Chapter 9

Normal Pov…

Draco and Dru are sitting in the Head Boy/Girl common room tending to the crying Hermione…

"Hermione it is not that bad. I'm sure you can just talk to them about it and they'll understand." Dru said while her brother hugged Hermione letting her tears fall freely upon his shirt.

"You don't know Harry or Ron, there is no way they would even want to talk to me." She managed to get out through her crying.

"Look, Herm just try. You don't have to do it today. Do it when you are ready but right now we really need to get to class. Ok?" Draco added

"Ok." She said as she got up wiping her tears away.

"Here let me help." Draco said as he wiped away her tears and placed a charm to get rid of the red puffiness around her eyes.

"Thanks." She began, "well let's go, Draco and I have double Potions with Snape, we should be going."

"Yea ok I will see you later then. Bye." Dru said giving Hermione a hug then grabbed her stuff and hurried out the room, soon Hermione and Draco were up and heading to the dungeons.

"Good morning, class." Snape said to his class with a slight lazy drawl in his voice as the class returned the 'Good morning'

"Today we are going to be making a Veritaserum potion, please form groups of four and begin working." He voiced and went back to his desk in front of the class. Harry and Ron were looking around for a group to be with…

"Hermione just go see if they want to talk to you now." Draco said in a whisper to her as he gave her a little push.

"Fine." She said as she walked over to Harry and Ron "Hey I was wondering if I could be in your group Harry and Ron?"

Harry heard her voice from behind and turned around as she was talking "O sorry Hermione, we already have a group with Lavender and Parvati." Harry said trying not to look in her eyes.

"O, ok I see, well…" she said looking down and turned back around when Ron began to speak…

"Well I am sure that your boyfriend would love to work with you." He said pointing to Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle all sitting there about to begin their work.

"O yeah I guess you are right, I guess I will see you around then. Bye" she quickly said as she walked back over to Draco and his groupies.

"So what did they say?" Draco asked

"They said that they already had a group and Ron suggested that I come back over here." She said about to cry sitting down next to Draco and across from his groupies, who were looking at him funny for letting her sit there, when he whispered "Its ok, she can stay." "So I guess we should get started," she said as Draco began to read the instructions, while she was still looking at Harry and Ron, who were laughing and talking working on their potion.

Crabbe and Goyle's group was the first to finish with the help of Hermione and Draco, so they had time to 'talk'…

"So why are you not sitting with them." Goyle said to Hermione while pointing at Harry and Ron.

"O they are mad at me, but I really don't feel like talking about it." She said back to him.

"Ok, you can sit here whenever you want just in case you are having a fight with them, ok." Crabbe said to her.

"Sure, but why the sudden change of mind about me?"

"O because Goyle here is going out with Pansy and Crabbe really doesn't want her to sit here because she turned him down." Draco said laughing as Hermione punched him in the arm.

"Crabbe forget about her, she's not worth it and I am pretty sure you can do better than her…"

"Class is dismissed.15 points rewarded to each member of Draco's group for finishing first." Snape added as they walked out the room.

"Bye guys, I guess I will see you in CMC ok." She said as Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle walked to Professor Trelawney's class as she walked to Transfiguration.

"Ok bye." They all said together and walked away. While she was leaving, Harry and Ron walked out with Ron's arm around Lavender's waist, Parvati was flirting with Dean, and Harry was talking with Seamus and Neville. Hermione watched beginning to feel jealous that they were no longer talking to her so she decided to just keep walking behind them as they all headed to the same class. McGonagall had already assign the reading and everyone was flipping through the pages, when a student walked in the class…

"Professor McGonagall, Dumbeldore would like to see Hermione Granger please."

"Ok sure. Hermione please follow him." She quickly gathered her things into her bag and ran out to find Draco also stranding there.

"Hey, what do you think this is about?" she asked Draco, who just shrugged and said…

"Pea brain here won't tell me." He retorted pointing to their escort while he looked at the two out of the corner of his eye.

"Draco!"

"What?"

"Here, go in you don't need a password he already knows you are coming," he said to them as he turned and left, leaving them to walk into the office alone.

"Ah, Miss Granger, I am glad you have come in today. I have something important to tell you, if you would like to keep the matter private then Mister Malfoy may leave."

"O, um it's ok, he can stay." She said looking back at Dumbeldore.

"I should go, I can tell this is important." He said as he walked away but Hermione grabbed his arm.

"No, please I really need you to stay." He nodded and sat down next to her, "Please continue Professor."

"Yes, of course, I don't know how to tell you this but your parents have been murdered. There was no trace of any bruises etc, so we assume the killing curse was used." As he said this she looked at him then to Draco and began to cry in her hands, as Draco quickly ran over to hold her.

"I know it is bad Hermione but there is more…" he added as both Draco and Hermione looked at him with interest.