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Chapter 2

After Draco had left from the bookstore, he wandered around Diagon Alley. Soon enough, he found Blaise and Pansy talking to some other Slytherins.

"Hey," Draco called out loudly. All of the Slytherins turned, their expressions pretty annoyed that they were interrupted, but soon turned to a smile. Well, at least Pansy and Blaise had a smile on.

"Mate! It's been a long time since I've seen you! Where've you been?" Blaise said while beckoning Draco to come over. Draco smirked and walked towards his friends.

"This summer was pretty different," Draco finally declared.

"Pretty different?" Pansy exclaimed, "Voldemort is finally gone!"

This trio did not like the fact that their parents were working together with Voldemort. They were disgusted to think that their parents would follow every command of a snake-like figure. Besides, they can't risk of being caught and put into Azkaban.

"Yeah,"Draco started, "Mum and Father are fine, just really different." Draco's father and mother were not sent to Azkaban, but they were casted strong Oblivious charms to erase the memories of Voldemort and all the wrong doings that they had done. The Malfoy Manor is still being watched by the Ministry of Magic; they have cameras that are hidden, just in case.

"My parents are just the same as yours. But then again, I like it that they don't curse the hell out of me," Pansy said calmly.

Blaise and Draco looked at Pansy sympathetically. They have been cursed so many times they can't even count how many times they were in agony and pain. Then Blaise spoke up, "So how's your summer been going?"

Pansy started blushing and the guys were groaning.

"What did you do now?" Draco groaned.

"Well, over the summer while my parents were, you know, actually normal, they made me visit my grandparents, who currently are living in Surrey. In the muggle neighborhoods," Pansy started. In the background, Blaise was muttering,"Greeeaaat"

Pansy threw a glare at Blaise, while Draco laughed. Then she cleared her throat, meaning she was going to finish. "Then while I was just walking around the neighborhood, I noticed, this guy."

"Okay, now you've gone too far," Draco told Pansy. "You slept with him, big deal."

Pansy grew red, not the blushing kind, but when you're really angry kind of red. "I did not sleep with him. I'm not like you! You sleep with almost every single girl in Slytherin, and Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. Even though I can't really imagine you with a Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. But anyways, you are just... just, ugh! Disrespectful!" Then Pansy stormed off with her other friends, while turning and looking over her shoulder and glaring at Draco.

"Mate, you've gone a little too far with that," Blaise said while giving Draco a big slap on his back.

"Did I?" Draco started, "I thought I was telling the truth. Doesn't she sleep with a lot of guys?"

Blaise nodded his head, and then started laughing, then Draco joining in.

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Hermione was still remembering what Malfoy had done to her a few moments ago. So she was still sitting down on the floor, completely zoned out. Harry, Ron, and Ginny had heard something go thump over where Hermione was, and noticed Draco coming out. They got worried, so they rushed over to where she was. Harry, who formed a little something for Hermione over the summer, was extremely worried of what Malfoy would've done.

What if Malfoy kissed her, what if he hurt Mione? What if... his thoughts were filled with 'What if's' about what Draco could've done to Hermione.

When they looked over to the isle, they found Hermione on the floor, completely zoned out. She was sitting on the floor, and just looked unfocused. Harry bent down in front of her, and asked,"Mione are you okay?" She didn't answer, and she still looked like she was out of it. Harry gently touched Hermione's cheek, and then Hermione gasped and jumped up.

"Harry! What are you doing!" Hermione said while getting up.

Harry looked sort of hurt, thinking to himself that Hermione wouldn't want to be with him. Ron already has a girlfriend, Lavender, and Ginny was going out with Seamus. While Harry and Hermione were the only two that weren't with anyone. Ron and Ginny thought that they should be together, and nearly all of the Gryffindors. But I guess she doesn't want to be with me. Harry shook his head, and got up and walked towards another book isle.

Ron sighed, and said to Ginny, "I'll be over there, with Harry. You talk some sense into her."

Ginny nodded and walked closer to Hermione, while Ron walked off looking for Harry.

