"Well it's getting colder and your getting distant

and I just keep thinking that i never meant to be

like this..."

Chapter 10- Attack!

"Hermione I don't want you to go and see him."

"I know you don't Draco, but again you don't control my life."

"You're impossible."

"I want to ask him if he's the one who set you up."

"And you think he's really going to answer your truthfully?"

"Yes, actually I do."

Draco sighed.

"Draco, sweetheart, I will be just fine and I promise that if I'm not back by 6 tonight you can send a search party for me."

"Whatever, just go."

"Don't be like that Draco."

"Like what?"

"Don't be angry with me for seeing him."

"Well Hermione he's only the man who ruined my life."

"You don't know that Draco." She went to kiss him and he turned his head away, "That's fine, I'll see you before six."

"Or else."

"Yes Draco or else."

About 15 minutes later

"Hey Hermione, you look good."

"You too Ron, I've missed you."

He smiled and hugged her, "I'm glad you wanted to talk."

"Me too."

"So I heard you and Draco are back together."

"Yeah but we broke up a couple days ago though."

"Oh yeah that whole Death Eater thing."

"How did you know about that?"

"Umm...Ginny told me."

"I don't remember telling Ginny, Ron."

"Oh..maybe Harry told her." Ron was starting to sweat now; he had never been a good liar.

"Ron are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm feeling a little sick."

"So, what do you think about Harry and your sister's engagement?"

"I'm happy for them."

Ron and Hermione talked for about another hour and a half before Hermione realized it was ten till six. She had been talking to him for almost two hours, and if she knew Draco he would be in Hogsmeade in about five minutes ready to hunt Ron down.

"All right Ron, I have to leave."

"Well all right. If you ever want to get away from the Death Eater, you know where I am."

"Yeah Ron. Goodbye."

She hugged him and started walking back towards the school. She could just tell by the way Ron had been acting that he was the one who had set Draco up. She still couldn't seem to grasp why Ron would want to hurt her. He knew inside that it was Draco she loved, but he wanted them apart even though he knew she hurt when they were. It just seemed Ron had become more of a crazed lover in an affair than her best friend.

"You better be so happy that I'm seeing you right now."

Hermione smiled when she saw her boyfriend and jumped into his arms, "I'm sorry I lost track of time."

"Yeah, I'm sure. I swear if he laid one hand on you I'll kill him Hermione."

"He did it Draco."

"I told you that, but you didn't want to believe me."

"I didn't ask him, but I could tell when we did talk about it he was hiding something. I can't believe he would do that to me though."

"He's a weasel Hermione."

"Good God Draco you are so immature sometimes."

"No one messes with Draco Malfoy or what is his."

"I am not your property Draco."

"Yeah well no one is going to take you away from me again."

"Wow. You know just a few years ago we hated each other to the bone."

"Amazing isn't it?"

"What? That we love each other now."

"No that my charm sucked you in like all the rest."

"You're so humble Draco."

"Thanks."

While Hermione had been out with Ron, Draco was trying to find a way to prove that Ron was the one who had set him up with Lavender. He had thought about all the truth potions he knew of and concluded that if he did use on he would probably kill Ron when he found out the truth. As good as it sounded to him he knew Hermione would not like it. Draco was going to get him though; it was only a matter of time.

When they got back to the school they went to the Great Hall to sit with the students for dinner. There was about five until dinner was to start when there was an explosion outside the Great Hall. All the teachers and students went into the hall to find the upper stair cases in shambles. Draco looked towards the doors of the school and saw five people dressed in black. He could tell they were Death Eaters some of the few that were left. He started towards them with his wand out and they ran for it.

Draco chased them towards the gates of the school while they threw curses back and forth at each other. They were just to far ahead for him to get a good aim. The Death Eaters made it to the gates of Hogwarts before he could reach them and they disappeared with 'pop.'

"Fuck!"

Draco walked back to the castle disappointed with himself for not catching the Death Eaters. He held his head though in true Malfoy fashion as he walked into the castle. The teachers and students were helping get other students to the Hospital Wing. Apparently the Death Eaters picked a good time to strike, when the staircases would be full of students and some teachers going to dinner.

Hermione ran up to him, "Are you all right Draco?"

He shrugged her off, "I'm fine, how is everyone else?"

"About twenty students were seriously hurt, the rest were just minor cuts and bruises."

"Good. I couldn't catch the Death Eaters though, they were too far ahead of me."

"How do you know they were Death Eaters?"

"It was obvious."

"Oh." Hermione looked at him strangely.

"Come on let's go see if we can help out in the Hospital."

Later that night Hermione was sitting in Draco's room while he was looking over some reports from his classes. She had been watching him since the attack and he had seemed different.

She walked over to him and put her hands on his shoulders, "Are you all right Draco?"

"Yeah, I'm just thinking about tonight. I don't understand how they got into the castle, or even onto the grounds. It doesn't make sense."

"You didn't help them, did you Draco?"

He shot up from the chair and Hermione stumbled back, "Is that what you think?"

"No, I just..."

"No you just thought that I had been lying to you this whole time right? Because that's what I am, a liar."

"No Draco I.."

"I understand Hermione, you never trusted me. You know, when we were engaged you looked past my image and what I was meant to be, but now you can't even get past a stupid mark on my arm. Wake up Hermione! I love you and I am not stupid enough to ruin that for some dead idiot." He hit the wall behind her, "Get out."

Hermione stared at him with tears in her eyes and left his room. She had never seen him so angry before it scared her.

a/n: well heres the update. This chapter was really hard to write. I was like half way through it and i had writer's block, so i stopped for about a day looking for some inspiration. Didn't find any so just rethought my idea for this chapter and wa la. I hope that you guys like it and don't hate me too bad. So give me some time on the next chapter so I can write it out and find out where i want this to go. Thanks to all my reviewers new and old, you guys mean so much to me.

Song Credit for top: Taking Back Sunday: Head Club

Missez Malfoy.