Chapter 11 is up. I was glad that you guys liked my little fact about Tom Felton's and Emma Watson's hair. Anyway, I hope you review on my last one…. It took me a full day to write considering my sister-in-law kept badgering me to use the computer because she was too lazy to wait so…. But oh well, I hope you like this one. I don't know how it will turn out because I'm using ideas that just pop in my head so I can't predict what will happen or how long this story will be.

Disclaimer: I do not Harry Potter.

Chapter 11: The News is Out About You Two

The two Heads had been in their dorm, sleeping in on the couch because they fell asleep there without even getting out of their costumes the night before, when they'd been woken up by a worried Professor. They'd been sleeping peacefully when the Headmaster, once again, appeared in their fire.

"Mr. Malfoy! Miss Granger!" he half-shouted to get them awake.

Draco awoke first. "What is it, Professor?" he asked sleepily.

"Kindly awake Miss Granger, please, I believe you both need to hear this." he was worried.

"Hermione? Get up, the Headmaster's here." he said softly.

"Huh?" she said groggily.

"Professor Dumbledore is here, sit up." she did so.

"What's wrong, Professor?" she noticed his expression was worried.

After a few moments, they were both awake and were listening intently to Dumbledore.

"The Order has been informed of some very bad news," he continued," Mr. Malfoy's parents, apparently, has gotten a hold on the both of you."

"What do you mean?" asked Draco.

"One of the Order members has seen your parents and overheard them talking to one another, but the Order member had only been on a quick errand and didn't bother to take their wand, so he just listened to their conversation." Dumbledore was worried now." It seems as though your father and mother plan on revenge against you and…Miss Granger." His eyes didn't twinkle at all.

"What?" was all Draco managed. Hermione couldn't even reply to this.

"Someone has leaked to your parents that you are now in love with Miss Granger." he continued.

"They surely would rather have me on their minds instead of Hermione?"

"That's the thing, Mr. Malfoy, they know you are in love with her and that would be perfect revenge on you. We are trying our best to find them, but they seem to have disappeared. All I ask now is that you take great precaution everywhere you go and I would like you two to stay together or at least not be alone at all times." he said.

"Sir, what are we going to do?" Hermione was now shaking.

"All we can do is take precautions and hope for the best…I'm sorry, Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy, but there is nothing we can do for now." he disappeared out of green flames.

"Draco, what do we do?" she said in a low, monotonous voice.

"I don't know, Hermione, I don't know." all he wanted to do was hold her so he took her back to the couch and cradled her in his arms, wondering if this is possibly the last time he could do so. How long they sat there, they could never guess, but the silence was broken from someone knocking on the door.

"That's probably Harry and Ron. I need to make up with them, Draco, if something happens to either of us, I don't want to go on bad terms with them." she said.

"I won't let anything happen to you," he said," but you can make up with them if you want." he respected what she wanted, no matter how much he didn't like them. The knocking came again.

Hermione got up and opened the portrait. She was right…Harry and Ron. They immediately bombarded her with hugs and apologies.

"Hermione, Dumbledore told us," said Harry," we don't care if you love Mal-Draco, we just want you to be happy." he had a hard time using his first name instead of the surname, but Ron agreed to what Harry said too.

"Thanks you guys." she hugged them back." If anything happened to me, I didn't want to leave on bad terms so I was going to apologize to you guys anyway." she said to them.

"Hermione, nothing will happen to you and you don't have to apologize, Ginny was right, we were idiots not to notice how much happier you were with Malfoy." said Ron. They still didn't like Draco, but were willing to try for Hermione.

"How would you know that nothing's going to happen to me? You can't make sure to keep after me all the time." she wasn't ready to invite them yet because she still wanted to talk to Draco.

They didn't know what to say so they told her that Dumbledore asked them to fill Ginny in when they see and they need to look for her. They also made sure that she was going to stay with Draco for the rest of the day. She assured them that she will and they left.

She walked back to Draco and sat back in his arms. They were both still in their costumes, but didn't seem to notice. They sat and watched the fire blaze and crack. The sky outside reflected their moods. Dark grey. They'd been sitting there since Harry and Ron left. By the time they got up, it was already dinner time.

"What do you say to something to eat?" he asked out of the blue.

"I'm not hungry." she said quietly.

"Too bad, I still want to make the best of everything we still have." he said and pulled her up into a kiss. I can't let her go, but I need to take care of her he thought to himself.

"I don't want to go to the Great Hall tonight. Can we just eat here?" she asked hopefully.

"Sure, but I'm bringing you to the kitchens with me, I won't leave you here."

"Fine, but I think we should change first." she addressed their bodies.

"I think you're right." he headed towards his room with a last kiss, as did Hermione. They met each other back in the common room and left for the kitchens, Draco wouldn't let Hermione go for a second. The reached the painting with the fruit and tickled the pear and entered.

When they entered, the elves rushed to their service and Draco asked them for some dinner. The elves immediately brought out some chicken, pot roast, mashed potatoes, and many other things just sitting on trays.

