Chapter 3:The Breakup
(Hermione)
Things were different between Ron and me. I just didn't feel that way about him anymore. When he asked me to meet him the common room that night, I agreed without hesitation.
"Hey. Come here, sit down." He greeted me. I blushed and walked over. I sat facing him on the couch.
"What's been up with you?" He asked me, brushing a stray hair off of my face.
"Ron, I don't know how to say this but … I just don't feel the same way about you as I did in 6TH year. You're still my best friend, but I just don't think we should continue to date. I'm really, really sorry." I told him. His face contorted into a look of sorrow and anger.
"You're breaking up with me?" He screamed at me. Well, that was a bit obvious.
"Yes. Ron, I am so sorry. I hope we can still be friends." I repeated.
"I can't believe this. Is it another guy?" He asked me.
"No Ron, it's nothing like that, it just doesn't feel the same as it did when we were in our 6TH year. I'm sorry." I whispered and then left the Gryffindor common room.
(Ron)
I couldn't believe she broke up with me! How could she do this? Was it another guy? Probably Harry. Oh Gods! What if she goes out with Harry? I just couldn't bear seeing him kissing her or her kissing him.
What if Ferret Boy liked her? He was pretty intent on her at breakfast.
I couldn't stand thinking about it anymore so I went up to the Boys Dormitory and slept.
(Harry)
"Harry, can I talk to you?" Hermione asked me. Duh.
"Sure Mione. What's up?" I asked as she pulled me into an empty room.
"I just broke up with Ron." She wailed. Yes! This is the best day of my life. Er, I mean, poor Hermione.
"Oh Hermione … it's okay. What'd he say though?" I didn't know if I was pushing her, but I figured I'd asked.
"He thought that I was with someone else! How could he accuse me of something like that?" She turned around and asked me. Her face was red and tears were streaming down her beautiful face. I made a bold move. I walked over to her and embraced her in a hug.
"Sh …Mione. It'll be okay. Don't worry. Everything is going to be fine." I soothed her. On the outside, I was being kind and gentle, helping her get through this. But on the inside, I was extremely happy.
(Draco)
Aha! She broke up with him. The news has been flying around school.
Now I can get her. I don't want a real relationship with her, I just want a physical relationship.
I think.
I was just sitting in the Heads common room when she came bustling in.
"Hey Granger." I stated nonchalantly. She looked towards me.
"Malfoy." She nodded towards me. I had to go and be a stupid prat and open my bloody gob though!
"So, I hear you broke up with Weasley. Didn't have enough money, or did he just not give you enough pleasure?" I smirked at her. She turned a crimson shade of red and her eyes flashed with anger.
"No Malfoy, for your information, kissing Ron was like kissing my brother. Would you honestly keep dating someone if it felt like you were kissing your sister, oh wait, you're sick enough, you probably would." She spat at me. She strode to her bedroom, opened the door, walked in, and then slammed it shut.
I slapped myself in the head about 25 times thinking about how I was going to get her now. I was so ignorant sometimes. Whoa, did I really just admit that to myself? I need to get out of here.
(Hermione)
He's such a jerk. Seriously, sometimes he seems like he's actually not that bad and we could seriously be friends, if he even knows what that word means.
Gods, I wanted the break up to be kept as quiet as possible, but Ron had to go blabbing about it, calling me obscenities and other … select words.
Honestly, I told him, 'I hope we can still be friends.' But of course, he blew the break up way out of proportion and went crackers on me!
I wish I would've slapped him today in potions.
*Flashback*
"Today, you will be working in groups of 3. I will be placing you in those groups. Do not bother whining or asking me to switch your groups, because they will stay as they are. Now when I call your name, make your way to a cauldron. Malfoy, Patil, and Abbot. Potter, Longbottom, and Bullstrode. Granger, Weasley, and Parkinson." The list continued on and on. I looked at Harry for support. I swear, that slimy Snape knew that Ron and I had broken up and put me in his group on purpose.
So I made my way over to our cauldron. We were making a Memory Potion. This potion was not to forget a memory, but rather to recall one.
We were about half way into the class, when there was an explosion.
Neville had put too much Dragon's Fang into the potion and it blew up right in Harry's face.
"Way to go Longbottom. I will take Mr. Potter to the Hospital Wing. Miss. Granger, Mr. Malfoy, you two are in charge while I'm gone." Both of us nodded. He swiftly exited the room with Harry close behind him.
"Could you pass me the Dragon Hide?" I asked Ron in a low whisper.
"Oh Draci, I'm so sorry you had to get stuck with a Gay Gryffindor and a Helpless Hufflepuff." Pansy giggled at her little joke.
