I didn't think I had ever been happier that summer holiday had finished that when the summer going into second year came to a close. The transition from the wizarding world back to the muggle world was even more shocking and disappointing than it had been at Christmas due to the longer time away from the wizarding world. Not that I didn't have a fun holiday, I did, but I found myself counting down the days until I would be boarding the Hogwarts Express again and going back to the new world I belonged in. The holiday was filled to the brim with boring muggle outings and seeing some of my old muggle friends from before I went to Hogwarts, and was overall very… Muggle. Of course, there were magical bits, owls delivering letters from my friends, most of the letters coming from Daphne and Draco, a few from Pansy, Millicent and Hermione, and unsurprisingly, none from Harry, Ron, or any of my other Slytherin housemates.

I had insisted that me and my mum went to Diagon Alley earlier than when I knew my friends would be going so that we could get all of my books without any worry that we would be seen. I made sure to say a proper goodbye to my mum at home before we left for King's Cross Station and only gave her a quick hug and kiss on the cheek before getting on the train and going to find the carriage where my Slytherin classmates were. All of us were quick to catch up with one another and I felt a sense of a relief knowing that I would be back in the world that I truly belonged in.

Watching the sorting ceremony as a second year wasn't nearly as interesting as it was last year when we were the ones being put into our houses. The feast was incredible, and I didn't realize how much I missed the food at Hogwarts until we dug into the wide array of food in front of us. It was easy to fall back into the routine of classes and I found myself excited at the idea of the school work that would be assigned to us throughout the year.

"God, if there's one thing I didn't miss about Hogwarts, it's Herbology." Draco grumbled as we walked into the greenhouse.

"Oh, come off it, Draco." I sighed. "Could you avoid complaining for one day?"

He glared at me but said nothing. I smirked back at him and he broke eye contact, scowling and pouting as we stood at the long row of tables and waited for the class to start. I didn't realize how much I had missed being around Draco, and Daphne, until I got to be around them again. The three of us had planned to go to our area of the library that night to get started on the work that we had already been assigned.

"Good morning class!" Professor Sprout greeted us with a warm smile.

Goyle tried to take his place beside Draco, practically pushing me out of the way, but I elbowed him in the stomach and glared at him until he moved back to where he was originally.

"Today we are going to re-pot Mandrakes. Who here can tell me the properties of the Mandrake root?"

"Bet Hermione can." I whispered to Draco right as her hand shot up in the air. He snickered and rolled his eyes at me as she repeated the textbook version of the properties of Mandrake roots word for word. I had only seen Hermione once over the summer and it had been a little awkward since how things ended last year, and we didn't speak much through letters either.

We were told and shown how to safely re-pot the Mandrakes, not without Neville Longbottom from Gryffindor passing out unnecessarily first, before we did it ourselves. Draco, being the genius he was, stuck his finger in the Mandrake's mouth and git bit, causing me and my Slytherin housemates to laugh at his misfortune.

After class, we all made our way towards the Great Hall for lunch and sit at the end of the Slytherin table.

"Did you hear about what happened with Potter and Weasley?" Daphne asked us as she grabbed another sandwich and placed it on her plate.

"It hasn't even been a full day back, what could they have possibly done?" Pansy scoffed, giving Daphne a skeptical look.

Daphne opened her mouth to continue but a massive smile took over instead as an owl came flying in. "Just wait a moment and you'll find out." She nodded towards the Gryffindor table and we all turned and watched as Ron held up a bright red letter.

"Weasley's got himself a Howler!" An Irish Gryffindor boy yelled, getting everyone's attention.

I watched as Ron shakily opened the letter and a booming voice filled the Great Hall. "RONALD WEASLEY! HOW DARE YOU STEAL THAT CAR!"

Daphne gave us a look that told us that is what she was talking about. We all listened as the Howler continued to yell at Ron about his father facing an inquiry at work and then moved to congratulate his little sister on getting into Gryffindor before destroying itself and the Great Hall fell silent. I could see how red Ron's face had gotten from our table and caught Hermione's eye. I could tell she was trying to hold back a laugh and I couldn't help but smile at her and hold back my own little giggle.

"That's what they did." Daphne shrugged triumphantly and opened her book to start reading.

"Now that I think about it, I don't remember seeing Harry and Ron on the platform." I recalled.

Pansy slowly nodded her head in agreement and Draco let out a harsh laugh. "Finally, Saint Potter and Weaslebee finally get in trouble for something."

Everyone made sounds of agreement and continued our lunch before heading off to the rest of our classes for the day. We had a break between our last class of the day and dinner, so Daphne, Draco and I took that opportunity to sneak away to the library and attempt to start the homework we had already been assigned.

"So, Draco," Daphne started after just a few minutes of us starting to study. "Did you hear from Pansy much during the break?"

Draco let out a groan and I knew that we wouldn't be getting any more work done. "She wrote to me almost everyday. I thought that her being away on holiday almost all summer would stop that, but she still wrote so much."

"Aww, poor Draco." I cooed, earning a glare from my friend. "I have to say, I'm not very heartbroken that I didn't hear from her much."

"It's because she still fancies Draco."

Another groan came from Draco causing Daphne and I to laugh. We spent a bit more time in the library talking before heading back to the common room to put our books away before heading to dinner. All of our friends were already sat at the table and questioned where we had been, especially Pansy who looked furious that she wasn't invited to go with us when we said we were studying.