Chapter 5

Conflicts and confusion

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A/N: so...

Draco lead Hermione to her next class. The halls were fairly empty except for the few Ravenclaw students still tottering around. Hermione saw Harry walking their way, and she decided to hold on to Draco's arm. Draco jumped at the sudden contact but then, remembering he was playing around with her mind, pulled her a little closer as they walked. Harry stopped ubruptedly in front of them, blocking their way.

"I would advise you to move, Potter." Draco said with a sneer. He knew what he was doing, breaking up the golden trio, so he can have her all to himself, his father wouldn't know.

"Hermione, why are you walking with him?"

"Because, he's being nice, and TRUSTWORTHY to me. He's LOYAL." she spelled out to him as if he were a little slow.

"I hope you know you just described a dog, but on Malfoy's part I guess that would work too." Harry crossed his arms in triumph. Draco clenched his fists.

"Um, we have to be going now. Come on Draco. No need to waist our time with him." She grabbed his arm back from getting ready to strike Harry in the same place where Ron had hit him earlier. They walked down the hall slowly, luckily none of Draco's friends saw him, he wouldn't know what to say. They stopped in front of the door to her class and she turned to him.

"Well, you can go now."

Draco just stood there. He couldn't move. She stared at him.

"I said you can go." he suddenly grabbed her by her hips and kissed her so gently and passionately that she almost fainted. She practically melted in his arms, he had to hold her up to keep her from falling all the way to the ground.

"I...I...Draco, I mean,..." Draco hushed her with another short kiss on the lips then left her watching after him puzzled, walking briskly away, turning the corner, and walking up a marble stair case. By the time she unglued herself from the thought of kissing Draco, she turned around and went into her class. This class was mixed with different years of students

"You know the valentines day party is tomorrow right?" asked Ginny to Hermione, who was searching her rucksack for a quill. She quickly snapped her head up.

"Really? I totally forgot." Hermione lied as she went back to searching her sack. She shuddered at the thought of Ginny and Harry with the situation in the astronomy tower. She looked back at Ginny who glanced over the room at Harry who had just come in late from their last encounter.

"Well?"

"Well what?" Hermione asked with a bit of an annoyed look.

"Who's taking you to the party?"

"Well, I have someone in mind, but you wouldn't want to hear about it. It would've been Harry, but I heard a few rumors about him." she said, her words stung Ginny like poison.

"Oh." Ginny looked down.

"Who's taking you?" Hermione asked with a sly look.

"I don't know yet." she said quickly.

Hermione looked around the classroom and saw Ron glance from Harry, to Ginny, then to her. He frowned at Ginny and Harry but when he got to her, he smiled his cute crooked smile. She could tell he was faking it though. The teacher walked in and the class got started.

By the time dinner came, the golden trio was fuming at each other, Ginny and Hermione became instant enemies, and Draco was just enjoying watching the show until he witnessed Ron and Hermione alone.

"Mione, please? I'm begging you."

"No. I won't go out with you. The trio is already broken up because of this, now you want me to be with you? This is all just too confusing. And now everyone is mad at me and I didn't do anything but tell the simple truth."

"I'm not mad. It's just that I was just a little angry that you didn't tell me that Harry was snogging my sister that night."

"Well, Malfoy said, as head boy and head girl, the only people we're supposed to tell are Dumbledore and Professor Mcgonagal."

"Since when do you start listening to ferret boy?" Ron chuckled to himself.

"He's actually nice. I'd give him a chance if I were you." Draco smiled to himself as he heard them. He was eavesdropping on them from a dark corner.

"Well, I bet he won't do this," Ron dared to kiss Hermione on the lips. She looked like she enjoyed it. Ron then began to stick his tongue in her mouth. She pulled away then looked down at the stone floor. He took her hands in his.

Draco jumped, ready to attack Ron head on, but held back.

"Hermione. I was the one that really loved you. Harry, he's just a cheat, and if he does anything to hurt my sister, I," Hermione put both her hands on his shoulders.

"Calm down Ron. I don't like him anymore either. How could he do this, with my friend!"

"Was it good?" he asked

"What are you talking about?"

"The kiss." Hermione frantically searched her mind for answers. 'He knows about the kiss Draco gave me?'

"Hermione? I just kissed you, was it good or bad?" she sighed in relief.

"It was good. Just don't do that without asking first." he looked into her eyes.

"I want to be more than just a friend with privileges." Draco mocked Ron and muttered to himself what he'd just said.

"I want to be..I...Hermione will you be my...my..."

"Go ahead, say it." she was getting used to all the attention from Ron, Harry, and Draco. She didn't know anything that could possibly be better.

"My girl."

"Okay." she agreed and Draco wanted to scream. Hermione and Ron walked back into the mess hall and took their seats. Draco came from the shadows and stuffed his hands in his pockets. His left fist hit something hard and he took it out of his pocket. It was the pink bottle of potion.

'How dare her trade me for Weasley, like some used wand. I'll show her and Weasley. I'll get my revenge.' He quickly put it back into his pocket and entered the mess hall too.

A/N: yay! Another chap! Hope u guys enjoyed this one! Plz review. Also, I'd like u 2 read a story by my friend aningme called "Dilemma" it is VERY good 4 all u HG, DM lovers like me out there! Luvs! (Not the pampers)