A/N: Thank you all so much, my lovely reviewers. And to answer someone's comment….yes I do know that eggs are not actually baby chickens, I just decided to put that in there because I thought it was funny…..and to answer a lot of people's comments…yeah I know that in real life Dumbledore wouldn't make them share a bed…..but I felt like having that be there so it is….thank you again, you lovely lovely people…..

The Fallout

"Are we doing dungeons or towers?" I asked, unable to remember much. I just wanted to go back to sleep.

"Towers. Pug and that fifth year are doing the dungeons this evening."

"Thank God. Nothing on your dungeons, Draco, but they are cold and creepy." We walked along in silence. Going up on corridor, down the next, climbing the spiral staircases, exploring the towers, and coming back down.

On and on, for hours it went. I flopped down somewhere on our fourth round of the fifth floor. "Draco what time is it?"

"Midni-" A rustling noise met our ears.

"Oof!" Somewhere around the corner, someone had tripped.

"Ron!" It was Parvati's voice.

"Sorry about that, Parvati." I peeked around the corner. Ron was lying on top of Parvati, their lower halves invisible. I suddenly realized how close we were to the Room of Requirement. Parvati giggled and kissed Ron. He kissed back.

I was irate. How could he be kissing that airhead? He was supposedly so distraught about our fight. I felt Draco come up behind me. "I'm sorry, Hermione," he whispered in my ear. Well that made up my mind. I walked around the corner.

"Mr. Weasley, Ms. Patil, you have detention with Mr. Filtch for the rest of the week. I suggest you make your way back to your dormitory before I make it the rest of the month." Ron tried to meet my eye. I glared at him. "Up you go, that's right. I think we shall follow you to make sure that you make it back to your common room safely." Draco and I followed the two back to Gryffindor Tower. At the portrait hole Ron tried to talk to me.

"Hermi-"

"Into the dorm, Mr. Weasley. Oh and I almost forgot, that's twenty points off Gryffindor for each of you." I turned and walked away from the portrait.

"Slithering Lioness," With a flick of my wand, I was again in my pajamas. Then the tears started falling. I heard the door open behind me. I crawled into bed, and pretended as hard as I could to be asleep. Draco said nothing but just crawled into bed alongside me.

"Hermione, come on, wake up, you have to eat something." I opened my eyes groggily.

"Hmm?"

"It's lunchtime, Hermione, Dumbledore sent up some food."

"WHY DIDN"T YOU WAKE ME?!!!???? THAT'S TWO DAYS I'VE MISSED HALF OF MY LESSONS!!!!" I was furious.

"Hermione, I tried waking you. And you nearly bit off my finger." He held up a bandaged finger.

"Odd, I don't remember doing that. Sorry." I truly didn't remember doing that. But I was glad Dumbledore had food sent up. The last thing I wanted to do was go down to the Great Hall and try to find a seat. I couldn't sit with Ron, which meant I couldn't sit by Harry, Ginny, Seamus, or Dean. I couldn't sit by Parvati, which meant I couldn't sit by Lavender or my other dorm mates.

In fact, I realized, no one probably wanted to sit by me. It was only the fourth day of school, and I had docked Gryffindor forty points. I ate the sandwiches, not really tasting them. I was glad that I sat next to Draco in all my classes. Everyone probably sided with Ron anyway.

I realized Draco was sitting there next to me, instead of going back down to the Great Hall.

"Draco?"

"Hmm?"

"Would you get my homework from the rest of my classes?"

"Sure Hermione." I went back into the bedroom, but before I flopped back onto the bed, I poked my head around the corner.

"Thanks, Draco." Then I flopped down onto our bed and fell asleep once again.

I awoke several hours later. Alone. I figured it was about dinnertime. I looked at my watch and found that it was. Draco must be eating with the Slytherins tonight. "Hermione." Guess I was wrong. Draco was in our common room. He looked upset.

"What's wrong Draco?"

"The Slytherins all hate me, but that isn't important. How are you?" So the Slytherins finally got sick of Draco. Probably because of me, I thought.

"I've been better."

And so it continued. For a month, Draco and I ate and spent our free time together in the common room. Every morning, I woke up snuggled against him. And every time we patrolled, we never came across anyone. Our friendship deepened. It had too. We were the only ones we hung out with. We sat next to each other in every class. I still spoke to Ginny and Harry, whenever Ron wasn't around. I had a feeling Ron was under the impression that everyone had cut off contact with me completely, and for the most part, they had.

I think what hurt the most was Ron never even tried to apologize after that night.

A/N: mua hahahahahha aren't I evil….., that is all you will be getting…for now… it's a mite shorter than the other chapters…but I expect to whip out a few more chapters today so you wont be kept waiting for long…a few hours at most probably…..