A/N: Not so many reviews this time, but ehh... I figure I'll make up for it next chapter. You guys will love next chapter. And I hope you enjoy this one. I needed it to set up for next.

Chapter 9:

Her name was announced, and she stood up, smiling proudly and waving at the students who all (except for a few choice Slytherins) were clapping loudly, giving her a louder wave of applause than they had previously given Malfoy. She sat back down and waited a few seconds before McGonagall made the food appear with a flick of her hands.

She sat between Draco and Trelawny. How she managed to get such… fine seating, she could only blame on tardiness. It wasn't as if she minded sitting next to Draco as much as she minded sitting next to the old fraud who 'humph'ed every few seconds at her and mumbled about 'what a shame' it was that she didn't 'possess the inner eye'. She ignored her promptly and turned to start conversation with Draco.

She couldn't help but be frustrated with him for interrupting such a choice, nice moment with Viktor. She thought that, had Viktor not been interrupted, he may have told her he needed/wanted her. Then, finally they could do what Hermione had thought about doing late at night. It involved a lot of fire and had nothing to do with cooking. She smirked inwardly.

"-with his old lesson plans. Boggarts are so generic. I wish that he'd let me contribute a bit more." Draco babbled on.

"You know, Draco, that Remus has been teaching for quite a bit longer than you and has just a tad more experience. Fight him to let you make your own plans for your own students. Don't try and change his plans for the students you're not teaching yet. Next year, take Boggarts out of the curriculum for the third years." Hermione said.

"Speaking of, were Weasley and I interrupting something with you and Krum-boy?"

"How is that speaking of?" She asked before shaking her head. "Never mind. I don't want to know the inner workings of your mind. I may just have to gouge out my ears afterward." She smirked a smirk that Malfoy himself would regularly bare.

"Oh yes. Oh yes, Granger, your poor virgin ears! Whatever should you do with such greater knowledge?" Malfoy retorted sarcastically.

"Virgin ears? How innocent do you think I am?" She raised an eyebrow and pushed aside the rest of her dinner, turning to face him.

Normally, most of her male friends would've blushed and mumbled something fierce at that comment. However, the days for innocence were long gone. So, instead, Malfoy winked at her before looking curiously.

"Judging by your tone of voice, not very. Wildcat in bed, are we?" He asked, his voice so low that she would've almost had to fan herself were she not very much so aware that it was Malfoy. Nothing he did, she could bring herself to find attractive or sexy. At least, that's what she told herself.

And did she think the word sexy?

"Lovely way of putting things. I congratulate you for now being more vulgar than Ron." She knew that this would spark a flame. That was her whole purpose in saying what she did, then again.

She needed him to get away from that tone, and she needed him to get away from that whole subject in general. She didn't like what it would eventually lead to: her romance life, her sex life, and Viktor. Those were all subjects she didn't at the moment feel like discussing… especially not with him.

"But I'm a lot sexier and quite a bit smarter." He winked. "Admit it."

She took a deep breath in and sighed. She would've admitted that he did have a point (about the smarter part at least) had he not sounded so immature while saying it. That put her off quite a bit, and any sexual frustrated induced feelings that she had momentarily had for Malfoy (thank Merlin only momentarily) disappeared like the coins they had gotten at the World Cup in their fourth year. She shook her head instead of saying anything and simply snorted at him.

"Fine then, Granger." He said jokingly angry. She turned to look at him again and suddenly felt adventurous.

She was almost 20 years old, and she had never purposely tried to make a guy feel… uncomfortable. 'Wouldn't it be funny if I got Malfoy all hot and bothered while he was sitting next to Remus and in the midst of hundreds of students. That would be fun, indeed.' She leant into his ear so she was sure he could feel her breath on his ear.

She tried to make her voice as silky and seductive as she could, trying to mimic what Lavender had told her about the night before graduation. That was where she got all of her sex and seduction tips from unwillingly. She never wanted to get them, but when you had roommates like Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil, there just was no helping it, was there?

"Granger now, am I? You'd scream my name in bed as I rode you all…night…long." She emphasized the last three words and momentarily felt herself heating up and a bit freaked out that she had just said that to Malfoy.

