A/N: Thanks to every single person who reviewed! All you're reviews make my day! This is a VERY important chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed too!
Disclaimer: Harry Potter people are JKR's, plot's mine! It's mine! All mine! Cackles insanely. The thing about the eyes and heart that Draco says isn't mine. I got it from what my friend always says.
Chapter 13: Complete Anger
Hermione woke up late, past breakfast truth be told. She recalled last night's events and grinned broadly. She walked to the shower and felt like she was floating on air. After getting ready, she went to the Great Hall for lunch.
Draco wasn't there "Probably has Quidditch practice." She thought as she sat with the Gryffindor gang. "Hey Herm. You OK after last night?" asked Harry.
"Oh yeah, last night. I lost control, but then I felt better." She smiled again at the memory of last night.
"Oooh!!! Hermione! You kissed and made up right!!" Ginny said knowingly.
"Something like that." She told Ginny oh the night before while eating.
"She soon got bored of Quidditch talk. "I'll be in the library guys. See you later!" she stood up and left to the library.
Minutes later, two other figures left as well.
~ 3 hours later ~
Hermione was starting to pack up her belongings in the library. She left the room and after turning the corner she found Draco, walking towards her. "Hi Draco!"
He sneered at her. "It's about time I found you. Sheesh Granger, locked in the library again?"
"Not exactly." She was in sudden shock when he called her Granger. "You were looking for me?"
"Yeah, I have to tell you something." Pansy walked from behind Hermione and held onto Draco's arm. "It's over, we're done, through." He grinned wickedly.
She stared wide-eyed at him, then to Pansy. "You're not serious, are you?" she said.
"Why wouldn't I be mudblood?"
She felt like she had been punched in the stomach. "Wha…what!?"
"Believe it Granger. It's tough love, but it's not like I ever loved you in the first place." He smirked.
"Why! You said you did! And last night!" she screamed.
"What about last night? Oh that," he said as if it were nothing, "Yeah it was all fun and games, but now, when a toy is broken, or when you're bored of it, you gotta get rid of it. And unfortunately for you, it's both. To bad I couldn't have gotten further with you, made the most out of my toy." He shrugged.
Tears were stinging the corners of her eyes. "I am not going to cry!" she screamed at herself.
"Aww. Look Draco, dear, the mudblood is crying! I think you hurt her feelings!" Pansy's voice was oozing sarcasm.
Draco put a hand to his heart in mock sympathy. "Oh no! What have I done! My eyes burn and my heart bleeds for you Granger. And if you look closely, you can see a tear." He sneered and matched the sarcasm in Pansy's voice.
"How can you do this to me!" she screamed, trying to force down the tears.
"Easy, 'cause I already have. And everybody says you're so smart, I thought you'd have seen it coming. Oh well, best be off now. Lots of catching up to do, you know, with my own, pureblooded kind. Later mudblood."
He and Pansy walked off. He violently shoved Hermione into the wall. The two Slytherins laughed maniacally as she slid to the floor. She heard their footsteps echoing down the halls. She didn't try and stop the tears that were flowing freely down her face. She slid her knees up to her chest and sobbed into her knees, shaking violently. She then leapt to her feet and stormed to the common room, blinded by angry tears. She used the back of her robe sleeve to clean her eyes.
Once at the stone dragon, she practically screamed the password and burst open the door. When she slammed the door closed, someone jumped from one of the armchairs. "Hi Hermione." Draco said.
"Don't you, 'Hi Hermione' me Malfoy! You seemed perfectly OK calling me mudblood minutes ago! Or was that because you're 'perfect-Pansy' was hanging off your arm!" she yelled at him. Her eyes were blazing black and red, like at the Halloween ball.
He furrowed his eyebrows and was deeply confused. "What are you talking about?"
"Don't pretend you don't know! You can't expect me, even a 'stupid mudblood', to fall for that charade! And you're back awfully soon! Finished catching up with your pureblood pals? No time for little ol' me now eh!" she was mad with fury. If you looked closely enough, you would've seen a red aura around her.
"Quidditch practice ended hours ago, if that's what you mean. And I haven't seen the other Slytherin's in ages. And you aren't stupid Hermione." Still confused to what she was saying, he walked up to her.
"Don't touch me! Or are you going to knock me into another wall! Oh or maybe you want to 'go further with me' since you missed you're chance last night! Leave me alone Malfoy! Can't you see you've hurt me enough already! And as you said yourself, we're over, through." She stormed to her room as he was yelling out, "What did I do!"
