A/N: Hey all! I'm sorry about the hold, I really did have a major writers block lol if you don't believe me, ask my best friend ha-ha. jk jk. um this story might go a lil slow...so um..i'm sorry if you don't like it. Ill try to make it better. Hope you like this Chapter!

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Chapter 4

The next few months have gone by and everything was just like every other year before, other than the fact that the classes were more harder and stricter, like Transfiguration, McGonagall was even going very strict on them. All the other classes that they had were just as strict as McGonagall, but not like Snape.He gave them piles and piles of homework for things that were just ridiculous or stuff that makes them want to say 'who the hell cares about this shit'.

--Draco--

It was time for Double Potions today. He sighed.

"I don't feel like seeing that bloody scarhead and his little friends today" he said to himself, "especially that filthy mudblood" he added a few seconds later. He ran his hands through his platinum hair and sighed again. 'I don't want to see that Parkinson either' he thought but with a shudder.

He then made his way to the dungeons for Double Potions. When he was about to open the door to go inside, someone said "Oy Malfoy" and he jumped a bit and turned to glare at the person or people.

"What is it Crabbe"

"Uh..."

Draco rolled his eyes.

"What-did-you-want" he said slowly.

"Oh...uh, i was supposed to tell you something" he said scratching the back of his head. Draco rolled his eyes again. Crabbe opened his mouth to say something but then he decided not to.

"Parkinson wanted us to come tell you that she'll be waiting for you by the Room of Requirements...for right now." Goyle said. Draco had his eyebrow raised, 'Goyle remembered all that? wow, i misjudged him' he thought to himself but then wanted to take it back when he saw that Goyle was reading from a small piece of parchment. He sighed and rolled his eyes.

He just shrugged it off and entered the cold dark dungeon. Crabbe and Goyle, being the cronies that they were, followed him.

Draco went to his seat and sat down, slouching. He looked bored, even though class didn't even start yet. Then, he rolled up the sleeve of his robes a little bit to reveal a slightly purple bruise. He sighed sadly. 'at least its not as bruised as yesterday. That damn Pansy! Thank Merlin i didn't run into her this morning or it would've been worse than it is now.' he thought and nodded at his last thought.

He, Crabbe and Goyle stayed there for about thirty minutes before they could all hear chattering of the people and them coming into the class. Blaise came in and went to his seat which was by Draco. When he got there he turned around and looked at Draco with an annoyed look.

"okay, where the hell did you go?" asked the pissed Blaise. Draco raised an eyebrow lazily.

"what are you talking about Zabini?" he droned.

"i mean, where did you go instead of the Great Hall?" he demanded, "i had to sit there, listening to Parkinson's whining for a WHOLE HOUR!" he exploded. Draco flinched slightly, but it was not really noticable.

Draco asked curiously, "what happened in there?" Blaise groaned.

Flashback

When Blaise arrived at the Great Hall, everyone already began eating. He shrugged and went to the Slytherin Table. Once he got there, he plopped down and got some of the feast and then poured himself a glass of pumpkin juice. He got his fork and got some meat and was about to put it in his mouth when he heard...

"BLAISE ZABBBIIIIIIINNNNNIIIIIII!"a loud shriek echoed through the hall. He turned around and sighed in disappointment. 'I'm not going to get anything to eat today. But I'm fucking hungry!' he thought as he groaned inwardly. He put his fork back down on his plate and turned around for the worst to come.

"What do you want Parkinson, and what's with all that fucking screaming?" he demanded grumpily. Pansy just rolled her eyes at him.

"Blaiiiseee!" she whined as he flinched, " where did Drakie-Bear go? Did you see him this morning? Did something happened to him? Oh no! Some girl has kidnapped him from me!" she started rambling. Blaise groaned and rubbed his temples. He had to hold back the urge to slap her, but he doesn't hit girls...and Pansy was unfortunately an annoying girl.

He sighed again, "Pansy, I don't know where Drake is okay? Uh...Hey! Why don't you go look for him?" he said, trying to hide the hopefulness of her leaving. She raised her eyebrows and smirked at him.

