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Chapter two: The Timetable

"Morning!" Hermione chirped as she squeezed in between Ron and Harry.

"How was the first night with Malfoy?" Harry asked, pouring milk onto his cereal.

"It was pretty okay."

Harry and Ron stared at each other, then at Hermione and then back at each other.

"Did I hear you right, Hermione?" Ron said, shoving another bun into his mouth. "You – Hermione Granger – thought sleeping with Malfoy was okay!" he said, with his mouth full.

Some third year Gryffindors glanced over when they heard 'sleeping with Malfoy' and snickered.

"Ronald!" Hermione slapped Ron's arm. "Not so loud! And I did not sleep with Malfoy! I was just staying in the same dorm as him and he didn't do anything that bad…"

Harry gaped at Hermione. "Something's wrong with you," he said after a while. Hermione glanced at him and narrowed her eyes. "No, what's wrong with me?"

"Something, but I don't know what."

"That means there's nothing."

"There is," Ron pointed out. "You said sleeping with Malfoy was okay!"

"Yeah!" Harry agreed. "And you used to curse him like, ten times a day."

"Oh, come on," Hermione waved all of it off with a laugh. "You guys are just exaggerating."

"We're not, are we, Harry?"

"No, positively no."

"Yeah, but I mean, I've got to work with Draco, so basically, I've got to be nice to him."

Silence. Then, Ron starting choking on his food.

"Draco?" Harry whispered.

"Draco!" Ron gasped.

Hermione blushed. Oh damn, what was with her today? She couldn't seem to control her tongue. "Uh, no, I meant, ah, Malfoy… Malfoy." She said, stammering as she looked up and caught sight of Draco Malfoy sitting at the Slytherin table, laughing with his friends at something.

Harry gave her the accusing look he had given her the night before and returned to his cereal. Ron shot her a weird look. Hermione sighed. What did she do now?

Later during Potions, Snape was walking around, glaring at every student except the students from Slytherin.

"Draco, I want to talk to you after lesson later." Snape told Draco. Draco nodded silently, not knowing that a certain Mudblood staring at him.

What did he want to talk about? Hermione thought.

Later after the lesson, sure enough, when everybody was filing out of the dungeon, Draco hung back. Hermione slowly packed up her books, looking at Snape and Draco.

Harry tapped her arm. "What are you waiting for, Hermione?"

She glanced up to find Harry staring at her, with Ron standing behind, books under his arm.

"Um, no, I've two free periods to go hang out at the common room, so I'm taking it slow." She said. Harry raised his eyes to look at Snape and Malfoy loitering around, waiting for them to leave.

"Potter! Granger! Weasley! What are you three standing around? Go off to your next lesson." Snape snarled at them.

"C'mon," Ron mumbled. Hermione caught Draco's eye. He smirked nastily and mouthed, 'Mudblood,'

Hermione mouthed back, 'Stupid ferret.'

Harry and Ron mumbled a 'goodbye' to Hermione as they set off for their lessons. "See you guys later!" Hermione called. They barely nodded. What's up with them?

"… you know very well what your father expects of you."

She heard Snape's voice coming from the dungeon.

"I know, sir, but it's not my fault and Hermione Granger's head girl and I'm head boy." She heard Draco reply as she crept closer softly.

"I know, Draco, but keep your distance from her."

"I can't, I've got to work with her."

"Yes… but just remember, keep your distance. Your mother told me to watch you."

Hermione rolled her eyes. How many times had she done that in that day? She turned and left. That was all Snape wanted to talk to Malfoy about? To keep his distance from her?

She made a gagging action. "It's not as if I want to hook up with Malfoy or anything. It's just my luck that he's Head Boy."

She reached the Gryffindor common room and said the password to the Fat lady, who swung open the portrait to let her in.

"Hi Hermione!" It was Ginny, sitting in front of the fireplace.

"Hello, Ginny."

"How's Malfoy?"

Hermione stalled. "He's okay." But Ginny surprised her. She had thought Ginny would act like Harry and Ron when she told her Malfoy was okay.

Ginny seemed to read Hermione's mind. "Ron told me about it."

"Oh yeah," Hermione said, sighing. "I've got no choice but to be nice to Malfoy, Ginny. He's like, the Head Boy."

"I know, Hermione. But you know, although Malfoy's a jerk, he is pretty hot."

"Oh he sure is." Hermione admitted although she didn't want to. Neville Longbottom came into the common room. "Oh, Hermione!" he said, looking a little surprised.

"Hi Neville, yes?"

"Malfoy's outside the common room, he wants to talk to you." Neville said. "And he threatened to hex me if I don't get you out."

Ginny chortled. "Let him do that, then he'll get stripped off his Head Boy title."

Hermione got up and headed outside, where the Fat Lady was interrogating Draco.

"I don't reckon you know the password."

"No, I don't. I'm waiting for a certain Gryffindor to come out."

Since when was Malfoy that polite?

