A few weeks after what Hermione thought was a break through in their relationship, Draco and Pansy broke off their relationship. Even though Hermione felt bad for then, she couldn't help but feel happy that her relationship with Draco could finally move on with their relationship. After the night that he opened up to her, they began to feel more comfortable with each other and even took their relationship outside of the common room. Though everyone, besides the few that actually knew about their relationship, gave them weird looks. Anyone who tried to say something about their friendship would get a threat from Draco and most people did not try again. For those who did, he followed through with his threat and cursed them until they had to be sent to Madame Pomfrey.
Pansy and Hermione started spending more time together now that Pansy wasn't spending most of her time with Draco, and Hermione was trying to pry out of her who she liked. Normally Hermione didn't care about this stuff, but with Pansy she let her self indulge in acting like a girl for a little while. After many hours of Hermione's pestering, Pansy finally told her that her new crush was Blaise Zabini, but that she didn't know how to tell him considering that he was Draco's best friend. Hermione thought that if she could get them together, then she wouldn't have to feel bad about being with Draco so soon after Pansy and he broke up. Hermione took this as her mission and left Pansy looking confused as ever when she quickly sprinted away saying that she would fix everything.
Later on that night, Hermione was in the head common room with just her and Draco when she decided that tonight would be the night that she would tell him of her feelings. Inside she was freaking out, but outside she was cool as a cucumber. She asked him if he would just spend the night with her tonight, instead of making plans with his friends and he agreed. She was surprised that he agreed so quickly, thinking he would put up a little fight and that she would have to make up a lie about having to go over the Hogsmeade trip that was this coming weekend, but she was actually relieved that she didn't have to lie to him, that wasn't really a great way to start off their relationship. After they had a house elf bring up their food, they started to work on the finalization of the Hogsmeade trip, after what seems like hours of what they were doing, the finally finished and Hermione realized that somehow they shifted towards each other and were now touching elbows. Though to some people it may not seem like a big deal, Hermione could barley control her breathing at the fact that she was touching him even in the slightest way. Just when she was about to move towards him more, he moved away from her. Hermione let out a breath that she didn't even know that she was holding in.
Draco then turned to her, and was about to say something when she decided that it was now or never so before she lost her nerve she quickly said,
"Draco, I like you a lot, like more then I ever liked anyone in my life. I know that we just started become friends but my attraction didn't just happen. I know you probably don't feel the same way but I just really needed to tell you how I felt."
When she saw the confused and horrifying look on his face, she decided to make a run for it before she started crying, and ran from the common room.
Hermione tried her best to avoid Draco the next few weeks, and since he didn't try to talk to her, it wasn't hard at all. She figured that he didn't try to talk to her because of how disgusted he was by her admitting her feelings to him. How stupid could she be? Thinking that he could reciprocate the feelings that she felt. He may have changed enough to be friends, but there was no way that he changed enough to think about being in a relationship with her. Even though he hated his father with everything in him, being with a muggle born would tarnish his Malfoy name, and he just couldn't have that now, could he? Thankfully she had Pansy by her side at all times, even sitting at the Gryffindor table with her. Pansy and Blaise got together a few weeks after Draco and she broke up, and she couldn't of been happier for her best friend, but she was finding it a little hard to listen to her talk about her relationship all the time especially when there was no hope for any relationship got her.
When the whole Draco thing first happened, she had ran to Pansy. At first she wasn't sure if she should tell Pansy the truth, afraid that her friend would think of her as a back stabber, but her friend listened to her with open ears and hugged her as she sobbed. She asked her not to tell anyone, and Pansy was true to her word, even keeping Blaise in the dark for as long as Hermione wanted. After the first week of non stop crying, Hermione decided that enough was enough. Even though she was still upset, she was also mad, and Pansy taught her when you get mad you get revenge, and that is exactly what she is going to do.