Hermione walked around her new quarters at Hogwarts admiring her new Head of House room. She walked into the staff bathroom and dropped all her things on the ground at the sight in front of her.

Chapter 2: Together

Hermione's hand covered her mouth as she gasped. Draco turned and looked at the woman standing in front of him. He had not seen her in a year, and here she was, right in front of him. Hermione just continued to stare at him as he moved closer to her.

"Hermione?"

She only nodded.

He smiled, "I forgot that you were working here. I'm so happy to see you Hermione, I've missed you."

"Stop."

"What?"

"I said stop, Draco. It's been a year, we haven't talked, and I have moved on."

Draco shook his head, "That's not possible."

"Oh yes it is. I am with Ron, were in love and happy. You are no longer part of my life Draco."

"That's not true."

"How can you say that after all this time Draco? This is your fault and I have nothing left to say to you. So please do me a favor and do not speak to me under any circumstances unless it concerns being a teacher at this school. Goodbye."

She turned on her heel and left, just as she had a year before. She had just left him. Draco took his things and walked to his room. He pulled out his trunk and began rummaging through all the papers. He pulled out a newspaper clipping with Hermione and McGonagall on it, just after McGonagall had been made Headmistress. There was a clipping of Dumbledore's death with a picture of Hermione, Ron, and Harry at his funeral. Ron and Hermione were holding hands in the picture. There was an article about Hermione being on of the youngest teachers ever to teach at Hogwarts with her smiling brightly with Ron beside her.

Damn that Weasley. He had ruined everything for him. He had always fought so hard trying to break him and Hermione up in school. Draco had always thought Weasley had something to do with what happened between Draco and Hermione a year ago. He never confirmed it though. Draco knew at the very moment when Ron and Hermione became an item. He kept tabs on Hermione. He wanted to make sure she stayed okay. Draco was so proud of her when he found out she had been made Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts.

When he was called to take the job as Potions teacher at Hogwarts he jumped at the chance. He made sure that no one knew besides Snape, and McGonagall. He wanted her to find out for herself, when he showed up in front of her. His plan had been ruined though, she wasn't supposed to see him in that bathroom. She wasn't supposed to see him all broken up on the outside. He had wanted to make an appearance at the dinner the next night. He had planned to dress up and make himself look as he did last year. He wanted to seem almost happy, but he also wanted her to know he missed her terribly.

"This is going to be harder than I thought." He said to himself when he lay down in his bed. He still wanted to impress her at the dinner, but he wasn't sure if she would fall for it.

The next day Hermione put on her best dress robes and walked to the Great Hall for the dinner to start the new school year. She walked into the Great Hall and saw what she had left behind a little over a year ago. The four house tables were perfectly set in order and the enchanted ceiling shown a beautiful starry night. She took a breath and walked to the staff table at the very front of the Great Hall. She never went to dinner while she had taught the last two months of school. After Dumbledore's death she found it hard to go into the Great Hall.

Voldemort had been killed while she was in seventh year in Hogwarts, and Dumbledore had lived until she took over for McGonagall in the middle of May. No one really knew how or why he had died but Hermione figured that he had done what he had lived to do, kill Lord Voldemort. Of course, it was Harry who actually killed him; Dumbledore had a big part in his death. All of them did Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Draco. Since Draco had been with Hermione a large part of himself had changed, for the better. He no longer wanted to be a death eater; he didn't want to be ruled by someone else. He helped get his father imprisoned and gave inside information to the Order of the Phoenix.

Everything had been so perfect in the Wizarding world after that. That is until Draco and Hermione broke up. There was a lot of talk everywhere about what happened between them. No one really knew what happened. It was said that, Hermione cheated on Draco with Harry Potter. Someone said that Draco cheated on Hermione with some random person, it was even heard that he slept with a goat. There was much said that he tried to revive the Death Eaters again and tried to become the next Lord Voldemort, even thought that was never proved.

Only Hermione and Draco knew what happened between them, and they hadn't told anyone at all. Now Hermione was afraid that everything was going to come out, and that was something that she did not want. She didn't want to see Draco, she didn't even want to hear about him. Now she was working in the same building with him, teaching the exact same children. She took another deep breath and took a seat at the table. Draco was the one bringing the first years in to the Great Hall, so of course he was going to make a Malfoy-worthy entrance.

Outside the door Draco was watching the first years. Some were scared and others seemed slightly arrogant, as he imagined he might have looked when he was here for the first time. He wasn't sure how he had gotten stuck with this job but it wasn't that bad.

"Okay First years, follow me into the Great Hall and prepare to be sorted into your houses."

All the students followed him to the Great Hall and he heard many gasped behind him as the got closer to the Sorting Hat. He took the scroll of names from Headmistress McGonagall and started reading of names, "Ohdet Grand." A small blonde girl stepped up shyly and sat down the stool. He placed the sorting hat on her head and it yelled out, "Gryffindor."

The hall burst into cheers at this sorting and after each student's sorting. Draco looked up at Hermione sitting beside McGonagall and she was glaring at him. He ran his hand through his hair, which he knew melted her insides, and gave a grin. He then walked up and sat beside Snape. The dinner ran smoothly with no major problems. All the students and staff were to involved with the dinner to realize that Rita Skeeter was lurking around the room looking for a good scoop to report on. She looked up at the staff table and saw Draco Malfoy talking the Severus Snape. Only a couple of seats down Hermione Granger was sitting talking to the new Headmistress. She smiled happily and scurried out of the Great Hall unnoticed.

The next day Hermione woke up ready for her first day of classes. She walked into the Staff Common Room and sat down to drink her morning tea. She saw the paper sitting on the table and picked it up to read.

Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger Together Again?

I was recently attending the opening dinner at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry when I saw Draco Malfoy sitting only seats away from his Ex-Fiance Hermione Granger. The couple broke up more than one year ago and haven't spoken since. And until last night only the Headmistress knew that Malfoy had become the new Potions Master. Granger and Malfoy were not seen talking. but I spotted the two throwing quick glances back and forth all through dinner. So is there something left between? I certainly think so. But what does this mean for Ronald Weasley, Grangers new boyfriend? I really don't know, but for his sake he better keep an eye on this ex-couple.

Hermione through the paper across the room and walked into the bathroom. Draco walked out moments later and picked up the paper off the floor. He smiled when he read the paper, this was just the thing to start getting Hermione back, and to start getting revenge on Weasley.

-Hermione's London Apartment-

Ron was sitting on the couch in his pajamas when he picked up the paper. He saw the front-page headline and immediately started reading. He yelled obscene language and threw the paper into the trashcan. He then used his wand to set the can on fire. What was he supposed to do now that Malfoy was back in the picture?

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