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A/N: Hello my pretties *muhahahaha*. I'm here once again, (when am I not here?) to bring you the latest chapter in Trying Again. Hoepfully you all like it as much as I do. Well I am not giving anything away for this chapter. You'll just have to read it!
Chapter 11
Summer; A Time Of Relaxation...... Not!

"We're On The Top Of The World, You And I, We Got Alot Of Time, And It Sure Feels Fine, Cuz You Reached In Your Pocket, And Pulled Out A Pass, That Says, You Can Take Me Anywhere, Sha-La-La-La-La, Sha-La-La-La-La, Sha-La-La-La-La, Sha-La-La-La-La, We're On The Top Of The World, You And I, We Got Lot Of Time, And It Sure Feels Right, Look I'm Running Behind You, Look I'm Running With You, Sha-La-La-La-La, Sha-La-La-La-La, Sha-La-La-La-La, Sha-La-La-La-La, We're At The Top Of Then World, You And I, We Got Alot Of Time, And It Sure Feels Right, Cuz You Reached Your Pocket, And Pulled Out A Pass, You Can Take Me Anywhere, You Can Take Me Anywhere, You Can Take Me Anywhere, You Can Take Me Anywhere, You Can Take Me Anywhere, Sha-La-La-La-La, Sha-La-La-La-La, Sha-La-La-La-La, Sha-La-La-La-La, Yeah-e-Yeah-e-Yeah, You Can Take Me Anywhere, Yeah-e-Yeah-e-Yeah, You Can Take Me Anywhere, Yeah-e-Yeah-e-Yeah, You Can Take Me Anywhere, Sha-La-La-La-La, Sha-La-La-La-La."

~ The Juliana Thoery - "Top Of The World"

Hermione woke up the next morning, feeling quite refreshed and perky. She got out of bed, picked out her clothes for the day and headed into her cheery bathroom.

She turned on the water, stuck her hand under it to test the tempature and then stripped down to her birthday suit. She jumped into the shower, her back immedaitly relaxing as the hot water hit it.

She opened the shower door and turned her muggle radio on full blast. She didn't exactly know the song that was on so she just mumbled the words.

"You are crazy.... blah, blah, Everyday... blah, blah", Hermione sang, laughing at herself.

The song ended and so did Hermione's shower. She jumped out, wrapping a large red, and fluffy towel around herself. She wiped of the mirror which was all fogged up and looked at herself in the mirror.

Her hair, which was naturally curly when dry, was hanging down in wet tendrils to just above her shoulders. Draco had been right when he had said she looked different.

She looked much older, and sophisticated with her hair like this. She tentively grabbed a brushed and pulled it through her soft hair. She had just gotten this new shampoo and it made her hair silky and shiny.

She parted her hair and began to French braid the left side of her hair. She braided it until she got to top of her head (A/N: Think the back of your head that's the top. Confusing, huh?) then she put a rubber band around it and started on the other side. Amanda had taught her how to French braid last summer.

It had been a thing Hermione picked up quite easily. Being able to French braid her own hair in a matter of weeks. Hermione put a rubber band on the second braid and surveyed her work.

It looked alright, so she gather all her hair into a pony and then into a bun. She looked at her handy work one more time, before she got dressed. When she stepped out of her bathroom, steam billowed out from behind her and she heard a giggle from across her room.

She looked at her bed and there sitting on it, where Draco and Athena. Hermione started at them dumbstruck for a moment, before her legs found strength and she was hurtling into Draco, gathering him into a big hug.

"I didn't know you guys where coming", Hermione said after she had let go of Draco, who was rubbing his ribs, and glowering at her.

"Well, we wanted to suprise you, so we asked your mother and she said it was alright", Athena said standing up from the bed and hugging Hermione also.

"Well, you certainly suprised me", Hermione said standing back from Athena who was eyeing Hermione's hair.

"I like your hair, how did you do that," Athena said walking around Hermine and closely studying the braids.

"It's just a bit of French braiding, then a pony, and then finally into a bun", Hermione said softly.

