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Chapter 15: True friendship
"Draco Malfoy! Why you son of a –"Ron yelped as Draco grabbed his hand and pushed Ron away. Draco glared at Ron coldly. "What?"
"You know very well what."
Draco threw up his hands in the air, exasperated. "God! Did she tell the whole world about the both of us? I thought she didn't want anyone to know!"
"Well, if you must know, she only told me, Harry, and Ginny."
Draco nodded, and turned away. "So, what do you want?"
"An apology."
Draco spun around, bewildered. "Why do YOU need an apology?"
Ron slapped his forehead. "No, you nimwit. Not me. Hermione."
"I see." Draco started walking away.
Frustrated, Ron grabbed Draco's arm. "You're not leaving until you tell me that you'll apologise to her."
"Don't touch me, you weasel," Draco snarled, jerking away. "What's your problem anyway? Why do you even poke your freaking nose into other people's business? Just get lost, will ya?"
"No. And don't you insult my nose."
"Don't make me punch you, you'll be seriously hurt."
Ron put his hands up in the air. "There, there, Draco. Relax, man. Look, I'm not keen on fighting, and I just want to talk to you. All I'm saying is that Hermione's hurt pretty badly, and you've been horrible to her. Did you think of that?"
"You're one to say about that," Draco muttered.
Ron was stunned. "What do you mean?"
Draco swivelled around and started at Ron. "Here you are, talking about me being horrible to her, when a few days ago, you were bad mouthing her, backstabbing her. Didn't you think you were being horrible to her? Did you think of it that way? No, I guess you didn't, did you? So when I do it, I need to apologise, but when you do it, it's okay? Man, you're seriously nuts."
"Look, Draco, I knew where I had gone wrong that time, and I did apologise-"
"Yeah, after she cried and screamed at you."
Ron got angry. "Well, if you don't want to talk about it, then you don't have to-"
"You're right, Ron. I don't want to. And stop meddling in other people's business. Instead, try to bother about your own," Draco said coldly, and walked away.
Ron gritted his teeth. Nope, he wasn't going to let Draco get away with this.
"Draco? Hermione asked me to give you something," Ron called out.
Draco turned, and slowly walked to Ron. "What is it?" he asked curiously.
Ron smirked. "This," he said, and he rolled his fist into a ball.
WHACK!
"Ow!" Draco yelled, holding his stomach, and crying in pain as he rolled about on the floor. Ron chuckled. "That's for hurting Hermione," he said.
Draco got up, wincing, and immediately punched Ron's nose, as Ron screamed, jumping about, clutching his bloody nose.
"And that's for hurting me and for poking your nose into other people's business," Draco muttered, limping away, as Ron continued screaming.
"GOD, RON! WHAT HAPPENED?" Harry yelled in shock as Ginny and Hermione screamed at the gruesome sight of Ron. Ron was whimpering in pain, as his hands were covered in blood. His nose was bloody and his hands were clutching it.
"My nose, my nose," Ron winced in pain, staggering and holding Harry's shoulder as he reached the bed. Ginny and Hermione quickly got up from the bed, and helped Ron sit down on the bed.
"Ginny, go get some towel from the bathroom. Harry, bring a bucket of ice cold water, and a bandage. It's in the bathroom as well," Hermione ordered, as she glanced at Ron worriedly. Harry and Ginny nodded readily, and rushed off to get the things. Hermione gently sat beside Ron, as she asked Ron to face the ceiling, so as to reduce the bleeding. Ginny soon returned, followed by Harry, and as they placed the towels and the bucket of ice water beside Hermione, they too sat beside Ron. Hermione quickly placed a towel in the bucket, and then she mopped Ron's hands and his nose, as well as his face. Ron's cries of pain soon subsided, and the bleeding stopped. Sighing, Ron lay down on the bed, his eyes closed.
Ginny peered at him, concerned. "Who did this to you, Ron?" she asked. Harry nodded. "Yeah Ron, tell us. I'll chase that idiot, and kill him," Harry said angrily, shaking his fist threateningly. Ron shook his head.
"Come on, Ron, tell us. Come on," Ginny urged. Ron remained silent.
"Ron, we're doing this for you! Why don't you want to tell us?"
Ron sat up. "Look, if I tell you guys, then you would just go after him!"
"Of course we would!" Harry replied.
"But you wouldn't want to do it to this guy!"
"Why not, Ron?" Ginny asked, confused.
"Because it's-"
"Draco," Hermione said softly.
Ginny and Harry swivelled around to see Hermione, who was looking at the ground intently. Ron nodded, and he slowly limped to Hermione, and hugged her. Hermione hugged him back, as she desperately tried to control herself from starting to cry.
"Its okay, Hermione, It's okay," Ron whispered, as Ginny and Harry walked over to them and hugged them as well.
Hermione shook her head, and looked up. Her tears were gone, and her eyes were flashing with anger.
"No, it's not okay, Ron. Hurting me is one matter, but hurting my friends-well, if he thinks he's going to get away with this, then he's wrong. I'm sick of crying over him, and being in a pathetic state." She stepped backwards, and looked at her friends determinedly.
"He's going to get it from me, that Draco Malfoy."
With that, she walked out of the dormitory, her friends following right behind her.
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