Chapter 4

A/N: disclaimer: I own nothing to do with this story, except for the plot. It all belongs to J.K Rowling.

"And as I went to kiss her, there was a huge chunk of hair in her mouth. But she quickly removed it and then kissed me. But to top off a bad evening, as we were kissing I spilt my butter beer all over her! After all that, we decided we were better off as friends."

Ron was telling Hermione and Ginny about his first date with Lavender yesterday.

Both girls were almost in tears.

"Ron, that is the worst first date ever!" Ginny exclaimed.

"I know! It was awful!" Ron agreed.

But Hermione didn't say anything. She felt it wasn't right with Harry not there.

Harry was still recovering from his fight with Voldemort. He was lucky he lived. He was in a coma for over five months.

Because his internal and external damage was so bad he had to get muggle help.

But he is supposed to return to Hogwarts in a week.

Hermione, Ron and Ginny are planning a huge welcome back party for him. As they are the ones who miss him the most, they are extremely excited to have Harry back, soon.

xoxoxox

Ginny was sitting in her charms class when writing appeared on her paper.

Ginny,

Please meet me at the room of requirement at midnight tonight. I really need to talk to you. I will be waiting for you.

Blaise

Ginny was in shock. He actually wants to get back together!

What am I going to do? She thought.

She had to talk to Hermione.

xoxoxox

After dinner Hermione went and saw Ginny in her room. Ginny said it was important.

When Hermione waked in the door she was greeted by Ginny.

"Oh Hermione I'm so glad your here!"

"Gin are you okay?." Hermione asked.

"No. Blaise asked me to meet him at the room of requirement at midnight tonight."

"Omg Gin! Are you going to go?"

"I don't know. Should I?"

"Yes, think you should. You don't have to date him, just go and see what he says."

"Okay, I guess I can do that."

"I can't believe he wants to get back together with you!" Hermione exclaimed.

"I know. I can't believe it either! You would have thought he would have learned the first time!"

"Yeah I know."

"But it's going to be hard to reject him, especially if he kisses me. He is such a good kisser. He makes my knees weak every time."

"Gin, just do your best. And listen to your heart, okay?"

"Okay. Thanks Hermione, your the best."

"I know." She laughed and pulled her friend into a tight hug.

xoxoxox

Hermione was in the library when her owl came for her. She took the letter from her owl and gave it a treat before it flew away.

Hermione thought something must of happened because she never gets owls from her parents.

It was important. But she couldn't believe they told her in a letter!

She was furious! She couldn't figure out why they would do this!

She didn't bother stopping the tears that flowed out of her eyes and down her cheeks. She fell forward onto the table with her arms coming out to hide her crying eyes.

Hermione wasn't sure how long she spent there. She just cried and cried.

xoxoxox

Malfoy was sitting in the common room, staring at the clock.

Where was she?

It was 10:30pm, well past curfew. And Hermione was not one to beak the rules. Something must of happened.

Before he knew what he was doing, he got up and walked to the one place he thought she would be.

The library.

He didn't know why he cared! They are enemies, not friends, so why is he looking for her?

But something deep down told him something had happened. And the curious side in him told him he had to go find out what happened.

He spotted her at the back of the library. Her head was resting on her hands which were resting on the table. Next to her was a piece of paper.

He knew he should turn around and go back to the common room. But instead he walked up to her. He pulled up a seat next to her.

"Granger." Malfoy said softly. That was the softest he had ever spoken to her.

No response.

"Granger."

She half grunted and half sniffled in response.

"Granger, what's wrong?"

"Why do you care, Malfoy?"

Malfoy had no idea why he cared. He didn't know how to answer that question. Luckily she continued talking.

"Let me guess. You want to rub it in my face. I'm crying and you want to make fun of me. Am I right?" She snapped without looking up.

"No, Granger. Your not right. I may be your enemy, but that doesn't mean I can't be there for you when your hurt. So Granger, tell me what's wrong." That was the nicest he had EVER talked to someone. What is wrong with him?

Instead of answering his question, she pushed the piece of paper towards him. He picked it up and read it.

