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The next morning Draco and Blaise were sitting at the Slytherin table in the Great Hall, talking about trivial things. Crabbe and Goyle were sitting opposite them, shovelling stacks of pancakes almost 40cm in height, down their throats. Blaise was watching them in disgust, while Millicent was slowly turning green. After another five minutes of watching, she quickly got up and ran from the Great Hall, with her hand over her mouth. As she ran out the door, Pansy flounced in and settled herself in Millicent's empty seat next to Crabbe.

"Morning Draco," she beamed. "Blaise," she added, with a lot less enthusiasm. She started to pick up pieces of grapefruit and placed them gently on her plate.

Noticing her changed eating habits, Blaise raised his eyebrows in confusion. "Pansy, why are you eating grapefruit? It's foul!"

Pansy sighed. "Haven't you heard? There's a party after the Halloween Feast in the Room of Requirement, and I have to look my best don't I Draco?"

"Ummm yeah… but what has that got to do with grapefruit?" Draco queried, while trying to hide his look of shock. He didn't really want to know what Pansy's best looked like.

"Merlin, you two are so thick sometimes! I'm on an all grapefruit diet for two weeks. It will make me lose 10 kilos!" Pansy exclaimed in exasperation.

Blaise looked dumbfounded. He glanced at Draco who was also looking lost for words. "Riiight…"

Pansy rolled her eyes. "I'm doing this for you Draco! Don't you want the fittest girl in Hogwarts on your arm at this party?"

Draco blinked. 'Is she talking about herself being the fittest girl in Hogwarts?' he thought.

"Of course he does Pans, and that's why he's not taking you," said Blaise smugly, while giving Draco a slap on the back.

Pansy's jaw dropped. "You aren't taking me to this party Draco?"

"Sorry Pans, but we're not together anymore… we're just friends okay?" Draco said apologetically.

Pansy looked livid. "Excuse me? I think I just heard you wrong. It sounded like you said we aren't going together Draco,"

"Nah Pansy, you heard me right,"

"But Draco, you should see what I'm wearing! I'm going to be a "slutty schoolgirl" for you!" Pansy pleaded.

Blaise snorted. "Please Pansy. Hasn't anyone ever told you it's a dress-up party Pansy? You actually have to dress-up, not go as what you already are." Draco started sniggering.

"Draco! How can you laugh at that git's jokes? We're a couple! You are meant to defend me," she ground out.

"For the love of Merlin woman! We are not a couple! Get it through your incredibly thick head!"

Pansy looked like she had been slapped. "Draco, you don't mean that. I love you," she whined.

"Don't start Pansy," Draco warned.

"But what about all the times we spent together!" she cried.

Draco looked indifferent. "What about them? If you don't shut up, I'm going to throw this pancake at you," pointing to his syrup covered pancake.

Pansy paid no attention; instead she continued to talk dramatically, pausing to sniff every now and again. Blaise was getting a headache from listening to her whiney voice carrying on about some nonsense. After another minute, he couldn't handle it anymore. He grabbed Draco's semi eaten pancake, and hurled it across the table at the whining girl.

SMACK!

The entire Slytherin table silenced and stopped what they were doing. Even Crabbe and Goyle had stopped eating. Pansy was sitting there with a pancake stuck to her face. It slowly started sliding down, before it fell to the table with a soft thud. Crabbe started sniggering softly. Draco snorted, before joining in with Crabbe. Goyle then joined in on the sniggering. Draco snorted again and started howling with laughter, setting off the entire Slytherin table in hysterics. Blaise was laughing so hard he was crying. Pansy grabbed her piece of grapefruit, threw Blaise a glare and stormed off towards the dungeons.

Draco was still howling with laughter. Trying to calm himself down, he said to Blaise, "I was only joking about throwing my pancake at her you git!"

Blaise smirked. "I know, but I was just imagining how funny it would be to see Pansy with a pancake stuck to her face!" which set both boys off into another round of hysterics.

