A/N: Hey everyone, I'm soooo sorry that I took forever to update, I've been having a really tough time the last month and so, my boyfriend broke up with me and I've just been too depressed to write...I'm doing better now, but for a while there I just couldn't be bothered. Anyways, here's chappie 11, enjoy, and I'll try to get chappie 12 done soon - two weeks, probably. Okay, so, I love you all and enjoy!

Thursday October 31st
Hospital Wing
8:10 am
Ron stopped by to see if I was coming to classes today, or if Madam Pomfrey was keeping me in bed for another day. She reluctantly agreed that I could go, but I had to BEG because I can't stand missing a class, you get so far behind and it's just ridiculous, I can't afford to miss some school just because of a silly head injury.

Herbology
9:20 am
They're announcing the winner of the contest tonight at dinner. There's a Halloween dance thing tonight after the feast, but you have to dress up.

9:25 am
Ron's being so sweet - constantly asking me how I feel and if I need to sit down and how my head is doing. Harry keeps scowling - I wonder if he and Ginny had a fight?

Hagrid's
12:10 pm
Harry insisted on going to see Hagrid at lunch. Ginny's not with us - is Harry avoiding her? (Note to self - ask Harry about this later.)

After ascertaining that I was, indeed, fine, Hagrid grunted, "Not ter make yeh feel bad, but I told yeh so, 'Mione."

"But how did you know?" I asked him. "How did you know he'd try and beat me up?"

Hagrid shrugged. "He was in my class last year - was always puttin' down the girls, actin' like he was so special - and this one girl, he was always shovin' her aroun' and talkin' to her like she was soft in the head - bu' she was one of the smartest girls in the class."

"Why didn't you say anything to me before, then?" I demanded.

"I tried, remember, but yeh got huffy and stomped away before I got the chance."

Ron put his hand on my knee under the table and my heart rate sped up to about a million beats per second.

Harry continued to scowl into his cup of tea.

Charms
1:43 pm
Finally got up the nerve to ask Harry what's wrong.

"Did something happen between you and Ginny?" I asked him tentatively.

"What?" he said distractedly. "Oh...no...well, sort of - she just wants to take a break, date other people..."

"What!" I cried in shock.

"Yeah." Harry smiled ruefully. "She's going to the dance tonight with Seamus."

I patted him on the back and asked him if he'd like a Cheering Charm.

Corridor
3:05 pm

Got out of Arithmancy and two girls - a seventh year Gryffindor, Sarah Calliope, and a Ravenclaw fifth year, Emma Quirke, cornered me.

"Hermione Granger?" Emma asked me uncertainly.

"Yes..." I replied.

"We just wanted to say we think you're really brave for telling Dumbledore about Matt," Sarah said in a rush. "I dated him last year, you know...he gave me a black eye in Care of Magical Creatures, no one saw because Hagrid had us off in the forest studying Bowtruckles in their natural habitat - he said if I told anyone what really happened, he'd kill me. I was so scared - I told everyone that I'd walked into a tree because it was dark and I hadn't seen it coming."

"He tried to rape me when I was in third year," Emma said, flushing a little pink. "He took me out to that little grassy hill by the lake, told me he loved me and then tried to take off my skirt. I told him to stop, and he got so mad...I had bruises all over my stomach and legs for weeks, and I only just got away from him. I never told anyone what happened before now, I was scared people would think I was a slut."

"But because of you, we're not afraid anymore." Sarah beamed at me.

"We're going to tell Dumbledore everything, and make sure Matt gets expelled so he can't hurt any other girls."

"And we just wanted to thank you, because if you hadn't spoken up, neither of us would have had the courage, either."

And then they hugged me tight and went off together, presumably to talk to Dumbledore.

3:20 pm
Good heavens, I'm a bloody hero!

3:25 pm
I've just thought of something - didn't Emma say Matt took her out to the grassy hill and told her he loved her? Did he try and do the same thing to me? My god, I might have been raped!

Dormitories
5:30 pm
Getting ready for the Halloween feast. Normally I'd be a bit more modest in my costume choice, but I really want to make Ron's eyes pop - so I'm dressing up as the Pink Panther - I'm wearing hot pink tights, a fuzzy pink leotard with a tail, pink cat ears and pink high heels. I thought about temporarily dying my hair pink too, but that might be a bit much. Ginny's dressed up as an angel, but her skirt is much too short for her to be considered virginal and holy.

