"Where is he? I'll kill him I swear.." Ron was fumming after what he had just heard.

"No....Ron, just forget about it."

"Hermione! Listen to yourself, Malfoy put a move on you and you want to just forget about it?!" Harry was looking over the crowds of people.

She looked up at Harry wiping her eyes.

"Just don't worry about it, please...just don't."

"We are your best friend's how could we not worry about it?" Ron piped up.

"I know, ....he was probably just joking around to get on my nerves, it really won't happen again." She had been feeling very weak on the subject at the moment, she had other thoughts to worry about. Like falling for Draco Malfoy! Why was she thinking of him as some type of sexy god when she knew he was an annoying stuck up prat?!

"Look...just promise me you two won't cause any more trouble then there already is."

Ron turned away, he wasn't going to make any promises.

"Seriously? Hermione,- come on!" Harry was lost with words but finally nodded in defeat.

She gave a small smile.

"Ron?"

Ron turned to face her. "Right, sure...fine." She was unconvinced but took these words anyway.

"So was he a ..., uhm..." Ron tryed to ask.

"What?" Hermione questioned.

"Well, what Ron wants to know is: was he a good kisser like he claims?"

Hermione felt her cheeks turn pink, why were they asking her this?

"I'd rather not want to think about it right now, I mean, this is Draco we are talking about."

"Oh..yeah okay." Harry said looking slightly dissapointed.

"But-" Ron began but Harry elbowed him.

By now they were in the great hall walking towards the table.

"I'm not going to look over there....." Hermione thought outloud.

"Don't....we will for you." Harry saw Malfoy sitting down looking dead at them with a look as though he just won a grand prize.

"That stupid git, he deserves a lesson, oh come on Hermione!" Ron said.

She finally looked up to have contact with Malfoy but almost imediately turned away and sat down on her table.

"Ron you promised, and so did you Harry, so please...just don't do anything."

"Hermione! What do you expect?! Why did you tell us in the first place if you didn't want a reaction like this!"

"Harry-be-quiet." She said through clenched teeth as everyone on the Gryffindor table and some Hufflepuff student's were looking at them.

"Oh...sorry." He sighed. "Just..look, he doesn't deserve to be let go and ignored!"

"Exactly, he needs a lesson." Ron agreed.

"Fine do what you please, but it's not my fault if you two get caught up in deep drama and you land in detention."

A huge grin began to spread across both Ron and Harry's face.

"Trust me, this is worth it." Ron stood up.

"We'll be back...." Harry got up with him.

Hermione put her face in her hands and decided not to look up.

"Hermione, what's going on?" Neville asked as Harry and Ron walked over to the Slytherin table.

"Their going to go cause trouble with Malfoy."

"Then what are we doing sitting over here?" Seamus asked Dean and Neville.

The boys nodded and stood up calling after Harry and Ron to wait up.

"No" Hermione groaned.

Harry and Ron approached the Slytherin table.

"Malfoy, pleasure seeing you here."

"Oh? And why is that? 'Cause it really isn't a pleasure seeing you."

"We just came to let you know, don't you dare set another move on Hermione."

"What?" Neville, Dean, and Seamus said.

"Yeah, or we'll have your neck."

Draco let out a laugh. "Right, I'm really scared now."

"You should be." Harry was gripping his wand in his pocket.

The whole great hall including the teachers were now onlooking.

Draco got to his full height when he stood up.

"Well I'm not Pothead, and just because you fancy Gra-" Malfoy smiled. "Hermione more than a friend doesn't mean that I can't."

"What?!" Neville, Dean, and Seamus said again.

It was Ron and Harry's turn to laugh this time.

"Shes my friend and only considered as my friend."

Hermione couldn't take it anymore, she got up and walked over to them. She grabbed Harry and Ron's arm and began to pull them away.

"Stop it...I didn't want for you to let everyone in the world to know.." She mumbled.

Ron and Harry stopped.

"Please, Ron! Harry!"

"No." They said together and turned back around to face Draco.

Hermione knew she couldn't stop them so she figured she would watch what was happening.

Draco looked at Hermione. Hermione tryed to keep herself from looking at him.

Draco now turned his attention back to Harry and Ron.

"Where were we?"

"I was about to beat the dumb out of y-"

"Clearly this isn't a normal conversation! Sit down so we can begin with the sorting!" McGonagall had walked over and was now shooing Neville, Dean, and Seamus back to their seats.

"Well?!" She snapped.

Hermione quickly moved back to the table muttering to herself.

Ron and Harry glared at Draco for the last time and walked back over to the table, sitting down and ignoring Hermione.

"Oh, so now you two are going to be mad at me?" Hermione said fustrated.

"Hermione, you don't get it!"

"Yes I do! I get it perfectly well!"

"No, no, you don't."

"Fine! I don't get it."

She stood up and stormed off out of the hall slamming the doors behind her, he robes fluttering softly behind her.

"Why does this have to happen to me? Why not someone else?" She said to herself as she reared by a couple of statues and out onto the front lawn. "Great, what have you done?! Now your going to land yourself into detention."

Ron sat in his seat not moving.

"Your not going to get her?" Harry asked.

"No, shes obviously mad at us."

Harry sighed at his friend's stupidity. Of course she was mad at them but she needed someone to comfort her too.

"I'll go." Harry rolled his eyes and walked out after Hermione ignoring the looks he was recieving.

"Whatever." Ron muttered.

"Where did she go..." He saw that one of the large oak doors was open. "Oh." He walked out and saw her sitting by the lake. He walked over. "Hermione?"

She was sitting there staring blankly at the stars.

"Hi." She said softly. "Look, I'm sorry Harry, I don't know whats going on with me. Malfoy kissed me, I'm having these strange thoughts, and I'm..just confused."

"It's alright Hermione. Do you think you'll be ok?"

"Yeah..., I think I'll be fine."

"Ok, that's good to hear."

"Thanks Harry, you've always been such a great friend." She smiled.

"Yeah, so have you..." 'Friend...' he thought.

She continued to smile and leaned forward to give him a kiss on the cheek...

"Uhmm." She said. Harry had just kissed her. 'What happened?' 'Oh no, he probably thought I was trying to kiss him kiss him'.

"I uh, you. Sorry!" Harry said quickly.

"No, no. It's okay." Hermione said. She smiled.

"But, I just, sort of, came on to you." Harry said awkwardly.

"Yeah but, it's OK." 'NO! It is so not okay, but he's your best friend! Breathe!'

"'Night Harry." She said quietly and headed off to the castle. She wanted to cry. She wanted to scream. She wanted to go home and never come back to Hogwarts. What is wrong with all these boys? Why are they acting so stupid?!