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A/n—Welcome backs all! I feel kind of bad for leaving you guys with the cliffhanger last chapter... I tend to do that a lot. I apologize... lol... well... I am gonna try to update more often... cuz I guarantee once I get into this story... there will be an update every other day...lol... no stopping me now!!! On with the story....!

Draco sat in silence as he walked back into the common room only to find it empty. He sighed in agitation and plopped down on the closest piece of furniture. He was tempted to head up to the head girl dorms to confront the mudblood about backing out of their conversation when he heard a muffled "Oh Seamus" from in the corridor.

'Still making dirty eyes with Finnegan?' he thought to himself, only to have his annoying sub conscience come back with a reply.

'You know your jealous'

'Only because she bailed out of our conversation and I had some things I needed to get straight with the mudblood!'

'Uh huh... keep telling me that.'

Draco shook his head angrily, about to head to his room when Granger opened the door to the common room.

"Gra-Hermione, I need to talk to you it's about earlier."

Hermione's eyes widened at the use of her first name and sank into the couch across from him.

"I'm listening." Hermione said slowly, apprehensively awaiting what he had to say.

"Well, I just wanted to let you know that after you left the headmasters office, he requested our presence in the room of requirement, twice a week, all year. For lessons in 'perfecting our abilities.'" Draco said, accentuating his point by using his hands as quotation marks.

Hermione nodded, finally letting all that had happened sink into her mind.

"What do you think about all of this?" Hermione said the confusion in her voice quite clear. "We have hated each other, for so long and to be strewn together like this, I am really confused." Hermione admitted honestly.

Draco sat in shock for a moment. Hermione know it all Granger just admitted she didn't understand something. And here he was without a camera.

"I really don't know what to think Granger. I guess we just have to bear it. Make the best out of it I guess." Draco said, trying to sound calm when inside he was a wreck. He didn't know what to do. Here was his loathed enemy. A friend of potheads, and their destinies entwined. A wicked twist of fate at most.

"What are we going to do? We have friends, and we are suddenly supposed to be around each other all the time. What are we supposed to tell them?" Hermione questioned Draco.

"Granger I do not have that problem, the slytherins won't question me. They are too scared to question my motives. SO I can't tell you what to say. All I will say is let's stick with our truce. Get along for the good of the prophecy." Draco concluded slowly, hoping Hermione wouldn't question him either.

Hermione nodded, and then yawned loudly.

She got up and headed up the stairs to her room, but not before calling out "Goodnight, sweet dreams ferret boy!"

Draco smirked and replied with a simple "You two mudblood." Before heading to his room as well, he paused in front of the fire. "What am I getting myself into?" He sighed and trudged up the stairs for a restless sleep.

NEXT MORNING

Hermione dressed quickly and made her rounds before heading down to breakfast. She anxiously took her seat, hoping no one would question why she was not at the feast the night before.

Alas, she was not very lucky. The whole morning was a chorus of "Where were you Hermione?" And "What happened to you last night?"

She answered them all with a verse of "Secret head business", and it seemed to still their minds for a while at least.

Near the end of breakfast, the headmaster stood and with a clink of his glass he held the attention of the entire hall within his grasp.

"I would like to speak with the heads. Also since they missed the feast I would like to introduce them to you all now." He paused for a moment, making sure everyone was listening. "Our head boy is Draco Malfoy from Slytherin!" He declared. Draco stood proudly while the slytherin table clapped enthusiastically. "And our Head girl is none other than Hermione Granger from Gryffindor!" Hermione stood gracefully nodding to all of her peers.

As the students started to clear the hall, Hermione and Draco simultaneously made their way to the staff table for their "word" with Dumbledore."

"Good morning to both of you." The two heads nodded their response.

"Professor Lupin has been told of your situation. You will be having lessons to enhance and perfect your abilities to fulfill the prophecy. Two lessons will be head a week. One on Wednesday, with professor Lupin, working with the wandless magic, mind reading, and a more intense defense against the dark arts."

"The other lesson will be held on Sunday, with Professor Snape. To perfect dueling, and wand magic, not to mention intense spell and potion skills. Both lessons will be held after dinner. Im sorry to drop all of this on you, but you also need to arrange getting together with the prefects to plan a Halloween dance."

The aged Headmaster nodded to dismiss them, popped a lemon drop in his mouth and left the hall without another word.

The two students both sank down to the ground, each for their own reasons of dread. Hermione's being the weekly EXTRA lesson with the dreaded potions master. Draco's being the meetings with the prefects.

THAT NIGHT

Hermione and Draco both met up in front of in front of the entrance of the room of requirement, for their first lesson with Remus Lupin.

Neither of them spoke a work, only walked into the room. As they entered they were cornered by the Professor.

"Expelliaramus!" He shouted, sending both of their wands out of reach.

He tossed the wands to the side, pointing his wand to a dumbfounded Draco. With the words of a knock out spell Draco fell to the ground.

Hermione looked down to her partner and anger pulsed through her veins. Her hair flew about behind her as her eyes turned a dangerous shade of red. She thrust her hands toward Lupin, sending him flying backwards into the padded wall.

Hermione fell to the ground breathing hard, grabbed her wand off of the ground and revived a shaking Malfoy.

Lupin shook off his robes, rounding on the pupils. "Hermione congratulations on passing the first test, anger is your obvious trigger, on the other hand Mr. Malfoy, you failed miserably, but no matter, you will find your trigger soon enough.

They spent the rest of the night fighting without their wands, noticing that Draco's trigger was still unknown, they stopped after several hours. They bid goodbyes to Lupin and headed for the head rooms, showering and falling asleep shortly after.

Little did Hermione know that someone had noticed the time they had spent together, and that someone had found a way into their room, and was creeping up Hermione's staircase as they slept on unknowing.

A/N—HA! Man I did it again.. I will be away from the computer for a while, so forgive me. What did you guys think? Hoped you enjoyed .. well here are my replies!

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