A/N: It's been a while since I've updated, but I've been loaded with work. The beginning of this chapter is a bit OOC on Draco's part, so don't flame me telling so. OK?

Disclaimer: Nothing but the plot is mine, everyone is JKR's.

Chapter 16: Deceiving Eyes

At 11:50, Harry and Ron snuck out of Gryffindor Common Room under the Invisibility Cloak. Silently they crept down the halls and corridors until they reached the Entrance Hall. They couldn't see anyone there. Then they slowly shed the cloak but kept it ready to fling back onto them selves if anyone came. From out of the shadows near the front doors, Draco stepped into view. The moonlight reflected off his hair and pale skin. "You showed up. Nice cloak by the way Potter. Weasley wouldn't be able to fetch enough galleons for that." He mocked.

"Is this all you've come here to do, make fun of us? Because if so, we're leaving." Harry was getting ready to put the cloak around himself and the angry Weasley.

"No! Don't! I need to talk to you two." Malfoy said. A hint of desperation in his voice.

"Then talk." Ron growled.

"It's about Hermione," Harry and Ron's faces scowled. They looked about ready to leave so Draco came forth and practically pleaded, "Please. Just tell me what I did wrong. She won't tell me, but she's obviously told you two, so tell me what I did to make her hate me." There was sadness in his eyes.

"We'll play along with your little game Malfoy." Ron said rolling his eyes.

"She said she met you in a corridor near the library and you called her a mudblood several times. And the thing that that hurt her the most was that you said she was just a toy that you used and broken so you were getting rid of her. Then Pansy came and you pushed Hermione into a wall and left laughing. Oh and another thing that's just plain sick is that you said you'd want to 'go further' with Hermione and you never loved her in the first place." Harry's eyes burned with anger when he recapped what Hermione said.

"And why should we be telling you this anyway?" Ron said.

Draco leaned on a wall and stared at the ground. "I didn't do it. I swear I didn't" he said softly.

"Sure, that's what they all say. You've given no proof that you didn't do it so why should we believe you?" Ron spat.

"I wouldn't do anything to hurt her. Never in a million years. Please tell her that. She won't listen to me." Draco was breaking down.

"Nope. We can't because, believe it or not, she won't listen to us either. She has a lot of pride. And she said she's over you Malfoy. So find your own way to tell her yourself." Harry said and tossed the cloak over himself and Ron and they walked away.

Draco slid down the wall and put his head in his knees. "She's over me? Just like that? I didn't bloody do it!" he slammed his fist into the ground when he thought that.

He silently got up and walked back to the common room. Carefully keeping to the shadows, he gave the dragon the password and sat in front of the common room fire. He was tempted to burst into Hermione's room and force her to listen to him, but his reasonable part of mind told him not to, because not only would that give her another reason to hate him, but it would be harsh and…Lucius-like; which was the last thing he wanted to be. Giving up he retired for the night.

The next morning he was depressed. After a recollection of the conversation between him, Potter, and Weasley, he groaned. His foul mood stayed with him throughout the morning when all his shared classes were with 'her'. Whenever he did see her, she looked fairly happy, which only made him sadder. "She's over you." Harry's words echoed in his head. He stormed away angrily when she emerged from a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, laughing at Ron's Trelawney impression. "Hey guys, I have a free period, Ancient Runes is canceled for the day. See you later!" she waved them off and headed to the library.

She was almost there when she stopped dead in her tracks. She quickly hid behind a statue of Bog the Bounty Hunter. There stood Draco and Blaise in the Transfiguration corridor. They were standing close together and Draco played with a piece of Blaise's hair. Then he whispered something in her ear (Hermione was too far to hear) and she giggled. Together they walked down the hallway, away from Hermione, arms linked.

Jealousy coursed through Hermione's body. Her eyes flashed green for a moments then returned to normal. "Why am I feeling jealous?! I'm over him! Why should I care if he's flirting with Blaise? She thought to herself and continued to walk to the library.

~*~

After Transfiguration, Draco was held up by Prof. McGonagall. There was a shortcut to Charms through the History of Magic corridor so he ran through the halls so he wouldn't be late. Halfway through the corridor he heard giggling.

There was another hallway branching off of the one he was in and through that, he saw Hermione standing with a Ravenclaw: Peter Connelly. She stroked his arm and smiled at him. They started to walk towards him, arm in arm. When they were mere feet away from him, he caught Hermione say something to Peter, "I'll see you later tonight, OK?" his breath caught in his throat. "See him tonight! Tonight! That's bloody insane! They were talking for minutes and she'll 'see him tonight' I was with her for months and I didn't even think of going so far as that! I'm no that shallow." He was furiously thinking to himself.

As soon as they walked away from him, he went to class, still steaming.

~*~

After classes Hermione was sitting in front of the common room fire reading her book. The main door opened and she could recognize the smooth footsteps walking to his room. "Finished talking with Blaise already have you?" she mocked from behind the chair. The stopping footsteps signalized he heard her.

He jumped when he heard her voice. Ignoring her comment he retorted, "I see you're waiting for Percy or whatever his name is. You did say you'd meet him tonight."

"Percy? Percy Weasley?" Hermione stood up and faced him.

"And you're seeing a Weasley too. How shallow, two guys off to 'see you tonight' no doubt. That's shallow of you Hermione. Not even I did that to you during our time."

"Just because you didn't say it, doesn't mean you weren't thinking it. That's low Malfoy. And what are you on about with Percy?" she was appalled at his statement.

"Oh wait. No it's that Ravenclaw…Peter, that's it." He shrugged.

"What, what class do you have second from lunch?" she remembered seeing him and Blaise in the Transfiguration corridor.

"Transfiguration. Does the Ancient Runes corridor branch from the History of Magic one"?" he saw her there too!

"Yeah I think so. I have it second period from lunch. So you were there with Blaise! I knew it!" she said shrilly.

"You were getting cozy with Connelly!" he yelled.

At the same moment they turned and slammed their room doors in anger.

~ End Chapter 16 ~

A/N: That was a short chapter. And forgiveness is soon, I promise!!

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