"Oh come on! You know you are into him! I can tell just by the way you were looking at him!"
"I'm not discussing any of this with you Malfoy!"
"Ok, fine."
"So, what was with the flipping out in the cafeteria?"
Malfoy just looked at her and then looked down at his feet. He looked almost hurt, and looked like he was holding back tears. He coughed, and then looked up at Hermione after he regained his composure. "Why should I tell you, you won't discuss scar head with me!"
"He isn't a scar head! You see, this is what I mean. You act like you are superior to everyone else!"
"Well maybe I am! " Hermione looked at him and huffed, and then he immediately said, "Just kidding."
Hermione looked at Malfoy; did he just apologize for saying something bold? She couldn't believe it. She just stared at him, while Malfoy looked around the room. "Malfoy, really, you can tell me, what was wrong in the Great Hall."
Malfoy just looked into Hermione's eyes from across the room. If it were anyone else in the room, even Crabbe and Goyle, he wouldn't tell them what he was really feeling. But for some reason he felt that he could relate to Hermione, probably because of what Viktor had done to her. Actually speaking of Crabbe and Goyle, Malfoy hasn't really spoken to them lately because Crabbe and Goyle were also friends with Blaise, and they didn't want to get in the middle of this whole Pansy and Blaise verses Malfoy.
Malfoy continued to stare into her eyes "I, um." He said starting to say something but his words trailed off. Hermione could tell that he had a hard time talking about whatever was wrong. Malfoy found it easier to look at the ground as he told her what happened. "A few days ago, I was sitting in the Common Room, when Blaise came up to me. I didn't really want to talk to him because, you know, he was with Pansy. He sat down next to me, and I just continued reading my book, because I didn't really want to talk to him. He looked at me and started to talk about how I was such an a censored because I cheated on Pansy. I turned to him, and almost punched him in the face. I asked him he said, and then he started yelling at me for hurting her, and that I should leave her alone. I knew all along she would make up lies about our break up. She is the one saying that she was cheated on, and that I hurt her so much when she found out because she was deeply in love with me."
"Why would I cheat on her. I loved her, I really did." Tears started to form in Malfoy's eyes, but he cleared his throat in attempt to make them go away. "And for her to start going out with one of my friends, and then turn him against me, that was ridiculous."
"Well if you found out a few days ago, then why did you get mad just a few hours ago?" Malfoy looked up but didn't respond. He looked like he was trying to think of an answer, or that he was trying to hide something.
"Well, she was all over him, I don't know, it was just disgusting." Hermione wasn't really satisfied with the answer, but she didn't want to get into an argument. Malfoy starred at her, and she noticed that there were no more tears in his eyes.
Hermione felt awkward, she didn't know what to say. She moved over to the long sofa in the middle of the room, so she could be closer to him and talk to him a lot easier. Malfoy looked at her as she walked around to the couch, he looked at her legs because they were so exposed with the skirt she was wearing. In the beginning of the day he could tell that she was uncomfortable in the clothes she was wearing, but now she seemed fine.
"It isn't right of Pansy to say that stuff. And I know you didn't cheat on her."
"Thanks." Malfoy wanted to end the conversation; he didn't really want to talk about her anymore. "So, um, could you tell me what is with you and Potter?"
"Nothing, he likes me, but I'm not really interested. That's all."
"Why don't you like him?"
"Well," Hermione hesitated to answer. She didn't really want anyone to know that she couldn't start dating just yet. She was scared of being hurt again. She looked up at the clock and it read 8:12. She still had homework to do, so she got up. Malfoy got up, wondering what she was doing. "I'm sorry, I have to go do my homework, and the library closes in 18 minutes and I still have some looking up to do." Hermione left the room, and started to jog down the stair case, as she heard Malfoy say bye, and she said bye back.