Note: All Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling.
Chapter 2
Sharing a room
The new year started with Dumbledore's short speech. He used a fork
and knocked it on a goblet. The whole Great Hall's attention went to him.
"Welcome back, students! I hoped you enjoyed your holidays! ("Certainly not
with the Dursleys" said Harry.) Today, I am going to announce the new Head
Boy and Head Girl! Can you please give a round of applause for Miss
Hermione Granger from Gryffindor," Everyone looked over to the Gryffindor
table and clapped.
"And Mr Draco Malfoy from Slytherin." The Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs and
Gryffindors were shocked. Only the Slytherins clapped. Draco looked over to
the Gryffindor table and gave her an evil smirk.
"He's the Head Boy!? Did they make a mistake?" Ron asked.
"I was already prepared for it. The way he acted when he knew I was the
Head Girl, I already knew something was wrong." Said Hermione.
"Good luck to you Hermione." Ron sighed.
"Why good luck?" asked Hermione curiously.
"You'll be sharing a room with him, so you have to bear with him a
little."" Said Ron.
"I guess you're right." Said Hermione as she sighed.
Soon after, the feast began. Draco Malfoy kept looking at Hermione across
the table giving her an evil smirk. Hermione ignored him.
An hour later, the feast ended.
"Prefects, lead the students back to their dormitorys." Said Dumbledore in
his hoarse and calm voice.
"Well, see you guys tomorrow." Said Hermione to Harry and Ron and bade them
goodbye.
"Bye." Harry and Ron said.
On her way out, Hermione met Draco too.
"Just my luck to be sharing a room with you!" said Malfoy.
"Me too." Said Hermione. The two of them walked up the marble staircases to
the seventh floor.
"Password?" asked Sir Cadogan in his deep voice.
"Felton Watson." Hermione and Draco said together. The portrait swung open
and they went in together. While trying to get in, they got stuck at the
hole.
"Why can't you let me go in first!?" said Draco as he tried to squeeze
through the hole.
"Well, we WOULD be inside if you have lost some weight! And you should have
heard of this phrase 'ladies first'." said Hermione, trying to squeeze
through too.
"Whatever!" said Draco. Finally, after five minutes of squeezing, they got
through the hole. There was a kitchen in the room, and a sofa too.
"Wow! Amazing!" exclaimed Hermione.
"Look, there's a note!" said Draco, pointing to a table. Hermione picked it
up and read it.
I hope you like this room. I would like to tell you that the room to
the left of the kitchen is Miss Granger's room, and the room that is
opposite the sofa is Mr Malfoy's room. And don't bother to wash the cups
after you have drank finish your drink. They will be washed automatically
by itself.
Best wishes,
Professor DumbledoreHermione put the note back on the table. She went to the kitchen to get a
drink.
"Don't drink everything, Granger! I want some too!" said Draco.
"Don't worry, there is plenty of drink here!" Hermione's voice sounded
through the kitchen. Draco stretched his body. Hermione came out of the
kitchen with two cups of pumpkin juice in her hand.
"Here. For you." Said Hermione.
"Thanks." Said Draco, taking the cups from her hands.
"She's not as bad as I thought..." thought Draco. He drinked his pumpkin
juice and put it in the basin. Draco yawned.
"I'm dead beat! Goodnight, Granger." He said, yawning.
"Did you call me Granger?" Hermione asked him, frowning.
"Oh." Draco then realized that he had just called Hermione by her proper
name.
"There's nothing wrong with that, is there?"
"No...No... You'd better go to sleep since you are tired, we have lessons
tomorrow."
"Goodnight." He said once more. He went into his room and shut his door.
"Did he really call me Granger? Or was it just because he was tired?"
Hermione lied down on the sofa thinking hard. She suddenly realized that
her eyes were shutting.
"I'd better go to sleep." She said to herself. She opened her room door and
shut it closed.
"Wow!" she exclaimed as she stepped into her room. The bed was a king size
one and her room had a dressing table. The room even had a bathroom. Her
trunk was lying down beside her bed. Hermione went into the bathroom and
changed into her pyjamas. She climbed into her bed and fell asleep soon
after......
"YAWN" Draco came out of his room, his hair in a mess. It was seven
o'clock in the morning. He saw Hermione in the kitchen making a cup of
coffee, already in her Gryffindor robes. He went into the kitchen to make
himself a cup of coffee for himself too.
"Morning." Hermione said.
"Morning." Replied Draco as he made a cup of coffee. Hermione went out of
the kitchen carrying her cup of coffee. She sat on the sofa and sipped her
coffee. Draco came out of the kitchen carrying a cup of coffee too and sat
down beside Hermione.
"Well, how's your room?" asked Hermione as she sipped her coffee.
"Great. How's yours?"
"Good. Even got a king size bed." Said Hermione.
"Me too." Replied Draco.
Hermione finished her coffee and put it in the basin. The soap and the
brush started to move by itself and the tap was automatically on. Hermione
left the kitchen and went into her room. She locked the door. She changed
into her Gryffindor robes and put her pin on proudly. On the pin read:
'Head Girl.' Hermione swung her bag over her shoulders and went out of the
room.
"See you at the Great Hall later." Hermione told Draco and she pushed open
the portrait.
Hermione climbed down the marble staircase down to the Great Hall. She met
Harry and Ron at the entrance. They went inside and sat down at the
Gryffindor table.
"So... How's sharing a room with Malfoy?" asked Ron, looking at Hermione.
"Well, maybe it isn't so bad after all......"