And I'm back! Thanks to the TWO whole people who reviewed my story after last chapter...but apparently this story is being followed because I am on five author alert lists…I guess those people just don't want to review…anywayz…here's another chapter for u to enjoy! (sorry, had to make it cliché because the story needs to progress)

Chapter 7 – The Insensitivities of Certain Dates

She turned around and saw Draco Malfoy with a sexy smile on his face. Wait a minute? Did she just call him sexy? Her breath caught in her throat. He looked really hot dressed as a vampire (A/N: of course Draco would look hot as a vampire!) and that smile was enough to be her next aphrodisiac.

"Hello," Hermione said curtly.

"So what do you say? You are like the only girl left who doesn't have a dance partner," he said, still smirking.

"Come again?"

Malfoy rolled his eyes, "Honestly Granger, I sometimes think how such a bright student could be so dense. I'm asking you to dance stupid."

Hermione stared at him and said slowly, "Are you sure u want to dance with me? I am a, what's that word you use again? Oh yeah, mudblood after all."

He regained his composure and said coolly, "Well I wouldn't be here if I didn't want to ask you now would I?"

Hermione looked at him and rolled her eyes, "Fine."

They went to the dance floor and positioned themselves and started dancing. Hermione felt as if she were walking on air.

Draco saw her dazed expression and whispered in her ear, "You feeling alright Granger?"

"Mmmm…?" Hermione said dreamily, "I'm sorry, what did you say?"

"Nothing…nothing," Malfoy muttered. The song soon ended and Malfoy said, "Weasley still has my date. I think I'm going to go take a walk outside."

It was not as if he had invited her to come along but Hermione found that her legs began to follow him outside.

"What are you thinking Hermione? This is the guy who always called you mudblood and made fun of you! Have you lost your bloody mind? You're going outside with him alone?" screamed the inside of her head.

The two went outside and walked around silently.

"So mudblood…" Malfoy started.

At that moment, Hermione snapped, "Why is it that you always call me mudblood? What did I ever do to deserve it? Just because I am muggle born doesn't give you the right! You are just a conceited bastard who thinks he's better than everyone else!" With that, she stomped off towards the castle.

Malfoy stared at her disappearing profile and smirked, "Not bad mudblood, you're actually pretty interesting when you're angry," he said with a devilish grin.

Hermione entered the castle and went back to her table only to find that Ron had not returned.

"He probably just went to get a drink," she said to herself.

But when she turned around, she saw Ron dancing with Lavender Brown. Anger filled up inside of her but she managed to calm down.

"He's probably just having a bit of fun. He'll come back later. It's not like I own him or anything," she thought.

With these reassuring thoughts, she went to go visit Ginny and Harry. When she got to the table all she found was a disappointed looking Ginny but no Harry.

"Hey Ginny, what's wrong?"

"Oh nothing, it's just that Harry and Cho seem to have disappeared," replied Ginny angrily.

Rage filled Hermione once again but she managed to calm it.

"Don't worry. I'm sure he'll come back. He probably went to the bathroom and Cho went outside with Marcus Flint," said Hermione reassuringly.

Ginny looked at her doubtfully. Hermione sat next to Ginny to keep her company. The song ended but Ron didn't come back, instead he went straight to Parvati Patil. This continued throughout the rest of the ball. Ron didn't come back but instead went to different girls. He finally got back to Pansy, and Ginny and Hermione saw Draco come in their direction.

"Hello," he drawled, "What're you two up to?"

Hermione and Ginny managed weak smiles.

"Oh I see," said Malfoy with a smirk, "your dates deserted you. Well, no matter, Ginny, would you like to dance?" He gave her a smile that Hermione immediately labeled as fake.

Ginny nodded excitedly and got up. Before leaving, Malfoy smirked at Hermione just to spite her. She frowned and refused to look at him. Soon, the ball ended and it was time to go. Hermione was relieved and she knew that this was the worst night of her entire life.

"Ugh, I could just kill him!" said Hermione in a frustrated manner.

"Kill who?" said Pansy nonchalantly as she joined her back to their room.

Hermione sighed, "No one, just someone I thought was my friend and actually cared for me!"

"Oh," said Pansy, but they no longer discussed it.

Hermione went straight to her room, undressed, and got into her nightgown, and went to sleep. She thought about how Ron had treated her before finally falling into slumber, and a single tear rolled down her flushed face.

Yes, yes, I know, Ron is such a bastard…oh well…next chapter has a bit of action with the love birds so if u want to continue reading….make sure you REVIEW! Oh, and sorry about the short chapters, but then I can update quickly, isn't that what you guys want?