Second Chance
Chapter 2: Train Ride

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Chapter 2: Train Ride

"Good bye dear! Be careful, we love you." Hermione's mum said as she hugged her good bye. "Yes, mum I will," She said letting go. "Bye dad." "Bye dear. Have fun."

Hermione grabbed her trunk and Crookshanks cage and was about to walk through the barrier when someone yelled, "Mione! Wait up!"

She turned around just in time to see a flash of blonde come at her. "Mione! I missed you." Draco said giving her a hug. Hermione laughed. "I missed you too Draco." Draco pulled away and turned back to the on looking parents.

"Hello Mrs. Granger, Mr. Granger." Draco said. "Hello Draco dear. Lovely to see you!" "Hello Draco." "Hey Mrs.Malfoy," Hermione said giving her a hug. "Hello Hermione dear. So nice to see you! You two have fun and stay out of trouble." She called as they headed to the barrier. "Yes, bye!" They both shouted, and then vanished.

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"I guess Ron, Harry and Gin aren't here yet." Hermione said looking around the platform. "Hmm, they'll be here soon. Come on let's get a compartment before they're all full." Draco said pulling his trunk toward the train. "Right behind you." Hermione replied.

Once on the train they found a compartment near the back while they waited for the other's to get there. When they got settled they started talking.

"Hey! I just noticed." Hermione said. "Noticed what?" "Your hair. It's not slicked back anymore." "Oh yeah." Draco said running his hands through his hair a bit self-consciously. "It took to much time to gel it, so I gave up." Hermione laughed and Draco grinned at her.

"How's the new house?" Hermione asked. "Good, it's not as big as the Malfoy Manor; but since it's just me and mother, and I'm mostly away at school it's good." He answered.

"It took forever to get rid of all that dark stuff Lucius had though. It was hidden all over the house. In rooms I didn't even know we had!"

At the mention of his father, Draco's eye's turned cold. Hermione, remembering that Draco's father was a sore subject, changed the topic.

"I can't wait till they tell us who the head boy and girl are!" She said excitedly, her eyes lighting up. 'God she look's pretty' Draco thought. Then he mentally slapped himself. 'No! You can't think that, she's your best friend!' Just then the compartment door sliding open interrupted his thoughts.

"Mione! Draco!" "Harry, Ron, Ginny!" Hermione said jumping up and giving them each a hug. "Ok Mione, you might want to let them go so they can breathe." Draco said laughing. She blushed. "Sorry guys." She said sitting down. Ginny and Ron sat on either side of her, and Harry beside Draco.

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"Hmm, I wonder when they trolley lady is coming. I'm hungry." Ron said. They all just laughed and rolled their eyes. "Your always hungry." Ginny said giving him a look. "I'm a growing boy." He said. "Mmhmm." She mumbled, and then turned to Hermione and Draco. "So guy's, how were your summers?"

"Completely boring! I swear I was going to go nuts if mother told me to do one more thing." Draco said annoyed. "I know how you feel," Harry said laughing. "Try living with my aunt and uncle. You wouldn't survive."

Draco looked thoughtful. "You know," He said after a minute. "I probably wouldn't." They all laughed. "And what about your summer Hermione?"

"Very uneventful," She said. "I'm just glad we had a lot of homework to do over the break! Do you think five rolls of parchment will be enough for Lupin's essay? I didn't want to do to little." She said seriously looking around at all of them. The rest of them groaned. "I think it's fine Moine." Draco said. "So, moving on." Harry started.

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For the next half hour they talked about the uneventful things they hadn't mentioned in letters.

"And this morning mother went nuts because I wasn't done packing," Draco was saying as the compartment door slid open to reveal a very flustered Neville.

"Oh, hey guys." He said. "Have any of you by any chance seen Trevor? He's gone again. Damn toad, bloody pain in the ass."

"Nope," Ron said. "Haven't seen him. We'll let you know if we do."

"Ok, well I'm going to keep looking. Later guys." He said heading back the way he came.

"Some things never change." Hermione said laughing. "Haha. True." Harry replied.

Just then the compartment door opened again to reveal a pretty girl with black hair. (A/N: I forget what colour hair Pansy had, so she's getting black.)

"Hey Draco, Hermione," Pansy said. Then she turned to the others. "Hello Potter, Weasley, Ginny." "Hey Pansy."

Pansy and most of the other Slytherins got on really well with Hermione and Ginny and then most of them just tolerated Harry and Ron for Draco, Hermione, and Ginny's sake.

"How many more people can you fit in here?" Pansy asked. "Like three." "Ok. I'm going to get Blaise and Millicent, we've been looking for you everywhere." She said and made her way out.

"Hmm. Millicent, I haven't talked to her much. She seems nice." Hermione said. "She is nice." Draco replied. "And Blaise, he's really hot," Ginny said. Everyone stared at her wide-eyed. "What?" She said turning red. "He is."

Just then chuckling could be heard from the door. Standing there was Pansy, a blonde haired girl, Millicent and a tall brown haired guy, Blaise.

They were all grinning at Ginny. "Oh bloody hell," Ginny said turning even redder. "Did you, err, here everything I said?"

"Every word." Blaise said smirking, then went and sat beside her and tossed his arm around her shoulder in a casual manner. "Great." She said going, if possible, redder.

"Now that was priceless." Millicent said. They all laughed. "Great, you guys are never going to let me live this down are you?" "Not in this life time." "I figured that." She sighed.

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So Draco, Harry, Pansy and Millicent sat on one side, and Blaise, Ginny, Hermione and Ron on the other side. Eventually conversation drifted from the Ginny incident and on to other things.

They arrived at Hogwarts a few hours later and got into a carriage.

"I still can't believe that the trolley lady didn't come for two hours! Can you believe that?" Ron complained as they made there way up to the school. "Oh Ron get over it." Hermione said.

"But-" "But nothing! We're going to be eating soon! Stop whining." Ron shut up, but looked angrily at the floor.

A short while later the carriage stopped and they all got out in front of the Hogwarts entrance.

"Good to be back, isn't it?" Harry said. He heard a mumble of agreement as they all headed inside.

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Well there you have it.
Not to eventful but oh well.
And longer then I expected considering its 1 in the morning and I'm watching The Notebook. Good movie by the way.
But anyways, review and tell me what you think.
Till next time, Bye bye.