(A/N) This is what's happening with Hermione in the last chapter.
Hermione ran through the corridors. All her fears had come true. Ron loved Lavender and she was nothing to him anymore. "He didn't even try to deny it." She thought. She'd hoped that if she asked him, that he would say that Lavender was lying and that he still loved her.
She ran to a nearby tree and sat down in the shadows. She could see the black lake perfectly from where she was sitting. The tears that she'd tried to hide from Ron now flowed freely down her face. She looked at the black water and wondered how easily it would be to get killed in the water. She didn't feel like herself as she slowly stood up and walked over to the edge of the water, the grass crunching beneath her feet.
She looked at her reflection in the water and desperately wanted to sink beneath the surface and never come back. As she reached down to touch the water she heard something move behind her. She quickly turned around to see what it was.
Malfoy was standing behind her. To his right was Crabbe and to his left was Goyle. She knew that she could fight them off with spells, but she was so scared and she couldn't remember any. Usually she wouldn't have been scared, but it was dark, she was alone, and she was vulnerable.
"What do you want, Malfoy?" Hermione barely managed to get out.
"Nothing. We just saw you walking and I thought that we should get to know each other better." He said with malice. Hermione almost started to back away, but stopped herself when she remembered that she was right on the edge of the lake.
"I don't want to get to know you. Leave me alone."
"Oh, come on. I'm not going to hurt you." He said as he started to walk closer. When he got closer he grabbed her wrists and pinned them down to her sides.
"What are you doing? Let go of me." She said panicking. He kissed her fiercely before she could say anything else. She struggled in his grip as he went to the buttons on her shirt. Crabbe and Goyle were holding her arms down now instead of Malfoy. In the few seconds that he stopped kissing her she let out a piercing scream. Malfoy slapped her to get her to shut up and then he started kissing her again. As he started to pull her shirt off, Hermione passed out from fear.
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When Hermione woke up the next morning she was in pain. She opened her eyes slowly and realized that she wasn't in her bed. It took her a minute to figure out where she was, but when she did all the memories from the night before flashed through her head. She was in the hospital wing. She was in the hospital wing because of Malfoy. She went to move her hand and saw that another hand was holding it. She jumped immediately and pulled her hand away. She looked over to see who it was and saw a mop of red hair.
Ron was sleeping in a chair next to her bed. Hermione stared at him while she tried to remember everything that happened. She could remember some things, but everything else was a little blurry. At first all she could remember was Malfoy. Then she remembered why she's been outside in the first place. It was Ron's fault that she'd gotten hurt. If he hadn't sat there like an idiot when she asked him if he loved Lavender, then she wouldn't have been outside. Hermione stared at Ron more intently now, her thoughts accusatory.
Ron's eyes opened slowly as he yawned and stretched his arms. They stared at each other for a couple of minutes before either of them said anything.
"What are you doing? How did I get here?" Hermione asked Ron, all anger forgotten. She still hadn't figured out how she'd gotten there.
"I was waiting for you to come back and when you didn't I went looking for you. I saw someone on the ground when I went outside, but I didn't know that it was you. As soon as I saw you unconscious I brought you to the hospital wing." He explained.
"Why were you waiting for me?"
"Because I wanted to talk to you and make sure that you were okay."
"Why? Why would you want to make sure that I was okay?"
"Because…I care about you." He said as he took her hand in his. She automatically pulled her hand away.
"Don't touch me. Just… just don't." She said looking frightened.
"What happened last night?" He asked seriously. Hermione was hesitant, but she finally started to talk.
"After I ran away I went near a tree and sat down. Then Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle cornered me. And…and…and then they held my arms down so I couldn't move and Malfoy started kissing me. After he stopped I screamed. He slapped me so that I'd shut up and then he tried to take my shirt off. I don't remember anything else. I passed out." She said. She started to cry and put her head in her hands. Ron wanted so badly to hug her, but he didn't know how she would react.
"Malfoy did this to you? He hit you? I'll kill him." Ron said furiously.
"Why do you even care?" She asked icily through sobs.
"What do you mean 'Why do I even care'? Of course I care. How can you even say something like that?"
"Don't you have a girlfriend to tend to?"
"No. We're done. I broke up with her last night."
"Why would you do that? You seemed so happy."
"Well, I wasn't happy. I wasn't happy because I love you." He said as he leaned forward and kissed Hermione. She started to hit him so that he would stop, but it didn't work. After she moved backwards the other way he stopped. Ron looked at her confused.
"I told you, don't touch me." She said as she started to cry again.
"What are you talk…You don't trust me?" He asked disbelievingly. When Hermione didn't answer he stood up to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to earn your trust back somehow." He said as he ran out the door.
Hermione cried harder at the fact that she couldn't even trust the man she loved.
