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Endings and Beginnings

"Well the reason is because," he looked at her. Hermoine stood watching him, her small hand on his chest. He wanted this.

"Hermoine!" yelled a familiar voice. "What are you doing with him? Draco Malfoy"

Draco and Hermoine sighed. "I just found Ginny crying, saying that you had yelled at her for nothing."

"Ron, you don't understand. I didn't yell at Ginny for any reason. She was out of the common room and behaving inappropriately." Ron stared at her fuming. She stared back just as fiercely.

'She was behaving inappropriately, with Malfoy and I just nearly forgave him. Am I that much of an idiot to fall for it again? NO, I'm better than that. I don't want to know. I don't want him. Not after what I just saw. No!"

Draco coughed loudly, bringing Hermoine out of her thoughts. Ron still stood in front, Malfoy behind her. She swivelled on her heel.

"Tell Ron, what you did Malfoy." She hissed. "Tell him, what I saw. TELL HIM" She yelled at him. He just looked at Ron and shrugged. Hermoine watching amazed, her eyes watering.

"You smug cowardly bastard. Just like your fucking father." She yelled.

"You don't even know what happen, she came on to me. I was trying to find you. To answer your question and I got caught in the moment. And don't you dare tell me I'm like my father you don't even know him." He said coldly. Ron stormed towards him.

"Don't know you father. I know enough to know you are just like your father. A rude, manipulative hateful man, that's what you are Malfoy and you disgust me." She spat. Ron pasted her fuming.

"You touched my sister you arrogant fuck. How dare you!" Ron roared. He reached for his wand. Malfoy just smirked.

"Ronald, don't you even think about it. Go back to the common room. NOW!" Hermoine said stepping in between Draco and Ron. Draco smiled behind her back, annoying Ron even further. Ron stepped forward once more, to find Hermoine wand in his gut.

"Step back, Ron. I want miss if I hex you and if I do I'll curse you into next week." She hissed into his ear. Ron stepped back startled, unbelieving the threat which had just left Hermoine's mouth.

"Why are you protecting him? Obviously he has hurt you as well." He spoke softly, touching her shoulder. She looked at him, eyes watered. She stepped back away from him. Draco stood silently watching the two.

"I'm not protecting that pathetic ferret behind me. I'm protecting you. Now leave, I'll be fine, I can deal with him." Ron nodded understanding her words. He noticed the tension between Hermoine and Draco, there was something there that he didn't want to dwell on or even know about. It pained him too much. Ron turned slowly and began walking away.

Draco watched him round the corner and then turned his attention back to Hermoine. She just stood there, looking at him. Her normal bright green eyes looked dead and empty. His smile faded, her reached out for her, wanting to ease the pain he had caused. She edged away from him.

"Don't touch me again. Don't touch me with those filthy hands again, you arrogant bastard. Let them go. Just let them go. You don't understand do you? You never understood! Please just let them go." She screamed at him, before beginning to hit him. Draco stood stunned unable to get what she was talking about. He grabbed her wrists, restraining her from hitting him.

"What are you talking about? I haven't got anyone. Hermoine tell me what's bothering you, please?" he said softly, still holding her wrists. She looked at him, stunned.

"Let go of me," she said coldly, He shook his head.

"Not until you tell me what that was about."

"No. Let go of me." She yelled at him. Pulling her wrists towards trying to get out of his grip. He only just tightened his grip. She strained against him, pushing and pulling. She stopped, tired. She looked at him, before smirking. He smirked back. In one swift motion, her leg came up and she kneed him in the balls.

Draco groaned in pain, letting go of her wrists and bending over. She looked at him pathetically.

"Touch me again or tell anyone what you heard and you won't have any balls to kick." She threatened. He looked up at her, eyes watered. Hermoine sidestepped him and walked away.

Hermoine sat down at the Gryffindor table the next morning to a tired Ginny, an upset Ron and a confused Harry.

"Morning." Saying a little too cheery than usual. She glared at Ginny quickly before the others noticed. Ginny did though and put her head down low. If Hermoine had spent any more time looking at her, she would have noticed at small smile form on her face. Yet, thankfully for Ginny no one noticed.

"Morning Hermoine, sleep well?" Harry asked, he grabbed two pieces of toast and began buttering them.

"Well actually I slept well. I got a lot resolved last night." She replied, her eyes wandered to the Slytherin table, looking for Malfoy. He sat surrounded by his usual party (Pansy, Goyle, Crabbe and Blaise) and seemed to be in deep conversation with Blaise. She noted this but thought nothing more of it. Hermoine grabbed a blueberry muffin and began to eat.

