Hello everyone :) This is my first attempt at a Dramione fanfic so I hope you like it! :)

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She had been preparing for the perfect moment for weeks now, only to have it ruined by another girl. He had stood a short distance away from her, but the distance still proved to be too much. She replayed the moment in her head, wishing for things she could've said or done in order to change the outcome. But, it was too late. A mere hour ago, she had been about to confess to a certain red-headed boy, until her chance was snatched up by none other than Lavender Brown. Standing in what seemed to be an empty corridor, she allowed the tears to stream down her face and the sobs to escape from her dry throat. Drowning in her own sorrow, she had failed to hear the tapping of shoes that grew closer and closer to her.

"Granger?" the voice asked, cautiously.

Surprised that she was not alone, she quickly dried her tears and swiveled her head around to face the voice. A boy with whitish-blonde hair stood before her, his eyebrows knitted together in concern. "What do you want Malfoy?" Hermione asked hoarsely, frowning at the boy.

"Aww is the little Mudblood upset?" He replied, masking his concern with a tone of mockery.

"Shut up."

"Can't have anything to do with the fact that Ron and Lavender are snogging, can it?"

"I said, shut up."

"You know, I think they've been going at it now for a full ten minutes."

Hermione had had enough; she raised her hand and smacked him, the sound echoing off the walls. "Piss off Malfoy," she said bitterly, marching off with tears still cascading down her face.

Draco raised his hand to his cheek and touched it, as he felt the sting spread throughout his face. "Good one Draco," he thought to himself, rubbing his face in an attempt to soothe the pain, "Whatever happened to good old-fashioned 'Are you ok?' A simple 'What's wrong?' would've sufficed. Curse my rude tendencies." He slunk back down the corridor to the Slytherin dormitory, his cheek still stinging.

Back in the Gryffindor common room, Hermione sat on the couch, her head resting on Harry's shoulder. "I ran into Malfoy earlier," she said slowly, waiting for Harry to react.

"What?" he jumped up, causing Hermione's head to drop onto the cushions, "What'd he say to you?"

"Nothing, really. He just…," she struggled to find the words, "He was just being the rude prick he normally is."

"Did he mention Ron and Lavender?"

"Yes," she felt her heart ache as she recalled the memory.

Harry sat down and wrapped his arms around her, comforting her. "Ron doesn't know what he's missing. He's made a huge mistake passing you up."

She smiled at him and they both sat there for a moment, letting the silence fill the room before Hermione spoke again, "I suppose I waited too long. He was only a few steps away, but she still got to him first. I missed my chance. Not that I had much of a chance in the first place…Who would ever fancy me anyways?"

"Don't say that."

"It's true though."

"No it's not," Harry looked at her, his eyes daring her to contradict what he was about to say, "You're beautiful and you're extremely smart. You've got the beauty and the brains, any man would be lucky to have you. Just because Ron can't see that, doesn't mean you're not. He's blind. Someday, you'll find a man who can clearly see you for the beautiful woman you are."

"You really think so?" she asked, doubting the truth in his words.

"Of course! I know so."

She smiled and reached up to kiss his cheek, "Thank you Harry. I appreciate it, I really do. Ginny's lucky to have such a wonderful boyfriend." Then she got up and turned to leave, her eyes swinging back to look at him once more. "Goodnight Harry."

"Goodnight Hermione."

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Hey guys, sorry it's short. I just wanted to give y'all a good idea of the setting and the relationships between everyone before I started getting into the story. So anyways, I hope you guys liked it (Review, Por Favor!) And I will update the next chapter ASAP :)