When Harry and Hermione got back to the common room, they saw Ron sitting in a chair next to the fire. They stood there, unaware that Ron knew of their presence.

"You never told me." Ron said, "I'm your best friend, or at least I thought I was. And you never told me! How could you two! You made me make a fool of myself!"

"Ron - - " Hermione begged.

"No." Ron said, "Not now Hermione, not ever. I love you! I love you! And my best friend has you! I thought when we kissed it meant something!"

"Ron, we never kissed, you kissed!" Hermione stated.

"No 'Mione, I may not be an expert on kissing, but you kissed me back, I know that for a fact." Ron replied.

"Hermione," Harry said, "I thought you said that you didn't kiss him back!"

"That's because I didn't! Ron's lying!" Hermione said.

"No I'm not!" Ron replied.

"Yes you are!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"N - - "

"Stop it!" Harry yelled, "Both of you! Stop it now!"

"You hate me Hermione, don't you?" Ron asked, "You hate me and you love Harry, you've always loved Harry, haven't you?"

"You guys are my best friends! I love you both!" Hermione replied.

"One day you'll notice I'm better than Harry!" Ron said angrily.

"Ron don't start that." Hermione begged.

"She loves me Ron! Get the picture? Not you, me!" Harry yelled.

"You don't know that for a fact!" Ron screamed back.

"So which one of us do you love Hermione?" Harry asked.

"Tell him Hermione, tell him how much you love me so we can leave." Harry said.

"No Hermione, I know deep down you love me." Ron added.

Hermione looked from Ron to Harry, then Harry to Ron, and ran up to her dorm.

When she got in there she walked over to her desk slowly. She knocked everything off of it in anger and screamed at the top of her lungs, and fell to her knees.

Her purse happened to be on her desk, and when it fell to the floor the picture her mother took of her on her way to the Hogwarts Express the first day of school that year fell out. She saw it, picked it up, and looked at how much she had changed; her straight hair, clothes, and make-up. She tore the picture in half, crying. Hermione then grabbed a few of her most important belongings, got on her broom, and without a second thought, flew out of Hogwarts. where she would never return again.

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Hey everyone! Here's a special thanks to my reviewers, Lady Sunlight, Hoarse Swan, White Dove, and Lady Death. R/R! ~OceanGirl28