Chapter Two

By: Kellyx0x

Disclaimer: Unfortunately for me, I don't own Harry Potter. But things you don't recognize are mine.

Summary: Hermione's summer wasn't so grand well it was the complete opposite of grand. Her summer was downright horrible. Hidden secrets lie within her mind. To top it all off Dumbledore has set the seventh years up with a year long project. One guess at who Hermione gets stuck with…Hdr

Look At Last Time:

Hermione looked to the floor then back up at him. "Oh Malfoy, you dropped your pocket." He looked down at the floor then back at her, obviously confused. Hermione began laughing and walked down the hallway towards her first class. What an idiot.

Fist class of the day was Charms with Professor Flitwick and of course the Slytherins. What would class be with out them. Hermione opened the door and shut it quietly behind her before sitting down in her usual seat next to Harry and Ron. She pulled a sheet of parchment out along with her quill and ink bottle, Hermione's wand lay above it all, in a little grove up top of her desk.

-dong dong dong-

The final bell rang for the beginning of class, as it did a troop of Slytherins sauntered into the room, Draco Malfoy leading them all. Figured, just like that boy to be late and it was just like the rest of them to follow.

Hermione couldn't understand how they prided themselves in having pure blood, yet they worshiped a half blood. Harry is a half blood and you don't see them worshiping him, now do you? If anything that whole house was against Harry.

"Ahem Ahem!" The tiny professors voice rang out, trying to catch everyone's attention.

The Griffindor's silenced themselves immediately but it would take a little more for the Slytherin's who weren't paying almost any attention.

"AHEM!" The room went silent and Flitwick giggled in a girly fashion.

He smiled and tapped his wand on the board where instructions appeared.

"Today you will be practicing the Growth Charm. You will be partnered up with a person of my choice and from there you will point your wand at a part of their body, say the incantation - Cretum! - and wave your wand like so -"

At this point Flitwick did a complex movement and smiled "It's all on the board if you need it, now onto partners!"

Turning around he began to rummage through the papers on top of his desk. The Slytherin's rolled their eyes and lazily sat in their chairs, while the Griffindor's tried not to do the same.

They had more respect then that.

"A-hah! Here we go, here we go…. Potter, Crabbe…Weasley, Parkinson….Brown, Goyle…..Patil, Zabini….Longbottom, Bulstrode….Granger, Malfoy…"

Everything after that Hermione didn't pay attention too. Why were teachers always sticking them together?

As if it wasn't enough sharing the common room with the doof, now she had to work with him. She joined the rest of the Griffindor's slumped down in their chairs, waiting for the torture to begin.

"Move together now, move together!" Hermione heard the teacher squeaking.

Her eyes traveled to Malfoy, staring him down. It didn't look as if he was moving, he still was sitting back lazily in his chair with two feet propped up on the desk.

Stupid git, Hermione sighed in defeat and stood up, walking slowly towards Malfoy. She took the seat next to him and straightened out her parchment, preparing to take notes.

"Taking notes Granger? I would of thought that you knew this already." Draco drawled, now tapping his fingers lazily on the desk, leaning over her shoulder.

"I do know it Malfoy, I am taking notes so I can study it later. Now I would appreciate it if you would back up!" Hermione finished with a huff, trying to get back to her notes.

But Malfoy didn't move, instead he leaned in closer.

Not only did he take pleasure in annoying her but her strawberry aroma was overwhelming, strawberry….oh how he loved strawberry…NO! He thought, I cant think like that!

"Ready yet?" He asked her, poking her in the back a few times.

Hermione finally lost her patience and turned to him. "Alright already! Get up Malfoy!"

Her voice was angry but to see her like this, infuriated, pleased him in some way. Maybe it was the fact that he had some effect on her, that she noticed him even though it was in a negative way.

Hermione took her position in front of him, they were towards the center of the room and as she steamed in fury all eyes turned towards them. Ever since the beginning of class the students knew it would be an interesting one.

Not only were Griffindor's and Slytherin's paired together but the Griffindor Princess and Slytherin Prince were, which meant something interesting would happen.

Last time that happened the duo ended up in the hospital wing for a week. That was the second time Draco had tested her temper and it didn't prove to be faulty.

Absentmindedly he touched his cheek, twisting the long wand in his fingers tips. "Since I am above you and all, I believe it would only be right if I went fir--"

But his sentence was cut off by Hermione's cry of "Cretum!"

Before Draco had anytime to react, his nose had swollen to an enormous size.

"How dare you!" He shrieked in a nasally voice, pointing his wand at her teeth and shouting

"Cretum!"

