Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own anyone from Harry Potter…it's not fair!

The scene that Blaise and Hermione stumbled upon will be permanently burned into their memories. Draco and Harry were wrestling on the floor; Harry was straddling Malfoy who was red in the face squirming to get away.

"Harry! You're here!" Hermione squealed excitedly and lunged at Harry; landing on him and Malfoy who turned an even darker shade of red.

Harry barely managed to look up for he was tackled and squished between Hermione and Malfoy. He could only imagine the look on Malfoy's face since all Harry could see was the other man's chest. Harry sighed and turned his head to the side so he could breathe. "Hello Hermione."

Draco could only stare in shock when the brunette tackled the other man on top of him. All he had been doing was trying to do was escape from Harry when BAM! Granger is suddenly on top of him with her lips against his.

Hermione blinked rapidly as she slowly pulled away from Malfoy, allowing Harry to get up and for Malfoy to regain his composure. "Well…this is a little awkward." She giggled nervously.

What are you talking abo-What the hell are you wearing?" Harry stared wide-eyed as Hermione grinned and did a full turn.

"Do you like it?" Hermione smiled at Harry's disbelief and took the opportunity to help Malfoy rise to his feet. She smiled at the look of disbelief on his face and winked.

"Do I like it? Hermione what the hell is going on with you? I haven't heard from you all summer and you come back to Hogwarts dressed like…THAT!" Harry sputtered.

"Dressed like what exactly? What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" Hermione stared at Harry with one eyebrow raised as Draco and Blaise looked on in confusion and amusement.

Harry paled and immediately began to back pedal when he caught the look in Hermione's eyes. "Mione I was just trying to-"

"To what exactly? Maybe instead of worrying about what I am wearing maybe you should concentrate on finding a new boy toy…unless Malfoy here has already filled the position?" Hermione smirked which broke the tension between her and Harry as they both began to laugh.

Draco blushed when everybody turned their attention to him. "No it's not me! This arse right here just likes to get a rise out of me!"

Hermione smiled sweetly. "So Harry gets a rise out of you? Dammit Harry how come you get all the hot ones? It is so not fair. Please try and leave some for me!"

Harry grinned and struck a sexy pose. "What can I say Mione? They just love me so much."

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"

Everyone turned to Blaise who finally managed to get some words out through this whole exchange.

"What's up with you Blaise?" Hermione walked up to him and studied his face closely. "Are you feeling left out? Do you want Harry for yourself?"

"NO! I am just so confused now. Draco man when did you become buddy-buddy with Potter?" Blaise looked between all of them frantically as he tried to make sense of everything.

"Over the summer. Didn't I tell you that? I thought I did. I ran into him at the ministry of magic. Granger on the other hand, we are not friends." Draco scowled at said brunette who was chatting animatedly with a blushing Harry.

Hermione perked up when she heard her name; she moved over to Draco and Blaise. "Aww…you don't like me Malfoy? That's a damn shame I was hoping we could try and get along. I mean come on I did save your hair during the feast. Doesn't that count for something?" Hermione crossed her arms over her chest and stared Malfoy down.

"No it doesn't. You are the reason my parents were taken to Azkaban and I had to stay with my dear aunt Bellatrix. Do you have any idea what that mad woman is capable of?" Draco was screaming in Hermione's face now as she was slowly backing away from him.

Hermione stared at Draco in fear and sadness fingering the collar of her shirt where her scar was hidden but then Draco didn't know about that. "As a matter of fact Malfoy I do…" Hermione turned and went up to the door that had her name on it and entered her room before closing the door. She walked to her bed not even noticing her surroundings as she began to hyperventilate.

Back out in the common room Harry looked like he wanted to punch the Slytherin. "Dude what the hell is your problem?"

"She is, because of her I had a summer of hell!" Draco turned his anger on to Harry as Blaise looked on silently.

"Don't you know what your aunt did to her?" Harry was screaming now to very close now to pulling out his wand and hexing the blonde in front of him.

