Disclaimer- I don't own anything, characters, the usual.  But I do own the plot.

A/N- As I promised this chapter is much longer.  I hope you like R&R Thanxs!!!!      Speedstergal

                                      Caught and Lonely

                                            Chapter 2

Hermione took her time as she lugged her huge trunk onto the train.  "Man" she thought, I have got to start laying of those books, gees.  I only packed twenty this time."

"Hey Hermione!!"  She turned and saw the very person she was trying to avoid…Ron.

"Uh hi Ron." She said meekly

"Hey girl!" he said excitedly as he picked her up and swung her around.  For a minute Hermione felt like she was in heaven again.  She suddenly missed him...a lot.  "No, I can't miss him, this isn't right, I shouldn't be letting him touch me!"  The other side of her mind was frantically screaming. "No, wait this is the answer to your problems.  You can have a boyfriend again.  You will never be kissed or anything like that ever again if you don't get back with him.  You need him.  This is the only answer to your problem.  You have to go back to him again.  Maybe it will be different."

"Oh my gosh Ron I have missed you so much!!!" she replied with sudden excitement.  Ron looked her over and a smile played on his lips.

"I have missed you to.  Look at you you're beautiful!"  Ron said with a cheesy smile.  Hermione knew very well he was just trying to butter her up.  But she was desperate to feel loved by someone again so she took the bait. 

"Thank you Ron, you don't look to bad yourself."  She replied with a wink.  In all honesty she wasn't lying.  Ron was actually pretty cute.  Not as cute as Harry but nevertheless cute.  He was taller then most guys about 6"2.  He wasn't as muscular as Harry, but he was far from weak.  His blue eyes stood out from his red hair and tanned face and he was well proportioned throughout his body.  Hermione smiled at the thought of being in his arms again.

"Well you seem to be in a really good mood or are you just happy to see me?"  Ron joked.  Hermione giggled.

"Gees Ron you can read me like a book!"  She smiled and took his hand.  "So, do you have a compartment already?"  Ron glanced down at their hands

"Yes, she's back, just like I thought.  I knew she would come running back to me again.  She needs me.  The good thing is now she's really HOTT and all of the guys are going to be even more jealous.  More for me to show off."  He thought 

"Yep I do, let's go.  Here let me get your stuff." Ron said as he lifted the enormous trunk.  "Gees girl, what do you have in here?  Bricks?"  She laughed as they walked down the hall together…again.

"Gosh I hope I did the right thing.  He's pretty cute this year, more then I could say last year.  I just hope I didn't make another mistake, I guess I am going to find out."

Meanwhile..

"Draco, have a good year at Hogwarts.  I assume you'll be getting all E's and beating out that mudblood this year?"  Drawled Lucius Malfoy.

"I guess." Replied Draco

"What was that boy?" Lucius's voices raised up a few notches.

"Yes Father."  Draco replied correcting himself.

"Let's just put it this way boy, if you don't get top grades this year there will be dire consequences.  Not to mention the fact that you beat out Harry Potter this year in quidditch as well."  Draco just stood there in silence.  "Well?  You will beat him out this year, wont you?  You didn't spend all summer training for nothing, did you?"  Lucius voice was basically yelling now.

Silence

"DID YOU???"

"No Father, I didn't.

"Good." He replied.  "Now listen to me boy, you had better do everything I have just discussed with you, or next summer, I guarantee will be the worst summer of your life."  His voice was in a deadly whisper.  And with that Lucius stalked off.

"Oh Great."   Draco thought as he watched his father walk away. "Why was I cursed with a father like him?  I have to beat that mudblood Granger in grades, which I swear is literally impossible, then on top of that I have to beat Potter out in quidditch.  I don't even want to go to school again.  I hate my friends I have what three?  They're not exactly what I call friends anyway.  Two are complete idiot and one is a slut.  What a happy go-lucky guy I am."  He turned around picked up his trunk and heaved it onto the train.  He began looking for a compartment he soon found Crabbe and Goyle stuffing there fat faces.

"Hey."  Draco said annoyed at the slobs.

"Umm Crabbe and me have got to go somewhere else uh bye."  Goyle said quickly and rather dumbly.  They both ran rather fast out of the compartment (or as fast as they could go)

            "Um ok." Draco replied He had a feeling they weren't coming back.  "Great my only friends don't even want to be near me, well maybe Pansy will pay some attention to me, she always does."   The compartment door slid open and in came Pansy pulling another guy behind her.  Draco had seen that guy he was in Ravenclaw.  "Hmm Pansy has got her self another idiot, I wonder how that happened.  And I thought the Ravenclaws were supposed to be the smart ones."   He chuckled at his own joke.

