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She looked at the sheet of parchment, and battled with herself, deciding whether she should read it or not.

' He betrayed you twice in a matter of days,' a part of her said. Yet Viktor's words kept on coming back to her.

'...afraid of commitment and loyalty,' she imagined Viktor saying. After a few moments, she finally decided to read on.

Hermione,
I know you probably don't want to hear this, but what I said back at the park, I didn't mean it to come out how it did. It's hard to explain it all in a letter. I'd really like it if you would please just owl me back, and talk things over.
Signed, Draco

She sighed, it wasn't exactly what she would've liked it to be. She didn't want to see him anymore. She scribbled a quick ' no, just leave me alone' on the bottom of the letter, and sent it back with Draco's large black owl. She read over Viktor's letter, over and over again, then sat down and wrote a reply.

Dearest Viktor,
Well, I'm really sorry to hear about you and Olga ('yea right,' she thought), it's really a shame that she had to be selfish like that, becasue you truly are a wonderful guy.
I don't know how to tell you this, about your advice. I really don't know what to do Viktor. I mean, your advice was really good, but you see, when you asked me about whether I really liked Draco or not. I don't know how to answer that. I mean, I do like him...or at least I THOUGHT I did. I trusted him, and when he and I broke the news to Harry and Ron, they seemed to get along, and I just don't understand why he would say that and all. You know what I mean? Maybe you're right, I mean maybe he was scared about commitment and loyalty, but doesn't he trust me enough to know that maybe I would stay true. He was talking about my BEST friends Viktor! Did he honestly think that I would replace him with my FRIENDS?! I mean, Harry and Ron have their own girlfriends! They don't need me in that sort of way, and I don't need them! I'm sorry if I sound like I'm yelling at you, it's just that this is so frustrating. I can't avoid him any longer. He sent me an owl, to try and talk to me, but I sent a negative reply back to him. I just don't want to give him another chance, and act like nothing happened, because if he just continues to be like this, I'm just going to end up getting hurt over and over again. Viktor please, I honestly don't know whether I should talk to him or not. Harry and Ron don't know about this, so if you can, please keep this between us, Harry and Ron have their own girlfriends to be with, and I don't want to intrude in their lives. Please send a reply back as soon as you can, because I'm going to explode soon if I can't do anything.
Good luck in your next few games!
Lots of Love,
Hermione Granger

She sealed the letter and glanced at the clock, which read 9:30pm, and dashed to the Owlery to send off her letter. She stopped by McGonagall's office for her homework, and continued to the Prefect house, where the common room was full with everyone there.

"Oi! Hermione! Been looking for you all night!" Ron called.

"Went to the Owlery to send a letter to Viktor," she replied. Ron threw her a sly smile, and nugded Harry.

"You gonna get back together with Viky?" He teased.

"Ron, don't call him Viky," she smiled, then headed to her room. She closed the door and tried to concentrate on her homework. She was distracted by Crookshanks, who was busy trying to bat a fly. After an hour of attempting to do her homework, she slammed her books shut, and headed down to the common room to read a novel. Downstairs, the whole group was still there, watching an intense game of wizards chess between Ron and Harry.

"Queen, D6," Ron commanded as the black queen made it's way to the square, "Checkmate Harry."

Hermione joined the group, hoping to shove her problems away. She suceeded as Lisa suggested a game of wizard monopoly, which took nearly the whole night to complete. Hermione went to bed, laughing and smiling, and fell into a deep sleep.

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