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Chapter 6 The Fight Hermione's point of view

            Hermione awoke the next morning feeling happier than she had felt in months. Before she could figure out why she was so happy Parvati and Lavender walked in.

" Morning Hermione. Parvati told me that you went on a date with that mystery guy of yours!" Lavender said

"Yeah" Said Hermione happily. Then she felt a sinking feeling in her stomach when she realized why she was so happy.

" So how'd it go?" Lavender squealed.

" Well, it was nice." Hermione said quickly. Not wanting to talk about the past nights events, because she was afraid she might vomit, she quickly made up an excuse to leave.

Draco's point of view

            Draco sat in the Great Hall. Trying very hard to not smile. He couldn't explain it, but some strange reason he just felt happy today. Which was very strange for Draco.

Just then he saw Granger enter the Great Hall and his stomach did a flip. He saw her walk over to Potter and Weasley and a few moments later he saw her laughing. Probably at one of Weasley's jokes. He never understood why Granger hung out with Weasley. Potter he could understand. Potter was famous and Granger most probably found him fascinating. But Weasley? The only thing remarkable about him was how remarkably poor he was. Draco then wondered why he even cared who Granger hung out with anyway.

Granger was such a complicated girl. Not like all the other girls he knew. He looked at her again and stomach did another summersault when he saw her glance at him. It was only for a moment, but it was long enough for Draco to be sure she had looked at him.

Hermione's point of view

No matter how hard Hermione tried to engage herself in conversation with Ron and Harry she still couldn't resist the urge to look over and see what Malfoy was doing. As she turned to look at him her stomach did a flip when his eyes locked with hers. 'Oh no he saw me look at him' Then she realized that he had to have been looking at her for him to have seen her. But that was crazy. Why would Malfoy be looking at her? Come to think of it. Why would Malfoy ask her for her help? Why would Malfoy be nice to her? Why would Malfoy kiss her? It just didn't make any since. The same boy that has caused her and her friends hell for years might actually like her. Her a mudblood. 'Why the change' She wondered. 'Did he just wake up one morning and decide that he liked me?' No, Hermione thought. He couldn't like her. It had to be a trick. Probably so she would help him get a good grade in Care of Magical Creatures. Even though all he had to do was ask her and she would have helped him. He didn't have to play with her emotions. Then she realized that she was playing with his emotions and she would have never have said she would help him if she didn't need to get information out of him. So he decided that it didn't matter that he was just pretending to like her because he wants her help, because she was using him to get information on Voldemort. Hermione looked over at Malfoy again and luckily he was talking to Pansy and didn't notice her looking at him. She smiled to herself. ' You probably think your real clever Malfoy, but when your spilling your guts about Voldemort to me we will see who the clever one is.' She thought to herself.

Draco's point of view

            Draco sat there trying as hard as he could to listen to what Pansy was saying, but it was no use. He couldn't figure out why Granger looked over at him. ' Pull yourself together Draco. She glanced at you. It doesn't mean anything.' He thought to himself.

" Drakie, are you paying attention?" Asked Pansy in a babyish voice.

" Yeah of coarse I am" Draco said. Pansy just starred at him. Then she said,

" You know, you look kind of stressed. I bet I know how to relieve it." Said Pansy flirtatiously.

" Actually I'm rather busy today. Actually I have to be somewhere else now." Draco said.

" Where?" Pansy asked.

" Somewhere, where somebody actually cares what's bothering me and tries talking to me about it instead of trying to sleep with me." Draco said angerly and with that got up and left, leaving Pansy very confused.

As Draco went to Herbology he couldn't believe he blow off sex with Pansy. Not that he liked Pansy or anything. Actually he couldn't stand her, but blowing off sex was not something he did often. For some reason he just wasn't in the mood. He had to many other things on his mind. Like why Granger agreed to help him? Why Granger was being so nice to him? Why Granger had kissed him back? It just didn't make any since. He had teased Granger and her friends for years. She should hate him. 'Maybe this is just some trick to get me to admit I have feelings for her so she can go and tell everyone that Malfoy likes a mudblood and ruin my reputation.' He thought. Yes that had to be it. This had to be some plan of hers and the Golden trio to make him look like an idiot. The he smiled to himself. ' Granger thinks she's so smart, but she'll be the one who is the idiot when she is responsible for the Dark Lord finding out information about Potter.'

Hermione's point of view

            " So where were you last night? You disappeared after dinner." Ron asked.

" Oh well I was tired so I went to bed." Hermione lied.

" Hermione" Harry asked slowly." Ron and I couldn't help but notice a change in you."

" What do you mean?" Hermione asked, knowing very well what he meant. She had worn makeup and did her hair nice again today and knew that it didn't go unnoticed to Harry or Ron.

" Well first with the way you look. Not that it doesn't look good, but it's just not like you." Harry said.

" Well I just figured it was time for a change, that's all." Said Hermione. Harry and Ron looked at each other then Harry said, " Also you have been disappeared after dinner twice now. Please just tell us what's going on."

" I don't know what your talking about. There is nothing going on." She said. Harry sighed in defeat.

" Fine then after dinner tonight lets go and visit Hagrid." Said Ron

" Oh actually I have quit a bit of studying to do tonight." She said and then to Hermione's relief they reached their classroom and the subject was dropped.

            A few hours later

            Hermione, Harry, and Ron were walking down the corridor.

" McGonagall sure gave us a lot of homework huh?" Ron complained.

