Authors Note:

I do not own Harry Potter.. i am just a huge fan... i do own some names (which i forgot..) and i Own Toni Charistia For sure... -winks- so please bear with me. Thanks for reading and the review...

Chapter Five

Favors...

"Can you guys believe that this is our last year? I mean... we'll take N.E.W.T.S in like..." Parvati said as she scratched her said counting how many more months left till they will take N.E.W.T.S.

"Eight Months genius." Toni Teased as she finished the sentence for her cousin.

"Thanks." Parvati said ungratefully and threw one of her quills on Toni.

"Eight Months!" Ron wailed as he was about to take a bite on his chicken. He froze realizing that Toni was right eight more months to go till they will graduate and be going to work for their chosen career. "Oh, well.." he shrugged as he continued eating his chicken.

Every one laughed at what Ron had did and he protested, "I am hungry!"

"More of that will happen... I mean this is just October." Harry commented in the middle of laughs. Ron glared at Harry that made Harry laugh really hard that he was turning pink.

Hermione just giggled on her seat as she took a sip on her water, she shook her head thinking that those guys are her best friends. "Granger." a cold voice said behind her. She need not to look behind her to check who it was. The voice was too familiar to miss especially the hatred on his voice. "Yes, Malfoy?" She said as she turned her head to face Malfoy. She saw on the glimpse of her eyes that Parvati was shocked that Hermione knew who it was.

Wordlessly, Draco handed a parchment and said, "Now, Granger." he ordered. Then he turned and walked out of the great hall.

"What was that about?" Ron inquired as he stood up and looked down on the parchment before Hermione could crumple it. "Hey." he demanded as she stood up.

"Meeting with Dumbledore." she muttered to him. Then she walked out of the Great Hall hoping she could catch up with Draco since she doesn't want to be late.

"You may be wondering why you are both here." Dumbledore said in his calm and firm voice. He eyed Hermione and Draco curiously since they both started to feel uneasy. "Please sit." he said as he pointed to two chairs that just appeared out of nowhere.

Obediently, she sat down as she wiped a sweat on her forehead. She was nervous what this was about. Since last week she broke a school rule and visited Hagrid with Ron and Harry in an invisibility cloak. But she just looked at Draco who seems so calm, so she just sat up straight and tried to forget her shaking feet.

"Well, as you both well know, I usually organize special events." Dumbledore said as he exchange looks from Hermione to Draco. "But, i may be asking from the two of you to organize Halloween for me." He added.

That's it? Hermione thought as she smiled and sighed stopping herself from laughing relieved that she wasn't scolded or something else.

"I hope that's a yes from both of you?" Dumbledore inquired.

She nodded and looked at Draco who just shrugged, "Malfoy." she hissed.

Draco looked at her then to Dumbledore. "That doesn't seem hard." he said calmly.

"Thank you. Well, you can plan what ever you would like. Just keep me updated on your plans." Dumbledore said as his eyes shinned looking at Hermione. "You can go back to your common room." he added calmly as he stood up and went to his study.

When she and draco went out of the office she sighed and laughed, "I'm glad that was over." she said happily and sighed. Then she heard a smirk behind her that she turned red of embarrassment, Oh my, i forgot the feret behind me... she realized and she turned and shot him a look. "Laugh all you want Malfoy, but I just like talking to myself." she defended.

"Don't worry Granger, I also talk to myself from day to day basis." he said calmly then he walked away before he could see that she widen her eyes and her mouth went agape.

She stared at his back shocked that she and him had something in common, even something that someone would find insane. That's odd... she smiled as she turned around to walk to her common room. Then she froze to her steps when she heard a call behind her. "Hermione."

"Hi ron..." she said as she giggled seeing him leaned down with his hands on his legs gasping for breath. She giggled even harder when he raised a hand to stop her from saying anything else until he had caught up with his breath.

"Hi... Hermione..." Ron said as he finally stood up straight but he was still talking like he was having an asthma attack.

She smiled at him ignoring the urge to laugh out loud and roll on the ground, then she noticed he is missing a companion. "Where is Toni?" she asked trying not to sound happy that Toni wasn't with him, she really found it odd that only for a month both Ron and Toni are really close and sometimes even pretend that the world is just theirs.

"She had to stay with Ginny over there. Girl talk really." he said as he pointed to two faint looking shadows by the girl's bathroom.

