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A/N: Hi! I would like to thank my first reviewer Obnoxiously Peachy Twit 2008... I'm glad you like it and I hope I updated soon enough. Anyway, on with the story!

The carriage ride was VERY quiet. Draco was just sitting there deep in thought and Hermione was also thinking. She actually kind of enjoyed the silence. She had time to gather her thoughts and think about what happened in the summer. She immediately regretted the silence as she thought about her cousin and best friend Julie Tears sprung to her eyes as she thought about all the good times she had with her. She couldn't believe she was gone.

FLASHBACK:

"Julie? OH MY GOD is that YOU?" Hermione had just answered the phone and thought she heard Julie's voice.

"'Mione…something terrible has happened. I'm so scared…Someone's after me." Came the shaking voice of Julie on the phone.

"Oh my god Julie, who? What happened? Calm down!" Hermione said.

"My parents are gone… I don't know what to do. There's someone in my house."

"Where are you now?" Hermione said. She was being calm so Julie wouldn't get more nervous.

"OH MY GOD HERMIONE! THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ME!" She whispered harshly.

"Julie, get out of your house NOW! Run as fast as you-" She was interrupted by a yell on the other end of the line.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"

The line went dead.

END FLASHBACK

She couldn't stop the tears from spilling. Her best friend was dead, and she was killed by a wizard. Hermione knew it had to be a death eater because Julie was a muggle.

Draco heard Hermione crying and was shaken out of his thoughts. He had wondered why she was crying, but didn't allow himself to ask. 'She's just a mudblood. Why should I care if she cries?' He thought.

A couple of minutes later, her sobs didn't stop and he was getting curios and slightly annoyed. "Granger, why, may I ask, are you crying?" Draco asked annoyance evident in his voice. He was not prepared to hear what she had said to him.

"IM CRYING BECAUSE MY BEST FRIEND HAS DIED! AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE ONE OF YOUR STUPID DEATHEATER CRONIES KILLED HER!" She yelled at him.

She was also not expecting to hear what she did.

"First of all, Granger, I am NOT a deatheater, nor will I EVER be. Second of all, I know how it feels to lose a best friend. I lost mine a couple of years ago. I'm really sorry to hear about that." He said sincerely.

She was even more surprised when she looked up into his silvery-blue eyes and saw that he wasn't lying. She got a sudden urge to hug him, but instead just said, "Right then, well… Thank you. And I'm also sorry to hear about your best friend."

They were about to get out of the carriage and into Hogwarts when Draco called out "No problem."

Once everyone had gotten into the school and the new first years were sorted, Hermione and Draco were called up by professor Dumbledore. "I expect you both know why I'm calling you up here." He said, his eyes twinkling. When they didn't respond to him in any way, he kept talking. "As you know, Head Boy and Head Girl are supposed to share a common room. I know you two aren't the best of friends but as Head's I expect you to show house unity and be civil to one another during the whole school year. Now when everyone is done eating, you two are to come back up here so that I can show you to your rooms." He said. Hermione and Draco went back to their tables and ate.

When they were done eating and everyone was leaving, Draco and Hermione made their way up to where Dumbledore was patiently waiting for them. When they got there he lead them down a hallway and up some stairs until they reached a portrait of a lion and a serpent. "Your password is to be chosen by you two." He said, witing for them to choose a password. "Lion's den" Hermione said at the same time that Draco said "Serpent fang.". Dumbledore decided that he should take action before it took them forever to decide."Okay then.The new password shall be Serpent's Den"

The portrait swung open and revealed their common room. It was a large rectangular shaped room with two loveseats in front of a fire, a small library, and two cherrywood desks. Hermione gasped at how lovely it was while Draco just stood there, too shocked to say anything. Dumbledore coughed and said "Goodnight students."

Hermione went straight to her room and sat on her bed. Her room was painted burgundy and had golden lines running down in differnt sizes.(A/N: Like some where really skinny and others were wide.) Her bed had a burgundy curtain around it and the comforters and pillowcases were gold. she saw two doors and found out that one led to her walk-in closet and the other headed to the bathroom.
Draco's room was pretty much the same as Hermione's but it was Emerald green and silver. When he opened the door to the bathroom, he saw that Hermione was looking at it too. They both said "We have to share a bathroom?" at the same time.

"I guess so..." Hermione said. "Whoever gets into the bathroom first has to go in and lock the door leading to the other person's room so that we know when it's being used."

"Okay Granger, whatever you say." Said Draco. "I'm going to sleep. Goodnight."

"Goodnight Malfoy."

That's Chapter two to my story. Hope you like it. Tell me what you think in a review Wink wink, nudge nudge

-ME!