Thank you guys so much for reading my story. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to write the fifth and final chapter. Yes this is the final chapter. I hope you like it. Please thanks to all of you who reviewed and please continue to do so. Love Rubi

Hermione dropped the piece of glass and picked up the red ink bottle she had knocked over on her bedside table. She couldn't cut herself. She's just not like that. This is silly, she thought. What the fuck am I so depressed about. That's just stupid. She regained some strength and picked up the glass. She laid on her bed and fell instantly to sleep.

She awoke the next morning with full strength. She was very hungry though. She took a shower and headed down to breakfast. She saw Draco sitting by himself at the slitherin table. It was Christmas week now and so almost everyone in the castle was gone now. Harry was sitting with Ginny. Ginny was giggling hysterically and her cheeks were flushed. Ron was no where to be in sight. Hermione headed toward Draco. She sat next to him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Oh you look so happy this morning," he said. "How do you feel?" he asked, his face showed worry and concern.

"I'm feeling much better. It's like magic."they turned to each other and started cracking up laughing. Even the teachers looked over at them.

I'm so glad it worked. Thought Draco. I thought by putting that magic powder on the bed last night would make her happy. I never want to see her miserable like that again. It just breaks my heart. Hermione turned to him and smiled. Her smile is just to beautiful to let it fade away.

"So what do you want to do today?" he asked her. Hermione went into deep thought.

"Hmm...maybe we can go to take a walk outside. There's not too much snow so it would be fun. No?"she said.

"Yeah okay sure, anything you want." They went on eating their delicious food.

When they were taking their walk outside they saw Ron coming out of the woods. They thought it was sort of weird. They made no effort to notice each other. When they were heading back toward the castle Harry and Ginny were coming out.

"Hey you guys how are you?" asked Ginny.

"Oh we're just fine. Thanks." responded Hermione. They parted ways.

"Hermione I have to go to quiditch practice okay. I'll see you later." They kissed and Draco went away. Hermione decided to head toward the library. She still had some homework to do. When she was in the library reading a huge book, she felt someone watching her. She looked up from her book and saw no one. She continued reading, but she felt it again. She looked up from her book but this time...

"Aaagh,"screamed Hermione.

"Shhhhhhh.."

There in front of her was Ron. He looked very serious. He was just staring at her, his face as red as his hair. "Um.." he started but couldn't finish. "Hermione um.." Hermione began to back her chair away slowly. Ron could see the fear in her eyes. This made his eyes water.

"I'm sorry.." he whispered so low she could barely hear him. She was looking at him in shock. She wanted to run away but her legs wouldn't give way.

"I'm sorry Hermione." he said a little louder yet still in a whisper. "I never meant to do that. I don't know what came over me. I guess my jealousy just took over." He said all this never looking at her but looking at the books on the table. Hermione's eyes started to show tears. Tears of fear and sorrow. She didn't know if she should hug him or push him and run away. He has been my friend since our first year here at Hogwarts. I guess I could give him another chance. She thought. She got up off her chair. Ron looked at her. She went around the table and hugged him.

"I forgive you, but I will never be able to forget it. You did scar my life. It's not something I won't think about just because you apologized."she told him while hugging him.

Ron left her to her work a little grateful. He headed down to meet Harry at the Quiditch field. When he got there he noticed that the Slitherin team was still practicing. Harry still wasn't there. He must have gotten there a little earlier. He looked at the flying ants in the sky with brooms. Even though they looked like ants he could tell right away which one was Malfoy. He felt a shiver throughout his body. The team headed down to the field and into the locker rooms. They were coming out and when he spotted Malfoy their eyes locked onto each others. Ron's rage started increasing in his body. In his head he saw flashes of images of Malfoy and Hermione together. Malfoy kissing her neck and her eyes filled with passion. Malfoy holding her bare waist and her body shivering. Malfoy whispering "I love you" in her ear and she returning it. Malfoy holding her tight in the way that Ron will never be able to. Malfoy having Hermione in the way that he will never be able to.

Malfoy finally broke the stare and left. Before Ron knew it he was following him. Malfoy was heading toward the castle and Ron followed. He was as quiet as a mouse. Malfoy was heading toward the dungeon stairs and Ron followed as graceful as a cat. When they were halfway toward the common room Malfoy noticed that he was being followed by a rage powered Ron. He turned around and yelled, "look man what the fuck is your problem?" Ron looked him directly in the eyes and said,

"I am the only one who can protect her." and before Malfoy knew it, Ron had shouted, "AVADA KADAVARA!" Ron was panting hard and was holding his wand tight. He looked down at Malfoy's lifeless body. "This is how it's suppose to be, now and forever, me looking down at you."