Oh no wonder he was having a hard time to recover his breath it was a long way to run. She thought as she started to giggle imagining Ron running like a weirdo catching up with her. First she got close with Ron, now Ginny. Who next? Malfoy? She wondered. Then she smirked imagining Toni trying to talk with Draco's back and running after him to hear his cold reply of "Go away."

"Why are you giggling?" He asked as he eyed her curiously as if she was a mental person, though obviously sometimes Hermione is mental.

"You wanted to talk to me Ron?" she asked ignoring his question, even though she knows him too well to drop a question.

He looked at her blankly waiting for an answer then shrugged. "Nope." he said as he grinned.

She widened her eyes astonished that he didn't push on the question until she would make up a lie about it to make him shut up. "Well, then. I guess there is no use for me to be wasting my time here." She said firmly as she turned and walked away but he immediately reached for her elbow.

"Can't you take a joke?" he asked in a confused and worried way. Confused, why she was irritated and worried that she would be mad at him, "I still need to talk with you." he added.

"Can't you?" she asked him back then she smirked, "And you are talking to me, Ronald." she said as she patted his shoulder.

"I'm serious alright." he said as he looked deep into her brown eyes, Then after a few moments of silence and staring, "Not now though, This midnight at the muggle studies classroom." he added as he gave Hermione a huge smile.

"S-sure." she stuttered then she looked away since she felt she was blushing when he smiled.

"Cool..." He said happily, then he planted a kiss on her cheek then ran back to where he ran from.

Cool, she thought as she touched her cheek and started to look forward for midnight.

She waited patiently for the clock to tick for twelve... but apparently the clocked ticked too slow. She unpatiently rolled over the next side of her bed to see what time it was. "Eleven thirty..." she said to herself loudly to help her calm down. She looked at the ceiling and slowly blinked and dozed off to sleep accidentally.

"Ron?" she asked as she entered the muggles studies classroom. She looked around and nothing really special on this classroom. So she sat down on a chair waiting by the door, waiting for Ron. She was so anxious what Ron was going to talk about.

"I Love you.." she heard Ron's voice from outside of the door.

She smiled her heart out as she heard his voice she stood up and ran to the door to tell him that she loves him too, but then when she saw Ron talking to a girl, she froze as if she was going to cry. She just stood there as if her heart was stabbed a million times that she couldn't even breathe.

"Oh yes Ron... I love you too..." she heard the girl said as she hugged Ron and kissed him.

When she saw this, she wanted to burst into tears or even slap Ron. But she couldn't for she saw in her best friend's eyes that she couldn't tale away, Happines. So she just ran away while she was wiping her tears. Then without seeing where she was going she bumped into someone. Not even caring who it was she hugged him. "He broke my heart.." she whispered.

He hugged her back and soothed her hair while he shushed her, then he lifted her chin and smiled. It was Draco. "I know Hermione... I saw..." he replied as he wiped off her tears. "But don't worry..." he said as he leaned down to kiss her.

The kiss was short but it made her shattered heart whole again. "Wh-Why?" she asked as she touched his face leaning to kiss him again.

"Because... DIINGGG...Diinnggg!

"Diiiinnnngggggg!" her alarm clock yelled.

Her eyes fluttered open and she looked at her clock. "Right on time..." she said, then she sat up straight and scratched her head trying to remember her dream. Was that Malfoy there? then she shook her guess away and slowly opened her door to peep if Draco was on the couch. She heard steps on the other staircase. Nervous that Draco could see sneak out, she closed her door slowly and rested her ear by her door to hear of Draco came in his room. Hearing nothing but only the fast beating of her heart, she anxiously opened her door again and saw Draco's door snap shut. She sighed, relieved that he was gone to rest in his room.

It took her only about five minutes to get to the door of the Muggle studies class. She saw a light coming from inside the classroom, Ron must be in. she suspected. As she turned the nob she heard a mutter inside the room. "Nox!"

"Ouch!" she muttered angrily since bumped her head to the door because of the darkness. "Ron?" she hissed angrily as she also looked for her wand in her pocket. "Lumos." she and Ron said in unison.

"I am so sorry, Herm.." he said as he came up to her and checked her forehead. "Are you alright?" he asked again as he offered her a seat and closed the door behind them.