That was pushed away when she saw him flush and lose breath. He was where she wanted him, and she didn't even have to use any of the more vulgar words. She wondered how hard she could get him. She became very amused with Draco quickly escaping the Great Hall, his robes loosely trying to cover up what she would have made.

He then leant in even closer, and it looked like they were about to kiss to anyone else. She could see out of the corner of her eyes that the Professors weren't paying attention. She was glad for it. She saw his stature return to normal. She knew he wasn't the type to stay blushing. He opened his mouth to speak, licking his lips before hand.

"You know, Hermione, I'd just love to try that. My cock in your tight cunt, pumping faster and faster, bringing you to your biggest climax. You wouldn't leave my bed for days."

Okay. Yeah. He definitely won. She felt so… she couldn't even describe it, but she couldn't breathe. This was just a pure primal lust, and Hermione had to get rid of it before they both lost it and ended up snogging or even worse, shagging. She knew she could control herself… to some extent.

She had proven to herself that she did have limits when her second date with Terry Boot ended with snogging in the most generic place, the Astronomy Tower, before leading into a room she remembered seeing on the map that she knew no one would find just by mistake. That room was candlelit and beautiful with a balcony that could not be seen from the outside. She was only a woman with pent up sexual tension. So, they shagged like rabid bunnies, well into the night.

That was only a few months ago. Because of the war, her class never got a proper graduation, and so it was reschedule for the summer. She had been broken up with Ron for a few months and hadn't had a boyfriend since then until Terry. She hadn't shagged with anyone other than Ron either, and that had been a few months too.

Malfoy was not someone she wanted to shag. So, she simply backed away from him and broke out in laughter. He did the same. She guessed the prospect of what they were talking about was as amusing to him as it was to her.

It was probably a weird scene for all of the people surrounding her. They seemed so intimate just a few seconds ago, and now they were both hysterically laughing. What was even more surprising, that caused gasps to emit from the Gryffindors and Slytherins that knew them, was that it was Hermione Granger, Gryffindor, Head Girl, Golden Trio member and war heroine, laughing like she was best friends with Draco Malfoy, Slytherin, Head Boy, alleged death eater (his fighting for the good side wasn't well known), and son of Lucius Malfoy.

Then, it hit her in the midst of all her laughter. There must have been a reason Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin were such good friends. All Gryffindors and Slytherins were generally the same other than some of their principals and the way they were raised. They both had a thirst to prove themselves (through bravery or treachery). They both stood strong to their beliefs. They both had vicious tempers, generally. The Sorting Hat and Dumbledore (Merlin bless him) were right. They needed to unite in order to win the war, and they still should afterwards. All the Goddamned rivalry was absolutely pointless.

There was no greater rivalry at Hogwarts during her time than the Golden Trio and Malfoy, and here she was, laughing, living, spending so much time with Draco. It was all pointless. Now, she just had to find a way to get the others to see that.

But how? She looked over to Draco, and he seemed to be thinking along the same lines. He had also pushed his plate away some time ago. He stood up and extended his hand to her. She accepted it gratefully and walked out the hall with him. Then, outside the Great Hall, he turned to her.

"I have two ideas. One will work for sure, but your lover won't be happy about it." She rolled her eyes, "The other may or may not work, and we need your lover's help for it." She rolled her eyes again but looked curious.

She raised her eyebrows, and he simply smirked his traditional smirk before leading her to his rooms.

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She didn't know what enchantments could be used to make it work, and it all seemed quite illogical and impossible to her. But Draco said he had it all figured out. She decided to trust him on it.

She wondered if the students would be angry and storm out, but somehow she figured that they wouldn't mind being able to flirt and make comments anonymously. She hoped they just didn't end up brawling because someone let a rumor or comment slip to the particular person they were talking about.

Once again, she thought that this all seemed like a disaster. It all seemed like it would fall apart. Yet, it all seemed so bloody brilliant that she couldn't help but laugh at it as she looked at herself in the mirror. At least her friends would be attending also to help chaperone. She didn't know whether Draco was putting the same enchantments on them as he was going to do to all incoming students. She hoped not.

Then she heard Draco laughing as he entered her rooms. Merlin help her, and the students, and Ron and Viktor.

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