Chapter Seven: Using and Lying

"Draco Malfoy!" I screamed at the top of my voice. "What the Hell do you think you're doing?"

"Me?! What do you think you're doing?" He asked getting off the couch and stepping toward me.

"What are you talking about?" I closed the door so no one would have to listen to us fighting.

"You're using me? Just so Harry can get jealous and dump Angela and go after you? I thought I knew you! A nice, sweet girl who I was in love with but apparently I was wrong."

"No, Draco, you don't understand. Yes, that was what I was going for in the beginning but now…now I really do love you. I haven't written in that thing for weeks. That's why I wanted to spend the day alone because I needed to write in all the wonderful things about you that I now know. And I thought that I knew you, too."

"What? I didn't do anything to you."

"Oh, really? Invading my privacy, reading my diary? I thought I could trust you."

"It fell on the floor and it opened. I was about ready to go run after you but it was opened to the page with your 'plan' on it. I looked down to pick it up and read about the first sentence when I decided not to go after you because you're a liar. You don't love me, you never did. Why don't you just leave and go tell Harry all about this and maybe he'll dump Angela for you."

"Draco, true, a few weeks ago I didn't love you but when we kissed, I felt something. It felt right, I liked it. I love you now, I truly do. And, just so you know, Harry already dumped Angela this morning. I could, if I wanted to, go tell him and ask him out, but I don't want to. Because I love you, not him. Not anymore. But now that you've gone and done this, I don't know what I think of you anymore."

"Is that true? He really dumped her?"

"Yes, you can go ask him yourself if you want. But don't come talking to me because I won't listen." I grabbed my diary from his hand and stomped out of the room.

"Wait, Hermione!" But I didn't listen to him. I just kept walking. I can't believe he did this. Yes, what I did was wrong but I didn't go through his private stuff.

I didn't know where I was going but I just kept walking. When I got outside, I just walked around Hogwarts.

After about an hour of walking I decided to sit down in front of the same tree as before and just think. Then I saw Harry walking toward me.

"Hi, Harry. What are you doing?"

"I just had a talk with Draco, he told me all about it, 'Mione. Do you want to talk about it?" He asked sitting down next to me.

"No, not really? What did Draco say though?"

"Well, a lot of the stuff he wanted me to keep between us but he did want me to say one thing to you. He's sorry for what he did and that he hopes that you forgive him. Also that he loves you." Harry looked at me and got up and left.

I loved Draco too but he really hurt me. I don't know if I can trust him anymore.

I sat in front of that tree and looking into the lake until dinner time. I got up to go inside to the Great Hall to eat, but I wasn't really hungry. I just went up to my dorm to go to sleep.