Hermione walked angrily down the hallways of Hogwarts.
Ron and Harry stopped her.

"Whoa there Hermione" Harry said as he put his arms out to stop her.
She stopped and looked at him.

"Are you alright?" He asked as him and Ron stared at her.

"She a little annoyed, that's all" Hermione said trying to brush off her temper.

"At what?" Ron wondered, hoping it wasn't him

"I was in positions class and I got paired with Draco" Hermione begun.
Ron and Harry exchanged looks as she talked.

"And the position we were mixing exploded and there was smoke everywhere!" She continued

"Unusual that Hermione would lose concentration enough for a position to explode..." Harry thought to himself.

"And Draco just walked out of the classroom and left me there! If Luna didn't help me out I could have died!" Hermione said overdramatically.

"That asshole! Let me at him!" Ron said rather comically.
Harry rolled his eyes.

"Does this shock you Hermione? Draco's always been an asshole" Harry said with a little chuckle.

"There he is!" Ron said as Draco walked down the hall.
Draco stormed down the hallway once more.

"Still in his happy mood I see" Harry said sarcastically.
Ron moved over to Draco as he approached.

"Hey!" He called to Draco.

Draco gave Ron a withering look.
"Get out of my way Weasley"
Ron moved slightly as Draco slid past.

Hermione threw a look at Ron.

"Let me at him?" She said mocking Ron.
"What?" Ron said back in a sheepish tone.
Hermione sighed and fallowed far behind Draco.

"You really don't care about anyone but yourself do you?" She said to him once she finally caught up.

"No not really" He replied without even making eye-contact with Hermione.
Hermione Groaned.

"Why do you bother talking to me?" Draco questioned while looking ahead.

"Cos you look like a loner without Crab and Goyle" Hermione hissed back.

"Did I ask for your pity?" Draco replied sharply.

"Normal people sympathise with others when they are sad or lonely" Hermione retorted.

"I like to be alone" Draco stated but he wasn't really sure he meant it.

"That's a lie! Nobody reall-"

"Christ, if I'd have known you'd be this annoying I would have left you in the room to die!" Draco blurted out in frustration.
Hermione stopped walking.

"What?" She asked.
Draco stopped walking.
He sighed and clenched the bridge of his nose.

"What did you say?" Hermione repeated.

"Nothing, I didn't say anything." He said hoping she would forget and move on.

"You saved me in that room...?" She asked almost sounding upset.
Draco sighed and rolled his eyes.
Hermione knew that meant yes.
Hermione looked towards the ground.
There was a short silence.
She looked at Draco once again.

"Thank you" She said delicately.
"Don't mention it" Draco said emotionlessly and continued to walk down the hallway.

"Maybe he isn't the guy I thought of he was..." Hermione thought as she stood watching him leave.
She turned and walked back the other direction.
Just as Draco turned the corner he threw a quick glance and Hermione again.

"Well done Draco, Fucking great job!" He argued aloud with himself as he continued down the hallway.

The Gryffindor trio were sat in the mine hall for lunch.
All the other students were taking seats on the different clicks of the Hogwarts houses.
Draco walked into the large hall and headed down towards the 'Slytherin Table'
He sat in his seat.
Suddenly He and Hermione made direct eye contact.
Draco quickly looked away.

"I seriously wonder what Draco did to get such a big bruise on his eye" Ron said trying to hold back his laughter.

"He didn't do it" Hermione corrected.
Ron scrunched his face.

"Daddy probably got the mads" Ron joked again.
Harry almost chocked on his food.

"What?" Hermione questioned.

"Malfoys dad?" Ron repeated.

"Does he...?" Hermione started.

"Well nobody knows for sure!" Harry butted in while throwing a look at Ron.

"But we've heard he has a pretty bad temper" Harry continued.

"And it aint the first time Malfoys had a shiner, if you haven't noticed"
Hermione was surprised by how this news...made her feel sad?
Why should she care, was he not always mean to her?
Certainly whatever was happening lately has definitely caused a change in him.
She looked over at him again.
Sitting at the 'Slytherin table' yet almost isolated from others, this was most definitely not like him.
He didn't look happy at all.
He looked almost sad.
Not his usual over-confident cocky bravado.
This made Hermione feel sad. Strangely.

Suddenly Draco got up out off of his seat and walked quickly out of the hall. His eye clanged closed.
Hermione noticed this as he walked out.
She stood up.

"I need to go to the girl's room I'll be back" She said with a smile.
Ron and Harry smiled back and continued to eat their lunch.
Hermione rushed out of the room and peered round the corner.
Draco was just turning the corner down the hall.
Hermione followed him.

Eventually he made it to the bathroom.
The abandoned one.
He walked up to the mirror and inspected his black eye.
It was throbbing and quite painful.
He splashed water on his face and covered his eye with his hand.
He growled in pain.
Hermione approached at the door.

"I can fix that" She said.
He spun around to face Hermione at the door to the bathrooms.

"What are you doing here?" He replied.
She walked closer to him.
She cupped his chin with her hand.
Draco Clenched his eyes closed but did not move.
She flicked her want and tapped it on his eye;
and with that, the bruise began to vanish before their eyes.

Draco was amazed as he watched it disappear in the mirror.

"Now for your arm!" Hermione stated.

"How did you—" Draco questioned as Hermione flicked her wand at his arm.

"Done!" She said shyly.

"Thanks" Draco said awkwardly.
"...Do you think we got off on the wrong foot all those years ago?" Hermione asked sweetly.

"Maybe—" he began.
He started to walk backwards out the door.

"N-no we didn't" He corrected himself as he quickly left the bathroom.
Hermione sighed.

-
Harry, Ron and Hermione were walking back to the dorms when they passed Draco again.
It seemed they kept running into either.
Draco looked awkwardly at Hermione, He raised his hand to wave but then realised what he was doing and placed his hand at the back of his head instead.
Hermione looked at him, looked away, looked back and then looked away again.
Ron and Harry would have seen this usual incident if they weren't too busy staring at Draco un-black eye.

"How the bloody hell?" Ron asked.

"Draco's bruise is gone?" Harry questioned.

"Maybe he used magic to get rid of it" Hermione stated.

"He's not the type to be good at healing magic, plus that's a pretty hard spell not many people could master it" Harry informed.
Hermione prayed they wouldn't figure out the answer quite obviously staring them in the face.
She could see Harry's brain ticking.

"Whatever it is, he definitely up to no good!" Ron said unknowing breaking the tension.

"Hehe as usual!" Hermione joked, avoiding the subject.

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END CHAPTER 2.

Sorry if that was a rush/bad ending for the chapter o.o to many idea's to squeeze into this chapter XD