A/N: Hola lovely fan-fic readers! Again, sorry it took me literally a million years to post this chapter. And again, thank you SO much for all the reviews from the last chapter. Made me so happy and special. ^_^ Anyways, at the moment, I'm ditching a party just to type up this chapter. Hope yaw think it's good. And oh yes, thank you so much Sinsly!!!

Chappie 9 – A Weasley's Demeanor

Hermione slowly ran her fingers through Draco's silky strands of blonde hair, loving the softness of it. They stood in the Quidditch field with the rain sprinkling upon them. She stared into his eyes. They were silver pools of warmth and love. It was that look that he only gave her. She smiled as he bent down for one last kiss before they departed.

It sent shivers of excitement and arousal down her spine and made her feel as if she were in heaven. She leaned more into the kiss, savoring the feel of it as he slowly ran his tongue over her lips. She quickly gave in and opened her mouth craving more. They stood there and devoured each other until finally they parted. They were both in awe. That was one of the best kisses they ever shared. Hermione smiled.

"It's late Draco. Let's go." She heard a put escape his lips and grinned even more.

He nodded and graciously took her hand to begin their journey back. Hermione held his hand tightly and looked down as they walked. Her face contorted as she saw it. Footprints.

"Draco."

He looked at her as she pointed to the prints made in the mud. It wasn't her shoes, and it couldn't have been Draco's. She gasped as she realized what was going on.

"Someone was here…while we were here." She looked at Draco anxiously.

Draco shrugged. "Who gives a damn? They couldn't tell who we were from the way we were snogging." Hermione suddenly squeaked as she jumped up. She then hit Draco on the arm.

"Ow! What was that for!" Draco tried to refrain from smiling, but it didn't work.

"You just grabbed my ass!" Hermione couldn't help grinning.

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Hermione came down the stairs from the dormitory yawning. She didn't get much sleep the night before since she literally spent all night with Draco snogging. Ron and Harry both were sitting in the common room, with very serious expressions playing on their faces.

"What's up guys?" she asked while holding back a yawn.

Harry stared at her for a second or two then got up. So did Ron. Hermione began to worry. Harry finally spoke.

"We need to talk to you Hermione."

Hermione got nervous and gulped. "'Bout what?"

Harry shook his head. "Not here. Let's go to…Myrtle's bathroom."

Hermione looked at them and followed them, keeping a safe distance. As they walked down the corridors, neither Harry nor Ron said a word. Hermione tried her best to suppress her yawns. Finally they reached the bathroom. Harry and Ron sat across from Hermione and it seemed to her that Ron didn't want to look at her.

"It must be private since we came here and---" Hermione's words faltered as she looked at Ron's shoes. She began to fill with anxiety as she saw the dried mud smeared across the bottom of his shoes. Ron looked up.

"Where were you last night?"

Hermione gulped. She was at a lost for words.

Ron continued. "You weren't by any chance out in the Quidditch field, were you?"

Harry looked down at the floor when Hermione still didn't respond.

Ron pulled out her Head Girl badge. "Or did this just happen to be lying around there?"

Hermione bent her head down as her eyes filled with tears. They had found out, just like she had feared. She didn't know what to do. She should have told them instead of them finding out like this.

Ron chucked the badge towards her. "How could you go behind our backs Hermione?! Especially with Draco Malfoy! You hurt me and Harry! We thought we were your friends…but it seems that you've made new ones."

And with that he barged out as Hermione looked after him. She looked at Harry with a desperate look.

"Harry, I didn't mean to hurt you two. You know I didn't…"

Harry began to walk out, and then turned around to face her. "Maybe you didn't. But it's not the fact that it's Draco Malfoy. It's the fact that you kept it from us."

And Hermione was left alone to deal with the new found loss of her two closest friends. She cried and cried because she couldn't think of anything else to do. She wished Draco was there to comfort her in her time of need, but he wasn't. Finally she stopped, because Myrtle kicked her out since she wailed too loudly. Hermione walked zombie-like down the corridors; her eyes were red; bags were forming under her eyes; and her skin had become pale. She turned the corner and found Claudia whimpering away against the wall.

"Claudia, what's wrong? What happened?"

Claudia sent her a killer glare and walked up to her. "WHAT HASN'T HAPPENED!?" she yelled at Hermione. "Thanks to you, Harry no longer trusts me. He no longer wants to have anything to do with me. Since I didn't tell him about you and your precious Draco! It's your entire fault! You screwed everyone over so you could screw Malfoy!"

Hermione's sadness quickly turned into fury as she watched Claudia run off crying. Claudia went too far with the last comment and Harry and Ron are being selfish bastards. She headed towards the common room and prepared herself for what she was about to do.

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Hermione barged into the common room hoping to find Harry or Ron. Neither of them were around. Some of the younger Gryffindors looked at her timidly. She looked at them one by one, until she found the perfect person.