5:35 pm
I can't stop thinking about Sarah and Emma. I mean, I really appreciate their thanks and everything, but they're really kind of selfish. If they'd have just gotten over their fears and spoken up about Matt, he wouldn't have had the chance to hurt me - and who knows how many other girls have been terrorized by him and are still too terrified to speak up about it?

The Feast
6:10 pm

The look on Ron's face when I came downstairs was SO worth being bashed in the head.

7:00 pm
Everyone's done eating, we're just waiting for Dumbledore to announce the winner of the contest. Damn, I wish I hadn't forgotten about the stupid thing!

7:02 pm
Dumbledore stood up and said, "Now, I'm sure you're all waiting eagerly to hear the winnner of the Halloween contest so you can get on with dancing, but before I announce the name of that lucky person, I have something to tell you all.

"As you know, Madam Hooch has been the referee for our Quidditch games and has taught first years the basics of flying for many years here at Hogwarts. However, sadly, she has told me that she wishes to retire, and will be gone from the school next Friday. So, her replacement..." Dumbledore gestured to a figure in a long black cloak, "Mr Viktor Krum!"

Krum? KRUM? Viktor Krum, my ex-boyfriend? Oh my god!

"I didn't know Madam Hooch was retiring, did you?" Ron hissed at me, frowning at Viktor slightly.

"No, she never said..."

"Viktor Krum is gonna teach us how to fly?" a little first year girl shrieked excitedly. She and her friends collapsed into giggles and started chattering in high voices.

"Was I ever that silly?" I asked Ron.

"No," he said gallantly, but I think he was lying.

"And now, for the winner of the Halloween contest..." Dumbledore spoke loudly over the outbreak of chatter and applause. "Congratulations to Mr Seamus Finnigan."

Ron yelled, "Right on, Seamus!" and Harry just scowled. I can't really blame him, Seamus'll probably take Ginny with him. And Dean too, of course...I wonder who else he'll take?

Well, I imagine there'll be a lot of sucking up to Seamus tonight.

7:30 pm
The dance is going until midnight. Ron doesn't want to dance though, and I do - it makes it unneccessarily complicated, because I don't want him to be annoyed with me for going and dancing with anyone else. I wonder why he hates dancing so much?

7:45 pm
Bored out of my mind. Ron is off in the loo, and no one will dance with me. I thought Harry might, but he's too busy sulking and watching sadly as Ginny dances with Seamus. I must say, her angel costume is v. cute if somewhat on the "Lady of the Night" side.

7:47 pm
Viktor came and sat down next to me, beaming. "Herm-own-ninny!" he cried. "I vas hoping to see you here!"

"Yes, here I am." I smiled back. "Congratulations on getting the job."

"Thank you. I am very proud. Professor Dumbledore thinks I vill do vell teaching the first years to fly." He smiled proudly.

"Anyvays, vould you like to daunce, Hermy-own-ninny?"

Well, Ron doesn't want to dance with me, and Viktor is an old friend...

"Sure, why not?" I said, and we went out to the dance floor.

7:49 pm
Viktor's holding me rather tighter than I'd like, but whenever I try to move away, he just holds me tighter - oh dear, I hope he doesn't think I'm interested in him.

"You look so beautiful tonight, Hermy-own-ninny." he said.

"It's her-my-nee," I corrected him. I really can't stand the way he pronounces my name.

"Her-my-ninny?"

"Well, you're getting better."

Viktor licked his lips suddenly and looked very serious. "I must tell you something, Her-my-ninny."

Uh-oh. "Erm...yes?"

He held me even tighter and my heart began pounding nervously. Oh no. This is not good, not good at all. "I haff not been able to stop thinking of you since we were together two years ago. I think - I think I luff you, Her-my-ninny."

Oh good God, not this again! I opened my mouth to gently let him down, but before I could say a word, he was kissing me.

7:50 pm
I tried to pull away, but he was holding me too tightly. When I finally managed to turn away from him, I came face to face with a stunned, hurt-looking Ron.

Common Room
8:05 pm

I ran after Ron to try and explain, but he went straight up to his dormitories and magically locked the door.

Bed
9:30 pm
SHIT!

Friday November 1st
Breakfast
8:30 am
I thought I'd get to talk to Ron today, but he, Lavender, Dean and Ginny are all going into Hogsmeade today with Seamus.

Thought maybe I'd ask Harry if Ron is supremely pissed with me, but he's so upset I just couldn't do it.

Corridor
12:02 pm
Was heading for the Great Hall for lunch when Viktor pulled me aside.

"I vas vondering if you vould like to have a private lunch vith me?"

"Erm...I can't, I promised Harry - he just broke up with his girlfriend, you know, needs to spend time with me..." I babbled, and rushed off before he could snog me again.

