Draco/Hermione

"Thanks for this, again. I know I don't get deserve your kindness." Draco told me regretfully.

"Draco." Hermione paused. She was getting tired of telling him even though she enjoyed having him apologize over and over again. It was getting old. "You don't have to keep apologizing. I know that you're sorry about the way you treated me and Yeah it did hurt to be called a mudblood everyday like I was disguisting and didn't deserve to be in the same world as you and yours but all that is done now. I'm working on forgiveness. Maybe you should too. It's okay, you can forgive yourself." She offered him a slight smile that he had no hesitation in returning.

He reached his hand out, and she shook it as a peace offering before they headed their seperate ways. Hermione felt someone watching her. She reacted as she would if woldemort was still alive. She could never let her guard down after the war. Too much happened. She jumped and searched the hallway for something, anything that would make sense but she found nothing.

"Hey you." She heard a woman's voice call from behind her. She turned around, It was Pansy Parkinson.

Pansy faked a smile "What are you doing out here all alone? I figured you'd have your bodyguard with you."

"Bodyguard?" What could she possibly be talking about?

"My boyfriend."

"Draco?" Poor guy to be dating that.

"You're on first name basis now? Wow."

"So? What? You're jealous?" Hermione smirked.

"No. More possesive. Stay away from Draco." She said it as a threat.

"I'm just helping him out." She said innocently.

"It needs to stop now. I know what you really want." Pansy crossed her arms.

"And just what do you know?"

"You want him."

Hermione burst out into a fit of laughter. "Excuse me? No. That's just weird. We have finally gotten to a place of friendship. I'm not planning on recking that even if it would piss you off."

Pansy glared "I'm not stupid. I see through your act."

"What act?"

" 'oh i'm so heartbroken because my boffriend cheated on me and I just need a friend.'

Hermione was shocked. Harry? She had to be talking about Harry. He cheated on her? No way. It's impossible she would have known and besides Harry would have never done that to her.

"Harry never cheated on me."

"You didn't know."

"I didn't know what?"

"Harry was with his ex. That's why he left." Pansy smiled smugly.

"Your lying." Hermione was so sure of herself "Harry wouldn't tell you something like that. You might want to think about getting a better story."

"Your right. Harry didn't tell me. I found out on my own." Hermione waited for her to continue. "I overheard him twice. The first time it was on the phone."

Flashback:

Pansy was walking down the hallway to meet Draco. He said he wanted to see her. Finally. She knew he would come around. Her sleeping with Blaise was just a mistake.

She stopped when she heard a familiar annoying voice. It was the voice of Harry Potter.

"Gin. I know this is hard for everyone, right now. It'll all be over soon." He paused. The voice on the other end sounded angry.

"I'm tired of sneaking around too but I do love Hermione, and I don't want to hurt her.

I heard it that time what the other line said. "FORGET ABOUT HER!"

"You are supposed to be best friends...I know you're mad at her for ending things with Ron but it was for the best."

"Look. I can't tell hermione we were together. Not yet."

The phone conversation ended.

End of Flashback

"How do I know you didn't make all of that up?"

"You don't but there's more."

next Flashback:

Ginny ran into Harry's arms. He looked uncomfortable but hugged her back anyway.

"Ginny. Why are you here?" He said letting go of her.

"Aren't you happy to see me?" Ginny whined.

"Of course, I am but Hermione could walk in at any moment."

"I don't know why you care so much about her"

"I'm not having this conversation again."

"Fine but it's okay because I found a solution."

"You're going to go to neville and pray he forgives you."

"No. I already told him. He'll never forgive me. My plan is you leave hogwarts. Say you want to live like a muggle, and you want to go to college. You're just leaving early but say you'll be back."

"Ginny. I don't -"

"Listen. Just convinceher to stay here. She will understand."

"It will be a lie! Ginny, I told you. I love her."

"Fine love her but you don't actually believe that you deserve her. do you? you cheated on her and lied to her. She deserves better. You don't want to tell her the truth. If you leave, She'll have to moveon. It's brillinat!"

"I don't want her to move on!"

"Just think about it. We'll be happy."

end flashback

"and why wouldn't you want to make Harry and I miserable tell me early? You hate us, remember?"

'Draco. He made me promise not to do anything about it."

She shrugged "back to the point.."

Hermione forze. Draco knew. the whole time. He was just s bad as Harry and Ginny. She couldn't believe this. She walked away from Pansy ignoring her.

"Wait! We're not done!"

Hermione searched the whole building until she found Draco in their common room that they had to share as head boy and girl.

She looked lethal. It scared him a little bit.

"Did something happen to you? Are you alright?" Draco tried to figure out if she was physically hurt.

"You knew." She whispered. "You knew Harry cheated on me. You knew that's why he left hogwarts and you didn't say anything!"

He was silent for a moment. "Pansy told you."

"It doesn't matter. Is it true?"

"It wasn't my place to tell you."

"It wasn't your place to decide I didn't have a right to know."

"I was trying to keep you from getting hurt. He was leaving, and It would have broken your heart to know." Draco tried to make her understand.

"No. what breaks my heart is that I was actually starting to trust you!."

"I didn't want you to get hurt." He repeated.

"Well." She looked around " look how well that turned out."

She rushed up to her room. She couldn't look at her former friend anymore. It made her sick to think he'd be lying to her this whole time. Justl ike Harry did. Just like Ginny did.

"Hermione. I'm sorry I didn't tell you"

But she wasn't listening.

The next morning, Hermione didn't get up until around noon. Draco had waited hours for her to come down. He would make her understand.

She descended down the stairs one at a time.

"Hermione. I know you're angry but I just need you to understand-"

Hermione interrupted him "Draco, Stop. Please."

was she smiling?

"I overreacted last night." Hermione paused " I was angry at Harry and Ginny and you were the closest target. I took my anger out on you and I'm sorry."

"You had every right to be upset."

"I know you weren't trying to hurt me. Harry and Ginny did what they did, and It's done. It doesn't matter who knew."

Draco paused "So, you forgive me?"

She smiled "Yeah. I forgive you. You are my best friend, after all. I could never stay mad at you."

He hugged her, and she let him.