Her two front teeth grew down to her chin and Hermione let out a gasp.

How dare he! She thought. How dare she! He thought.

"Expelliarmus!" They both shouted.

Instead of their wands flying from their hands both students flew back into the walls, hitting with a loud thump and sliding to the ground.

So much for Charms class.

Harry and Ron were instantly by Hermione's side. They lifted her gently and without the Professors permission began running her towards the Hospital wing.

It wasn't a life or death situation but the two wanted to make sure Hermione would be okay, none-the-less.

They could hear the footsteps of the Slytherin's behind them. It must of took four people to carry Malfoy and his overly large nose. At least now he had something to match his ego.

In fact, it was so big the Slytherin's were debating on how to get him through the door to the infirmary for quiet some time, during which time Madame Promfrey was seeing to Hermione.

It was nothing big. After casting a few spells and administrating a few Potions Hermione was awake and feeling quiet normal again. The only thing wrong was her teeth. The kind nurse shrunk them down for her quickly.

Once again Hermione's smile was picture perfect.

Malfoy on the other hand was a few beds away, moaning and groaning about his perfect nose being ruined. Hermione simply laughed at him.

He deserves it She thought, unable to avoid the feeling of some guilt. But that was Hermione for you, she had a kind heart and never wanted to do wrong.

"It'll take some time to deflate and go back to normal, it was quiet the charm Miss Granger put on you, but I am sure you'll be fine in an hour, dear"

Their was more fussing from Malfoy, along with the normal empty threats. That boy should know by now that his father couldn't do anything for him. Lucius Malfoy had been in Azkaban for over a year now.

Charms was long over and their next class long begun before Hermione and Malfoy were released from the Hospital wing. Their wasn't even a point now of going back to class, no matter how much Hermione insisted she needed to get the notes, right then and there.

It was time for the two to go to the Great Hall in attempt to assist their Headmaster, in whatever crazy plan he had for them.

Draco pushed open the Great Hall doors and smiled, bowing slightly. "After you, Head Girl"

He smiled innocently as Hermione walked through. The only reason he was being polite was because all the teachers were sitting at the staff table talking avidly to each other.

They only stopped when Hermione and Draco graced them with their presence.

"Cut the crap Malfoy" She hissed to him before walking towards the table, smiling.

Draco couldn't help but smile to himself.

Dumbledore's blue eyes twinkled mischievously at the two. He must of known about the…incident between them during charms.

But then again, nothing happened in the castle that the man didn't know about, not one thing.

"Ah, precisely on time I see" He chuckled and pulled out a stack of papers.

"Now while the teachers and I discuss some matters of importance, I would like you to transfigure each block of wood on the ground into a table with two chairs."

Hermione looked confused. Blocks of wood? What blocks of wood. What about the tables? She went to open her mouth when Dumbledore yet again chuckled.

"Look for yourself Miss Granger"

Hermione turned around and gasped. The tables that had been there moments before were now gone replaced by many small blocks of wood.

Her lips curled into a smile.

Their Headmaster was brilliant and always did something to amaze her. But on Draco's face their was no signs of astonishment, no signs of any emotion at all.

It was like he saw this every day, wandless magic. But then again, maybe he did.

"Off to work you two…" Dumbledore smiled and turned back to Minerva.

Promptly Hermione and Draco turned to transfiguring each and everyone of the tables. Something was definitely up.

Draco couldn't remember when he first started liking this girl. Maybe it was because she stood out from the rest of the girls. She was practically the only one not fawning over him.

Or maybe it started when she punched him. Damn, she had guts to do that. If only she wasn't a stupid Griffindork.

If only she wasn't friends with Scarhead and Weasel.

Then she could be his.

But that would never happen.

Hermione could never be his.

Don't get me wrong, he just likes her. It isn't as if she is the only thing on his mind.

No there are other things on this Slytherin's mind. Things like his father and the Dark Lord. Right now Draco had more important things to worry about then a stupid girl.

His future was all planned out for him. Even if he wanted to change it he couldn't, right?

But then again. He was a Malfoy and Malfoy's don't settle for just anything.

Malfoy's get what they want. And this Malfoy would do what he wanted. No what some stupid half blood planned for him.

A/n: Well How did you like it! I'm quiet happy these chapters are long so far. Did anything confuse you? There was one or two points where I switched over to Draco's point of view, did you all get that okay? Let me know!

Latin- Cretum- To grow.

I am only putting the spell that I make up in here, everything else I'm sure you know what it does or can find it out very easily!

Mysticallove: Thanks for the suggestion : ) I was having some trouble figuring out the spacing, hopefully I got it down now.

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