You'll Never Understand, so Don't Even Try

Chapter 3: And It All Began

Draco led Granger down the hall to their dorm, thinking about how he was going to make it through the next few hours working with that Mudblood. But he was mostly thinking about that big bruise that Granger had. It was all he thought about whenever he saw her. He could no longer think about more insults.

He looked back at Granger, who was walking with her head down, and seemed to be in the middle of deep thought.

They arrived at the statue outside of their dorm room and Draco said the password. The two walked into the large room. Draco right away set his stuff on the ground next to the couch and laid down, while Granger walked over to the desk and slowly set her stuff down to take out her belongings for the project. She took out a piece of parchment along with a book and sat down at the desk and started writing as if it were a second nature.

A few minutes passed by and Hermione was hard at work. Draco was still laying on the couch obviously bored.

"Granger…" Draco waited for a reply. Hearing none he said, "Earth to Mudblood…" Still nothing. This time Draco stood up and walked over to where Hermione was hard at work. Looking over her shoulder, he read to make sure she put his name on the paper. He couldn't read what she wrote, so he leaned in closer and finally saw it:

Hermione Granger, Ferret Boy Malfoy

"Ha ha," Draco said, displeased."Very funny, Mudblood, now fix it."

"Why?" Hermione said, looking up at the taller boy."That name suits you."

"Fix it."

"No"

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes!

"No!"

"YES!"

"NO!"

"Fix it now or face the consequences!"

"Which would be what, Malfoy?"

"I'll put you under the Imperius curse and make you do more then just change the name."

"What do you mean 'more then change the name'?" Hermione asked, offended.

"You know what I mean," Draco said, even he was disgusted that he was saying this stuff.

"No, I don't know what you mean," Hermione said, even though she knew exactly what he was talking about.

"Do I really need to say it, Granger? Are you really that naïve?"

"No, Malfoy!"

"Change it, or you know what happens."

"No, Malfoy."

"Yes, Granger."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Not this again!"

"Yes, this again!"

"You know what, Granger? I have had enough of your back talk. Change it."

"No, and that's final!"

"Granger, don't make me -"

"Make you what? Oh, you mean make you start acting unlike your self and, well, umm…you know...with a Muggleborn?"

"Yes, now change it."

"You know, Malfoy, ordering me around is not the way to get what you want."

"But it is effective. You'll give in eventually, with or without the Imperius curse."

"Right, you know as well as I do that if you do the Imperius curse, you'll be expelled from school."

"Who has to know about it? I can put you under the curse to make you forget everything that happened to you, and then take the curse off you, and no one will know about it."

"People are bound to find out."

"And when they find out, I'll make them forget by using a simple memory charm. Face it, Granger, you can't beat me. Now fix it."

"You know what, Malfoy?" Hermione said, standing up, causing Draco to back up.

"What, Granger?"

"You are getting on my last nerve."

"Is that new or something? Because you're always on mine."

"Shut up, Malfoy, if you want a grade on this project at all."

"Make me shut up!"

"Okay, I will!"

"Don't even think about slapping me again, because, unlike in Third Year, I won't run away. I might just hit you back."

"Okay, Malfoy, you win. I'll change the name, but after I do this!" Hermione tackled Malfoy to the ground. She sat on top of him straddling and holding his arms above his head.

"What was that for, Mudblood?" Draco yelled.

"It's for all the shit you put me though for the past six years, Malfoy, and then starting a fight with me over a stupid name."

"I agree with you, Granger. Ferret Face is a stupid name, but you know, at least it isn't as bad Mudblood, or worse, Hermione Granger."

Hermione had heard enough. She picked up her right hand, and before Draco could react, she slapped him across the face.

"You bloody bitch!" was all Draco could get out before he saw Hermione's hand fly down again. This time he caught it and grabbed hold of her other wrist. He flipped her over so that he was on top of her, looking right into her eyes and Hermione looking right into his.

I never noticed how nice Malfoy's eyes were... Hermione thought.What the hell am I thinking? He doesn't have nice eyes! His eyes are as mean and ugly as a ferret... Wait, ferrets are cute, not ugly. Wait...that would mean Malfoy's cute! No! Nonononono! I can't be thinking things like this!

What the hell is going on? Draco thought to himself. Our faces are so close, I could KISS her if I moved my head down just an inch! And why won't my body more to get up? What the hell did she do to me?

You know, Draco, a little voice said in his head, you're very mean to Granger. What did she ever do to you?

She was born, that's what.

So? So were thousands of other Muggleborns. What makes her so special?

The fact that she hangs out with Potter and Weasel.

That's all? I never knew you would go that low.

Wait, am I mentally arguing with myself? Draco thought.

Hermione was the fist one to come back to reality and realized that Draco was still on top of her, looking at her kind of weirdly. It scared her, so she did the only rational thing: freaked out and shoved him off of her, and ran up to her room slamming the door behind her.

What the hell just happened? Draco thought as he lay on the ground, finally coming back to reality.

\ Up in Hermione's Room /

"What the hell?" Hermione said out loud. "Why was he looking at me like that? Is my bruise showing or something?" Looking down, she was relived when she saw that it wasn't.

She walked over to her bed and laid down on it to think about the event that had just taken place.