"What the hell are you talking about? Bellatrix didn't do anything to her!" Draco turned to Blaise for clarification but the Italian shook his head indicating that he didn't know what Harry was talking about.

"That crazy bitch tortured Hermione!"

Silence.

Draco was the first one to break it. "What do you mean she tortured her? When was this?" Draco was staring at Harry in disbelief.

"When we were brought to your manor; when my face was covered in stings and was ridiculously swollen, Hermione was taken to another room and Ron and I had to hear her scream for so long before we could get to her." Harry glowered at the two Slytherins before running up to Hermione's door and started knocking loudly. "Mione?"

Draco turned to Blaise who had a look of utter shock on his face as he watched Harry continue to bang on the door. "Did you know about this?"

Blaise shook his head and frowned when he noticed that Harry was still banging on the door but was getting no response. He ran up the stairs and started knocking on the door as well. "Granger? Granger you need to open this door right now. We all need to have a serious conversation!"

No response.

"Granger!"

Hermione whimpered slightly as the knocking on the door began to get more intense. She hadn't thought back to that night in a while. She thought that she had finally been able to put it out of her mind. Hermione moaned as she watched the black cloaked woman stalk towards her with a maniacal look on her face. 'Aww what's wrong little mudblood? Is it too loud in here for you? Well guess what? We are going to play a little game; it's called make the mudblood scream! It should take your mind off of the noise. Crucio!'

Hermione screamed as the pain began to erupt. Physically she was fine but inside her mind it was like she was back at that mansion. She didn't even notice when her door suddenly blasted open. She screamed louder as hands grabbed her shoulders and tried to hold her still.

"Mione! It's me, Harry! Please Mione snap out of it." Harry continued to try and hold a struggling Hermione still so she wouldn't hurt herself. Harry noticed that her neck was bleeding where she had scratched herself very deeply over her thin scar.

"Potter what's going on? Can't you make her stop?" Malfoy began to yell as he watched the two continue to struggle on the bed.

"How do you expect me to do that wise guy?" Harry barked back.

"I don't know! Slap some sense into her!" Draco hollered but was quickly stunned into silence when Harry actually slapped Hermione smartly across the face.

"Mione snap out of it right now!" Harry snapped and gave Hermione a shake.

Hermione looked around trembling slightly, with tears streaming down her face. "Harry I can't forget it. I've tried but it won't go away, how do I make it go away? How can I forget it?" Hermione clung to Harry and continued to sob into his chest.

Draco looked on in silent contemplation as Hermione continued to cry.

"Hush Mione I'm here, you're fine. Nothing is going to happen to you. Why don't you try going to sleep?" Harry stroked Hermione's hair as her sobs quieted down.

Blaise moved over to Hermione's bed and held out a handkerchief and made a motion to her neck. He paused when Hermione flinched away from him. "Here Granger, your neck is bleeding."

Harry took the handkerchief from Blaise nodded in thanks and started cleaning Hermione's neck. He grimaced when he saw how deep the scratches were. "Mione why don't you get some sleep? I'll see you in the morning." He started to get up when Hermione grabbed his arm.

"Can you please stay with me Harry? I really don't want to be alone right now." Hermione looked timidly at Draco and Blaise who were staring at her with a mixture of pity and sympathy.

"Okay Mione, I will stay with you." He turned to the two Slytherins talking quietly so Hermione wouldn't hear. They boys nodded and left the room as Harry climbed into the bed with Hermione.

Hermione cuddled against Harry as she attempted to calm down. "So Harry, you and Malfoy are friends? When did this happen?"

Harry chuckled, "This summer when I was working at the Ministry he was there for his parent's trial. Of course when he first saw me he tried to hex me but he was quickly thwarted when 20 Auror's appeared wands drawn and pointed at him. After I told them to stand down, we got to talking and he isn't so bad after all he was just dealt a bad hand.

Hermione yawned. "I guess so."

"Go to sleep Mione, I'll stay with you."

that's it for this chappie. please review; it will make me very happy!