Chapter 7 – Jealousy
"Ron!" Hermione squeaked as she moved away from Draco; who had a mischievous look on his face. Harry looked at Hermione with disgust on his face. "How could you be with him Hermione!? His evil!" Harry yelled. Ron on the other hand had silent tears flowing down his cheeks and didn't say anything. He took one glance at Hermione and ran out of the library back to the common room. "Ron!" Hermione yelled after him. She began to try and run after him but Harry stopped her. "I think you've done enough". Harry said with disgust in his tone of voice. Harry ran after Ron leaving Hermione with Draco.
Hermione burst into tears and took one glance at Draco and also ran out of the room back to the common room. Draco enjoyed all this very much, except for Hermione being upset. He cared for her deeply but never told her because he wanted to protect his image.
Harry entered the boy's dormitories and looked at Ron's bed. The curtains were pulled round all the way and Harry could see Ron's shadow reflected. "Ron are you ok?" Harry asked quietly. Ron gave a small grunt to show he was listening. "If you want to talk to me you can" Harry said. "I want to be on my own Harry if you don't mind" Ron said in a croaky voice. "Ok, I'll see you in the morning" Harry said and made his way down the staircases into the common room.
Hermione was in their sobbing quietly by the fireplace. She heard Harry enter and brushed the tears off her cheeks and stood up to face him. "Harry, I'm so sorry" Hermione croaked. "It's not me you should be apologizing to! You have no idea how much you've hurt Ron have you?!" Harry said quite loudly. "You have no idea how much he hurt me! His the one who broke up with me! I can see anyone I want, even Malfoy! Goodnight Harry!" Hermione said and she walked up the staircases to her dormitory.
The next morning; Ginny was sitting in the common room waiting for Harry; who was trying to convince Ron to come to breakfast. She heard footsteps on the stairs and stood up and saw Harry and Ron. Ginny did something she'd never done before; she hugged Ron. When she let go, the three of them made their way to breakfast.
The minute they'd left, Hermione walked down the stairs holding Crookshanks. "You're my only friend now Crookshanks. Everyone else hates me right now" Hermione said softly to her cat as she stroked his fur. Crookshanks purred affectionately and licked Hermione's hand. She put Crookshanks on the floor and let him walk up the staircases to have a sleep on Hermione's bed. Hermione climbed through the portrait hole and made her way to the Great Hall for breakfast.
She saw Harry, Ron and Ginny there and almost sat down next to them but stopped; they wouldn't be very happy with her. She sat by herself at the end of the table and started to eat her lunch.
"Hello" someone's voice said. Hermione looked up and saw that it was Sophie Stevenson, the girl Ron had flirted with. "Oh, hi" Hermione replied tonelessly. "I heard that you and Ron used to be a couple, is that true?" Sophie asked with a devious smile on her face.
"Not that it's any of your business but yes, we used to be" Hermione replied. "Seeing as you two aren't together now, you won't mind if I asked him out" Sophie said. Before Hermione replied, Sophie already had walked over to Ron and sat next to him. "Hi Ron, would you like to go out with me sometime?" Sophie asked. Ron looked at Hermione and then looked back at Sophie and smiled. "Sure, there's a Hogsmeade trip soon, how about we go together?" Ron asked. "Ok, see you later" Sophie replied. Hermione tried to hold back tears once again. When Sophie walked past, she gave Hermione an evil look.
The next few days went by very slowly. By the time it was Friday night; Hermione was exhausted. She had been working so hard without taking any breaks. This was because she had nothing else to do and no one else to talk to because she had no friends. It was the Hogsmeade trip tomorrow and it was the only thing Hermione was looking forward to, as long as she didn't bump into Ron and his new 'girlfriend'.
When Saturday morning came, everyone was excited about going to Hogsmeade. Harry and Ginny walked around Hogsmeade holding hands and wrapped up warm. Ron and Sophie were also together and had linked arms. Hermione was all on her own. She went to a few shops to browse and decided to get some new dress robes because there had been rumours of another ball coming.
Hermione came out of the shop carrying a bag with a new red dress robe. She started to feel slightly better until she saw Ron and Sophie kissing. She ran off in the other direction all the way back to Hogwarts. She was crying slightly and wasn't really paying attention to where she was going and ended up bumping into someone.
Hermione looked up and saw Malfoy there. "We meet again Hermione" Draco said coolly. Hermione's eyes were quite red from where she had been crying. "Have you been crying?" Draco asked concerned. She tried to say no but tears started to leak out. Draco hugged Hermione and was happy to have her back in his arms.
Ron had decided to go back to the castle early. He was walking through the corridors and saw Hermione hugging Draco. He felt his heart break; he had thought she had stopped seeing him. Ron went back to the common room and put his head in his hands.
Hermione and Draco let go of each other. "I have to go now Draco, bye" Hermione said rather quickly and she rushed away. She went through the portrait hole and saw Ron there with his head in his hands. He heard her come in and looked up at Hermione. "I saw you with Draco" Ron said. "I saw you with Sophie" Hermione replied. Both of them thought the same thing: 'I am so jealous'.