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Chapter 4 – Brief Encounters

Hermione's POV

Where an earth had he gone? He was supposed to stay so that we give the prefects a briefing! Honestly... I don't know why Dumbledore chose him as Head Boy.

Although, I guess it won't be too bad being Head Girl, I'd never noticed how charming and, what's the word Ginny told me to start using? Hot? Yeah, that's it, I actually have to admit it, but he sort of looks...hot.

But I'm not interested in that pig, I'd sooner jump off a cliff.

'Oh really?' a voice asked me from inside my head.

Yes, really!

'Well I'll remind you of that later...'

Err, well, you do that, but quiet because now I'm going to carry on reading until the prefects get here.

Draco's POV

Why can't I get her out of my head? She's nothing special! She's so disgusting she even makes Pansy look pretty.

'Aw, you know deep down that that's not true' a small voice said.

Of course it is, well, no, nothing can make Pansy look pretty, except maybe Plastic Surgery, but anyway, there is nothing special about that mudblood!

'There wasn't before, but what about now?'

No! There never was, there never will be.

'Well 'I'll remind you of that later...'

Yeah, whatever...

"There you are Blaise!" He looked up from his seat, where he was, unfortunately next to Pansy. Oh dear, she's looking at me.

"Draco! There you are! How re you? You didn't respond to all of my letters all over the summer, I was really starting to get worried! Did you get all of my letters? How was your summer? Do anything fun? And what's it like being Head Boy now? I wish I could have been Head Girl..." God, didn't she ever shut up? I quickly winked at Blaise, and he got the message.

"Sorry, Pansy, I've got to go. Head Boy business" I said. She looked disappointed. Oh well. At least back in my compartment there's a cute mudblood waiting for me-

I did not just say that.

'I think you'll find that you did'

No I didn't. End of story.

I waited outside the compartment, and a few minutes later, Blaise came out.

"Yeah" he said to Pansy inside "I'll be back soon; I've just got to go to the toilet." I smirked at him. Neither of us liked being with Pansy and were forever making up excuses.

"So" Blaise began as we began walking down the train. "Who's the new Head Girl then?" Oh, he sounded quite intrigued.

"Granger" I said simply.

"Thought so, I was hoping it'd be someone, you know, cute." Woah, you obviously haven't seen her recently then...

'Pardon? Say that again?'

"Woah, you obviously haven't seen her recently then..." Oh crap, I said it to Blaise. Oops.

"You being serious Draco? Has she changed? Is she no longer the study freak that hides in a bush of hair?"

"Well, she's still the study freak, but she's changed a little bit" I said. Oh dear, he's looking at me the way he does when I get a new girlfriend, come on, say something else to insult her.

'You don't want to do that'

Why not?

'Why insult her when you know she's the most beautiful girl on this train?'

Look, just shut up!

"But she's still a bloody mudblood though" I quickly said. "So she's still repulsive and filthy."

"Yeah" Blaise said, agreeing. "Once bad blooded, always bad blooded."

'Bad blooded, maybe. Bad looking? No way!'

"Look, shut up!" I shouted. Oh crap, I did it again!

"What, you defending her or something?" he asked. No, of course I'm not! Oh god, this was so annoying!

"No, I wasn't, I'm just a bit stressed, I've been given a lot of duties already as Head Boy, I guess it's just getting to me, I came to you to chill out" I said. Wow, I really am good at lying.

'That explains a lot'

Just shut up, please.

"Oh right, well that's understandable. Want me to go so that you can get back to your duties and to...Granger?" Why did he leave a gap before he said Granger? Is he trying to say that I'm using her or something?

"Yeah, back to Granger, aren't I the lucky one" I said in a sarcastic tone.

'Yes, yes you are the lucky one'

I hate you.

"Well I'll see you later Draco, and don't get too stressed out. If you do, you can always use Pansy's face as a punch bag, she can hardly look worse than she already does, can she?" God I love this guy, I can't help but laugh.

"Yeah, catch you later, Blaise."

I begin walking back to the front of the train. As I'm walking, I pass a compartment with two redheads and a scarface in. Ooh, I can't resist this.

I slide the door to the compartment on, and lean against the door frame.

"What do you want, Malfoy?" Potter questions me. I could have a lot of fun here...

"To tell you that you'll never see your precious mudblood again" I said. Look at their faces they don't know whether to believe me or to be shocked.

"What are you talking about Malfoy?" The Weasel asks me. Wow, you mean you're not going to tell me off for calling her a mudblood? Wow, maybe she should her name to that...

"You mean you haven't heard? I would have thought she would have told you, of all people, Weasley." You see, Weasley's been trying to get Granger to go out with him for the past few years, but Granger was forever ignoring all the hints, and when he asked her, she said she had no time for a boyfriend and needed to concentrate on her studies.

"Explain what you're talking about, Malfoy or leave" Potter said. Tut tut, you can't talk to the Head Boy like that...

"Temper, temper Potter. 10 points from Gryffindor" I said. Oh, how I love being Head Boy.

"You can't take points from him on the train! Prefects can't do that" Weasley said.

"Well, Weasley, I am no longer a mere prefect" I pointed to the badge on my chest.

"Head Boy?" The Weaslette asked.

"Yes, Head Boy. I'm surprised you can read, coming from your family, how can you afford books? Or do you have to borrow them from Potter?"

Weasley stood up, clenching his fists. Aw, did I hit a sore spot? Don't like me telling everyone the truth?

"Shut. Up. Malfoy," He said, his teeth clenched together.

"No thanks Weasley. I don't have to listen to you, however as a prefect, you have to listen to me" I said. I smirked at him when I saw the realisation look on his face.

"I don't know who would ever choose you to be Head Boy, Malfoy. Maybe they gave you the wrong badge, and you should have the one that said 'Big Head' boy." Oh, very funny, see how I'm laughing. Not.

"Is that the best you can think of?" I asked him. "Well, I suppose so, now that you won't have Granger to think up come backs for you" I said. God, messing with him was so funny.

"What an earth are you talking about?" Weasley questioned me again. Aw, isn't he going to beg?

"Did someone forget to say the magic word?" I say.

"Just tell me Malfoy!" he shouts. His face is turning red; soon you won't be able to tell the difference between his hair and his face!

"Granger's mine now, Weasley. So back off. And you won't even be able to get close to her, as Head Girl she's required to be with me, the Head boy, every hour of every day. And, what with sharing a common room and bathroom and everything..." Oh my god, I don't know how I'm not laughing, this is just too funny!

No one said anything. Look at their faces, they all look very shocked.

"Oh shut it Malfoy, everyone knows the Head Boy and Head Girl don't share a common room, that's just a rumour!" Oh ho ho, what makes him the King of all Knowledge?

"I wouldn't be too sure of that if I were you, Weasley"

"Whatever, Malfoy..."

I can't do anything else here, well, I suppose I could go snog the Weaslette, insult Weasley some more, perhaps a chorus of 'Weasley is a King', insult Potter, maybe get into a fight... But I guess I'll save all that for another day.

I smirk, and turn round, and begin walking down the train once again.

Well, there we go. Hope you like  And feel free to give me comments on how to improve, or what you like the best about the story, or what you think should be included...

And a quick question: Is Draco how you imagine Draco? Or is he not cheeky enough, or anything? Do I need to change him slightly? Does he need to think about Hermione more? Does he need to be more sex-orientated or anything?

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