"Of course I did my homework Malfoy." What a stupid question. He laughed and walked into the bathroom. Then an evil thought crossed my mind: did I do my homework? I ran over to my bag and pulled it open papers flying out left and right. "Accio transfiguration homework!" Nothing. I ran over to Malfoy's bag and found his. Then I made a copy of it and used a combination of magic spells and a special quill to make it not identical. No one need know I forgot to do my homework.

"What's going on out there?" Malfoy's voice came from the bathroom.

"Nothing!" I shouted back while stuffing his essay back in his bag.

"What were you doing in my bag?" I twirled around and saw him standing outside the bathroom door with a toothbrush hanging out of his mouth. "Well?" He walked back into the bathroom and I heard him finish up with his toothbrush.

"I I was —" I couldn't tell him what I had been doing. It was too embarrassing.

"Please tell me Granger." He was looking at me with a fire in his eyes. I was terrified. He grabbed my wrists and slowly pushed me backwards until I hit the wall. Then he held me there. "Please Granger. Why were you going through my bag? Ik not mad. Just tell me." He was practically whispering and his words tickled my ear. It made me shiver. His face was so close to mine I could see every little line in his face. "Tell me." His voice was like the wind.

All of a sudden his eyes lit up with understanding. "It wasn't the homework was it?" I blushed and he let go of me roaring with laughter. "Granger. That is the funniest thing I have ever heard. Granger not done her homework so she copies me." It did sound quite ridiculous but I was too embarrassed. I grabbed my bag and flew out of the Room of Requirement and ran all the way to transfiguration. Malfoy called after me but I couldn't listen.

When I got to Transfiguration I sat down in my regular seat. I then faced the front of the classroom and vowed I wouldn't look at anything else. I felt Malfoy sit next to me. He called my name, but I ignored him. I heard Ginny call out to me too. I raised my hand in recognition, but I didn't allow myself to turn and face her.

McGonagall started class as normal. First, she asked for the homework; I felt my face redden and could feel Malfoy's eyes on me as I pulled the essay out and let McGonagall take it. After that she started on with the lesson. I wasn't paying much attention for right at that moment I felt a piece of paper being shoved under my arm. I looked down at it and saw Ginny's handwriting in it.

Hermione,

Are you ok? I'm worried about you. You haven't been talking to me as much lately, and then you ignored me when I called to you at the beginning of class. Let me know if there is anything I can do.

Love you always,

Ginny

I thought for a second and wrote Ginny a quick reply.

Ginny,

Sorry I ignored you. I'm fine it's just Malfoy again. He's being a git and I want him to leave me alone. It's not your fault.

Love,

Hermione

I folded it into a bird and cast a spell on it. Then I whispered 'Ginny' and knew it was soaring across the classroom.

Five minutes later, I felt another note being shoved under my arm.

Granger,

Stop ignoring your friends because you are mad at me. That's not going to end well for you. And what did I do?

Malfoy

Instead of replying to Malfoy's letter I ignored it. By then end of class, my desk was so full of notes from Malfoy they were falling off the edges. As if this class couldn't have gotten any worse, Ron decided to show up at the front of the class.

"Malfoy? What're all those for?" He asked confusedly.

"They are my letters to Granger, but she is ignoring them."

"What if she doesn't want them?" Ron asked testily.

"What of I don't care?" Malfoy responded his voice completely smooth.

"What if you don't care about Hermione? Wow! What a surprise!"

"That's not what I meant weasel."

"Oh yeah?" And then Ron had jumped at Malfoy and tackled him to the floor. They started rolling around fighting each other. Where was McGonagall? Excellent question! There was a pool of blood on I floor beneath them.

"Malfoy! Ron! Stop!" I screamed tears running down my face. They stopped for a second and looked up at me, but then they went straight back to fighting. I was frozen and then I heard a voice in my ear.

"Hermione." It was struggling to stay calm. "Go get Madam Pomfrey." I looked and saw it has Harry. He was pleading with me so I nodded and ran out of the room.