"Hermione, what happened?" Ginny asked calmly.

"Nothing, I think. I'll have to tell you later, not here. We'll go back to the Leaky Cauldron, and I'll tell you there. All right?" Hermione replied back.

"Okay, "Ginny happily said. She was happy that Hermione and she had gotten closer over the summer. After Harry had defeated Voldemort, everyone was going back to the Burrow to celebrate. While Harry had been eyeing Hermione, Ginny noticing, she started to talk more about Harry to Hermione. But Hermione didn't catch on, and just changed the subject.

Hermione and Ginny walked out of the store, but before Ginny finding Ron talking to Harry. She said that they were going to be in their rooms in Diagon Alley.

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Draco and Blaise walked past Flourish and Blotts, Blaise not knowing that Draco had been here, decided to go inside. Draco hesitated to go in, after his encounter with Hermione.

"Blaise, why don't we just get a mug of butterbeer at the Leaky Cauldron?" Draco just decided.

"But I need to get my books. Why don't you head over there yourself, and I'll catch up with you," Blaise said.

Draco thought for a moment, and just agreed. "Fine."

Draco headed towards the Leaky Cauldron, not knowing that Hermione too, was going there.

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Hermione decided to tell Ginny while they were going to the Leaky Cauldron.

"Well, you remember when I walked off? And Draco going somewhere behind? He came towards me, I thought it was you, Ron, and Harry, but when I turned around it was Malfoy. He started to come closer to me! I was so afraid of what he was going to do! But stupid me, I had to stumble, and he caught me by the waist," Hermione started.

Ginny was listening to every word that Hermione was saying out of her mouth. She was becoming curious of Draco's actions.

"So he caught me, and leaned really close. I shut my eyes, and he asked me if it was so hard to look at him at the face. And I told him he should already know the answer, and to let me go. I noticed his eyes..."

Hermione remembered when she saw Draco's eyes, they were silver and grey. She never noticed that before, well, of course she didn't, she never had the experience of him being up that close to her. Ginny noticed that Hermione zoned out again, so she started shaking her brunette friend.

"Hermione, shakebloody hell shake do you like shake Malfoy?" Ginny said that to get her attention.

"WHAT!" Hermione screamed.

"Good, I thought you were a goner! "Ginny joked around. "You were all zoning out and it seemed as if you were thinking about him." Then Ginny did a fake impression of Hermione looking up in the sky murmuring, 'He's so hot.'

"I did not say that!" Hermione said to Ginny.

"So you are admitting that you were thinking about him!" Ginny said jokingly.

Hermione turned red, "Virginia Weasely! I did no such thing!"

Ginny raised her hands up to say that she gave up. "I was just joking around Hermione. Don't get too upset."

"I'm not upset," Hermione said stubbornly.

"Okay, whatever," Ginny replied, but started laughing.

"What's so funny?"

"Oh, nothing," Ginny replied. She had seen Draco walk into the Leaky Cauldron by himself. She thought it would be funny to "accidentally" notice him to Hermione and see if she freaks out.

"Let's hurry up! There won't be any seats left probably," Ginny rushed Hermione, while grabbing her by the arm, and practically running towards the pub.

"Ginny! What's the hurry?" Hermione asked.

"I'm just... really thirsty," Ginny lied.

When they finally got to the pub, Ginny opened the door, and started talking really loudly.

"Hermione," Ginny stressed on her friends name," let's go get some butterbeer!" Ginny once again grabbed Hermione's arm and led her over to the bar. There were some stools, and they sat on them.

"Two butterbeer please, "Hermione said politely to Tom, the bartender. Then placed a Galleon on the wooden counter. She then turned towards Ginny and said, "Ginny, what is the matter with you? Yelling your head off while we're coming in here, like you wanted someone to -" Hermione stopped abruptly. She noticed Draco who was drinking butterbeer, and reading a book.

Ginny noticed this, and turned around quickly to glance at who Hermione was looking at. She saw Draco, and gave a faint smile, then turned around.

