Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted

"Where's Granger?"

"Right there, why? What do you want with her?"

"More than you know Weasely."

"Lay a hand on her and I'll-"

"What's going on?" Hermione said, rubbing her eyes and yawning.

"Nothing." Ron said, his eyes narrowed at Malfoy.

"You have to come with me," Malfoy said, indifferently.

"WHY?" Ron shouted, unable to keep cool.

"Ron, calm down; Malfoy, what do you need?" Hermione said, monotone.

"I came to give you this and take you to the Head's cabin," replied, flashing her badge and envelope to her.

"Why do you have that? It's mine!" she exclaimed, snatching the two things out of his hand.

"You didn't pick them up at the service station, so I thought I'd bring them to you." I knew there was something I forgot to do, and to have Malfoy correct my mistake, ugh, how dreadful. And why is he being so nice to me? He hasn't insulted me once or anything, she thought.

"It's not like you to forget something like that, but then again, there's a lot about you now that's not like you." Before she knew it, Ron was aiming to hit Malfoy and Harry was holding him back, while Malfoy didn't flinch, he was too busy looking her up and down.

"Another comment like that, you slime ball, and I'll let Ron do what he wants, and me as well." Harry said, coolly.

"You're just going to have to get used to it, I'm afraid." Malfoy said dryly.

"Oh, why is that?" Ron asked bitterly.

"Because, Weasel, I'm Head Boy!" he said with a smirk.

"WHAT?!" the three exclaimed. "Yes, we'll be seeing a lot of each other this year, Granger," he said, enjoying the looks on their faces, apparently.

Right then, the train started moving. "We need to get to the Head compartment now, wouldn't want to give a bad impression on your first day would you?" Malfoy said, his hand stretched out to the door. She narrowed her eyes at him as she walked by.

She turned around and gave a look to her friends "Don't worry about me, ferret boy wouldn't dare mess with me today." And walked towards the Head cabin. God he's so cocky! She thought, but wait until he meets the new me, there better be an attitude adjustment after that. She couldn't help but smile, while walking into the Heads cabin.

"What do you want, you stupid Gryfindor girl?"

Her facial expression quickly changed. It was Pansy Parkinson. "What do I want? It's you that's in my cabin!" Hermione shot back.

"Your cabin?! It's Draco and the- wait, you're the Head girl?" she said, shocked.

"You're brighter than you look Parkinson," Hermione replied. Pansy's look of shock changed in an instant to a look of rage. She jumped forward, knocking Hermione to the ground. Malfoy suddenly appeared, peeling Pansy off her.

"Get OFF Draco, let me at her!" she exclaimed, trying to break free of his grasp. Hermione brushed herself off while Malfoy shooed Pansy off.

"For future reference, keep your mutt of a girlfriend on a leash, okay?" she huffed, crossing her arms, waiting for a snide comment, but he didn't say anything, he just looked out the window. She was still extremely tired so she decided to go ahead and sleep, for the third time that morning, but not before Malfoy pointed out the envelope. She read its contents, just a letter from Dumbledore, she'd read it more carefully when she got to the castle.

When she woke up, everyone was leaving the train and Malfoy has disappeared. She simply put her robes over her regular clothes instead of changing, she didn't have time. When she got off the train, she saw an anxious Harry and Ron waiting by a carriage.

"How'd it go? He didn't try anything did he? Cause if I find out he did, oh!-"

"No, Ron, nothing happened," she said, getting in the carriage, "I slept and he didn't say a thing the whole way here. Ginny was already in the carriage but didn't question what they were talking about, she just smiled. Hermione didn't want to mention Pansy; any more drama and she might explode! Ginny and Harry were the only ones who carried on a decent conversation. Hermione wasn't in the talkative mood while Ron just had a look of utter discomfort and anger.

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No, he wasn't going to think of what possible havoc that girl could put on his final year. Instead, he concentrated on the envelope he had been given moments earlier. He pulled the baby blue envelope from his pocket and flipped it over to the back to reveal the Hogwart's wax seal. He pulled it open to reveal a letter from the Headmaster, handwriting unlike anyone's he had ever seen. Draco unfolded the parchment and began reading, still walking down the isle.

