After breakfast she decided to go out on the grounds, yesterdays' rain had passed and the sun was shining brightly. She had to tell Ginny she didn't want Rons constant whining about her not helping him with his homework. And she was tired of it but mostly she tried to hide from Malfoy after their little outburst this morning.

As he finished his breakfast he saw Granger leaving the great hall with an irritated look on her face, and looked over at the Gryffindor table where he saw the weasel. His ears as red as his hair, probably they had been fighting. As Pansy came to sit by him he quickly made an excuse to leave, and her expression told him she got offended. Probably she had hoped he'd joined her in her dorm for a shag.

She sat down under the big oak tree near the lake and got out her copy of 'Extreme Potion Making'. But as she read the first line, she heard a too familiar voice behind her.

"Oy, Granger!" Malfoy was coming towards her, a wide smirk on his face.

"What do you want ferret?" She hissed.

He bent down so she could feel his hot breath on her cheek and he whispered

"Oh, nothing, just wanted you to know that our little secret is safe with me."

Then winked at her and turned to leave when she spoke

"Hey Malfoy?" He turned on the spot and gave her an amazed look.

"There is something I want to tell you. You probably won't believe me, but I think Parkinson is cheating on you. I heard her in walking into a classroom with someone last night, that's why I was surprised to see you.''

She waited for a reaction, but it never came. He just turned and walked off. Oh well if he didn't hate her before, now he surely would. She read through her homework to make sure she didn't miss anything.

He had to find Pansy. Ask her if it was all true, but what would he say? 'The mud blood told me you were cheating on me.' No to stupid, he shouldn't be affected at all by the mud bloods words. But some part of him hoped it to be true so he could get rid of the energy sucking bitch that was Pansy Parkinson. He walked down the stairs to the dungeon were the slytherin dorm was. He said the password, entered and saw Blaise sitting doing his homework.

"Hey Blaise!" he said walking over. "Hey mate" Blaise replied taking his eyes of his homework.

"What's up?" Draco looked around, then back at Blaise.

"Have you seen Pansy anywhere? I need to talk to her"

"Yeah, I think she's in her dorm, doing whatever she does" his voice a bit fixed his eyes on the door to the girls' dorm and gave Blaise a pat on the shoulder.

"Thanks mate" He walked into the girls' dorm and over to the door sighted '7th year'. He heard banging noises from inside and decided to knock first.

"Pansy you in there?" he asked through the door.

"Draco?! Hey, just a second I'm not decent!" her voice surprised. 'So what' he thought. He'd already seen her naked, from that one time they had sex.

"I'm coming in."

He opened the door and walked in. The sight that meet him surprised him. She stood in the middle of the room half dressed and lying on her bed was Theodore Nott. One of the boys in his year. He stared at Pansy as he got his speech back.

"YOU CHEATED ON ME?!" He shouted out.

"Dray I didn't mean to! It was a mistake!" her voice and look was desperate

"A MISTAKE?!" "THIS WAS NO BLOODY MISTAKE! YOU'VE BEEN SEEING HIM BEHANDE MY BACK ALL THE TIME HAVEN'T YOU?!" He turned and stormed out, passing Blaise without looking at him. As he exited the common room he heard Pansys voice behind him.

"FINE BE THAT WAY! YOU'LL COME CRAWLING BACK SOON!"That little bitch, well now he was rid of her but it still stung a bit.

The sun was burning on her skin and Hermione decided to go back to the heads dorm before she got a bad sun burn. She passed through the entrance hall, up the marble stair case and down a corridor to the portrait hiding the door to the heads common room. She went in to her room and as she tossed her bag onto her bed she heard the portrait swing open and poked her head out surprised that he would be back so soon.

As he entered the heads common room he meet her deep hazel eyes. He probably looked angry 'cause she looked worried. He walked into the bathroom. There was a knock on the door and he said "What?"

"Just wondering if you're okay? You looked angry" worry in her voice.

"What do you care if I'm angry you little..."

"You little what?"

"Just leave me alone!" his voice raised.

"Fine have it your way ferret!" She turned and sat down by the fireplace and got out a book to read in.

Half an hour later. The bathroom door opened and Malfoy came outside and meet her eyes.

"I'm sorry for shouting. You were right about Parkinson, caught her in the act." He sad calmly.

To his surprise she got up and walked over to him and put her hands around him in a tight hug and whispered in his ear.

"I know you don't like that filth like me do this to you but I think you really need a hug right now." He felt her warmth and felt very grateful to this know-it-all and laid his hands around her shoulders and tightened the hug and muttered

"Thanks"