Chapter ThreeThe Love Triangle

Hermione sat on her bed, befuddled. She held the letter firmly in her hand. Who had sent it to her? She looked at her clock. " Midnight..." she whispered. Hermione put the letter to her heart. She got up, crossed the room, and sat on the window seat. Hermione stared at the moon. Looking at the moon, she whispered, " Whoever sent me this must be seeing the same exact moon as me..."
Draco was lying down on his bed, happy indeed. He sighed slowly, and felt relieved that he had sent the letter. He knew Hermione got it. He saw her clutching it as he left the Great Hall. He smiled, wondering about what Hermione thought about the letter. He sat up. He turned to his clock. " Hmmm...past midnight..." he muttered. He got out of bed and walked to the window that faced the moon. He stood there and looked up at it. " I wonder if Hermione is looking at the moon too."
Early the next morning (Sunday), Draco woke up. " Mmmm...morning...go away." he mumbled into his pillow. He hadn't slept too well. Draco had had a horrible dream that had to do with Hermione and Ron. In his dream, Ron had gone up to Hermione and kissed her hard on the lips. Hermione looked surprised, but didn't fight back. Hermione had stopped kissing Ron, looked and saw Draco. She had given Draco a evil smile and went back to kissing Ron. " NOOOOOOO!!!!" Draco shouted. Then Draco had shot up in his bed, little beads of sweat dripping down his face.. He was very tired. Groaning, he pulled down the covers and got out of the bed. Draco took off his night clothes and put on his shirt, pants, and robe. Draco saw that all the boys were still asleep. He looked at his clock. " 5:00 a.m. !?!?! Ugh...I should go back to sleep." he said in an angry whisper. "Too late... I'm already dressed. Good thing I took a shower last night." he said as he ran down the staircase . No one was in the commonroom. "I wonder if I'm the only one up.." He quickly went to the entrance of the room, and exited.
The first rays of the early morning sun began to creep into the hallways of the school as Draco made his way to the Great Hall. The thought of eating encouraged him to go faster. As he entered the Great Hall, Draco saw that he wasn't the only one up. Ron Weasly was sitting alone at the Gryffindor table. Just Ron and Draco.

"Great," muttered Draco under his breath. No teachers either. Draco ignored Ron and quickened his pace to his table. Suddenly he was filled with a huge hunger. He quickly gathered food onto his plate and began to eat. After fifteen minutes of eating, Draco looked up and saw that Ron wasn't sitting at the Gryffindor table anymore. In fact, he was gone.

"Huh?" Draco said. He felt a tap on his shoulder.

"Oh, so that's where you went Weasle. What do you want ?" asked Draco. The one person he didn't want to talk to, and now he was forced to.

" My name is WEASLEY. Get it right." Ron snapped back.

" Geez, Weasley. Calm down. Your face is as red as your hair!" Draco snickered.

" Whatever. Now listen Malfoy. Stay away from Hermione. You can't have her." Ron said in a very stern voice. Draco's face flushed, and he suddenly turned away. Ron frowned.

" You can't fool me, Malfoy. You have a crush on Hermione. Well, you better find someone else because she's MINE!" Draco pushed back his chair and stood up. His eyes burned into Ron's.

" Whatever gave you the idea I liked her !??!" roared Draco.

" Oh please Malfoy. It's so bloody obvious. Just take my advice- find someone else." With that, Ron walked away from the table, content with his words.
Draco just stood there, his mouth slightly opened. He slowly walked out of the Great Hall. He thought about what Ron had said. Everyone knew Ron loved Hermione; it's just that Ron had never openly admitted it. Draco sighed. " I didn't know I'd be dealing with a love triangle..." he whispered.