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Chapter 2- Arrival

Hermione said good-bye to her parents, and went to find Ginny once the Grangers reached Kings Cross Station. She saw the back of the heads of a large red haired family standing by Platform 9 ¾ and knew immediately that it was the Weasley's.

"Ron! Ginny! I'm over here!" Hermione shouted as the family turned around to face her.

"Hermione! We were afraid you wouldn't come. We've been looking for you all morning," Mrs. Weasley exclaimed.

"Of course I would come! You know that I love Hogwarts!" said Hermione.

"Yeah, we know," Ron said, in a very apparent bored voice. "Look over there, I think it's Harry with the Dursley's!"

"Harry, we're over here!" Ginny yelled and her face began to blush. Ginny had been going out with Harry since the beginning of her 5th year, and was very much in love.

"Hey Gin! Hermione, Ron! Bye Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and Dudley. Thanks for the ride here," Harry said.

"C'mon you guys! We don't want to miss the train!" Ginny said as she grabbed Harry's hand.

The four of them ran through the platform with a simple wave good-bye to the Weasley's.

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Everybody got on the train and found an empty compartment.

"Okay you guys, I guess I have to go find the Heads compartment. Wish me luck with Malfoy," Hermione said.

" Mione, if Malfoy gives you any grief, let me know, okay?" Harry said, sounding concerned.

"I'm a big girl now, Harry I can take care of myself. Don't worry about a thing."

"Bye Hermione. Make sure you come down to the Gryfindor common room once you get to Hogwarts!" said Ginny.

"Okay I will. See you guys later!" said Hermione.

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Hermione made her way down a long carpeted corridor until she found the compartment with the word "Heads Cabin" on the front written in a gold loopy handwriting. She opened the door and was glad to find Malfoy not there yet. He's probably off with his flying ferret fan club. She sat down in the window seat and looked out the window. The train had already started before Malfoy came into the compartment.

The first thing Draco noticed when he walked in was the smell of a flowery perfume- identical to the one his mother always wore.  If she's wearing the same perfume as mother, then maybe she's not as poor as I thought. He noticed how Hermione's hair was not frizzy like it was the day before. She must have used something on it. Instead her hair was in auburn ringlets.

"Ahem," said Draco clearing his throat to get Hermione's attention.

"Oh, it's you," Hermione said with a tone of disgust.

"Don't be so disappointed. I know you thought you would never hear me say this, but we have to learn to get along this year since we will practically be living together," said Draco.

"Please don't remind me," said Hermione as she pulled out her CD player. She noticed Draco watching her as she put on the headphones.

Draco looked suspiciously at it. Must be some kind of muggle device. She does live with muggle parents after all.

"If you don't mind me asking, what is that?" Draco asked, pointing at her CD player.

"Oh this?" said Hermione pressing pause so she could hear better, "it's just my CD player. Mum and Dad got it for me on my birthday. Do you want to listen to it?"

"Uh…" Draco began, unsure of what would happen, "sure".

Hermione moved over next to Draco and positioned the headphones over his ears. She pressed play, and Draco jumped at the sudden noise.

"Do you like it? It's my favorite song, it's called 'Bonny and Clyde' by JayZ and Beyonce," Hermione asked.

"Yah, it's kind of neat. Would you let me listen to it for awhile if you don't mind?" Draco asked.

"Sure," Hermione said, remember Ginny's advice to kill him with kindness.

Draco listened very intently to 'Bonny and Clyde'. Those two sound like they are in love. What am I thinking- love? There is no such thing. The song switched to 'X Gonna Give It to You' and Draco began to bob his head up and down to the music.

Hermione looked over at him and saw him getting really into the music.

"Like the song?" Hermione asked.

"Yah, I like this one a lot." Draco replied. He began to sing along "First we gonna rock, then we gonna roll… X gonna give it to ya, he gonna give it to ya, X gonna give it to ya…"

"I love that song!" Hermione cried, "I can tell you like it too, I'll remember that."

"So, I guess you can only get these in the muggle world, right?" Draco asked, sounding disappointed.

"Yah. I guess. I mean, something running on batteries isn't something you'd find in Hogsmede," Hermione said, "Oh look! We're here!"

Draco looked out the window. He was surprised they were they were there already. He handed Hermione back her CD player looking disappointed.

"Oh don't give me that face Dra-Malfoy. You can borrow it sometime if you want. I got a whole bunch of CDs in my trunk, and a lot other muggle devices that I think you might like," Hermione said noticing the frown on Draco's face.

