The moon shone through the opened window. By the glow of the night, you could just make out a person that seemed to be still awake. It was around midnight and a young girl was lying on her bed.

Pansy had her back towards the door. She had out a piece of parchment and a quill, writing quickly. She brought her quill to her lips and slightly bit the tip, looking over what she had written. She read over it a few times and smiled to herself. She rose from her bed and still facing away from the door, started to put the parchment into her chest of drawers when she heard the door slightly open behind her. She froze where she was and slowly turned her head to see who the intruder could be. When she realized that it was only her best friend, Blaise Zabini, she sighed with relief.

Blaise stepped toward her and peeked over her shoulder at the parchment she still had a hold on.

"Pansy what is that?" he asked her staring down at the parchment in her hand. She looked down at her hand a blinked a few times, before it dawned on her what was actually written on the parchment. She turned to face Blaise, the parchment now behind her back.

"Erm this? This is nothing…just writing a few things down for my classes tomorrow." She said hesitantly. She looked up at Blaise and prayed that he bought it.

He looked at her curiously for a few seconds but decided that he could trust her. Blaise started walk to walk across the room but then seemed to change his mind and turned back to Pansy.

"Why did you slap Granger today?"

"She got what she deserved. That's all I can say." Pansy replied, her voice turning hard.

Blaise sighed to himself and telling Pansy good night, he walked out of the room and softly closed the door.

Blaise leaned against the side of the wall and slid down. He knew that Pansy was mad at Granger for what she had done. But did it give Pansy the right to just slap her like that? He didn't think so. He had of course heard all the rumours of what the girl had supposedly done. Yet he still couldn't get himself to completely believe them. How could she do it? But most importantly, why? They seemed to be getting along perfectly well. So why had she done it? But the one question he just couldn't get out of his mind, the one where his beliefs stood, who was the person who set her up?

Hermione woke up from a restless sleep. She wiped her puffy eyes and sat up on the side of the bed. It seemed as if Lavender and Paravti had already left. She looked around and noticed that Ginny was at the edge of her bed reading a book. She moaned and Ginny turned around to look at her. She smiled when she saw that Hermione was finally awake.

"Hermione I know that the past few weeks have horrible for you, but its time you take a stand up for yourself. You can't keep letting Lavender, Parvati, and even Pansy push you around. I mean, what happened to the old the Hermione? The Hermione that never let anyone get to her? I want that girl back and I know she's still somewhere inside you. All you have to do is let her free."

Hermione smiled up at where Ginny was sitting.

'She does have a good point I guess.'

She thought it over and decided that she could try to be her old self again.

"I promise you, I'll try Ginny."

"That's all I ask," Ginny said, "Now lets get out of this room and go and have fun!"

Hermione laughed and jumped out of bed. After getting dressed they made there way outside. It was Saturday and it looked beautiful outside.

Ginny dragged Hermione over to a tree, which was near the lake. They sat down, leaning against it. Hermione looked towards the lake and saw a few Slytherin boys were swimming around laughing at one another. Ginny noticed where Hermione was looking.

"Don't even worry about them Hermione." She told her.

"I'm fine Ginny."

They girls kept watching the Slytherins for a while longer. Hermione saw how playful one Slytherin boy could be and smiled to herself. The boy looked over at her and smiled slightly. Hermione saw him looking at her and turned her head away quickly and then went back to talking with Ginny.

Blaise, Nott, Crabbe, and Gole had decided to spend the day outside. They dressed in their swimming gear and left to swim in the lake.
"Just don't get eaten by the Giant Squid!" Blaise said.

Nott responded by lightly punching him in the arm.

"I wont if you don't." Nott said back to him laughing.

The boys made it outside and when they arrived at the lake they decided to jump in. They were in their own little world not paying attention to anything else around them. It was the first time any of them had really laughed since the incident.

Blaise was laughing at a joke that Nott had just told when he felt as if someone was staring at him. He looked over toward the bank and noticed that Hermione was looking at him. He smiled at her trying to get her attention, but she turned away.

"No way Zabini?"

