Thanks a lot for your comments: scholcomp25, Mery-Black, Chelle86. This chapter is too short, I know, but the next chapter may turn out quite interesting! =D

Chapter 5 - Fire Warms the Heart

Alone in the Gryffindor Common Room, Hermione desperately cried. She cried like never before, she cried because she felt betrayed. Draco had chosen the Dark Arts instead of her.

Harry was trying to calm his friend down. Though she had been the girlfriend of his worst enemy, she was still his best friend. And Ginny's. They were both trying to make Hermione feel better, but with no results.

"Leave me alone! Now!" the girl yelled, full of pain.

So they left. But in the doorway stood now someone Hermione didn't expect. Someone that used to help her, but not anymore. Or maybe...?

The redheaded boy watched her crying with grief. Yet he said nothing, he made no move, no sound. He just watched her almost absently, trying to make a choice. To take a decision. The good one. Once and for all.

Ron stepped forward, approaching to the seat Hermione was standing on. He put his hand gently on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry."

The girl looked up, a little confused at first, then recognizing her old friend. She tried to say something, but the tears wouldn't allow her. Finally she leaned into a long embrace. A long and painful embrace.