Perviously on Aderaline Rush,

Was he looking for her approval? Then like seeing light for the first time, he realized that he was. He craved her approval..

"Oh, bloody hell." He whispered. He really was looking for trouble....

Chapter Four:Dumbledore's Annoncement

After a long day of playing Qudditch with Harry, Ron, and Ginny, all Hermione wanted to do was get something in her stomach and go to sleep. Hermione sat at the feast across from Harry and Ron, Ginny sat beside her. They were looking at her as if they were trying to figure her out, it was really creepy.

"Hermione, you should go out for the Qudditch team." Harry commented. Hermione looked at him. Before Hermione could answer her best friend, Dumbledore stood up. Out of respect the whole Great Hall fell silent.

"I have an annoncement to make." Dumbledore started. "I have noticed that prefects are patrolling with each other.." He gave a pointed look to Hermione and Draco. They looked sheepish and guilty at the same time. 'Is there nothing that escapes him?' Hermione wondered. "And I have formed an idea, just to see how this will work. I have decided that Syltherin and Gryiffindor prefects will have their own dorm. As well as Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw prefects." Everyone looked at each other uneasily, especially the Gryiffindors and Slytherins. "In each dorm, their is a potrait connecting you're common room with the dorm. Now, a password designed only for you to know is what will unlock it." Hermione and Draco's eyes met. Hermione quickly looked away. "McGonagall and I will lead you to the dorms now. Gryiffindor prefects, Slytherin prefects follow me. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw prefects follow McGonagall." Dumbledore stood. Hermione, Ron, and Draco followed. Draco had to pull Pansy up. Hermione didn't care about sharing a common room with Ron, after all she'd done it on a daily bases for the last four years. What was stopping her now? It was sharing one with tow Slytherins she was nervous about. When they reached the door that they supposed was their common room door, Dumbledore turned to them. "I know that you four don't exactly get along." Pansy scoffed, Hermione shot her a glare. She shut up. "But for the sake of your school and your houses. Try. In other words, don't kill each other.." Dumbledore told us the password. "Oh one more thing, ladies." Pansy and I hung back. "You will be sharing a dormitry together. 'God, does he wants her to kill me in my sleep?!' Hermione thought.

"WHAT!" Hermione and Pansy yelled at the same time. The boys came running down the stairs.

"You two will be sharing a dorm together, as well as Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy will." He said. Draco and Ron looked at each other. Both paled dramatically.

"It's not the end of the world." Hermione whispered. Pansy looked at her.

"That's easy for you to say." Pansy said.

"It's not. I'm not going to kill you. Or bite you. I'm probably not even going to touch you. It's not like being a muggleborn is contagious. You should be fine, Pureblood princess." Hermione said. Pansy, Draco, Ron, and Dumbledore looked at her. Dumbledore smiled.

"Miss Granger, are you up to being the peacemaker?" He asked her.

"If that's what it takes to get some peace and quiet. If I have to I'll make Ron and Draco sleep with their door open." She said. Pansy started laughing, their attention turned to her bewildered.

"Sorry, it's just, she made it sound as thought they were lovers you know? And the parent's needed to watch them all the time?" At that statement, Pansy and Hermione started laughing. Draco and Ron glared at them, then looked at one another and shuddered. Dumbledore smiled and left the room after telling Ron and Draco the passwords to their dorms in private, then adding for them to tell the girls as well. Ron and Draco nodded. They refused to look at one another, sure they would throw up if they did. Hermione and Pansy's laughter died done.

"Your alright, Granger." Pansy said, hitting her on shoulder.

"You too, Parkinson." Hermione said walking up to the boys. Hermione smiled at them. "Alright now, lover-boys, what's the passwords?" She asked. Pansy chuckled and walked up to them. Ron and Draco glared. Hermione just smiled. Ron grabbed Hermione by the arm and pulled her out of their ear reach and told her the passwords, Draco did the same with Pansy.

Draco couldn't believe that he was going to have to live in a dorm with Hermione, Ron, and Pansy. Ron and Pansy were his living hell, Granger he couldn't deal with. But those two.. Not long after Weasley had drug Granger away from them, they heard a loud smack. Draco and Pansy looked over to see Hermione walking down the stairs.

"What was all that about?" Pansy asked her, scooting over when Ron came back down, they noticed the huge red mark on the side of his face.

"I don't like being manhandled." She said, "Well..not by him." Pansy started laughing. All Draco and Ron could do was stare in shock.

