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Hermione stepped through her portrait hole determinedly. So Draco wanted to play with fire did he, that was just fine with her. She ascended the steps to the girls dormitories with one intention in mind.

Hermione yanked Ginny's blanketing off the younger girl's figure "Ginny, get up, I need your help."

The red head curled into a ball on her mattress "Hermione, the sun's not even up yet, I have a rule about getting up before morning." Ginny plopped her pillow over her head.

Hermione sighed as she rolled her eyes. She strode over and jerked the pillow from the girl's grasp.

Ginny whined "Hermione! Go away! Some of us need sleep."

"Well you don't today." Hermione's only response was a muffled groan.

"Ginny Weasley if you don't get up right now I'm going to tell your mother about that little incident with the tub." Hermione's voice held warning.

Ginny's head snapped up "You wouldn't dare."

Hermione raised her eyebrows "Try me."

Ginny sighed "Alright I'm up, I'm up."

Ginny rose and dressed herself and joined the slightly impatient Hermione on the common room couch set before the fire, which was crackling merrily.

"Okay, why did I have to get up this early?" The red head questioned indignantly.

Hermione opened her mouth to speak but Ginny raised her hand in a gesture of silence. "Let me guess, it has something to do with Draco."

Hermione snapped her mouth shut and glared at her friend. Ginny smirked "So what'd he do this time?"

"He put a gold fish in my drink, fully intending me to digest it! A raw gold fish! A live raw gold fish! A-"

"Alright, I get it. That doesn't seem so bad: he would never actually hurt you."

"Stop defending him! This instant!" Hermione stared in shock at the younger female. "Okay, okay, what do you want me to do?" Ginny smiled in a placating manner.

Hermione sighed heavily "I want you to get the Slytherin password from Pansy."

At this statement Ginny laughed "Oh is that all, I had that weeks ago to meet Pansy so we could study together."

"Then give it to me" Urged Hermione.

In response Ginny bit her lower lip to prevent from grinning "I'm sorry Hermione but Draco kind of told me not to."

Hermione's jaw hit the floor "What? How? When? No that doesn't matter you're gonna choose him over me?"

Ginny's eyes sank to the floor apologetically "I'm sorry, it's just that everyone knows you can't beat him, I know it, you know it, the population of China knows it! Just ask Cho!"

Hermione continued to glare "We'll see, no matter, I'll get you too." Hermione swore as she rose and exited her common room.

Ginny sighed, leaning back into the softness of the couch. What had she gotten herself into? She vowed a long time ago never to get in between the two. Oh well, she figured she was safer on Draco's side than Hermione's.

Harry descended the steps that stretched up to the boy's dormitory "Ginny are you alright?" He asked sitting down beside her and covering her hand with his.

"Uh huh." She returned tiredly.

"You don't want to tell me do you?" Harry asked softly.

She leaned forward and looked into the emerald of Harry's eyes "I didn't think you'd want to know."

"I do, I want to know everything that ever happens to you."

Ginny couldn't help from smiling "Fine Harry, Draco and Hermione have entered this prank war and I kind of sided with Draco."

Harry raised his eyebrows in mild surprise "Well then, I guess I'll side with you."

Ginny's eyes grew wide "No I don't want to drag you into this too, you and Ron just stay neutral okay?"

Harry sighed "Alright, can I at least go eat some breakfast, mistress?"

Ginny grinned "If you hold your mouth just right."

Harry stuck out his lower lip and Ginny laughed "Come on you nut."

The couple ran into Pansy as she reentered the school covered in perspiration. "Hi guys." She greeted whole heartedly.

The two waved and the trio sauntered into the Great Hall, Pansy separated from the duo of Gryffindors and walked to sit across from Draco.

"Hi Draco."

"Salutations Pansy" He replied sweetly "Would you do me a teeny favor?"

"That depends on what it is" Confessed Pansy with equal syrup in her voice.

"I accidentally dropped a fish in Hermione's water this morning and she's taken it rather personally, so in order to keep all my limbs, could you assist me in concealing the Slytherin password from her?"

"Draco, Draco, of course I would" She allowed an infinitesimal silence to reign "if I believed for one second you were telling the truth." She popped a grape into her mouth.

Draco looked crestfallen "Are you accusing me of lying?" He asked in incredulity.

Pansy laughed at that "Yes, in a heartbeat. In fact I'd be willing to bet poor Hermione was the victim!" Pansy leaned toward him and whispered "I'm going to tell her right now."

Draco grabbed her elbow "Hell, no you're not!"

"If you don't let go of me I'll scream rape." Pansy threatened evenly.

He released her begrudgingly "Come on Pansy, where's your house togetherness."

"I lost it last year" She winked and strode away.

Draco stood and walked briskly from the Hall. Okay from now on he was going to be on full alert.

The day passed uneventfully, a typical average day, and Draco lay down in his bed slightly more relaxed then earlier that day.

"Draco." The whispered word obviously spoken by a female voice caused his eyelids to rise slowly. He peered around his normally crowded dorm room which was now devoid of any other male life form.

He turned his head toward the origin of the voice and beheld Hermione seated on the edge of his bed. He raised his eyebrows "I'm sorry honey, but I believe in abstinence."

This did not wipe the smug expression off the brunette's face. Draco's eyes narrowed with interest as he sat up and realized his right arm was not following him. He turned and traced his defiant appendage to the source of it's disobedience.

A silver ring circled his wrist which was attached to a second gold ring of equal size connected to his bed post below the headboard. Draco turned back to his girlfriend "Handcuffs? That's rather kinky."

Hermione rolled her eyes "I'm not here on the part of kinkiness, sorry to disappoint you. I'm here to insure that you miss class."

Draco's brow furrowed "You're going to leave me here?" He asked in disbelief.

She nodded her head slowly.

"Hermione, that's just cruel." He scolded, struggling pointlessly against his bondage.

"No this is cruel" She corrected displaying the key to the restraints, walking to the door, and laying them just out of his reach on the floor "Have fun honey, and think twice before you put fish in people's beverages." She advised before closing the door on his shocked face.

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