"Look who's here!" Ginny whispered.

"Two butterbeers for the ladies," Tom said gruffly while setting down the bottles.

"Ginny," Hermione whispered back, "Let's go up to our rooms. I don't feel comfortable in here."

"Why not!" Ginny answered in the same tone as her friend.

"You know why, so come on!" Hermione got up while taking her bottle with her. "You can stay here if you want to, but I'm going to be in my room," she declared.

"Room 707?" Ginny asked really loudly.

"Yes Ginny, now stop with the shouting, "Hermione said while turning around and leaving to her room.

Ginny glanced back towards Draco, who was still reading, and got up and followed Hermione.

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Draco was calmly reading a spare book that he had in his robes, more likely a textbook, but who cares. Something to keep his mind off of. He was reading his book while drinking butterbeer, when a loud noise came from the entrance. He looked up and saw Ginny and Hermione. Ginny looking full of energy, while Hermione looked as if she was trying to calm down the fiery red head. He laughed to himself, and looked back towards his book. He heard Ginny yell," Hermione, let's go get some butterbeer!"

He then noticed that they were going to probably sit next to him, but he was partially wrong. They weren't sitting next to him, just a few seats away.

Great... just what I need. A very loud girl to disturb my reading, and ... and... Granger just there. Draco thought.

He continued reading his book with interest. It was about muggles. Yes, once again, Draco Malfoy was reading about muggles. His parents thought it would be nice to learn about the muggle society in England. He was extremely shocked; his parents wanted him to take Muggle Studies. That means, him taking classes with that conniving mudblood, Hermione Granger.

Draco continued reading, until he heard very very annoying whispering sounds coming from the two girls to the left. He placed his left hand on his head and his right keeping the page where he was reading. He became very aggravated by the whisperings. He was about to leave, when he heard a chair being moved. Draco looked sideways for a second and noticed that Hermione was getting up and telling her friend that she was going to be in her room. Then Draco heard the Weasely girl yelling the room number, well, loud enough so Draco could hear. Was he getting the impression that Ginny wanted him to no her friend's room number so he could visit her up there? He didn't think of it anymore because Blaise came in the pub with books in hand.

"Hey,"Draco said looking at the loads of books that Blaise was carrying. Then came Pansy with nothing in her hand, but she was smirking.

Blaise gasped from the heaviness of all the books, until his blonde haired friend helped him put them down on the wooden counter.

"Pansy (breath of air) made me (big breath of air) carry her books (sigh) and mine," Blaise said heavily. "She's a witch I tell you!"

"If you're tired, you could always go upstairs," Draco told his raven haired friend.

"I guess,"Blaise said while eyeing Draco's butterbeer.

"Take it, I barely drank out of it,"Draco replied noticing Blaise eyeing it. "Well, I'm going to get a room. Be right back," Draco said while walking towards Tom.

"Can I have a room?" Draco asked.

"What kind of room?" Tom replied to his question.

"What kind of rooms are there?"

"Regular ones, with one bed and a bathroom. There are those suites with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and -" Tom said in a monotonous tone, but got cut off by Draco.

"I'll have a suite," Draco said while getting out his galleons.

"Big spender," Tom muttered to himself. Then said,"That'll be ... er- .. five galleons for one night. How many nights yer staying?"

"Five," Draco replied curtly.

'Then that'll be..."Tom said while counting his fingers then stopped,"Twenty five galleons, please."

Draco placed all twenty five shimmering gold galleons on the counter. Then waited for the key that the innkeeper was getting.

"Yeh don't mind if it's room 708 do yeh? Only suite that's left," Tom asked, hoping that it would be okay.

Draco smirked to himself, and nodded his head. Then taking the key, he went back to Blaise who was arguing with Pansy.

"Pansy, I'm not carrying those anymore. Noooway."

"Blaise, your such a wimp."

"Whatever, you try carrying those books. Your arms will come off!"

