A/N: Thank you Fearlover for being a quick Beta and doing an awesome job.

Last time: "Who the hell is it?" Hermione asked with a worried look.

Harry handed her the paper and she took a deep breath before reading it. "Draco Malfoy?" was all she said before fainting into Harry'sarms.

Now: The next morning on the train: "So you have no way out of this?" Ron asked.

"None, apparently Dumbledore used the Sorting Hat to assign our adoptive families and they had been notified over a week ago. Dumbledore said the Malfoy's were looking forward to having me."

"I can't imagine Lucius or Narcissa Malfoy wanting to have a muggle born running around their manor. What does the albino ferret say about this?" Harry asked.

"Don't know, he hasn't said anything except that he would wait for me on the platform when we arrived."

"I've changed my mind; I want to see your face through the floo daily instead of a letter every few days." Harry stated in a matter of fact tone.

"Oh, honestly Harry, I'll be fine. They aren't going to hurt me when everyone knows where I am, besides, they did help the Order when it came toVoldemort."

"I know...but I still don't like it." Harry replied with a huff.

A few hours later the train started slowing down, arriving at the platform. The three friends stepped off the train.

"We'll wait for you until Malfoy finds you." Ron announced.

"I'll be fine, trust me."

"We know you can take care of yourself, we are just...well you know...protective." Harry said with a smile.

She returned the smile and gripped both boys into a huge hug. "Maybe the Malfoy's will let me visit the Burrow over the summer or something, I'm sure I can find a way to visit."

Just then, Draco showed up wearing a frown, "Come on Granger; let's get this over with."

Hermione gave Harry and Ron a final hug and walked away, following the blond haired Slytherin to the snake pit. Once they were out of sight of Harry and Ron, Draco turned to face her.

"This wasn't my idea; my parents think this will be good for the family's reputation. Just stay out of my way this summer and everything will be fine."

"Well if I stay out of your way, what am I supposed to do all summer?" she asked with a sour expression.

"I don't know Granger; I know my mum is looking forward to your visit, maybe she'll take you shopping all summer or something."

Hermione rolled her eyes as he started to walk again, heading towards his waiting parents.

"Hello Ms. Granger, Draco, did you have a nice trip?" Lucius asked in a bored tone.

"It was fine, boring, but fine." Hermione replied trying to quickly break the tension.

"Very well, shall we?" he asked with a waiting arm. Hermione gulped and looked over to Narcissa and Draco, who had already taken her sons arm. Hermione shyly placed her arm in his and walked from the platform, following Narcissa and Draco.

"We have set the room up next to Draco's for you, that way if you need anything you can find someone easily."

"Thank you Mr. Malfoy" she replied with a smile right before Lucius apparated them to the manor.

Once they arrived, Hermione was standing with the three Malfoy's, eyes wide in shock, "I am so going to get lost." she said without thinking, causing the family to snicker at her and her to blush.

"Come dear, I'll show you to your room, your things are already there." Narcissa said with a small smile.

Hermione nodded and began to follow the blonde woman up the stairs.

"I just want to thank you for having me over the summer."

"Oh, it's nothing, I think I will enjoy having another female around for once, Draco hates it when I drag him shopping with me and Lucius pouts the entire time willing me to hurry after about five minutes." Narcissa replied.

Hermione laughed at the statement, "I can just picture the faces on them when you ask them to go, you'll have to do that for me sometime."

This time it was Narcissa that laughed, "Don't worry dear; I torture them all the time. You'll see more than a fair share of disgruntled faces and whining men."

They finally approached a door and stopped, "This is Draco's room, if you need anything this is where you'll most likely find him." they walked another twenty feet and came to a second door. "This is your room, I tried for your house colors, but I got the look from Lucius and decided to just go as neutral as possible."

She opened the door to the large room and walked inside, Hermione close behind. She looked around with her mouth dropped open again, "This room is lovely, thank you."

The walls were a beige color with very little hanging on them except for a few girlish pictures. The carpet was a dark midnight blue and the furniture was made of dark wood. The bed was queen sized with black sheets andcomforter.

"Albus told us you weren't a girlie type of girl, so I decided to put neutral colors all around...I just don't see you with pink or purple."

"I appreciate it, trust me." Hermione replied with a chuckle.

"Alright dear, I'll leave you to freshen up a bit before dinner, you have a bathroom through that door, it's fully stocked with everything you might need and dinner should be in about an hour."

"Thanks again Mrs. Malfoy, for everything."

"Not a problem dear, see you in an hour."

Hermione waited for the door to close before making a mad dash to the bathroom, for one, she really had to go and second, she really wanted to see what it looked like. When she walked in she was shocked at the size of it, it almost looked to be the size of a small bedroom. The entire bathroom was black tiled from floor to ceiling. There was a nice sized tub along with a separate part for shower only. There were white, fluffy rugs on the floor and a picture of a large white lily hanging on one of the walls, it almost looked to expensive to use.

After a second look around, the bath tub was calling for her. She quickly stripped down and started the water, pouring a large amount of bath scented bath salt into the water as it filled the tub. As she sunk down into the water she started to giggle "This beats the Burrow any day of the week."

A little while later there was a knock on her door, "Come on Granger, my parents are waiting."

Hermione jumped from the comfort of the tub and dried herself off quickly, "I'll be out in a minute Malfoy, just hold you horses."

She flew to her trunk wrapped in her towel trying to find something to wear. She wasn't sure if she was supposed to dress up, but all she had was muggle clothes. She pulled out a pair of jeans and the first tee shirt she found and dressed quickly.

"Alright Malfoy, let's go." she said as she opened the door.

He didn't give her a second look and just started to walk toward the dining room, Hermione right behind him. When they reached the room where his parents were waiting, she walked inside giving a small smile and sitting in the closest chair she came too. A chuckle could be heard throughout the room and everyone turned to look at Lucius.

"Where on earth did you get that shirt?" he said with another laugh.

Hermione looked down and blushed at the dark blue shirt with yellow letters saying "I dress myself."

She felt so stupid for grabbing that one, of all the shirts she has, she grabs to one making her appear to be a little slow.

"I'm sorry; I just pulled on the first one I found."

"It's quite alright, I find it amusing." Lucius said with a smirk.

He called for a house elf, which quickly brought the meal out for the family. Hermione didn't say anything about the elf, this wasn't her territory and she wanted to keep the peace as much as possible. Lucius continued to ask her about the shirt throughout dinner and decided it would be interesting to see her collection.

Narcissa invited everyone for a shopping trip the next day, earning a groan from Lucius and Draco and a laugh from Hermione and Narcissa. The dinner went off without a problem, Draco wasn't talking much, but his parents seemed to like her. As she went to bed that night she couldn't help but think that maybe this wasn't going to be so bad.