For one thing, Draco Malfoy was scared. Any minute now, Hermione would come through the front door, and he would have to explain exactly WHY there was a charred, smoking, mess on the stove. And when Hermione got mad, he should run. Where to, he was not exactly sure, but maybe he could by some time before she came after him.

The door opened slowly, and out stepped a very tired Hermione.

"Er, Granger?"

"What is it, Malfoy?" Hermione put a hand on her temples. "You better not have burnt the pie I baked for Harry and Ginny."

"Well, um, see Granger," Draco shifted anxiously.

Hermione sighed. "Ah well, I can bake another tomorrow. Is there any ice cream or milk?"

Draco shook his head. "It's a no on the milk, but yes on the ice cream. Would you like some?"

"Cookies and Cream."

Draco took the ice cream out of the freezer, though he unwillingly plunged his hand into the cold freezer. "Why do Muggles have this cold thing to put stuff like into? Don't they have something more convenient?"

Hermione slowly shook her head. "Hey, Malfoy, can we please not have this conversation right now? I need to rest."

As she started to leave, Draco actually began to worry about poor ol' Granger. This woman that he was living with was a shadow of the girl who had punched him in the face in 3rd year. It was….odd, to say the least.

"Hey, at least take the ice cream! I plunged my hand into a small, frozen wasteland for this." Draco angrily held out the ice cream. Hermione turned around and Draco got a closer look at the woman's' face.

"Granger…were you CRYING?" Draco said incredulously.

Hermione glared at him. "Just give me the ice cream."

Hermione's POV

Who does that Ron think he is? We go out to dinner and he says he has something to tell me. So of course I think it's a proposal, but what is it really? It's a breakup dinner. On top of this, Draco burned the pie. What a wonderful day. Hermione laid down to catch up on her favorite show, Downton Abbey. The time period was so engaging and she had fallen in love with the characters. Then came a knock on her door.

"Draco, I know it's you. You can come in."

The door slowly opened, and Draco poked his head in. "Y-you called me Draco."

Hermione groaned. "Yes, I did. Now what do you want?"

Draco hesitantly stepped into her room. "D-do you want to talk about it?"

Those words broke the dam and Hermione just burst into tears. "I actually really loved him, y- you know? E-even though we fought a lot, I-I thought we could m-make it work! I had th-these hopes and w-wanted to marry him! All I wanted w-was a happy ending..." Hermione sobbed into her coat and the ice cream.

Draco blinked. "So the Weasel broke up with you?"

Hermione shot him a watery glare. "W-well, what does it look like?"

Draco just looked at her. "At least you can get over him, right? I mean, now that he's out of your life, you can get stronger."

Hermione still cried.

Draco spent the night holding her.

A/N: And there you have it! The breakup chapter! Now, after several hours of having to hold down the Shift key with my elbow, here is the chapter you've all been waiting for. I hope you're happy, because the chapter will NOT be as angsty as this. I can back to writing Go Fish card games! Yay! Just a warning: Stacey will be introduced as an actual character in the next chapter, and Tim might make a reappearance. Just sayin'. And then, well, things might…..heat up between Draco and Hermione! And The Defiant Child, yes, that was a Doctor Who reference. Stay safe guys!

~Stardust