Hey all! Yes, I'm back! *People groan* Hey! Shaddup!

Okay, I'm very sorry for the long delay, but when I got back from my holiday, I had to face school! (Oh no!)

I was also involved in the minor school production, in which I had one of the main parts. Yes, I'm very proud of myself.

Anyway, between learning lines, 16 hour rehearsals, homework and performance, I had no time to type up my fics! (I did have them written up though, I did that during my overseas stay)

I am now doing the school musical (production finished), but luckily I only have a minor part in that. Phew!

I'm so weighed down with homework, I shouldn't even be doing this at the moment!

You know, I think the fanfic magic has started to fade, and I'm not as obsessed with writing them anymore, so don't expect super-frequent updates.

Oh yes, and to my 'Issue with the Bathroom' fans, I'm so sorry it's taking so incredibly long to update, but I wrote a massive chapter that I'm dividing into 2-3 parts, and my friend Bec (Richard, Jolinar of Malkshur, whichever you prefer) is typing up for me…and she's taking a bloody long time!

Hmph! Anyway, don't own nobody, never have, never will…but want to.

I'm sure you're all sick of my ramblings by now, so to the story!

Just another note, I was on a plane for 8 hours when I wrote most of this, so it's sort of crap, okay? And the start's a bit corny…but that's what you get from writing a romance fic.

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Getting to know your enemy

Last time…

Ron breathed a sigh of relief.

Hermione would kill him if she found out what he'd been doing at nighttime.

Chapter 4 – Weird

Hermione lay on her bed, feeling uneasy. Her relationship with Ron had been rocky before. He always got jealous when she talked to other guys. At one stage, he had even tried to stop her from talking to Harry!

They had had the biggest row and broke up…but they got back together soon after Harry had made them see sense.

Then, once, Ron had cheated on Hermione.

She'd caught him snogging Hannah Abbott. They broke up…then got back together again when Ron apologised and promised he'd never to do it again.

Hermione had a hard time trusting him ever since.

With that last thought weighing on her shoulders, she drifted into an uneasy sleep.

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Hermione woke up the next morning feeling like crap.

She rolled over and saw her dorm empty. She glanced at her alarm clock, (though I don't know how that works, since electrical things don't work in Hogwarts) and gasped. She was late! For potions too!

She jumped out of her bed and searched for her jeans and robes.

Dammit! Snape would kill her! She emerged 10 minutes later dressed and stressed.

Without even having time to glance at herself in the mirror or eat breakfast, she grabbed her books and ran down to the dungeons…where she ran into something solid.

"OW! Crap!" she cursed, her books tumbling out of her hands.

"Sorry!" someone apologised and bent down to help gather up both their fallen books.

Hermione looked up to see the startling blue-grey eyes of Draco Malfoy.

She hesitated, then said "N-no, it was my fault. I should've been looking where I was going."

She half expected him to make a snide reply like "So you should be, Mudblood!"

But he said nothing.

"Um…I guess we'd better get to potions…" she said, trying to break the awkward silence.

"Yeah…" he mumbled.

And they walked silently to the Potions dungeon, side by side.

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When they got there, Snape was gesturing to the board and glaring at Harry and Ron, who were playing paper, scissors, rock under the table.

Draco and Hermione took the opportunity to quickly slip in and take their seats.

Luckily Snape hadn't noticed their absence.

"Now that Mr Potter and Mr Weasley have rejoined this class by losing 10 POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR! … I shall continue.

Today, we will be studying a new potion…"

Hermione sat down with Parvati and Lavender because she didn't particularly want to talk to Ron.

For some reason, nobody had noticed her and Draco slip in. How weird. She caught his eye. They exchanged glances and shrugged.

"So who can tell me what colour the potion should turn out if you didn't make a mistake?"

As usual, Hermione's hand shot up.

And as usual, Snape completely ignored it.

The room stood completely still, except for Hermione's frantically waving hand.

"Anyone?" Silence.

"Weasley!"

Ron looked up, startled.

"Er, blue?" he guessed.

"That was a lucky guess. 5 points from Gryffindor for guesswork and not paying attention!" Snape spat.

There was an uproar at these words.

"But professor, that's really unfair!" said Dean Thomas.

"He got the question right, what else do you want?" protested Parvati who was sitting next to Hermione.

"Shut up! Shut up all of you! I can do what I please!" roared Snape.

Hermione put down her hand and opened her mouth to protest, but thought better of it. For the rest of the lesson, they only took notes.

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Sorry that was such a short chapter, but you guys were just so demanding that I had to write something!

I couldn't think of much more to write. I've made Draco really OOC. It's horrible! He'll be all pink and fluffy next! Arrg!

Well, that's all from me…

OMG! I'm so excited! I'm getting my braces off tomorrow!!!

^_^ Shel