CHAPTER TWO:

FORGET THE PAST

Harry looked at her with a slight look of laughter on his face. Hermione put her hands on her hips, all girly like.

"It's Malfoy?" Harry asked, trying not to laugh.

"It's not funny… good thing it's only the girls rooms that have the gems." She sighed and looked around. "I'd be dead by morning if the guys had them." She laid herself down on the bed with a sigh.

Harry walked around and played with the stuff on her elegant white desk such as her hair things. Small clips and such when he sat on her bed looking at her. He smiled slightly and then frowned.

"Something wrong?" he asked watching her. Hermione stared out the window.

"No… just thinking." She smiled but then sighed. Harry set his hand on her shoe lightly, tapping his fingers on them.

"About what?" He wondered, playing with her shoe laces.

"Well, about what we are going to do." She sighed "This new class thing, I'm wondering what we are going to end up doing. I still don't really understand what it is." She said, sitting up and leaning her back against the head board.

"Well Dumbledore did say that he would explain more later." He sighed too and looked at her lightly.

"True, true." She laughed as she watched Harry look at her "So," she started "What do you want to do?" she asked standing up from the bed and took off her cape. She was wearing a long jean skirt with a light pink top.

"Don't know" he shrugged and then looked at her again "Are we just suppose to stay here or what?" she shrugged as she placed her hand on the gem and the wall closed.

"I don't think we have to, you can stay here if you like… it doesn't matter." She sighed as she walked out "I am just going to sit in the common room. You should check out my balcony." She laughed "It's awesome, and I'm the only one that has one." She laughed with pride.

Harry nodded as she walked out the door. Malfoy was sitting in the chair outside her door. Hermione said nothing and took a seat on the sofa, staring into the fire. She casually looked through the corner of her eyes seeing Malfoy. He looked like he was struggling with his work but she said nothing and just stared.

"Hello…" Malfoy started with an evil look on his face "I see that Potter is in your room. Having a little fun were you?" he asked with a smirk.

"Gross Malfoy, I don't like Harry that way! Besides, he's dating Ginny. " she protested and gave him a smirk as she looked at him. "What are you doing anyways?" she asked with a nice smile.

"Stuff that I want to do!" He snipped and then sighed.

"Just asking" She yawned and looked around. "I wonder what he's doing." She said silently to herself so no one heard.

"Well if you have to know." He snipped "I am thinking of ideas, like we are suppose to be doing." He stuck his nose in the air.

"Malfoy be responsible?" she asked him "I doubt that!" she sniffed. Malfoy without thought moved and sat by her.

"Why do you doubt that?" he asked as his smirk went into a light frown.

"You spend most of your time picking on people." Tears starting coming to her eyes and she spoke. "I hate when you pick on people, like me… Calling me a mudblood hurts!" she yelled.

"Well don't cry about it, Gryffindors are suppose to be brave." He mocked.

"Grrr!" Hermione yelled as she got up and stormed into her room. She slammed the door behind her and looked into her room. Harry went back to his own room, and the wall was still open.

Harry looked to her in concernment and all Hermione did was quickly place her hand on the gem and the wall closed quickly. Hermione ran over on the other side of her room and plopped down on her bed, digging her face into her pillow. She cried hardly but the pillow drained the sound.

She heard a knock at the door. She just snuggled in more to her pillow and waited for the knocking to stop. Though it didn't, she picked her head up and looked at the door. The knocks got harder each time. Her heart was racing and she sighed.

"Go away." She sniffled and a voice at the door spoke.

"Please stop crying." The voice said and Hermione got up and opened the door.

"Malfoy, leave me alone!" She demanded as she turned back to her bed and put her face back into her already drenched pillow.

"If you want me to say it that much, then sorry." He walked in, closing the door behind him as his back rested against the door.

"No need… you were right, I'm not suppose to cry." She sighed, and sat up from her bed.

"Who cares Granger, I've done it before." He sighed. Hermione looked at him and blinked.