"Oh Blaise, you think I'm that dumb?" no answer, she let it slide, "Well I'm NOT okay? OH! i know! Let's go look for my Drakieee together!" she said smiling. Blaise rolled his eyebrows.

"Parkinson, I'm hungry, you go get your posse or whatever the fuck they are and you go look for him..how does that sound to you?" he asked as his stomach rumbled.

"NOOOOOOOO! Blaise! Don't you get it? Are you completely stupid! If i bring one of the girls, they'll drive Drakie away!" he shrieked.

"like you don't already drive him away." he mumbled quietly so she wouldn't here.

"Huh? what did you say Blasiey?" she asked. He narrowed his eyes at her.

"I thought i told you to not ever call me anything else other than my name!" he growled.

"But-but, it makes you sound so CUTE!" she whined and pouted.

"No."

"Bu-"

"I said NO!"

"Blaise-i-poo!"

"Shut it Parkinson!"

"Or what? huh Blaise-i-poo?"

He smirked, "or else, ill tell Draco that you're calling me names like a girlfriend would to a boyfriend." he drawled. Her eyes widened and she backed away from him.

"B-Blaise, I'm flattered that you like me that much, but my heart belongs to Drakie and no one else. Goodbye Blaise. Move on." she said dramatically and in a voice that he guessed was pity. She then left the Great Hall.

"He sighed in relief and picked up that fork that he put down earlier and started eating for fifteen minutes until it was time to go to class. He groaned inwardly and got up from his seat and left the Great Hall. 'I'm going to kill that bastard' he thought angrily as he rubbed his temples. 'does that bloody girl ever stop talking? Merlin!" shaking his head and rubbing his temples, he started walking to his class.

When he got there, he sighed again and then went inside. He saw Draco sitting there looking bored. He made his way to him and sat down.

End Flashback

Draco blinked, "Wow, i almost feel sorry for you mate." he said. Blaise just glared at him.

"Oh shut up! It's all your fault! She kept rambling and rambling and rambling." he said rubbing his temples again.

Draco sighed, "I skipped breakfast today, just to get away from her.." he said. Blaise raised and eyebrow at him and smirked.

"Oh, really. The big bad Draco Malfoy scared of a slutty girl? Never thought I would ever see the day." he said sarcastically. Draco flipped him off and Blaise snickered. Just then, Snape came in and everything was all dark and cold. He went straight to the board and got out his wand and flicked his wand in front of the board and the instructions appeared.

"Do what it says. No questions. You have half of the class to get it done." he scowled, "If you don't finish, not my problem." he finished with a glare at particularly at Harry Potter. Draco and Blaise snickered quietly. They both got up from their seats and went to go get the ingredients.

After thirty minutes has passed, Snape then suddenly snarled, "Put your potion in a vial and bring it up to the front desk." he simply said.

The whole class did so. As Draco was walking back to his seat he saw Scarhead and Weasel glaring at them. He raised his eyebrows and glared back. He then continued back to his seat and sat down and waited for whatever Snape had to say now. Everyone else did the same.

---Normal---

"Starting today and till the end of this school year, you will be having a partner for everything..." he snarled. Blank stares came his way. "you will have a partner, for the dances, the potions assignments and you and your partner will have to live together. And I will be the one to choose your partners." he finished with a smirk. Everyone's mouth dropped open.

"What the bloody hell!", "Oh, my gosh! this is like...", "No way!" people were mumbling to one another.

"ENOUGH!" snape demanded and everything quieted down. Since this year, Snape has gotten much more scarier and not just his looks either. It was the kind of vibe that you get off of him...it spooked everyone.

Hermione turned towards her friends, "Merlin! With him choosing the partners, it'll be someone you don't want to be paired up with." she said worriedly. Both Ron and Harry nodded in agreement.

"I just hope its not anyone too bad.." Harry said.

"Yeah, I better not get partnered up with someone like Pansy Parkinson." Ron joked and then started laughing.

"Uh, Ron, Snape might put yo9u with Pansy. You never know, sorry." Hermione said as soon as she saw the look on Ron's face.

Ron looked fearful, "you don't think that Snape'll really put me with Parkinson...do you?" he asked shakily. Both Hermione and Harry laughed.

