A/N: My BiRtHdAy was JaNuArY 18th (I'm 13!) and… I had writers block… and… and… we've had state tests, and.. And… VaLeNtInEs Day was recently… so… I haven't updated. Sorrryyyyy! Just to let ya'll know, I'm skipping the thanx and everything this time because I lost track of who reviewed :-P But I Will Next Time!!

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Flashin' Back:

"Hermione… I'm sorry about what we did. But we really didn't mean to embarrass you or anything." Draco sighed.

"It's okay." Hermione said.

Draco smiled.

Hermione smiled back.

Draco leaned forward and pecked Hermione on the cheek.

"Goodnight." He said, and left her room swiftly, closing the door behind him.

"Goodnight." Hermione whispered back into the dark.

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Chapter 19: Seamus! Ron!

Hermione woke up the next morning smiling, remembering last night.

Suddenly her thoughts returned to the night of the dance.

What had happened?

Who was that dressed in a black robe?

Why did they lead her to the Common Room to beat her up?

Hermione shook her head.

She'd have to think about this later.

Class would start in 2 hours and she had to get dressed and ready for breakfast.

So Hermione took a hot shower thinking a little more about her previous thoughts.

She got out of the shower and dressed into her robes.

Hermione walked over to the dresser mirror and applied some lip gloss and blush, then headed

out the door.

Harry and Ron were waiting for her in the Common Room.

Hermione walked down the stairs toward them.

Harry looked up at Hermione, and immediately smiled.

"You're okay!" He exclaimed and embraced Hermione.

"We heard from Ginny that you were in the Hospital Wing, but by the time we went to go visit you, you had left." Ron explained and gave Hermione a huge hug.

"We're so happy you're alright." Harry said.

Hermione smiled. "Thanks."

"Okay, enough of this mushy gushy stuff, lets go down to breakfast." Ron said.

The trio walked down to The Great Hall and Hermione was greeted and told they were glad to see her, by her fellow Gryffindors. Obviously Ginny had told everybody that she was in the Hospital Wing.

"Hey Hermione!" Yelled Seamus. "Come over here, I want to ask you a few things."

"Okay." Hermione answered.

Harry, Ron and Hermione walked over to where Seamus and Dean were and sat across from them.

"So, what did you want to ask me?" Hermione asked while putting pancakes onto her plate.

"Uh… Well…" Seamus stuttered.

"He wanted to know why you went with Malfoy, of all people, to the dance." Dean said.

Seamus stepped on his toe under the table.

"Well, because… he asked me… and I mean… well…" Hermione stuttered.

"Is he your boyfriend or something? No… he can't be… you wouldn't have ran out the hall when… when he said those 3 special words." Dean said sarcastically.

"You guys are so weird, you don't even know how to say those '3 special words.' " Hermione ended sarcastically. "And to answer your already answered question, no he's not my boyfriend."

"So WHY on EARTH would you go to the dance with him????" Dean said.

"Wasn't Seamus the one who was going to ask me the questions? Anyway… I went with him because…-" Hermione said.

"Because why?" Dean asked.

"Because…" Hermione began.

"You were forced weren't you? He threated to Crucio you or something right? I knew Malfoy was mean… but not THAT mean…" Dean interrupted again.

"No, it's because I…" Hermione started again.

"What? Because you looooooooooooooooove him?" Dean teased.

Everyone began to laugh.

"Well actually…" Hermione began once again.

"Come on Hermione! Spit it out!" Dean rushed.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "I'm trying, but you keep interrupting me!" She argued.

"Did he really threaten you with any of the Unforgivable Curses?" Dean said a little mad.

"No it's because I…"

"You what?" Ron butted in.

"I l-" Hermione started to yell in a mad way.

Harry, being the sensitive person, who actually listens and pays attention to his surroundings bent over and covered Hermiones mouth.

Harry threw everyone a smile at the Gryffindors and dragged Hermione out to the hall.

Ron, Seamus, and Dean mad because he interrupted Hermione when she was going to say why.

"You weren't about to say what I thought you were going to say, were you??" Harry said uncovering Hermione's mouth.

"It depends… what do you think I was gonna say?" Hermione asked.

"What WERE you going to say?" Harry asked.

"I was err… I was going to say… that… I was f… f… forced… yeah… forced to go with him." Hermione answered.

Harry gave her a dead look.

"What were you really going to say?" Harry asked her.

Hermione knew Harry could tell when she was lying.

Hermione sighed.

"I wasn't really going to SAY it.. It was just going to slip." Hermione said.

"Well, tell me what was going to 'slip.'" Harry told Hermione.

Hermione sighed again.

"I was going to accidentally say that… that… that I like Draco Malfoy…" Hermione trailed off.

Someone around the corner from them gasped.

Hermione and Harry went wide eyed.

They ran to the corner and looked around it.

It wasn't just someONE… it was some people…

2 people to be exact.

"Seamus!" Shouted Hermione.

"Ron!" Shouted Harry at the same time.

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A/N- I hope that was a good chapter… every time I tried to write… I couldn't… I was just stuck on the first sentence, 'Hermione woke up the next morning smiling, remembering last night.' lol. Well… that was 4 pages… 975 words… short… but… I needed something… lol…

~HuGz~

Mara-Potter