"Oh, you'll have to teach me how to French braid", Athena said whimsically.

"Alright," Hermione siad," But not now, we have to get you two settled", Hermione siad pointing to Rosie who was peeking her head around Hermione's door.

"Where are your trunks", Hermione asked as Rosie shuffled into the room, to stand beside her.

"We left them by your door", Draco said standing up also.

"Alright, I am going to have to have help bringing them up, miss", Rosie said leading the way downstairs.

"Okay, Rosie," Hermione said politely.

When they reached the downstairs, Hermione was met with the smell of a cake being made.

"Are you making something", Hermione asked Rosie.

"Yes, I am baking a lemon cake for dessert tonight", Rosie said as they reached the two large trunks blocking the doorway.

"Mmm", Hermoine said licking her lips as her and Draco each grabbed on of the leather straps on the trunk and began to carry it up the stairs.

"My trunk isn't as heavy as Draco's", Athena said from behind Hermione, where her and Rosie where following them with Athena's trunk.

"Yeah, what did you pack, rocks", Hermione gasped as they hit the last step and she lurched side ways.

"No actaully only, my broom, my clothes, and some books", Draco said brightly as Rosie and Athena headed in the opposite direction, and into another of th guest rooms.

"Well this will be your room for the next two weeks, I am guessing", Hermione said she propped open the door to a powder blue room that was right beside her own.

"Yeah, that's how long your mother said we could stay", Draco said grinning at Hermione and setting the trunk down.

"Alright then, do you want me to help you unpack", Hermione asked eyeing his trunk dully.

"No, I'm a big boy", Draco said flexing his muscles.

Hermione just laughed and walked out into the hallway.

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Later that day, Hermione, Athena and Draco where all stretched out on Hermione's hamock watching Crookshanks stalking any bug that was close by.

"Get him Crookshanks, get him", Athena said quietly as Crookshanks got ready to pounce on an unsuspecting fly.

Hermione giggle slightly and the wind ruffled all of their hair. Hermione turned on her side to face Draco and began playing with his hair. She ran her hand through it, then she flattened it down.

"Hey, don't touch the hair", Draco said, even though he had his eyes shut blissfully.

"Oh, you know you like it", Athena said from the other side of Draco watching carefully as Draco's eyelashes fluttered and he turned to glare at her.

"Then you'll like it too", Draco said as he sat up, grabbed Athena's head and began giving her a noogie.

"Ahhhhhhhhh", Athena said hitting Draco lightly.

When Draco let go of her, her hair puffed out like a lion and she growled playfully at both Hermione and Draco.

"What should we do", Draco said turning to Hermione.

"Well, we could have a water fight, seeing as it is so hot out here", Hermione said an evil smirk plastered across her face.

"Oooh, that sounds like fun", Athena cooed happily, clapping her hands together in glee.

"Alright then. I say we all go to our rooms, get our suits on, and meet in my kitchen so we can collect the proper supplies," Hermione said getting off of the hamock and giving her hand to Athena so she could stand also.

"Sounds good to me", Draco said.

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"I'll get you for that, Malfoy", Hermione screamed as she pushed her now soaking wet hair out of her face.

"Oh really", Draco said smirking sexily, from where he stood holding three huge water balloons.

Hermione glared at him and stalked over to Athena, who was holding a big plastic squirt gun. Hermione motioned to Athena and they began to plot against Draco.

"I say we get a bucket full of water and pour it over his head", Hermione said motioning to a big bucket that sitting by the side of her house.

"I have a better idea, we can do that, but why not humilate him at the same time", Athena said evily and raised her eyebrows.

"What do you mean", Hermione asked a bit miffed.

"I mean, one of us pour the water on him, the other grab his shorts", Athena said smirking widely and doing voilent hand guestures at the same time.

Hermione grinned sardonically and nodded. They walked over to the bucket and with the hose, filled it to the top. Draco was watching them warily from across the yard.

"Ready", Hermione whispered and Athena nodded.

