Ok, I lied but I'm updating now 

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Hermione followed Ron's head through the crowd of people trying to keep up, but people kept stopping her to say hello. Ginny popped up in front of her and she completely lost Ron.

"Hey!"

"Hi Ginny."

Hermione looked around trying to spot Harry or Ron. She loved Ginny but her friends weren't the type of people she wanted to spend any amount of time with.

"So I cut my hair, do you like it? Oh! And look at my nails. Aren't they cute? Lav said they are the best she's ever seen. I did them myself!"

Ginny's smile faded when she realized Hermione wasn't listening to a thing she said.

"Hermione?"

Hermione felt her head snap back to Ginny.

"Oh yeah…um…I'll see you later."

Ginny drifted back into her compartment and Hermione continued down the hallway peeking through doors as she passed. Some of the people she recognized and some seemed new. One girl had bright blue hair and snapped her gum loud enough to be heard way down the hallway. When Hermione peeked into her compartment she turned and smiled at her before turning back to her friend. Hermione stood outside the compartment for a minute listening to her.

"I hate this! I wanted to stay at Goldren!"

"At least you know me."

Luna Lovegood's voice drifted out into the hall. Hermione hadn't noticed her in there but was unsurprised she knew the eccentric yet friendly new girl.

"Yeah and him."

Hermione could hear the disgust in her voice. Obviously it was someone she didn't want to know. Hmmm…who was that bad?

"Granger, It's rude to eavesdrop."

"It's rude to sneak up behind people. Malfoy."

Hermione pushed past him but he grabbed her arm and pushed her against the wall. He leaned in and leaned down toward her face.

"Don't push me, Granger."

"I'll do whatever the hell I want. Get off me."

Hermione struggled to push him off. Obviously he had been training over the summer. He griped her arms harder and pulled her off the wall so he could slam her into it. Hermione went limp just like she did when her father lost his temper. It hurt less if you didn't fight back. Malfoy opened his mouth to say something but was cut off when the blue haired girl opened the door.

"Fabulous, you're a wife beater too."

Malfoy let go of Hermione and turned to her.

"Shut the fuck up."

"Whatever, I'm not gonna tell your secret so chill."

Malfoy looked back at Hermione, unsure if too much had already been said. He opened his mouth and then turned and sprinted down the hall. The blue haired girl rolled her eyes.

"He's a freak. You should ignore him."

Hermione found it strange that this girl was telling her to ignore Draco Malfoy when she was the one had known him for 6 years. It almost felt like she was apologizing. Maybe they were related or something.

"Did you want to sit with us?"

"Um…no, I need to find my friends. Thanks though."

Hermione managed a smile before stumbling off. She hadn't quite gotten over Malfoy's roughness. She knew he disliked her but she didn't expect him to actually be violent towards her. Eventually she reached the back of the train and still hadn't found Harry and Ron. Sitting down in an empty compartment she pulled out Dreamland, her current obsession. It was the story of a girl who gets pulled into drugs by a new boyfriend who later becomes abusive. She'd read it twice in the last week and was half way through it again. Most people probably didn't understand why the girl stayed with Rogerson when he beat her, but Hermione got it. Her father had never been kind and when she had caught him red handed in an affair this last summer he took action to secure her silence, beating her whenever he thought she might be considering opening her mouth. It wasn't like she felt any particular loyalty to tell her mother. Her family had never really been a family; just three people living in the same house.

"Even Potty and Weasel don't want to sit with you?"

Hermione looked up to find Draco smirking down at her. Her eyes narrowed and she snapped her book shut, ready for a fight.

"What's it to you?"

"Nothing." Malfoy sat down across from her and propped his feet up on the seat before snatching her book. Hermione reached for it but he held it out of her reach and began to read it. Sighing Hermione pulled out another book, ignoring his obvious surprise in her having another book.

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Haha ok I fail…sorry…but its summer now and I'm done with high school!