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Rebound

Draco and Hermione were kissing just outside the Great Hall while the teachers and the rest of the school were eating dinner.

"Oh, Draco," Hermione sighed, looking into his eyes. "I love you so much. I don't want to leave you at the end of this year." Her eyes filled with tears as she thought of the end of their seventh year coming to an end in a month and a half. "I want to stay with you forever."

"So do I, Herms.so do I," Draco replied. "I love you. I can't wait to hear the words, 'My name is Pansy-I mean Hermione Malfoy' come out of your mouth."

Both of their eyes flew wide open as they realized what he had just said.

"WHAT!" cried Hermione, her eyes spilling over from her tears, this time from being mad at Draco. They broke apart, as Hermione wiped her face. She ran up the stairs, ignoring Draco's calls.

"Herms! I didn't mean that! Come back! It was just. Pansy was coming on to me again earlier! I was just thinking about that! I'm sorry! Herms! I'm really really sorry!" But evidently these things were the wrong things to say, as Hermione kept running into the Gryffindor common room, and then up another flight of stairs to her dormitory. She threw herself onto her bed.

"I can't believe that he would be cheating on me! Yeah, right, she came onto him. She hasn't come onto him in three years!"

"Hermione?" a voice called.

"Go away! I don't want to talk to anybody!"

"Mione, it's only me," said the voice. "Ginny. go away. I don't want to see anyone right now," Hermione said, shouting through her tears. (A/N yeah yeah Ginny and Hermione don't really have the same dorm but w/e)

"What happened Mione? Is it Draco?" At these words, Hermione broke into fresh sobs. "Come on, there's something wrong."

All of a sudden Hermione turned herself over so she could face Ginny. Her face was a wreck. Her magical mascara and eyeliner was streaming down her cheeks, as Hermione had forgotten to put the waterproof coating on this morning. Her lip gloss was smeared, and her hair was mussed from Draco running his hands through it.

"Yeah. It's Draco. He was cheating on me!" cried Hermione.

"Oh my god, Mione. With who?"

"Pansy, that bi*ch!"

"Geez Mione. What can I do? How about I clean up your face a little?" asked Ginny, a small smile appearing on her lips. With a small flick of her wand, Hermione's face was cleared up and her hair came out of its rubberband and was magically brushed with a comb Ginny had made up.

"Thanks, Ginny."

"Anytime. I'm going to go down to the common room now so you can have some peace. Okay?"

"That's fine." As Ginny left, Hermione was left to her thoughts. 'How could he? I-I- I never would've thought. and especially someone who he had always thought was dirt."

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Meanwhile in the common room, Ginny was telling Ron and Harry what had happened, since they were the first ones back from dinner. They gasped in horror and menacing looks appeared on their faces as they listened to the story.

"That g*d dam* bast***!" Ron swore.

"Ron!" cried Ginny.

"Oh. whoops sorry, Gin. I'm just. hold on a second, will you?" Ron walked toward the staircase that led to the girls' dormitory. Knowing what would happen if he walked up the stairs, (A/N: was that in the actual book 5 that the staircase turned into a slide? Or was that somebody's fanfiction?) Ron stood at the bottom of the staircase and yelled, "Hermione? Ginny's just told us what's happened! Come on, you can talk to us!"

Silence.

"'Mione? Are you going to come down?" Still silence, but then suddenly the door slowly creaked open, and Hermione's face appeared in the doorway. She saw Ron standing at the bottom of the stairs, and she ran down and hugged him.

"Oh, Ron!" she said, crying into his shoulder.

"Um." Ron trailed off, not really knowing what to do. "Shh. shh. it's all right," he said, patting her shoulder and running his hand down her hair. "He was always a bast*** anyway."

At this, Hermione looked up, and a watery smile appeared on her lips. "You're such a good friend, Ron."

At this point, Harry walked over. Hermione looked up, and said, "Hi, Harry."

With a mock pout on his face and his hands in his jeans pockets, Harry replied, "Hi. Don't I get a hug too?" Hermione laughed and she ran over and wrapped her arms around him in a big hug.