"What is it, Malfoy?" Hermione snapped as she stepped out of the portrait hole. Draco looked up at her. "Granger, don't think I'm here especially for you. I just got no choice."

"Fine," Hermione said, trying to control her eye-rolling. "What do you want?"

Draco sneered, feeling a little irritated. What's the problem with this stupid Mudblood? "I want to finish doing the prefect duties timetable as soon as possible."

"So?"

"So let's do it now. I don't want to waste my time later doing it, especially with you."

"It's not like I want to either, Malfoy." Hermione snapped. "Wait for me in the library, I'll see you there."

Draco looked down at her arrogantly. "I don't see why a Mudblood is bossing me around."

"Fine then! You wait for me here if you want."

"Why the library?"

"Where else do you want to go?"

"It's just that I don't want others seeing me doing something together with a Mudblood like you."

"Well too bad then, Malfoy, you've lots to do with me this year."

Draco didn't know what else to say. What was wrong with him? He had no problem in shooting an insult back at Granger before. He just sighed impatiently and folded his arms across his chest, "Well, hurry up then." He said, giving in.

"Look, Granger! Those kids over there and staring over at us!" Draco hissed at Hermione as they sat at one of the library tables.

"Come on, Malfoy, you know they're not used to seeing us sitting at one table together, let them get used to it."

Draco gaped at her. "You're saying we're going to do this so often that they're going to get used to it?"

Hermione stared at Malfoy as if he were a three-year old kid. "Well… yeah,"

"My reputation will be ruined for sure!"

"I think it's my reputation that will be ruined."

Draco scowled, standing up.

"Where are you going!" Hermione said.

"Can't I even visit the bathroom? Why? Do you want to follow me?"

"Get back here quickly, we don't have all day." Hermione glared at him. "Idiot," she added under her breath.

Draco headed out of the library and headed towards the nearest boys bathroom when he spotted his usual gang walking towards him.

"Oh my Drackie Draco!" Pansy cried, running towards him with her arms wide open as if wanting him to run into them.

"Pansy?" Draco said miserably.

Crabbe and Goyle nodded stupidly at Draco while Blaise slapped him on the back, "What's up with Mudblood Granger?"

Pansy shoved them out of the way and threw her arms around Draco. "I missed you so much, Drackie!"

"Uh, Pansy, get off." Draco took her arms and tried to push her off him.

"I bet sleeping near that Hermione Granger's hell." Pansy squealed angrily. Draco rolled his eyes.

"Well?" Blaise looked at him.

"She's… okay." Draco replied.

Pansy shrieked, "OKAY!"

"Shut up, Pansy." Draco said. Crabbe grunted. "Granger's okay. Ha-ha-ha-ha." He and Goyle started guffawing.

Draco scowled. "What? I mean, she's quite okay… except that she always forces me to do stuff I don't like."

"Like what?" Blaise said lazily.

"Not sex, please." Pansy said softly as she looked at Draco pleadingly. "I mean, you're mine."

Draco rolled his eyes so far back, he could almost see his brain. "NO, I'm not yours, Pansy. Granger just wants me to go do that prefect timetable thing…, oh yeah," he remembered she was waiting for him to complete it.

"I've got to go," Draco told him.

"But Draco…" Pansy called after him but Draco was already halfway back to the library.

"What took you so long?" Hermione demanded as he reached her table.

"Had a hard time in the toilet." Draco replied, sitting down across her at the table.

Hermione looked at Draco for a moment and said, "I'm almost finished with it."

"Great! Now, I don't have to waste my time with you." Draco smirked, leaning back onto his chair and rested his hands behind his head. "You know what, Granger?"

Hermione shot him a look.

"Sometimes, I'm sort of grateful you're my Head-girl, then I can take advantage of you to do stuff like my homework."

Hermione glared at him. "You can keep on dreaming about that because that will never happen."

"Oh really." Draco smirked even more, leaning closer and putting his face near hers. Hermione could feel his breath on her. She took a deep breath, "Yeah," she replied a little breathlessly. He kept smirking at her – with his face so close to hers.

He's not going to kiss me, is he?

Hermione didn't know what to do.

"Hermione?" she heard a familiar voice said behind her. She turned around. "Oh, hi, Ron…" she said.

He stared at her, then moved his gaze over to Draco.

No, he can't be possibly thinking I was about to kiss Malfoy!

"Yo Weasley." Draco said casually, leaning back into his chair again.

Ron glared at him. "I think it's time for your next lesson." He turned to Hermione, shooting her an accusing look that Harry had given her before. Hermione winced.

"Well, um, I guess I'd better get going. Malfoy!" Hermione tried to sound bossy. "You're going to finish the rest of it." She shoved the parchment at Draco. His eyebrows knitted together as he scanned the parchment.

"Um, see you later, Ron!" Hermione said, giving him a small wave as she left the library.

Another chapter! I think this chapter's a little long… and crappy. : D but nevertheless, please review and tell me what you think of it! Thank you. I really do appreciate all your reviews.