She had to clear her throat and smile, "Y-yeah... I'm fine... i am not bleeding..." she added as she shoves his hand away from her pink forehead. then she soothed her forehead and sighed. "Why did you do that for?" she asked

"I thought you were Filch." he said as he sat down on a table across her.

She just looked at him and nodded, she knew he was just playing safe. "You wanted to talk to me Ron?"

"Oh, yeah..." he cleared his throat then scratched his head."I will not beat around the bush...but... um... how will i say this!" he said to himself as he said to himself as he was going to choke for looking for things to say.

She just looked at Ron attentively, though she would like him to talk already, she was having fun looking at Ron trying to explain what he felt Or his thoughts. "Breath, Ron, and talk..." she instructed.

Obediently, he took a deep breath, "Well, this might be sort of a shock... but I would like to ask a favor from you... but.. you see i like Toni.." Ron kept babbling stuff that Hermione though he was talking Gibberish after that.

She just sat there as still as possible though deep inside she was shaking and was going to break down and cry. She looked at Ron's eyes and saw determination and happiness. She just smiled at him weakly then grabbed a handkerchief from her pocket and wiped her watery eyes.

"A-Are you alright?" he asked as he stopped talking and looked at her with care.

"No... i'm fine... I am just tired that's all" she lied.

Ron just nodded then continued talking. As if he didn't see a tear fall from her eye.

"Ron!" Hermione said in a rather angry tone that startled him. "You had me break a rule just to tell me you like Toni?" she said firmly as she stood up trying to stop herself from shaking with anger.

"No, No, Not just Like Toni... but i need help...i can't tlel her that i do like her." Ron said childishly

"Not to offend you or anything Ron, but you can do it on your own without my help." she said calmly though deep inside she wanted to yell at his face and walk away but she had to be calm not to give him any suspicion. "This going no where Ron." she added as she finally had the guts to turn her back on him and walk away.

Before she could open the door, ron asked something that made her heart shatter in a million pieces, "but, you are still going to help right?"

"I'll think about it." she said then she closed the door behind her. "Nox." she said weakly. When the lights went off, tears started to flow down her eyes like a fountian. She ran going back to her common room not caring that her steps was loud enough for anyone to hear.

When she arrived the common room she flew herself to the couch and cried her heart out, she took a thow pillow burried her face on it. "Why do i always loose the one I love?" she asked herself. First Viktor, Terry and Now Ron? I am not even dating Ron.

She lifted her head from the pillow, her eyes was beaming on the portrait hole as if she was waiting for a miracle to happen. I need some one to talk to.. even that git could help. she said but then she sighed remembering that Draco was already in his common room.

To her surprise, the portriat hole burst wide open. Knowing who it was, she immediately sat up straight wipping her tears off her face, with her sleeve since her hanky was too wet to help her out.

Wordlessly, Draco looked at her differently that she had to look away knowing that he noticed that she was crying. "Did that book make you cry?" he said sarcastically after he sat down on the couch opposite to her and pointed to the potions book by the table.

"No, I am sick." She said as she took her wet hankerchief and blowed her nose. She was really sick because her heart was broken.

"Weasle-bee made you cry didn't he?" He inquired coldly.

To that tears started to flow down her eyes again that she had to look down making her staright brown hair cover her face from him. "I told you. i am sick." she insisted.

She saw out of the glimpse her eyes a figure kneeling infront of her, He tucked her hair to her ear. They were both quiet for a moment both looking at eachother's eyes, He just gave her a smile when he touched the throw pillow on her lap and muttered, "Liar."

"There are two reasons why you shouldn't cry for that Weasle-head. One, he is a weasle so you wouldn't really want to cry for that." he said as he lifted her chin to make her look at him when she looked away again. Then he took something from his pocket and wiped her face, "Second. You are Hermione Granger." He said sweetly in a voice she never heard before, a kind of voice that made her feel better. He held her hand for a second then before letting go he placed the hankerchief on her hand.

He kneeled there for a second and smiled. He brushed his hand on her hair saying, "Goodnight." then he stood up and went to his room.

She really didn't understand why he was being so nice to her. She never knew there was this kind of side to that git. She couldn't even believe he has a heart or even human. She just sat there staring at the hankerchief.

Thanks. she thought hoping he could hear her think it. He acctually made her feel better.