"Hermione!" somebody yelled whom I presumed was Draco. br /
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"What?" I yelled back sleepily. I was lying in bed staring at the cieling. Draco was already up but in another room. It was Monday morning and I was due back to Hogwarts. br /
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"Get up and dressed you moron. It's 9 o'clock!" he shouted. I nearly leapt out of my bed. Was it really that time already. Goodness, I had to be at Hogwarts by 9:30. I was to attend classes which started at 10. I scrambled about searching for the odd missing sock and sip up hoodie. It didn't take long to find all of my clothes that I needed for the day. All of my trunk was packed and ready to go. All that was left was me! I quickly dressed and pulled on my pink hoodie and rushed downstairs to meet Draco. He looked down at his watch smirking. br /
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"Twenty minutes," he said. "Not bad, but it would be a bit more impressive if you didn't have your hoodie on inside out!" I glanced down at my top half. I groaned and blushed. I quickly pulled it off and put it back on the right way. I turned back to Draco. br /
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"We better get going. Get your trunk." br /
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I grabbed my trunk, which was sitting a few feet from me and heaved it back to where I had been. Draco held out what looked like an old boot and smiled. I groaned again. Seriously, I had had enough of these stupid Portkeys. I thrust my hand out and wrapped my fist around the ankle part of the boot. As you can guess, I felt the tug behind my navel and began to spin violently. They just don't get any better. Worse, if anything. After what seemed like a lifetime we landed once again with a bump, on a stone floor. It of course was Albus Dumbledore's office. I stood up and sat in one of the comfortable chairs closely followed by Draco. It did sum up to the unwelcomely floor we had landed on. Dumbledore emerged from behind his desk and started pacing a bit. br /
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"Welcome back, Mr and Mrs Malfoy." he greeted. I nearly fell out of the chair. When was I going to get used to being a Mrs, let alone a Malfoy? We both mumbled a thanks. br /
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"Well I see no reason as to why you should both stay here. You may both go to your house common rooms to see your friends until class begins. I trust you are better Mrs Malfoy?" br /
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I gave a brief nod and followed Draco to the door. We both departed and made our descent down the stairs. We said our goodbyes gave each other a small kiss and headed for our common rooms. I reached the Fat Lady in no time. br /
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"Password?" br /
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"Fairy Dust." I retorted hoping that the password hadn't been changed. The portrait swung open and I heaved a sigh of relief. I walked in and realized I hadn't been there for a while considering I now had my own common room. I looked around through the small crowd and noticed Ginny. I ran over to her. When she noticed me she gave me a bone-breaking hug. br /
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"I'm so glad you're back!" she shrieked and by doing so got the whole common rooms attention. She let go of me to my relief and I turned beetroot. br /
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"Um...It's great to be back." I said. br /
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"Sooo, did anything happen?" she asked. br /
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"No!" I said a little too quickly. I wasn't wanting to tell anyone about my building feelings for Draco. They'd probably take a heart attack or something. She eyed me suspiciously. br /
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"Where's Harry and Ron?" I asked trying to get off of the subject. Thankfully it worked and now the common room had got back to normal rather than stare at me. br /
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"Down at breakfast. I think they're still a bit annoyed about what happened at the hospital, you know when you wanted to see Draco. They'll get over it though." br /
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I shuffled uncomfortably. I had totally forgotten about that. I doubted they would be speaking to me for a while. Me and Ginny chatted for a while then at 9:55 I made my way to potions. Unfortunately for me it was with the Slytherins. I reached the dungeons but not to my surprise they're was an argument taking place. I moved closer and pushed through the spectating crowd to see Harry, Ron and Draco fighting. About me! I watched in horror asthey threw nasty insults to each other. Eventually Ron pushed his luck in calling Draco a stuck up bd. Draco whipped out his wand and threw a curse at him. Ron began to throw up violently and Harry raised his own wand at the same time as Draco. I didn't think. I just held out my wand and shouted the first thing that came to mind. br /
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"Expelliarmus!" I bellowed. I had meant to hit Draco but missed. To my complete terror I hit poor Ron. His wand flew out of his hand and he fell back into the wall behind him, unconcious. Everyone turned to look at me. None of the looks hurt except Harry's. He looked at me as if I was complete filth. Draco smirked and started laughing. At that moment Professor Snape appeared. br /
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"What's happened here?" he drawled. I couldn't even speak. br /
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"Oh Professor, Weasley insulted me and Hermione here," Draco said dmoothly as he threw a glance towards me, "cursed him!" br /
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"Very well. Miss Patil, please escort Mr Weasley to the hospital Wing." br /
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Harry looked horrified. He had clearly wanted to take Ron to the Hospital Wing. Everyone followed Snape back into the classroom. It was then I saw her. I froze with fear. There smirking as if she owned the place was... i Pansy Parkinson! /i