A/N: So, here comes the second chapter. Hope you liked the first one. Thanks to you that story alerted my story! It really made my day! And please review, otherwise, I don't know if you like it or not! Thanks to my delightful beta Freakyella!
The train started to move so he picked up his trunk and walked to his friends. The only thing that would make this year bearable or at least he hoped they would. Suddenly he saw Blaise Zabini, his best friend, walk out of a coupe. "Where are you going?" he asked quite rudely. '
"Hey Drake! I'm Head Boy this year, didn't I tell you?".
"No, I think I would remember that" he said dryly, feeling a bit upset. If Blaise was head boy he had to be alone with the others, and he sure as hell didn't want that right now.
"Sorry mate, but duty calls" Blaise teased.
"Tell Granger I said hi", "Granger?"
Blaise asked looking a bit confused. Even though Blaise was his best friend, it didn't stop him to think bad about him, he could really be an idiot occasionally! "Blaise, do you honestly think that someone else than Hermione Granger would become head girl?" He asked with a tone that made it clear that he thought that Blaise was really corked. Blaise just gave him an irritated look before walking away from him probably headed to the prefects' coupe. He smirked at himself before taking a deep breath and opened the door to the coupe that Blaise walked away from.
"Drakie!" He heard from Pansy the second he stepped in. God, he really hated that nickname. But since they'd known each other since they were toddlers, he only gave her a plagued frown before he answered "Hi pans!" He quickly put his trunk away and then turned his head to look at the others in the coupe. Millicent Bullstrode and Daphne Greengrass were both to be expected since Pansy was here, they loyally followed her like a dog follow their owner. Quite pathetic really. He gave them a quick nod and then gave Malcolm Baddock, Miles Bletchley and Terence Higgs the same greeting. God, lucky Pansy was here. She quickly told him about her summer, ignoring her friends. This was mainly the reason why he loved Pansy, as a friend of course!, she would always do anything for him, and the other way round.
Hermione already sat in the coupe that belonged to the prefects and the heads. She was curious about who the head boy would be. If Malfoy hadn't been son to a death eater, she would consider him as the most practical choice. But since he was, she didn't think that Dumbledore would pick him. Most of the students, especially the younger ones, would probably be scared when they saw him and avoid him like he would punish them with the cruciatus curse. However, Hermione knew him better than that, and knew he wouldn't do something like that after all he'd been through the last two years. But on the other hand, she wasn't scared of him as most of the other students were. Students were not supposed to be afraid of the Heads, more like see up to them. And there was the reason why she thought somebody else got the job, and she was right. Because when the door opened it was Blaise Zabini that wore the head boy badge. This would definitely become interesting! "Nice to see you again Granger" Blaise greeted her politely.
"You too, Zabini".
"Oh" Blaise said as if he just remembered something very important. She looked at him, curious on what he was going to say. "Malfoy told me to say hi to you". What? Why would Malfoy say that to her, strange!
"Err, okay" was her answer. Blaise looked at her but didn't say anymore. They just sat there quietly until the door was opened.
This time, it was professor McGonagall who entered the coupe. "Well, hello there, I have an important message to the two of you" she said rather fast. Hermione looked at her with an inquisitive expression on her face. "This year, the School has decided to start an exchange program with a Scandinavian school. And, as you both are heads, you will both be in the exchange program. No buts Miss Granger!" McGonagall said as she saw Hermione's expression.
"Are we going to get any more information or is that all we get for now?" Blaise asked.
"The Head master will tell you all about it at the feast". With that said the left the coupe to let the news sink in.
"Well, that was very interesting" Blaise said after almost 10 minutes of silence. She agreed and let her thoughts wander. She had always wondered how students at other schools had it. She knew that Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang where the three biggest wizardingschools in Europe. She knew that there existed a few smaller schools, but didn't know anything about them. When she thought about it she actually only new very little about all the other schools, except her own. That was really something she would look up in the library when she arrived! All she knew about Beauxbatons was what Fleur had told her. According to her it was very beautiful, didn't have ghosts or armors, and at the winter it had ice sculptures that didn't melted in the great hall. The little she knew about Durmstang was the things Viktor had told her. And it wasn't anything that she already didn't know. Just that it was located at a cold place and did not have a very good defense. He wasn't very talkative. She blushed at the memory of her old boyfriend and ignored the glance Zabini gave her. She hadn't thought about him in a while and allowed herself to do it. Now, years later, she couldn't realize why she had liked him, but she had. But even now, she didn't understand what he had liked about her. She wasn't the most beautiful girl at Hogwarts. But he had, and he was a splendid kisser. She blushed some more and this time Zabini slowly raised his eyebrow. "Why are you blushing Granger, having naughty thoughts?" If he only knew, she thought as she gave a charming smile and politely asked if they should patrol the train corridors now.
