Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, if I did... the first thing I'd do is make Sirius live again! GO SIRIUS! ... I'm done
Author's Note: Okay... so here's the next chapter! Hope everyone liked the first one...
Malfoy advanced on Ron, Hermione tried to stay out of Ron's view.
"Don't you EVER make Hermione cry, Weasley, or you'll have to deal with me." Malfoy said
"I didn't mean to make her cry, Malfoy... I would never do that on purpose." Ron said
"Stay away from her. She's mine, not yours." Malfoy said
"Draco, just stop." Hermione said from behind Malfoy
"I'm not going to hurt him, as long as he doesn't hurt me, I promise." Malfoy said, Hermione nodded, "Like I said, Weasley, stay away from Hermione."
"She's one of my best friends, I'm not going to stay away from her." Ron said
"You know what I mean. Don't try to act dumb." Malfoy said
"Just shut up." Ron said
"No. Not until you get it through that thick skull of yours. Don't even think about it. You know what I'm talking about. Every time you say anything about you liking Hermione, she starts crying. Don't make her cry." Malfoy said
"Shut up, Malfoy." Ron said, he was getting mad, trying to hold his fist back from punching Malfoy in the face.
"Like I said, Weasley, don't even think about it." Malfoy said, "Hermione is mine, whether you like it or not. So I would just give up now, before you end up hurting her even more."
Ron couldn't take it anymore; he punched Malfoy in the jaw out of anger. Malfoy fell to the ground as Hermione screamed. Malfoy sat up clenching his jaw.
"Ron, STOP!" Hermione said, but Ron didn't listen. Malfoy stood up and Ron punched him again.
Before he could do anymore damage to Malfoy, Hermione stood in-between Ron and Malfoy and slapped Ron across the face, "STOP!"
Malfoy's nose was bleeding, but he wasn't going to fight back, at least this time.
Hermione grabbed Malfoy's hand and dragged him away from Gryffindor Tower, glaring at Ron as she went.
"That jerk!" Hermione said as they were walking, "I'm so sorry... I should have known that's what he would do."
"No, it's not your fault. I was the one that asked you to go get him." Malfoy said, "Where are we going?"
"As far away from his as we can get." Hermione said
Hermione looked at Malfoy and noticed his nose was still bleeding, then she turned a corner, "Let's go get that nose cleaned up."
"Where?" Malfoy said
"Girl's bathroom." Hermione said
"But..." Malfoy said
"I know what you're thinking, but this one that we're going to no one goes in." Hermione said
"Why?"
"Because, Moaning Myrtle." Hermione said opening the bathroom door
"Who's that?" Malfoy said
"ME! BUT OF COURSE NO ONE CARES ABOUT POOR MOANING MYRTLE!" Moaning Myrtle said as she screamed and disappeared into a stall
"Oh..." Malfoy said
Hermione found a cloth, wet it, and gave to Malfoy who held it on his nose. Hermione sighed.
"So... do you love him?" Malfoy said
Hermione shook her head, "I don't know."
"You do know, I just think you don't want to tell me." Malfoy said
"That's not true. I just don't know." Hermione said
"You have to know. Just tell me, as long as you love me I don't care." Malfoy said
"I do love you. As for Ron, right now, no." Hermione said
"But you do otherwise?" Malfoy said
Hermione nodded, "I don't know what to do." Her eyes began to tear up, she tried to wipe the tears away.
Malfoy walked up to her and pulled her into a hug
"He is really hurting you isn't he?" Malfoy said
Hermione nodded, "Not because he loves me, just what he says, what he does."
There was a pause
"I hate this." Malfoy said, pulling away from Hermione and walking over to the other side of the bathroom.
"What are you talking about?" Hermione said
"I hate this. Knowing there's another guy that loves you. Knowing one day he could come between us and ruin everything." Malfoy said
"Ruin what, exactly?" Hermione said
"My life." Malfoy said
Hermione sighed, "As for now, that's not going to happen."
She walked up to Malfoy and kissed him, "I have to go."
"Where are you going?" Malfoy said
"Gryffindor Tower, I'm tired." Hermione said
"Okay..." Malfoy said kissing her again, "I love you."
"I love you too." Hermione said leaving the bathroom
The Gryffindor Common Room was almost completely empty, except for Ron and Harry.
Harry got up, "I'm going to bed, see you in the morning." Ron nodded, then spotted Hermione
"I'm coming too." Ron said getting up
"No Ron, stay." Hermione said
Ron sat back down, "What? Are you going to yell at me again?"
"No..." Hermione said sitting next to him
"Then what?" Ron said
"Can we talk, please?" Hermione said
Ron nodded
"Do you really love me?" Hermione asked him
"Yeah." Ron said
"You know this is putting me in a very bad position." Hermione said
"What do you mean?" Ron said
"You know what I mean... I love Draco, he loves me..." Ron shook his head, "you love me, and I love you." Hermione said
Ron's face lit up, "You do? Really?"
"Yes... but that still leaves Draco and I." Hermione said
"That's easy, who do you love more?" Ron said
"I don't know, that's the problem." Hermione said, "But I'm going to bed... I told Draco that's what I was going to do." She got up and was about to go up the staircase when Ron stopped her
"Hermione, wait." He said getting up and walking over to her
He kissed her, but didn't stop.