Chapter 2

Living Arrangements

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Hermione slowly stood up and tried to slip past Malfoy to reach to the bathroom, but had no luck. She was too weak and tired. He stood there without bulging.

"There is a Prefect meeting now in the front compartment and I was told to come get you, so move your ass Granger!"

She tried to stand up again, but fell over. With one hand Malfoy caught her. Hermione could feel his breath on her face as she looked into his cold silver eyes before everything went black.

Hermione woke up staring into the eyes of none other than Draco Malfoy.

"Where am I?" she asked him clueless.

"Your on the Hogwarts Express?... Remember?" he answered with almost compassion. Malfoy had never spoken to her like this before.

"What happened?"

"I was just going to ask you the same thing. You have bruises all over your body, not to mention your weak as hell and you just passed out." His silver eyes met hers as she tried not to break the contact.

Hermione tried to stand up once more and grabbed his shoulder for support. He pulled her back down, his arm still on hers.

"What has happened Granger? And don't tell me it's nothing because I know something happened." he said sternly.

Hermione took out her pocket mirror and looked at her face. Her honey colored locks hung raggedly against her frame. Her chocolate brown eyes showed no warmth. Even her skin looked as pale as ever, but worse, there were bruises everywhere. Not just the usual five or six, but more like twenty on her face. Hermione was a complete mess.

She took out a pill from her pocket, conjured up a glass of water with a wave of her wand and instantly felt better. Hermione had been living off of these muggle pills ever since he broke her. She didn't want to risk being pregnant either. She ignored his eyes as she pulled out her concealer and blended it into her face.

"I thought we had a meeting... you coming?" Hermione asked Draco as his eyes lit up with surprise. Hermione draped her cloak around her shoulders and followed Malfoy up into the front head compartment.

Professor McGonagall had insisted they take care of a few special duties before attending the feast. Draco and Hermione panted as they swung open the doors to the Great Hall. To Hermione's and Draco's surprise everyone had their eyes glued upon them and were clapping loudly. Hermione looked to Draco for support but he showed none. They both walked to their appropriate tables and sat down. Hermione was eager for the attention to wear off. Draco on the other hand was giving people high-fives and boasting about being head boy. Dumbledore had obviously just broken the news to the school about who the new head boy and girl were.

"Where were you today on the train Mione?" Harry yelled at her as soon as she sat down in between him and Ron. Ron looked furious; like she had committed a crime. Her two best friends looked at her back and forth for an explanation.

"I… Uh had head girl duties…"Hermione replied, which actually was kind of true.

"That is so stupid." Ron whined his flaming red hair in his face. "Head Girl should be enjoyable."

"Being Head Girl is enjoyable Ronald." Hermione laughed as she passed the rolls to Harry as he laughed and she started to dig into her feast. By the look Harry passed her she knew he didn't believe her.

"But Hermione…" Ron whined again. "You have your own common room now."

Hermione took a large sip of pumpkin juice and noticed a pair of silver eyes watching her. She glanced away, but watched him out of the corner of her eye. Hermione trembled remembering what had happened on the train today. She sure hoped Malfoy wouldn't tell anyone.

"Ron's right." Harry agreed. "Well then, I suppose we'll see you at breakfast?"

Before she could ask why he was being so rude, she flipped around and noticed Malfoy and Professor McGonagall. She motioned for her to follow as Hermione waved goodbye to her friends.

"Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy, please follow me to your common room." McGonagall ordered as Draco and Hermione trailed behind her out of the great hall. Draco and Hermione were avoiding each others glances. Professor McGonagall climbed several flights of stairs and took many sharp turns.

Finally the three of them reached an enormous painting of five mermaids. They all giggled when he saw Malfoy; blushing. Hermione could have killed them.

"The passwords chocolate frog," Professor McGonagall told both of them keenly. "I expect no funny business from the two of you."

They both nodded their heads in agreement as she left and Hermione muttered the password.

The mermaids didn't pay any attention whatsoever. "He's hot!" One of the blonde ones giggled, all of them flashing their bikinis at Malfoy.

"You two aren't bad yourselves." Malfoy smirked looking down their swimsuit tops as they bent over. "What do you say tonight we f-"

"Chocolate frog!" Hermione repeated over again. The mermaids sighed as the portrait swung open. Malfoy looked furious. Hermione entered first followed by Malfoy who had been busy touching the painting. He was such a pervert.

The room was simply stunning. The staircase split half way up, going in opposite directions. The chandelier that hung from the ceiling had a thousands candles flickering. The walls were pained in deep Red and the carpet was set in gold. The set of sofas were off to the left of the room with a small table. Even the fireplace had snakes and lions engraved upon the mantle. To the right of the room was a small dinning area with a few chairs set up a small table. There were of course other pieces of furniture spaced through out the room. It was absolutely beautiful.

Hermione ran eagerly up to her side of the staircase and into her room. The rug was a gigantic sheepskin and her bed was draped in scarlet red curtains. Her luggage had been brought up and both of her elegant windows on either side of her beg were open. Her dresser and nightstands both had lions engraved upon them; as well as her door handle.

"Nice room Granger." Malfoy called through the doorway.

His looked almost the same except of course his room was in green and had serpents engraved upon his stuff.

They both decided to check out the bathroom which was white and had a huge bathtub more like a pool in the center. There was also a spa to the left.

Retreating back into her room, Hermione locked the door and got into bed. She took another pill beside her bed and got in. The only reason she felt happy was because of the pills she took. The only problem now was the bottle was empty and that tomorrow she would return to her usual depressed self.

Slowly she closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.

(A/N: Please review. How did you like it? I'm sorry if it sucked.)

3 Stephanie