Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to JKR! and Harry's heart belongs to Ginny! (yay:) !)

A/N(February 14, 2006): So it's been about a month since my last update. Wow I can't believe it's already been a month of Spring Semester, time really flies. So anyhoo hope everyone enjoys. This is longer then last time yay, well more its more words. Yay so enjoy.

Thank you to Hillary for reviewing!

Oh and I put a small little something in here for all the Hermoine/Ron lovers out there.

Chapter 17

Maggie was woken up the next morning by Ginny, who looked worried when she saw Maggie's red eyes. "Were you crying all night?"

Maggie shook her head, "No, not for a long time, I fell asleep." She let out a shaky sigh.

"Were you crying about Malfoy?" Ginny said gently.

Maggie shook her head and said in a weak voice, trying not to cry, "No, I had a nightmare."

"What about?" Ginny asked her. Maggie shook her head, not trusting herself to speak. She might let something slip. Ginny nodded in understanding and gave her a warm smile, "Well, you're safe now" and when Maggie didn't say anything, " Come on, lets go down to breakfast."

"Ok" Maggie said quietly. She went to the mirror and frowned at her reflection.

"You can come back here and shower after breakfast," said Ginny.

Maggie, with a pained expression, pulled her messy dirty hair into a ponytail and followed Ginny out the door. "I look like shit" she muttered bitterly.

"You look fine," Ginny lied, "It's just breakfast." Maggie didn't look comforted by this. They met Harry in the Common Room and he gave Ginny a questioning look after seeing Maggie. Ginny shook her head and gave him an I'll tell you later look. They all headed down to breakfast.

One look at Maggie when she sat down at the Gryffindor table confirmed Hermione's suspicions that it had been Maggie crying last night. Her anger at Maggie instantly vanished and was replaced by worry for her cousin. She didn't know what the hell Maggie was going through, but it seemed bad. She wanted to apologize and tell her she was there for her, but her pride and stubbornness wouldn't let her.
As Maggie sat down at the table she tried to ignore all the stares. "Just breakfast eh" she grumbled bitterly to Ginny.

"So, who cares what they think?" Ginny said weakly. Maggie just rolled her eyes and helped herself to a single pancake and a miniscule amount of scrambled eggs. Ginny watched her and opened her mouth to say something, but then thought better of it and just helped herself to some pancakes.

Across the Hall a certain blond haired Slytherin sat at the Slytherin table, staring at a certain brown haired Gryffindor. She looked beautiful even though her hair was a complete mess, and her face deadly pale, and her eyes blotchy red. He knew her misery was caused by him and he felt bad. He wanted to run over to her and tell her he was sorry.

But he couldn't; he was Draco Malfoy. Draco Malfoy didn't apologize to people, Draco wasn't nice, he didn't care about anyone. This had to stop. He couldn't feel bad for her. He didn't know why, but there was something about her that made him want to drop the asshole mask. He had trouble controlling himself around her. She would become the ruin of him. It was for the better that they had gotten into that fight, now she would probably stay away from him. This would make it easier for him to be himself.

He got up and walked out of the Great Hall so the sight of her wouldn't make him do something crazy. A pair of glazy green eyes watched him go, and when he was out of sight the owner started breathing again.

Hermione watched this little exchange and let out a gasp when her brain made the connection. "What is it?" Ron asked her, his loving eyes looking worried. Hermione almost told him but thought better of it. Oh but how to make distract him?

She gave Ron a sly smile and moved over to sit on his lap. She winked at Harry who was watching with amusement. Then, she leaned towards Ron seductively and whispered in his ear, "I was just thinking—"she trailed kisses down his cheek and then a soft one on his lips, "—about doing this." She kissed him again, this time deepening the kiss forcefully with her tongue. It seemed to go on for hours though it only really lasted seconds. She pulled away breathless.

It took Ron a few seconds to open his eyes and snap out of it. "See you in class" she whispered in his ear. Then she got up and started to leave the Great Hall. She stopped and turned around, "Ginny!"

