SO SORRY I TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE. Really I am. I REALLY am, well, here's the second chapter. Please R&R and I promise I'll update the 3rd chapter a whole lot faster.

Recap: I sighed, closed my curtain around my bed and I laid down, my head resting on my pillow. I sighed and thought, 'How in Merlin's name am I going to do this?"

Chapter 2 – Something's Different

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I walked down to the Great Hall not feeling the greatest. "You know what?" I thought to myself, "I could not do it and just tell Harry that Lavender was lying about me saying, 'Oh Harry…' In my sleep! Yea, that'll work! Harry won't believe Lavender. But, Draco and everyone else she tells, which would be the whole school, would love to believe her rather than me. Some probably wouldn't care and others would bug me about for the rest of my life."

I sighed. How I hate Lavender.

"Uh Hermione," Ginny said a little frightened. I looked over at her.

"What?" I snapped, not meaning to.

"Could you please stop making that angry face and muttering, 'Die Lavender'? It's slightly scaring me."

"Oh, sorry…I'm just mad because Lavender is making me do this and I HATE Draco Malfoy and I can't not do it because then I will be laughed at forever and usually that doesn't bug me but they will also be laughing at Harry and that bugs me. And it bugs me, and I don't like being bugged!"

"HERMIONE!" Ginny shouted, "Please stop yelling, you're scaring 1st years."

We were now walking down the stairs to the Great Hall. I looked around and some of the 1st years that were walking ahead of us looked slightly frightened.

"Sorry…" I muttered.

I sighed as we sat down at the Gryffindor table. I turned around and faced the Slytherin table. Malfoy was talking to his bodyguards, Crabbe and Goyle. "The fat oafs…" I muttered under my breath. Malfoy noticed I was looking at him, he was snickering at some joke, saw me and his face turned into complete disgust. And I could've swore he muttered, "Stupid Granger."

I turned around and sighed, "This is going to be impossible…"

"What?" Ron and Harry asked.

"Huh? Oh I – err, said…I can't possibly be hungry with all this work I have to do."

"Uh, Hermione," Ron said, "We haven't even been to our first class yet?!"

"I, uh…have work from Professor um McGonagall that she wants me to do. Yea, well…uh my first class will start any minute. Have fun in Divination!"

I grabbed a muffin and walked off after Ron snorted Harry said, "Don't worry we'll have loads of fun trying to figure out new ways for me to die."

I walked into Ancient Runes classroom and sat down. There weren't very many people in this class.

Just me, the professor, Draco Malfoy, Susan Bones, Cho Chang, and Luna Lovegood, since Luna was the only one in her year to be in this class she was in ours. It was fun except for the fact Malfoy was there.

While everyone was in the front of the room, Draco sat in the back of the room working on whatever we had to do.

"Okay, today were going to build an Ancient Building. I don't mean a real one, you pick anyone of them. I would suggest an easy one to build. We will be building them with soap bars you will use these knifes to carve it. Also you will have partners. I will pair you up. Okay let's see since there are an odd number of you here Susan, Cho, and Luna work together, and Draco and Hermione. Have fun; also this is a big part of your grade so good luck!"

My mouth fell. Susan, Luna, and Cho grabbed their soap bar and carving knives and got to work right away gossiping about things as they worked. I grabbed a bar of soap and two carving knives and walked over to where Malfoy was sitting. He didn't look happy at all and I was afraid he would kill me with a carving knife if I touched him.

I sat down across from him and set the bar of soap in front of him and me. I also put one of the knives next to him.

"So, uh…what should we make?" I said quietly watching his every movement. He took off his robes and un-tucked his shirt slightly.

"I don't give a crap, do whatever you want."

"Oookkaaayy, how about Merlin's statue? Professor said we could do that."

"Sure go ahead."

"You have to work too." I said getting a little aggravated.

"Fine you do some then I will." He said leaning back in his chair.

"Sure, whatever…"

I started working and kept glancing over at Malfoy. He was watching me. He looked angry, bored, and slightly disgusted. As if just looking at me made his day horrible, he looked so scary it would've scared any little kid, it was slightly frightening me.

"What?" Malfoy snapped when I glanced over at him. Then he smirked, "You think I'm so hot don't you?"

"What?!" I practically shouted almost messing up the project.

"You can't resist looking at me; you think I'm the sexiest person on this planet."

"No..." I said laughing. But it was strange we were talking, smiling, and laughing like we were friends. Then I turned slightly serious, "That's what you think, you think you're the sexiest person on the planet just because you have Pansy and any other Slytherin girls kissing the ground where you've walked."

Malfoy's smile turned into a frown, "I don't have girls all over me like that. And I don't like Pansy like that."

"I didn't say you liked Pansy."

"We're just friends; we went to the Yule Ball as just friends. We're just friends!" He said emphasizing some words.