Hermione was in the library. She was so happy that there were no hard feelings between her and Ron. She was so glad that she finished her homework in no time. She left the library in high spirits so decided to pay Draco a visit. As she was heading down the stairs she saw Ginny running after her.

"HERMIONE HERMIONE, OH HERMIONE IT'S TERRIBLE!" She was running so fast that she had to crash into Hermione in order to stop. Her eyes were filled with tears.

"What's wrong Ginny?" Hermione was scared that something might have happened to Harry since usually Ginny is glued to him. She felt very worried.

"It's Draco." Ginny cried.

"Draco. DRACO? WHAT ABOUT HIM. IS HE OKAY?"Hermione started shedding tears. Ginny couldn't say it. "GINNY WHERE'S DRACO!" She cried even harder.

"He's...he's..."

"He's what? Ginny he's what!"

"He's dead. He's dead Hermione. I'm so sorry."

"WHERE IS HE!"

"He's in the dungeons by the Slitherin common room."Hermione pushed Ginny out of the way and headed toward the dungeons. It's a lie, it's a lie, it's a lie. She kept screaming inside her head. She got to the dungeons and there he was. Lying on the floor. She fell on top of him.

"DRACO WAKE UP! WAKE UP DRACO! THIS ISN'T FUNNY! DRACO! DRACO! PLEASE WAKE UP! DRACO!" she was crying hysterically. "NO NO NO DRACO WAKE UP!" She let her body fall over his chest. She felt no heart beat. She held his robes tight and cried into his chest. She looked up to see his face. He's beautiful face which she would kiss everyday. The face that made her smile. The face of whom she loves. She turned her head slightly and there next to her lover's lifeless body laid the wand of the man who she thought to be her friend. Harry and Dumbledore were heading toward them. Ginny behind them. Ginny went to hug Hermione. Who could barely talk because of the shock and of her crying. Dumbledore picked up Ron's wand. He checked to see what was the last spell and sure enough it was Avada kadavara.

"HARRY PLEASE GO GET PROF. MCGONAGAL AND PROF. SLUGHORN AND PROF. SNAPE!" He ordered.

"Yes sir" and Harry sprinted out of the dungeons. A few moments later all three teachers came running. Prof. Mcgonagal went straight to Hermione and hugged her. "Oh you poor dear." Everything began to fade from Hermione's vision and fainted.

The next morning Hermione woke up in the hospital wing yet again. Harry and Ginny were beside her bed. Ginny was crying and Harry was holding her. When Hermione sat up she began to cry. Harry and Ginny hugged her. At this point even Harry started to cry.

"I'm sorry It's all my fault. I should have looked for Ron when he didn't show up for practice. I'm sorry, I'm sorry Hermione." Harry sobbed. Hermione didn't say anything but continued crying. She tried to control her voice and broke from the hug.

"So what happened yesterday when I fainted?"She asked trying her best to steady her voice.

"Prof. Snape took Draco's body away. They said that his body was empty. Ginny and I don't know what they meant." he added when he saw Hermione's confused face. "Then Prof. Slughorn brought your body to the hospital wing. Dumbledore asked us if we knew where Ron had gone, but we had not seen him all day." He said.

"Then this morning," Ginny sobbed, "They found Ron in the forbidden forest...he hanged himself on a tree." Ginny cried into harry's shoulder. Hermione felt bad, after all Ron was Ginny's brother.

"I'm so sorry he did this to you Hermione." Said Ginny.

"Oh Ginny I don't feel glad that he's gone. He was my best friend, I loved him too. Ginny don't be ridiculous." She hugged Ginny. "What are they going to do with Draco's body?"

"They are going to have a funeral for him. But they don't know when yet." Harry said. Hermione began to cry.

It was late at night now. She was all alone in the hospital wing. She didn't want to go anywhere. She was sitting up on her bed clutching her knees crying. She remembered how Draco use to kiss her tears away. She remembered how it felt when he embraced her in his arms. It was so deep that she could feel it. It actually felt to real that she looked up. Her body felt chilly all of a sudden. What she saw made her cry even more. There hugging her was Draco. His body was cold and see through. He was a ghost.

"Hermione," his voice echoed through the empty room. "Please don't cry for me. I'll always be with you and one day we'll fly so far away, we'll be lost before the dawn. I'll never leave you. I'll love you until someone has counted all the numbers in the world." With that he disappeared.

"No, no Draco my love don't leave." she cried into the night and felt her stomach... She heard his voice in her head, "My love, our romance and passion will live through you both."...she felt movement.