"What do we have first today?" Hermoine asked crumbs flying from her mouth. Harry was the only one that looked up to her question.

"Hermoine. I would have thought at least your parents would have told you not to eat with you mouth full," Harry said as he wiped his robes from the crumbs that now lay there. "I also thought you would know."

"Oh I don't know, I slept in late and are still functioning on the bare essentials." She said grabbing the coffee pot and filling her cup before adding sugar and milk. She took a huge gulp.

"When you start drinking coffee?" Ron asked, finally speaking.

"Since the summer, had some late nights you see." She said, mentally cringing. "I was in the muggle library near my house." They all nodded, now understanding.

"Well I know we have double DADA." Ron said.

"Don't we have a new teacher? Since like Snape has disappeared." Harry said with a smile on his face. They all quietened at this comment. Severus Snape had disappeared at the end of the last year. Leaving no clue on finding him. Dumbledore had refused to talk to the Ministry about it. Only saying he didn't know were he was and that was all he could tell them.

"I haven't seen her yet. I hear it is a woman." Hermoine said breaking the silence. Harry cringed, remembering his last female DADA teacher, Dolores Umbridge. He stared at his hand the scars still remained. Hermoine put her hand over his.

"Don't think about it Harry. Dolores was a complete bitch." She whispered

Draco watched Hermoine as she placed her hand over Harry's. She leaned closer whispering in his ear.

'What is she doing? To fucking saint Potter? Jumping down my throat about kissing Ginny and there she is making a move on him, right in front of her. What a hypocrite. She doesn't even know what happened. Ginny came on to me..ginny came on to me." He thought suddenly, he looked at Ginny now. She was talking to Neville. ´Why had Ginny kissed me? She came out of now where. Why would she? What was her motive? She couldn't be attracted to me. I wouldn't even care if she did. She asked about Hermoine. Yes, she asked about Hermoine. Where's Hermoine Malfoy, isn't she suppose to be to patrolling around here? She had known. But why? Why did she want to get caught?' Draco was brought out of his thought by a shove from Blaise.

"Draco we have double DADA. Hurry the fuck up or we are going to late again." He said getting up from the table.

"Why do you care? We are always late?" he asked.

"I don't normally care but I'm to tired to scar some Gryffindor out of the seats at the back." He replied.

"Good point." He said getting up. They exited the Great Hall slowly but faster than usual.

Harry, Ron, Neville and Hermoine stood outside their DADA room, waiting for the door to open.

Draco, Blaise and Pansy stood down further to them. Pansy giggled and nudged Draco. He just smirked. Hermoine rolled her eyes at them. Turned back to her friends.

"I'm sure we are going to bet Ravenclaw this weekend. It would be hard not to." Harry said to Neville and Ron who nodded in agreement. Hermoine sighed and lent against the wall next to them. She closed her eyes and breathed in deeply.

"Hermoine, it's time to go in." Ron said touching her shoulder lightly. She opened her eyes slowly and nodded. Ron waited till she started moving and followed her into class. She sat in between Harry and Ron, third row from the back, four from the front, in the middle. She always liked this sit. The one thing that pissed her off the most was that Malfoy was sitting behind. Hermoine didn't understand why he hadn't sat at the back but she didn't think about it long. The new DADA teacher walked in.

She had long blonde hair pulled back, into a simple ponytail, neatly in the middle of her head. She wore beautiful teal robes, with a silver lining. It had short sleeves, showing off her arms and had a Chinese like collar. Moving silver butterflies flew over the bottom of the robe. She wore reading glasses around her neck. Her eyes were a pale green with darker specks, her face was thin but not long. Her nose was pointed but not pointy, her lips a nice shade of red. She was quite a beauty in Hermoine's eyes.

"Welcome, young scholars. I am your new Defence Against the Dark Arts Teacher. You may call me," She paused as she wrote her name swiftly and neatly on the board. "Professor La'Brooy" she said finally with her thick French. "Any questions?"

AN: Well that's it. I can't think of what to write here. I normally ramble for a while don't I: P. Well I hope you like. I'm not to excited about it, a transition chap I reckon. Review I love hearing feedback. Special thanks to Supernatural Girl, SelfHatred, dracoshott28, who have said some nice words. That keep me writing.

Im out..till next chap

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