"You guys! Shut the hell up! They are just books!" Draco yelled at the two, quite peeved. "My rooms 708, so come up any time." Then he left with a swish of a cloak towards the staircases.

Blaise and Pansy looked at Draco leave, and then looked at each other.

"What's the matter with him?" Pansy asked.

"Dunno..." Blaise replied, then ruffled his hair, "Something's wrong with him today, he seemed a little different..."

"Yeah..."

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Hermione was peacefully reading on some books that she had gotten the day before, a textbook of transfigurations. But she was soon interrupted from the chapter about being an animagus. There was a knock on the door and she let it pass, thinking it was room service or something, but it was just Ginny.

"Hermione!" Ginny yelled, "Open the door for me, will you?"

Hermione screamed back, "Don't you have your own key!"

"Yeah! But Ron took mine!" Ginny said back.

"Fine," Hermione replied.

Hermione placed her transfiguration book next to her and got up. She slowly ambled towards the door, and paused for a moment, then looked down at her clothes. She had changed to something more comfortable, a white tank top with blue and white striped shorts. She shrugged, guessing nobody would see her except for Ginny, so she opened the door. She got out and left some door space open, Hermione didn't bring her key with her, and the door was locked.

"Hermione what were you doing up here?" Ginny asked while looking around the hallway.

"Oh, just reading a book.. or two,"Hermione answered casually like she did this everyday.

"A book or two Hermione? You've got to be nuts!"

Hermione just waved the topic off and said,"I thought you were going to be downstairs, finishing that butterbeer."

"How 'bout you? You didn't finish your butterbeer downstairs," Ginny started, then slyly smiled,"Because you saw Malfoy."

"That- ... that is not true!" Hermione answered, but her cheeks responded differently by becoming red. She practically jumped at her friend, then heard the door close behind them.

"Did I hear what I think I heard?"Hermione said in a panicky voice.

"You mean the door shutting behind you and we have no way to get back in unless we wait for Harry and Ron? Then yes you did hear right," Ginny replied, but not bothered by it. Well, she wouldn't be, she was in regular clothing, but Hermione on the other hand, has a tank top and shorts.

Hermione groaned and turned around and started to rattle the brass doorknob. The door didn't budge, Hermione groaned louder, and started to bang her head on the door.

"I (thump) am (thump) so (thump) STUPID! (thump thump)" Hermione said while holding on the door.

"Hermione, it's okay! We can just, sit around here, and wait till Harry and Ron comes back," Ginny said trying to comfort her very distressed friend.

"URGH!" Hermione groaned then hit the door with her hand.

"Difficulties with the door?" A different voice came from the side.

Hermione and Ginny looked at their left side; nobody was there, then the right. They saw Draco Malfoy walking towards his room, but noticing Hermione and Ginny. It was an odd sight, a tall brunette banging her head on a door, while a red head was just leaning on the the other side, watching and talking to her.

"Just go away Malfoy, I don't need your problems too," Hermione replied.

Draco, of course not listening to Hermione, went towards the two and leaned against the wall near Hermione.

"You could always use your wand you know," Draco told the two smartly.

Hermione hadn't thought of that, but replied,"I know, but I have my wand back in the room."

Ginny had her wand, but she didn't say anything.

Draco took Ginny's silence as a no and he muttered to himself, "And they call themselves witches. Don't even carry around their wands."

Hermione was leaning on the door; she was definitely messed up if Malfoy had to help her. Draco raised his wand and was halfway saying the Alohamora spell, when an Expelliarmus spell hit him and made him drop his wand. He looked behind him to see Harry, but was met with Harry's fist which landed on his cheek. (a/n : ouch.. he got hit by Hermione.. twice.. and now getting beaten up by Harry. aww I feel sorry for writing this and hurting Draco... Oh, and if your wondering why there isn't a notice for underage wizardry. All of them are of age, well except for Ginny. So they can use spells, just not really powerful ones.)

Hermione screamed,"Harry, stop!"

Harry didn't listen. So she yelled again, "Ron! Make him stop!"

