(Disclaimer) ME: I do not own anything remotely related to Harry Potter…sad isn't it? All I own is…um…THE PLOT!! MWAHHHAHAHAA! Although, I'd love to see what people come up with for a fic by making Draco muggle born…hehehee…
Draco: Probably be more interesting than this.
ME:glares daggers at him For that I'm going to have you punched in the face in this chapter you little weasel!! smirks evilly
Draco: sighs
A/N: Thanks to all reviewers! Sorry it's taken so long…I'm still getting used to this computer and personal problems go away and come back and back and forth…but I am here to update today! This update has actually been done for awhile I just haven't gotten around to posting it…oops…please forgive me! Thank you!
Last time on The Last Chance!…
"Harry please…" Hermione began.
Harry frowned with tears filling his eyes.
"So it is him." He practically whispered.
"No Harry please! Listen to me! I-I can't…" Hermione had tears falling out of her eyes one after another as she looked at her best friend.
"Why'd he have to love me? Why?" She thought as she stood up and ran.
Harry rolled on his side to face away from Malfoy as he cried himself to sleep.
Now on The Last Chance!…
Three days had passed since the incident and neither Hermione nor Ginny came back to the medical wing.
Madame Pomfrey told the boys that they were well enough to leave and go back to class.
"Thank goodness for spells." Draco thought sarcastically as the nurse rushed him out of the medical wing.
Harry hadn't said a word to Malfoy, not that he would of anyway. There weren't even any insults the entire time they were beside eachother.
This gave Draco plenty of time to think.
He knew he had to talk to Hermione but he wasn't sure if she'd want to talk back. He knew that Harry and Ron meant the world to her and she wouldn't give them up for anything. They were her best friends.
He sighed as he looked at his watch.
"Time for breakfast." He thought while changing directions and walking to the Great Hall.
Hermione sat in the Great Hall absentmindedly playing with her food with her fork. The doors opened and in came Ginny.
She walked to the table and sat down without a word.
She had been avoiding Hermione since the whole thing in the hospital wing.
Hermione looked up seeing her friend and sighed.
"Ginny I…" Hermione began.
Ginny looked up and glared at her friend.
"What?" She snapped.
Hermione stopped momentarily shocked.
"I need advice." Hermione began.
"From me? Why? You seem to be doing fine with Harry all on your own!" With that Ginny stood up slamming her fists down on the table and leaving the Great Hall.
Hermione groaned.
Just as Ginny left, Hermione placed her head in her hands.
She was beginning to get a migraine.
First Harry's sudden change of feelings and now Ginny. She didn't know what was going on.
Before she knew it she felt someone sit next to her.
Hermione quickly looked up to become face to face with Draco.
She opened her mouth to speak but Draco beat her to it.
"I need to talk to you." He began while glancing around.
Hermione just stared blankly at him.
"Alone." He added with seriousness.
She nodded and they quickly left the Great Hall.
Draco decided that the Astronomy Tower would be the best place to talk since hardly anyone went up there unless they had class.
Once they arrived at the top Hermione turned to Draco.
"What is this about?" She asked curiously.
Draco looked around nervously still making sure no one was around to eavesdrop.
"I can't believe I'm telling you this but I thought a lot about it…" Draco began.
Hermione smiled politely.
"Does this have anything to do with why you're acting so odd this year?" Hermione asked hoping for a yes.
Draco nodded slowly.
Hermione grinned as she sat down on the floor motioning for Draco to do the same.
He slowly sat down.
"Well, why are you so nice to me?" Hermione asked.
Draco stared at her blankly and then frowned.
He shook his head.
"I knew this was wrong." He mumbled.
Hermione looked at him confusedly as he stood up and glared down at her.
He opened his mouth to speak but the door opened and in walked Harry.
The two turned to the dark haired boy who stared hurtfully at Hermione who stood up quickly.
Harry quickly turned to Draco and was about to speak.
"Take her." Draco said angrily leaving the room.
Harry turned to Hermione who was now glaring at him.
"I was so close Harry!" She began.
"So you have made your choice." Harry said angrily pointing out the door towards Malfoy.
"It's not about a choice! I-you wouldn't understand!" With that Hermione left the Astrology tower marching her way to the Gryffindor common room.
Draco stormed into the Slytherin common room.
Blaise was seated on the couch with Pansy doing homework. Pansy smirked at the sight of him.
"What's wrong lover boy? Get turned down by the mudblood?" Pansy asked standing up with a glare.
Draco glared back as Blaise stood up as well.
"Haven't you heard Parkinson? That's what Malfoy prefers. He likes bookworms." Blaise said with a smirk.
"But apparently this little bitch doesn't care for him back. Poor thing.." She said sarcastically.
"Will you two give it a rest?!" Draco yelled while clenching his fists to his sides.
Blaise smirked with a mock anger.
"Oh did we offend THE Draco Malfoy lover of mudbloods?" Blaise began while putting a hand to his chest as though he were being flattered.
"I beg for your apology…" Blaise said sternly with a glare towards his old friend.
"It's none of your business so shut up." Draco said in a deathly calm tone.
Pansy stared at Draco.
"Looks like our Draco is hiding something…" She snickered.
With this Draco's eyes became wide.
"I think we've struck a nerve Parkinson…" Blaise said still smirking.
"Listen, leave me alone and stop calling her mudblood…bookworm anything else…" Draco began.
"Give us one good reason?" Pansy spoke up.
Draco clenched his fist and swung at Blaise punching him once again in the face.
