Chapter 5

Everybody were sitting in the classroom, talking, when Blaise Zabini (a Slytheringirl) suddenly started to laugh really loud. People started to giggle when they heard her laugh, because it was really catching, but when they saw what she was laughing at they also started to laugh. It was Malfoy. He was standing by the door, and his blond hair was standing up in the air like an afro or something. His cheek was yellow, and Hermione laughed even harder when she realised that she had caused that yesterday when she had hit him. He looked really mad.

"Ok, ok, laugh as much as you want now, I want to know WHO STOLE MY HAIRWAX AND BRUSH!?" He shouted. Harry pressed his finger into Hermione's back a little so that she would understand that he had done it. She smiled and walked up to Malfoy.

"Let me fix it," she said with a grin, and she put her wand on his hair and whispered a spell. Draco's hair did change, but not to the way he wanted to. Now he had two ponytails and pink pins in his hair.

"Oops, sorry, I think I forgot the right spell...well, don't say I didn't try.."

Blaise started to laugh again, but when Malfoy looked at her with a cold look she stopped and glared at Hermione. Hermione walked back to her seat, and if looks could kill, she would be dead by now because Malfoy was staring at her with so much hatred in his eyes. Luckily, Professor McGonagall came into the classroom. She tried to hide a smile when she saw Malfoy's hair, but failed.

"What a nice hair you have today, Mr Malfoy," she said. Blaise giggled. Draco looked like he was going to explode, but McGonagall didn't care, she started to preach about today's lesson.

At lunch, Hermione was waiting for Harry and Ron outside the Great Hall when Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle came walking towards her. His hair was now 'normal' again. He grinned when he saw her.

"Hello mudblood, waiting for my revenge?" He said and she saw Crabbe and Goyle cover the scene with their big bodies. Malfoy put his mouth to her ear.

"Just wait, I will wait for the perfect time and place to give it to you" He whispered, and Hermione shivered. Malfoy turned around and they walked away. Damn it. He would probably do something embarressing to her at lunch, and she didn't want that. She decided to skip lunch and walk over to the lake. She sat down on a bench, and remembered the time when Viktor Krum had 'saved' her from the bottom of this lake two years ago in a competition. She smiled at the memory, he had really liked her..

"Hey again!" Someone behind her said. She rolled her eyes, because she knew who it was, it was Derek. She didn't want to talk to him, he had called her a mudblood yesterday, so she didn't answer. He sat down. "Whats up?" He asked again, she just stared at the lake. He smiled. "Not in a talking mood, huh? Well, don't let me bother you, I'm just gonna sit here." He didn't say anything else. She was really angry now. How could he act like they were friends or something? She glared at him, and he grinned.

"Sorry about yesterday. I didn't mean it." He said. She stared at him. Could he read minds?

"What?" She hissed.

"I'm sorry for what I did. I didn't want to do it."

"Then why did you?" She asked him, still angry.

"Well, even if I wanted to, I couldn't let you beat Malfoy up. He is in my house, if you remember, and I shouldn't let him down." He smiled again. Hermione looked at him.

"Well, you shouldn,t have called me a mudblood." She muttered.

"I know, and I'm sorry, really! You can hit me if you want. Come on, hit me!" He pointed at his face, and closed his eyes thight so that his face got all wrinkly. She giggled.

"I won't hit you, stupid," she said. He opened his eyes again.

"Good. Yellow is not my color anyway." Hermione smiled. She started to feel a little better. But she had a strange feeling though, this guy was a little too nice to be a Slytherin. Maybe he was just messing with her..She looked at the lake again. He stood up, ready to walk away.

"I just wanted to say that I'm sorry." He said, and then he was gone. Hermione sighed and looked over to the other side of the lake. She saw a boy and a girl walk there hand-in-hand, and she smiled when she saw that it was Ron and Sandra.(Sandra was the girl who had kissed Ron yesterday, a fifthyear student from Hufflepuff, Ron's girlfriend. They had met on the night when Ron and Harry had performed with 'have a nice day'.) Hermione was glad that Ron wasn't dating one of the schools bimbos. Sandra was more normal. She was a little chubby, shorter than him, and she had long black hair and the warmest eyes Hermione had ever seen. And she was funny and kind too. Why couldn't boys be like that?

"Dance!" Someone behind her shouted, and she flew up. Her legs started to move, she was dancing. She looked at Malfoy. He was holding his wand, and she didn't hesitate, she ripped her wand from her pocked and did the same to him. He started to dance too, a little surprised. Hermione smiled, and he looked at her with a killing look. After a while, people started to gather around them, laughing. This was exhausting. She was doing the can- can, and Malfoy was breakdancing when Ron came running and released them from the spells. They both fell to the ground. Ron sat down beside her and Sandra ran over to Malfoy, who was looking tired.

"Are you ok?" Ron asked her. He was smiling.

"Yeah, just a little exhausted." She answered, still looking at Sandra and Malfoy. She couldn't believe her eyes, Malfoy was laughing! And not his usual evil laugh, he looked happy. He stood up and said something to Sandra, and walked away. Sandra walked over to them, smiling.

"Hey Hermione, are you ok?" She asked. Hermione smiled and nodded.

"How did you make him laugh?" She asked.

"What?" Sandra looked surprised.

"Malfoy. He never laughs." Sandra looked confused.

"Well, I just asked him where he had learned to breakdance that good. He laughed, thanked me and walked away." She looked like it was no big deal. Even Ron looked at her like she was a freak. She looked from him to Hermione, and giggled.

"You two are like twins," she said, formed a kiss with her lips at Ron and walked away.

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J.Fo's note: Hello again! And Happy New Year!!!! Thanx 'lilspitfire' for the rewiews, and to be honest, I don't really know what the f-word is, but let's just say that it's the beginning of a not-so-nice word.=D if u know what I mean. I hope u got the answers to your questions in this chapter, and please, rewiew more. C ya next time =P