A/N: Hey everyone, I'm back after my two month absence which I can't really account for since I didn't really do anything productive. Anyway, here's another chapter to this story and I hope you guys enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of its characters although I am about to own the seventh book which I had to wait to get since it was sold out in the book stores.

Chapter 3: A Very Unpleasant Malfoy Related Discovery!

A couple of days passed after that unpleasant encounter with Malfoy and to my surprise and happiness, I found that the boy I came to know as the pale faced ferret ignored me just as much as I did him.

It was very pleasant.

Pleasant in the sense that I didn't constantly have to be on guard trying to think of the next retort because quite frankly, there was too much ignoring going on for me to worry about verbal matches.

However one day, the perfectly composed wall Malfoy and I built for each other would start to crumble pulling the carefully placed bricks down one by one.

I suppose now that I think about it, it was all McGonagall's fault for changing the number of the night watch prefects to two because of constant attacks on the aforementioned prefects by first years.

Now if you ask me, it's quite sad that prefects were getting pummeled to a pulp by first years and I'm not even sure I want to know how that works. However, it seems that because of the war, the first years had up the ante on their defensive spells and it was starting to show at the expense of the prefects.

What I did know wouldn't work out was Malfoy and I paired together on night watch duty and that's exactly what I told Professor McGonagall when she suggested it when Malfoy and I were discussing Head duties with her.

"But professor" I said in my most pleasant voice. "Do you really think it wise I work with Malfoy on this? Wouldn't it be better if you split us up so that we're both at opposite ends of the castle so if anything were to happen, we wouldn't just be bunched in one place?" I finished frantically, desperately trying to find a way out of this unfortunate situation.

However, Professor McGonagall didn't see it my way and her next words almost had me ready to strangle Malfoy and his sad existence.

"Better for who Ms. Granger?" she asked rather sternly "You? Just because you and Mr. Malfoy don't get along does not mean I have to start accommodating you in avoiding each other." She added.

I was about to mentally slap myself at being told off by a teacher before I was cut off by McGonagall who continued scolding me.

"Now as I said, you will both be on night watch duty together on the East Wing of the castle while two prefects cover the west wing. Am I understood?" She finished.

"Yes Professor McGonagall" Malfoy and I recited in unison which had to be the first thing we ever did together.

"Good" the professor replied "Now off you go" she continued while dismissing us.

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As soon as Malfoy and I walked out of the headmistress' office, I quickly turned around to place my gaze on Malfoy and warn him about any funny business he might think of pulling except when I turned, Malfoy was already gone.

Shocked at how he had disappeared from my rear so fast, I looked around only to see Malfoy half way down the hall and leaving me-his partner- alone and vulnerable to any attacks aimed at me from roaming students.

"Malfoy" I called after him while trying to catch up to him.

The boy was quite tall and due to that, he had long legs which were the source of the growing space between us.

"Malfoy!" I called again, louder this time while almost reaching him.

"I know you can hear me because you're not deaf. However, if you would like that, I assure you that with just a wave of my wand in a counter clockwise motion and some incantations and your sense of sound will be-"

"What do you want Granger" Malfoy spun around and cut me off when I had reached him.

"Now there's the last name calling ferret I know and dislike." I replied him rather than answering his question.

A look of annoyance and pure hatred flashed on his face and he wasn't exactly making it discreet either.

He let out a long sigh and twisted the corners of his mouth before opening it and said "I'll ask you again Granger, what do you want?"

He made yet another disgusting face after that comment but I was unfazed.

Instead, I gave a horrendous (or what I hope was) look of my own and said in the falsest sweet voice I could muster which wasn't that much of a change and replied "Oh nothing Malfoy. I was just going to warn you and tell you not to pull any of your ferret level antics. Knowing you for the past six years- however painful it might have been has taught me never to underestimate you, so before you pull any crap, I'm here to simply tell you-DON'T!"

There was a silence following my speech in which we both stared daggers at each other but of course Malfoy just had to break it.

"If I didn't know better Granger, I'd say that underneath that weak threat is a compliment but then I don't need your lame excuse of an ego boost. I already know what I'm capable of without you having to tell me. Now if you're done with your empty threats, I would like to get back to the task at hand which I'm surprised you don't find important" he paused here before continuing "or has last year's, battle shaken you up that much?"

"I-" I was replying but was cut off again by him.

"Granger, I have no intention of standing here arguing with you all night so would you for once keep your know-it-all mouth shut." And with that he left, walking away in those long strides of his.

At first I had a mind to go after him and retort back but then I would just be stooping to his level and that wasn't what a Head Girl would do and so I braced myself and shook any spell I had a mind in throwing him and just followed in his footsteps and walked to the East Wing to start my night watch duty with him.

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When I got to the East Wing of the castle, Malfoy wasn't there or rather I didn't see him at first.

Now that I thought about it, we never really agreed on a place to meet- not that we would have had the chance since we were quarrelling so much- but still this just proved to be an obstacle. How was I supposed to watch the entire East Wing by myself?

I mean sure, I'm a skilled witch but that doesn't mean that if there were a battle between me and fifty or so students, I would win. I would need the help of at least another student and that student was proving hard to find at that very moment.

I now found myself searching for Malfoy instead of keeping guard and I was not happy with it. I started to search every floor and classroom looking for the blonde ferret but every attempt came up short.

I now made my way out from yet another classroom on the second floor that Malfoy wasn't in and walked down the hall to keep searching.

It didn't even occur to me that while searching for Malfoy, I was still looking through the classrooms which was my duty but was rather intent on finding the pure blood pompous bastard and scold him for making me go through all this trouble.

It was when I was nearing the end of the hallway of the second floor that I heard a noise coming from the last classroom. I really didn't want to be the one to check the classroom but found my curiosity getting the better of me.

I slowly walked to the classroom so the occupants would not hear me and pressed my ear against the door.

What I heard would not leave my mind until some time after due to my disgust of it.

It was a moan.

Not just any moan.

It was a girl moaning someone's name.

Not just any someone.

But a rich, pompous, pure blooded, ferret faced someone.

It was a girl moaning Draco Malfoy's name.

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Well that's it for now. I continued writing but thought it would be better to leave it off here at what seems to be somewhat of a cliff hanger. Any I should get the next chapter up really soon since I'm almost done with it so you won't have to wait long for that. Anyway review if you wish.