Draco was stirring the potion he and Hermione had brewed ,while waiting for Hermione to return with the ingredients from Blaise. These past few days had been mightily difficult as Hermione Granger. He actually had to pay attention in classes and raise his hand in the air. The worst bit was dealing with Potter and Weasley. He had to act exactly like Hermione around them and being Hermione Granger was the most boring person he could've swapped bodies with. He laughed internally at that ,because Hermione Granger wasn't actually boring. Just as he was about to leave his station by the potion to get a book, Hermione appeared at the door ,trying her very best not to cry.

'Hermione!' Draco called the moment the door swung shut 'Did Blaise say something? Did they find out? What happened?'

Hermione didn't answer. She simply shook her head at Draco ,before collapsing in an armchair and bringing her knees up to her chest.

'Granger, what's wrong?' Draco repeated , finding it very awkward to see himself crying.

'Did Blaise find out or something?'

Hermione shook her head again before finding her voice.

'I was walking past the room of requirement , on my way to the dungeons , when I saw...' Hermione cooked on her words and took a big gulp before continuing 'I saw that great conniving idiot walk out of there' Hermione collapsed into sobs again.

'Which conniving idiot did you see?' Draco asked even though he had a good idea who it was.

'Ronald Weasley' Hermione choked out 'His hair was all over the place, his fly was undone and his shirt was slightly unbuttoned'

Understanding what happened, Draco placed a hand on Hermione's shoulder ,but surprisingly she shrugged it off.

'You knew didn't you?' Hermione asked ,getting up from the couch and advancing on were asking me to break up with him. You knew that he was cheating on me ,didn't you?'

'I knew what he was capable of' Draco explained 'I knew that he was capable of cheating. I didn't whether he actually was , though. Anyway, you don't actually like him ,do you? Isn't this kinda good for you?'

There was silence for a few moments.

'Tomorrow, break up with him for me' Hermione said quietly ,but it was more of a plea.

'Of course. I will do or tomorrow night. Do you want me to call him in here or go to the common room?'

'Go to the common room , please. I know that you haven't been in there ,but could you do this for me'

'Yeah, I was thinking that there would be a larger crowd to humiliate him there ,anyway' Not wanting to admit that he had earned a soft spot for the bushy-haired Gryffindor.

'Thank you' Hermione tearily hugged Draco before smiling at him. 'I believe I should go get the ingredients from Blaise now'

Hermione got up shakily placing charm after charm at herself before she looked wholly presentable and rushed out of the dormitory.


Hermione reached the Slytherin portrait hole ,pushing Ronald Weasley to the back of her mind. The moment she entered the room, she noticed something unusual. Everyone in the room was trying in vain to listen to a conversation in a corner of the room. Taking on the character of Draco Malfoy, Hermione pushes people out of the way to reach the covert group. She was surprised to see Daphne, Blaise, Pansy, Adrian and Theo in the corner.

'Hey' she greeted ,frowning as she watched the group jump in her presence.

'Hey, Draco' Daphne asked first 'How are you?'

'All right' Hermione replied 'What are you up to? You do realise that the whole common room is trying to listen in to the conversation '

'That is why we performed the Muffliato charm' Blaise explained 'Snape here' he pointed to a portrait on the wall near them 'taught us the spell when we noticed that everyone was trying to listen into our conversation'

'Well what were you talking about?' Hermione asked after Blaise performed the charm again.

'Just our plan' Theo said after a moment of questionable silence. Hermione narrowed her eyes at the boy suspiciously but passed up the moment to question the lot of them.

'Who are you taking ,Draco?'

'Hace you been able to get Granger to break up with her boyfriend?' Pansy asked a little too eagerly.

'I am not sure but she did run into our common room in a teary mess today muttering something about Weasley ,so I have got a feeling that something could happen' Hermione told them.

'I talked to Weaslette ,yesterday' Blaise said 'So we are on our way'

'May be you should try calling her by her name' Hermione suggested ,causing everyone to burst into laughter.

'Will do' Blaise chuckled. 'By the way, my mum sent the ingredients yesterday' He handed Hermione a bag of ingredients 'Here you go'

Hermione smiled before saying her goodbyes and getting out of the room in a hurry.

'Have you noticed that every time he comes in he only comes for the ingredients of that potion?' Theo pointed out.

'He will probably not come at all now' Blaise agreed sadly more to himself than anyone else. 'I wonder what's happened to him'

'So Professor, will you try getting into the Head's portraits' Daphne asked.

'I will try ,but only because he is my godson' Snape replied.

'What ever you say' Pansy chuckled while Snape frowned at her.