Hermione was excited for her final year at Hogwarts. She had received a letter over the summer informing her that she got the position of Head Girl which wasn't much of a surprise for her. She looked around Platform 9¾ trying to find her friends. "Hermione!" she heard a familiar voice call from behind her "How was your summer?" She turned to look at where the voice was coming from. "Oh Ginny, it was great. Sorry I couldn't visit you guys at the Burrow." Ginny ran up and hugged her, Ron and Harry followed not far behind her. "Hey Hermione." Ron said as he walked up and hugged her. "Hey Ron, Hey Harry, It's so good to see you guys" she replied "Let's go find a compartment"
The train ride to school had been pretty uneventful so far. Hermione sat in a compartment with Harry, Ron, and Ginny. Ron and Harry spent most of the time discussing their excitement for this year's quidditch season, while Hermione and Ginny were discussing Hermione's vacation to Italy over the summer. "I should get going to the heads compartment," Hermione said as she stood up from her seat "I'll see you guys when we get to the school.". As she made her way to the front of the train she wondered who the Head Boy was going to be. She had assumed that it would be Harry and was disappointed when she found out it wasn't. She finally reached the heads compartment and as she slid the door open she was anxious to see who wait inside. Her heart dropped when she saw the sleek blond hair, icy gray eyes, and devilish smirk of the man that sit before her. "Malfoy!" she exclaimed "You're the head boy?"
Draco closed the book he was reading and looked up and Hermione "Ah Granger, I should have known you'd be the head girl, I don't know who else you expected to see here, did you think that maybe your precious little Potter would make head boy?" he asked sarcastically. "Harry is perfectly capable of becoming head boy" she responded. "If he was so capable he'd be sitting here instead of me" he shot back "He never would have made it this far in school without help from you." Hermione couldn't believe that she was going to have to spend the whole year putting up with Draco Malfoy. "I'm choosing to take that as a compliment," she said as she took a seat opposite from him "I'm glad you can recognize my intelligence." Draco just scoffed and went back to reading his book
Just a few moments later Professor McGonagall entered the compartment. "Ms. Granger, Mr. Malfoy as I'm sure you are aware you will have a number of very important duties as heads this year, most importantly you will be responsible for organizing patrols for the prefects, but you will also be responsible for planning a number of balls throughout the year, as well as organizing the Hogsmeade trips and watching over the students while in the village." Draco still hadn't looked up from his book at this point. Hermione sat there giving the professor all her attention. "I will go over some more information about the position with you after the Sorting Ceremony." she continued "Your shared dormitory is on the 5th floor behind the portrait of the knight Sir Ingraham the Black and the password is Sugar Quills. I'll leave you two be for now." and with that, she departed from the compartment.
Draco stilled hadn't looked up from his book and Hermione decided to take out a book of her own to get lost in, but she couldn't help but occasionally glance up at the man sitting across from her. He looks almost sexy Hermione thought to herself. She cursed herself for thinking such a thing, she was so lost in thought that she hadn't realized she was still staring at him. "Take a picture it lasts longer" he said without looking up from his book. "I-I-I wasn't staring" she stammered "I was just lost in thought." Draco just smirked and went back to reading.