" Yeah, and school's only just begun." Said Harry.

" Yeah, all our teachers have given us a lot of homework this year." Hermione said brightly. " Actually I was thinking about going to the library and start on it now. Want to join me?" She asked excitedly.

" That's all right." Harry said.

" Yeah Harry and I really should start practicing quidditch." Ron said. Hermione rolled her eyes.

" Well see you two later" Hermione said.

" At least we know some things will never change." Hermione heard Ron mutter as she walked away.

Hermione walked into the library and smiled. Schoolwork was exactly what she needed to get Malfoy out of her mind. Well, so she thought….

" Granger. Well I can't say I'm surprised to see you here." Drawled a familer voice. Hermione turned around and came face to face with….

" Malfoy well I can say that I am surprised to see you here." Shot Hermione.

" Well I don't know why me being in a library is a surprise. I am second in our class next to you." Said Malfoy.

" Yeah, but you didn't get there by studying." Said Hermione forgetting she was suppose to be being nice to Malfoy.

Draco's point of view

            Draco was fuming. " What exactly is that suppose to mean."

" You know perfectly well what it means." Said Granger and when Draco still looked at her confused she said, " Well how did you get on the quidditch team?"

That did it for Draco. How dare she accuse him of only getting second in their class by using his fathers help. Ok quidditch was one thing, but he had worked his ass off on his own to get good grades to please his father. Completely forgetting he was suppose to be pretending like he liked her, he grabbed her by the arms and said " You don't know what your talking about you mudblood bitch." Granger looked shocked for a second then she ripped her arms out of his grasp, glared at him, and simply walked out of the library.

Hermione's point of view

            Hermione ran to the bathroom as quickly as possible. When she got there she stopped to catch her breath. That was it. She couldn't do this. Tonight she would just have to tell Dumbledore that she couldn't do it. Then she sighed and wondered how she could have ever kissed Malfoy. He hadn't changed. He was still the same ass he always was and she couldn't even pretend to like him. As she walked to dinner to meet Harry and Ron she tried not to think about how disappointed Dumbledore was going to be. He gave his best student a homework assignment and for the first time, Hermione couldn't do it. But Dumbledore would understand. Or maybe he wouldn't. He gave her this task believing she could complete it, but this task involved Malfoy. The boy who has always gotten to her. Whenever it came to him she always found herself doing crazy things, like in third year he had made her so mad that she slapped him. Which was very unHermione like. He just always had a way at pushing her buttons.

Draco's point of view

            Draco stormed back to his room. When he got to the dormitory, he expected to be alone, but…

" Hello Draco"

" Father" Draco said as he turned and saw his father's head floating in the fireplace.

" I trust all is going well with your mission." His father said. Draco took a deep breath

" Well actually father it started off well, but Granger is impossible. I can't stand her I don't think I can do thi.."

" Draco, Granger is a girl and I know first hand that the Malfoys have no problem with girls." His father interrupted.

" But father Granger isent a normal girl" said Draco.

" Draco believe me the Dark Lord is not a man you want to let down. Now I don't care what it takes and I don't want to hear anymore excuses. You get the information out of Granger. Is that clear." His father said.

" Yes sir" Said Draco.

            Draco walked up to his room. He laid down on his bed. He didn't want to talk to Granger, but he didn't want to think about what the Dark Lord would do if he didn't. He knew Granger was just as furious at him as he was at her so getting her to like him now wouldn't be easy.  He would have to do something drastic. Something Granger would really enjoy. He knew what he would do with any other girl. He would just walk up to them, put his arm around them and say sorry babe and that was that, but he didn't think that would work with Granger. It would probably just piss her off more. If he was going to get Granger to like him he was going to have to do something….sweet and he didn't even begin to know how to do that. He laid on his bed for which seemed like hours and finally an idea came to him.

Hermione's point of view

            Hermione meet Harry and Ron at dinner and they both greeted her with curious stares.

" Hermione are you all right?" Ron asked.

" Yes I'm fine" Hermione lied as she looked over at Malfoy and glared.

" You seem kind of upset." Harry said concerned.

" Oh, really I'm fine." She said again. Harry and Ron still looked unconvinced, but they let the subject drop.

            When dinner was over, Hermione stood up to leave when an owl swooped down and dropped a letter in front of her. She opened the letter and it said,

Granger,

Look I'm sorry we got into an argument today. I know I was a jerk, but I really can be a nice guy. I hope you give me a chance to prove that. Also I was wondering if you would meet me at the top of the astronomy tower after dinner. Not for you to help me with Care of Magical Creatures, just because I would really like to spend time with you.

Draco

After she reading the letter she felt shocked. So Malfoy wasn't just using her to help him study. He actually just wanted to get to know her. She reread the part about meeting him at the top astronomy tower and she bit her lip and sighed. She knew she shouldn't meet Malfoy tonight, but this could be her chance to get information out of him. Also she had to see if he really liked her and his being so nice did catch her attention and a part of her wanted to know if he really could be a nice person. So she told Harry and Ron that she had to get to the library and finish her homework and headed off to the astronomy tower.

Draco's point of view

            Draco watched Granger read the letter. When she said goodbye to Potter and Weasley he smiled.

'Well that worked like a charm' He thought. ' Granger I've got you right where I want you now.'

A/N Well that's chapter 6. I hope you liked it. Please review and let me know what you thought of it. Also thank you to everyone who have already reviewed my story.