Ron nodded and went over to Harry and Draco who were throwing hits at each other.

"Mate! Stop! Hermione wants you to stop," Ron said while trying to get Harry away from Malfoy.

Harry stopped when he heard Hermione's name. "What! Why!"

Hermione screamed, "BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"

Harry looked beweildered, "But Mione..."

"No Harry, do NOT give me any ' but Mione' right now!" Hermione said then stormed off to the other side of the hall. She had nowhere to go, but at least she's getting away from Harry and Malfoy.

Ginny started to run after Hermione, but then turned back around and said, "Harry you were kind of overreacting." Then just tried to follow Hermione, wherever she was going.

Draco glared at Harry, his lip was cut and his eye started bruising, but then again, Harry had almost the same injuries as him.

"Nice going, Pothead," Draco said to Harry while walking past him to go into his room. When he did, Harry threw a hit against a wall, his knuckles partially bleeding now.

"I'm such a jerk," Harry groaned.

"No, you were just worried that Hermione was going to get hurt. Nothing wrong with that," Ron said, hopefully cheering him up.

"Yeah, but she's really mad at me now."

"Well, ... yeah, but she'll forgive you! You can give her a big sad smile and maybe she'll pity you, and then forgive you," Ron told him.

Harry just sighed, and walked towards the door and said, "Stupid bloody door."

Ron pushed Harry towards the side and opened the door and walked in, Harry following after him.

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Hermione stopped at the dead end of the hallway, unlike muggle inns, this had a dead end at the beginning of the numbers. Hermione fell down on the ground and started crying. When Ginny caught up with Hermione, she sighed and slowly walked towards her friend. She sat next to her and gently placed her hand on Hermione's shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Ginny whispered.

"You all ready know," Hermione sobbed.

"No," Ginny replied in a firm tone, "I don't so can you explain why you are crying?" Ginny had always acted like a mother at these times. Especially at Hogwarts when Malfoy would make fun of her looks, or her blood, or anything that was a something as small as a little smudge on her face from ink. Ginny felt like this was a different reason.

"I -" Hermione hiccupped, so she took a deep breath to try and calm herself down. When she finally stopped hiccupping, she started again, "I'm having the worst day ever, Gin. First it's Malfoy talking to me kindly, which scared me out of my mind. And when you, Harry, and Ron came, Harry... just. I don't know! He seemed as if he ... I can't really explain it, but I really didn't like it. Then later you, yes you, were talking loud in front of Malfoy making him listen to almost every single thing. Including our room number! And when I come out, the door shuts and Malfoy comes upstairs, and asking about us, and when he's trying to fix our door, Harry and Ron come out of no where and curse him! So then they fight just because of that stupid bloody door!"

Ginny listened intently, and then replied when Hermione was finished, "Look, I'm sorry about the whole shouting thing, but I was just checking if Malfoy would even notice. And about Harry, I need to tell you something that I think I should've told you while we were at the Burrow."

Hermione looked up at Ginny, "What do you mean about Harry. It's not as if he likes me or something."

Ginny smiled faintly, Hermione gasped.

"No! You're kidding right!" Hermione asked in a quick voice. She was hoping that this wasn't true, it couldn't be true. Harry liking her, it was just out of the question!

Ginny replied, "I'm afraid I'm not. But Hermione, give him a chance, he's been swooning over you this summer, and telling my brother about how he felt the same kind of feelings over the years, but never really clicked on to it until now."

Ginny was half-heartedly hoping that Hermione would've been happy that Harry liked her, but the other, she didn't want Hermione to just forcefully act like she liked Harry back. Then Ginny added, "But of course, you don't really have to like him, just I needed to tell you that."

Hermione touched her cheek, where Harry had at the bookstore, then stood up and ran.

"I have something to say to a certain someone!" Hermione yelled while she ran.

"I am sooooo tired of running after her!" Ginny told herself, but just ran after her friend wanting to know what's going to happen.

Hm... wonder wonder.. R&R!

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