"Okay, alright…sorry." I muttered. Why was I apologizing to him?

I looked at the project, I was almost finished. "Um, here…" I said pushing it towards him, "You're turn to work on it."

"Fine…" He muttered. When he went to grab it his hand brushed over mine.

It wasn't hard or rough like Harry's, Ron's, or Krum's. His nails didn't have dirt in them and they were nice and clean. He also didn't smell like sweat like Krum, Ron, or Harry. And I could've sworn his cologne smelled like lemons. Or something smelled like lemons, and I had to know.

"What smells like lemons?" I asked trying to act casual.

Malfoy slightly blushed, "Um, me…my shampoo, lotion, hand wash, and cologne is all lemon scented."

I laughed, "Lemons…" Lemons…that was all I could manage to say.

"Why did I tell her that?" He muttered, "I mean – um, I like lemons so what?! I bet you have something that you like. I'm obsessed with lemons so what are you obsessed with?"

I couldn't say giving House Elves their freedom. Winky and many other elves forced it through my brain one night. They wanted to work and that was all so I gave up…although it's still wrong in my mind.

And I couldn't tell Malfoy about Mr. Snuggles. No way…Mr. Snuggles was my teddy bear I had had since I was three-years-old. He was small teddy bear with a missing eye. The other one was a pretty blue. He was a snow white teddy bear witch plaid purple patches at where he'd been ripped. They were on his right foot, his left ear, a small one on his back, and a large one on his left armpit.

"Well, I like lemons too." I confessed. I just now got addicted to lemons, Malfoy made me fall in love with the smell of lemons.

He smiled. Not the trademark Malfoy smirk, not the smile that said, "You're stupid," or, "I hate you and just humiliated you in front of everyone." It was a smile like, "You're funny," or like we were old friends that had just seen each other for the first time in a while.

I smiled back and felt a tingle shoot up my spine.

"So Malfoy," I said watching him carve. He looked like he was an expert at it. "Why are you in all my classes?"

"What'd you mean?" He asked concentrating on Merlin's soap statue.

"Like you're in Muggle Studies and well you call me mudblood all the time and you hate muggles. Also I would've thought you wouldn't be interested or smart enough for all the classes that you have. I mean they are quite hard and we get a lot of work yet you still find time to ruin people's lives."

"Hey! My mom is a muggle born. Also I am smart enough for those classes and I finish all my work and I don't ruin people's lives in the time I have to do whatever."

"What? You're mom is muggle born? Do you call her mudblood?"

Malfoy's eyes widened. "Look," He whispered, "I didn't mean to tell you. And no I'm not pure blood. My father doesn't know she is but ever since she told me she was – which was a week ago. I've stopped calling muggle born witches and wizards mudbloods."

I stared at him long and hard trying to see if he was telling me the truth and he seemed to be.

"Okay…"I muttered.

It started getting really hot and I slightly started to sweat. Professor informed us that some crazy 5th year had set of some type of bomb that released heat, and a lot of it. The teachers, no one in fact, could get it to stop releasing heat. So I took off my robes and unbuttoned the first 3 buttons on my white shirt. Rolled up my sleeves and put my hair up in a messy ponytail. We were done and had turned in our project and were just sitting in front of each other.

I leaned my head back and closed my eyes.

I sighed and looked at Malfoy. He was staring at me.

"What?" I said loudly.

Malfoy slightly jumped and quickly shook his head like I had just snapped him out of a trance.

"Huh? Oh, I – nothing…"

I rolled my eyes and sighed. In about 5 minutes I would leave to Care of Magical Creatures. As I wondered what type of animal Hagrid would have for us, Malfoy took off his shirt and threw it on the pile on the floor where his robes were.

I stared at him. He was only a little shorter than Ron who was 6 foot. His blonde hair didn't have any gel in it and was darker than 5th year. Quidditch or something must have finally given him some muscles. He had a 6 pack and my hand wouldn't even come close to wrapping around his arm muscle. He was really tan and I couldn't help but gawk at him.

He noticed my mouth was open and I was staring at him.

Malfoy smirked, "Hey Granger, you're drooling."

I shook my head quickly, "Wha – psht, drooling at you?" I said then started laughing, once I was done laughing I said, "Like that would ever happen." I said feeling my cheeks go slightly pink.

Malfoy raised an eyebrow, "Mmm, hmm…" He said his voice dripping with no belief.

The bell rang and I quickly grabbed my robes and my bag. I swung my bag onto my shoulder, and left the room quickly for Care of Magical Creatures.

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I'M SO SORRY I TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE! REALLY, I REALLY AM! Well…hoped you liked this chapter. The next chapter is going to be really funny. Well please update! Thanks! And sorry the Draco is a kind of OOC!