Draco slumped on his chair again. He was really, deeply confused. "What was she saying? She said something about hurting her, but I haven't seen her all day, and I haven't called her a mudblood all year! And Pansy hanging off my arm? I wouldn't let her anywhere near me! She dumped me…or I dumped her…or my God, I'm so confused." He put his head in his hands.
Hermione ran to the Gryffindor Common Room and sobbed into her arms as she sat on an armchair, with her knees curled at her chin. "Herm! What's wrong! What happened!" Harry came down from the dormitories and saw her crying. "Ron! Get down here!" he yelled up the stairs.
Ron came thundering down the stairs and saw Hermione's crying form. "'Mione! Tell us what happened!" then is dawned on him, "Malfoy! What did he do to you?" Ron roared.
They went to her sides and carried her to the couch. They made her put down her hands. Her face was red as well as her eyes, and there were several tear marks. "What's wrong Hermione? You can tell us. What did that git do to you?" Harry said softly.
This only made Hermione release a new wave of tears and she cried into Harry's shoulder. As she was shaking furiously, he patted her hair. He pushed her up. "Hermione. Stop crying for a second and tell us." He said.
She sniffled and wiped her puffy eyes. "He called me a mudblood and said I was just a toy! Then Pansy came and he shoved me against a wall! Then they laughed at me. He said he would've wanted to go further with me and have some fun, but I was just a mudblood. When I went to the common room, he pretended he didn't know what was wrong. He called me a mudblood so much it hurt!" she broke down entirely and wailed into Ron's arms. He stroked her back and hair and whispered things like, "It's OK, he's not going to say those things again. He's a stupid prat who doesn't know anything. You're not any of those thing's Hermione."
"Yeah, Ron's right." Harry said, "You're pretty, and smart, and kind, and he's an ass for saying those things and fooling you. Let him go Herm, he's not worth your time and energy."
She smiled and wiped her eyes again. "I know it's just that I trusted him and believed him. If I'm so smart, then why did I let him fool me? Why did I fall for him and his tricks? Why was I such an idiot!?" she leaned forwards and put her head on her legs.
Ron and Harry looked at each other, shrugged and Ron broke the silence. "Hermione, he's a good actor, I'll give him that much, and he tricked you because he's an ass that'll do anything to make other people miserable."
"Yeah, Ron's right. He's being a ruddy cow by stringing you along like that. And here's something to look forward to: Classes start again tomorrow!" Harry hoped this would cheer her up, and it did.
She pulled herself together and showed a small smile. While sitting up. "Thanks guys. I was a fool for believing him. Thanks!" she hugged them both and pecked them on the cheek.
~ Slytherin Common Room ~
Blaise and Pansy had just returned to their normal state and were laughing at their trick. "Did you see her face! She was all pale and about to cry!" squealed Blaise.
"She's probably still crying! Son enough she'll find Draco and yell at him, and break up with him faster than you can say Polyjuice! He'll be depressed and I'll cheer him up and he'll be mine!" Pansy grinned wickedly.
"I wish I could've seen the fight!" Blaise sighed in mock desparation.
~ End of Chapter 12 ~
A/N. Did I make Draco too clueless? And here the plot thickens! How did you like that? It was pretty predictable though, because I gave most of it away. Notice the whole mood thing? Here are my thanks and dedications!
cat: Yeah it is getting exciting isn't it? Well it gets even more so!
porkypop: yup I sure will do the next ones soon! I have ch. 14 written, and I'm working on 15. Craziness rules! LOL
littleme: im planning this story to be at least 20 chapters. And I might make a sequel, I dunno yet. Thanks for the complement! ::Blush::
Book-Lover-210: Sorry to burst your bubble but I had to make Hermione get mad! Everything is planned out though, so stay tuned!
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Chrissy: the mauraders map wasn't out at the time, but if it was, they would've seen it was pansy and blaise, but as it wasn't they didn't.
Zombie-miho: He totally needed some kind of pansy-away. Lol. And he'll need more of it...oops shouldn't have said that. Shame on me. I dunno about sending her to jr. azkaban, but I might kill her off. Or I could make her spend an eternity with crabbe…maybe that one. Lol. If there was seriously a necklace like that, I'd have it right now, and virtually send one to you!
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