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An: Okay so my friend requested me to write a Snape and Hermione Fic. Im not sure how this is going to go…but I hope it goes great! This is my favorite couple. It will probably be OOC in a few spots but what do you expect?

Draco glared as he walked to his compartment on the Hogwarts express. They were returning for their seventh year at Hogwarts, the dark lord had finally fallen. He had been relieved when he fell to his demise, that meant that he and his family could be free of his grip. His father had died in the war and his mother had moved out of the manor and moved to a undisclosed home on the country side to get away from ridicule. Draco himself received no punishment for his part, he was forced to take the dark mark after all.

Draco took his seat next to the window and glanced out the large window, he could see students boarding the train with their luggage and owls or other animals. He frowned as two red heads and a dark drown head passed by.

'Where's Granger? For once she was late?' He and Hermione had an unspoken agreement, he wouldn't call her mud blood as long as she minded her own business. Hell he wouldn't even talk to her if she minded her own damn business for once!

He really wouldn't call her a mud blood anyways, not after the war. She had saved him, when his own father turned on him. He remembered like it was yesterday.

Flashback

Draco raised his wand and closed his eyes. In front of him was Hermione, bloody and beaten, the word mud blood carved in her cheek. Blood and tears ran together as they dripped onto the floor.

"Do it Draco!" His father hissed. Draco bit his lip, he didn't ant to kill the girl. He may have said he hated her but he really didn't have anything this severe against her to kill her.

Visions of her reading in the library, eating in the great hall, yelling at the annoying red head, everything stormed his memory. She had punched him, broke his nose! He should kill her, but he could not bring himself to utter the curse, he couldn't mutter any words.

He lowered his wand. Hermione's eyes widened.

Lucius snarled and back handed Draco across the face, his wand fell from his hand as he hit the ground. Hermione slowly reached for it and silently grabbed it.

He pulled his wand out of his cane and pointed it at his son. "You were never a son of mine! Such a coward." He spit at Draco. Draco didn't look up, his jaw and nose broken. Lucius raised his wand and opened his mouth to perform the killing curse.

"Avada kadavra!" Lucius's eyes widened and blood dripped from his mouth and he fell onto his back, dead.

Draco looked up and saw Hermione lowering his wand. "Im sorry." She spoke softly. Draco didn't say anything, his father was an abusive man, he forced the dark mark on him in the first place. Was it a bad thing that he didn't feel any remorse?

"I have to set your jaw, its out of place." She raised her hand "It will hurt." She snapped his jaw into place quickly. He groaned in pain.

"Your nose next." She raised his wand once more "Reparo." His nose snapped back together.

"Thank you."

"Its no problem… lets get out of here."

End flashback.

He blinked and looked around his compartment. "Hello, mate." Blaise smirked, flashing his white teeth.

"Blaise." Draco nodded.

Blaise Zabini had also escaped from the dark lord, and his parents, which were death eaters. He testified against many of them, putting them in Azkaban for a long time. He had been in hiding from the death eaters still un convicted that were now looking for him for putting their friends into Azkaban.

"What are you thinking about?" He questioned his best friend.

Draco shook his head. "Nothing Blaise."

The dark man shrugged his shoulder and slumped down into his seat. "Where's Pansy?"

"I do not know, or care." Draco smirked at his friend.

Blaise smirked "Well, I'm ready for this to begin, surprisingly."

"Yeah." Draco chuckled.

"How's your mum?" He questioned.

"I guess she's fine. I haven't heard from her in a while." He combed his blonde hair form his eyes.

Blaise nodded. "Do you know who the head girl is?"

Draco looked at his friend amused. "They did not announce it. But I'm sure who it is."

"Granger." Blaise said.

"That was a dumb question."

"Speaking of Granger…." He looked out of the compartment door and saw Hermione talking to Ginny.

"Hey Granger! You head girl?" He called, opening the door.

She turned and glanced at the dark man, who for once hadn't called her mud blood.

"Why?" She questioned.

"Draco is the head boy" He jabbed his finger back at the blonde haired man "And was wondering who was head girl!"

Hermione glanced at the blonde man. "Oh. Yes, it is me." She stated and turned back to Ginny. "Were going to find a compartment."

Blaise shut the door. "She doesn't look the same."

It was true Hermione had changed a lot in the last year. Her hair was long and wavy, not a mass of curls, and her hips and plumped up and gave her a womanly figure.

Draco shook his head "She may not look the same, but she is still a know it all."

"Of course. That is why your attracted to her.'

"What?" Draco's head snapped to his friend. "I am not attracted to her!"

"Right, right. That's why you've always gone further to pick at her than any other…muggle born. You always picked and annoyed her further than anyone else, gave her more attention that some of your friends, negative or not. Then finally what really attracted you to her is the fact that she punched you. She wasn't scared of you and she showed it. So, I know you Draco Malfoy, your attracted to her if you admit it or not. But don't worry, I wont tell her."

Draco narrowed his eyes, for once speechless. Had he given more attention to her? Now that he thought about it…..

