Sorry for when I first posted this, I didn't bother to check the format of it, so it was just one big paragraph. Hope this is better!

Draco had no trouble sleeping that night. It was a dreamless sleep, a peaceful sleep, one he hadn't had in a long time. When he woke up, there were only traces of Pansy leaving, and no Pansy. Draco realized the freedom he had now, to not be tied down by a woman. He celebrated by pouring himself a glass of orange juice and sitting at the kitchen table to read the Daily Prophet, which had been dropped off only minutes before he came downstairs

"Nothing interesting," he said to himself and took another sip of his drink. He cast the paper aside and looked for something to eat in the cupboards and refridgerator. "Nothing to eat." he mumbled to himself, and nearly slammed the refridgerator door shut.

He went to the door and grabbed his coat from the coat rack beside the door, put it on, and left. He was late for meeting Blaise, anyway.

Pansy, however, didn't know where she was to go after she had left the manor. All of her belongings were in one suitcase, and she was standing out in the open, cold and alone. She couldn't think of anybody that would take her in for the night, or maybe longer, that was still in town.

She wanted Millicent to be home, desperately, so she could go there, but Millicent wasn't home, and she was stuck. Then a thought came into her mind that she nearly pushed away as soon as it had come. Hermione Weasley's house.

The girl was sure to accept her, maybe not Ron, but Hermione would. She cared enough about Pansy to let her stay for the night, it would work, there would be no ties, all she would have to do is stay there, thank them, and then go find a flat or something.

She still had access to the Malfoy vault, because, well, she was still a Malfoy. Pansy had decided. With a loud CRACK, she appeared from stranded to the doorway of the Weasley's home, which was just as nice as the Malfoy's, if only a bit smaller.

She was hesitant to knock, she didn't want to wake anyone up, but what was worse? Them being woken up, or her being stranded for the night? Open to predators? While Pansy kept telling herself why she was the victim, she raised her arm and knocked twice.

There was no answer. She waited for a while. Five minutes passed. No answer. She knocked again. Someone was heading downstairs, then opening the door. It opened to reveal Ron Weasley, who didn't look very happy to be woken up. Hermione stood only a few feet behind him.

"Yeah?" he said rudely.

"I'm so sorry to intrude," she really wasn't, but hey, this is Pansy, "but, Draco, he," she paused for a moment, "he kicked me out of the manor, and I don't have anywhere to go, and I was wondering if you would mind letting me stay for the night?"

This is when Hermione intruded. She pushed a half-asleep Ron to the side and embraced Pansy, "Come on then! Get out of the cold!" she lead her inside, and Ron took her trunk. "We have a guest room upstairs," she said, leading Pansy up the long stairway and to a beautiful, and comfortable, room.

Ron set her trunk inside the guest room and said: "I'm going back to bed." he dragged his feet the whole way back to their bedroom, and the two women could hear him fall onto the bed with a soft 'thump'.

"Hermione, thanks for all of this," Pansy thought it best to thank her, it was only polite. "Oh, it's nothing at all." she said, straightening out the bedsheets. "I promise I'll only stay for the night, as not to bother you and Ron." Pansy reassured her.

"Oh, you don't bother Ron, he's just tired right now, it's really Draco that annoys him." they both sat on the bed. Pansy found it good that she had someone to talk to, maybe she should tell Hermione the whole story.

"I hope you don't mind me asking," Hermione said before Pansy could begin, "but what happened at the manor?"

Pansy told Hermione everything, from when Draco said that he wanted children, to when he left, which had only been a day later. Hermione showed concern on her face, and it wasnt the fake concern that Pansy usually got, it was real concern for her and her situation.

"You can stay here as long as you want." Hermione said, giving Pansy a much needed hug. And Pansy decided she might take Hermione up on that offer.