Chapter 12: Confrontations

"Lavender....?" Hermione said questionly. Walking closer o her bedside.

"Don't talk to me..." Lavender snapped. Wiping her tears, trying to straighten herself up a bit.

"C 'mon Tell me I'm your friend...don't forget you helped me with Harry, so now I need to return the favor" Hermione reminded her.

"It's...it's, I...Ron, he...I mean...he saw...me, uh...talking to...Malfoy...I tried to confront him about what he did to you, But when, but..." she said in between sobs. "Ron, he was at a distance and couldn't understand what we were saying, so I guess he thought that I was flirting with him....and he told me off, as he did you, so...he dumped me...."

"Lavender, I, I'm so sorry."

"I didn't even have a chance to explain."

"Lavender...it's ok trust me! I've known Ron for 4 years he shoud come around soon..." hermione said matter of factly. She placed her arm around her and comforted her, as Lavender did her (AN: for you sick ppl reading dis! Dats not wut i meant!!).

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Back in the Common Room, Harry sat. 'Shit why did I have to do that?? You little pervert!!' Harry thought to himself, knocking the thoughts out of his head. Harry decided to go up to bed, it was a long day, and figured that Sunday will be better.

He awoke the next morning and looked over at Ron's bed and he wasn't in it. Harry thought that he might have gone down to breakfast early, but he didn't see him up in the boys' dormitory either, last night. Harry asumed he came in late because he might have been with Lavender, and just left a little earlier than usual. Harry got dressed and headed down to the Great Hall to for breakfast. He waslked in and found Hermione sitting there talking to Lavender. He went up to them and sat next to Hermione, placing his arm around her shoulder. "Hey!" he said looking at them. "Hey Lav you and Ron must have been out all night...having s-"

"Harry!" Hermione snapped. "You're sick! And besides...you know we're to young!!" she yelled again. Hermione looked at Harry with a disgusted look on her face then toward Lavender, who had started to sry because of the mention of Ron's name.

"What? What did I say?" harry asked confised looking from Lavender to Hermione back to Lavender.

"Ron dumped Lavender yesterday, because she went to go and confront Malfoy about what he did to me but Ron wasn't having any of it...so he just dumped her."

"Oh Lavender I'm sorry...but do you know where Ron must be cause I didnt here him come in last night...or leave this morning...I wonder where he must be..." Harry said.

"I dunno we better go ask McGonagall..." Hermione said.

They walked out of the Great Hall and to Professor McGonagall's classroom. they walked up the class to reach her desk. "Professor do know anything about what happened to Ron?"

McGonagall looked a little stunded at their question. "What your telling me you don't know?"

"Know what?" Lavender asked.

"Hagrid found Ron out by the lake and he wasn't breathing...It seemed as though he...uh...he tried to...uh...how can I say this?...uh tried to curse himself..."