To Mr. Draco Malfoy and Miss. Hermione Granger,

I certainly hope you both had a splendid summer and are ready to start your responsibilities as Head Boy and Girl. I would like to thank both of you for accepting the status and I am positive you will both do a fantastic job. I would like both of you to come see me after the feast, as I will show you to your room. You both will get along famously, I know. I will further discus all the requirements and needs from the Head Boy and Girl when we speak, but I will touch on a few of them in this letter.

The Christmas Ball will be planned by you both and four other by each of your choosing and decorations will also be under your command. There will also be a sort of surprise this year which you both will be involved in, but what are surprises when knowing them on the first day? Now, enjoy your ride on the train and I will see you both shortly.

Sincerely,

Albus Dumbledore,

Your Headmaster

Right, Granger and I getting along, he thought, fat chance in hell. He had reached the cabin where he expected the Golden Trio to be. He opened the door and sure enough, "Hello Potter, Weasel."

"What do you want Malfoy?" Potter asked, more as a statement than a question.

"Where's Granger?" I asked, annoyed, wanted to just to get this over with.

Harry pointed to a girl laying down on the opposite bench. Granger? No way that was the know-it-all, bushy haired girl he had known for the past six years!

Before he could continue his thoughts Ron growled, "Why what do you want with her?"

I just can't help myself, "More than you know Weasely," he sneered.

Just as he thought, Ron jumped up and threatened Malfoy, "If you touch her I swear, I'll"

He was cut short when Hermione woke up, obviously groggy. "What's going on?" she asked looking straight at Ron.

"Nothing," he said. Stupid git, he lets the girl take control of him, he thought.

Bored, he finally said after a few odd looks, "You have to come with me."

Knowing Draco was getting the best of him, but try as he must, he could help yelling "WHY?" at the blond Head Boy.

After Hermione tried to cool Ron down, she turned to Draco and asked what he wanted. He was too smart to say what he had said to Ron earlier, he decided to play it nice. "I came to take you to the Head's cabin." Showing her the badge and envelop he had picked up for her.

Huffy, Hermione snatched them. Grabby little thing, but very, very pretty, he thought

The girl demanded an explanation so he played it cool. "You didn't pick these up at the service station like you were supposed to so I thought I'd bring it to you." Trying his hardest to not put the emphasis on "supposed to," and he added a smile, not a smirk.

He could tell she was thinking about why he was being so nice. Now to cause drama, he thought. "You know... it's not like you to forget something like that, but then again there's a lot about you know that's unlike you," he said, admiring this girl in front of him.

Next thing he heard was Harry's voice saying he'd let Ron go if he said anything like that again, Draco finally noticing Ron's angered, red face, which was actually making him more excited. "You're just going to have to get used to it I'm afraid," he said.

"Why is that?" Ron asked bitterly.

"Because I'm Head Boy!" he exclaimed.

"WHAT?!" he heard them exclaim.

Honestly, you'd think they'd get the hint after a while, he thought, laughing to himself. He added, "Yes, we'll be seeing a lot of each other this year, Granger!" he said, winking at her, but she was too busy looking at her shoes, but the other two saw. "We better be going," he said, "wouldn't want to make a bad first impression do you?" he said, just remembering his previous encounter. I better go before Pansy tears her to shreds, he thought, which Hermione said he goodbyes and left. Having to have the last word, he added "don't worry boys, I won't touch your mudblood girlfriend, not unless she's the one to make the first move..." closing the door instantly, see the two about to lunge.

When he finally reached his own cabin, he saw Pansy and Hermione both fly out of the cabin, causing a huge commotion. He ran and grabbed Pansy and pulled her off, Pansy trying her hardest to get him off. Hermione looked at him like he had three heads and walked into the cabin and shut the door. God, it's started, Pansy is going to make a fool of me, he thought. "Pansy, if you want me to even look at me this year, you will go back to your own cabin and be quiet."

"But Draco, you're going to be all by you're self with... with HER!"

"Just go, just...just go." He said, going into the Head Cabin, hearing her go cry to her girlfriends. Before he sat down, Hermione made a snide comment about his "girlfriend" and said she was going to sleep. All he said was to not forget about the envelope, which she looked over and went quickly to sleep.

She really isn't a bad looking a girl at all, she turned out quite nice. And she's making an effort to be nice at least, he thought, settling himself and looking at the girl in front of him. Maybe this year won't be so bad.

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A/N: Hello my people! Thanks to the 4 who commented! Sorry I haven't updated! From now on I will add a chapter or two every Saturday. Please tell me what you guys think!