Author's Note! ~ A little short, this one is ... I wanted to thank every single one of my readers! I hope you're enjoying this story. I have an idea for the end and it may lead into a sequel. I'll tell everyone about it when I've made up my mind! Please keep reading and sending the great reviews! M*A*D*L*U*V ºKaitº _____________________________________________________________ Chapter 16 : Strange Feelings and Differences

"I swear, those 3 will pay. First it's Draco, calling me poor, and stupid, and then he steals Hermione, MY Hermione, away from me. Then it's Hermione, refusing to forgive me, still being with Draco, and loving him. Finally, it's that stupid scar-head Harry, the Boy Who Lived, I detest my ever being his friend. How I dread remembering that all I've done for 6 ½ years, is live in his shadows. It's always 'Oh Harry, can I have your autograph, oh and who is this?' 'Oh, that's just Ron, my sidekick.' 'Oh, well it's nice to meet you Ralph, now Harry about this thing...' Ron let out an agrivated scream. He would make every one of them suffer.

"Ha-Harry?" Ron muttered coming out from the shadows, trying to sound freightened, but it was all an act. "Oh hey, Ron, look, until you apologize to me, Hermione, and Draco, I don't want to talk to you! Got it?" Harry yelled loudly in Ron's face. Ron shuddered at this. He should NOT just have done that. Ron thought to himself. They both turned and left in opposite directions. "What was that about?" Hermione asked coming up from behind Harry. "Oh, it was nothing, I'm just still furious at Ron! I can't believe he tried to hurt you!" Harry stomped off with a huge frown on his face. "Oh Harry ..." Hermoine sighed to herself. Just then, arms snaked around her waist, and pulled her in the shadows. "Hey hun." Draco whispered in her ear. "Oh its you! You almost gave me a heart attack!" Hermione said smiling. Draco got a huge grin on his face and leaned in and kissed her. She wrapped her arms around him. She just loved being with him, whether it was sitting in silence or making out or just talking. She was in love with him. "Draco ..." she said. "Oh, sorry." He said pulling away, he had gone too far, at least he thought he had. "No, it's not that, I just wanted to tell you, Draco ... Draco I ..." she said looking into his eyes. "Come on love, get it out, you're killing me." He said grinning at her. Hermione had tears welling up in her eyes, tears of happiness though. She knew that he was the man she wanted to be with for the rest of her life. "I love you." She whispered. He just stared at her. "Stupid, stupid, Hermione, stupid!" She yelled at herself, turning her back to him, and smacking herself on her forehead. He grabbed he by the shoulders, turned her around, and kissed her. When they pulled away, Hermione was surprised at what she heard. "I love you too." He whispered gently.

"So Harry, what's going on with Weasley?" Draco asked Harry standing in the corridor with people staring at them. "Draci, what are you talking to scar face?" Pansy came up behind him and put her arms around his shoulders. "Go away Pansy, and his name is HARRY POTTER." He turned around and glared at her. She backed away, letting her hands fall from his shoulders. "What?" She demanded in a snotty, stuck up tone. "Go. A.Way. His.Name.Is.Har.ry.Po.Tter!" He said grinning evily and sounding it out to her in syllables. She turned and strode off. Both Harry and Draco laughed. "Okay, Ron came up to me and I told him off. I told him to never speak to me unless he apologized to me, Hermione, and you." He said still laughing a little. "You did that for me?" Draco asked smiling even broader than he already was. "Well, that is what friends are for right?" Harry asked. "You're pretty okay, pretty okay!" Draco muttered and patted Harry on the shoulder. They turned to see Hermine crying in a corner.

"Ohmigosh." Harry ran over to her with Draco right next to him. "You guys!" She said in between bursts of laughter. She was smiling! "That was so beautiful. I always knew you guys were meant to be friends." She said still laughing. "Oh Herm!" Draco and Harry said at the same time and rolled their eyes. All three friends broke into laughter. Scar face, Mal-ferret, and Mud-blood, the new gang. Shove off all of you! Ron yelled inside his head. He hated them all with passion.