Hermione entered the Great Hall with Harry and Ron at her side. Hermione had tried to clean up her appearance, but the vast eye makeup had permanently "stained" her skin. Ron and Harry had tried hard not to laugh, when they saw her new "look" and occasionally snorted when she avoided all conversations with them.

It was Ron who started the argument, "Hermione, you know Harry is going with Jess?" Harry blushed, and took a sip of pumpkin juice.

Hermione shrugged and pretended she hadn't heard Ron. Of course she knew, the hold school knew, and they weren't afraid to talk about it. It of course, was an odd pairing, considering the fact that Jess was Hufflepuff and Harry was Gryffindor. Jess was best friends with Cho, Lavender, and Parvati, all four being very "all that" and "with it." Harry however was with the same two as usual. A punk maniac and a "disturbed" gothic, hippy-like erm. specimen.

Ron knew exactly how Hermione felt about Jess. They both were utterly disgusted with each other. It didn't help the fact that they both wanted Harry, and head girl all the same. Hermione frowned and looked across the Great Hall to see Jess.

She was with Cho (as usual) and both appeared to be talking to Dean Thomas and Sean Finnegan. They were giggling over something and Jess caught Hermione's eyes. Hermione appeared to be shooting daggers with her eyes (which even in the wizard world means "back off bitch"). Jess rolled her own and started flirting with a rather dandyish sort of boy, turned sex god. It was no other than Draco Malfoy.