Hello people who may be reading! Here is another chapter! Just a note *everyone who died in the 7th book -didn't die! They're all back! Everyone previous to the 7th book however is still dead! 4th chapter is already done but I refuse to put it up unless someone else reviews! Thankyou

Chapter 3

Hermione sighed looking around her. The Great Hall truly had been returned to its former glory, and the mix of the familiar surroundings and sound of her friends laughing was almost enough to make her forget her predicament about sharing a room with a particular Slytherin -almost. She sighed again. She had barely managed to survive a train journey with him, how was she suppose to survive an entire year living with him for Merlins Sake?

After the sorting had ended McGonagall called the students to attention. After the usual warnings about the forbidden forest and so forth she announced the new Heads. After a pause of shock when Blaise was announced as the new head boy the Slytherin table broke into loud applause and cheers slowly followed by the polite applause of the other houses (though Hermione noted quite a few girls cheering enthusiastically from each of the tables). An even louder burst of cheering and applause erupted from the Gryffindor table when Hermione's name was called, quickly joined by the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tables. She blushed slightly but sat up confidently, smiling proudly.

Draco watched her. Her eyes shone with happiness and her face had flushed with excitement. Her skin looked so creamy and smooth, her hair soft and luscious. He sighed looking down at his plate only just realizing that the food had appeared. Half heartedly pushing around some vegetables he found he had lost his appetite. Frowning at Crabbe and Goyle's disgusting table manners he looked up once again at Granger. She really did look very pretty. Draco groaned dropping his head into his hands.

"What is it Drakie?" Pansy whined in his ear. Draco resisted the urge to throw up.

"I'm just tired." He growled hoping she would notice the warning in his tone and leave him alone.

"Do you want to go to bed?" Pansy whispered in what he assumed was supposed to be a seductive voice.

"Yes. Good idea." Draco said jumping up from the table, eager to escape both the sight of Grangers pretty face and Pansy's unwanted attention. Pansy quickly got to her feet as well looking eager but Draco put a hand on her shoulder stopping her.

"I'm tired Pansy." He repeated in a more forceful tone. Pansy sat back down looking disappointed. Blaise raised an eyebrow at him which Draco promptly ignored, practically running out of the Great Hall and heading for the dungeons.

'You just need to get away from her for a bit. It's probably just an illusion and when you see her tomorrow she'll go back to looking exactly as you remember.' He told himself firmly. Draco smiled 'It's just as well I didn't get Head Boy. I'd have to have shared a bathroom and common room with her. In fact, I really won't see her this year. I certainly won't have to talk to her. I could easily avoid her. Yes, I'll just avoid her till I've sorted out how I feel about her and her pretty face and then I can go back to hating her…' Draco, feeling immensely relieved to have this sorted out, sped up. He was almost at the common room when

BAM!

Draco was thrown backwards a couple of feet from the force of what he assumed to be an explosion. Coughing from the dust that had filled the air he tried to blink through the darkness. All he saw was a flash of red hair before he blacked out.

Hermione faked a smile as she farewelled her friends outside the Great Hall. Oh how she longed to go with them. With a sigh, she turned achingly slowly around to face Blaise and McGonagall. Having decided it best to avoid Blaise like the a blast-ended skrewet she stayed close to McGonagall her eyes fixed on the ground the entire way to the heads dormitories. She found it easier to lose herself in her thoughts than she'd hoped it would be. After all tomorrow would be her first proper day as Head Girl and she had to mentally go through everything she had to do to prepare. Before she knew it they'd arrived at a large painting of the four founders of Hogwarts. McGonagall gestured to the painting speaking to both of them.

"Choose a password, then you may go inside where you'll find 2 bedrooms, a bathroom and a common room. You'll need to get a good sleep as by the end of breakfast all the time tables needed to have been handed out and I expect to see you both up bright and early tomorrow. Do I make myself clear?"

They both nodded and McGonagall quickly departed leaving them alone. Hermione turned with dread to meet Blaise's face. Just as she'd expected he was grinning at her slightly mockingly. Hermione tried not to grimace as he opened his mouth to speak and was quite surprised to hear a female voice come out instead.

"Hermione! Come quick!" Ginny was running towards them at full speed and Hermione was so relieved for the interruption she could have kissed her.

"What is it Ginny?" Hermione asked trying to sound politely concerned and not positively delighted.

"It's Fred and George. They've blown up the Slytherin Dormitories and Common room!"

"What?" Hermione and Blaise shouted at the same time.

"What the hell were they thinking…"

"Why does everyone attack Slytherin's?..."

