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if this fic is AT ALL confusing, please TELL me, because i'm writing this at such a hectic time, and it might not be the best i can do, so again any problems with it and tell me, ok! (i don't even know howi got this doen...)

Oro4: keep reading, and keep reviewing, i hope you keep liking this story!

boredaurorchick: thanks for the goodies, and i don't know yet where exactly this is going, if i was Hermione i'd totally go for Harry, but i'm starting to like Draco in this fic, so we'll see. Thanks for reviewing

theshadow369: i'm working on what Viktor will say. i think i might just make him come down and visit Hermione...would u like that? (anyone?)...THANKS for the compliment!

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Chapter 3: Step One

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Harry awoke happier than he had in a long time. "What are you so happy about?" Asked a confused Ron, who didn't understand why anyone would be this happy waking up at 6:30 a.m.

"Ron...Yesterday I confessed my love to Hermione." Harry waited to see Ron's reaction.

"And. What did she say..." Asked Ron, rather calmly.

"She said she likes me, and I asked her to give me a chance and she said yes...I can't believe it..." Harry thought about Hermione for a second before adding, "and she said she's going to ditch Krum first thing today." he finished savoring the last words. She was his girlfriend now...

"Well, I hope you know what you're doing." Said Ron slowly as he fumbled around for his books.

"What do you mean?"

"That if it doesn't work out, that I don't want to have to choose sides, because you are both my best friends. That I'm not going to like it, and neither will the both of you, if you end up breaking up, on bad terms."

"It's not going to be like that, don't spoil it..." Said Harry turning away from Ron and going towards the door.

"Look all I'm saying is that, something like this, is risky...and you don't know if it's worth it." Said Ron quietly as he joined Harry at the door, and were going down the spiral staircase.

Harry instantly forgot what Ron was talking about as Hermione came into view, sitting on a desk by the fire. Harry smiled brightly at her as he came closer, she didn't smile too much, she just gave him a small grin before saying, "I'm writing to Viktor..." she said quietly and not looking at him, but down at the letter.

Harry's smile vanished, he didn't really want to walk in on her while she was writing the breaking up letter, but at least she was going to get rid of Krum. "Ok...er...I'll just go down to breakfast with Ron, and you can come join us when you're done." Hermione nodded then reread her letter;

Viktor,

I know you won your last game in Austria, I read about it in the Daily Prophet

you played great. They talked a lot about you, you seem to be getting along fine.

I know it's hard to keep up with a long distance relationship, I don't ever get to

see you, I only saw you during the summer after fourth year and fifth year.

That's not a lot, I, like you I'm sure, think it's better to have someone near.

And you are not. Perhaps you could find someone who's around you, I know it's

hard, since you travel a lot, but you are never here with me, I'm sorry, but it's

been too long for us to keep on going this way.

I hope you stay well, healthy, and most of all I hope you find someone you love.

And that they love you back, as much as you deserve it, you are a great man.

—Hermione

When she finished Hermione cried a single tear, she had to do it, she had Harry now, and he was a great man. He loved her.

For them being together, the first day went by pretty normal. Once Hermione told Harry that she had sent the

letter, they were out sitting in a secluded area of the courtyard, he kissed her for the first time, Hermione had only been kissed once before, by Viktor, and she had forgotten how sweet it was. Harry tenderly reminded her, as he held her close to him.

The day went on without too much interest, except it was so sweet that Harry was being absolutely nice to her, not even Viktor treated her with so much care. She was convinced that this was the right thing to do. She had a new love.

As the next morning came, Hermione waited for Harry and Ron in the common room, being Friday, the sixth years could get up a bit later, so she waited reading her Potions book, so they could go down to breakfast together. When they came down the stairs Harry and Ron made their way towards her, Harry led her out of the common room holding hands.

Draco and Cho had gotten together the day before to finalize their plan in the library because Cho kept insisting that Harry and Hermione would begin to date in any second, Draco rolled his eyes at her paranoia. But when Draco saw his Hermione walking in the Great Hall with Potter, they were holding hands, meaning that they had in fact started dating. Draco felt the sweet feeling of bursting jealousy, he could not stand his beautiful Hermione being touched by the forsaken idiot who doesn't die.

