Chapter 3

Draco got up and ran after her as she approached the door. "Get back here!" He shouted running after her. "You know Granger your pathetic."

"Your calling me the pathetic one…?" Hermione called back knowing that would piss him a bit more. She just wanted to do it to get back at him.

"Shut up mudblood. You shouldn't talk to someone higher than you. I'm the one the world cares for, not you. You're just like the dirt on the floor. You're useless. Your nothing to anyone, not even your own mother—" Draco face was smacked by Hermione's hand and boy did it hurt. She stormed outside and went to meet up with Harry and Ron. Looking back she saw Draco's face with an imprint of her hand beginning to form. The expression on his face was priceless even if he was pissed off so much now he would probably come after her. But that didn't matter all that mattered was that she got him good no matter what he said.

"Hey Ron, Harry." Hermione said walking into the common room giving them a nod with a small smile.

"Well your happy. So what happened?" Harry asked knowing she had done something to bring on such a smile.

"Oh well you know the usual. On the way to being finishing the project."

"THAT'S IT!!??" Ron exclaimed his mouth hanging open.

"Well yes…that's it. What did you expect?" Hermione replied laughing at Ron growing red in the face.

"I mean come on! It's a project we got like a month to work on it and your happy that your almost done already??? What are you going to do the during the holidays?" Ron was out of breath from yelling at her. He just couldn't figure out how she could be so happy. He had barely made it though the class sitting next to that cute Gyffindor girl.

"Yes I am. DEAL WITH IT RON!" Hermione yelled back walking up to the girl's dorms.

Hermione went to sleep thinking about the day. Tomorrow Harry and Ron would be leaving to go back to the Weasley's house for the holidays. Ron had left the rest of the work for the project for the poor Gyffindor girl who was now swamped with work to do over the holidays.

Draco laid in bed furious of what Hermione had done in Potions class. He couldn't believe she had the nerve to do such a thing. She had done it so easily too as if she didn't have one thought about what she was doing.

"God damn her!" Draco said to himself leaning up in the bed getting dressed knowing he wouldn't get to sleep to night. He walked the halls going up to the Gyffindor portal, looking at the sleeping lady.

"I'll give her what she deserves…." He sneered to the unsuspecting Hermione. Tomorrow would be the first day of the holiday break and he would make sure he would talk to her again. Going back to his dorms he feel asleep in a chair a book with a book in his lap….

"Bye Harry. Bye Ron!" Hermione yelled to the boys as they walked out to meet the awaiting parents. Of course she was going to miss them, but spending a little time by herself wouldn't hurt her.

"Bye Mione! We'll miss you." Ron yelled back, carrying the awful lot of bags he had. She walked back into the common room putting up a book to take to the library for a good read and then maybe go out for a bit.

Hermione was quite pleased with the book she had been involved in since last summer. She had enjoyed reading it over and over again. She knew she would eventually run into Draco, but it doesn't matter. Most of the other Gyffindors were staying for the holidays to finish the project. The project was the hardest thing she had to get with especially with Draco being his usual self now.

Draco was there though, watching her read her book with her forehead full of wrinkles of confusion. He would get her soon, but he didn't know when. All he could do now was wait for her to leave. Which probably would be never with her reading that book. Miss Goody Two Shoe was always reading. Always being number one.

And it annoyed him more than ever.

Hermione noticing the time, decided to go outside before it was lunch time. Slipping on her jacket before she stepped outside she noticed how much it had changed from falling leaves to snowing before she knew it. But things had been going so fast this year. She wanted make a snow angel more than building a snowman. It just wasn't the same without Harry or Ron there with her. She had been with them so long it was as though they were her only closest friends she ever had.

She lay in the snow, swinging her arms and legs in and out, in and out. Giggling to herself. She could have fun by herself and she knew exactly how too. The snow was always wonderful and so white. It made the land look as if it would never end. Hermione's soft, brown curls where coved in snow as she got up to look at the work of art she had done. She was smiling thinking of what Ron and Harry would have done out here. Probably would have tried to bury her in it and would find it not such a good idea.

She saw Draco approaching faster as she turned to look at him fully. His face had grown a light pink color from the cold. But he didn't seem to be in the mood to care. She knew this was it. He was going to try to push her around again. Telling her how she was useless to the world. She knew everyone would say other wise, but somehow what Draco had said meant more to her than it should.

"Granger your going to pay for what you did." Draco sneered at her and spit in disgust by her feet.

"Oh Malfoy! Make me pay, make me pay." She said taunting him on.

"Oh I will Granger and we'll see if you survive." He said. She knew how Draco was. He was always all talk and no play as they say it. All he would do is probably slap her like she did to him. Same old, same old Draco was back again.

He pushed her back into the snow, getting on top of her trying to hit her. She got out of underneath him and stood again. Fist ready to knock him out, but this wasn't something she would have usually done. Slapping was a notice, as she would put it.

And why did Draco care so much to make her pay. Maybe it was because he wanted to be the top dog in the class. To be the best and she was just in the way. Or it was because she had made him look like a fool in class in front of those who were still there. She thought she even saw Snape snigger at the incident.

"Granger!"

"Yes Malfoy that would be my last name."

"Oh shut up!"

"No Malfoy you don't tell me what to do."

"Oh yes I do." He slapped her acting as if she was an ungrateful wife of some sort.

"You know Malfoy you got some real nerve to slap a girl." She walked off again. Back inside to go to lunch and to forget about everything that had happened.

A/N: Hope it was a good chapter for ya. Anyways got your message Potter4prez and im making sure to slow it down. Though I was going to fast at the beginning too. Anyways...See ya! Review ppl!