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~~~~~*****~~~~~The Decision~~~~~*****~~~~~

Hermione frantically looked at her watch 9:51am! She only had a few minutes to get down to the freedman tree! She picked up her letters and stuffed them in her jacket pocket. She ran out of the library knocking a few books out of their shelves. She ran downt the corridor and jumped half the stairs.

Then she stopped.

Thoughts ran through her mind "What if its all a sick joke?" "What if its a set up and half the school will be there?" "What if the admirer is Ron or Neville or Dean!" The 'what if's' went on until she reached it "What if its real!"

Hermione was unsure about the whole 'admirer' thing. She didn't know if she wanted it to be real or not. What would happen if it was real but she didn't like the person who was her 'admirer?'

She didn't know what to do.

She could either go and find out or be a coward and run up to her dormitory.

She sank to the gorund and thought hard.

"Hermione?" Someone brought her from her thoughts "Are you ok?"

Hermione looked up to see....

PARVATI!?

Hermione did not know what to say.

"I am so sorry about this morning! I'll understand if you don't forgive me but I was jelous!" Parvati whispered.

Jelous? Why would pretty Parvati Patil be 'Jelous' of her?

Hermione spoke up "Why would you be jelous of me?"

"All those letters and flowers!" Parvati said with her head down "I know i shouldn't have been mean to you!"

"Has Professor put you up to this?" Hermione asked "Cause you don't have to appologise if you don't want to!"

"No she didn't, I just thought it was the right thing to do." Parvati replied.

"Ok, well I supose I forgive you then and I'm sorry for slapping you!"

"Well atleast you didn't give me a black eye!" Parvati pointed ti Hermione's eye.

"Serious?" Hermione laughed "I can't believe i have a black eye on Valentines Day!"

"Sorry!"

"Its cool!" Hermione got up "I have to go!" She looked at her watch 9:58am. "See you later!" Hermione yelled as she ran down to the Entrance Hall.

"Bye!" Parvati called after her.

Hermione bolted throught the doorway to the Entrance Hall and rushed into the grounds. Heaps of people were sitting down at the lake enjoying the fresh sunshine on the winter day.

"Hermione!" Ron called from the lake "Come down ere!"

Hermione ignored him and ran aorund to the bakc of the castle where the Freedman tree lay. There was a bench there so she sat down to catch her breathe.

She waited and waited pacing around the tree. At 10:07 she decided to leave she turned around to find a tall muscular body with blonde hair and tanned skin. He turned around and Hermione gasped...

Draco Malfoy stood infront of her!

A/N: Sorry it is short but I need to start a new chapter for this.