"Pansy? Could you do one, little favor for me?" Draco asked her in a sickeningly sweet voice.
"Anything." She whispered and put her hand on his chest.
"Shut up!" He yelled. Pansy looked as if she was about to cry … alas, she did. She sulked off to one corner of the room to cry, leaving Ron and me alone.
"Here you go. Do you need a new boyfriend, or have you already found one, particularaly ... our best friend?" Then he muttered something along the lines of skank.
"Ron, we already talked about this! I did not leave you for 'another guy' as you seem to have convinced yourself! And even if it was another guy, which it's not, it would not be Harry!" I screamed at him. "Now, shut up and work on the bloody potion!" I yelled, looking down at the ingredients.
I never realized that everyone in the classroom had stopped to listen to Ron and my little fight. Everyone turned back to whatever they had been doing.
*End Flashback*
(Harry)
They're not going out! She's single! I can finally ask her out! Yes!
It was during breakfast that I noticed something extremely odd and sickening.
I was just looking around the Great Hall, trying to avoid looking at Hermione and smiling, when I noticed a pair of cold gray eyes focusing on Hermione.
I made a sudden jerking motion to try and get him to stop looking at her that way. It seemed to have worked, since he blushed and looked down at his plate.
"Harry, you okay?" Hermione asked. She must have seen my little 'show' of my shaking motion.
"What? Oh yeah, I'm just fine." For the rest of the day, everything went by uneventful.
(Ron)
I thought what I did in potions was actually kind of cool because I know that it got under her skin, but she seemed to be telling the truth when she said she hadn't left me for another guy. So when she told me to shut up, I did as I was told.
I still couldn't help thinking that maybe … just maybe, her and Harry might go out. I had this sickening feeling that they would, just because I knew that Harry felt strongly for Mione. Well, even if they did go out, it wouldn't last very long. They just didn't seem right for each other. I knew they made great best friends, but they did not make a great couple.
(Hermione)
I woke up this morning and I was feeling great! My hair stayed the way I wanted it to, so I didn't have to fuss with it. I didn't have stupid lines on me from sleeping in the same position on my sheets. All around, it had been a good day so far.
I threw on my skirt and blouse and decided to put my robes on later.
I headed downstairs, only to see an almost naked Draco Malfoy.
"Good morning." He stated in an almost too cheerful voice.
"Um, Draco, you want to put some clothes on or were you going to prance around like that all day?" I asked him.
"I don't know … don't you like what you see?" He asked me in a husky voice, sending chills up and down my spine.
"Maybe, maybe not. What do you care?" I asked him in a low whisper.
"You'd be surprised Granger." He muttered and then walked back to his room.
Bloody hell he was hot!
He came back out, fully clothed by the way, and sat down.
"Alright, well I'm heading to breakfast. See you." I stated. I decided to be bold and say something. "By the way, I did like what I saw." I told him coyly before clambering out of the portrait.
He was built incredibly well and I couldn't help but think that Quidditch sure did his body good. His hair wasn't gelled back, but it fell loosely into his gray eyes. He was hot!
(Draco)
I could not believe that Hermione Granger, Gryffindor, mudblood, know-it-all actually said that to me!
'By the way, I did like what I saw.' The words just kept running through my head. So, she wanted me too. Hm, I could solve our … problems.
I had gone down to the library during our free period to catch up on some studying and who was there? None other than Granger.
She was just walking around looking for a book. I wondered what she was doing there.
I looked down at my book and then back to where she had been and poof! She was gone.
I read for maybe 15 minutes before I realized I needed another book. So I went to the section where I would find Transfiguration.
And there she was. Running her smooth hands across the spines of the books, looking for the right one.
I went to reach for the book when her hand fell on mind. She needed the same book. She blushed as our hands touched.
"Oh, you can have it. I've already read it, I just need something to read." She whispered before turning to leave.
She was just leaving my side when I decided to ask if what she said that morning was true.
"Granger! This morning, did you mean what you said?" I asked her.
She blushed and began to find her shoes quite interesting.
"Yes." She mumbled and the raced out of the library.
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So, what did all of you think? Was it good? Was it bad? PLEASE review! This chapter was a bit uneventful and I apologize, but I have to get to the plot and I'm not quite there yet.
MAJOR NOTES : For those of you who are not Draco/Hermione fans, I apologize, but there will be a few (meaning 2 or 3) chapters on their relationship, but this story is still a Harry/Hermione story so if you want to read a good Harry/Hermione story then continue reading this!
*Kaitie*
