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Waiting to Exhale	By : Wolfling1972 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 13149 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: This is a shorter chapter and for that, I apologize. I've already written the first few chapters so one hopes that you slog through this mess and let me know if there is anything I should change or if you note any misspellings or the like.
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Draco and Blaise entered the car, both sets of eyes trained upon the girl they had assumed would never return to the school which had caused her so much pain. Neither of the young men had seen her, initially, and both of them (Draco more than his darker skinned companion) were tempted to retreat simply due to the fierce glare that was aimed their way from the flashing eyes of the compartment's current resident.
"Erm, Granger-" Blaise started to speak but was cut off with a shake of Hermione's head, her face set in a fearsome frown.
"No. Introductions and the like are a waste of time, aren't they? We all know who we are." One dark brow quirked even as those gleaming brown orbs cut toward the other young man. Her words once again broke the tension. "Zabini and Malfoy. Couldn't find an empty car?"
Draco smirked at her tone before dragging slender fingers through his shoulder-length, white blond hair. With not a word spoken in response, he settled his long frame upon the other seat and motioned for Blaise to join him. After all, he understood this...whatever it was. The young woman in front of him had always given as good as she got and for the most part, he had deserved her ire.
"Polite society demands introductions upon meeting, Granger. Maybe you did not have a proper upbringing but WE did." His voice, like velvet over sandpaper, was a verbal sneer, a taunt.
"Oh, fuck off, Malfoy."
The curse word shocked both young men but an instant later the car was invaded by more returning students~ Neville Longbottom, Pansy Parkinson, Tracy Davis, the twins Padma and Parvati Patil, Theodore Nott and Dean Thomas. Hermione grinned at Neville and Dean before allowing her gaze to fall on the other females in the group.
"So, are we all going to behave like adults this year? Or am I going to have to hear more vile comments," the curly haired witch asked.
Another silence before Pansy, of all people, spoke up. "Well, I do hope to avoid the name calling and such. The rest of it? Time will tell." The others all nodded in agreement.
"Good enough for me."
Eventually, the new people settled themselves and conversation slowly began. Within a few hours, the ten young men and women were laughing and talking as if they'd always been friends. All in all, it was a good start to their final year, one that should have happened the year before. Hermione found it all oddly comforting.
Alas, all good things eventually end and this would be no different
Once the Hogwarts Express arrived at its final destination and all trunks, familiars and returning students were removed, first-year students were gathered up and ensconced in the small boats which would allow them the first glimpse of their new educational home. The others were left to make their way toward the Thestral drawn carriages, the aforementioned animals now easily seen by most, due to the war and the many deaths that had occurred. The ten "Eighth Year" students (as they had taken to calling themselves) divvied up by gender into two of them.
Even so, the conversations which had begun upon the train still raged and by the time the students had arrived; apologies had been given and forgiveness received, all the way around. Once the young men and women regrouped? They all headed into the Great Hall together, not parting until they had to head to their house tables.
The usual pomp and ceremony began. To begin, there were the first year students sorting into their respective houses, then the Introductory speech by Headmistress McGonagall including a warning about the Forbidden Forest. Finally, the Returning Feast! It was glorious and for a moment, just one, Hermione forgot about her boys and just enjoyed the bliss that coming back to school had allowed her to have.
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