Author's Note: Okay... I am so sorry that I haven't updated sooner. Umm... I know that my chapters are short and stuff, but I have had major ass writer's block. I tried writing, but all of it was crap. Actually... I am still not satisfied by it. Anyways, here is Chapter 5. I hope you enjoy it. *cough* Also, if you didn't read the new chapter 4, you need to.

Chapter 5: Pansy

Monday morning was no fun at all for Draco. He was greeted by someone he never would willingly talk to. But today, 'not wanting to talk to' would be an understatement. "Draco... wakey wakey! It's your Pansy!" Draco cracked open a bleary eye. He focused on the dirty-blonde girl who was bouncing on his bed.

"Go away, Pug-face. I am not in the mood for this. It is too early in the morning" He then looked over at his beside clock. 5:53 AM, marvelous, just marvelous.

"No it's not. You have to help me do hair and makeup!" Pansy gave Draco a smug grin. There was no way that he could back out of this.

"What the hell? Since when have I done your hair and makeup?"

"Ooh... since last night! Speaking of last night, guess what I found!"

"Parkinson, will you please shut up?! It's too damn early for me to have to listen to this." Draco rolled over onto his side, ignoring Pansy and trying to get back to sleep.

"Oh, you really shouldn't be saying that, Draco, Especially when I have something from the extra-credit room, where you 'met' Potter last night." The self-satisfied look on Pansy's face intensified. "I mean, I had my suspicions that you weren't completely straight, since you never took some *genuine* interest in me. But Potter? You could have done so much better than that!"

"I'm not with Potter, you hag. Will you let me go back to sleep?"

"No, Malfoy. And according to this journal, you got a thorough snogging from him. That must mean you are together, or something close to that." Draco shot up from the warmth of his sheets, a panicked look plastered on his face.

"Give it here, Parkinson!"

"No, I am having far too much fun."

"Fine, I'm up. What do you want me to do?" Pansy gave him a look that said 'you are so thick.'

"Fix my hair and makeup of course." Draco groaned in displeasure.

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Pansy had Draco on a leash, a very short one, too. Earlier, he had tried to get the journal from her with a summoning charm, but she had been prepared for that. The look on his face when he turned up empty handed had been a very amusing one, though.

She sauntered into the great hall with a grin on her face. She just loved to be evil, especially when it got her things that she wanted or needed.

"You are looking very fine today, Pansy!" Blaise exclaimed. That fool had been trying to 'seduce her with his charms' since 5th year, but he wasn't the only one that was giving Pansy appreciative looks. She sat down at Slytherin's table and her gaze swept around the Great Hall. There were even some Gryffindors admiring her new looks, but Pansy knew that the stupid little sods would never be able to get her. Draco did exceptionally well at putting on Pansy's makeup. Maybe she wouldn't be so nasty towards Draco. Nah, it was far too much fun to be malicious.

"Draco, honey, you have to act like my boyfriend now." There was a small smirk on her face.

"There is no way in hell you can..." He cut himself off when Pansy took out the journal and waved it just out of his reach. After Draco was still silent, she opened it to the latest entry and started to read.

"Today Potter and I tested the effects of the raw ingredient. When I drank the diluted solution, my veins caught on fire and I felt -"

"Okay! I'll do it!" Pansy then crawled on top of his lap, taking full advantage of the fact that he was her 'boyfriend.'

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When Harry went into the Great Hall he saw something very surprising. Pansy was sitting in Malfoy's lap. She had her makeup done differently, and she looked... good. Harry looked at Draco, who was very pale, and wondered what had happened. It was just last night that he had said the Pansy ruined all girls for him. He stared a few seconds longer, thinking that maybe he was seeing things.

"Disgusting, isn't it?" Ron said looking over at the couple.

"Yeah, it is." Harry looked over at Pansy again. She had her arms around Draco's neck, kissing him. Ugh... it was far worse than disgusting. Ron scowled.

"Don't you feel sorry for Parkinson?" Harry didn't answer, because truthfully, he felt sorry for Malfoy. His gray eyes were open, darting around the room as if he wanted to escape. When blue-flecked silver met green a look was exchanged. It was one of utter helplessness and panic. Draco needed to meet Harry or Hermione, and it was obviously very important. Ron missed the look, fortunately.

