Thanks Mery-Black and Chelle86! Hope you like this chapter, too! Draco's not that nice anymore! Chapter 5 also on its way!

Chapter 4 - World Falls Apart

Hermione was to meet Draco near the lake in the afternoon, after classes. They've been together for nearly a month now. Of course, she had had to tell Harry and Ron, she couldn't had ran from them, being her best friends, after all. Their reaction hadn't been surprising: Harry had turned pale, but finally accepted the fact and Ron, well, Ron had said nothing - just stood up and left. And that had been it. He hadn't talked to her since. Ginny had always been very sad, ever since she had told her for the first time that she fancied Draco. Well, it wasn't surprising, was it? Except these facts, nothing had changed.

"Hi there!"

Hermione turned to the blonde, smiling teen-ager who was waving to her happily.

"Hya!" she smiled in return.

After some minutes of snogging and laughing, they began to walk across the Hogwarts' fields, talking about random events: Quidditch - they changed this subject quickly, because both Harry and Draco were to play for the Quidditch Cup -, school - Hermione was exasperating her boyfriend with homework, lessons and lots of other tasks -, family - not quite Draco's favourite subject -, and . Voldemort.

"What do you think about him?" the blonde asked.

"Since when talking about the Dark Lord I can't express myself using decent words, I shall ask you please not to mention him. And ... you haven't thought of becoming a Death Eater, have you, Draco?" Hermione asked with a worried look on her face.

"All You-Know-Who wants is to get rid of unhelpful witches and wizards!"

"Unhelpful witches and wizards?! Mud-bloods! People like me! Like Harry's parents! Like Neville's parents! Like Dumbledore!"

"Not just mud-bloods! Not Potter's parents! Not Longbottom's parents! Not Dumbledore! They're just standing in our way!"

"Your way?! So you do plan of becoming a Death Eater, don't you, Draco?"

"..."

"And I thought you changed! I thought you weren't like the other Slytherins! But that was a mistake, wasn't it, Malfoy?"

"..."

"Very well, then! It's over! For ever!" cried Hermione with tears of anger and disappointment in her eyes.

"Wait, Hermione!"

"Fuck you, Malfoy!"

Draco knew this was the end of it. But he couldn't betray Lord Voldemort. He couldn't betray his father.