"Colin Creevy." she muttered in fury at what just happened with Claudia.

Colin slowly turned around, afraid of the Head Girl. "I didn't do anything. I swear!"

Hermione grabbed him. "Where is Harry and Ron?"

Colin pointed quickly at the stairs that led to the boy's dormitory. "I saw Harry walk up there. I'm not sure where Ron went though."

Hermione thanked him and quickly made her way up to Harry's dorm. She pounded on the door with her fist, yelling for him to open the door. Neville opened the door and nearly died as Hermione stomped in. Harry was laying on his bed, his body sprawled out, and his back to Hermione.

Hermione walked up to his bed. "What the FUCK Harry!!" Was the first thing to come out of her mouth. Harry was too shocked to turn around at the moment. Hermione never cursed. When Harry didn't turn around, Hermione continued. "How dare you put Claudia into this?! She had nothing to do with my relationship with Draco! She's heartbroken and you know it. What the hell were you thinking?! I don't care if you don't talk to me for another hundred years, but don't make Claudia pay for something that I did!"

Harry swung around in his bed. Anger was flashing through his eyes, which were bloodshot red. Hermione stepped back in fear. Harry finally spoke.

"I didn't want to do that to her! Don't come blaming me! Blame Ron! The one who is and will always be obsessed with you no matter what! You need to go talk to him before he does something more drastic. I don't care if you date Draco Malfoy, but Ron does. Because he wants you! And he told me to stop talking to Claudia because she deserved it!"

Hermione couldn't believe her ears. Ron was becoming some sort of monster. Not caring for anyone's feelings except his. Harry ran his hand through his hair, frustrated. He started to mumble to himself as he sat on the bed. Hermione sat down next to him, thinking of what do to next.

"Harry, maybe you should go and talk to Claudia and I'll talk to Ron."

"What if she doesn't want to talk to me Hermione? I just screwed up my love life." Harry said in apprehension. Hermione winced as Harry used the same word Claudia did, screwed.

"Harry Potter, I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. Go, now!" Harry very slowly smiled and nodded. He ran out of the dorm room right before Hermione slowly left. She walked around the corridors searching for Ron. She finally found him in the owlery, staring out a window.

"Ron…"

He turned sharply, spotted her, and then turned back to the window. Hermione slowly made her way towards him.

"Ron, I know you're very angry with me now and that's why I never wanted to tell you. I knew that something like this would happen. I knew you wouldn't take it well since you like me so much. But Ron you need to get over it. I'm sorry, but I don't see you as anything more than a friend. And you're a great friend Ron. You've always been there to protect me, to look out for me. Please Ron, talk to me."

Hermione took a peek at his face and saw that tears were rolling down his cheeks. She sighed as she put her arms around him for a hug. That's when he broke down into tears. He was barely grasping the idea that he couldn't have her. Hermione didn't know what to do exactly.

Ron knew that he couldn't change her mind anymore. She was dating Draco Malfoy and that was that. He couldn't change it. He slowly pulled away but held on to her arms.

"I'm sorry Hermione. It's just that I know my feelings for you will never go away. But your feelings for Malfoy won't just disappear either. It just came to me as a shock and I couldn't control my emotions."

"Neither could I."

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Hermione sat across from Professor Dumbledore. She had tons of papers in her hand as she talked to the Headmaster.

"So I was thinking, we should have a ball. For the 7th years. Since we will be leaving this year. And muggle clothing will be allowed. I have it all planned out Professor. See?"

She showed him the loads of paper in her hands. He nodded slowly.

"Seems you do Ms.Granger. You know I can never say no to a little party. So yes you may have your ball. How about…two weeks from now? How does that sound?"

Hermione grinned happily. "That'll be great Professor! Thank you so much. I'll make flyers right away!"

Hermione walked out the Headmaster's office as she pulled out a wad of paper from her bag. She muttered a spell and she instantly had flyers for the ball. As soon as she could, she began to post them up and pass them around.

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Draco slowly ran his hands through Hermione's hair as she talked on and on about the ball. He was getting a bit bored of her talk so he decided to shut her up.

"And I'm planning on getting a lovely gown from---" Hermione's words stopped as Draco tilted her head up for a kiss.

Hermione gave in rather quickly. They slowly wrapped their arms around each other as Draco deepened the kiss. Draco moaned in pleasure as Hermione's hands found their way under his shirt. Hermione couldn't be happier.

She was excited because of the ball. She was happy that she was still with Draco. Harry and Claudia had gotten back together and Ron was normal again (he asked Hermione how he think he would look as a blonde) and accepted the fact that she was going out with Draco and not him. Life was good…so far.

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A/N: Oooookay. I think this chapter sorta sucked. Plus it took me a million years just to type up. Plus I got sick. Anyways, next chapter will hopefully be focused on the ball that Hermione has planned. And thanks Sinsly! Without you, I would suck. Lol. And oh yes, Happy New Year's! ^_^

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