"Which do you want the bucket or his shorts", Athena asked wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.

"I'll take the bucket", Hermione said stoicoly.

"Oh, come on Hermione, be brave", Athena said.

"No, it was your plan", Hermione siad heaving the heavy bucket up into her arms and starting to walk towards Draco.

Draco just sat and watched as Athena and Hermione advanced on him, with that extremely big bucket. He started to walk backwards as they got closer, but soon ran into a hedge at the edge of Hermione's yard.

He was trapped. He held up his hands as if in surrender. Hermione and Athena looked at each other breefly, before Hermione broke into a trot and Athena followed right behind her.

They reached Draco at about the same time, and with a war cry, like shout, Hermione upturned the water over Draco's head, while Athena reached down and de-panced him.

Draco looked down and saw his shorts at his ankles, he pulled them up quickly and looked around. Hermione and Athena where running across the yard at breakneck speed laughing their heads off.

Draco, who was now bright red, grabbed their discarded bucket and headed into the kitchen for a little mischeif.

Draco filled the bucket full with ice and icey cold water. He smirked as he grabbed the bucket and went back outside. The girls where lounging on the hammock out of breathe, and red in the face.

When Draco apeared carring the bucket, they both started laughing, again. Draco's angrily stood there, the bucket over one shoulder. The girls whispered to each other, and Draco could just barely hear them mention him, and his expossed self.

Draco walked up to the girls and brought the bucket down on their heads. There was a shrieking wail coming from both of them, and when Draco lifted the bucket, they where both glaring murderously at him.

"Serves you right, you pansys", Draco said, folding his arms across his chest and smirking at the two girls.

"I guess your right", Hermione said holding out her hand for a truse.

Draco grabbed her hand and pulled her over his shoulder and started walking towards the hose. Hermione was screaming, hitting and kicking him, but Draco didn't drop her until she was right beside the hose.

Athena came walking over slowly, not wanting to feel Draco's wrath too soon. Hermione looked pleadingly over at Athena and she just shrugged. Hermione turned back around just in time to feel cold water come pouring over her head.

She sputtered and screamed many curses, that Draco didn't even know she knew. Finally he turned off the tap and stood over Hermione. Smirking like he had just won a bet.

"I hate you", Hermione said venemently through chattering teeth.

Draco threw his head back and laughed, the most wonderful sound Hermione had ever heard come from him, thus far.

"I should hope not, because then who will you watch a movie with tonight", Bridget said coming out the back door and seeing a very drenched Hermione laying on the ground.

"Honey, I rented some movies for you guys to watch. I am going to be doing paperwork tonight at my office, so you'll be alone", Bridget said pointing to the bag she held in her hand.

"Alright, mum", Hermione said waving at her mother as she turned to leave.

"See later, sweetie", Bridget said before grabbing her car keys and heading off for work.

"So I guess it's just the three of us", Athena said coyly, eyeing Draco.

"I don't know about you two, but I want to go inside. I'm cold", Hermione said from where she still sat on the ground, huddle with her knees drawn up to her chest.

"Agreed", Draco said and he walked off to fetch the towels they had hung on a nearby tree.

When Draco came back he handed Athena her towel, wrapped himself in his own towel, and started to walk inside, stil holding the third towel.

"Hey, what about my towel", Hermione cried, shivering slightly as the trees shook with the breeze.

"I don't give towels to people who hate me", Draco said sweetly holding out the towel in her direction and waving it back and forth.

Hermione's eyes followed the towel, for a minute, before she screwed up her face into a pout and gave Draco her best puppy-dog-look.

"Please, Draco", Hermione whined.

"You still hate me though", Draco said playfully and turned as if to leave again.

"Don't go!" Hermione shouted, she looked at Athena who was laughing at the pair and said," I loooooovvvvvvveeeee you Draco", in her best sarcastic voice.

Draco laughed and turned around.

"Alright, if you put it that way," he said grinning and brandishing the towel at her.

