Updated on 6/16/05

I hope you guys liked the last chapter! Well here is chapter 12!

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Author's POV

Harry stood there in the doorway looking quite confused. "Hermione, what do you mean?"

"I…um I can't talk right now." Hermione said giving Harry a goodbye hug and he left. Hermione had to talk to Draco. She had to tell him to get a life!

She wiped the last of her tears away and her sadness became rage. How could he seduce her like that! He had always hated her, loathed her! She thought they were mutual about that, and then he pulls something like this? She walked upstairs to his room without knocking.

"Malfoy! Why the bloody hell did you have to do that!" She shouted at him.

"I don't know what you are talking about me doing it, you were doing it too." He said smirking.

"But why did you start it? Because of you seducing me I just lost Fred!"

"Oh boo hoo. I think you are better off with out him."

Hermione looked at him. He had no emotion in him except for satisfaction. "You know you can't get anything more than some slutty girl? Because you have no conscience, no respect, and nothing but a sex god reputation," his satisfaction began to recede. She could see what she was saying was getting to him.

"You have no idea how it feels to loose someone….you could, possibly love. Because you don't know how to love," his face was tense, he knew what she said was true. But she had no right to say something so cruel.

"Alright Granger, since you are such an expert about love," he spat. "Tell me, what am I doing wrong. But seeing as how you have only had one boyfriend and me many girlfriends, I don't know how you could possibly know so much!"

"Why should I waste my time explaining how to have sensitivity to you when you are just going to brush it off. You know, we haven't even gone through a week here, and you have already ruined my year." Hermione stood there for a moment and went out down the stairs and out into the corridor. As she walked through the halls actually nothing was running through her mind. There was so much going on she just shut it out. Her feet carried outside next to the lake. There she spilled out just taking one problem at a time.

Before long, the first month of school rolled by, Hermione and Fred had trouble ever looking at each other. Hermione knew she had to do something soon or she might loose Fred altogether. She and Malfoy hardly ever spoke to each other. She didn't want to talk to him. It was a great relief to her that they weren't talking. The Halloween Ball was coming up fast. Harry was going with Ginny, George was going with Lavender, Malfoy with Pansy, and Ron and Fred weren't going with anyone so far. It was three weeks before the ball and the prefects and heads had to have a meeting to get everything set up.

Hermione was walking down the hall on her way to the conference room, when Malfoy caught up with her.

"So where is this place mudblood?"

Hermione didn't answerer.

"Oh come bloody on now! You are still not talking to me?"

"In case you forgot Malfoy, I am trying to avoid you at all costs. I know we are heads and need to talk once in a while. The conference room is coming up. There that should sustain your urge to talk to me for a while." Then she quickened her pace. They made it to the conference room and sat down. Prefects were coming in at random sitting down around the table.

"Alright everyone have a seat and we will begin the meeting."

Hermione started pointing at random people and telling them what they would do.

"You and You music, you and you advertisement, you and you pick out the menu. The rest of you will help set up decorations with Malfoy and me. The Ball is in three weeks. So everyone get working. Meeting closed."

Everyone stood up and began to walk out. "So are you and Lacy going as a couple?" Hermione asked trying to get on Malfoy's nerves.

"No……… I just saved her a dance." He said the last part quietly.

"What was that?"

"She wasn't leaving me alone, so I told her if she didn't talk to me until the dance I would dace with her. At least I got rid of her for a while."

Hermione laughed and left the room. She was walking through the hall and saw Ron. "Ron." She waved. Ron smiled and walked over to her. "Hey I haven't seen you in a while." He said hugging her. Hermione hugged him back. "I know, it's been a few weeks." It had also been a few weeks since she had smiled.

"So are you going to the dance with anyone?" Hermione asked.

"No, actually, I was going to ask you."

"Oh, well I am not going with anyone. So I guess we could go as friends."

Ron's smile faded. "Yeah, friends." Had Hermione forgotten Ron still liked her?

Hermione gave him another hug and went on her way.

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Yeah, I know I am just not writing well right now. I couldn't think of anything for this chapter. So I hope you like what I could squeeze out of my brain. Lol! Please Review!