Disclaimer. I dont own any of it, Im telling ya. Lindsay. Remember that.

AN-ya, short chapter, but its all setting up stuff. and it IS really interesting.

Hermione left soon after saying talking with Ron. She waited until Harry had come back, and said a quick good bye to both, and promised that she would catch up with them as soon as she could.

She ran all the way to her common room, after searching the halls for Pansy. She gave up her searching, and decided to ask Draco to check the Slytherin common room for her. She walked into her dorm, and looked around.

'Dammit' she thought 'when I need him, he isn't here, fucker.' She shook her fist at the absent Malfoy, and decided to wait until he got back. To pass the time, she decided to get back to reading 'The madness of Adam and Eve' She was almost done, and she knew that Draco wanted to borrow it from her.

She went up to her room, grabbed her book, and went back to their common room, and, after summoning some tea; she sat down on her couch, and got to reading. She had just finished reading the last page, and was about to put the book down when Draco walked through the portrait.

"Where have you been?? I've been waiting for 2 hours for you to finally show up!!! I need your help!!" Hermione almost shrieked.

"Whoa, back this thought train up a bit. What could you possibly need me for? And to wait 2 hours for me?? That had to be a record for you Gra-Hermione" Draco smirked.

"I need you to either tell me where Pansy is, or help me find her. I don't feel comfortable going into the Slytherin common room, so that's where you come in. Yes, 2 hours. I finished reading the book, by the way, so Ill just leave it here for you whenever you get around to is" Hermione said, a little bit too fast.

"Hermione, are you feeling okay? You're talking way too fast, and all you seem able to talk about is Slytherin stuff. Odd, is it not?" Draco, yet again, smirked.

"What? No. I just need to see Pansy. It's rather important. And I am quite okay." Hermione replied, getting off the couch, and getting ready to leave. She walked towards the door and, noticing that he wasn't following, turned around and looked at him expectantly. "Coming?"

"Pansy is outside, by the lake, with Blaise. At least, she was when I walked by there, about 10 minutes ago." Draco said, sitting down on his couch, taking her book in the process.

"Thanks Draco. Enjoy the book. It's quite interesting. See ya later." Hermione walked out of the dorm, and headed down to the lake. She found Pansy and Blaise still sitting by the lake, and walked over to them.

"Hey Pansy, Blaise." Hermione said, surprising them both.

"Hey Hermione. What's up?" Pansy said, sitting up, from her previously laying position.

"I have some interesting news for you Pansy. I was hanging out with Harry and Ron earlier, and we were playing Wizards chess. Long story short, I won a bet, and Ron does indeed like you." Hermione said, sitting down beside them.

"WHAT???? SERIOUSLY???" Pansy screeched, jumping up, and doing a little dance.

"Yes, I'm serious. I'm sworn to secrecy, but Ron doesn't know that you like him, and that I know about it, so I decided that it would be the best to tell you about it." Hermione explained, looking up at the still dancing Pansy.

"YES!!!" Pansy did a little cheer, and sat back down. "Now, that's out of the way, we have to figure out a way so that you don't look like you told me, and that I can ask him on that date."

"Way to go Pansy. I'm really happy for you." Blaise said, getting over her shock. "I think that you should pick him as a partner for out next Potions assignment, and then ask him after that. Then he doesn't think that it was Hermione, and it looks more like you've finally gotten to know him."

"Blaise, you are a genius!!" Pansy jumped up again, and hugged her friend.

"Ill make sure that Harry works with me, so that Ron HAS to find someone else. Oh, wait!! I have another idea!! I could change the Prefects patrol schedule, and put you with him. Does that sound better?" Hermione asked.

"I could see that working, but wont Draco get suspicious?" Blaise asked.

"Oh, Draco knows that I like him, he just really doesn't think it's a good idea." Pansy explained. "However, I do like that idea. But, 'Mione, wont he assume that you had something to do with it?"

"Not if I tell him that it was Draco's idea." Hermione said.

"Speaking of Draco, where is he? Lets go talk to him now!" Pansy said, jumping up, yet again.

The three girls made their way to the Head dorm, with much talking of how things might end up, if everything goes according to plan. They walked into the common room to find Draco lying on his couch, reading Hermione's book.

"That was quick. Didn't you find her?" Draco said, not even looking up from the book.

"Oh, I did find her, and she and Blaise are here now, and we need to talk to you." Hermione said, walking over to her couch, the other girls following.

Draco looked up from the book, saw that these girls meant business, and sat up. "Alright, I'm listening."

Pansy went on to tell him about their plan, and what Hermione had found out, and how, exactly, he came into this picture.

'So, you like Weasley, he likes you, and you want me to change the Prefect duties so that you can spend more time with him?" Draco asked, still not over the shock of all that information at one time.

"Yup, that's basically it." Pansy said. 'So, will you do it?"

Draco seemed to consider the matter for a few moments, and said 'Yes. I will do it. Only because I know that you wont stop bothering me about it until I give in. Hermione, get the duty list, and we'll see what we can do."

Hermione went to get the list, and hurried back down from her room. She looked it over first, and then passed it over to a waiting Draco. He looked it over, much like Hermione had, and figured where they could move people.

"Well, we just have to move Abbott, and Boot, have them patrol together, and move Pansy in with Weasley. Although" Draco said, looking up at Pansy "That means that you'll have to patrol tonight."

"That's fine. I don't really care. I just want this to happen now!" Pansy said, getting a bit fidgety.

"Fine. Hermione, Ill write a message to Boot and Abbot and Weasley. Ill need your signature on it, and for you to take them to the owlery for me."

"Not a problem." Hermione said.

After a few minutes, the messages were written, with the new times for the moved students, and Hermione was on her way to the owlery, excited about all this news. 'If only I had something like this to do. I hate being lonely. Not that I'm lonely, since I have a lot to do, and I have friends, but its nice to have that special someone. I wonder if I'll ever have someone like that' Hermione thought, walking down the halls.

'I wonder if I'll ever have a boyfriend who ISNT the scum of the world, who actually treats me right, instead of all the shit that I have to deal with.'