"…Does the Headmistress know about this…"

"…I mean we're not bad people…"

"I can't believe they would do this! I mean, I know they're pranksters but I didn't think they would go this far…"

"…We're actually pretty cool. Hot, talented, hot, sporty, hot, sly…did I mention hot?"

"…This is a disaster! Is anyone hurt?"

"…This might actually be kind of handy. I wonder if they managed to blow up Crabbe and Goyle while they were at it…"

"This will throw everything totally off schedule! And where are we going to put all the Slytherin's?"

"…Actually Pansy and Millicent would have been better, maybe they got all of them…"

"STOP!" Ginny bellowed! They both turned to look at her. Blaise looked thoughtful, Hermione looked anxious, Ginny looked exasperated. She turned to Hermione.

"I have no idea what they were thinking. Yes the headmistress is being informed this very moment. I was shocked they went this far too. Someone is hurt and has been taken to hospital. Screw the schedule and I have no idea!" She yelled finishing with a dramatic gesture to the sky. Blaise looked stunned, Hermione looked worried.

"That was kind a hot…" Ginny glared at him but Hermione was sure she caught a glimmer of pleasure in those gorgeous blue eyes. Hermione smacked Blaise's arm and started to head to the headmistresses office dragging Ginny with her.

"Who's hurt?" She asked crisply.

"Oh no one important…Draco Malfoy."Hermione stopped in her tracks turning to Ginny. She couldn't understand the sudden feeling of concern that came over her at hearing this.

"Badly?" She inquired.

"Nothing Madam Pomfrey can't fix." Ginny replied giving Hermione an odd look. Hermione resumed her pace and before they knew it they were there.

No! No! No! This could not be happening. Draco had awoken in the hospital wing to find Blaise beside his bed with some horrifying news. The Weasley twins had planned to blow up Snapes office whilst everyone had been eating but had accidentally blown up the entire Slytherin common room -dormitories included. The Gryffindor common room was the biggest in the school and had the most dormitories so everyone in Slytherin had been forced to relocate there till further notice. Which is why Draco now found himself leaning stiffly against the red and gold wall, trying to maintain his cool whilst inwardly panicking.

'So much for avoiding her' Draco thought darkly. Granger and Blaise had been asked to supervise and keep the peace in the tower for a couple of weeks until everyone had calmed down. Draco glanced over at Blaise who was draped across the couch in front of the fire chatting up a pretty Gryffindor girl, looking very relaxed. Granger on the other hand was standing on the opposite side of the room to where Draco stood looking anxious. Her dark eyes flitted around the room as though she expected a fight to break out at any moment. Draco didn't blame her. Apart from Blaise and his new victim everyone was so on edge that the tension had escalated to the point where you could probably cut it with a knife.

Quickly assessing the room Hermione's mind started going into overdrive and she began to panic. Swallowing hard she gave her head a firm shake and focused on the ground while she tried to control her emotions. 'Okay get a grip Hermione. Let's assess: Tension, High. Communication, Low. Comfort, none. First years, petrified. Great start.' She hissed in frustration looking around. Her frantic eyes met Draco's cold grey gaze. He raised an eyebrow silently, challenging her to break the silence. Hermione jerked her head away and instead searched for Blaise.

Draco sighed lowering his gaze to his shoe. He had actually hoped she'd do something…anything. Break into song, throw a chair threw the window, start shooting spells at first years…ANYTHING!

"This is awwwwwwful" Pansy complained in his ear. For once Draco agreed with her though probably not for the same reason…

Just when Draco thought that he would be suffocated by the tension Blaise climbed to his feet grinning broadly at everyone in general.

"Well I'm going to bed." He announced loudly. Every set of eyes shot to him as Blaise strolled over to a couple of first years.

"I'd be going to bed as well if I were you." He told them in a serious voice. "Big day tomorrow; timetables arrive, teachers get grumpy and if you're not careful you'll get eaten by one of the trolls." The first years jumped looking frightened and all scurried off to bed.

Looking satisfied Blaise quickly made his way over to the staircase that led to the dormitories and disappeared. More and more students quickly began to follow him eager to escape the awkwardness. Draco was most relieved to find that though he was sharing a tower with Gryffindor's he wasn't sharing a dormitory with any.

"Hey Drake?" Came Blaise's muffled voice from one of the beds. Merlin he changed fast.

"Yeah?"

"Can you help me hand out timetables tomorrow at breakfast? I'll do Ravenclaw if you do Slytherin…"

"Sure Mate."Draco sighed falling onto one of the beds. He couldn't remember the last time he'd been so tired. Crawling under the blankets Draco turned onto his side and quickly drifted off into sleep.