Blaise turned to see Nott looking at him, his mouth was dropped and his eyes wide. He looked towards Crabbe and Goyle who also had similar expressions.

"What are you talking about?" Blaise asked. He truly didn't know what Nott could be referring to.

"I'm talking about you and Granger. Do you like her or something, after everything she did? I saw you smiling at her just then." Nott replied.

"What! No…of course not. No."

"Yeah,yeah. We'll see." Nott said quietly to himself so Blaise couldn't hear.

Crabbe looked at Gole and both shrugged their shoulders. Then they went back to splashing around in the water.

Oh my gosh…Can you believe she did that…Is she trying to embarrass herself…She could have at least kept it between her Ron…I can't believe she that she would pull something like this, again.

These were the whispers that could be heard as Hermione Granger and Ginny Weasley entered the corridor. Students of all ages were crowded around the left side of the corridor looking up at something on the wall. Hermione and Ginny looked at each other curiously.

"What's going on?" Ginny asked loud enough for everyone to hear her.

The students crowded at the wall turned to see Ginny and Hermione standing behind them. They moved away from the wall so that the two girls could see what was written there.

'Dear Ron,

Words cannot express how much I adore you. It hurts me just to see you everyday, with your boyish smile, and know that you are not mine. We fight so much, and it covers the many feelings I have for you.
But isn't it obvious, Ron? Don't you notice at all? Are you that oblivious to my feelings? I hope not.
I just want you to know that I love you, and I have a question for you. Will you go to Hogsmeade with me?

Love,
Hermione'

Hermione couldn't believe what she saw. Why would she write something like that, especially if she knew that Ron hated her? She certainly didn't remember writing it, but had she? No of course not. But then who? And why?

Ginny gasped and her hands covered her mouth. Hermione's eyes glanced around at all the the looks that were coming her way. Her gaze then fell on one person in particular. Ron was gleaming at Hermione with hatred in his eyes. He walked up to her, his fists balled and his eyes never leaving hers.

"You've got to be joking. As if I'd ever be with a girl like you! You are a bossy know-it-all, and you are so annoying." His fists started to ball tighter turning a slight shade of purple.

"Besides look at yourself, your pathetic Granger. Malfoy was right about you, your nothing but a filthy mud-blood! I remember when we used to be best friends." Ron looked at Hermione with disgust.

"But that was before everything happened. Now I can't look at you the same way ever again, not that I'd want to." He looked at the floor and spat near her feet.

"Just leave me alone, because I don't ever want to be with you. Ever. I hate you and I always will!" Ron yelled. His voice was filled with pure hatred.

Hermione's eyes started to welled up with tears. How could Ron say those awful things to me? Did he really mean what he said?

"Ron please, I didn't write that!" Hermione shouted at him. Tears were now starting to fall down her cheeks.

"I don't believe you. You always do this!" Ron shouted back at her.

"Ronald!" Ginny snarled at her older brother.

"Stay out of this Ginny." Ron said coolly to her.

"Ron, I…I didn't really!" Hermione tried to plead with him.

"And don't call me Ron! It's Weasley to you Granger. I'm disgusted by you, don't ever speak to me again!" Ron screamed this time. He turned on his heel sharply and marched to the Gryffindor common room.

The others looked after him. Hermione stood frozen to her spot. Did that really just happen? The tears were pouring down her face. She was shivering violently.

Blaise walked up to Hermione and put his hand on her shoulder. He turned her around and brought her into a hug. She cried into his embrace while he ran his fingers through her curly hair trying to soothe her. Blaise gently pushed Hermione from him and grabbed onto her arm instead.

"Come on." He said quietly to her.

Hermione walked with Blaise trying to ignore all the stares and whispers that followed her, as he led her down into the dungeons.

A/N: Yey chapter 2 is finally up! Whoo hoo! lol. Hope you all enjoyed it. I know some of you are probably wanting to kill Ron by now...lol. I would like to give a big thanks to Ron for helping with the letter part in the story..thanks RON! Ne who guess thats it for now. Please Review and let me know what you think!
Bunny