His eyes widened, he was attracted to her, and he knew it. He knew though that it would never work between them, and decided to try to be friends with her.

Blaise sat back, happy with himself. A soft knock snapped them both out of their thoughts.

"Every compartment is full. Well….Ron and Lavender are snogging along with Harry and Ginny…it would feel awkward for me to just sit there…."

Blaise moved his bag from the seat next to Draco. "Sit Granger. Lets get to know each other."

Hermione glanced nervously and lifted her carry on back into the space above them, "Thank you."

She sat down next to Draco. "So….What do you want to know."

Blaise smirked "Well…."

Draco sat up straight and glared at his friend, he knew what that smirk meant. "Do you have a boyfriend?"

"No. Why?"

"Relax, I was just wondering." He glanced at Draco, smirking.

"What about Krum?" Draco found his lips moving.

Hermione looked at him "Oh! He was just my friend."

"What do you want to do after school?" Draco asked.

"Become a potions mistress."

"Talk to Snape." Blaise suggested.

Hermione smiled happily "I got an internship starting with him this year! I took my O.W.L's early and passed them all, so I don't have any classes, just internship!"

"Your happy about that?" Blaise raised his eyebrow.

Hermione nodded "The only reason I am head girl is because I was supposed to be it last year…but…you know."

They both nodded. "He asked you to be an intern?"

Hermione nodded "Surprising huh? I thought for sure he would decline my offer. One day he stopped me after class, I thought I had earned detention but he asked me what I planned on doing after the war, and school. I told him my dream was to be a potions mistress."

Draco nodded, "Maybe he will like you more…since you both are exceedingly smart."

Hermione shrugged "I suppose, wow, you guys actually listened to me. Harry and Ron never do." She laughed.

"I never said thanks Granger."

"For what?" She tilted her head and looked at Draco.

"For saving me."

"Oh….your welcome." She glanced down at her shoes

"Do you have to brew anything for Snape?"

"Yes actually, tonight when I get to Hogwarts I am to report to the dungeons and brew an elixir to induce euphoria. I heard it very tricky to brew."

"Oh, well….I hope it goes well." Blaise offered.

"Thanks. Why are you being so nice to me?"

Blaise and Draco looked at each other. "Well, I don't really know. You don't seem so annoying now. Besides, we look kind of gay together if there isn't a girl hanging out with us."

Hermione smirked. "Well, this is kind of weird. But I guess were friends."

Draco nodded. "I owe you anyway."

Hermione sat back and waited for the train to arrive back at the school, she closed her eyes and started to relax

"Granger! Wake up, were here!" Draco shook her.

Hermione's eyes snapped open and she rubbed her eyes. "Oh, sorry." She sat up and grabbed her bag. She walked out of the train and saw professor Snape waiting for her in front of the great hall.

"Ill see you all later?"

Blaise and Draco nodded, watching her walk away with Snape.

"He's going to eat her alive."

Draco watched her walk away "Who knows, she could end up eating him alive."

Hermione smiled as she walked next to professor Snape. "I'm ready to brew the potion of my choice, I've read all about it"

He glanced down at the short girl, she hadn't grown taller since fifth year, only reaching his chest. He was a tall man though.

Hermione looked forward and bit her lip nervously as they entered the dungeons. There was already a cauldron waiting for her.

"I trust you know what to use and how to brew this potion, with out the book." He moved to his desk and sat down.

Hermione breathed deeply and walked to the cupboard and began to grab the things she needed.

'Mint sprigs, wormwood, shrivelfig, porcupine quills and castor beans. Yeah, I got everything!'

Hermione sat down and pulled her hair back and rolled her sleeves up, She started to crush the mint sprigs and add the diced wormwood carefully. She stirred counter clockwise twelve times then added five porcupine quills and crushed castor beans. She stirred the bubbling cauldron for an hour in a clockwise circle. She smiled and bottled and labeled the sunshine yellow potion.

"Professor Snape, I'm done."

"Elixir to induce euphoria." He stated. He uncorked the potion and smelled it.

"Drink it." He held it out to her.

Hermione bit her lip and took the bottle from him and downed the yellow drink. Almost immediately a smile curved her lips and she giggled.

"Im sure it worked." She giggled in a sing song voice, her nose twitching.

"Side affects noted. Excessive singing and nose twitching."

Hermione laughed loudly and skipped back to her cauldron and began to clean it. Snape rolled his eyes.

"There is no antidote for this Ms. Granger. Your stuck like this until the effects wear off." He stated.

Hermione laughed as she put her cauldron back and put her unused materials back in the cupboard.

"Professoorrr Snappppeeee." She sung happily.

He pinched the bridge of his nose ."What"

"Where's my room?" she giggled, placing her head on her hands.

"It is down here, down the hallway to the right. There is a picture of a black knight. Your password is Pixie Sprigs."

Hermione laughed loudly. "That's so girly!"

Snape closed his eyes and prayed for the potion to wear off.

A/n: So Draco and Blaise are going to be friendly to Hermione! Get over it! I think its well deserved since she saved his life and all. But I hope you all like it,. Please Review!