Common Room
8:15 pm
The Hogsmeaders should be back soon. When they get here, I'll explain the whole Viktor-kissing-me thing.

8:30 pm
Ron's just come back. And he's holding hands with Lavender.

Thursday November 7
Breakfast
8:20 am
Ron hasn't said a word to me all week. Everytime I get within five feet of him, he rushes off with a glare. Lavender is being ridiculously smug, as well.

I only got as fair as, "Ron, I need to -" on Saturday last before he ducked into the boy's washroom. I actually considered following him in there, but I didn't think it as a good idea.

Lunch
12:30 pm
I can't believe that Viktor STILL hasn't gotten the message that I'm not interested in him! He's always at me, asking if I'd like to go for a walk or have lunch with him or whatever. He just does not get it. Perhaps I should be more firm with him?

12:31 pm
And worse, Ron seems to have gathered that I really want to date Viktor and is shunning me worse than ever.

12:35 pm
Not to mention, Ginny has now Officially broken up with Harry for Seamus. This seems to be a bad time for romance all around.

12:36 pm
Except for Ron and Lavvy, of course.

12:40 pm
I wish Ron would at least TALK to me! If he'd only let me explain, I could set everything right. But no, he'd rather go out with Lavvy (who, I might add, was an accomplice to my head-bashing and should be expelled right along with Matt!)!

Uh-oh, gotta fly - Viktor's coming towards me.

Saturday November 9th
Common Room
9:53 am
I'm going to get Ron to talk to me today if it's the last thing I do - I have a feeling if I ask him for a word when he's with a group of people, he won't say no.

10:02 am
Ron is sitting with Harry, Dean and Lavender by the fire. Dean and Lavvy are playing Wizard's Chess and Ron's helping Lavvy because she's crap.

Well, here I go.

"Erm...Ron?" all four of them looked at me in surprise.

"Yes?" Ron said in a shockingly friendly voice.

"Erm...I was wondering if I could have a quick word with you?"

"Sure," he said, and sat back.

"In private."

"Oh." He stood up and so did Lavvy.

"I think I'll come too." she said poisonously. "After all, I'm his girlfriend."

"Oh, sure." I said calmly. "As long as you don't mind me having your ears transfigured into kumquats so you can't hear what we're saying - and I'm not sure I know the counter-jinx for them, so you might have to keep them for a while." I pulled out my wand to make my point.

Lavender paled a little. "Actually, I think I'll stay here."

"Right on," I said cheerfully, and followed Ron to the far side of the common room.

"Make it quick." he muttered.

"Ron, look, about Viktor -"

"Whatever, if you want Krum, fine, I don't give a -"

"No, no, it was a mistake! He kissed me, I never -"

"Then why'd you dance with him?"

"Because he asked me! You wouldn't dance, and I wanted to -"

"Aha!" Ron cried. "So you did want to dance with him!"

"Just as friends, though!" I said tearfully. "Ron, please, I never meant to -"

Ron held up a hand to stop me. "Look, whatever. You chose Krum, I chose Lavender. End of story."

With a strangled sob, I ran from the common room, avoiding Lavender's smug gaze.

10:17 am
Wandering the corridors. I don't want to go back to the common room ever again. Maybe I'll ask Dumbledore if I can switch to Ravenclaw.

At least there won't be any Ron and Lavvy thrashing about.

10:19 am
Oh, no - Viktor's found me.

"Hermyneeny?" he asked. "Vat is wrong?"

"Everything," I sniffled.

"Vy don't' you come to my quarters and haff a cup of tea?"

Against my better judgement, I agreed.

Viktor's quarters
10:22 am
I accidentally told Viktor about the whole fiasco with Ron.

"I feel awful," he said. "It is all my fault - I did not know -"

"It doesn't matter. Ron doesn't want me anyways." I sighed.

"I - this is probably not a good time - but does it mean I haff a chance now?"

"I don't know," I said miserably.

"Vell, let me help you decide, hmm?"

The next thing I knew, Viktor had me in his arms and was kissing me so ardently that I was responding even though I didn't mean to.

"I luff you, Hermyowneeny." he whispered.

I didn't answer, but just closed my eyes and pretended it was Ron.

A/N: Okay, I know you all probably hate me now, getting Ron and Hermione together and then ripping them apart half a day later - but I SWEAR, it's okay, and it is absolutely necessary to my plot so don't get mad and refuse to ever read my story again, ok? I promise, I promise, I promise that they WILL get together, and soon.