Ch. 4-

Everyone settled into his or her common rooms and Draco started a game of Wizard's chess with his future father, Luke.

"So, Draco, how did you all meet?"

"Well, that's a funny story actually, we all used to hate each other." Draco smiled as he remembered.

"I actually had all advanced lessons with Ginny Williamson, the little one over there. She always thought I was a sweet guy underneath my arrogant, bastard, cold-hearted exterior."

Luke laughed at this, that's strange, Draco is one of the nicest blokes ive ever met.

"But, I guess you could say I was like that, I was in the house no one liked at my old school, and all of my friends here were in the 'noble' house. We were all very competitive."

"So, you didn't like them at all?" Luke moved again, after Draco.

"Not at all, we were definitely rivals. I hated them all. But Ginny had quickly become my friend, and she soon started dating Potts, so she made us all play nice."

"I guess you could call Harry the 'ring leader' of the group, so when he was nice to me, they were all nice to me. Well except Hermione, she didn't like me."

"And now she's your girlfriend? How did that would out?" Luke had a big interest in this, for he is the top of his class and Hermione was as well, Luke liked smart people.

"Well we never got on well before, she is the smartest witch of our year and I- the smartest Wizard, so we always competed for the best."

"I bet… sounds fun, go on" Draco moved his Bishop and spoke.

"Well she actually punched me in the face during third year, that girls got a wicked punch."

"Cissa does too, its not right, Merlin knows she'd whoop my arse if I were a muggle."

They laughed together and Draco continued…

"So anyways, we both had detention one time and she was so frustrated with everything and I asked her what was wrong, and she ended up telling me her life story and I listened. I guess no one listened to her a lot and she bottled it all up, and we became friends and then lovers."

"That's brilliant." Draco smiled and Luke moved his piece.

Draco ordered his queen and she glided over to Luke's piece and knocked it in half with her chair.

"Checkmate."

On the rug by the fire Cissa and Hermione sat, talking about boys, schools and the Ministry of Magic. Basically the really important stuff. Then Hermione asked how Cissa and Luke got together.

"Well, Ill tell you." Cissa definitely loved gossip, and to talk about herself.

"He actually asked me out in first year, and second year…and…and third year, then I finally accepted in fourth and we have been dating ever since. Nothing too special."

"What I'm dying to know about is you and Draco, how did that happen?"

"I actually used to loathe him. I called him ferret." Hermione smiled at this and continued.

"Our whole group used to not be friends with him, he was a sly little bastard. Very arrogant and rude. But Ginny Williamson decided she would befriend him and then she started to date Harry, so you know how it is, she made her best friend and her boyfriend get along nice."

"That's how it should be, the women control the men and the men agree with their tail between their legs."

"Ha ha yes, well, I still didn't like him, but one day I got detention from Professor Sna- (cough) (cough) …" that was close…

"Hermione, are you alright?"

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry I had a tickle in my throat. Anyways, I had detention and he was there too. So he asks me if I am ok, and me being who I am I spill my life to the bloke and he listens."

"Aw Hermione that's so sweet!" Cissa gushed

"And then he was like, 'you know, you look like shit' and instead of getting angry I just laughed."

"You laughed?"

"Yes, well I did look like shite, I had soot from the fireplace all over my face and the rust from the dirty cauldrons on my uniform and suds in my hair and on my arms form cleaning, I was a completely mess."

Cissa pictured the mental image in her head, and laughed out loud too, she looked ridiculous!

"Anyways, he made it a point to talk to me more, and we became really close friends and one day he just leaned over and kissed me, right in the middle of class, and we have been together ever since."

"Aw that's wonderful! You two are a really smart match, you are."

"Harry, Im starved! When is dinner!"

"Gin, you eat more than me and your brother combined, I wonder, where does it all go."

He stepped back from her embrace ad walked around her, stopping back in front of her.

"Hmmm…your so tiny I don't understand how it happens."

"Well its in my genes, im a Weas- Williamson!"

She giggled at her almost- mistake and Harry pulled her into his lap after he sat down.

She circled her arms around his neck and gave him a little kiss on his jaw and breathed in his scent. It was manly and clean, like he had just showered.

He turned to her and kissed her full on the lips.

They kept snogging until someone threw a pillow at them.

"If you too keep at it, our new classmates are going to kick out the newbys who show too much PDA."

Draco smirked his famous smirk and pulled Hermione into his arms.

When Harry and Ginny didn't stop, he seemed to agree with them and kisses Hermione lightly.

Then she kissed him deeper and craved his taste.

"Whoa Mione, miss me a little?"

Draco smirked again and then when she playfully raised her arm to punch him, he pulled his feet to his chest and his hands to block his face.

"Please! Please don't hit me, I didn't mean, it Mione I swear it."

Everyone laughed and Hermione looked at him with satisfaction.

Meanwhile in Ravenclaw common room---

"Hey Ron, come sit with us!" Giggle Giggle Giggle

"Ronald, you know your our favorite!" Giggle Giggle Giggle

"Hey stud, I wanna show you somethin'" Giggle Giggle Giggle

Ron seemed to be in heaven.

"Oi Ron mate! Will you try for Quidditch? I'm team captain and we have an opening for a beater and a keeper, you play?"

This voice belonged to the very tall, very build, very handsome 7th year, Jack Jackson.

Most people called him JJ.

"Yeah mate, I played keeper for my old school, when are they, id love to try out."

"Tomorrow night after classes, before dinner, meet on the pitch at 7, Gryffindor and Slytherin have their try-outs first."

"Cool, thanks."

I'm gonna go tell Harry and Draco, I bet they'd love to play this year.