Chapter 9-

AN- Here is the next chappy…I hope that you will read and review for me. I would really appreciate it and it might even encourage me to update more often….:Wink Wink:

Last Time-

"You my dear just cheated on our 'boyfriend', well see ya later, Mudblood." Blaise replied as he pretended to dust something off of his robes and walked out.

"No…"

Hermione fell to her knees and began crying her eyes out. And that is where Harry and Ron found her as they were on their way to their first class of the day.

"Hermione? Is that you?" Ron asked as they approached to crying girl whose back was to them.

Hermione lifted her head form her hands, but did not turn to the boys. "Go away. I don't want to talk about it." She said, swiping at the tears on her cheeks.

"Hermione, you know that we can't leave you here like this." Harry said as he began to approach her. He laid a caring hand on her shoulder, and said, "Tell us what happened."

Hermione just shook her head.

"Did Damien do something to you!" Ron asked suddenly.

Hermione turned at this. She looked up into Ron's eyes and said, "no, of coarse not."

"Then what happened? Come on Hermione. We are your best friends and we can't help you if you don't tell us what's wrong." Harry said, taking a seat next to her. Ron soon following suit and sitting on her other side. They each out an arm around her and let her cry. After about ten minutes, Hermione dried her eyes and cleared her throat. "I'm a horrible person." she muttered.

"No your not." Ron said.

"Yes, yes I am."

"Hermione, please, what happened?"

I-I-I cheated o-on Damien…" she stuttered.

"YOU WHAT!" Harry and Ron said at the exact same time.

"With Blaise…I cheated on Damien with Blaise and he walked in on us." Hermione said, voice holding so much sorrow that you could literally choke on it. "I don't know what to do. I don't know what came over me. I have never been interested in Blaise before, but when we went out last night something happened…"

"Wait a second, you went on a date with Blaise ZAMBINI?" Ron asked. "WHY?"

"Um…that's a long story."

"Well, since we already missed most of class, we have tons of time." Harry said, rubbing comforting circles on her back.

"I don't know where to start…"

"How about the beginning?"

"Well…This one day Damien and I were in our common room and…That's when I figured out that Damien was really Draco Malfoy…Yes, he is…anyway, a few nights ago Blaise came up to me and…Then this morning, I felt strangely attracted to him. I couldn't keep my eyes off of him. So I left. I came here, but he followed me. I told him that I wanted him to stay away but the closer he came, the less I wanted him to leave. When I touched his chest to push him away something happened. I couldn't think. Then he kissed me and I couldn't help kissing him back. It all happened so fast…That's when I heard the door slam. Damien saw us and I wasn't pushing him away, I was holding on…" Hermione broke down again.

Harry and Ron immediately pulled her into their arms and held her muttering things like "It's going to be okay." and "we will take care of you."

Damien

CRASH

The ceramic vase crashed against wall after being hurled from Damien's grasp. "AHHHHHHHHH!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. The tears were all gone now. All that was left was hurt. 'How could she do this to me?'

Suddenly the portrait hole opened and Dumbledore walked in. Damien spun around and tried to calm himself. "What can I do for you, headmaster?" Damien asked , fighting to hide the emotions roaring through his body.

"I heard something break and I wanted to make sure that everything was okay. I also heard from Professor McGonogall that you, Hermione, Harry, and Ron were not in class this morning. So I came to check on you."

"Nothing is wrong, sir. I was just having a bad morning so I decided to stay here. As for those other three people, I have no idea where they could be."

"Okay then. Are you sure that there is nothing that you want to talk about?"

"quite sure. Now if you'll excuse me I have some cleaning that I need to do."

Dumbledore looked suspicious, but nodded and left anyway.

As soon as the headmaster left Damien took out his wand, put a silencing charm on the door and screamed at the top of his lungs. He did all of this for her. He changed who he was, gave up everything, all for her. And how does she repay him? Cheating on him with a SLYTHERIN!

Damien reached down and up turned one of the couches. Then one word popped into his head… 'revenge.' He was going to make her regret the day that she cheated on Draco Malfoy! 'Draco?' he thought confused by his minds choice.

Yes, DRACO. It's about time that you remembered who you really are.

'I don't want to be that person any more. I like being liked and having friends.'

You can't change who you are. You tried and look where it got you. You got a girlfriend who cheated on you for the "bad boy" and you are friends with Potter and Weasel!

'That's true, but that hasn't been so bad has it? They are finally respecting me as a person and they are okay in their own way.'

I cannot believe that you just thought that you actually like hanging out with wonder boy and his poor sidekick!

'Huh? Well, yeah I guess I don't mind them anymore. But I am not by any means one of Potter's loyal followers!'

Right. So are you going to go back to being the Draco that I know any love or are you going to stay being friends with those filthy, muggle-loving Gryffindor's?

'I am going to get revenge on Hermione all right. I am going to totally pretend that she doesn't exist. I am going to continue to be friends with Harry and Ron and ignore her!'

That is what you call revenge? You really have gone soft.

'Whatever, shut up!'

Ron and Harry decided that Hermione should go back to her room and rest for awhile. They walked her to her room and stood listening outside the door for any signs of Damien. When they heard nothing, they whispered the password and Harry climbed in the portrait hole followed by a distraught, puffy eyed Hermione, and his best mate Ron.

What they saw when they entered Hermione's common room froze them all. Damien was sitting on the couch and calmly reading a book.

Hermione's heart fluttered, maybe he hadn't been the person that walked in on them. She took a deep breath and decided that she would go talk to him. Just as she was almost to him he looked up. But instead of looking at her, he looked straight at Harry and Ron.

"Hey guys, what's up?" he said as he got up, walked around Hermione, and approached the stunned boys.

Hermione's heart fell. 'He had been the one. Now he hates me.' she thought as tears formed in her eyes once again.

"Hey, Damien." Harry said. "I think that Ron and I are going to leave you two alone. I think that you need to talk." Harry continued, backing him and Ron towards the exit.

"Why leave? I have nothing to say to anyone." Damien replied.

"What about Hermione?" Ron asked pointing at the sobbing girl.

"Who?"

"HERMIONE!" Ron replied. "YOUR GIRLFRIEND!"

"I have no girlfriend." Damien replied off-handedly.

"But…"

"Come on guys, lets go play Quidditch." Damien suggested summoning his broom.

Harry and Ron looked over to Hermione and she just nodded and ran off to her room. Eventually the boys were at the pitch ready to practice the sport that they all love.

Hermione on the other hand was in her room face down on her bed, crying. Then it hit her. Why had she all of the sudden started liking Blaise so much, why couldn't she stop looking at him, and why couldn't she resist kissing him? These questions floated through her head over and over until she finally decided that Blaise set her up.

Hermione jumped off of her bed, straightened her robes and raced off to the library. She would find out how he got her to do it if it killed her.

AN-That's it…