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Chapter XLI
"What do you want?"
"I think is useless now to ask you. I already know with whom you are going with".
"Do you mean you were going to ask me to go with you to the ball?"
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter now. That silly friend of yours answered my question. She could only be a stupid Weasley".
"Look, Malfoy, I don't have to hear you talking bad things about my friends. By the way, the bad thing here is you".
"Don't you see what I'm doing for you?" He asked, in a half-hearted voice.
Hermione looked at him, surprised. "And what are you doing for me?"
"I'm putting my pride aside, I'm lying to my friends, and I'm risking everything because of you. Isn't that enough?"
"I'm sorry, Malfoy. I told you to forgive me".
"But I tried, and I couldn't". He lowered his eyes.
"I'm sorry. My heart belongs to Ron and even if it doesn't..."
He faced her, a desperate look in his eyes. "So you confess".
"You knew it. You knew it all the time".
"But I thought you would figure out your mistake".
"There's no mistake, Malfoy".
"Yes, there is. He's not meant for you. Weasley is nothing!" He said, angrily.
She looked in his eyes. "For me, he's everything. Goodbye, Malfoy". She turned her back at him.
Draco grabbed her arm and turned her to him. "I'll show you, Granger. I'll prove to you that he's not meant for you, that he's a loser. You just wait". He released her arm and turned his back at her.
Hermione watched Malfoy leaving, totally surprised and now worried too. "What is he planning to do?" she thought. Shaking her head, she went to the bar.
Ginny waited for Hermione outside, because she didn't know what to say to Harry and Ron about where Hermione was. As Hermione had said, she didn't wait for too long. Less than ten minutes later, she saw Hermione coming.
"What did he want with you this time?"
Hermione sighed. "I don't know what to do with Malfoy. He insists he's in love with me. Can't you imagine what he wanted?"
Ginny kept silence for a few seconds then widened her eyes. "Do you mean he wanted to ask you to go with him to the ball?"
Hermione nodded.
"The guy is really crazy!"
"I don't know what to do anymore. He's almost convincing me that it's true. Today I felt pity for him".
"Hermione, don't start with that".
Hermione smiled. "Don't worry, Ginny". The smiled vanished from her face. "I told him that I'm in love with Ron".
"You did? And... what did he say?"
"That your brother is a loser". Hermione saw sparks in Ginny's eyes. "Calm down, Ginny. Malfoy was angry".
"But it's what he thinks. That rogue!" Suddenly, Ginny blushed. "I'm sorry. He got it when I started to talk about Ron, right?"
"Yeah, he understood. But he knew it, even when I was denying it. You don't need to be ashamed". Hermione passed an arm over Ginny's shoulder. "C'mon, let's get inside".
They entered.
Chapter XLI
"What do you want?"
"I think is useless now to ask you. I already know with whom you are going with".
"Do you mean you were going to ask me to go with you to the ball?"
"Yeah, but it doesn't matter now. That silly friend of yours answered my question. She could only be a stupid Weasley".
"Look, Malfoy, I don't have to hear you talking bad things about my friends. By the way, the bad thing here is you".
"Don't you see what I'm doing for you?" He asked, in a half-hearted voice.
Hermione looked at him, surprised. "And what are you doing for me?"
"I'm putting my pride aside, I'm lying to my friends, and I'm risking everything because of you. Isn't that enough?"
"I'm sorry, Malfoy. I told you to forgive me".
"But I tried, and I couldn't". He lowered his eyes.
"I'm sorry. My heart belongs to Ron and even if it doesn't..."
He faced her, a desperate look in his eyes. "So you confess".
"You knew it. You knew it all the time".
"But I thought you would figure out your mistake".
"There's no mistake, Malfoy".
"Yes, there is. He's not meant for you. Weasley is nothing!" He said, angrily.
She looked in his eyes. "For me, he's everything. Goodbye, Malfoy". She turned her back at him.
Draco grabbed her arm and turned her to him. "I'll show you, Granger. I'll prove to you that he's not meant for you, that he's a loser. You just wait". He released her arm and turned his back at her.
Hermione watched Malfoy leaving, totally surprised and now worried too. "What is he planning to do?" she thought. Shaking her head, she went to the bar.
Ginny waited for Hermione outside, because she didn't know what to say to Harry and Ron about where Hermione was. As Hermione had said, she didn't wait for too long. Less than ten minutes later, she saw Hermione coming.
"What did he want with you this time?"
Hermione sighed. "I don't know what to do with Malfoy. He insists he's in love with me. Can't you imagine what he wanted?"
Ginny kept silence for a few seconds then widened her eyes. "Do you mean he wanted to ask you to go with him to the ball?"
Hermione nodded.
"The guy is really crazy!"
"I don't know what to do anymore. He's almost convincing me that it's true. Today I felt pity for him".
"Hermione, don't start with that".
Hermione smiled. "Don't worry, Ginny". The smiled vanished from her face. "I told him that I'm in love with Ron".
"You did? And... what did he say?"
"That your brother is a loser". Hermione saw sparks in Ginny's eyes. "Calm down, Ginny. Malfoy was angry".
"But it's what he thinks. That rogue!" Suddenly, Ginny blushed. "I'm sorry. He got it when I started to talk about Ron, right?"
"Yeah, he understood. But he knew it, even when I was denying it. You don't need to be ashamed". Hermione passed an arm over Ginny's shoulder. "C'mon, let's get inside".
They entered.