Chapter 8
"Harry, I have no reason to talk to you." I responded.
"What, were you. doing with Malfoy?" He asked calmly.
"Having a fun time."
"WITH MALFOY??"
"What the hell is wrong with malfoy?"
"Everything! One, he is my enemy, two, his father is a deatheaterm, three, HE IS DRACO MALFOY."
"Don't judge those you don't know."
"Who knows about you two?"
"You sound as if you think we are a couple."
"He just kissed you. Does that not come with the boyfriend/girlfriend package?"
"Like you would know."
"Parden."
"Just leave me alone Harry, what I do is nothing of your concern."
"Are you not my friend?"
"I'm not sure at sometimes Harry. If you were my friend, you would support my discission, not contradict it."
"I am trying to help you make the right one."
"Harry, I like Draco, there is nothing that you can do about that. You need to understand that."
"Oh, Ron won't."
"you won't tell him or I will have to put some drastic measures into play here."
"It's between you and me."
"and Ginny."
"Ginny knows?"
"Ginny is my best, 'girl' friend here. Ofcourse she knows."
"Fine Hermione, no one will find out, but you are going to tell eventually."
Harry and I walked into the Great hall together with me trying to ignore his gaze.
"there you are." Ron shouted over the crowd of people.
Keep it cool Hermione, ron doesn't know it's only harry and Ginny.
"Hey Hermione, come sit by me." ginyn called me from a few seats down.
"Pardon me boys, I have some girl talk to attend to." I said excusing myself.
"what's new?"
"Harry knows."
"What does he know?"
"About Draco, he saw Draco kiss me on the cheek."
"And I missed it."
I just stared at her with a blanck expression, I think.
"Well is he gonna tell Ron?"
"What about Ron?" Elle butted into our conversation.
"Oh we were just talking about how I am going to let Ron down, again, by not going out with him." I said because I knew it would make her jeaous. She had always had a crush on Ron. "elle, maybe you can comfort him, that way he might like you better."
Elle got up and walked away with a furious look on her face.
"sheesh Hermione, you know how many girls would like to go out with Ron, but he has his heart set on you. See poor Christina over there? Well she finally realized that she can't have Ron and settled for Dean Thomas."
"I don't know how they can stand him. I mean he is ok as a friend but more than that, it's not possible."
"Tell that to him."
"I think that I will."
I was at my last straw with Ron and decided to tell him off once and for all.
"Ron, I need to talk to you," I started but when I saw the look on Herry's and Seamus's face I added, "alone."
We walked out of the Great Hall and out of sight of all the warmth of the eyes peering at us.
"what's up?" he asked simply.
"I want you to stop." I started.
"Stop wha-"
"Stop, let me finish. I want you to stop trying to win my love. Ron, you are my friend and that is all we will be. Go date other girls. It's our last year at Hogwarts and you don't want to waste it chasing around for me. That's all I have to say."
"Fine Hermione."
Whoa, he was taking this a lot better than I thought. The way he felt about me I thought that he would start bawling.
"If I really love you, I'd see that you want to move on. I want what's best for you, even if it isn't what's best for me."
"I'm glad you understand. Now... go mingle with some girls SNOG for god's sake."
I'm glad that that is over, maybe now I can enjoy my time with Draco.