"What? The big strong powerful Malfoy cry?" she snipped "No way." She walked out of her room onto her balcony and rested herself on the railing, sitting on it.

"Yes, everyone can cry Hermione, no need to be ashamed." Malfoy spoke and she looked at him and blinked again.

"You actually called me Hermione?" she wondered and then sighed "Everything is so different this year." She sighed.

"Yes, I have changed if you would have given me the chance to explain, I would have told you but you ran away crying." He said in a sort of sympathetic way.

"Oh, sorry then." She sniffed and someone knocked on her door again. "Can you get that please?" she asked sweetly and Malfoy opened the door.

"Hello Potter" Malfoy said in a stuck up voice when he opened the door to see Harry standing there.

Harry walked in, glaring at Malfoy and saw Hermione crying on the balcony. He walked out with a sigh and then sat on a chair, watching her sit from the balcony railing. He gave her a concerned look.

"Are you ok Miony?" He asked softly as he glared at Malfoy through the window.

"Fine Harry… fine." She gave a sweet smile to Draco and sighed.

Draco walked in a small circle and then left not knowing what else to say to her. Hermione looked down from the balcony and then looked at Harry. She wondered why Draco left but she didn't say anything. Harry got up and gave her a fierce look.

"What the bloody hell was he here for?" He asked while gritting his teeth. "Are you so stupid that you would trust our enemy in your room?"

"Harry he was apologizing!" she explained and put an upset face on her. "And I'm not stupid, the point of this project is to make friends!" she snipped and walked out the door and sat hardly on the couch. She was in deep thought.

Hermione walked out the door of the common room to see if anyone was around, she saw no one. She walked back in and back into her room, closing the door that separated Harry and her room. She breathed deeply and walked over to the black gem that separated hers and Draco's room.

She took a deep breath, and nervously clicked the switch to unlocked. She took a deep breath and put her hand along the gem and the door opened as she stepped back, not knowing if he was there or not. A small corridor was there, the walls lined with only mirrors.

She walked slowly to the other side, a green wall with a silver gem now. 'this is defiantly Slytherin' she told herself. She wasn't sure if he was in there at all. Before she touched the gem she gave a light knock on the wall. She heard someone in side and she pressed her ear against the wall.

"Hello Hermione." A light voice came from the other side. Hermione set her hand on the gem as the wall flew open.

"How did you know it was me?" she asked, staring at Draco. She smiled a lightly, and sort of embarrassed.

"Pansy told me about them, I was hoping you would come by." He said with a slight innocent smile on his face.

"What do you mean?" she asked and looked around at his room. "Draco, you are acting really different this year, it's starting to scare me." She joked but had a serious face on her.

"I'm sorry" He told her and he sat on his bed. "I am acting so different because I'm sick of being evil. This summer I looked back on everything I ever did and felt horrible about it!" She gave him an amazed look.

"Why such a change?" she asked, pulling a small clip into her hair that held her bangs back. Her hair was long, it's length stopped at her lower back.

"Well, I guess you are the one that made me change." He said and Hermione grew a little pink on her cheeks.

"I did… I couldn't possibly, I.." She lost her words when she saw Draco walking to her. Her heart was pounding. He gripped her arms as she looked at him with a confused look.

"Hermione, your tears made me see how evil I truly am." He said and he leaned his head down to her.

Right before his lips touched hers, she moved away and started walking for the entrance to her room. He grabbed her wrist as her back hit his chest. She felt his snake like arms move around her waist as she spoke with embarrassment.

"Draco, this isn't right. We are suppose to be enemies, our past…" She started but Draco cut of her words but putting a finger over her lips. She stood there, quietly. In a low voice he answered her comment, whispering into her ear.

"Forget the past."

Author's Note:

Ok, this story is going a little fast I know, but I find it annoying if I write to many chapters. I hate describing things, lol. Well I hope you enjoy what is here and tell me if you want another chapter!

Airalynn