Did she just start to call him Draco? "That would be great Her-Granger,"

Did he just start to call me Hermione? "Draco,"

She said it again. "Yes?"

"I was thinking, if we're going be living together, we might want to call each other by our first names instead of our surnames. I mean, only in private," Hermione suggested.

"I agree, Hermione," Draco said trying out her name. It actually is a pretty name- prettier than Pansy, at least.

"Good," Hermione said with a smile, "Now come on, we have to go help out." Hermione gathered her stuff and walked out of the compartment with Draco close behind.

"Oh look, there's Professor McGonagall. I think she is waiting for us," Hermione said.

"Okay, lets go see what she wants," Draco said.

They walked to her; without realizing, Draco and Hermione were walking shoulder to shoulder.

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Harry, Ron and Ginny got off the train and saw the unmistakable platinum blond walking right next to the instantly recognizable Hermione Granger.

"What the heck. Why is Hermione walking RIGHT next to Malfoy? And look like they are having a civil conversation! Has he brainwashed her or something? I'm going over there," Ron said.

"Ron, no, don't. Leave it. What Hermione wants to do is her choice, not yours," Harry said.

Ginny just smiled. Hermione had taken her advice to heart.

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"Hermione, Draco!" Professor McGonagall greeted them warmly, "Come, I need to show you your rooms before dinner."

McGonagall led them up a marble staircase to a portrait of the first Head Boy and Girl Hogwarts had. The girl in the portrait smiled at Hermione.

"This is your common room, what do you want the password to be?" McGonagall asked.

Hermione looked at Draco, and she knew he was thinking the same thing. "How about 'CD'?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, I like that," Draco said.

"Okay, then CD it is," McGonagall said.

The portrait swung open and revealed and scarlet and green common room. There were two desks, a fireplace, a couch and two chairs.

"Hermione, your room is to the left and Draco yours is to the right. The bathroom is right over there, and connects to both of your rooms. Once you guys get settled, come down to the entrance hall; we're going to need all the help we can get with the first years," McGonagall said, then left the room.

Wow, this is as nice as my room in the Malfoy Mansion.

Oh my gosh. I will be staying here? And the desk will be perfect for studying.

"I'm going to unpack. You can have that desk, and I'll take this one," Hermione said. She opened her trunk and took her laptop out and set it onto the desk along with her best quills and different colored parchment and scrolls. She set her favorite books on the shelf, then went back to her trunk and pulled out a stereo.

Draco couldn't help but watch her. How did she fit all of that into her trunk? Oh, maybe she used an endless space spell.

"Are you watching me?" Hermione asked.

"Uh," Draco said and turned away, "I was just wondering, what is all that?" he said pointing to her laptop and stereo.

"Oh, that on the desk is my laptop. It's like a computer except it's small and compact. Remember, we learned about that in muggle studies. And that is a stereo. It's like my CD player, except it's a lot bigger and you don't need the headphones to hear it," Hermione said.

"Right…" Draco said.

He watched as she went into the bathroom and put all of her shampoo and fragrances body washes in her shower. She went over to the medicine cabinet and began to load it with makeup and hair stuff.

"Gosh, leave me some room," Draco said.

"Oh, I'm sorry, here you can have this half," she said and moved her stuff over, "Okay, well, I'll unpack the rest of my stuff later. Do you want to head on down with me?"

"Sure, I'll unpack later. When we get back you have to show me that lapmop or whatever it is called," Draco said.

"Oh, laptop. Okay sure."

"Hermione, you realize that when we get down there, I might have to say some mean things to you; I mean, we wouldn't want our friends to think we were becoming friends," Draco said.

"Yah, I figured you'd say something like that. Your reputation is too precious to loose over a friendship with me. Whatever, I'll go down by myself, we wouldn't want to risk anybody seeing us, would we?" Hermione said, sounding very annoyed.

"Hermione, I didn't mean it like that…"

"Whatever," Hermione said as she walked out of the room.

Draco looked down at his feet. I have got to think about what I saw from now on before I say it out loud. She takes too many things personally.

Draco walked out of the room and went to go help out with the first years.

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A/N: So, do you think it's getting better? Er, I know, it's still kind of lame, but don't worry—things are going to heat up between Draco and Hermione in the next chapter J. I'm on vacation for the fourth of July right now, so I'm at my grandparent's house, and writing is the only thing I can really do, so I should have the next chapters up soon! Please review!!!! Thank you so much!

XoXo,

Jenn