Chapter 13 of True Love:
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Summary: Seventh year at Hogwarts has finally come, and Hermione and Draco both realize that they are Head Boy and Head Girl. Hermione decides that this year will be the worst, but did she expect to fall into love with Draco? And how can their love survive … when one is in Gryffindor, and the other is in Slytherin?
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Recap of Chapter 12:
Hermione sat on her bed thinking about stuff when she heard a knock on the door.
"Hermione? Can I come in?" asked a male voice.
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Chapter 13:
Hermione turned around from where she was sitting.
"Draco?" she asked.
Draco stood by the door, grinning sheepishly.
"Are you all right?" he asked, looking worried.
"Well, if you call losing your best friend for who knows what reasons, then I guess I am all right," muttered Hermione.
Draco sighed. "I saw that fight. You want me to beat Potter up for you?" he asked.
Hermione rolled her eyes.
"You know, I'm not kidding," said Draco.
"No, it's okay. I might as well lay here and think about all my happy memories that I've had with Harry. I don't think our friendship will ever be the same," she said.
Draco closed the door, and walked over to Hermione, and sat down besides her. He carelessly draped an arm over her shoulder.
Hermione smiled and the two leaned back against the wall, their feet propped up by Hermione's bed.
Grateful for the silence, Hermione leaned her head on Draco's chest. She fell asleep soon after.
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"Dang it! I'm going all soft for her!" thought Draco.
He gently pushed back a lock of hair from Hermione's face.
Listening to Hermione's rhythmic breathing, he too began to grow sleepy.
He lay his head on Hermione's and fell asleep.
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"Harry!" yelled Ron.
"What?" said Harry, glaring at Ron.
"What you said in the Great Hall made Hermione really pissed off. What's with you man?"
"I don't care!" Harry said.
"You should be glad that Hermione found somebody to be with! She's finally happy. And as I hate to say this, I think Malfoy and her would be a good match!" protested Ron.
"I can't believe that I'm hearing this!" murmured Harry. "The day my two best friends stab me in the back!"
"What is your problem? Whenever you and I had problems, Hermione was there for us. So why can't you support her?"
"Why does it have to be Malfoy? The freakin' Slytherin prince, for Merlin's sake! If it was somebody else, but Malfoy? Come on!"
"Okay, mate. Whatever, I'm gonna go find Hermione."
Ron walked out of the Gryffindor common room, leaving Harry alone.
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Draco sighed as he woke up.
"This is not a bad way to wake up!" he thought.
He untangled himself from Hermione, and got up to leave.
Just as he was leaving, he decided to leave a note for his beloved.
Dear Hermione,
I hope you are all right. I'm just going to go out for a walk to clear my head. I'll see you tonight. Don't worry about me, I'll be thinking about you.
Love, Draco
He walked out of the Heads' tower, and walked straight into
"Weasley!" groaned Draco.
"Malfoy!" was the reply.
Draco glared at Ron, and was starting to leave, when Ron startled Draco by grabbing him on the arm.
"I need to talk to you!"
"Okay," sneered Draco, stopping in his tracks.
"Outside, privately."
"Fine."
The two walked outside.
"What?" Draco snapped.
"Okay look. I don't want to fight with you, for Hermione's sake. She really likes you, so I think we should call a truce and put our bet off. She has too much to deal with already."
"Bet? Oh, darn. I forgot we even had a bet!" groaned Draco.
"Yeah, well anyway, how bout you and I become ... well friends?" Ron asked weakly.
Draco looked at Ron suspiciously, before nodding.
"Okay, but for Hermione's sake!"
"But if you hurt one hair on Hermione, you'll wish you were never alive!"
"Okay!" repeated Draco, "I get it!"
The two went off their own separate ways.
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"Harry?" asked a timid voice.
Harry turned around, and saw Ginny Weasley, Ron's younger sister, standing in front of him.
"Yeah?" he muttered, carelessly.
"Are you all right?"
"Fine, why do you ask," he mumbled, rubbing his head.
"Well, because I didn't see you at dinner, and so I thought..." she trailed off.
"I'm fine. Just fine."
"Is it Hermione?" asked Ginny.
"Yes. It's always her isn't it?"
Ginny walked over to Harry, and sat down.
"So... Ginny, who do you fancy?" asked Harry, changing the subject.
"Oh, nobody," said Ginny, as she blushed.
"Really."
"Yeah."
"Well, come on. A guy would have to be blind not to notice you."
"Are you blind Harry?" asked Ginny.
"I mean..." Ginny turned red. "Oops, sorry, I … um … I'll just go now…"
Harry turned to look at Ginny. "You mean it?"
"What?"
"You ... You like me?" asked Harry, his voice wavering.
"Well, yeah. But you probably don't like..."
Ginny was silenced by Harry's kiss. She melted into him, and soon, the two were having a complete make out session right in the Gryffindor common room, when all of a sudden...
"What the heck is going on?" roared Ron.
"Er... Ron?" asked Ginny.
"Hey pal. Uh, we're ... um... We're together now."
Ron grabbed a hold of Harry's arm, and dragged his upstairs.
"What is wrong with you? Are you using Ginny? One minute you're hung up about Hermione, and the next you're kissing my sister!"
"Okay, I really like Ginny! Do you have a problem with that?" asked Harry.
"Yes, if you play my sister Harry, you'll die!" he threatened.
Harry nodded. "Look, Ron. I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused you."
Ron froze, and then nodded his head. "Okay."
The two were silent, before cracking up in identical grins.
"I could never stay mad at you."
"...And you were so angry..."
"...Whatever!"
"Harry, you know you still have to apologize to Hermione."
Harry nodded. "Okay. I will now. Tell Ginny where I am?"
Ron nodded.
Harry walked over to Hermione's room, said the password, which Hermione had told him, and entered quietly.
There was Hermione, sitting in an armchair, reading.
"Uh, Hermione?" asked Harry.
She looked up and saw Harry.
"Harry?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's me. Look I wanted to say sorry. I didn't mean to go all crazy on you. I guess I was just doing it, cause I was a bit jealous."
"A bit?" asked Hermione with her eyebrows raised.
"Fine! A lot!"
Hermione grinned and got up, gently placing the book down.
She hugged Harry and grinned.
"I'm sorry too. But..."
"You like Malfoy."
Hermione grinned sheepishly.
"Uh, Hermione, you might not like this, but I'm with Ginny now."
Hermione shook her head.
"Ginny is one of my best friends! If you hurt her Harry, I'm going to hurt you!" she said, threateningly.
Harry grinned.
"Funny, you and Ron both said the same thing!"
Harry said bye, and went outside, to go find Ginny.
Hermione sat down, happily.
"Well, problem one solved!" she thought to herself.
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Draco stepped into the room cautiously, and found Hermione reading, with a grin on her face.
"Hey! Why are you so happy?" he asked curiously.
"Is it my fault that I'm happy?" she replied, innocently.
"No, but you were so sad before."
"Well, Harry came in and said sorry."
"Wonder Boy finally apologized to you?" he grinned.
"Draco…"
"Haha, I'm just kidding. Now I have you all to myself!" he said, enveloping her in a hug.
Author's Note: Another chapter done. I hope you have a nice spring break. Please read and review!
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