            Pansy twirled around and saw Draco.

            "Oh hi Draco." Her pug-face turned from enjoyment to an annoyed expression as she looked at the Slytherin.  "I thought this compartment was empty, obviously not.  Can you please be so kind as to leave US alone?  Bye."  She said snottily.

            Draco just sat there dumbfounded, "Did Pansy Parkinson the girl that worshipped me for the past five years just tell me to leave MY compartment so she could make-out with another guy?!?"

            "Hello, earth to Draco.  Get out of here NOW!" 

            "Ok."  That's all he said.  Draco was tired of trying.  He just walked out and left Pansy and her "friend" do their "stuff".

            Draco silently walked down the hall and peeked into a couple of compartments to see if anyone was in there, he received no luck and a bunch of dirty looks.  "Why is everyone looking at me like they hate me?  You know what? I just don't care anymore.  I am tired of everything."  He looked in one after another.  He carefully opened one compartment that he thought was empty until he spotted two people: one with burning red hair and the other with light brown.  The red head was all over the brunette.  They were now in the middle of a make-out session and the red head seemed to just be getting started (if you know what I mean) whilst the brunette was obviously wanting to go a lot slower.  Draco tried to slide the door shut again without being noticed, but it didn't work.

            "MALFOY WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE?????"  Came a very unfriendly voice.  Draco glanced over and to his shock it was Weasley and Granger!  He had known Granger was going with Weasel but he didn't think she would go that far with him.  It was actually rather gross to see Weasel on top of her like that.

            "Um just seeing if this one was empty, guess not, um bye."

            "Yeah whatever, now get out!"  Ron hollered

            Draco quickly left the compartment

"Ron!" Hermione suddenly said, "That was so rude, you didn't have to treat him like that!"

Hermione had never seen Malfoy look like that.  His face was sullen and tired looking.  He had a huge gash going across it as well.  He was very disheveled looking; his white blonde hair was messy and wasn't slicked back like normal.  It just hung in his face next to his deep gray eyes.  Hermione would never forget the look in his eyes.  It was a look of hurt, pain and loneliness.  She could see years of anger and pain locked up in those eyes.  It was the only part of his face that showed any emotion.  He looked worn down and somewhat scared.  She felt… sorry for him. 

Ron lashed out at her "What are you doing caring about Malfoy, who cares about Malfoy, no one.  I hope Malfoy dies or something like that."

"How dare you say something like that Ron?  How could you ever wish someone would die, even Malfoy?"  She was surprised Ron would think like that.

"What you like him now?  Is that it?  Huh?  You should be thankful I ever took you back Hermione after the way you treated me.  I don't ever want to see you conversing with Malfoy.  Got it?"  There was a look of hatred in Ron's eyes that she had never seen before.  She was seriously scared.

"Uhh." She muttered not knowing what to say.

"Is that all you have to say to me?  You should be on your knees praising me.  You know that?  Just get out of here before I do something that I would regret.  Now go and I swear to God if I ever see you with Malfoy or in that matter any other guy you are going to wish…ugghhh just get out of here."

Hermione ran out of there faster then any broom.  She was petrified of Ron.  Now look at what she had gotten herself into. First of all he wanted to do more with her then just kiss and she wasn't ready for that.  He told her that she wasn't aloud to talk to any guy, he yelled at her and threatened her.  He was worse then before.  How could she have ever thought that he would be better?  Now there was no way out of it.  He would kill her before he let her go again.  And it scared the heck out of her.

Draco finally found a compartment and sat down to think about what he just saw.  "Weasley was trying to get it on with Granger.  I could tell Granger wasn't so willing.  She was trying to get some control.  But it wasn't working.  When I walked in I could see a look of relieve on her face. It was just kinda gross seeing him on top of her."

"Hey Hermione."  Hermione was so glad to see Ginny's smiling face.  "Did you see Ron?  He was looking for you.  I think he still really likes you."

"Uh yeah, um, we got back together again, it's great!"  Hermione replied forcing a smile onto her face.

"Oh my gosh I am so happy for you!!  This is awesome.  Come on lets go change before the train gets to Hogwarts!"

"She has no idea her brother is like that.  No one has any idea that he is like that.  They are all oblivious.  They think he is a sweet, gentle, caring guy.  I couldn't even tell one of them.  They would think I was making it up and probably get a little upset because he comes across as sweet and innocent.

She sighed heavily as she followed her young friend down the hall towards the restroom.