A/N-Disclaimer,I don't own any of these characters,thus why I am not off playing a round of "Quidditch" with oliver and Draco *drool*

It had been several weeks since the encounter with Ron and Hermione was avoiding him like the plague.Harry kept on questioning her on why she was being "So mean to Ron".She didn't have the heart to tell him,or anyone for that matter,what had happened.She didn't want to be responsible for ruining Ron and Harry's friendship even if she did have a deathwish out for the red head.The only trouble was that Harry thought that Hermione was just being a bitch for no reason.

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Draco had been avoiding Hermione for the last few weeks,much like she had been avoiding Ron.He wasn't sorry that he helped her,it just felt strange...rescuing someone that he had been abusive to since the moment he met her.

'Well I couldn't just let that Weasle rape her' he reassured himself on one of the days that he was feeling particulary un-slytherin.

'She may be a mudblood and a know-it-all that I ha...dislike..very much but she didn't deserve that' He said to himself

'Really funny attitude you have for a guy that slammed her up againts a wall only a few weeks back and vowed to yourself to make her life a living hell...I thought you'd enjoy watching Weasley have his way with her' Another voice in him reply

'Shut up you,i'm not a total bastard'

'If you say so'

This had basically been the conversation going on in his head for several weeks,thus he had avoided her so he could figure out his inner conflict and which attitude he would have towards her.

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Harry just couldn't figure that girl out.On the first day back she had been as chummy as ever with her and Ron,as per usual,but by the next morning she was oddly quiet and wouldn't even cast a glance at Ron let alone talk to him.

'I know that Ron went to talk to her about his feelings for her,and obviously she doesn't feel the same way,but christ she could at least try being civil.The poor guy is obviously as embarrassed as hell by the way he's been acting since he got back from her room that night.Whatever happened couldnt have been THAT bad.' He thought to himself

'God knows what happened in there but i'm going to make this whole silent treatment stop...it's time for a party,a little fun and the re-uniting of old friends.And I won't take no for an answer'

With that,Harry got up out of the armchair he was sitting in to spread the news about the party he was going to hold in Gryffindor tower that night.Come one come all...well besides any Slytherins that is.

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"A party?Oh I don't know Harry...i'm quite busy..I have lot's of..homework,yes homework to do" Said a frantic Hermione

'I have to try and get out of this.I cannot deal with spending a whole night in the company of Ron.'

"Oh come on Herm,it'll be fun.You've been so quiet lately"

*Hermiones inner monologue*

'Shit he's catching onto me'

"I know it must be from all the stress of school and all that.You seriously have to unwind" Harry finished,very matter of factly

before the head girl could open her mouth Harry had grabbed her arm and dragged her out of her bedroom and into the common room.Draco was there.Hermione stopped.

"Hermione come on,we're going to be late....oh it's you." Harry spat the last bit out in the eneral direction of Draco.

"Potter" The Slytherin remarked boredly

"Draco" The Gryffindor glared back

Hermione had to think quick.She had to get draco to that party.She would feel safe from Ron from him there.Besides,he had been avoiding her since it happened and she intended to make it stop.She knew she owed him big.

"Draco!" she exclaimed...maybe just a little too enthusiastically

"Uhh..hi Grang..I mean Hermione" Draco replied..wondering why she was so bubbly

"So would you like to come to this party with us at Gryffindor tower,it should be pretty..uhh..cool,yes pretty cool" Hermione blurted out at an alarming speed

Before Draco had a chance to say "hell no" he looked at Hermione who's eyes were pleading with him.She turned her head so Harry couldn't see her face and mouthed a word that looked quite similar to the name 'Ron' and the world 'Please'.

Draco scowled. 'Oh man does she ever owe me'

"Oh alright,let's go then" He said as he rose gracefully from the lounge he was sitting on and headed out the door with the pair of Gryffindors

"Why the hell did you invite him Hermione" Harry hissed angrily

Hermione rolled her eyes at Harry,but on the inside she was trying to think up an excuse.....quick

"Well....don't you think this little feud of yours is getting a little old?I mean really,the war is over,Draco..I mean Malfoy is not a death eater and the two of you have nothing to fight about.carrying it on the way you both do is rather childish really"

That shut Harry up quick smart but he didn't stop glaring in the general direction of his long time arch nemesis.

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Ron was in a panic.

'What if she comes?What if she doesn't?Oh my god she must hate me.Why the hell did I do that to her?How dare Malfoy act like her friend.God I hate myself.God I hate him.God I love her.

This had been the general thoughts of Ron Weasley for the last 3 weeks.But he thought them even more constantly ever since he had heard about this part of Harry's.

'Surely she won't come...she would avoid it just so she wouldn't have to see me'

It was about at this time that the portrait door swung open and Harry stepped into the crowded room.With Hermione.

Ron's stomach jumped into his throat.He was feeling a mixture of dread,panic and excitement all at the same time.

'Oh my god she's here.What am I gonna do?Should I talk to her?Should I apologize?Oh this is terrible that she is here.What to do what to do?Oh i'm so glad she's here.

Ron was in a state of utter emotional contradictions and confusement.

'Well it could be worse...bloody Malfoy could have been here.thank god that theres no chance of that ever happening'

At that very moment a blonde haired boy with cold grey eyes stepped through the portraited hole behind Hermione.Malfoy.

Ron's heart stopped.His face flushed red in pure rage while at the same time he thought he was going to faint with fright.

'What the hell is HE doing here?She must have brought him.I think i;m going to be sick'

At that very moment,Draco chose to turn his head and directly face Ron,his cold eyes glaring at him with warning as he parted from Harry and Hermione and headed straight towards the red head.

Ron almost had a heart attack

'Cripes i'm in trouble now'



Well that's another chapter guys.Sorry I didn't update for so long.I was busy writing another story and doing lotsa schoolwork.I'll start the next chapter really soon since I already know what's gonna happen

~Tegan