Ginny looked up from her food, having missed everything, "huh?" Hermione raised her eyebrows expectantly and then turned on her heel and walked away. Ginny, looking confused, grabbed a muffin and her bag. "I'm gonna go and—yea" She hurried out after Hermione.

"That was weird" Harry said. Maggie just looked at him blankly and shrugged.

Hermione was waiting for Ginny in the hall outside the Great Hall. Ginny walked over to her, giving her a weird look, "Are you ok?" Hermione didn't answer her right away, she thought about how she should tell Ginny.

"I finally figured it out, your little secret. It's Malfoy!"

Ginny stared at her for a moment, her mouth hanging open, processing what she had just heard. Her shock quickly turned into anger. "Have you been like spying on her? Eavesdropping on our conversations!"

"What? No!"

"Oh my God, I cannot believe you Hermoine, that is so low!" Ginny gave her one last horrified glance and started to go back into the Great Hall, but Hermione grabbed her arm and stopped her.

"Please, just listen to me. It's nothing like that."

"Fine" Ginny muttered.

"Ok, I didn't spy or anything," Hermione said and rolled her eyes, "I'm just observant. Anyone who was watching Maggs or Malfoy this morning could have figured it out. She's upset because of something to do with him, and he feels bad about it."

"He does feel bad" Ginny said with a satisfied grin.

"Umm, that's what I said" Hermione said, giving her a weird look. "So will you please tell me what the hell is up with my cousin and Malfoy?" She looked disgusted.

Ginny shrugged, "Apparently Malfoy has a nice side."

Hermione snorted, "I'll believe that when I see it."

Ginny ignored the comment and said, "So you owe Maggs a BIG apology, you know that right?"

Hermione sighed, "What, am I supposed to be ok with this? He could be under a spell. She could be under a spell!"

Ginny shook her head, "But he has nothing to gain from her."

Hermione snorted again, "Of course he does. She's our friend. He can get information on Harry and take it straight to his father, or Voldemort!"

Ginny shook her head again, "He's not a Death Eater. Ok! Really, there's some good in him. Besides, I think I figured out his real secret, why he hates his dad."

Hermione rolled her eyes, "But that's obvious, his dad's an ass!—No wait, he doesn't hate his father. He worships his father." She looked confused.

Ginny took a step closer to Hermione and said in a low voice, "I think his dad abuses him." Before Hermione could say anything, people started coming out of the Great Hall.

Ron and Harry came out with Maggie trailing along behind them. If at all possible, she looked even worse than she had a few minutes ago. The five of them just stood there, the boys looking bored. Ginny gave Hermione a nudge and then walked over to Harry and Ron, "Come on boys, let's go to class" and then pushed them away. Maggie still stood there, not even having noticed that the others were gone and that Hermione was standing in front of her.

"Maggie?" Hermione said, hesitantly. Maggie looked up at her blankly. Hermione saw Malfoy come around the corner and hesitate behind Maggie for a moment. Then he stalked away, glaring back at Hermione as he went.

Hermione turned back to Maggie and took a deep breath, "Maggs, I'm really sorry for our whole stupid fight. I'm sorry I got all….the way I did. And umm, I know about him. Gin didn't tell me! And, umm, I just wanted to say that I am like so sorry—!"

She was cut off by Maggie running at her and wrapping her arms around her in a tight hug. She was crying, the tears fell all over Hermione. You could tell that she was letting it all out, all the pain she had been keeping bottled up inside. "Oh Mione, I missed you so much!"

Hermione started crying too, "Oh Maggie, I missed you too!" They kept on crying, holding on to each other, so glad that the other had forgiven them.

And down the hall, in the shadows, a blond haired boy watched, realizing how wrong he had been. And wishing he had the guts to apologize. And wishing ever more that it was him whom she was embracing.

A/N: Aww and they're friends again. Yea so this chappie was kinda emotional. Eh yea. So anywayz Valentines Day today oooo. No comment on how I feel about this holiday. Well hope everyone has a good Valentines Day, and to those of you that are having a bad one I sympathize.

Oh and I am just about done with the next chapter of Save Me. I'm very excited!

So anywayz please leave me a review and make me happy. And question, is the story getting too emo? or is it ok?