. I know it. She hasn't liked me from day one, she is a trouble maker", Angelina said pointing her long manicured finger at Hermione.

Hermione's eyes widened. She mouthed helplessly as Eteine lightly grabbed her arm and guided her out of the classroom.

As soon as they where in the hall, Eteine turned to Hermione a big grin on his face.

"I know you didn't do it, Hermione," he said sweetly," But, I have wanted an excuse to be alone with you all day".

At this confession Hermione backed away from him. She didn't like the way Eteine could so easily drop one girl and be off to the next. Even if he was adorable when he gave the look, that he was giving her right now.

Eteine grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him. " Hermione, oh Hermione", He whispered into her hair.

Hermione struggled to get out of his grasp, but the effect he was having over her was not good. She didn't want to leave his warmth. He was so sweet, but he was cunning too, he would take care of her, but he is one of your proffesors, Hermione's mind screamed at her.

Hermione pushed Etiene hard. He fell away from her and stood looking forlorn by the wall.

"You do not like me", Eteine asked sadly.

"No, I do like you,", Hermione said nicely.

"Then what is wrong with this", Eteine said grabbing her once more and tracing her lips with his fingers.

"You are one of my proffesors, Eteine. Maybe if I was not a student, and you the teacher, it could work. But not now," Hermione said pushing him once more , but this time she walked towards the classroom door.

"Hermione, please do not leave me", Eteine called after her.

"I have to", Hermione said before pushing open the door.

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Draco was sitting in Potions. He was trying to ignore the jerk that was behind him disturbing his peace.

It was Ronald Weasley. Someone should just punch his lights out, Draco thought, as Ron told everyone about how he had slept with some girl from Hufflepuff.

Draco gritted his teeth and added the frog's spleen to the concoction that was brewing in his caldron.

Draco didn't even look up when he heard a crash from across the room. Neville had just melted another caldron. Snape was towering over a very terrified Longbottom.

"Longbottom when I told you to add the pig eye, didn't I say just two", Snape said icily as he waved an empty jar under Neville's nose.

Neville, who was close to tears, nodded sadly.

"Detention, and twenty points from Gryffindore. Class dismissed", Snape said stalking away to his desk.

"It's alright Neville", Harry said sympatheticly.

"Longbottom, you lost us those points we racked up in the last Quidditch match. Don't mess up again", Ron said nastily as he gathered up his books.

"Leave off him, Weasel", Draco said as he came and stood by Neville, who's face was now a bright crimson.

"Oh, so now a Slytherin is going to tell me what to do, is that it", Ron asked rasing an eyebrow and doing an almost perfect imitation of Draco.

"Well, I find it extremely sad when the Gryffindore house can't even stick together against anything. Don't think that I don't remember what you did to Hermione. I can't believe you still waltz around acting like the pompous bugger you are and no one will say it to you", Draco said venemently.

Harry, who through the whole display was sitting quietly at his desk, stood up.

"I can't believe I am saying this, but Ronald Weasley, he's right," Harry said shaking hands with a very shocked Draco.

"Thank you, Potter", Draco said as he walked away shaking his head in amazment.

As Draco headed to his dormitory, he had the weird sneaking suspicion that he was being followed.

Finally right before he got to the portrait of a huge snake, that was the entrance to the Slytherin common rooms, he turned and spotted Pansy walking along queitly.

"Stop stalking me, Pansy", Draco said glaring at her as she came closer.

"I wasn't for your information. I have to drop off my books. Just like you," Pansy said rather nastily, as she pushed past Draco and said the password.

As the portrait swung open Draco looked at Pansy in a whole new light. He had always thought she was annoying, but suddenly he had realized just how petty she was.

"What crawled up your butt", Draco said quizzicly.

"Since when is it custom for you to stand up for a Gryffindore. Especailly Longbottom, he is more a squib than a wizard", Pansy ranted as she walked through the portrait hole.

"Haha. Wait you would rather see him be bullied around by the Weasel than me", Draco asked sinically, following her in.

"Well no," Pansy stuttered, dropping her books on a nearby table.

"Alright then, case solved you are dismissed," Draco said rather comically walking away from Pansy and up to his dorm.

"Draco Adain Malfoy, don't you turn your back on me", Pansy called glaring up at where he stood on the top step.

"I mean it you walk through that door I will never speak to you again", Pansy screamed when he didn't stop

"Is that a promise", Draco called back, spinning around on his heel, sneer firmly in place.

"Yes", Pansy said deffaintly squaring her feet.

"Bye," Draco said pushing his door open and slamming it.

Pansy huffed and walked away muttering curses. Although no magical curse left her lips, her words where effective.

Draco sat on his bed for maybe two seconds, before sighing loudly and levitating himself above it.

It was a trick his nanny had taught him, when he was six. He had loved his nanny so much, that's why his father had fired her. A Malfoy must never have attachments.

