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Rhapsodys Note - Well, I got more than 25 reviews but even if I didn't I like this story so I really wanna continue with it. I saw a story with over 5000 reviews tha other day! WHOA! Lol, so anywayz, I guess you can see I REALLY want Hermione and Draco together. If you don't like my swearing then tell me and I'll change a bit of it but I haven't had any complaints so far but I will try to make all the remaining chapters longer, I have a tendancy to do things too fast. Ok, cyaz! Oh, chapter dedicated to all reviewers that like Hermione's new look! P.S - Hermione doesn't have a fringe. Think britney spears-ish hair.

'word' = thoughts

"Heart and Mind"

Over the past few days, Hermione loved the attention she was getting from all the guys. She had gone on countless dates in that small time. Even the little first and second years were drooling over the New Hermione. It was time to put her plan into action.

"What we got?" Harry asked as he tried to stuff his books in his bookbag.

"Uh.potions, how lovely" Hermione said, reading Friday's timetable.

"I'm just wetting myself with excitement" Ron rolled his eyes.

"I can see why. Snape is about as happy as someone with lung cancer" Harry said sarcastisally.

"Oh you two! Let's go" Hermione playfully narrowed her eyes at them.

The three of them made their way down to the dungeons. A lot of the Slytherins were already there.

"Hey Granger, ditched the ugly look to try and look hot. Not a chance!" Pansy said with an evil smile.

"May be. At least I look better than you'll ever hope to be" Hermione retorted as she flipped her hair over her shoulder.

Pansy looked surprised. Hermione had never retaliated.

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that, filthy mudblood" Malfoy spat. But not with the feeling that he used to have. He didn't even WANT to call her a mudblood. Or any other foul name.

"Ha ha! Good one Drakie, that really got you didn't it, slut?" Pansy said.

Hermione just stood there, speechless at what a crap come back that was.

"Oh my god. If you think that's funny, you must have a lot of spare time your hands" She was close to laughing. Harry and Ron were already laughing.

All the Slytherins gave her dirty looks and were muttering insults under their breath.

"You got shut down!" yelled Lee to the Slytherins as he walked past. Fred and George were grinning at Hermione too. All the Gryffindors were laughing.

"10 points from Gryffindor for yelling in my corridor" Snape said briskly and followed them into the dungeon.

As everyone got seated, Snape started to teach his class.

"Break up into partners, the instructions for the potion are on the board, ingredients you have, anything else is in the cupboards. Start" He said.

Hermione partnered Harry while Ron went with Dean. Blaise and Draco were working together.

"What is her problem? She won't even look at me, or talk. Even if I insult her" Draco said sourly, looking at Hermione a few cauldrons away.

"Hmm" Blaise said, concentrating on the potion and trying to get her dark hair out of her face at the same time.

"Granger thinks she's soooo good, just because she has pretty hair and she's hot and she has a sexy body, blah blah blah. Honestly, I heard some Slytherins go on anout her the other day" He curled his lip.

"Uh-huh" Blaise replied, still working on the potion that was set.

"It doesn't mean she's not the same annoying goody goody nerd, people just can't see-" Draco was cut off by Blaise.

"Draco! If I didn't know better I'd say you got it bad for her. If Mione's really that bad, why make her the centre of your world and talk about her that much?" She said exasperatedly.

"I-I don't like her" He snapped.

"Well, could we get on with the potion PLEASE" Blaise said.

"Whatever" Draco replied.

He still couldn't help staring at Hermione, her hair bouncing with every move, school uniform hugging all her curves, though some hidden by her robes, her smile, showing her straight white teeth. Everything about Hermione was a turn-on. Draco had her, but he was too stupid to even think about how attractive she really was, and how sweet and loving her personality was.

Hermione was wanted by all the boys and envied by most of the girls. Draco was the male equivalent to her. It was amazing how Hermione handled all the attention. If guys gave her gifts or talked to her, she'd grin and be nice.

If girls did that to Draco, he'd push them away or tell them to fuck off.

'Stop thinking about the stupid mudblood' His mind snapped

'So? I have every right to want her' Draco's heart argued

'Oh come on! You're really goin soft' said his mind

'No, I'm not. I hate that mudblood' his heart said. But he didn't want to say that. He felt defensive of her.

'See? What would father think if he was doing legilimency right now?' Draco's mind said.

His heart and mind had a furious battle but in the end his mind won. That's how he was brought up. Never let emotions show, never let emotions feel. But he was hurting. His mind blocked it out and convinced himself he felt nothing but hate for the girl.

"Fill a flask of your potion, label it then bring it to me. Then you all may go" Snape said.

As soon as they left the classroom, Ron, Harry and Hermione loosened their ties and went to the Great Hall for lunch.

"Hey Mione, what did you have?" Ginny asked.

"Potions. At least Snape didn't say much, but he docked points from Gryffindor" Hermione replied.

"And Mione payed out the Slytherins" Harry grinned.

"Go Hermione! Bet they weren't too happy about that!" Ginny laughed.

"Nope, but as you'd know they deserved every word of it" Hermione said as she reached for a sandwich and got up. "Ok, I'd better go, I'm behind on my homework. Bye Gin"

Hermione left the Great Hall and made her way up the stairs. There she saw Pansy Parkinson and a gang of Slytherin girls.

"Move" Hermione ordered.

"No, I don't think we will actually" Pansy said.

"Go away, pug face, I need to get to my dorm" She retorted.

"Don't give me that crap Granger" Pansy slapped her across the face.

"Ouch" Hermione whispered, rubbing her cheek. She tried to walk throught them.

Another one of the girls punched her jaw while another gave her a blow to her stomach. Hermione refused to fight them back.

"You think you're so good, but you're just a slutty little tryhard" Pansy snarled and hit her in the mouth.

Her lip was pissing out blood. She slammed her to the wall. A Slytherin girl punched her face again and Hermione fell down.

They continued yelling insults at her.

Draco had finished his lunch and went by himself to the Slytherin common room. At the top of the stairs, he saw Hermione lying on the floor in front of Pansy Parkinson and her friends. They were calling her horrible things.

Then Draco saw Hermione. She was bleeding and her jaw was swollen. He had another violent war with his heart and mind.

But this time, his heart won.

Rhapsody - Hey! I had to end the chappie here or it wouldn't be a cliffy! And I know you all just loooooove those! Lol, R&R plz!