Announcement! : Because I do not want to lose all the great reviews you all have left me, I will not delete this story for constructional purposes. I will be doing a bit of editing on all or, more likely, most, of the chapters, and Chapter 10 is coming very very soon! With my editing I've planned the chapters are sure to be much, much longer. My writing style has changed a little in Chapter 10 and I'd like to do the same to the other chapters, though I won't be changing any major plot points. Enjoy!

-Lena-

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. If I did, I probably wouldn't be sitting here writing HP fanfiction because I would know what happened next anyway.

Pairings: Draco/Hermione, Blaise/Ginny

Summary: Hermione yells at Ron, while Draco argues with his conscience again. Hermione is starting to feel the effects of her stress and pays a visit to the Hospital Wing for some rest. Ginny and Hermione find out something very interesting about Draco.

Green (And Not Just With Envy)

"I thought I told you to leave me alone!" Hermione yelled.

"Miss Granger, ten points from Gryffindor. Now, return to your seat." Snape hissed. Hermione angrily returned to her seat, gillyweed in hand.

Hermione had walked into Potions that Monday full of anxiety. She wasn't sure what to expect from Ron and Harry (though Harry had smiled at her at breakfast and asked her how she was), and she dreaded finding out. If it would be anything like what happened in the library, she didn't want to be upset again. Gritting her teeth, she marched in. Harry gave her a small smile, which she returned, but Ron pointedly ignored her. His bookbag was in the empty seat between them.

She looked around. There was a seat next to Hannah Abbott, a few in the back, though she wasn't keen on sitting all the way back there...then, Hermione saw a motion from the other side of the room and her eyes widened in surprise before narrowing as her mouth settled into a smirk. Sweeping past Ron with a small toss of her hair off her shoulder, she took the seat next to Draco, who was internally smacking himself. Why the billio did I wave?? Because you're an idiot loverboy? Shut up, you prat. Ha. I'm your conscience. That makes you a prat as well. Expletive deleted conscience. Whoa. Using big words now, huh? I will bring you to life and throttle you. When I figure out how, that is. I won't hold my breath. You have no breath. HA! Well played.

Draco had shaken himself from another one of his conversations with his own conscience and concentrated on the potion on the board. He noticed that they needed more gillyweed. Hermione had beaten him to it.

"I'll go get more." she said. Like she knew what I was thinking. Draco had thought. That's an odd feeling. Well, great minds think alike. Your mind is not great. Believe me, I live there. One more word, and I'll... Oh, shut up. Nicely put. Oh, and by the way, you complimented her again. Psht. How? You called her a great mind. Technically. Blast!

Hermione had gotten up to retrieve the gillyweed from the student stock cabinet, and felt something hit her leg as she passed Ron and Harry's table. Looking down, she had seen a note and picked it up, unfolding it and reading it behind the cabinet door. There was one word.

"Traitor."

Hermione had felt a sick sensation flooding her, and she could feel tears starting to gather. Keep it together. I can't get stressed over this. But the word 'Traitor' just kept echoing in her head. She felt her eyes narrow in rage, and unconsciously felt her body take her to Ron's table, and that's when she had yelled at him, splattering some gillyweed juice on the floor as she squeezed the gillyweed in anger.

Ron simply glared into his cauldron.

Sitting down next to a slightly impressed-looking Draco, Hermione shot Snape's turned back a dirty look before taking out her wand, holding up the note. She met Harry's eyes, who looked sympathetic.

"There's your answer, idiot." Harry said, pointing to Hermione. Ron reluctantly looked towards her. His jaw dropped.

That's when she set the note on fire.

Two Weeks Later

Hermione sighed into her bedcovers. It had been three weeks since the Potions incident. After she had set the note on fire, she had dropped it on the table, leaving it to smolder, and gathered her things. She muttered something about needing to go to the Hospital Wing to Snape, who had just noticed her little pyrotechnical experiment now leaving scorch marks on his perfect tables, and swept out the door.

Tears were gathering at her eyes again.

