Conflict! O, this will be fun! BTW: there will be no Conan in this chapter, I couldn't figure out how to fit him in, on a count of I wrote this chapter during our Science lesson. Happy reading!

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The next day, after lunch, during their free period, Draco and Hermione sat on the steps outside silently. Draco had her hand in his and was rubbing his thumb on her knuckles.


"Why do you like me?" Hermione said abruptly. He jumped at the sound of her voice. He was surprised she asked that question.


"I, I don't know" He told her.


She reached over and turned his face towards her.


"Look at me." He moved his eyes up to meet hers.


"I don't believe you." She told him. He took a deep breath and smiled at her.


"Ok, well, I think your caring, loving, beautiful, and even though you're a book worm, I like you for who you are" Right after he said that he regretted it. His stomach dropped in fear that she might get mad.


"What?" She asked, shocked.


"No, Mione, I didn't mea-"


"Stop right there. I knew this relationship was to good to be true." She said, her eyes filling up with water. She got up and walked back in the doors, with tears spilling down her face like tiny waterfalls.


As she walked, she knew she had just left Draco on the rocky steps, staring at her with those sad gray eyes...


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Hermione ran into her common room and collapsed on the couch, crying her eyes out. She pressed her head in a scarlet pillow and continued to cry.


Harry and Ron came running down the steps, laughing at something that Ron did. As soon as they saw Hermione, they stopped laughing, and ran over to her. Harry kneeled down on the floor by her head and Ron stood by her feet.


"Mione, are you ok?" He asked quietly. She peeked out from under her hair and saw Harry.


"It's Draco." She said right before she burst into tears again. Harry looked over at Ron to see his face go red, and his fists clenching together so hard that his knuckles were cracking. All of a sudden he sprinted out of the common room.


"Ill be back, I have to catch Ron before he hurts Malfoy." He said before he ran out after Ron.

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"Ron!" Harry yelled as he chased Ron down the corridors.


Ron skidded to a halt and turned around to see Harry running towards him.


"What do you think your doing?" He said to him.


"You said it yourself, if he did anything to her you would pound him into the ground!" Ron yelled.


Harry rolled his eyes.


"How do you even know he did something to her? Maybe he just got hurt and in the hospital wing." He rationalized.


"Oh"


"So can we go back to the common room now?" Harry asked, pushing Ron with one hand.


"Yea, sure"


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For the next week, Hermione avoided Draco, and continued to stay mad at him.


But as their classes ended on Friday, Hermione walked outside and sat under a tree. She decided to do her homework there, since it wasn't getting dark yet. She sat cross-legged on the soft green grass. She ran her hand over it realized how soft it was.


She thought about Draco and how she wished that he hadn't said that. How she wished that it were back to normal.


"Mione?" A voice behind her said. She was startled by the sound. She turned around to see a blonde haired boy looking at her with sad eyes.


Just then her heart hardened and she glared at him.


"Can we talk?" Draco asked.


"Why would you want to talk to a book worm?" She spat at him.


"I didn't think you would find that offending! I didn't even mean to say it! Why do you care?" He raised his voice at her. She quickly stood up and faced him.


"Why do you care about making up with me then!" She screamed. Her eyes squinted as her fists clenched together.


"Because I'm in love with you!!" He screamed back. His eyes widened when he realized what he just screamed. That was easier than he thought.


"What?" She gasped. Her eyes grew wide.


"Yes, I do Hermione. I figured it out the last time you were in the infirmary." He smiled at her as she smiled back.


She opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out.


Instead...she fainted.

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