"Thank you," said Draco and Hermione in unison. Hermione was too preoccupied to talk them into being free.

"Our pleasure, Master Malfoy, Miss Granger." said Dobby the house-elf nervously, he was bowing so low to the ground you could see his nose bending.

"Dobby," said Draco kneeling down," you know it was only my parents who treated you horribly. There is no need for the 'master' nonsense anymore."

"Right," Dobby was easing up," I will remember, Mr. Malfoy." Dobby turned to Hermione." How is Harry Potter and his red-headed friend?" he asked Hermione excitedly. (A/N: I don't know how Dobby talks…sorry.)

"They are fine, Dobby, I can send him down here sometime if you want to see him?" Hermione said sweetly. Dobby was going to explode with excitement.

"That would be wonderful!" he said.

" Would you like some treats?" asked an elf off to the side.

"That would be fine." said Draco. Hermione and him left with some dinner and dessert, levitating in front of them. Draco still wouldn't let her go.

They got back to the common room and ate. Hermione didn't eat much, but she told him that she would at least eat some dessert. She reached for mini-brownies and popped one in her mouth. After a few brownies being popped into her mouth, Draco joined in and they sat across from each other on the couch and tossed brownies into each others mouths.

"Hey! You meant to hit my eye!" she said, forgetting the bad news.

"I did not!" he pretended to look suspicious.

"Whatever." and she tossed another one in his more and scored.

"Nice one." he said, he tossed one to her and hit her head.

"Can't say the same for you." she said teasingly.

"Oh, hush up." he smiled at her. She smiled back. He leaned up, put a brownie in her mouth, and kissed her. She pushed him back and swallowed her brownie before letting him back in. This time, he got entrance to her mouth immediately with a slight touch of his tongue to her lip.

They'd been in this position for a while when Draco suddenly stopped. He got off her and stood up, but sat back down when he looked at her.

"What's wrong?" she asked him.

"I can't do this, Hermione." he said.

"Do what?" she was worried about him. He began pacing the floor.

"I can't do this, I can't let you get hurt." he was looking at her.

"What are you talking about, Draco?" she was hoping this would lead a different way than she thought it would. If it went that way, she wasn't going to give up without a fight.

"I can't let anything happen to you. I don't know how I could live with myself if anything did." he was looking at the carpet now.

"What are you proposing?" she asked.

"I don't know." he said to himself.

"You won't break up with me because of them, will you?" she was going to break down, but she still planned to fight.

He didn't reply. He just looked at her with pleading eyes, as if asking for help. She didn't go for it. Since he was sitting in front of her now, she leapt onto him, making them both fall back to the other end of the couch, she kissed him hard and passionately. She did this for a moment before pulling away.

"Tell me you didn't love that, tell me that you wouldn't miss that, tell me…that you don't love me and I will let you break up with me without a single word." she whispered the ending, sounding hurt, but determined. He didn't answer.

"I loved that, I will miss that, and…I love you, but we have to break up. It's for your own sake." he pulled her off gently and walked to his room. As soon as he closed his door, he started to tear and anger started to build up, but not towards Hermione, but towards his parents and himself. He wanted to be with her more than anything, but he couldn't let anything to happen to her. He would never forgive himself and would probably do suicide the second he found out he lost her, but for now, he will have to keep a close eye on her. He sat down on his bed and contemplated whether he did the right thing or not. He kept telling himself that it was for her own good and nothing would happen to her if his parents thought that he never really loved her and that the person who leaked this information was wrong.

He sat on his bed for an hour, using every ounce of his body to not go up to Hermione and tell her that he doesn't want to break up at all. He decided a shower would help him keep himself away from her, at least for a half-hour. He got up and walked to the bathroom door, in which now him and Hermione shared a conjoined bathroom ever since his parents escaped just in case one needed help they could run through the bathroom rather than down the stairs and them up more stairs and then into the other's room. He listened next to the door to see if he could hear the shower running or any noise that might suggest that Hermione is in there…nothing. He opened the door and his eyes widened in worry, he didn't believe what he saw.

"Hermione!"

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Hermione started crying at once. She didn't believe that he just broke up with her. She ran to her room and grabbed a pillow, she put her face in it and sobbed harder than she's ever done before. I told you that everyone left me she thought, for once her conscience didn't reply. Joseph left me to deal with everything by myself, he left me all alone in the world. Why did you leave everything to me, Joseph? she thought angrily to herself, I need someone to help me, I used to have Draco, but he left me for good and now I'm all alone…forever. She got up and went into the bathroom.

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What happened to Hermione? You will have to wait in agony until I update after school tomorrow! I'm just kidding, but you do have to wait, I haven't been getting much sleep lately and I don't have time to do another chapter. Anyways, let me know what you think. This isn't the longest, but it's got a cliffhanger and a bit of action…. Just review so I know you guys are reading. Well, I got to go for now, but you'll get another chapter tomorrow.