Authors note:

Heh heh so umm sorry bout the wait, been a little busy and I may have procrastinated just a wee bit. Oops.

This chapter kinda wrote itself and to be honest I don't really know whether or not I like it, but whatever.

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!

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(btw thank you so much THGHPTVD.2 for your review that pointed out my ~bangs head repeatedly against table~ terrible spelling of Zabinis name, ugh Idk how I messed that up so badly, but I did so apologies to all who had to read that and cringe)

Disclaimer: I don't and will not anytime soon be owning Harry Potter so in the meantime I thank J.k Rowling for letting me play with her characters

Draco's POV

Ron just stared at them dumbly, his mouth stuffed with who knows what, but then his eyes widened when he registered what Malfoy had said.

The ginger promptly turned and spat the contents of his mouth into his and Malfoys shared cauldron.

The added ingredient caused the boys' potion to bubble up, and it started to emit toxic smelling fumes.

"look what you did, you bloody idiot!" Malfoy spat angrily, his face contorted in disgust, Ron didn't hear him though for he immediately started throwing up his breakfast all over the floor.

Malfoy scampered around the worktable so as not to get splattered, he was feeling a little nauseous himself, and a little lightheaded, probably from the fumes. He knew for a fact he looked ill too, for Granger was giving him a concerned look, he shot her a withering glare which she returned with equal malice.

He focused his attention on Professor Fattypants, Merlin; he hated that man, taking his Godfather's position as Potions master, the nerve. Professor Fattypants was making his way over to them at a sickeningly slow pace, Draco could feel his blood boiling with barely suppressed rage, his vision blackened for a moment and he blindly reached out grabbing the edge of the desk.

"Professor Slughorn! I think the fumes are toxic" the know-it-all informed.

"No shite Mudblood" He grumbled, blinking black spots away, out of the corner of his eye, he could see the Gryffindor covering her mouth with the edge of her robes.

"Ms. Granger, Mr. Potter, please help escort Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy to the infirmary. It appears that they have been exposed to the sleeping draught, whatever ingredient was added must have altered the effects."

When neither Harry nor Hermione moved Slughorn sighed, "10 points from Gryffindor for improper potions etiquette, and another 5 for not following instructions," he paused, "that was your key to go," he indicated when they still hadn't moved.

Normally Draco would've fought against going to the hospital wing, insisting that he was fine, but he was feeling too cruddy to even get the words out, he didn't feel nauseous anymore, probably due to the lack of food to puke up.

He felt someone gently take hold of his arm and start guiding him towards the door and out of the room, he wanted to pull away but was having too much trouble focusing on anything he was so dizzy.

The person's grip on his arm tightened "you probably wouldn't be feeling this bad if you had eaten something for breakfast" Hermione scolded gently.

He glanced in her direction, her face swimming in and out of focus "shuddup Mudblood" he slurred stumbling slightly.

Hermione promptly smacked him on the back of the head, hard.

"This wouldn't have happened if you were paying attention to what your partner was doing" the smack on the head and that accusation was enough to snap Draco back to his senses.

"Are you bloody barmy woman?" he snapped, shaking his head slightly to clear the lingering dizziness, "that asshat goes and eats non-edible potion ingredients, and you're blaming me?"

Hermione POV

Hermione rolled her eyes in exasperation, turning to Harry who was holding Ron up, watching their argument with a scowl, she could sense her friend's bitterness towards the Slytherin.

"Harry! Get Ron to the infirmary immediately! Just look at him!" she exclaimed in earnest, gesturing at Ron who was currently unconscious, but swaying with a big stupid grin on his face, it was a little disturbing.

Harry frowned clearly about to argue about leaving her alone with the ferret, but after almost dropping Ron, decided that his male best friend was definitely the priority at the moment.

He shuffled away, but no one could deny that the glare he directed at Malfoy wasn't that of pure contempt. Hermione rolled her eyes at her friend's overprotectiveness, boys were so silly, she could take care of herself perfectly fine.

She turned to gaze at Malfoy; he was now pinching the bridge of his nose, eyes squeezed shut, and face in a frown.

"Stop staring and just say it" he grumbled, shaking his head like a dog as if to clear it, he then headed down the corridor at a fast pace, Hermione hurried to catch up. How he knew she was staring and about to scold him, Hermione had no idea.

Since he was expecting her to lecture him, Hermione decided to go the opposite route: kindness (but fake of course; he is a brat after all)

"Does your head still hurt? How are you feeling? Do you nee-" she stopped talking when he abruptly stopped walking resulting in her running into him, he turned slowly, that's when she saw his expression, you would have thought he'd eaten a bug or something, his face was that of disgust and confusion.

"Sod off Mudblood" he muttered once he'd regained his composure.

Hermione couldn't help it. She started giggling uncontrollably, why she was laughing she didn't really know, maybe it was the fumes from the potion combined with Malfoys uncomfortableness with the situation, yeah that was the only reason, (definitely not because he looked kinda cute with his face all screwed up like that.)

"Bad enough I'm stuck being escorted by a Mudblood, but does she have to be mental?" he complained, which of course, only made her laugh harder.

Finally, having had enough of her laughter he spun around, grabbed Hermione by the shoulders and shook her violently, she let out a little squeak in response.

"what's your problem?" he roared in her face-all cuteness has now vanished-then he sneered, "guess was I right all along about Mudbloods being batshit crazy" she rolled her eyes, his digs at her were pathetic today.

"I can't even believe they let muggles like you into this school" he spat, "Dumbledore's bloody mental, tainting Hogwarts halls by letting worthless Mudbloods such as yourself attend,"

His insults had worked their magic for she had stopped laughing. Their faces were so close eyes locked in an intense staring contest.

Hermione could feel her rage bubbling up to the surface, how dare he insult her.

A shadow crossed her face, "at least I'm not a heartless Death Eater with no future other than a life in Azkaban with his sorry excuse for a father," she said coldly

Draco visibly stiffened at her words.

She continued, unable to stop herself, "you think you're so high and mighty coming from a rich Pureblooded family."

His eyes narrowed menacingly, daring her to go on, she did.

"You don't deserve to be at this school either!" Hemione shouted, getting riled up.

"You deserve to go rot in Azkaban like the rest of your family. Trust me when I say no one will miss you at Hogwarts.

You-you-" she couldn't finish, the hurt in his eyes pained her as he stepped back, roughly shoving her away from him before fleeing down the corridor in the direction of the dungeons.

Hermione stood there in shock going over what she had said in her head and regretting every word. It was karma really; insult someone so much that you feel more pain after hurting them, then you did when they hurt you.

She couldn't apologize though, Malfoy would never, so why should she?

Authors note:

Phew, another chapter done yay!

Again sorry about the gap between updates I really do try to keep them somewhat consistent, but I'm kinda a perfectionist (that doesn't mean what I do is perfect though lmao) so I always end up staring at the chapter for like an hour before I post it, but since I have ADHD half that hour is spent doing who knows what heh heh. Wow, ramble much? Was that too much information? probably.

Ummm anyway, don't forget to review and give me your thoughts, anything appreciated! But like seriously a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g

Also, 2 questions: 1) should I change the rating of this story? And if so, what should I change it to? 2) should I change the title of this story? if so, what should it be?

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