A.N. Yea I know I'm a whore but I'll see you tonight...wear the red one you know I like...yea the lace and silk one...you know I'm talking to you Razi-Thanatos oh...and don't forget the...'toys' wink wink...lol...sorry about the late update but had a little get together and a sleepover and they practically stole every computer...sigh...so this chapter's longer. Hope you enjoy it.

This chapter is currently un-edited.

Chapter 5 - The Project

Hermione was trying to pay attention, really she was, but she couldn't help but worry. She was finally in her English Literature class but there was no sign of Harry. The door opened and Hermione looked up hoping it was Harry and was disappointed when instead of Harry, the guy he had been staring at all day walked in. Hermione couldn't blame her step-brother, she knew he was gay and this guy had it all. Standing at an impressive height of 6'1, which made him a whole 7 inches taller than her and Harry, he had the lightest blonde hair she'd ever seen and guarded gray eyes. Due to his (very expensive looking) muscle shirt, Hermione could see and count his seemingly rock hard 6 pack. All in all, this guy was drop dead gorgeous. His friend, Theodore, was just as gorgeous but this guy carried himself in a different way. Something about him was just...off. He walked in and nodded to the teacher, who pursed her lips but said nothing, and he sat down in the seat in front of Hermione. Tearing a page out of her notebook Hermione scribbled a quick note and checked to make sure Mrs. McGonagall wasn't watching before she threw the note onto his desk. Picking it up he turned to her and raised an eyebrow as if to ask 'What the hell do you think you're doing?' Hermione just motioned for him to open it and he did.

HG: How do you know Harry Potter?

DM: I don't believe that's any of your business. Who the hell are you and how the fuck do you know Harry?

HG: I'm his step-sister and why are you so damn rude?

DM: I don't like people prying into my goddamn business.

Hermione glared at the back of his head, imagining his perfect hair ablaze.

"Ok class. Now I'm responsible for announcing your English project for this year. You are all to work together to put on a school play. That means writing a script, painting the background, putting together some music, hosting auditions, creating costumes and so forth." She stopped to take in the shell shocked faces in her classroom before continuing. "The following students are in charge of the department."

Each student dreadfully listened as she called the names.

"Art - Draco Malfoy

Dance - Hermione Granger

Dramatics - Ginny Weasley

Hair and Make up - Lavender Brown

Costuming - Parvati Patil

Music - Harry Potter

Screenplay Writing - Sarah Jones"

"And also Blaise Zabini and Theodore Nott have been appointed Director and Assistant Director and Pansy Parkinson has been appointed Production Manager/ Coordinator. Now I'm going to be letting you all out early so you can get started. Use you time wisely."

Mrs. McGonagall exited the classroom and the students stared at each other in shock. Draco turned around in his chair to face Hermione.

"So, you're Granger?"

"Yeah. What's it to you?"

"Nothing, just that it seems we'll be spending a lot of time together from now on."

Hermione cursed under her breath.

"Ok guys listen up!!"

Hermione look around to see the rest of Theo's friends, the guy was standing on the teacher's desk and the girl was sitting on it, smiling as if she knew something everyone else didn't.

"The leaders for each department will meet today after school and the rest of you just try to come up with ideas for the time being."

"Where are we gonna meet?" Asked a girl seated at the back of the class with black, white and blonde hair and multiple piercings and tattoos.

Theodore's friends looked at each other before looking at the guy seated in front of Hermione. "Draco?"

Everyone looked at Draco who shook his head. "Dinner Party."

The girl seated on the desk had a pensive look on her face. It didn't look like it belonged there. She was tall and slender with long flowing black hair and light brown eyes and seemed to be the always perky type. It seemed everyone was waiting for her to decide something. Rolling her eyes Hermione took action. "We can meet at my place."

Everyone turned to look at her. The guy standing on the desk raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

Hermione sighed. "We can meet at my house this afternoon."

Draco looked at her for a while before nodding. "That's fine."

The moment he said it everyone started nodding and saying how great it would be. Shaking her head at the idioticy of it all, Hermione picked up her books and walked out the exact moment the bell rang.

"You cold?"

Hermione looked up to see Harry standing there with his hands in his pockets looking like a guilty little boy who'd been caught stealing out of the cookie jar before dinner.

"Where were you?"

Harry plopped down in the grass beside her and removing his jacket, he placed it around her shoulders. "I couldn't go."

"Why?"

Harry sighed and leaned against the giant oak tree that stood in the middle of school yard. "You remember that guy I was staring at early?"

"Draco?"

Harry didn't even wonder how Hermione knew his name. "Yeah him. We grew up together and he was my best friend for the longest time before he moved away. We lost contact and this is the first time I'm seeing him in five years. We had a bit of a run in before Lit. and I ran away."

"How comes?"

"It's because… I don't think I could face him after all the shit he helped me through and I definitely don't think I could trust myself around him."

"Maybe you just need to talk to him hon."

Harry sighed. "I know and I will...eventually."

Hermione rolled her eyes and laughed. "You heard about the English project?"

Harry groaned. "Yeah...Dean told me earlier. Are they trying to kill us or something?"

Chuckling Hermione shook her head before getting up and putting Harry's jacket properly. "Remember the pickups...ok Har?"

Harry got up also. "Yeah I remember." Kissing Hermione on the cheek he walked off.

"Hey Hermione."

Hermione smiled. "Hello Theodore."

Theo put his hands in his pockets, looking a little childish and shy. "I was wondering if I could give you a drive home or something."

Hermione rolled her eyes. "First of all, don't try to be someone else to impress me…just be yourself. Secondly, I'd love a drive home."

Theo had the decency to look sheepish before taking Hermione's books and leading her to his car.

"This is my home." Hermione threw her arms out and spun in a little circle while showing her classmates the entrance hall of the Evans-Granger residence.

"Who else do you live with?" Blaise Zabini (whose name Hermione had learnt on the drive here) asked looking around uninterestedly at the tasteful yet simple decor.

Hermione shrugged Harry's jacket off and threw it over the banister. "My step-brother Harry, my dad and his mom."

Ginny looked at her in shock. "This huge house for only 4 people?"

Hermione laughed. "I know it seems over the top but it works out." Walking into the living room and plopping into one of the softest armchairs she motioned for everyone to take a seat. "So any ideas?"

Sarah Jones, with her multiple hair colours, piercings and tattoos looked quite out of place against the pale colour of the walls. Taking her own sweet time to look around she didn't seem to hear Hermione's question. Hermione opened her mouth to ask again but was cut off.

"I think we should base it on real life. Something we can all connect with and something we'll all be quite passionate about so it comes off as something we really cared about."

Silence reigned over the entire group as they each thought about what Sarah had said. The silence seemed to stretch on forever and was only broken when Harry walked in.

"So what are we working on now?"

Pansy leaned forward, rested her head in her hands and replied "We decided to base it off real life."

Harry sighed. "If you're talking about real life then throw in some peer pressure, teen angst and all that."

"You can't just throw things together and expect a perfect result...as a composer you should know that."

Harry gazed into Draco's beautiful eyes. "I'm sorry for sounding so incompetent by being so vague. I meant that we need something to create this play around. It's not going to be easy but we can do it."

Draco smiled warmly at Harry and had to cough to hide a chuckle as Harry blushed. "He's right. I think Sarah, Ginny and Hermione and the rest of students in their departments can work out the script and actions. My department can only work on the scenery if the script's done. Then we'll add some music and make the costumes and host auditions. As Harry said, we can do it."

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