He spilled pumpkin juice on his robes a bit, and turned to Cho to see if she was looking; she saw Draco and was glaring her eyes out, her cheeks were red and her nostrils were flaring slightly, while her lips her a thin pink line. Draco immediately got up, ignoring the pug-face Pansy's squeaking voice and the two stupid gorillas who were making protesting sounds with their stuffed mouths. He walked out of the Great Hall walking fast, Cho did the same and ran the rest of the way to reach him, once they were out of the Great Hall. Draco looked over his shoulder and saw Cho coming after him, he started to run.

"Draco wait up!" She yelled at his back. His strides were long and he was hard to catch up to. He went down two flights of stairs. then he turned a corner abruptly and into a dark corridor in the dungeons, until he came to a stop.

"Finally!" Said Cho as she also came into a stop, slightly heaving.

"Did you see that!" He growled at her.

"Of course I saw that, what have I been telling you." She said indignantly. Draco knew that she had been telling him all along, but never thought that Hermione would possibly go out with Potter. His Hermione, no way, she was to smart, to beautiful, and brilliant to be with someone as worthless as Potter, and he didn't even want to think of Weasley. He was so poor, Draco would shoot him with the killing curse, if he even dared to think he was good enough for Hermione.

Draco was so angry that he took Cho by the shoulders and shook her a bit while shouting, "then do something about it right now! You said your plan would work without fault. Do it already!" He glared down at her. Hermione had to be with him now! It was eating him alive, knowing that she was with Potter, probably laughing and glowing, like she always did when she got a good grade. She needs to be mine, and mine alone! Her face popped in his mind that he let go of Cho and banged his knuckles violently on the stonewall. Cho stared at him and pain shot through his hand, but he ignored it. He didn't even notice that it was bleeding.

"You want her that bad." She said quietly. Draco turned to her and glared.

"Listen leave me alone, just do your part and once you're done I'll do mine."

"Fine. Lets clear it up now, and we'll put it in action tomorrow, it's Saturday and it would be perfect."

"Fine." He didn't want to wait until tomorrow. He wished he could go into the Great Hall and yank Hermione from Potter and bring her with him before they got any closer. "When are we going to start, I don't want them by each other another second."

"Well Draco, you, like me, will have to wait until tomorrow..." said Cho, then she paused for a few seconds before going on. "I think we're going to have to need more time, we need all the timing to be correct for this to work."

"What! You can't be serious. I thought you wanted Potter." he said looking down at her. He wasn't going to waste anymore time!

"I do! But think about it, there is not a lot we can do if it fails, we have to do everything at the right time, or else things can go straight to the bottom." She stated clearly and firmly.

"Ok, what and how are we going to do this?"

"Ok, tomorrow you have to be in the library all day. She most likely has a pattern for the weekend, it's most likely when she does most of her homework. She's always studying, or has her nose in a wretched book. She's as predictable as Binns is in his way of talking. I will do the same with Harry, I'll talk to him, discretely find out what he's doing and when, and you should do the same...Do yourself a favor and don't be mean to her all the time. It most likely will get her to fall for you faster, though that alone will take you years, if she ever even looks at you in a different way, I mean you're always insulting her."

Cho is such a bitch. "Listen up closely Chang, if we are going to do this, you are not allowed to insult Hermione, ever. Is that clear." Draco was beginning to grow tired of the way Cho would never shut up about Hermione, and why she hates her. Jealous bitch.

"Whatever, we have more important things do discuss."

"I said, is that clear." Said Draco through clenched teeth, "if you do it again, I'm going to find a way to make her mine on my own, and I won't mind killing Potter on the way, I don't need you."

"Fine! I won't do it anymore, just, lets finish formatting the plan already." She said. Draco nodded. "Good, so you'll do what I say, and I'll do the same. We have to follow them and find out as much as we can. Follow Hermione around and see what her schedule is and when she goes to the library. In general, learn what she does all the time by heart...I'll do the same to Harry."

"Ok, I need to get to class I've go Charms now, but she isn't in my class." And they left to class.

Hermione and Harry would have no idea they were going to be followed around. A plan was conspiring to break them apart, but right now Hermione and Harry were walking to Transfiguration, hand in hand and smiling to each other.

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