"Bugger!" Hermione thought. She had just woken from her nap with an absolutely blinding headache. Also, somewhere during the journey so far her bag had spilled out onto the carpeted floor.

"Ahh. Finally, the monster has risen." A voice announced. Hermione ceased groaning quietly when she heard it.

"You have got to be kidding" she inwardly moaned. "It was so obvious, I should have been prepared for this." The cause of all these complaints was, of course, Draco Malfoy, new Head Boy, and all round pain in the butt.

Draco raised his eyebrow questioningly and cocked his head to one side. Blushing Hermione realised she was staring at his face and quickly she looked down. The handsome boy smirked at her reaction and continued to watch her. For him this was a mild spot of entertainment while for her it was a upsetting and frankly quite embarrassing encounter. It was true that Draco, not unlike herself, had….blossomed over the summer. As he sat easily in his black jeans, with some very nice faded parts, and blood red shirt Hermione, trying to be dignified and to look anywhere but Mlfoy, struggled to right herself on the padded seat. She could feel his cool, silver eyes watching her but all she could concentrate on now was trying to find some sort of pain relief. Dropping to her knees with a thud (which caused considerable pain to her hed which was now insistently thumping) she started to haphazardly go through her possessions which were splayed across the carriage floor.

"It is extremely satisfying to know you finally know your place, Mudblood." Malfoy said coldly, using the offensive word casually. "We both knew I think, that you would bow to me in the end. After all it is the natural order of things – I will always rule over you and you, the dirty underling, shall be ruled by myself. Actually by many others also I assume, so many people better than you. I mysel…hey!" Draco was cut off mid-speech when a tube of mascara was thrown at him. He opened his mouth to spout more insults but this time something blue and soft was chucked at his head. Due to so much intensive Quiddich training Draco dodged it easily quickly stowing it in his own bag he turned back to Hermione. She was now clutching a packet of foil wrapped tablets in one hand and her coke bottle in the other.Malfoy rolled his eyes and went back to his book.

Half an hour later

"So. Um. What are you reading?" Hermione figured that if she and Draco were going to be working side-by-side all year and had to share a common room that she could at least try to be civil with him. Slightly startled the boy looked up from the book. As they're eyes locked for a brief moment Hermione saw Draco's cool demeanor slip for a moment and felt a tingle go up her spine. She felt as though his eyes were liquid mercury, swirling around mixing all her feelings. However, as soon as it had come it went and his eyes turned as hard and cold as steel.

"Don't annoy me." He stated with venom.

"Oh. Sorry"

Inside Hermione battled. How could she have been so stupid? Why try to be nice to that creature?

Inside Malfoy was also confused for when his eyes had locked with hers everything had been flung into uncertainty.

"No" a harsh voice had screamed in his head. He had covered up this minor slip with his usual defence – an insult.

The rest of the train journey was in silence. Both students pretended to be engrossed in their own book when really they were sneaking suspicious and curious glances at each other. As Hogwarts came into view the two departed their carriage before all other students, they were after all sporting new gleaming Heads badges.

Dumbledore had been in his office watching the train pull up. He saw the two enemies stand side by side and look up at the castle, both lost in thought. An interesting year ahead, very interesting indeed.

Well that's another chappie. I thought I should start something between them two soon so I did! Yay. Um I realised I sounded well formal and don't worry I'm not vvv uptight.

Thanks to my one first reviewer – Sellea! V.sweet thank you.

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