"Honestly, Ron! Look at Malfoy. He looks like he is about to puke! Pansy is enjoying it!" Hermione cut into the conversation.

"So what? I still feel sorry for Parkinson." That was the last comment on that subject, because Ron had to 'compare' Potions essays. He had been too busy arguing with Hermione on Saturday to get his finished.

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Harry's first class was Transfiguration with the Ravenclaws. He turned his essay in with no troubles, and the rest of the class was a breeze. He relayed the 'message' from Draco to Hermione during the lesson, much to Mrs. McGonagall's dismay, and lost 5 points for disrupting the class, but other than that nothing happened.

During Herbology, there was nothing interesting. They were starting to work with Night Blooming Cereus, a muggle plant from the US with magical properties, so the lesson was really preparing them for later this week when the whole seventh year would have Herbology at night.

"The Night-blooming Cereus only blooms at night and you collect the flowers and young stems. Usually it is during July that you collect them, but I had to put a small spell on it so that we could use it in our studies. On Thursday I want 10 inches of parchment describing the plant. And I want to see an effort on this paper, everyone!" After a few groans and disgruntled looks, Mrs. Sprout moved onto another topic. They spent the rest of the time discussing some uncommon (and very dangerous) magical plant hybrids, and then they went to lunch. Draco was still being touched and kissed by Pansy, and he still had a desperate look on his face. Next they had potions, so maybe Harry would be able to talk to him about it.

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Snape, as if sensing Draco's turmoil, paired him up with Hermione. The conversation that they had was fairly short, as it is very hard to make a potion and talk at the same time.

"Draco, why were you with Pansy today?" Hermione was really too kind for her own good or perhaps she was just curious.

"I can't help it! Yesterday she found my journal with the experiments in it, and today she is threatening me with it."

"Why? There couldn't be anything in there that is of her interests!"

"Oh, didn't Potter tell you?" Hermione added Armadillo Bile to the potion.

"Tell me what? And how did Pansy find it anyway?"

"Last night, after we drank the diluted ingredient, Harry and I kissed... a lot. It was so hot and arousing, and it really screwed with my brain, so after Harry left I forgot to pick up the journal." Hermione noticed the slip of Harry instead of Potter and almost grinned, but the situation was a serious one, too serious of one to be smiling.

"Oh, darn. There goes all of our work. This will really put a stopper on our progress."

"I know, but you are very lucky. You don't have to be her boyfriend. Do you know how humiliating it is? She clings on me like white on rice!"

"It's okay. You could just get the journal with a summoning charm."

"That's the problem, Granger. Getting the journal will have to be with my own hands, because she somehow figured out how to put something that blocks summoning charms on it."

"I'm sure that you can get it without magic. As a warning, once you get it, you have to do the memory charm really quickly." There was a small poof as Draco added the lacewings to the potion. Their potion went from a blood red to a black.

Snape then came towards them, with a vindictive glare on his face. He looked at their potion and scowled deeply. "I hope that there is a reason that your potion is black, versus everyone else's being a lavender color." This wasn't good. Snape continued, "I am actually surprised, my two top students spoiled such an important potion. I advise you to start over if you want to pass this semester."

They did start over, and the rest of the period for Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger was spent in silence. The second time, their potion was a lavender color, so Snape allowed them to leave. Snape's class was the last class of the day.

"Bye, Granger."

"Bye, Malfoy. I'll see you this weekend. You'd best have that journal." Hermione wagged her finger at him and a very soft giggle could be heard.

"I will." Draco smiled in a friendly manner, choosing to disregard the fact that Hermione was a mudblood for this moment.

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Author's Note: Hola, readers. I would appreciate it if you reviewed, but you don't have to if you don't want to. Big hugs to Dark Fairy, NayNymic, koureshin, and beautifuelf for reviewing! :O) I felt special.

PS: Draco and Herm are just friends. They will remain just friends, but Herm's friendship will be an important element later in the story.