Letting a few of them spill, she wiped them away quickly and hurried to the Hospital Wing. Blaize and Ginny had gotten released that morning, so Hermione was alone. She told Madame Pompfrey that she was a dizzy and felt like she was going to throw up, she let the nurse herd her to a bed. Hermione had stayed there the rest of the day, slipping into the kitchens and getting a roll from Dobby for a snack during dinner rather than having to face the crowded dinner hall.

Slipping the roll, plus a few cookies and pumpkin juice Dobby had hastily poured into an empty bottle and insisted she take, into her bag, she had hurried up the stairs to the dorm, the sounds of the dinner hall emptying not far behind her.

Leonard had graciously allowed her in, and she had taken refuge in her room, lying on her bed and nibbling on her miniature feast while finishing an essay for Arithmancy.

Hermione had bolted up, slightly skewing her notes around the bed, as someone knocked.

"Come in." she called. Ginny had slipped in and closed the door.

"Hey, Mione. How are you?" she asked. Hermione had shrugged.

"I feel a little better now that I've gone so long without talking to Ron. He hasn't given me any more notes since I set his last on one fire." Hermione had smirked at this.

"I heard about that. I'm sorry my brother is such an idiot, Mione..." Ginny had begun.

"It's alright, you can't help that he's your brother." The girls had grinned.

"Also...I never apologized. You know, about the Hospital Wing. I just wanted you and Ron to reconcile a bit. I hate seeing you upset, and that prat does nothing but grumble about you and Malfoy."

"It's fine, Gin. I overreacted." Hermione said, and had handed Ginny a cookie from the stash Dobby had shoveled into her bookbag before she could escape the kitchens and his sweet but slightly over-the-top generosity.

"I'm just kind of stressed, what with Ron, being Head Girl, all this homework..." Hermione had sighed into the blankets.

"Our first Hogsmeade trip is in three weeks from this Saturday! I can't wait for it to get here. You and I will go shopping and forget the stupid boys." Ginny had declared, holding the cookie up triumphantly.

"Speaking of boys..." Hermione had said, grinning, and pointed to the shadow under the door that led from Hermione's room to the huge joint bathroom.

Ginny, grinning like mad, had crept to the door, and Hermione had moved next to her giggling silently. On cue, Ginny yanked the door open.

Their screams echoed througout the entire 7th floor of the castle and escaped through Hermione's open window.

Hermione had giggled now, as she sat in her room doing Runes homework, remembering that sight that she and Ginny had been made to swear not to reveal to anyone on punishment of being dangled upside down in the Great Hall so everyone got a good glimpse of their knickers and then killed slowly and painfully.

Draco Malfoy, as many of the Gryffindor girly prats giggled, looked quite fit in green...

Apparently, as Hermione now knew, avocado masks were definitely the exception.

+++++REVIEWS!+++++

fuzzballnpumpkin: Wow, I really enjoyed it, loved it!
Thanks!

I-read-2-much: draco avocado mask oh my

Ha!

xx.just. hehehe... i always knew he was a pretty boy. haha nah... ill leave poor draco alone now... hahahahha

Draco: Damn right.
Me: Oh, hush. You are a pretty boy. Don't even make me mention the Cher incident.
Draco: Don't you dare.
Me: I promised I wouldn't mention that time I found you dancing to Cher in a long blonde wig, so don't spaz. laughs
Draco: chases AHHHHHH! I KEEL YOU!!

Thanks for the review!!

Secretly-In-Love: Ahahahahahaha thats funny keep it up... i cant wait to read the next chapter

Thanks!

Broken Crayon Dreams: Oh My God!! Draco... avocado mask... lol Great update, loved it. -Katie

Thanks! Haha!

ya1ya: update! so funny!!

