Miarae: You are such a darling for reviewing! I really hated this chapter when I saw review alert I was thinking oh crap it's going to be awful. I don't know how to explain. I thought although the chapter fitted in well I wasn't as *into* writing it. Hmmm. I might re-write that at sometime.

Come on guys, I seem to be on loads of author alert lists but only one person keeps reviewing. I'm not writing another chapter after this unless at least another one of you puts another comment up. Come on guys one quick "I liked/did not like" will do you could even expand if you have the time? I know you want to! ^_^

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"'MIONE!" Ginny jumped up flamboyantly and gave her a hug and a kiss on each of her cheeks, Hermione did the same and the boys moved a long so she could sit by Ginny, "Long time no talk it seems,"

"I know, I was thinking about hair and I suddenly realized I hadn't had a good chat for ages" Ginny shooed away the boys they slid further down the table,

"Any thing on your mind or just a round up of gossip?"

"You're almost as bad as Parkinson and Parvati and Lavender!"

"No, I don't tell anyone my knowledge just a selective few"

"Anyway, no not gossip well kind of. I heard about you and Blaise" She nudged the younger girl in the ribs,

"Not funny, we're just going out, everyone's making a big thing of it because we're like opposite houses and stuff, that's what makes it so thrilling, it's something only few gryffindors would do"

"I've done it" Hermione said with a mischievous smirk, Ginny looked like someone had just shot her up her rear with a tranquilliser gun,

"Who?" She said a cake-eating grin across her face,

"Now, don't tell anyone" Ginny zipped her lips then drew the holy cross in mock significance, "Dra... Malfoy I mean"

"Oh, we all knew you were on first name basis Hermione it's like there is a new sodding dream team, Draco, Mia and Harry... And where's Ron, with Seamus and Dean of course plotting revenge on Harry and Draco and ways to win back Mione"

"Great, and the whole school knows/thinks/whatever's this?" She said sarcasm dripping,

"Unfortunately so" Ginny smiled and patted Hermione's hand, "It'll boil over, everything seems to have changed, Salazar's ways are slowly but surely being forgotten, yet I'm sure many are still bitter in fact I know many are."

"Ginny, I know you can blend into crowds like paper on snow but the war is over and you need to forget you are not a spy.."

"Dumbledore told us to be alert, he said many of the deatheaters haven't been caught and are worried about the traitors who shopped in family as all the deatheaters were family because all were purebloods and all purebloods are inter-"

"Related," She sighed, "Yes, I suppose your right it's just we haven't heard a squeak from them in weeks" Hermione looked at the butter knife she had just placed against her plate, "Well, some of the less... Shall we say select students have been," Hermione looked shocked, "does Harry know?"

"Only me and Blaise, I think some of the teachers may have an idea"

"BLAISE?!?!" Hermione shouted, noticing the stares she hushed her voice down a bit, "Why the fuck did you tell Blaise?"

"I had to, he's my boyfriend. Plus the fact he knows some of the slytherins who have been talking about it. He got some information about it for me" Blaise was walking towards them, Hermione looked at the slytherins and noticed Malfoy was sat on his own obviously he had been talking to Blaise. She then looked along the table and noticed that Pansy and some boys around her were glaring at him. He was tall and since he joined the slytherin team had even more defined muscles. He had always had a nice body but quidditch, like every other boy who played in Hogwarts, had given him more muscles and that certain rough and tumble look. He was tanned and had black hair that was ruffled but graceful. Vivid brown eyes stared out from under some wisps of hair.

"Is there a problem?" Ginny said tapping the bottom of Hermione's chin, she had been absent-mindedly been gazing over at the slytherin table for a good few moments with her jaw dropped. She turned around and looked at Blaise and Ginny. She felt such a fool she hadn't even noticed Ginny get up and let Blaise sit down. She was situated on his knee and many gryffindors were glaring including Ron,

"Oh shit, look at Ron's face," She said forgetting about her recent blunder at the sight of his incredulous face,

"God, the bastard looks really angry" Blaise said,

"Blaise, Hermione stop ganging up on him with me near" She pouted at Blaise and smiled cutely at Hermione, "He is my brother even if he is a bit..." She waved her arms looking for a word,

"Aggravating" Blaise supplied,

"Exasperating" Hermione said, "Annoying"

"Mr. I-think-I'm-superior"

"I said stop it!" She said a grin cracking onto her little face,

"You and Draco then Granger?" Blaise said grinning,

"How... How the ... How do you bloody know?"

"I was sat next to him saying about me and Ginny. He told me and said he'd bet 500 galleons you tell Ginny Weasley. I said if you had I'd wink at him" He turned around and Hermione guessed he'd winked as Draco gave a superior smirk and got up,

"Is he pissed off?" Hermione said quickly, putting her hands on the table. She looked ready to jump up.

"No, God for someone with such good grades you are dopey and lack common sense" She stared at him,

"Why's he got up then?"

"He's coming over!" Hermione's eyes widened,

"He can't, what about Ron?"

"You hate Ron!"

"I know Ginny! Still... What about everyone else?"

"If they don't like it they can stick it where the sun does definitely not shine" Blaise smiled, "That's what me and Gin did"

"But it's different with you guys, what about Harry?"

"Harry and him are friends," Draco was getting nearer and nearer, "He's not asking you to have shag him here you know!"

