Hermione woke up at seven the next morning. She immediately got up, went to her own private bathroom, had a shower, brushed her teeth and did her hair. At eight o'clock she left her room and walked down the corridor to the common room, to find Draco Malfoy in a green silk night gown snoring as he lay sprawled on the sofa. Hermione shuddered at this unpleasant vision and quickly walked out of the common room ("Ta-ta my dear," Penelope called) She found Harry and Ron sitting at the Gryffindor table eating breakfast.

"Hey Guys," She said as she slid onto the seat next to Ron.

"Hey Hermione," Harry greeted her and Ron smiled and gave her a one armed hug.

"How was Malfoy?" Ron asked as Hermione buttered her toast. "He didn't give you any trouble did he?"

Before Hermione could answer there was a loud whooshing noise and over a hundred owls flew into the hall. A brown owl landed in front of Hermione with the daily Prophet clamped in his beak.

"Oh, you know," Hermione shrugged, as she paid the owl. She started to unroll the paper. "He was just being him- Oh my Gosh! Oh no!" She laid the newspaper flat on the table so Harry and Ron could see the subject of distress.

WIZARDS KILLED IN MASS MURDER

12 Aurors were killed late last night when 'The Lord who must not be named' attacked a secret 'Order of the Phoenix' Hideout. An until recently secret organisation working against 'you know who.' While the Auror's names are not yet allowed to be released, Ministry officials have said no 'major' workers were taken. Ministry officials also tell us that they have no idea who could have possibly leaked the location of the hide out. And they don't know why it was that particular base, as there are several bases set around the country and the one in question was one of the more unimportant hideouts. The 'Lord who must not be named' sent ten of his 'death eaters' late last night. They were brutal and killed all they found, luckily they didn't find all. They missed a young Auror who wishes to remain anonymous. She witnessed them from a inside a locked room through the keyhole. She says that after the attack the death eaters stole a large amount of important files.
Harry, Ron and Hermione stopped reading to look at each other, horrified. Hermione bit her lip anxiously, Ron looked like he was about to be sick and Harry swore violently under his breath. Hermione looked up at the top table and saw that all the teachers were looking worried and talking quickly to each other. Dumbledore looked angry.

That day all over the school whispers were being passed from student to student so that by the end of the day everybody knew about the attack.

Hermione, wanting to get back to her room to get some homework done, left the great hall early after dinner. But as she walked through the large arch of the doorway she was approached by Ron, who was slightly pink.

"Uh, Hermione, can I talk to you for a minute?" He asked a little sheepishly.

"Oh, yeah sure," she said slightly surprised. She followed him to the grand staircase and to her great surprise he pulled out his wand and tapped a blank spot of wall on the side of the staircase and muttered something she couldn't hear.

Before she could say anything, a small hole appeared where he tapped and it grew steadily larger until it was large enough for Ron to pull Hermione through.

"Ron, what-" Hermione started but Ron cut her off.

"Shh," he said quietly. "The walls are very thin."

And Hermione looked around the room for the first time.

The roof was sloping, obviously because they were standing under the grand staircase. It was only small and very dark, but Hermione could still make out the dusty wooden floorboards.

"How did you find out about this place?" She asked, amazed.

"Fred and George," he said simply. "During the holidays."

"Wow."

"Look Hermione," Ron started moving a bit closer to her. "I, er-, um, kinda," he stopped, and took a nervous, shuddering breath. "I really like you" he said, and before Hermione could respond he lowered his head and kissed her on the lips.

All the worries about homework and Voldemort flowed out of her mind as she felt Ron's lips crush her own. She slowly and shyly slipped her tongue into his muth and felt him shudder with anticipation.

Just at that moment, the room shook as a stampede of students thundered up the staircase. Ron and Hermione both jumped in shock.

Ron swore as his head hit the roof. Hermione giggled.

"I think we've got to find somewhere a little bit more romantic." She said before pecking him on the lips and pushing through the wall of the grand staircase.

She walked back to the Head Room grinning widely with high spirits.

She was not surprised to find Draco Malfoy lounging around on the couch again, except in his school robes.

"Is it just me or are you the laziest person in the school?" She asked, disgusted.

"What, huh, why, what do you want Granger?" He snarled angrily as he stood up with a start. He'd obviously not noticed she'd entered the room.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I'm going to my room."

"Okay, but don't you want to read the letter that Dumbledore sent for us?" Malfoy drawled, holding out a piece of parchment.

"What? Let me see it!" She tried to snatch it out of his grip but he was to quick for her. He moved the hand with the letter in it back and snatched her slim wrist with the other.

"What the hell are you doing!" Hermione shouted, trying to pull her wrist away but failing.

"Oh, our dear little mudblood has a bit of a bad mouth," Malfoy teased. Hermione tried to reach for her wand in the pocket of her robes but Malfoy yanked her forward, wrapped his other arm around her waist, dropping the letter as he reached for her wand. He grabbed her wand and threw it down with the letter. "Don't do that," he hissed, pulling her even closer. Their faces were now so close she could feel his breath on her face, and see his cold blue- grey eyes looking down on her .

"Why don't we do a little teamwork, eh?" He whispered maliciously in her ear, pressing his body against hers. "Just Head Boy and Girl…"

"No!" She yelled. " Get away from me you sick freak!" She ripped away from his arms and grabbed her wand and the letter as she sprinted for her bedroom. She could hear him running after her. As she came to her room she felt him try to grab her arm again but she shook him off and slammed the door shut.

"Colloportus!" she yelled pointing her wand at the door. Just as Malfoy slammed his body against the door it made a loud squelching noise. Though he tried and tried to open it, it wouldn't budge.

"Fine, mudblood!" He yelled angrily. "I wasn't going to do anything anyway! Honestly!" She heard him walk into his own room and slam the door, as she sank down on to the bed in shock.

Yay! We updated! Hopefully this will keep you happy for a little while. This story does have a plot, don't worry! We're starting uni so it's hard to update all the time, sorry if it takes to long but we're doing as much as we can.