But I thought you hated him……

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything connected to it.

Chapter 1

Hermione Granger stood in front of the mirror in her room. A tall slim girl of seventeen with hair that had been tamed into soft brown curls and deep chocolate brown eyes stared back at her. It was September 1st and that meant her long-awaited return to Hogwarts. Over the summer she had changed a lot. She had lost weight but also filled out a bit and now had curves in the right places. She was also tanned from all the time she had spent outside swimming and playing games with her friends. Her hair was no longer bushy but was now in soft curls around her face. She was dressed in a denim skirt with a cute blue t-shirt and blue ballet pumps. Her new shiny Head Girl badge was pinned to her T-shirt. She had been so happy when she received her letter and she couldn't wait to find out who was head boy. She was snapped out of her reverie by her mother calling her.

"Honey it's time to go to Kings Cross." Her mother called up the stairs. Hermione picked up her bag and Crookshank's basket and made her way downstairs and out towards her parent's car. The journey to King's Cross took less than half an hour and Hermione soon found herself saying goodbye to her parents and then falling through the barrier to Platform 93/4.

Hermione grinned when she saw the bright red Hogwarts Express billowing out steam. It was a good feeling to be going back. She had just stowed her luggage onto the train when she was suddenly distracted by a cry of

"HERMIONE!!"

She turned to see who it was to find that Ginny Weasley had flung herself onto her in a big bear hug. Hermione, unprepared for this event struggled under Ginny's weight.

"Hey Ginny it's good to see you too" Hermione said regaining her balance.

"How was your summer?" Ginny asked finally letting go.

"It was really good. I sort of changed a few things" Hermione said absent mindedly twirling one of her curls around her finger.

"Yeah I can see that" Ginny said and they got on the train together. Ginny then led Hermione down the train to the compartment which was occupied by Harry and Ron who were playing wizard chess.

"Hey guys Hermione's here" Ginny said brightly. The boys grunted absorbed in their game.

"Er Hello? Earth to Harry and Ron Hermione is here" Ginny said waving a hand in front of Ron's faced who swotted it away like a fly. Ginny in desperation hit Ron hard on the back of the head.

"Ow what do you do that for?" Ron looked up rubbing the back of head. He turned his head towards her and at that moment he saw Hermione. His jaw dropped. Harry seeing his best friend's reaction looked up and did exactly the same. Hermione rolled her eyes and said

"You know you look like fishes when you do that" and shut their mouths. Satisfied that she had their attention she sat down opposite Ginny.

"'Mione?" Ron said

"Yes Ron I am glad you have regained the power of speech" Hermione said and Ginny giggled.

"You look different" Harry said still awestruck.

"Well yes I suppose I do" Hermione said. "How were your summers?"

"It was Ok I stayed at the Burrow for most of it. You know playing Quidditch etc"

Harry said. And with that he and Ron went back to their chess game. Hermione suddenly realised the time and got up suddenly.

"Ginny I'm really sorry but I have to go meet McGonagall in the Heads compartment to get our duties. I'll be back soon" and with that she rushed off down the train.

When she got to the Head's compartment she slid open the door to find Draco Malfoy sitting there a new shiny Head Boy badge pinned to his T-shirt. He looked up as she came him.

"Why hello there Granger. Surprised to see me?" He said smirking.

A/N My first fanfic so please R/R