a/n- Hey! I'm back but I am very distracted. my stupid ADD is affecting my brain! Well, of course it is, but I mean, I don't know what I mean but please bear with me if I make a few more mistakes than usual. My hands shake some times, even while on my meds. But at least they say it's normal!! Well, as you can tell by my stories, I'm not normal. At least that's what my cousin Noelle says. He's really weird, and obviously, his parents are too! Kidding. I love them all.

Chapter Eighteen, is it?

Hermiond and Draco looked up breathlessly. There stood Ron, Harry and Sirius.

"Harry, Ron, Sirius. It's not- it's not what you think- I -we- we were just- " Hermione gasped.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Ron shouted, pulling out his wand and pointing it at Draco's face.

"No! Don't- don't hurt him- Don't-"

Rom stormed over to Draco while Sirius and Harry just stood back and stared in horror. Hermione tried to block Ron's rampage but she couldn't. He charged to Draco, holding his shakey wand at his (draco's) face.

"Don't you ever..... EVER touch her. EVER!" he screamed.

Draco stood back. For once he was afraid of what harm the red-head could cause.

"I'm-"

"I don't want to hear your excuses!" Ron bellowed, seeming to be on the verge of tears, Hermione is my friend and I n-never want her to get h-hurt. Especially by a n-no-good, mean, nasty, pure-blooded priss like you, w-who, no matter how powerful your father i-is, will never am-mmount to anything."

Draco's eyes flashed with fire and power.

"Would you care to repeat that?" he asked, sternly.

"Y-Yes. I don't want you around Hermione ever again. I'm taking her back with me and H-Harry and S-sirius s-so you can't do any more harm. I-I'm suprised you havcen't beaten her or -or raped her- or hurt her. We're lucky t-to have walked in here w-when we did or you could have done -God-Knows- What!"

Draco started forwards but Ron stopped him, poking him slightly with his wand.

"Don't get any closer to me, or my friends. Or -or- I will be forced t-to cast a spell on you."

"Oh really?" Draco asked.

"Yes."

Draco smirked a side ways smirk and took a bold step forwards.

"Ron, NO!"

But it was too late.......

"Crucio!"

Draco clenched in pain, dropping to the floor with a small thud and started to roll and cringe in pain.

"Ron, how dare you?! And with an Unforgivable curse!" Hermione cried, trying to run over.

But Sirius and Harry stopped her.

"Hermione, you can't touch him when he's like this. Any human touch can only cause more pain." Sirius explained.

Ron stepped back in fear of what he just did.

"Come on," he said, watching Draco as he gave a small yelp of pain, "We are going home."

"No!" Hermione protested.

"Come on, Hermione." Ron said forvefully.

"No! I need to stay here!"

"Hermione, dear. As much as you want to, you can't. What if he gets angry? He might decide to take it out on you." Sirius said.

"Sirius, maybe if Hermione's happy she-"

"Harry, don't agree. We don't know what might happen."

"But- but- what if I promise to owl you guys every day telling you EVERYTHING that happens?"

"No, Hermione-"

"Please?" Hermione begged, antisipation dripping from her voice, "Please?"

"Why would you even want to stay any longer with Malfoy?"

"Because we are starting to get along." she said quickly, "Please Sirius, i'll write you all every single day. I promise!!"

Sirius looked at his hands, then to Harry Ron and Hermione, then to Malfoy, who was collapsed of the floor, holding a pain in his side.

"I'm not very happy about it, but if you will be happy. I guess you can stay. BUT, we will be back to check up on you next week. And you write EVERY DAY. Telling EVERYTHING."

"I promise I promise I promise I promise! Thank you so much, Sirius. not off you all go, " she said, glaring angrily at Ron, " Get on out. I've got to meet up with Marie and Fransica."

Reluctantly, Harry, Ron, and Sirius said their good-byes and left. Hermione helped Draco to his feet and led him to the couch.

"ARe you okay? I am so sorry. i should have tried harder to stop him, I really should have. I jsut-"

"Shhhh shh shhh shhh shh. It's fine. It's fine. Just a little painful."

"But it was an Unforgivable Curse. He could have-"

"Can't you see that I'm trying to sound brave and tough with you?" Draco smiled.

"You are brave. And tough. Who else would have just stayed there instead of fighting back? Not the Draco Malfoy I know at school. BUt the Draco Malfoy that I love."

Hermione smiled and gave him a quick kiss before getting up for an ice pack.

EOC

a/n- whooo, I really can';t write anymore right now. My head spinns when I write too much. I hope it is not too short. But Noelle wants to write something. Read or don't, who cares.

Hey, this is Noelle. I read what "Finchette" wrote on the last chapter and It's not all true. For one, my parents weren't.... oh wait, she didn't write that. Ummm, never mind... thay are all true. Yup. My name is Noelle, I am a boy, and I was born in July. July 18th as a matter of fact. Don't tell "Finchette" that I said this, but she is really hyper when she doesn't have her meds. I'll tell you all about her. She goes by a million different names but it is actually Ezmereld. She is fourteen 9almost fifteen) and she hates her hair and her thighs. Well, there you go. I don't care if you wanted to read it or not You - Uh oh, she's coming back! Bye! Noelle.