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A/N: ok… here is the 3rd chapter… I hope you guys like it… remember, this is my first attempt at a fanfic… please be courteous and review!

First class of the day was Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. Unfortunately for Hermione it was with Slytherin, meaning, it was with Malfoy.

The students walked into the seemingly empty room and looked around for their professor, but McGonagall was nowhere to be found. Hermione scanned the room, knowing that McGonagall likes to put on a little performance on the first day of term, but she didn't even see the cat.

'This doesn't seem right, where in Merlin's name did she go?' Hermione thought to herself.

'Great, with no teacher I can torture that mudblood without any interruptions!' Draco told himself.

"Good morning class, please take a seat and the lesson will begin shortly." Came a familiar voice from the back of the crowd of students.

'DAMN! I was hoping to annoy Granger, McGonagall surely wouldn't like it if I started teasing her from across the room… but I can always…' Thought Draco as he slid into the seat next to Hermione ignoring the glares he got from his fellow Slytherins.

'What could that platinum weasel want? What on earth could have possessed him to sit next to me? This is going to be a long lesson!' Hermione thought as she let out a loud sigh. She turned to her new neighbor and asked him in the most polite voice she could muster, "Are you lost? Your friends are over there." She pointed over to the other side of the class where she could see Crabbe and Goyle looking over with confused looks on their faces.

"Oh, no. I'm not lost; I know exactly where I am. I just wanted to get the most out of Transfiguration this year so I decided to sit next to the smartest, most clever, brainiest, girl in class; not to mention I won't get distracted because you also happen to be the ugliest girl in class as well." Draco said brightly with his favorite grin spread wide on his face. "Too bad McGonagall won't transfigure you to look like a human, as opposed to a beaver. I thought they only let people into Hogwarts?"

"You know I could say the same for you, you look more like a ferret painted white, but that's ok, I guess Snape loves ferrets!" Hermione retorted; she was not going to take anything from him this year. Maybe she could deflate that over-inflated ego of his this term.

"If you guys are finished now I would like to start the lesson." They looked up to see that the entire class was looking at them; McGonagall had a surprised look on her face, she had never seen Hermione use such strong language before; and she was absolutely astonished at the fact that Draco was sitting so close to her, by choice.

"Sorry professor." They said in unison.

Throughout the entire class period Hermione and Draco exchanged exasperated glares and smug smirks.

Next class was down in the dungeons with Snape, Potions was not a bad class, when she had Harry and Ron there to make her laugh. Now she was all alone with Neville; who tried his best to get a smile on her face. "I'm so glad you're here Neville, I don't know what I would do during this class if you weren't here to help me stay positive." Hermione said, sincerely grateful to have Neville with her since Ginny couldn't be.

"Look at this, Potty and Weaselby would be hurt to see their precious beaver with another guy; and this squib at that!" came a clearly recognizable voice from the center of the Slytherin group. "Why in Merlin's name would you want to work with that squib? I thought you wanted to make top marks?" he said walking forward so they could see the face of the person, though they could recognize Malfoy's voice even in a large crowd.

"For your information ferret, Neville has gotten much better at his magic, he isn't so afraid anymore. So you can just go shove it where the sun doesn't shine. Or I'm sure Snape would be willing to do that for you." She said with a smirk that perfectly mirrored his own.

A/N: Hope you liked it! I know, my chapters are a little short, but I didn't want to give away too much! Please review! Thanks so much! DaStogey