At 1:32 there was a pop and Draco appeared. She stood up and walked over to him, "What is this?" she demanded showing him the note
"Ahh well…" he started
"What is it?" she demanded again
"Well…"
"Draco if we're going to get married you better start telling the truth or this is never going to work."
"I can't tell you," he said
"And why the HELL NOT?" she screamed
"I'm sorry Hermione I just can't."
Hermione who was standing up sunk back down to the couch and sat there stunned. Draco walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Get your hand off of me," she said
They heard footsteps out in the corridor and someone knocking on the door.
"Yes," said Draco
The door opened and Narcissa stuck her head in, "Is everything okay I heard screaming?" she asked
"Everything's fine," Draco said
"Okay well goodnight," and she closed the door
"Silencio," muttered Draco
"Can you at least tell me who AB is?"
"Hermione I want to tell you but she made me promise not to say anything," he realized what he had said and went quiet immediately
"Who's she?" and then Hermione realized and sunk deeper into the couch, "Oh God," she cried
Draco tried to give her a hug but she pushed him away.
"Don't ever touch me again," she said coolly. I trusted you and stood up for you when they wouldn't believe you and you go and stab me in the back. You haven't changed. I thought you did, but you never did you are still the cheating, lying dirt bag that you always were," she stood up
"Hermione please," he begged
"You had your chance Malfoy," she pulled the ring off of her finger and threw it at him, "In the end you will always be one of them. You will always be a Death Eater," and with those finally words she ran out the door and into her room. She slammed the door and put a locking spell on it that couldn't be unlocked and then she muttered a spell and all of her stuff packed itself into her trunk. She then grabbed her trunk and apparated.
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Draco flopped down on the couch and threw the mask and cloak down on the ground. He fingered the ring and then slipped it in his pocket. He then stood up and apparated.
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Hermione dragged her trunk into the bedroom and flopped down on the bed. She looked and realized she was still wearing her dress. 'I thought I took that off when I went to be. I guess I just flopped down on my bed. Oh well I'm too tired to care now. I don't think I'll ever wear it again anyways. Too many memories. How could he do that,' she thought and that's when the tears started to come. She grabbed a pillow and put her face into the pillow and cried herself to sleep.
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"Professor I have to tell her. I can't do that to her," he said
McGonagoll sat at her desk listening
"I have to. Even if you say I can't I still will. I can't stand to see her like that. So I was just wondering if you will be there because she probably won't believe me if I say it but if you are there and back me up well I'm hoping she will believe me. So will you?"
"Okay, but only her nobody else is to know."
"Professor I think I might be best if Potter and Weasley know also so they don't kill me," he said
"Fine but Hermione can tell them after. Only her there at the start."
He nodded, "But the problem is I don't know where she is."
McGonagoll nodded, "I understand. Before I go on further I need you to promise me that you are on are side and not being a spy for your Aunt. Or I can't help you because I'm not going to have Hermione turn against us."
"Professor I would never go back to them."
"Okay," she said. Listen closely because I will only tell you once and you may never tell anyone this, "The Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix is at Number 12 Grimmauld Place."
He looked shocked, "So that's how you guys new everything and got to the attacks before the Ministry?"
McGonagoll nodded, "We are kind of the third side. There was always the Death Eaters were the bad, and then the Order who were good so Voldemort against Dumbledore and then there was the Ministry who never believed anything we told them so sometimes it seemed they were on Voldemort's side but then sometimes they helped us, but they never knew about us and that will be as it always will go. They were the third wheel that everyone trusted but shouldn't have and they never did anything."
"So it really wasn't the Ministry that my father complained about stopping their attacks. It was really you guys?"
McGonagoll nodded again, "You should find Hermione there but I urge you to wait until morning. I will be there at 10:30 and I'll call her down to talk and you will be there but she won't know you are there. Okay?"
"Okay, can I apparate there?" he asked
"How about you apparate here and then we can go together so you don't get any hassle from anybody at Headquarters."
"Professor I think if it's okay I will just stay in my dorm tonight. I can't go home," he said
McGonagoll nodded, "I'll meet you in the Entrance Hall at 10:30."
"Goodnight Professor and thanks," he said
"Goodnight," she said
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a/n Well it's short I know. I wanted to write the whole 'talk' but I don't have time so that will be the next chapter probably up around the weekend. So please review. Parents are saying they're cutting off computer time so I hope to get some more updates but I'm thinking if I'm not on the computer as much they won't ban me so don't expect updates so soon. So please review incase I get kicked off the computer when I finally get back on I'll have a full inbox. Thanks