Chapter 6: Forgive and Forget

I walked to the entrance to the Great Hall and stopped a few feet away to wipe the tears off my cheeks. I walked in slowly, but shaky. Ron spotted me.

"Hey, Hazel!" he said, excitedly, "What have you been up to?"

"Um, nothing much," I said, holding back a sob. I guess he saw my eyes were red and puffy.

"Hazel, have you been crying?" he asked, caringly.

"No," I lied. He pulled me outside and looked at me. He looked into my eyes. He saw my sadness, my sorrow. I could tell he wanted to take that all away. Make me happy again.

I couldn't take it anymore. I had to tell someone. And, I knew he would listen. And, I couldn't hold back my tears any longer, so I just sort of exploded. I started crying even more than before, and he held me close.

"Draco was with Lulu while he was with me. He told me he only used me for sex because Lulu wouldn't give it to him." I blurted out. I cried even harder. We sat down against a wall and I leaned my head on his shoulder. After like 5 minutes I stopped crying.

"Thank you," I said.

"For what?" he asked, removing a strand of hair from my face. Wow, was it just me, or were all romantic moments begun by removing hair from my face? He leaned over, and kissed me, oh-so-tenderly. As if he was afraid I wasn't feeling the same for him. Right then, I cared about him more that anyone in the world. I guess what I felt for Draco was lust, not love. I guess I don't really know what love is yet.

"Why do guys do that?" I asked.

"Do what?"

"Tell a girl they love them only to get in their pants, and then dump them?"

"Because most guys are assholes," he said calmly, "and care about nothing but sex, and stuff."

"Why?"

"Why do they care about nothing but sex and stuff, or why are they assholes?"

"Why are they assholes?"

"Testosterone and their upbringing. Probably a whole shit load of other stuff too, but I don't know," he said, shrugging.

I hugged him and kissed his cheek. I stood up, and gave him my hand to hold on to while he stood. We walked into the Great Hall together, but went our separate ways right after. I sat alone. Breakfast wasn't so appetizing to me. I only had some bread. I noticed Lulu and Draco coming in holding hands. Apparently Ron saw too because he charged at him, knocking him down. Lulu stood and watched. Ron punched Draco repeatedly on the face, making him bleed profusely. I stood across from Lulu, and tried to tell Ron to stop.

"He deserves this, Hazel," he said in between punches, "this will teach him never to hurt you again!" Lulu looked at me, apologetically.

Dumbledore came along, and stopped Ron.

"Ronald, Draco, come with me to my office, please," he said, walking away. Ron and Draco followed obediently. While they were gone, I sat down where I was eating my piece of bread. Lulu sat next to me.

"Hazy, I'm really, really sorry," she apologized, "I didn't mean to hurt you. I knew you liked him, but I didn't think he'd use you like that."

"It's O.K, Lulu, I deserved it. I'm not meant to be happy."

She hugged me. And I knew everything was going to be like it used to be. She was my best friend. I couldn't let a silly thing like a guy get between us. I forgave her and she made me eat some more. I was so glad I had her as my friend, she always found a way to get on my good side…