Yay, one more chapter!
I only own the plot. I own Katy and Josh.
I also own the name Jake.

Please Comment! Hermione finally meets Jake/Draco in this chapter!

Surprise Meeting

Hermione Granger had been living in Sugar Land, Texas for almost a month now. Her parents, fearing for her life, had forced her to seek refuge in America. She enrolled herself into the local high school as a senior. She did choose a life in American suburbia for a reason; she was of age now and if she wanted it, she could have used magic to threaten her parents to let her stay. But that would have been rude of her.

"Look Hermione, I don't want to put your life in danger. I've already lost Ron I can't be responsible for losing you."

Those had been Harry's words as he tried to convince her to leave England. They had managed to destroy 4 Horcruxes, but at a great cost. Ron had died trying to destroy Ravenclaw's pendant Regulus Black had stolen from Voldemort years before.

The war against the dark lord had intensified after the death of Dumbledore. Hogwarts was officially closed. The only reason for Hermione to stay in England was to help Harry complete his quest to defeat the dark lord; but…

"Look, the closest living relative of Voldemort lives somewhere in Houston, Texas." Harry had said, "I need you to find him; he must know something about Voldemort's family history. That's essential to finding the Horcruxes; or at least that's what Dumbledore said."

So she was stuck here in Sugar Land, alone, lonely, useless. She spent most of her days searching through records, writing stories for the paper, and of course, reading at Barnes and Nobles. She could have read at the local library like her good old days in Hogwarts, but she couldn't miss out on a chance to drink coffee at Starbuck Coffee next door while reading at the same time. She actually began enjoying it.

SNAP OUT OF IT! You're here to help Harry, not to enjoy life.

She walked out of Starbuck and carelessly stepped out of the sidewalk. A familiar voice was heard from behind her.

"HERMIONE! WATCH OUT!"

Malfoy?

Before she could look back, she noticed that she walked right into the path of a giant black Hummer. The driver wasn't quick enough to react…

Draco never quite found a reason why he chose to flee to Sugar Land, Texas, a suburb of Houston. One reason he could think of was that Voldemort once mentioned how much he hated this town. He never explained why he hated the place so much though; it was nice, boring but nice.

This place has a significantly low magical population and authority. I thought he'd love to torture muggles here. I suppose it's a good thing for me anyway.

Draco had inherited half of his father's money when his father died. That money was enough to set him up for life. Changing his name to Jacob M. Alexander, he bought a house in Sweetwater, the richest neighborhood in Sugar Land, and an apartment complex near the mall, setting up his income for life.

Well, there goes my fortune.

Everywhere one goes, the way of the rich never change it seemed. As soon as Draco, a.k.a Jake, moved into his new house, his neighbors lined up to visit their new neighbor. In no time, he made new friends.

Well, I suppose I can just treat them like purebloods, except with a little warmer attitude.

That was just for the adults of course. He made friends his own age and soon became the new ladies' man in town. That basically meant that Jake was the man-whore every girl talked about, in private.

And time quickly passed until one October afternoon.

"Come on Katy; you know you want to sleep with me."

"In your dreams Jake;" Katy laughed, "I'm not a slut like the other girls you conquer and throw out."

Katy O'Toolewas Jake's girl next door. She was a short, elegant red-haired girl with an enchanting smile. Additionally, she was Scottish; Scottish girls made everything better. Jake had dated her once or twice. She was a challenge to get; she was Jake's next target.

"Now, now children, lets lay off the sex talk for a bit, shall we?" that was Josh's response to this little chit-chat. "We're in public, let's behave as we are."

Josh was Jake's best friend and next door neighbor. Also Scottish, he attended the same school Katy attended and was the school's star soccer player. What Jake didn't realize was that Josh liked Katy; Jake, Draco, was too accustomed to being ignorant toward other people's feelings. Josh understood that, Jake was just another rich boy, and being a good friend, Josh kept his feelings to himself.

He made the first move anyway. Katy deserves someone who can at least be himself with her.

"Shut up Josh," Katy stared, "you're worse than Jake."

"Utter rudeness!" Josh replied with the most sarcastic tone he could manage. "You stabbed right into my heart; I'm heart-broken!"

"Oh, I'm sorry Josh." Katy apologized.

"Wow, aren't we tone deaf." Jake sipped on his coffee with a smirk.

Jake's drink almost came out of his nose as he noticed a familiar figure. Too familiar of a figure.

Hermione?

"That's Hermione," Katy looked toward the direction of Jake's eyes, "do you know her?"

She was my greatest enemy and the object of my great obsession.

"Uhh, not really," Jake recovered his posture, "thought it was someone else."

"She's an interesting person to know," Josh laughed, "you'd know her if you actually go to school."

"Why go to school when you're already rich?" Josh replied with a smirk.

"You and your egos." Katy said.

"Anyways, tell me about this Hermione." Jake asked as if he didn't know anything about her already.

"To start off, everyone knows that Hermione is the smartest girl in the school; she makes the best grades without even studying." Katy started. "She's pretty nice too, I suppose; she helps everyone in her class with school work and all that."

"But," Josh interrupted, "she won't give guys a time of her day. Everyone knows she's probably the hottest girl in the class, but she has a comeback for everything. Most of the guys have already given up asking her out; it's simply impossible."