Hermione was the first to recover, "Ron, don't worry about it. If you did get Pansy as a partner, she'll probably whine to Snape about something crazy like the girl that's paired up with Malfoy is flirting with him or something." she said. Ron was quiet for a moment and then his face brightened.

"Yeah, you're right 'mione. She'll probably beg Snape to switch partners so she could be with Malfoy." he said happily.

"Yeah right. That girl will make Snape go deaf you mean, well not that i have a problem with that." Ginny said. Everyone nodded and then realized who was talking.

"GINNY!" they all exclaimed. Ginny giggled.

She rolled her eyes, "Well, duh! who else would it be?" she asked.

"Bu-But" that was all she got from Ron.

"Why are you here Gin?" Hermione asked curiously.

Ginny then said, "Hmm..well, I guess Dumbledore is trying to let the sixth years this year to learn more i guess. He said "The sixth year will be in Double Potions with the seventh years. I'm sure Severnus already knows." and that we should have experience for it or something like that, i didn't really listen." she said sheepishly.

"wow" was all Harry says. Hermione had a huge grin on her face.

"OH MY GOSH! YAY! Ginny! you're going to be in this class from now on! that is GREAT!" Hermione squealed. Ginny laughed.

"Hell yeah! I'm SO happy!" squealed Ginny. Ron looked at her with a disapproving look.

"Gin, don't swear." he said. Harry, Hermione, and Ginny rolled their eyes. 'here comes the lecturing big brother called Ron.' they all thought.

"It's a bad habit, Gin. You really shouldn't do that..." Ron rambled. Ginny sighed.

"Okay Ronald. I wont anymore." she lied but luckily for her, Ron bought it.

"Good" he said.

Snape then said with a scowl, "Without notice." he said angrily, "The Sixth year students are going to be attending this class" he scowled 'just what i needed, more of those stupid Gryffindors.' he thought darkly. Everyone was mumbling to themselves at this new information.

Snape then said. "alright, I'm done choosing your partners so SIT DOWN AND BE QUIET AT YOUR SEAT!" he exclaimed nastily. Everyone did so and quieted down.

"Here are your partners, Mr.Weasley, Ms. Brown"

"Mr. Zabini, Ms. Weasley"

"Ms. Parkinson, Mr. Potter" he said with a narrow look in his eye when he read Harry's name.

"Ms. Patil, Mr. Goyle" Parvati looked at Goyle disgustingly.

"Mr. Crabbe, Ms. Lovegood"

"Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Granger" he said with a smirk at the look on Hermione's face and finished off all of the names of the other people.

Meanwhile, Hermione was still gaping at what she just heard and guessed that the same expression is on Malfoy's face too. She sneaked a glance at him and saw that he had no expression on his face and he was glaring at Snape.

Harry, Ginny, and Ron were all surprised too. "Merlin! Why are you with him!" Ron said. "I can't believe that me, 'mione and Ginny all got Slytherins for partners. But i have Parkinson!" Harry said with a shudder.

"Hmm..Blaise Zabini looks nice enough." Ginny said trying to look on the bright side. Ron glared at her.

"Are you saying that you like a Slytherin!" he demanded.

Ginny exclaimed," NO! i was just saying he doesn't look like Crabbe or Goyle." she rolled her eyes at her brother. Ron made an 'o' on his lips, realizing what she meant. They all complained about their partners the whole time for the class. Ron about Ginny liking a Slytherin. Ginny yelling at her brother for accusing her. Harry about having Parkinson as a partner. Hermione about how her life is ruined.

--with Draco--

"NOOOOOO!" screamed a voice that he didn't want to hear that day.

"Drakie-sugar! You can't be with that mudblood! You have to be with me! We're always supposed to be together." she whined. He rolled his eyes.

"Give it a break Parkinson." he said annoyed. Blaise was rubbing his temples again.

"Bu-But you were supposed to be partnered up with me!" she shrieked.

"I'm going to go to Professor Snape and make him switch partners!" she decided and left and went to Snape.

Draco and Blaise both sighed in relief. "Merlin that girl is loud" Blaise said.