Dear our darling Hermione,

Darling, we are very sorry to inform you about this in a letter. We just thought you should know.

Before you hear this, we want you to know we are very sorry that this happened and we know it will be very hard on you, but we want you to understand why we did it.

Honey, your father and I are getting a divorce. We have had counselling and help to try and continue our marriage. But it didn't work.

We filed for a divorce about two months ago. In three more months we will no longer be married.

You are probably wondering why we are getting divorced.

Ever since you have gone off to boarding school, your father and I have spent so much time together. It was great at first, but then years later we have nothing to talk about and we are constantly arguing.

Instead of loving each others flaws, we are now hating them.

Daring, your father and I are trapped in a loveless marriage, and we both want out. We are so very sorry, Hermione.

Please forgive us. We know this is going to be hard on you, but just try and accept it.

Once again we are sorry we had to tell you this in a letter. We just couldn't wait until you came home for Christmas. We should of told you when we first filed for the divorce but we couldn't bring ourselves to tell you.

Always remember, all men are rude pig headed asses. But when you meet the most stubborn one of all, let him in and discover what he really is like on the inside. Darling, true love is something special so don't let a good opportunity pass by.

We love you honey and we are so very sorry.

Love always mum and dad xoxoxo

Malfoy put the letter down. He could feel how much this was hurting Hermione.

"Granger, is divorce when a couple who are married separate from each other?"

Hermione looked up.

"Yes. That's what we call as muggles."

"I am sorry that this had to happen to you, I can't fully understand what you must be going through." Malfoy said while wondering where all this niceness was coming from.

"Thanks Malfoy."

"Hey, look on the bright side. Now you get extra presents when it's your birthday and Christmas!" Malfoy said, grinning.

He was trying to get her to feel better. But why?

"Yeah I guess your right." She replied with a small smile creeping onto her face.

"That's right Granger. Smile. They say laughter is the best medicine." Malfoy smirked. He came up with that one all on his own.

Little did he know that it is a commonly used phrase in the muggle world.

Hermione laughed.

"There we go!" Said Malfoy grinning.

She laughed again, her smile growing.

"Let's go back to the common room, okay?" Malfoy suggested.

"Okay." She replied while folding up the letter and putting it in her pocket.

They made their way back to the common room silently. They were waking in comfortable silence, both left alone to their own thoughts.

xoxoxox

Malfoy woke up the next morning feeling good. He didn't know why, as he usually feels crap in the mornings.

He thought back on last night. He had actually helped her. He had never done anything like this ever before.

But why did he do it?

Hermione woke up in a really bad mood. Which is completely the opposite to how she usually is when she wakes up.

She was furious with her parents for doing what they did. She wanted to see them, but knew it can't happen.

After getting ready, Hermione made her way down to the grand hall for breakfast.

When she arrived there, Ginny and Ron both fell silent and looked at her with sadness in their eyes.

"Ron. Ginny. What's wrong." Hermione asked.

"Hermione, we just found out Harry isn't coming back in a week. He'll be back in a month." Ginny said.

"What! Oh no!" Hermione's eyes filled up with tears.

They didn't talk through out breakfast. Hermione hardly said a word all day.

When she walked into the common room after dinner, she found Malfoy sitting on the couch, studying.

She flopped down on one of the love seats.

Malfoy didn't even acknowledge her.

She cleared her throat to get his attention.

No response.

She cleared her throat again.

No response.

"Malfoy." She said.

"Malfoy." She shouted.

"What?" He shouted, still not looking up.

"Don't ignore me!" She yelled.

He looked up.

"Granger, can't you see I'm busy?" Malfoy said, extremely annoyed.

"You don't have to ignore me!" Hermione yelled, standing up.

"I'm not going to take this Granger." He said while packing up his things and began walking to his room.

"Wait." Hermione said softly.

Malfoy put his stuff down on the couch and walked up to her.

They were inches apart. She was leaning closer to his lips.

She softly whispered Malfoy and leaned closer...

A/N: and cliffy!

Mwhahaha!

OMG THEIR GOING TO KISS!

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