Chapter 3
Asking for help

A few days past with no sign of Madge but to Hermione, that was okay. She was fully focused on catching up in her classes and ignoring Malfoy, who had already rounded up shockingly quite a few lackeys. He made a point of glaring at her everytime her gaze even floated over him. Now on Hermione's side of things, she was having less luck finding friends. A few girls introduced themselves on the first day of classes but that was obviously just to be nice because they haven't spoken to her once after that.

The classes were fairly easy for both of them but Malfoy was having problems in the history class that he and Hermione shared, and she knew it. He obviously couldn't ask the people who knew there for help, because, hello? They're lackeys! They don't need to know anything except to move on command. Draco finally sucked up his pride and asked for Hermione's help. He expected an arguement over it. He expected her to not want to help. He expected her to give in after a few weak protests.

"No," he did not expect that.

"What? Why not," he asked. She looked at him funny and then turned and started walking away, so naturaly he followed, wanting his request granted.

She spoke again, "you've obviously never asked some one for help before have you?" She paused for a moment but then continued. "A request like yours requires a certain amount of begging and groveling, I can't just say yes because thats all you want is a quick answer and an easy way out but I won't give you either."

Hermione started to walk away again but this time Draco grabbed her arm. She looked down at her arm.

"Get your hand off me!"

"No."

She retaliated to this by taking her other arm and slapping him across the face, hard. "I told you to get you hand off me," She looked at him with pity, he was obviously hurting from her slap, "Okay," he said. "So maybe I deserved that."

"Hmmm, maybe?"

"Okay, I *did* deserve that then, look, what do you want? An apology?"

"Yes I would very much like an apology from you, but seeing as I won't get an honest one. I just can't bring myself to care about your little problem." With that she finally walked away with no objections from Malfoy.

He was holding the right side of his face with his hand, "that bloody hurt," he mumbled. It was totally worth it though to see Hermione so worked up over such a little thing such as grabbing her arm. He loved being able to push all her buttons.

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"Stupid Malfoy," Hermione found her self thinking for the second time in two weeks. "Thinks he can just ask for my help again after everything...ugh!!!"

'But he is kinda-'

"Shut up!!" She found herself telling the little voice in her head, "Ugh I can sooo not think that!!"

"Something I should know?" Asked a voice from her now open doorway, she hadn't even heard the person enter.

"Sorry, er, no. I'm just upset with some one right now." Hermione said, regaining her composure.

"I see that," said the person, looking around her room, which looked as if her trunk had exploded.

"Hmmm yeah, so I'm sorry, I don't think we've met, have we?" She looked hard at the girl standing there, trying to recal if they had met or not.

"Haha no, I'm Evan."

"Hermione."

"Well, good to meet you, I've actually heard some about you."

"What?" asked Hermione, confused. "Like what? And from who?"

"Oh, from that guy you transfered with, Draco?"

"Malfoy's been talking about me?" She asked, extremely confused now.

"Yeah, he say's you're quite the bookworm," Evan smiled, "but I don't know, I don't judge people just by what others say about them."

"Ha that's a good thing, I'm sure Malfoy has been saying far worse things then that I'm a bookworm."

"He is kind of hott though-"

"Oh no, not you too! Half the girls at our old school were practically in love with him, just because he is hott and has money to spare. I don't personaly agree though."

"With which part the girls being in love with him or the 'he's hott' part?" Evan's smile had now turned into the largest smirk you have ever seen.

"Both!! God! I know where this is going! No No No! He is not hott!!

"Hmm okay." Evan obviously didn't believe her.

"It's true! He's not!"

The smirk was still prominent as she nodded her head, "Sure."

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A/N: Okay so not the greatest chapter, kinda boring I must say but the next will be soo funny, I promise.

lol-Chemistry Class (Oh the explosions! :P) -Draco's huge mistake (Hence the getting even thing) -Evan's smirk becomes even wider when she sees the two together (If thats possible!)

Okay So sorry if the spelling and such are off or in accidental shorthand, I'm writting this on a stupid computer that has no spell check! The Horror!! The Horror!! Anywho! Thanks to all who reviewed! It means a lot to me that you all like it!

Oh and to Emily and Jules: your story is gonna take a while but in the mean time im gonna have characters in this story be loosly based on you, okay? BTW-Evan would be Em and this girl I'm introducing in the next chapter will be Jules, her name will be-*Waves arms magically over the screen*-Jenna

Lol thanks again!