The couple could be found in a hall, with a crowd around them. They were shouting at eachother.
"Why were you snogging Pansy!!" Hermione shrieked, tears leaking from her eyes.
"I WASNT!" he yelled back. Hermione looked at him in disgust.
"I CAUGHT YOU! HOW COULD YOU LIE TO MY FACE LIKE THAT!"
Harry and Ron stood towards the front of the crowd, eyes wide. Pansy stood a bit away, smirking evily.
"MIONE! SHE KISSED ME! I-"
Hermione wouldnt listen to the excuse she push her way past him.
Hermionie stopmed down the hall crying. Draco pushed after her.
"HERMIONIE! WAIT!" She stopped and waited for him once Draco caught up to her she punched him in the face.
Draco started to cry. Hermionie looked at him.
"I didn't do it!" he sobbed "It was a plan of Pansy's! I had nothing to do with it! She just started kissing me and wouldn't let go! I'm SO sorry!" He was crying Hysterically now. Hermionie looked at him.
"I got to go and do some thinking." Hermionie said quietly and she strode off to the gryffindor common room. Harry and Ron followed her.
"Patronus" she said to the sleeping fat lady. The protrait door flew open. When Harry and Ron got to the common room Hermionie was already up in the girls dormitory.
Parvati and Lavender were comforting Hermione the best they could. She had told them everything, as soon as Ginny entered as well.
"Do you believe Draco?" asked Lavender.
"I...I dont know," Hermione whispered, wiping one last tear.
"He's been very good lately, towards you..." Ginny said. "And Parkinson is evil..."
Parvati coughed. "And I heard her talking about some sabotage earlier during Potions..."
Hermione stood, looking out the window. "I...I just dont know,"
"Do you want to get something to eat?" Lavender asked
'No, I think I'll go back down to the common room and study." Hermionie said.
Parvati and Lavender followed her down. Hermionie didn't want to talk to Ron and Harry so she wanted Parvati and Lavender to stay close to her. Every time Ron or Harry went over to talk to her Hermionie, Lavender and Parvati would start talking and Ignore the 2. Finally Harry got a chance to talk to her alone.
Parvati and Lanvender had to, unfortunatly, leave for the library, but they promised to be back asap.
Hermione started to head to her dorm, when Harry stepped in her way. (Ron was in his dorm, fuming)
"Hermione, listen, please, just let me speak," he pleaded.
Hermione stared with cold eyes, clutching her books untill her knuckles turned white.
"Please get out of my way," she whispered.
Harry didnt budge.
"Just let me explain"
"Get out of the way"
"no. Please, let me explain!"
Hermione gave up. She was sick and tired of all of this. She nodded.
"It broke my heart. How could you? And now he's gone and hurt you, like I knew he would. I love you. But, if you want we can be just friends. Please. Maybe not as close as before, but i cant stand this. I need you to cut me some slack. Please, Hermione!! I need you to forgive me!" Harry pleaded.
"I'll think about it. Now, get out of the way." Hermione brushed past him when he moved slightly to the right. She looked at him. He looked at her.
"Just think about it, Hermione. We were such great friends. And think about what Malfoy did to you." Harry touched her arm but she shook it off, tears brimming in her eyes.
Harry didn't talk to Hermione till the following day at breakfeast. She was surrounded by Parvati and Lavender who refused to get away from Hermione untill Hermione said that it was ok.
"Harry, that really hurt me....and you kno i nver knew that you loved me....and i didn't kno that i was hurting you." She began
"Beacause...I liked you and since you seemed to take no interest in me.......i started to like Draco." She said
"Since when did you like him?" Harry said casually. Hermione looked over at the Slytherin table.
"Well...i was in the owlery one day and he said that i was in his dreams, that's a maijor turn on to a girl."
"I've dreampt of you loads of times!" Harry Lied
"Well How am I supposed to know that unless you tell me?" Hermione asked. Harry said nothing.
"Right"
"So why didnt you tell me you loved me? It would have made everything SO much easier...i had a crush on you, before i got something going with Draco. We where happy, and he was so so sweet. I dont know why he went off with that-that..." Hermione couldnt say anything. Words could not express her anger with Pansy.
"Dont cry Hermione, I cant bear it" Harry put his hand on Hermione's shoulder.
"Bu-but, i hate life, and everybody hates me...i dont want to live, the man i thought really really liked me-loved me even-turned out to be an evil swine!" Hermione started to sob uncontrollably.
"C'mon, let's get you to the common room"
Harry pushed Hermione a mug of hot chocolate he had conjured out of thin air. He made himself one, and he admitted to himself that it was very nice indeed.
"Shush, Hermione, shush..." he stroked her hair lovingly. "I'm here, dont cry..."
Hermione did not stop crying, but paused and took a sip of her drink.
"I'll be here no matter what that evil pig does to you, dont worry, you're better off without hi-" Harry began to say, but Ron walked in, muttering to himself, and slammed the Fat Lady's portrait against the entrance to the common room.
"Stupid idiots-Oh, hiya Harry--Hermione?? What's up?"
"What the hell do you think?" Harry asked.
"Oh, right..."
Hermione looked up. Her eyes were red and swollen, very tender looking.
"I hate my life" she whispered.
"Dont be so stupid!" Harry looked at her in the eyes. "You're beautiful. And you know it. You dont need Malfoy to be happy. You've got your gal pals and me and Ron. Dont cry, come here" Harry pulled her into a hug.
Ron, on the other hand, was looking rather lost. He felt a bit left out. He went over to Harry and Hermione and rubbed Hermione's arm arkwardly. Hermione laughed, but tears kept spilling from her eyes.
"Your a sweet but daft lboy Ron...and thanks Harry. I best be off to bed. And thanks again, both of you." Hermione kissed each of them on the cheek and left for her dorm.
The next morning Harry got up early thinking about what had happened the previous day. He went down to the common room and saw Hermione reading a book.
"Hi Harry. I was wondering if i could talk to you alone." She said
"Umm....sure." Harry replied awkwardly
Hermione took Harry's hand and they swiftly walked down the cooridor. Hermione was leadind him to the place where She and Malfoy were found kissing, the room of requirement.
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