Hermione was running to meet Ron after class. Three days this week, she was swamped with headgirl duties working with the headboy. She was determined to see her boyfriend today so that they could have a nice meal and maybe cuddle on the couch. She arrived at the common room, only finding Harry writing a letter on the desk in the corner. She practically ran over to him.
"Harry, have you seen Ron? I was thinking that tonight we might actually hang out," Hermione said really fast, eager to see her beloved.
Harry smiled, "I'm happy for you guys. Anyways, I think I saw him going to his room. Now, go get him. I'll let him cut quidditch practice today, you deserve it."
Hermione hugged her best friend, "Thank you so much Harry. I'll see you later. Thanks again." Hermione ran up the boys' staircase to the dormitories. She entered Ron's room gasping at what she saw.
"Hermione, I-I...this uhm...was an accident!" her now ex-boyfriend tried to say. He struggled to cover his naked body while his companion wrapped a blanket around herself and fled the room.
"Ronald Weasley, you are such a bastard! I ran here so that I could finally spend time with my BOYFRIEND, but instead breaking up with him. Don't ever talk to me again. You know what, screw you!" with that said, Hermione ran out of the room with tears pouring down her face. She went down the stairs and headed for the exit, when Harry and Ginny caught her at the portrait door.
Ginny pulled Hermione into a tight embrace, "Hermione, what's wrong?"
Harry joined the hug, "Yeah, what happened? Is Ron not there? I pretty sure I saw him go up-"
"Yeah, he was there, but he wasn't the only one. He was screwing Lavender! I found them both naked on his bed. Then he said it was an accident."
"Oh my Merlin, what did you do afterwards?" Ginny sat Hermione down on the couch.
"Screamed at him then ran. What else could I have done?" Hermione looked up at Ginny with teary eyes.
"Beat the shit out if him! He deserves it!"
"Yeah, Ron is stupid to cheat on you."
"He isn't worth it. Thanks for being here with me, but I really just want to walk around the lake by myself right now, if you don't mind."
"Go ahead, but are you sure you want to be alone?"
"Yeah. See you guys tomorrow. I probably won't come back to the common room; I'll just go back to my room. Night." Hermione left the common room sniffling away her tears,
"My git of a brother is going to hear something from our mum and me."
"Yeah, Ron should be smart enough to not come down here. I mean, how could he hurt Hermione like that? When I was talking to her earlier, she was so excited to see Ron. I can't believe he would do that. He's such a dick, no offense Gin, since he's your brother."
"No, I completely agree with you."
Ron hastily put on his clothes, and then ran down to the common room to find Hermione. "Harry, Gin, have you seen Hermione?"
Ginny turned to her brother, took in a deep breath, and yelled, "RONALD WEASLEY! YOU ARE SUCH AN ASS! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU CHEAT ON HERMIONE?!"
People from the dorm rooms heard yelling and quickly got out of their beds to see what was going on. They saw Ron cowering in a corner while Ginny was screaming profanities at him. Harry threw in a couple words too.
Neville asked a fellow Gryffindor, "What's got Ginny angry at Ron again?"
Dean replied, "It seems that Ron cheated on Hermione. Since Ginny and Harry are Hermione's best friends, they're yelling at Ron for being such a git."
"Poor Hermione. Where is she?"
"I don't know, but I hope she's okay. I would kill Ron if danger came to Hermione since she ran away."
"Yeah, me too."
Hermione was solemnly walking around the lake, not paying any attention to where she was going. "Why would he do this to me? I thought we were friends. I thought he cared for me. Boy was I stupid. I just can't believe he would cheat on me."
Suddenly an arm grabbed her. She looked up and saw that she was a centimeter from falling into the deep depths of the Black Lake. The arm around her spun her around so that she was facing the person that the arm belonged to.
"Watch where you're going Granger. We wouldn't want your precious body floating lifeless on the Black Lake."
"Why would you care? Why would anyone care? I'm just a dirty mudblood bookworm. No one would care if I drowned, my parents are already dead. I have no family left, it's just me. So why couldn't you just have let me drowned, Parkinson?" Hermione glared at Pansy through tear-filled eyes.
Pansy pulled Hermione away from the lake and made her sit down on a tree stump. "What the hell is your problem Granger?! You are not a 'dirty mudblood bookworm' and there are many people that care for you. Potter for one and the Weasleys. Hell, the Weasleys alone take up practically the whole Wizarding world. Especially your boyfriend."
"He's not my boyfriend anymore. He is a lying, cheating piece of scum!"
"Oh, so this is what this whole thing is about. You finally found 'Mr. Perfect' screwing Brown. It was only a matter of time until you did. I was surprised it took you this long."
"You knew? How long?!"
"I found out about three weeks ago. Caught them going at it behind the tapestry on the fifth floor."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Well, we're not really on speaking terms."
"So he's been cheating on me for over three weeks?" Hermione began sobbing.
Pansy surprised her by engulfing her into a hug. Hermione returned the hug and cried on Pansy's shoulder. "Granger, Weasley is a jerk. You're too good for him, he doesn't deserve you. You're an untouchable goddess that should only have the best. Weasley was definitely not the best."
"What did you just say?"
"Nothing! Nothing! You were just hearing things Granger!" Pansy got off the bench and began walking to the castle.
Hermione grabbed her arm, "Parkinson, what did you say?"
"Let me go! I said nothing!"
"Fine, I'll let you go. And even if you don't want to admit saying anything, I'll still say thank you. No one has ever told me that. But I have to disagree, I don't deserve the best, I don't deserve anyone. I'll see you around Parkinson." Hermione left a stunned Pansy and headed to Hagrid's Hut.