"Well," Katy continued, "she is a bit anti-social. She could have joined the dance team but she said she was too busy; that's how I know her by the way. I thought she was a bit of a snob at first, but to think about it, I think she's emotionally attached."

Ron…he's dead now.

"What do you mean?" Jake asked.

"I found out that she spends most of her time looking up stuff in the town records. She either wants to be the local historian or she's looking for something, or someone."

What can she find in a place like this? Who can she find that could possibly help her?

"Well, I suppose I could find out when I go introduce myself to her." Jack said with a face of confidence.

"Good luck." Sarcastically, Katy and Josh said at the exact same instant. They looked at each other and smiled.

What a cute couple they'd make. I suppose that won't happen now.

As Jake walked toward Hermione, Hermione suddenly decided to walk out of the store.

Great, now I've got to chase after her like a stupid stalker.

Hermione walked carelessly and recklessly into the driveway. Right into the path of a large, black Hummer.

Oh, shit…

"HERMIONE! WATCH OUT!"

Hermione braced for impact out of instinct. She could have tried to evade the car; but, she wasn't a Quidditch player, she was just a girl.

Suddenly, someone pulled her back into the sidewalk as if she was weightless. But, the person who pulled her lost his balance as Hermione fell on him. She ended up lying on top of him, in his arms; they stared at each other's face for what seemed hours.

The man who had pulled her was a boy her age. He was an athletic boy about 5'11'' with spiked dirty blonde hair. His eyes, she wanted to say blue, were colorless; this reminded her of Draco Malfoy. His face looked nothing like Draco, actually, as Hermione studied his facial features. But his eyes alone made her feel as if she was with Draco Malfoy, her long time nemesis, himself.

He's not Malfoy. Who is he?

Oh, sweet Merlin, her eyes are beautiful.

Jake, Draco, couldn't help but to stare into Hermione's eyes.

She's obviously not wearing any make up. But her face, I never noticed it before, but it's perfect. Lashes curled perfectly, brows aligned accordingly, nose sized fittingly, lips curved smoothly, but most of all her eyes; if feels as if her eyes are going to consume me. Are they blue or green? I can't seem to tell at this angle with the Sun on top of her. Or is it simply because she fell on me so hard that I can't think straight? Far worse, has her beauty taken away my rational?

SNAP OUT OF IT!

Draco shook his head hard; he looked at Hermione again.

"Are you all right, Hermione?" Jake asked Hermione. They were still in the same position they were a minute ago.

After making sure that the two were still alive, the black Hummer sneaked off, unnoticed.

"Who are you," Hermione stared dreamily at Jake, "Why are you still holding me?"

"Well, my name is Dra…Jake," Jake answered, "and you see, a car was about to hit you and I pulled you back into the sidewalk and you landed on me. This isn't as comfortable as it looks you know." Jake loosened his hold and looked down.

Hermione followed his eyes toward his pants. Her left knee was on his… privates.

Crap, I thought that was his leg!

Hermione immediately jumped off of Jake, causing him to understandably scream out in unimaginable pain.

Draco slowly got up with one hand on his knee and other gesturing for her to give him a few seconds. It took him a minute to recover his composure.

"You see, my friend Katy over there was telling me how interesting you were." Jake explained with the most offensive tone possible. "So I thought I'd come and introduce myself to you. This action ended with me saving your life and you making me sterile. Thanks a lot."

"Well I didn't need your help to start out with!" Hermione retaliated. "This is a damned parking lot! That car probably would have stopped without putting a scratch on me! As a matter of fact, I should sue you for sexual abuse!"

I thought she was good at retaliations.

"Now, now, is that a good way to treat a Good Samaritan? What will the general public think of you?" Jake pointed at Josh and Katy.

"I don't care what others think of me!" Hermione was in Jake's face now, standing on her toes. "I'm only here for one thing and as long as I accomplish that, nothing else matters."

I didn't know she was so short. Man, I still can't tell the color of her eyes.

"So, you're into the big picture. Small things don't matter to you?" Jake asked.

"Yes, if you want to know so much." Hermione was annoyed, still in his face.

Jake felt a sudden urge to kiss her. She was so close. He took her face with his hand and smacked his lip into hers.

"What the hell was that for!" Hermione was about to slap Jake.

"Now, before you slap me," Jake interrupted, "you said you were into the big picture. A small, meaningless kiss from me will not interfere with that big picture of yours."

Hermione slapped him hard across the face.

"Bloody hell was that for!" Jake yelled.

"You never told me not to slap you…" Hermione fainted.

Jake, a gentleman that he was, caught her immediately.

She must have taken quite a fall.

If that was a bit cliffy, sorry

As you noticed, I used a real person in this story. Sugar Land, Texas is also a real place. Why you ask. Well, a lot of this story is loosely based on real events and real people i know. Since it is, why not put some real stuff in the story, making it more realistic? Besides, I'm good at describing things I know. This way, I canput more energy into coming up withthe plot instead of wasting time thinking up setting and character traits. Real people's names are now all changed, don't sue.

I came up with a side story for Josh and Katy.
Josh likes Katy, but Katy's sort of with Jake
Jake meets Hermy; Katyrealizes Josh is the man of her life
Josh, with help of Jake (no love potions), wins the love of Katy.

I'll add that into the plot as the story allows. Do yal think it's a good idea?

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