"Hermione stop getting in a flap and calm down, it's not as if you got a D in your potions is it?"

"What I got a D when?" Ginny and Blaise looked at each other frustrated, "Oh!" Hermione grinned, "Sorry about that," She grinned sheepishly, "One sec!" She disappeared under the table and appeared at the other side in between Dean and Colin Creevey, both of which looked extremely pleased with themselves. Draco sat where Hermione had sat and said hello to them all and a quick told you so to Blaise. The two slytherins laughed and the gryffindors stared at them haughtily.

"Your house mates are seemingly pissed off" Blaise said to Hermione and Ginny. Ron, Dean and Seamus snorted,

"Would you like a tissue?" Draco said to them, the three continued their talk about the chudley cannons and tornadoes seemingly annoying Draco, "Those bastards are ignoring me!"

"And? The key word in there is bastards," Hermione said and Ron glared at her, she noticed and glared back trying to stare him out. She was still trying to stare him out when Harry sat in between her and Colin. She mumbled hello with the others but didn't turn. Ron and she kept blinking but neither was smiling. She felt her muscles flicker into a smile, Dean and Seamus didn't even notice Ron not talking, as Ginny, Harry, Blaise and Draco did not notice Hermione's muteness, Ron's face smiled for a brief second and Hermione couldn't hold it in any longer, she burst out laughing and Ron did the same.

The gryffindors and slytherins stared at them both, they were in hysterics and Hermione was all over the place. The pair couldn't seem to stop, Harry and Draco soon put there heads together over a jar of Sorceress Matilda Mayhew's deliciously fruity strawberry Jam and were conversing in low voices both with serious looks on their faces. They kept shooting glances at Ron and Hermione who were now sat next to each other because Dean had moved from in between the hysterical pair.

Hermione clutched her sides breathing heavy and Ron stopped a few seconds after panting slightly,

"That wasn't even fu-" She giggled, "Well it was" Ron just smiled, the two looked around and noticed that it wasn't just gryffindors staring at them the slytherins, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs were too. The pair went red

"I hate you" Hermione said grinning,

"Well, that's fine with me because I hate you too" They turned their backs on each other, Ron's ears went red and his face screwed up in concentration trying desperately not to laugh, Hermione bit her cheeks then turned around,

"I hate your hair, and the way your ears go all red when you're angry or embarrassed. I hate you stupid stubby nose and fumbling hands" Hermione let some wisps of hair that had fallen from her ponytail cover her face, Ron's face was the exact picture of Crabbe when a cake was placed before him but he had to open a lock to eat it,

"Yeah well, I hate your I'm superior attitude, I hate your bossiness, I hate it when you smirk at me, I hate it when you breath down my neck and when you get everything out because you are little miss know it all"

"Yeah, well I hate it when you trip up all the time, I hate it when you copy my notes, I hate it when you ask for me to do your homework, I hate it when you do that lopsided grin of yours"

"Yeah, well I hate the way your hair swings, I hate the way you look at me and I hate it when you do that weird thing with your eyes and hair" Everyone was listening to their conversation every now and again a small whisper could be heard echoing around the cavernous room,

"I hate the waste of time you've become, I hated you always being out during the summer, I hate your 'reliability', and I hated the fact you were never there for me!"

"Yeah, well I hate what you've become!"

"WELL THAT ISN'T MY FAULT" Hermione had finally reached the end of her piece of string, "IT'S MY FATHER'S SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM TAKE IT UP WITH HIM AND NOT ME!" Draco and Harry exchanged looks. Harry tapped her arm gently just to make sure she knew what she was doing, she turned around and looked at Harry, "Don't worry," She said smiling furtively, "I hate the fact you weren't there for me when I needed you the most, I hate everything you do, I hate the ground you stand on and I just can't take everyone being so bitchy, and I can't take you judging me for something I couldn't help, I can't take anyone except Ginny, Blaise, Harry and Draco because they are actually nice, and at least Harry and Draco would know everything about me if they bitched so do me a favour and fuck off!" Hagrid looked up at her face but looked down quickly,

"Well, I won't know if you don't tell me!"

"I'll tell you away from all these people who have been staring so long they might as well take a picture" Everyone turned their head embarrassed, yet still if there was a device that measured the amount of eavesdroppings it would be off the scale by now,

"Maybe you should grow up and come to me as of when you've got a real problem!" Even Ron as surprised by what he said, "I'm so- "He was stopped by someone punching him in the face, quick as a flash Snape was running over to restrain Draco and Harry. The teachers all, except Hagrid, seemed to be ignoring what was happening in the middle of the hall until then; Seamus and Dean started fighting too. Hermione shook her head and ran out quickly followed by Ginny which left Blaise free to jump over the table and join in, Snape was almost there by now four of them were sporting black eyes which were just starting to show up, someone or some people were bleeding as there was blood all over them,

"Shivayama" Snape yelled, the spell stopped all the boys' limbs from functioning, McGonagall walked over.

"You deal with them Severus I don't think I'd be able to stay in the same room as them" She went back to the staff table and Snape did the quick reversing spell and marched them all of to his office half way through the tramp down to the dungeons he saw Hermione he told her she'd be needed too. Her expression stayed the same ad before she knew where she was going she was sat in a chair.

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