"Good enough?" Draco asked leaving the common room.
Half way to the Gryffindor common room Hermione stopped.
She couldn't take the stress any longer as she fell to her knees and began to sob.
As Hermione wiped her eyes she heard footsteps coming.
Lavendar Brown and Paravati Patil came around the corner discussing some new gossip.
They noticed Hermione and walked up to her.
"We just heard Hermione." Lavendar said somewhat angrily.
Hermione looked at the girls with confusion.
"Found out what?" She asked in a shaky tone.
"How could you do that to Ginny? Everyone knows how much she likes Harry…I mean they're always flirting and you have to go and take him." Paravati explained.
"Some friend you are." Lavendar snorted.
"They weren't dating and who says I like Harry?" Hermione asked angrily.
"Come on Hermione, you two are best friends of course you're going to fall in love." Paravati said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"I am not in love with Harry." Hermione said angrily shoving by the two gossip queens realizing this was going nowhere.
"Don't you know, she loves Malfoy now…him and Harry got into a huge argument about Hermione…poor Harry must be heartbroken by now." Lavendar explained.
Hermione stopped dead in her tracks and turned back to Lavendar and Paravati.
"Oh it is true…" Paravati said shocked.
Hermione's mouth opened and her eyes became wide as the two girls ran off in a fit of giggles for tomorrow's new gossip.
"What have I done?" Hermione asked looking down at the floor as a rogue tear ran down her cheek.
Draco sighed as he stared at the enchanted ceiling.
Even the hallways in Hogwarts seemed to change to how you felt as you walked through them. Right now there was a dark cloud of worry above Draco's head. A few stars shone through the dark night sky but it was mostly black.
Draco walked with a frown tinting his lips as he continued to stare at the ceiling in thought.
He had walked very far and still hadn't straightened out his thoughts.
Draco stopped in the middle of a hallway and looked ahead of him to see Hermione holding her knees to her chest crying against a wall.
Draco frowned even more if it were possible and walked up to her slowly.
She may not have loved him but he still was curious what she was crying about.
"What's wrong?" Draco asked in his usual bored tone.
Hermione's head shot up in shock.
She sighed realizing it was just Draco.
Hermione quickly wiped away the tears and looked at him with her usual fearless face.
Draco smiled lightly.
"You don't need to cover up for me." He spoke softly.
Hermione frowned.
Draco sat against the wall and again looked up while leaning his head on the wall behind him.
Hermione looked up as well.
"You're worried about something." She said matter-of-factly.
Draco turned to her questioningly.
Hermione looked at his face and sighed.
"Honestly, doesn't anyone read anymore?" She asked rolling her eyes.
Draco had to smirk at that comment.
"Well, are you going to explain it to me?" He asked.
"Well, Hogwarts is enchanted so that the ceiling shows off the deepest of someone's emotions without them even knowing it. Quite interesting actually." Hermione explained while looking up.
"Then what does that mean for you?" Draco asked looking up as well.
"I am sad." She said.
Draco broke out in laughter.
"What may I ask is so funny about that?" Hermione asked hurtfully.
"Well I knew you were sad…you were just crying." Draco said.
"I just found it funny how you said it…never mind." Draco cleared his throat as Hermione just stared at him as though he had three heads.
"So, are you going to tell me why you're sad?" Draco asked turning to her once more.
Hermione looked away sadly.
"Did Potter hurt you?" Draco asked seriously.
"No, Harry didn't hurt me…I'm just…confused that's all…" Hermione trailed off.
Draco sighed.
"I'll tell you what's changed about me this year if you tell me what's really wrong." Draco said turning her chin back to face him.
They stared at one another for a moment until Draco dropped his hand.
Hermione nodded still looking deep into his eyes.
"I don't love Harry." Hermione blurted out.
Draco's face contorted into a look of confusion.
"What?" He asked hope filling his eyes.
A/N: Well? What do you think? Next chapter we'll see if Draco tells Hermione! Hope you liked this chapter! R&R please!! Thanks to all reviewers!
Black Hat Insanity- Thanks for the cookie!! I love your reviews! Oh and I love making Draco innocent for once…he's a great character…anyway…thank you so much for the reviews!
Hpfreakout- Well, Harry may be mad at Hermione but now…Hermione's mad at him too! I'm such a mean author…oh well thank you for your review glad you like it!!
May-ann- Glad you're enjoying this fic! I love when I can get people to ask questions! I find it funny lol. Thank you so much for your review! I loved it!
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Karana Belle- Thank you so much for your review! You're so nice and I'm glad you like my writing! I agree…hopefully things will sort themselves out for poor Hermione…thank you.
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Marina star- A cookie!! YAY! Thank you! It's ok if you don't review every chapter…as long as I know people are actually reading this! Lol. Glad you liked last chapter so much! I have my brilliant moments I suppose lol. It'll be hard to NEVER stop with the story…but since I suck with endings I'm hoping this will last at least another ten or so chapters lol. Thank you so much!
Lisi- Brilliant idea if I do say so myself! I was thinking that too…Hermione would give up anything for her friends…guess we'll wait and see lol. Hope it all ends well…thank you for your review!
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ME: Well thanks everyone for the reviews!! Sorry I'm a little hyper as I write this!! Lol.
Draco: I didn't get hit in the face in this chapter!!! HA!!! smirks
ME: smirks and punches him ANYWAY, as I was saying…thank you to all reviewers! Please come again and don't let the door hit you on the way out! Thank you thank you! bows dramatically