But Draco didn't consider himself a true Malfoy. Sure it was his name and everything, but he didn't like what it represented, and having people judge you as soon as they heard it, didn't help either.

Draco laid back in mid-air loving the feeling of floating. He hadn't levitated himself in so long, he had almost forgotten how.

He suddenly got an idea. He was supposed to write Hermione. She had told him to. He was bored and need something to do (A/N: Haha, that rhymed!).

"Acio parchment, Acio ink, Acio quill", Draco said pointing his wand at his bedside table.

The items he called for, flew out of the drawers and into his out stretched hand.

Once again he pointed his wand at the parchment and it straightened and pulled taught in mid-air. Uncorking his ink, he dipped his quill in and began to scratch out a message.

When he was satisfied with his work, he folded the parchment carefully and levitated the ink, and his quill back into his table.

Floating down to his bed, Draco sighed as the weightless feeling left his system.

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"Mails here", Amanda anounced loudly to Hermione. Hermione looked hopefully up from her, well she didn't quite know what it was, and smiled.

Hoffer was winging his way to her, taking his time of course. He flew between her jug of water, and her hot soup and landed gracefully.

Hermione took the letter from him and broke the seal. Meanwhile, Hoffer was helping himself to some of her untouched French cuisine.

Amanda peered over Hermione's shoulder as she read;

Dear Hermione,

How are you? You said I could write you, so I took the liberty to do so. Ugh! Pansy is driving me up a wall. Doesn't she have an off button? (Both Hermione and Amanda snorted at that.) Anways, how is Beaxbatons? Is it better or worse than you expected? Since you left Proffesor McGongall has taken it personally. She is dishing out stiff punishments to people who break the rules (Then again when wasn't she strict?), and she is handing out loads of homwork. Unfair if you ask me. Something amazing happened today, and I know you'd have been proud of me. I stood up for Longbottom! Yes, the Longbottom! I even suprised myself. The Weasel (sorry I will try not to mention him ever again) was bullying him, because he lost some points in Potions. Nothing new there. So I jumped in, and Potter agreed with me. I think that was the most shocking devolpment of the whole thing. Anyways I am bored out of my mind so send me an owl!

Your Enemy, (haha, Owl-Pal sounds to redundent)

Draco A. Malfoy

Hermione smiled at Amanda who had finished reading the letter at the same time.

"He sounds sweet", Amanda said rather quickly, pointing the part about standing up for Neville.

"He is when he wants to be", Hermione said smirking.

"Aren't all guys like that though," Amanda asked cocking her head to one side in a comical way that made her look like a parrot.

"Yeah, true," Hermione said laughing.

"What's true," Someone said from behind Hermione, in a slow French drawl.

The smile left Hermione's face in a split second. She recognized that voice. It was the one and only Eteine DeGent. His unwanted presence made her cringe slightly as she turned around.

"Hello Proffesor", Hermione said as cheerfully as she could muster.

"Why hello, Miss Granger", Eteine said sweetly.

Amanda sat glancing between the smarmy Proffesor and Hermione, who was sitting there glaring at the bench.

"Proffesor don't you have a class in twenty minutes," Amanda said breaking the silence.

"Oh yes, thank you, Miss, umm whats your name," Eteine asked.

"Miss James", Amanda supplied grumpily.

"Oh yes, well I must be off. Good day, ladies", Eteine said bowing to them and hurrying off.

"Well that was interesting", Amanda said looking at Hermione, who was suddenly in a foul mood.

"Yes it was. Why can't the bugger just leave me alone", Hermione moaned putting her head down on the table.

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Draco was walking along a deserted hallway. Pansy was in a rather sour mood, which is why he was walking around instead of sitting by the fire in the Slytherin commons.

She had actaully thrown things at him. No one was more shocked than Draco, when he walked down the stairs from the boy's dorm and was met by a barrage of books and pillows and really anything Pansy could get her hands on.

Draco had performed the Full Body-Bind on her and then just left her on the floor. The annoying wench was getting to be to much these days, he thought to himself.

As Draco stalked around a corner he came face to face with Ron. Draco had a hard time resisting the urge to just spit in the bastard's face, but thinking on what McGongall would do, he thought better on it.

"Where's your bodygaurds", Ron called visciously after Draco as he tried to walk away.

"Maybe they are out looking for your brain", Draco snapped, turning around.

"How dare you, you, you ferret", Ron said stuttering in anger.

"What cat got your tongue", Draco asked smirking.

"Shut up", Ron said angrily lunging at Draco.

Draco dodged him easily and turned around to sucker punch Ron on the side of the head.

"You'll pay", Ron said as he fell to the floor, everything spinning into darkness.

A/N: Hurray, there goes another chapter. I really hope you liked it. By the way, please review on your way out! Next chapter; We skip ahead. We head into the sixth year, where Hermione is quite fond of Draco and Draco is being prepared by his father to become a Death Eater, against his will of course.