Hey guys. Hope you like this =] Sorry it's been a while. I'll be better next week. My last exam is on Monday. Biology. Ick. Anyways. Enjoy =]

Disclaimer: not my characters. My story.

The front door slam. Hermione jerked with a start. She looked up at the clock on her wall. It was 3 in the afternoon. She had spent the whole day, and the 3 days before that, curled up in a ball on her bed, staring at the window. She was depressed. All she could think about was Draco. His hands, his smile, his eyes, his laugh.

Tears welled up in her eyes again. She missed him. This was worse than with Ron. Everything had been a lie, and she had fallen for it.

She heard people calling out her name. She sighed and got up. She caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. Her hair was a mess, there were tears stains on the shirt she was wearing and her eyes were red and puffy. She looked down at her shirt and cried again. It was the shirt Draco had put on her. She hadn't taken it off. The smell of him was on it, which she loved. She had been clinging on to him for so long.

She walked out of her room and down the stairs slowly, her vision blinded with the newly formed tears. She felt something hard hit her with incredible force, knocking the breath out of her, and she would've fallen over if the hard thing's arms hadn't been around her. She looked up and saw brown hair. Erik.

She looked over his shoulder and saw Ginny, crying into Harry and Harry looking right at her, worry in his eyes. Hermione gasped, they didn't know. All they knew was that she had disappeared for a few days.

She looked around at her house, there were so many letters that had been delivered to her, and they were almost overflowing her counter. She could see the handwriting on them. They were from the three people in her house, and, there was one from Draco. Seeing that envelope, a periwinkle one, started the tears again.

Erik pulled away from her and looked down at her, alarmed. There were tears in his eyes as he watched her knees give away under her. He picked her up and took her to the sofa. He sat next to her and hugged her to him.

Harry kneeled in front of her, "Hermione, what's wrong?" Hermione looked up at Erik. He was silently telling Harry to shut up with his eyes. Hermione giggled. She had forgotten about her friends. She looked at Harry, who read it in her eyes, "What did he do Hermione?"

Both Erik and Ginny froze, and looked at Harry. Ginny got up and sat next to Hermione, "Hermione, whatever it is we're here for you."

Hermione looked around at her friends before taking a deep breath and telling the whole story. She started from the proposal, then to roaming around the manor, then following the Malfoy's into the library, to what she heard.

She was crying so hard by the end of it, that Erik had to hold her tight, to control the shaking. She felt as if her body would split in half. Ginny was crying as well, but pet Hermione on the back all the same. When she had controlled her sobs, Harry spoke.

"What did you do then Mione?" Ginny glared at her fiancée who ignored her. Erik was looking down at Hermione. She could tell that he was worried about her. Hermione answered Harry's question, from when she had confronted Draco to the last few days she had spent in her room.

Harry stood up and started to walk out of the door, "Harry where are you going?!?!" Hermione said, attempting to stand up, which was extremely hard to do because of Erik's arms around her.

Harry turned around, fury in his expression, "Where do you think Hermione? I'm going to go deal with that bastard." Hermione felt her heart sink. By deal, she knew what Harry meant. He had been wanting to do this since Hogwarts.

"No Harry you can't!" She said, a fresh round of sobs starting up, "I l-love him! Pl-please d-d-d-don't!" Harry gazed at his best friend. If there was one thing he couldn't handle, it was her tears. He felt himself soften and nodded to her, not saying anything because of the lump in his throat.

Ginny stood up and walked over to him. She grabbed his hand and looked at Hermione, "I'm going to take him home. I'm sorry dear." Hermione nodded. She wanted Harry to go home too. She knew he hated it when anyone saw him cry, which he was almost doing.

They disapparated and Erik stood up. "You're not leaving to are you?!?!" she said turning around, tears in her eyes at the thought of being alone. Erik walked towards her and hugged her.

"I'll never leave you Hermione. You know that." She smiled into his shoulder. He was probably the best friend she had ever had. He led her over to the sofa and sat her down again.

"Hermione I have to tell you something. I know what you're going through alright? And it is hard. But you have to move on or you'll never feel any better." Hermione looked at him confusedly. What? When had he gone through this? He had never told her anything. She narrowed her eyes at him. He chuckled and continued.

"I haven't told you the story of my ex-girlfriend have I?" Hermione shook her head, "Alright, so her name was Tiffany. We were really close, even before I asked her out. After you left, she became my new best friend. I asked her out after a while. She made me so happy. I mean, I was always laughing and I had fun." Hermione smiled. That was the Erik she remembered, "But then, she dumped me. Just randomly out of the blue. She said 'I like some other guy now, bye' and just walked out of my life. I was horrible after that. I didn't hang out, I didn't go to the movies, and I didn't laugh." Erik's voice broke on the word laugh. Hermione felt tears in her eyes. She hated seeing him like this, it wasn't right.

"Anyway. I let myself move on. And because of that I met her." Hermione perked up again. HER?!?! ANOTHER ONE SHE DIDNT KNOW ABOUT!?!?! Erik laughed at her expression, "Just recently. She was always nice to me. I just never knew why. Penelope." Erik blushed when he said the name. Hermione couldn't hold back her smile. He was just so cute, "She laughs so much. She tells jokes. She doesn't care what others think about her. She's just amazing." He smiled up at Hermione before becoming serious again, "You should move on from Draco. You deserve better. I promise."

Hermione nodded like an idiot. All of a sudden Erik looked down at his watch; "FUCK!" he yelled and stood up, "I should go. I have a date..." He gave her a cheeky smile. She rolled her eyes and waved him away. He laughed, leaned down to kiss the top of her head, before sprinting out of her door.

She sighed and walked over to her counter. All the letters said basically the same thing. "Where are you? What's wrong? Why didn't you answer my last letter? Are you alright?" Hermione threw them all in the bin next to her counter.

She opened the letter from Draco last.

Hermione. We need to talk. What you heard that day it was. I don't know what it was. But that was the past. You know the truth, I know you do. I'm going to stop by later today. I need to see you. I...I miss you. Love, Draco

Hermione looked up at the date, it had arrived today. She felt her breathing speed up and started, as Periwinkle jumped up onto the counter. She grabbed her kitty and hugged him, tears soaking his fur, but he didn't mind.

She felt something on her shoulder. Thinking it was just Periwinkle; she pulled the kitty off her and put him on the counter. The thing was still there. She looked at her shoulder and saw a hand. She followed the hand up and found herself looking into his eyes. Draco Malfoy was standing in her living room. She felt tears try to break free from her but controlled them

"Hey."

Special thanks to nomnom again for helping me come up with names =] hope you liked it...