Okay... I think this story gets worse from this point... everything is rushed and stuff... I think it sucks...

Just wanted to tell you before you tear me apart...

Spike woke up and stared into the most beautiful hazel-coloured eyes he could imagine

„You're up already, pet?"

"No... just awake..."

He kissed her forehead gently "What time is it?" In this very moment, the door burst open and Ginny stormed in "Sorry... Just tried that spell you showed me, Mya... You know, the one to blast away magical barriers..."

Hermione sat up, clutching the blanket to her chest "Why?"

Ginny smiled sheepishly "It's half past eight and I'm goin' to get our coffee... vanilla for the both of you?" They nodded and Ginny went out again, closing the door carefully.

Spike let himself fall back into his pillows "You showed her a fucking spell to disturb privacy?"

Hermione laughed "It was our sixth year and I can't really remember why I showed her... but I know locking spells that can't be overcome with her blasting-everything-in-your-way-out-of-it spell..."

Spike smirked, closed the curtains round his bed and again hexed them so nobody would hear anything... Hermione locked them and smiled at him "What now?"

Spike took her into his arms "You are the fucking smartest witch I ever met... Will you..."

"I won't marry you, McCarthy"

Spike laughed "No... I didn't want you to... Will you skip classes with me?"

Hermione stared at him "It's just the second day! You can't just skip classes on your second day of school!"

Spike sighed "Right... Will you meet me after classes?"

"Where?"

"Just wait in front of your classroom..."

They dressed themselves quickly and Hermione went to get her chucks from Rick's bed... Ginny came back with the coffee, followed by Tricia and Sydney, Sydney smiling brightly and Tricia looking really stressed "You know what? Rick didn't give up until we let him spend the night in our room. And guess what? He argued with Dean the whole night about... just everything... Dean said something against 'alternative people' and Rick couldn't let go of it..."

On the corridor, they heard somebody yell "Let go of me!!!" A few seconds later, Dean stood in the door, holding Ricks wrist in his tight grip "I guess you lost this piece of shit..."

Hermione, the chucks still in her hand, stared at him "Dean???"

"Mione? Hey, how are you?"

"Fine, I guess... could you please let go of Rick?"

"You hang out with those geeks?"

"I'm kinda... one of them. And we are no geeks"

"Fine... If you wanna ruin your life with those stupid idiots..."

Spike jumped to his feet, wand pointed to Dean "Watch your mouth, Thomas. They are my friends, by the way, and I don't like people makin' fun of them. Get outta here"

Dean let go of Rick and shrugged his shoulders "Whatever"

Rick stood up strait, ignoring the sharp pain in his wrist "Whoa, ya know, I could have handled it alone..."

Ginny stared at the point where Dean had stood "I can't believe he's become this... Whatever he is... I guess a member of the 'In Crowd'..."

Sydney shrugged her shoulders "Whatever... You guys had fun last night?"

Hermione blushed "Kinda..."

"You know, when we came here, I wanted so much to get into his pants... But he said he wanted to find new friends and this would ruin everything... Why did you screw her, Spike?"

Spike shook his head "Enjoy your coffee, everyone"

With that, nobody mentioned the topic anymore...

"Hey Syd, With who have we got classes today?"

"Uhm... half past nine, Professor Jeremy Jones... He's boring, but I don't mind...."

Hermione nodded and finished her coffee. Tricia looked at her and after some time, Hermione sighed "What is it, Trish?"

She changed a look with Sydney, Rick and Ginny "We just asked ourselves if you... were going to stay in the band? As our keyboarder?"

"Uhm... dunno... never thought about it..."

"You know... Why ever Spike hates 'easier to run', you're an awsome keyboarder..." S

pike sat up and stared at her, as did the others. Hermione blushed "Guess I could do it..."

Sydney smiled "So, we have a lot practicing to do... What about today, after classes? We could..."

"No" Spike interrupted her "Tomorrow we can practice. Not today"

Nobody asked why. When Hermione came out of the classroom after four hours, Sydney – for once- didn't smile...

"That was so... Hell, I didn't get anything Jones said and..."

"Oh, I think he's gorgeos! He told us so many useful stuff, and..." She broke up when she heard somebody yell "Yeah, you better go, or I'll break your neck!" She identified it as Deans voice and turned to see Spike, clutching his wand and fighting an inner fight not to turn around and kill Dean "You and your little 'alternative' friends better stay away from me. Oh, and of course that know-it-all. You know, she really sucked in bed..."

Spikes eyes clouded. He turned slowly. Sydney ran towards him, letting her bag slip to the ground and whispered into Spikes ear "He isn't worth it, let him say what he wants to..."

Spike ignored her "Serpensortia" The snake fell to the ground, but Dean didn't care, just stared into Spikes eyes "I knew I knew you from somewhere, you..."

Hermione yelled "Expalliarmus" and Dean flew back, losing his wand He climbed up again, still not steady on his feet "You were at Hogwarts. In an upper class, Slytherin. One class higher than me. And you always hang around with that Malfoy-git..."

Spike laughed "Let's have a go, girls" Hermione looked into his eyes. He was nervous...

The snake had reached Deans feet and he screamed until someone got rid of it out of pity.

Sydney stared at the ground "Mya... if you ever think someone of us is going to do something stupid, try to hold him back. You can get kicked outta here easier as you may think..."

Then she laughed again "but not for this serpensortia-thing. Spike did things much worse, ya know... But he earned respect for all of us and we are thankful, just... Spike, don't cross the line, alright?"

Spike stopped in front of Sydneys room and nodded "Alright. But he deserved more than he got."

Sydney nodded and entered her room "And... Mya?"

"Yeah?"

"It's you third day now, right?"

"Right"

"I like you, really"

"Thanks... and dito"

Sydney nodded and closed the door.

Hermione turned to face Spike "And? What are you planning to do now?"

With a flick of his wand, Hermione fell into his arms, sleeping. He lifted her up and apparated.