"Yeah,just be glad that you don't have Parkinson as a partner for the whole year." Draco stated. Blaise nodded.

Blaise then said with a smirk, "But that means that Potter will have to have Pansy as a partner then" Draco then smirked too.

"Good. that bloody scarhead should get what he deserves." he said nodding. Blaise rolled his eyes. He was about to say something but closed his mouth because Pansy was coming back looking grumpy.

"UGH! That stupid fucking git!" she shrieked. The two boys had to hold the urge to plug their ears but if they do that, then she'll yell even louder.

One of her "friends" came up to the three of them and asked, "Um, Pansy, what did Professor Snape say?" Pansy flared at the name of Snape. Draco turned his head and looked at Snape. He looked even more grumpier and sort of deafer. A student was calling his name but Snape didn't seem to hear. Draco snickered to himself.

"Snape told me that he couldn't do anything because it was final" she said with distaste, "and he said, if he did put me with Draco, then it wouldn't work" she pouted and crossed her arms across her chest.

Draco inwardly sighed in relief. 'Merlin, for once, i feel like thanking Snape' he smirked. Yeah right, like he would ever say thank you to Snape. He shrugged it off.

"What does he mean it won't work?" asked the naïve friend.

"He says that if I was with Draco, than the whole project would be useless, whatever the stupid project is." she snarled.

The naïve friend still looked confused but said anyways, "Oh." Then she and Pansy both walked back to their desk talking about the newest fashion of whatever they were talking about.

'I can't stand her. I can't even believe that I used to date her.' he thought with a frown.

--Normal--

Snape started to get his hearing back faintly and bellowed, "QUIET!" everything become quiet.

"Does anyone, other than Ms. Parkinson have any questions?" he asked with a glare but at Pansy in particular. She just smiled at him. No one answered.

"Good, you and your partner are supposed to work together with the project and everything else." Snape drawled. Everyone had a confused look on their faces. A kid in the sixth year put his arm in the air. Snape turned and glared at him.

"yes?"

"Um, professor, what is the project about?" the kid asked dumbly.

Snape smirked, "You all won't find that out until the time comes." he said, "Which is in two months" he finished with an even bigger icy smirk. Everyone inwardly groaned.

"But in the meantime, you and your partner are going to go to the Halloween Ball together. Class dismissed" he finished.

Everyone started leaving the room and while going out the door, Draco's crew, and Harry's crew collided with each other.

"Watch it scarhead. Don't you and your little friends know any respect?" Draco drawled.

"Shut up you bloody git!" Ron said angrily. Draco turned his head and looked at him.

"I wasn't talking to you Weasel, or do you fight all little Potty's fights now?" he asked with his trademark smirk.

"What is it with you Malfoy?" Hermione asked. Draco glared at her.

"No one asked you either you filthy mudblood" He said in disgust. She rolled her eyes.

"Oh please Malfoy, that is really getting old." she said.

"Oh, really mudblood? I don't care what you think." he scoffed.

Hermione glared at him, "Well why don't you just sod off then?" she asked angrily.

He smirked, "I can do whatever I please mudblood." he said calmly.

Hermione gritted her teeth, "Oh, is that so Malfoy? So you like to be in the presence of a 'mudblood?' " she said fuming.

He raised an eyebrow, "So, Granger, finally accepting that you're a mudblood now have you? Good, good" he drawled. Crabbe and Goyle snickered.

Hermione glared at him in hatred and then said, "Shut up ferret face" she said defiantly. Harry and Ron both snickered, and Ginny smiled.

'looks like Granger had finally grew a backbone' Draco thought amused. He smirked. Hermione frowned. 'whats he smirking at' she thought and decided to ask aloud.

"What are you smirking at Malfoy?" she demanded.

"Nothing you need to know about Mudblood" he said and he turned around and walked down the hall, leaving a very confused Hermione. Blaise, Crabbe, and Goyle all followed suit. There was a silence.

"What was that all about?" Ron asked all of a sudden.

'I was wondering the same thing' Hermione thought. She shrugged. Then, Her, Harry, Ginny, and Ron all went to the Gryffindor Tower to hang out.

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