The bell sounded, which signalled the end of Charms. Draco and Blaise began to pack away their belongings and started walking to Arithmancy.

"So, are you going to go to this Halloween Party Draco?" Blaise queried.

Draco laughed. "I probably shouldn't, seeing as Pansy will scream and cry the whole time because I didn't take her… but yeah. I think I will. You?"

"Of course I'm going! I can't wait to see all the girls dressed up like Pansy," said Blaise, with a dreamy look on his face.

"Please take that back. Or rephrase that sentence to, 'I can't wait to see all the girls dressed up like sluts,'" Draco scoffed.

"You knew what I meant… Hey, do you reckon Granger will go?"

"I dunno… probably not. She takes her Head Girl duties very seriously. I quote, 'Malfoy, this is very important to me and if you fuck this up for me, I will personally chop your dick off,' end quote,"

Blaise laughed. "Didn't know she had such a dirty mouth! Or that she even knows what a dick is!"

Hermione and Ginny sat side by side at lunch time, discussing the Halloween Party quietly.

"So, I spoke to Dean earlier, and he said they are only inviting sixth and seventh years and there will be a magical jukebox and a punch," Ginny said while pouring herself a glass of pumpkin juice.

Hermione nodded while swallowing her mouthful of sandwich. "So is it open to anyone in sixth and seventh year? Or only those who really want to party?"

Ginny smiled. "I think you can answer that by yourself, can't you Mione?"

The girls finished lunch and walked into the Entrance Hall to wait for lunch to end. Pansy was sitting there with Millicent, gossiping, while Draco and Blaise were leaning against a pillar watching the scene unfold with amusement.

"So Granger, what are you dressing up as for this party? A nun?" Pansy snickered, while Millicent smirked.

"At least I actually have to dress up Parkinson," said Hermione smugly.

"Because all you have to do is go as yourself, a slutty schoolgirl," finished Ginny, tossing her hair over her shoulder.

Pansy's jaw dropped. She couldn't believe it. That was the second time that day someone had said that to her.

The bell rang loudly.

"Oh, and Parkinson? You might want to close your mouth – you look like a fish. Oh, and maybe you should shut your legs once in a while as well," Hermione called over her shoulder, as her and Ginny walked up the stairs heading for Ancient Runes and Transfiguration. Draco and Blaise started laughing loudly.

Pansy was seething. "The nerve of that useless Mudblood! Come on Millicent!"

Pansy and Millicent disappeared in the crowd that was filing out of the Great Hall. Draco and Blaise started up the stairs heading towards Ancient Runes, still laughing at Hermione's comeback. Once they reached the classroom, they found Hermione leaning against the wall absentmindedly playing with the hem of her skirt.

"Hey man, I never noticed before, but Granger has hot legs!" exclaimed Blaise to Draco.

Draco looked for himself. Granger did indeed have hot legs. They were long, tanned and slim with a small amount of muscle of them. Come to think of it, Granger was quite good looking. She'd probably be even better looking if she didn't scowl at him all the time.

"Nice legs Granger, but I bet they would look heaps better wrapped around me," smirked Draco.

Hermione snorted. "I highly doubt that Malfoy,"

"Really? Scared that I'm too much of a man for you to handle Granger?"

Hermione raised her eyebrows. "Malfoy, you're not enough of a man for me to handle, if you know what I mean. Now if you'll excuse me boys," and with that Hermione pushed past them and walked into the classroom.

Draco was shocked. He never thought he'd see the day when Granger used sexual insults. Her insults were always sharp, but this was different. Insulting his sexual abilities was pushing it. But for some fucked up reason, Draco sort of liked it!

Blaise was also shocked. "Mate, she totally just blew you off… and Merlin it was sexy,"

"I know! And it should frustrate me… but it sort of intrigues me, you know? It was as if she was asking me to prove myself to her!" Draco smirked. He would LOVE to prove himself to Granger.

Blaise snorted and started walking into the classroom. "I think you're reading too much into it mate!"

Draco shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah… maybe,"

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