"I don't think Dumbledore is going to have to worry about us trying to tell each other, I think he's going to have to worry about Weasley and Hermione killing one another." Pansy stated. Draco nodded as an answer. Ron was looking at Hermione, well looking is a light word, he was glaring at her. Hermione just smiled sweetly at him. Ron muttered something about her fitting in well with the Syltherins. Hermione laughed. Draco basked in the sound. 'God, I'm turning into a pussy.' He thought as he watched Hermione's eyes light up as she laughed. 'I need to get away from these girls.' His eyes locked on the chess board. Then Draco looked at Weasley..If Draco remembered correctly the one thing Weasley was great at it was chess.

"Hey Weasley." Draco said. "Fancy a game of chess?" He asked him. His eyes were challenging.

"Your own." Wealsey said.

"Oh no!" Pansy sighed.

"It's the battle of male testarone!" Hermione yelled.

"Run away!" Pansy said. They burst out laughing. Draco and Ron looked at one another. 'This is going to be an interesting year.' Ron and Draco thought. 'Good thing Dumbledore gave us the password to the common room..' Draco thought. 'Because I'm seriously going to turn into a sap eventually. If Weasley and I can't get away from these girls every once and while..well, I don't want to think about it.' Draco thought. Then cussed as another one of his bishops was taken out by Weasley's bishop.

Hermoine was finding it hard to believe that Pansy and her were acutally getting along. 'Maybe I'll get to live after all.' She thought. She watched as Draco and Ron battled it out on the chess board.

"Hermione!" Pansy said. Sliding down on the couch next to her armchair, she turned her attention to Pansy. "I've noticed that I don't know you." Hermione snorted. Pansy looked at her. "So, we'll start by simple questions that friends should know about each other." Hermione looked at her. Were they friends? She'd like to think that they were getting there.

"What kind of questions?" She asked, wary. The last time she did something like this it was at a slumber party at a muggle girl's house. The questions asked soon got uncomfortable.

"Well, what's kind of guy is your type?" She asked. She heard Draco cuss again. Hermione couldn't stop the laugh.

"Aww, is poor Draco losing?" She questioned, teasing. Draco flashed her the finger. Hermione laughed.

"Well, now." Pansy said. Her eyes going between Draco and Hermione. "What just went on there?" She asked.

"Ah, we have to make an effort to be friends, right?" Hermione said. "Dumbledore doesn't expect any of us to start shagging one another's brains out..I hope to god that I'm right about that thought.." She said. Pansy was looking at her in shock. Draco was laughing. Ron was staring at her open mouthed. "What?" Hermione faked innonece. Ron shook his head. Draco just laughed harder. Pansy seemed to come out her shock.

"I never thought that I'd see a day when Hermione Granger let loose.." Pansy said. She looked at Draco as if asking for conformination at what she'd just heard.

"I'd known for awhile now that Hermione was like that." He said, still laughing. "She proved it to me the night Ron was off shagging Lavender Brown and left her for patrols. She has quite the mouth on her too." Hermione glared at Draco.

"Watch it, Malfoy." She said.

"What what?" He asked her. Ron and Pansy were watching their exchange. They caught the way Draco's eyes seemed to tinkle with mischeif and how Hermione's eyes seemed to mirror it.

"Watch my fist." She said. Draco leaned back in the chair.

"You won't hurt me." Draco said. Hermione laughed.

"Well, I did knock you a good one in third year..what's stopping me from doing it again?" She asked him. Draco looked at her.

"You won't hit me again." He stated. Pansy and Ron were watching silently. Hermione stood up and walked over to Draco and leaned across the chess table, looking Draco directly in the eyes.

"Really now?" She asked him. Draco squashed the feelings that bubbled to the surface at seeing her just an arms reach away. He accepted her challenge and leaned in closer.

"Really." He said in the same tone she did. Hermione smiled slowly. Draco realized with shock that Hermoine's smirk could revail his own.

"So the game's begin." She told him, before turning on her heel and walking out. 'Was I really just flirting with Draco Malfoy?' She wondered as she walked toward the dorm that Pansy and her were to share.

'Was she really just flirting with me?' Draco wondered. He looked at the shocked Pansy and Ron and asked them, "You did see that right?" They nodded slowly. Draco shook his head. 'Never in a million years did I suspect Hermione Granger to flirt..' He thought as he stood up and walked into the dorm leaving a very confused and shocked Ron and Pansy behind.