A/N: This one is only short but well I couldn't think of anything else…Thanks to those who have reviewed! Glad you like the story…here's chapter 4.

DISCLAIMER: I only own the plot.

Chapter Four: Betrayal.

Hermione looked up at the sound of someone walking towards them. Ron was glaring at her. She looked at him with fear. She was sitting on the steps laughing with Draco Malfoy. Ron walked up to her.

"So you are dating him then? Got rid of Harry already?" He spat at her.

"I…like it has anything to do with you…and for your information I am still dating Harry. Don't be angry with me for merely laughing with a friend." She said coldly. Ron just glared at her and roughly pushed past them and headed of in the direction of the Gryffindor common room. Hermione looked at Draco.

"You consider me a friend?" He asked a little taken back by her statement.

"You make me laugh…although I don't know why…Dumbledore trusts you…he may have made a mistake when he trusted Snape but you stopped Snape from killing him last year. Something I found hard to believe but after seeing the real you…how can I not believe your on our side?" Hermione said simply. Draco smiled a little. He was looking into Hermione's beautiful eyes. Beautiful eyes? The thought made his insides squirm but not in an unpleasant way.

Hermione watched as a blush came over Draco's cheeks,

"Malfoy likes me!"

Draco laughed with a shrug, "Well I'd better go. You know, classes and all."

Hermione nodded and waved by, watching Draco leave, only instead of walking with dread, she noticed he had a slight skip in his step, as though he were truly happy.

With a smile Hermione stood and headed off to get her books for that days lessons not even noticing her boyfriend walk into the Entrance Hall looking for her. Harry called out to Hermione but she must not have heard him as she kept on walking. Instead Harry just headed off to the Charms corridor to wait outside the classroom for her. A few minutes later Hermione arrived and smiled at Harry although it looked very forced. Before either of them could say anything Professor Flitwick came bustling up the corridor and they went in to their classroom to start revise a few things on what they had learnt in the previous year. Ron didn't sit with them. Instead he sat with Dean and Seamus who looked unhappy about this but didn't say anything as Ron kept giving Hermione and Harry filthy looks whenever they were looking.

"He really has the shits doesn't he?" Hermione half asked half told Harry. He only nodded and continued with his work. They didn't talk for the rest of the lesson and Harry hurried out of the room without talking to Hermione. This hurt her a little but not as much as she thought it would. Malfoy walked past her brushing her elbow as he passed. Her stomach filled with butterflies but she ignored them and went to the Gryffindor Common Room. She had a free period and decided to spend it thinking about last night's events. Ginny was in the common room when Hermione climbed through the portrait hole so instead of worrying about what would become of her, the two girls spent the hour and a half laughing and joking about the silly things that the boys in the 6th year were doing near the fire. Ginny was putting up a front. She was deeply troubled by what Hermione had told her this morning and she also had another thing on her mind…Harry. The bell rang indicating lunch and the pair left the common room for the Great Hall. Hermione took her place next to Harry but he didn't even realise she was there. Hermione took offence to this.

"What's up with you? You left Charms so quick this morning. Did I do something wrong?" she asked him carefully.

"No…I have things on my mind…you heard what Dumbledore said last night."

"Yeah well if you'd stayed instead of running off like a sook you might have heard everything but instead it was all about you…well for once Harry it isn't!" Hermione snapped at him. Harry looked at her in shock. Hermione had not spoken to him since the disaster with the Half Blood Prince's potion book.

"What…I…he wants me to drug Ron…what could be worse than that?"

"Like I said Harry if you'd stayed you would know wouldn't you? I am the one he is after not you!" Hermione stormed out of the Great Hall without even looking back at Harry. Ginny gave Harry a look that said quite plainly, "Good one" and ran after her friend who was once again out by the lake.

"How can he be so insensitive? He is a jerk," Hermione cried.

"He doesn't know what's going on Herms…you should tell him."

"I can't…I don't think…he would hate me."

"No he wouldn't…he would support you. Ron told me something about you and Malfoy today as well."

"Oh yeah what'd he say? That I was talking to him? Well I was! So what? I'm allowed to talk to people aren't I or is that a crime now?"

"Hey don't get up me…I don't care who you talk to…I was just saying you know. It'll get back to Harry."

"I don't care…he is…a jerk at the moment as well as Ron," Hermione just stared out at the lake. Ginny didn't know what to say. She couldn't keep defending Harry because then Hermione would know how she felt about him…a crush that Ginny had never gotten over. Instead she said goodbye to Hermione and headed up to the castle. When she arrived at the big oak doors Harry was there. Waiting, she presumed, for Hermione to come back in.

"Hiya Ginny…umm there's something I need to tell you," he said looking serious.

"Sure what is it?" Ginny asked casually.

"I think…I might…well…"

"Just spit it out Harry!"

"I like you…a lot," he told her quietly.

Ginny looked at him. Part of her was leaping with joy, the other half was annoyed. He was going out with Hermione, who needed her boyfriend now more than ever and here he was telling her he had feelings for her.

"No you can't your with Hermione…you don't like me…only as friends…"

"I know I'm with Hermione…its been a fun two weeks but what I feel for you is stronger…I don't know why."

Ginny couldn't resit. She knew it was wrong but she couldn't hold back. She leaned in gently and kissed Harry on the lips. He returned the kiss but broke apart rather quick as Hermione had just walked in and witnessed their little kiss.

"How…how could you?" she ran up the stairs tears forming in her eyes.

Harry and Ginny looked at each other rather guiltily. They had both just broken Hermione's heart. Now she had no one. No friends and only Ginny knew that she had no real family either.