He walked back to where she sat, and helping her up, wrapped the towel around her himself.

"Guess what, because you love me, you get the specail treatment", Draco said laughingly and he put his arm under the crook in Hermione's knees and hoisted her up.

He carried her back into the house, while Athena followed, jealously watching Draco's care of Hermione.

Draco dropped Hermione on the couch and started to walk up the stairs.

"What lousy service, you don't even take me up the stairs?' Hermione mocked from the couch.

"I'm sorry, but that's as far as this train is going", Draco said and ran up the rest of the stairs.

Hermione got off the couch and grabbing a sort of sulky Athena, dragged her up to her room to get re-dressed.

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Twenty minutes later the girls emerged their hair pulled up into ponys and both in their pajamas.

They were giggling and as they walked down the stairs to the living room, where Draco sat, in green silk pants and a grey shirt, he swore he could hear them discussing things that he would never guess would come out of their mouths.

"Hello, Draco," Athena said seductively, ruffling his hair as she passed him and sat on the huge white sofa that was almost as big as a bed.

Hermione giggled slightly and walked past him too, to sit in the same sofa as Athena was now sprawled out on.

"I feel so alone over here", Draco said from the small burgundy recliner he was currently sitting in.

"Oooh, then come over here", Hermione said patting the place between her and Athena.

"Alright," Draco said, removing his reading glasses and setting them on top of "Hogwarts A History."

"Hey, Draco since when do you wear reading glasses", Hermione asked as he set them on her coffee table and went and sat beside her.

"I don't know, since second year", Draco said shrugging and turning aorund to lay down like the girls where, on their stomachs.

"I think they make you look cute", Athena said as she stared at the blank T.V. screen.

"Hey, I look cute all the time", Draco said smugly.

"Shut up Mr. Big Ego, which movie do you want to watch", Hermione asked holdin up three tapes.

"I don't know, I never have watched muggle tellievisine", Athena said trying to wrap her tongue around the foregien word.

"Me either", Draco said nodding his head vigorously up and down.

"Okay, then I get to pick the movie, how about Spiderman?" Hermione said pulling the tape out of it's case and popping it into the VCR.

"Sounds good to me, even though I don't know what it is", Athena said.

Draco started nodding again, but Athena put her hand in his spikey hair and pushed his head down back to the massive pillow they where all sharing.

"Ahh, you touched the hair", Draco moaned and tried to fix his hair.

"Aren't you a vain little creature", Hermione said as she settled back down on the sofa.

"Shhh.... it's starting", Athena said.

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Needless to say, Athena and Draco where both in awe of the T.V. By the time the movie was over, Athena was saying something about purchasing her own T.V. and Draco was rambling on about elekticity.

"Okay, okay. I think it's time for bed", Hermione said rather grumpily as Draco and Athena began to squabble over the popcorn that Rosie had made.

"Alright", Athena said jumping up from the couch, pulling Draco, who had, had his arm wrapped around one of her legs, along with her.

Hermione laughed she watched Athena tumble to the ground Draco sprinted for the stairs, just as Athena got back up and came harring after him. Hermione turned off the T.V. , put the popcorn bowl in the kitchen and went up the stairs.

When she got to the door of her room, Draco was standing next to it, with Athena hitting him. Finally she pushed him and smirking at Hermione went into her own room.

"Goodnight, robo-dork", Hermione said slyly smiling at him from under her lashes.

"What! Did you just call me a dork?" Draco asked putting his hand over his heart and acting as if he was wounded.

"Yes, deal with it,"Hermione said walking past him.

Draco reached out and smacked Hermione's butt hard with the back of his hand. She let out a string of curses and turned around glaring at him.

He smiled cheekily at her, blew a kiss and went into the room next to hers. Hermione was still fuming as she climbed into bed, and fell into an awaited peaceful sleep.

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Draco shut his door quietly, grinning to himself. The look on Hermione's face had been priceless. He was beginning to really enjoy himself here.

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter, I know I did. Well what you waiting for? Review!!!!