A/N: Hello, once again! I didn't take too long this time, did I?

Thanks to all of my reviewers and readers who constantly supported and appreciate my writing this fic. I love you all… you're the best, you know that? =) I just love reading your feedbacks, whether they're constructive criticism, good or bad, etc.

Anyway, here is chapter six! Hope you enjoy!

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Chapter Six

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Astronomy had finally ended. Professor Sinistra clapped her hands several times, causing everyone to look up. "Alright, class," she said loudly, "Please keep away all your telescopes and bring them to me."

There was a soft murmur as everyone did what they were told. Hermione picked up the wooden chest that was used to store the telescope and opened it. "Well, what are you supposed to do?" she asked Draco. Her voice was cold and harsh, and her eyes glimmered with malice.

Draco took no notice of her. He silently disassembled the brass telescope, and part by part placed it back into the chest. Hermione watched him as he did so, her arms crossed pompously and her head up high. She wondered to herself why he was like this: so quiet and civilized. He never in the past obeyed what Hermione asked him to do without any complaint.

The chest shut with a snap. Draco looked up at her with an unreadable expression and said, "You can do better than that, Granger."

"Do better than what, Malfoy?" she smirked. "Telling you the truth that you are an insensitive, daft prick?"

"Why'd you fall in love with someone like Weasley?" Draco quietly asked, his gaze averted to the stone floor. Hermione blinked and stared wide-eyed at him.

She was unable to believe her ears. Draco Malfoy, her mortal adversary, was asking her a personal question about her love life. A question her closest friends never even imagined to ask her…

"Why are you asking all of a sudden?" she demanded.

"Is it wrong to ask?"

"From you? Yes."

"Fine then." Draco stood up, looking defeated. He picked up the chest and headed off to where Professor Sinistra was, leaving Hermione all alone.

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It was a quarter to three in the morning when Hermione finally gave up on sleeping. She couldn't find it in herself the desire to doze off and rest, for Draco's question still haunted her. She stood up, wearing her night gown and grabbed her black cloak. Hermione wore it and picked up a long wooden rod that rested on her night table, which undoubtedly was her own wand, and silently crept down to the Gryffindor Common Room. She tiptoed hurriedly into the Portrait Hole and when she was finally out, she headed off straight to her favorite spot: a small but cozy balcony up at the fifth floor.

Once reaching the balcony, Hermione sat down on one stone step. She looked up at the still dark sky, which was adorned with several stars. The wind blew gently, rustling the trees down below the castle grounds, and Hermione closed her eyes and sighed. She just loved it there… there, in that place, she forgot all the bitter feelings she felt, and all the problems she was faced with. All she ever felt there were peace and pure bliss.

There she stayed until the wee hours of morning. The sky lost its darkness and was replaced with a mundane, yellowish color. Hermione heard soft chirps of birds below her and she sighed yet again. She didn't feel peace there the whole morning. Not once did Draco's question leave her mind. And all she felt now were confusion and guilt. She felt horrible about being nasty to him… absolutely horrible.

And what bothered her most was that she didn't know what her answer would have been to Draco. Hermione stared as the sun rose in the horizon, with one phrase running through her mind: I fell in love with Ron because

And to her utmost surprise, she could not find the right words to end it.

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A/N: So, it wasn't that long, but at least it was kind of revealing, eh? I mean, who could've thought Hermione didn't know why she fell in love with Ron? Ha ha… would you consider this a cliffhanger? I really don't fancy cliffies that much…

Anyway, REVIEW! The next chapter will be more interesting, I promise… and much LONGER. So, just wait, k? See yaz!

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