Thanks! Woot, so many reviews...-dances-

dancrchick: very good... i really enjoy it. And i like that blaise isn't awful as he and draco are my favorite slytherins. Good job. Update soon

Oh, thanks! Yeah I lurve Blaise as well. He's so scrumptious.
Blaise: Please stop referring to me like I'm a carrot or a bag of crisps or something.
Me: Awww. hugs
Blaise: twitches Must...resist...hugging...powers...meep...

fierysoulgirl: You've got a good story over here. I am really enjoying it. You've got the perfect balance of humor and seriousness, it definitely is making out for a pleasant story. I can't wait until you update this fiction again. PLEASE DO IT SOON! Kthx. :)

Wow! Thanks!! I don't remember seeing your name in the reviews before, are you a new reader? If so, I'm glad you still like it even after the chapter 5 fiasco!!

dancrchick: aren't head boy and girl in 7th year, not 6th? anyway, it sounds good so far.

Thanks again! Oh, btw, this is a review from the first chapter, I am randomly putting it up because I am odd.

pinkicing101: that's pretty funny. who would've thought that draco would do something like that? anyways, can't wait for your next update. and just for a note, i think that hermione and draco are getting a little too chummy with each other.

Thanks! That's the point, it's not going to be pretty in the next few chapters as a result of their chummy...ness. DUN DUN DUNNNNNN... thunder crash

Draco: Turn off the soundboard, that thing is so annoying.
Me: presses button "DUN DUN DUNNNN!" Haha.
Draco: sighs

ShortStuff10: O I like this story! Read all the chapters in about 20 minutes I was so engrossed! I'm also amazed at your ability to update so much... I'm a lazy updater. Keep on writing! -ShortStuff10

Thanks! Wow! It's engrossing! That is kind of a...gross (haha) sounding word, but woot!

diannelora: Great work!

Thanks!

pobrediabla: hi! I read the whole story, and I liked it very much! actually I have only one request: please don't make ron rap e hermione, ok?:)that would be too OOC, and that's a nasty thing.I just say it because many writers do this. keep writing it!

Yeah, I'm not much of a Rapist!Ron person. I hate that. Ron wouldn't do that. Thanks for reading!

Esmerald tears: Goodness... I LOVE THIS! I love how you've portrayed the characters. I love how Hermione burnt Ron's note. I love how Draco's slowly falling in love with her. YAY! I hope that the tenth chap comes soon enough!!

Wow! Thanks! The tenth chapter is coming soon, I've just got to do a little editing before I post it. Thanks so much!

Hermione-Potter-52036: lol :P avacado mask! ha, i was dying when i read that! please update soon! HermionePotter52036

Haha! Thanks.

slytherinqueen23: great story keep writing! cant wait for u to update!

Thanks!

xx.just. haha, thanks for your little reply thing-o, it made me feel special... (draco, you are a pretty boy - end of story dear.) awesome chapter - ron is such an arse. Love it! Ash xx

You are welcome, and thanks!!

hplovrgrlbabydee-vine: ok how can i say this? have u ever read the stories or even seen the movies?? u cant bcome headboy/grl till SEVENTH YEAR!! n she punched him in 3rd year not 4th. i like ur plot tho n am i rite or did his dad rape him?...ew...Thumbs up on that original so far but plz get the stuff str8 frs. thnx

I've read every book at least 3 times and seen all 4 of the movies. I own books 2, 5 and 6- well, actually, I had to get rid of the 2nd book because it got wet and got screwed up, so I own 5 and 6. I didn't realize you couldn't become a Head until 7th year. No need to CAPS LOCK. God. And I've already realized that I accidentally said 4th year instead of 3rd year, I've just been too lazy to fix it and keep forgetting to. Yeshhhh, Lucius (bastard) raped him and thanks for the thumbs up.

Thanks so much to my reviewers: ShortStuff10, pinkicing101, dancrchick, fierysoulgirl, ya1ya, Broken Crayon Dreams, Secretly-In-Love, xx.just. I-read-2-much, fuzzballnpumpkin, diannelora, pobrediabla, Esmerald tears, HermionePotter52036, slytherinqueen23!, xx.just. && hplovrgrlbabydee-vine.

Mucho amor to you all, and have some choccie. hands out choc bars

Charlotte