***Meanwhile.***

'Dam* it!' thought Draco, still standing just outside the Great Hall. 'How the h*ll could I have done that? I don't love Pansy, I don't love Pansy, I don't love Pansy! How could that bloody name have slipped out of my mouth?!'

People were starting to come out of the Great Hall, so Draco started walking by himself to the Slytherin common room.

'Hmm. how can I get my Herms back? I really miss her. and it's only been a few minutes. I loved her. I loved her and was willing to give my life for her! Just how did that stupid name get into my mouth?'

He walked for a little while, just thinking. 'How about I make her jealous? That'll make her want me back.'

***Two Weeks later***

"Ron? I have to ask you something," said Hermione. "In private."

'How can I love Ron after only two weeks?' thought Hermione. 'But somehow. I don't know. I guess on that day. when he came to comfort me.I just.'

Her thoughts trailed off as Ron replied, "Uh. sure. What is it?"

Hermione just stood up and pulled Ron up with her. "Come on. Let's go out of the Hall."

"Ron. I don't know how to say this. but somehow. that day. when um. Draco and I broke up. I think I started to see you in a different. kind of. light, I guess. I realized how much I liked you. D'you. d'you want to come to Hogsmeade with me the next time or something?"

Ron's eyes grew wide as he pinched himself. "Am I dreaming? 'Cause if I'm not. then of course! Do you know how long I've wanted to go out with you? Only. what about Harry?"

Hermione touched Ron's arm gently. "He's going with Parvati. He told me earlier."

"Well, then." Ron's sentence trailed off as he grinned at Hermione. "When's the next Hogsmeade weekend?"

***At Hogsmeade***

"Well! Where do you want to go?" asked Hermione cheerfully.

"Anywhere you want to. Herms." Hermione flinched slightly at Draco's old name for her, but then thought to herself, 'oh well. it's like Ron said. he was always a basta** anyway.'

All of a sudden, a blonde spot in the crowd distracted her. 'Oh my god. it's Draco!' She hurriedly put her hand in Ron's, as soon as she saw that Draco had his arm wrapped around Padma Patil's waist. As the two couples walked near each other, Draco and Hermione put on their looks of deepest loathing. No one could have thought that a few weeks ago they had loved each other with all of their hearts and had no problem with each other.

***A few days later***

Hermione lay on her bed, before the rest of her dorm mates came up to bed. She loved Ron. or so she thought. The more she thought about it, the more she could point out 'mistakes' in Ron and the things that Draco had that Ron didn't. She sat up as she realized what she was thinking. Did she still love Draco? Ron was going out with her, though. How could she love Draco after he was cheating on her? And besides. he had already found Padma. hadn't he? She sighed but with a sudden burst of emotions, decided, 'I need to find Draco before our year ends. I can't. not when.' her thoughts trailed off as she sighed again.

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Draco lay on his bed, also thinking. He thought about how pretty Padma was, and how easy she was to talk to. and how Hermione's coffee-brown eyes sparkled so much, and how her perfect, beautiful face was always smiling at him. He sat up and gasped at his the thoughts that had just somehow crept into his brain. 'Oh my god. I knew I was trying to get her back. but after a few weeks it seemed like I really hated her again. And now. I love her again?' Draco sighed as he thought of how mixed up his feelings were. 'I need to talk to Herms. Soon.'

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The next day, Gryffindors and Slytherins had double Potions together right before lunch. After their class, they walked off to the Great Hall. Hermione bumped into someone. "oh. sorry," she said. But then when she looked up at the person, she groaned as she realized it was Draco.

"um. Hermione? I think we need to talk. I can see it in your eyes. Come on. Let's go outside."

He dragged her through the oncoming traffic outside. "We. I dunno if you feel the same way. but I feel as if somehow. I still love you. Do you think. think it's a possibility." he drew himself up. "that we were on the rebound for these past few weeks?"

Hermione's eyes filled with tears. "I don't know, Draco. Because I thought I hated you. but last night when I was in bed. I think somehow I also realized that I still. have feelings for you. I think we were just so mad at each other. that we went. went on-on the rebound, kind of."

"It's the same for me." Draco replied softly. And then slowly, faltering each inch closer to her face, he brought his lips to hers. And it seemed to the two of them that somehow. somehow, the world was blowing up in fireworks for the two of them.