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Chapter 12

Draco hadn't returned to the common room that night, he instead slept in his old dorm room; he couldn't be close to Hermione now. She was beginning to get to him, in more ways than he'd like to admit it.

He woke up feeling very uncomfortable. During his first 6 years of Hogwarts that bed was nothing but heaven to him. But now, even though it was the same as his bed in his new room, it was uncomfortable because he was not near Hermione.

He got dressed and made his way to the Great Hall for breakfast. When he got there he noticed that Hermione wasn't in her normal seat, in fact she wasn't even at her normal table. She was sitting in a chair next to Dumbledore. Draco continued to look at Hermione and her new seat and then looked to the right of Dumbledore. Another chair sat empty that read 'Head Boy.'

So they had to sit there now? Why? Draco made his way up to Dumbledore and sat down in HIS chair.

"Professor?" Draco looked at Dumbledore. When he looked down at him he just smiled slightly.

"Yes Draco?" Draco looked into his eyes and saw that his eyes were twinkling with curiosity. "Erm, why are we sitting up here?"

"Ah good question I just explained it to your Head Girl over here just a second ago. I decided that as Head Boy and Head Girl you should unite at all times. And that includes at meal times. Sitting in your separate houses does not promote unity so... here we are enjoying breakfast and a slightly amusing conversation about Mr Filch. Apparently he found a student throwing a new kind of dungbombs that explode on impact and that is very difficult to remove. I can only assume that it is a new Weasley invention."

Professor Dumbledore had obviously finished his conversation with Draco as he continued to eat his breakfast. Draco looked at Hermione and saw that she was in deep conversation with Professor Flitwick. No doubt asking about her charms essay.

The rest of breakfast was continued in silence, well from Draco anyway. He ate his breakfast in silence and then proceeded to his dorm to get his books for the classes that day.

As he made his way to the portrait he looked at it instead of saying the password. The occupants seemed to be having a silent fight. Hermione was ignoring him, as she was trying to read and he was looking at her and gently poked her in the shoulder, to try and get her attention. Draco stood watching them in silence. He was amused at how many different things his own portrait self was trying to do to get her attention. When he finally gave up he picked up a book and started to read, that immediately got her attention. Draco chuckled to himself, thinking that the portraits were just having a silly argument and that how typical of Granger to notice him, only when he is reading a book. He didn't realise that the portraits were somehow mirroring his and Hermione's relationship. Even though he wasn't trying to get her attention physically, he was trying to figure out mentally how to do it, and now the portraits had told him how.

He said the password and Hermione let him in with a flirtatious smile. Draco chuckled as he entered his room got his books and made his way to Herbology. He knew that tonight instead of trying to get her attention, he would sit by the fire, with a good book and wait for her to come to him. Merlin, Hermione had already changed him without him noticing it. He was thinking about sitting in front of a fire with a book! It doesn't matter why he was doing it; the fact that he was doing it was proof enough.

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