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Chapter 3

Summer drew to an end and the first day of school had finally come. Ron and Hermione had convinced Harry to ditch his Bronco and walk to school with them in the late summer warmth.

Harry was most definately nervous from all the pre-school talk. They had warned him about bullies, hard classes, and bitchy administrators.

"But the one you really have to watch out for is one of the vice principals, Ms. Ying. She'll tear you apart for anything," Ron dragged on as he dogged a blackberry bush.

"I'm sure she's not that bad," Harry offered.

"Ron's just exaggerating, Harry. She really isn't that bad," Hermione defended.

Ron looked at her sternly. "Easy for you to say. You're one of the best students in the school. Of course she wouldn't do anything to you."

"The first school day hasn't even really started yet, Ron. Don't scare Harry more than he already is."

"Hey! I'm not scared," said an offended Harry.

Hermione looked at him teasingly. "Uh huh, sure..."

"Know-it-all," Harry muttered under his breath.

The school soon came into sight. It was large, light brown and kind of pretty. They crossed the street to the very corner of the school grounds. There was a bus stop there which about 10-15 people crowded around. He noticed most of them were smoking and the rest were probably out there just to talk to their friends. Harry had no problem with all of this because he himself had used to smoke.

"See the blonde over there?" Ron asked, pointing to a boy with white-blonde hair and the lightest blue eyes Harry had ever seen. He wore black baggy pants with bondage straps hanging from them, and a tight fitting black T-shirt that read "ME > you." He wore a spiked collar and a skull wrist band. Below his eyes Harry could faintly see eyeliner.

"What about him?" Besides that he's so... gogeous.

"That is Draco Malfoy. He is the most sarcastic and snide person I have ever met. Watch out for him," Ron warned.

Catching Harry's gaze, Draco took one last drag of his ciggarette, put it out and started walking towards him. "And who might you be?" he asked with a smirk planted firmly on his face.

Ron walked in between the two before Harry had the chance to oull himself together and remember his own name. "Mind you own business, Malfoy."

"AW, how sweet. The poor Weasel befriended the new kid. You probably think you're all high and mighty now, don't you Weasley? But don't worry, I'll always think of you the same way I always have. A poor, worthless rodent." Draco scruntched his face up in disgust and shoved him out of the way.

Draco pulled harry close to whisper in his ear, "If you want some real fun let me know." Harry felt the weight of a hand quickly slide into his pocket and just as quickly slide out, not even getting the notice of Ron or Hermione who were watchin very carfully. He blushed and backed away resuming his spot between Ron and Hermione.

Ron stepped up once more. "Leave him alone."

Draco looked thoughtful. "I don't think I will," Draco replied as he walked back to his original spot and took out another ciggarette.

The three walked inside Hogwarts High and stumbled across the sceduals. Harry waited in line for a few minutes to get his and studied it for quite a while.

Period 1 - English 5-6 - Ms. McGonagall
Period 2 - Piano - Mrs. Sprout
Period 3 - US History - Mr. Binns
Period 4 - Spanish - Sra. Pruitt
Lunch1/Advisory2 - Ms. Caballero
Period 5 - Chemistry - Mr. Snape
Period 6 - Yoga - Ms. McGonagall
Period 7 - Swimming - Mr. Dye
Period 8 - Algebra II - Mr. Lupin

There were four classes a day. Odd periods were A days, even periods were on B days. The days switch off every day. Harry had a total of three classes with Ron and Hermione. English, Chemistry and Spanish.

Harry went to his English class early while Ron and Hermione ate breakfast. He quickly got lost in his own world thinking about what had happened with Draco earlier that morning. Why couldn't I talk to him? And why had I blushed at the thought of us having "fun"? And I must be going crazy if I think he's gorgeous.

Just then he remembered when Draco had placed his hand in his pocket. He reached in and pulled out a small piece of paper with beautiful handwriting that read Draco Malfoy. Below the name was a phone number.

"Hey Harry, what are you doing here so early?" came the shy voice of Neville.

He quickly shoved the paper back into his pocket. "I'm just waiting for class to start. What about you?"

Neville placed his stuff down on the desk next to Harry. "This is my favorite class, I'm always here this early."

"What is your worst favorite class?"

"Any science class. I have Mr. Snape again this year. He's scary and mean." Neville shivered a bit.

"What period do you have him?" Harry asked.

"Fifth."

"So do Ron, Hermione and I. You can sit next to us if you're afraid."

"Thank you."

The bell rang and people started pouring through the door not wishing to be late.

A/N: Thank you for all of the lovely reviews. I hope to get more from you lovely, lovely people. I'd answer some reviews, but it's almost time for me to go to work. Sorry. I hope you liked this chapter and think Draco is as sexy as I do. Please review and tell me what you think.