A/N: Awww…come on guys! Review us…Meg and I spent almost twelve hours on this one…lol…had good fun didn't we? Thought waves…thought waves…

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Merlana and Vanilla Smoothie

Chapter 2: Opposites Attract

Draco woke up the next morning, it was Friday, the end of the week already, "I guess there's no time like the present!" he mumbled to himself and threw his blankets towards the end of his four-poster bed. He opened his curtains to find all the other beds empty. Draco's heart began to pound as he slowly looked at his digital clock. 9:30am. Draco's heart began to race. Being late for class was not his idea of a good impression. Running to his dresser, Draco removed his pyjamas and threw on his uniform and robes. He looked very disheveled when he ran out of his room and down into the common room. A few seventh years were sitting sleepily on the couches. Draco grabbed his books off a table and took off for the Entrance Hall.

Draco slowed down slightly when he heard the annoying cackle of Peeves the Poltergeist. Draco entered the Entrance Hall to see Peeves throwing little bits of chalk at none other than, Catherine Adair. Every time Peeves would throw more chalk, Cat would whisper a foreign word. All of a sudden Cat spun around and screamed will all of her anger,

"Illian mi creode yei mitosa!" Draco's jaw nearly hit the floor at this statement. Draco set his books down on the floor and summoned up his deepest voice,

"IF YOU DON'T LEAVE THIS SECOND THE BLOODY BARON WILL BE HERE TO BEAT SOMETHING FIERCE INTO YOU!" Peeves looked at Draco and then at Cat, then threw one last handful of chalk their way and bolted off out of the hall. Draco walked back and picked up his books. When he stood up Cat was still in the same spot she was when she yelled. A rather large smile replaced the anger filled face she had just moments before. Out of nowhere Cat dropped her books, this action made Draco burst out laughing,

"Wow, way to break the tension Cat!" Draco said as he walked over to help Cat with her books.

"I didn't know you spoke Draconis." Draco mentioned once Cat had her books firmly in her hands. She smiled and nodded coyly as she didn't want to make herself sound more of an idiot than she already did.

"Why did you say that anyway?" Draco asked, struggling to make small talk.

"Hey, at least I was a lady about it! I could have taken Jack's advice and said some pretty nasty things," Cat replied simply, "oh and thanks for getting rid of him, hexes don't generally work on Poltergeists." Cat laughed to herself, and Draco laughed as well.

"Yeah, they generally are a curse all on their own!" Draco replied making Cat laugh a little more. They walked towards their impending lecture in double potions.

Upon reaching the class, Draco stepped through the door rather timidly and Cat followed.

"Mr. Malfoy! Miss. Adair! I do hope you have a good reason for being so late?" a silky voice purred behind them.

"Well, um, you see sir," Cat began.

"Peeves was throwing chalk at her sir, I stopped to see what I could do to help," Draco said. Cat's eyes widened, along with the rest of the Slytherin and Ravenclaw class. The noise level in the room grew several notches. A Slytherin standing up for a Ravenclaw? It wasn't heard of, but for Draco to stand up for anyone would mean something more than just friendship.

Professor Snape glared at the class and they all went to work.

"The two of you will report to my office at precisely 8:00pm for the next two weeks, now get to work!" Snape said with a slight hint of shock on his words for Draco's actions.

Draco and Cat nodded and slid into their seats, Draco between Jeremy and Brian, and Cat between Jacklynn and Jess.

At the end of a long, boring potions class Draco jumped up and walked quickly towards the door. Cat stood up, knocking one of her books accidentally on the floor. Draco bent down and picked it up, as he stood he met Cat's eyes and muttered softly,

"Ering mear stan," Cat nodded and took the book from him. She gathered up the rest of her books as Draco left the room with Jeremy and Brian right behind him. Cat stood watching the door and waiting for her friends to hurry up and get their things ready to leave.

On the other side of the castle, just outside of the Charms class, Hermione and Ginny started talking about the guy Hermione saw the night before with Draco.

"He's cute! And he seems like he would be a nice guy," Hermione gushed with a rather large smile on her face.

"Well then, you need to go talk to him don't you?" Ginny said as she shook her head at her lust-struck friend. Hermione snapped out of her trance and glared at Ginny.

"I don't think I would be able to even talk to him about a class let alone ask him out!" Ginny shrugged her shoulders and just kept walking towards the Gryffindor common room. Hermione decided not to drop off her books because she knew she would have time after she ate. Hermione made it to the Entrance Hall just as Draco and his two friends were about to go into the Great Hall. Without thinking Hermione ran down the stairs and yelled, "Draco!" across the room.

Draco and his friends turned around and Draco started to walk towards the now sprinting Hermione.

"What do you want now?" Draco said as if he could care less what she wanted.

"I need to know the name of your dark haired friend over there," Hermione said as she nodded in Jeremy's direction. Draco's face erupted into a huge smile as he turned around to look at Jeremy.

"That oaf?" Draco asked, "His name is Jeremy Ritter. Do you want me to get him over here?" Draco asked slyly. Hermione shook her head frantically and said,

"No, I will talk to him in due time...I, uh, think anyway. Thank you very much....I'll see you in Herbology!"

"Definitely!" Draco said as Hermione took off up to the Gryffindor Common Room. Draco turned around chuckling and shaking his head.

"What did she want? I heard you say my name, that and you looked at me at one point." Jeremy asked, confused at what had just happened.

"Well, my dark-haired friend, as she put it, she likes you!" Jeremy smiled at this and he walked into the Great Hall. Draco looked over at the Ravenclaw table and waved at Cat who was smiling his way. She waved back and then turned back to her friends. Draco, Jeremy, and Brian all walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down. Hermione came into the Great Hall with Ginny, Harry, and Ron. She looked over to the Slytherin table and noticed Jeremy looking her way with a smile on his face. She blushed and started to walk towards the Gryffindor table. 'That git told him that I like him...I'm going to have to talk to him eventually now!' Hermione thought to herself as she found a spot and sat down to eat.

After she was finished eating Hermione got up to leave. She noticed Jeremy had just begun to leave as well, so she decided to take this as her moment.

"Hey, um, I'm going to run upstairs, and I will see you in Herbology in about 15 minutes ok?" Hermione said to her friends. They all nodded and went back to eating their food and drinking their pumpkin juice. Hermione headed for the door as Jeremy walked out into the Entrance Hall.

"Um, JEREMY!" Hermione yelled once she got to the door. Jeremy stopped and a smile began to light up his face. He smoldered the smile and turned around, trying to look quizzical.

"Yes?" He replied as she came closer to him.

"Um, do you think I could talk to you outside, possibly? If you don't have time, I understand."

"Yeah, sure I don't mind, I have Herbology with you next anyway, so if you meet me outside in 5 minutes, I'll go grab my books and then we can talk ok?" Hermione nodded and they headed off for their respective houses.

A/N: There you have it…chapter two…with the begging and pleading for reviews at the top…

Oh and BTW…translations for Draconis:

Illian mi creode yei mitosa - A million thorns among your roses (serious hex…like the 'pox upon both your houses' line)

Ering mear stan - I'll meet you there (Draco showing off)