A/N: Hey! Hope you liked the last chapter…
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Chapter 15: The Breakup
The next morning, Hermione woke to an irritating tapping at her window. She rolled over and opened one sleepy eye, seeing a large brown owl with a note attached to its leg.
Hermione groaned and got up to open the French doors, which led to a balcony. The owl obediently stuck out its leg allowing Hermione to retrieve the note.
She returned to her bed and crawled back in, unfolding the parchment.
Hermione—Meet me at 5 in the common room. We've got to discuss the Ball.
D.M.
Hermione folded up the note and put it on her bedside table. She sighed, and was about to go back to sleep when she caught sight of the magical clock on the wall. The arrow pointed to "Breakfast", and although she felt tired, she was hungry.
After a quick shower, the curly haired girl made her way down to breakfast. She could already tell it would be a long day.
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Draco poked around at his scrambled eggs. He hoped Hermione had received the note, as their meeting would give them an excuse to be together.
'What am I thinking? I've figured out my feelings. We're civil, we like each other—civilly. Everything else was hormone-driven lust,' Draco told himself.
Just then, Blaise hopped into the seat next to him. He was beaming.
"Last night was GREAT!" he exclaimed, causing Draco to jump.
"Please, spare me the details," Draco muttered, rolling his eyes.
"All I've got to say is that Vixen is now mine," Blaise proclaimed happily.
Blaise turned to see some other friends at the far end of the table flashing him thumbs-up signs and grins.
"Oh, gotta run," Blaise said quickly, getting up to take a seat near the other boys.
Draco grinned and shook his head. His best friend was always one for bragging.
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Hermione slid into a seat next to Ginny.
" 'Morning, Gin," Hermione said glumly, serving herself some strawberries.
Ginny immediately noticed Hermione's solemnity.
"Hermione, don't stress too much about it. You'll take a lot of weight off your shoulders. And by the way things have been lately, you could use that," Ginny said reassuringly.
Just then, Ron and Harry joined the girls.
"No way, The Chudley Cannons are way better! I don't know what he was thinking," Ron was telling Harry as they sat down.
Harry nodded in agreement, then turned to greet the girls.
"Hey 'Mione, Ginny," he said, picking up a copy of the Daily Prophet.
" 'ornin 'irls," Ron managed to say through a mouthful of food.
The two boys seemed confused when Hermione didn't greet them back, but Ginny held up a finger to silence them before they could speak.
"Don't", she mouthed.
Hermione sighed.
"Well, Gin, I'd better get it over with," she said, standing up to leave. "Wish me luck."
As soon as Hermione had left, Harry and Ron burst out at the same time.
"What the bloody hell was that about?!"
"Long story short, Hermione's officially ending things with Seamus," Ginny said quickly.
Ron and Harry exchanged terrified glances with each other.
"Gin, I don't think that's such a great idea. Seamus's been really crazy lately," Harry said.
Ron nodded his approval.
"Well, you'd better go help her then," Ginny said.
The two quickly got up and dashed out of the hall.
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The day was clear with a touch of scattered, white clouds. Students lay scattered around, enjoying their Saturday. After scanning the fields, Hermione spotted who she was looking for. She made her way over to him.
"Hey, Seamus," Hermione greeted quietly.
Seamus didn't even turn to look at her. He stood at the edge of the lake skipping stones.
"Look, Seamus, we've got to talk," Hermione began. "Listen, you're a great friend and all, but…" she paused.
Seamus turned to glare at her.
"Just get on with it," he snapped.
Hermione felt scared. Her friends were right about Seamus. He had changed.
She took a deep, shaky breath and continued.
"I-I think we should just…stay friends."
Seamus's eyes were glowing with developing anger. This caused Hermione to take a step back.
"So you mean to say to me," he began slowly, "that I gave you my heart…AND WHAT DID YOU DO?" He was now yelling. "YOU RIPPED IT UP, THREW IT ON THE GROUND, AND STOMPED ON IT."
A few students had gathered curiously at a distance, looking to see what was going on.
Hermione began to back up a bit more.
"S-Seamus, p-please understand," she stuttered.
"NO! YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU…YOU BITCH! YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU AND THAT, THAT FUCKING PUREBLOOD WHO'S HATED YOU FOR SEVEN YEARS?!" he shouted at her.
She turned her head and winced.
"Seamus, there's nothing going on," she whispered timidly.
"BULL SHIT!" he cursed, walking away from her.
"Seamus, please!" Hermione cried after him.
Seamus stopped in his tracks, his ragged breath audible. Hermione stopped, as well, her fear growing with every moment.
Seamus turned around slowly and suddenly launched a punch at Hermione's face. She fell to the ground, blood trailing down a large gash in her cheek.
Just then, someone burst through the crowd.
"What's going on here?" the voice yelled.
All the murmuring students froze, and the last thing Seamus saw was the furious fist of Draco Malfoy come in contact with his face.
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A/N: Hey! Sorry about the short chappy, but I wanted to get this up for you guys quickly (you've all been so good with reviews :D), and I wanted to leave it at this cliffie –grins evily-. Hah, also, everyone was getting all hyped up about the note :D It was just a little random thing, guys, sorry for the anxiety :D
I'll try to have another chapter up soon!!
Oh and for some reason, FFnet didn't email me half of my reviews, so I only got like six via email. Sorry if I accidentally missed someone, I'm not used to looking through the review pages to thank you all :)
Now some thanks to my reviewers…
Luisa: Yay, Lui! Thanks for the review! Lmao, you'll find out soon enough ;) Gratzi again!
Orlis-Diamond: Heh, nothing special, just a random note. LMFAO! LEATHER?! You have a vivid imagination, my dear.
Inuyashaluva245: Hah, I would only be worried if that image didn't make a girl drool! Thanks :D
nikki-malfoy666: Yay, thanks for reviewing!
AngelSerpent91: Hmm, are you sure it's Zabini? I'll have to check with my book to make sure…Heh, alright, alright, you'll get more story…when I update, of course :P
MJ432: Heh, yes, I heart Blaise, too 0.o He just rawks :D –notices Draco getting jealous- Uh, erm, but we love Draco WAY more, don't we? Draco: That's better. :D
Orenji: Don't worry, there'll be some 'action' soon enough ;) This is an R-rated fic ya know :D
HPFanatics311: Aw, thanks! Glad you like it :)
Kais Devil: Thanks! I'll be sure to :D
CranKy: Really? Cool! Thanks for reviewing, and keep reading xD
paper-sky: Why, my pleasure! Thanks for reading :D Yeah, lately for some reason I've found time…let's hope it stays that way o.O
i own u eddie stack: Lmao, nothing special :) Thanks, I appreciate the review!
BiancA: Interesting prediction! Let's see what happens ;) Thanks for reviewing! Don't worry, I'll be sure to keep writing this story. I love it too much to stop!
Alright, that's it for now! My mom's yelling at me to get to sleep, so I finished right on time 0.o…