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A/N: I meant to update this a lot sooner, but I kept closing the tabs and having to start over, plus I had a busy weekend going to New Hampshire to get fireworks with my aunt, grandpa, and year-old baby cousin and only got back at eight. Anyway, I hope that you like this chapter, reviews are always great and I could use more, I'm currently in a very bad mood, because this is literally like the fifth time that I am writing this chapter! And though I love to write, writing the same thing over and over again isn't my favorite thing to do, so I apologize if this chapter isn't the best, though I happen to like it, at least more than the last one! (though it's a lot shorter than the first time that I wrote it!) XD
Hermione sat on the bench, just seconds ago Tom had left, just minutes ago their snogging had ended. Neither of them had known that someone had been watching them. Hermione sighed, she knew that she would have to go in for dinner soon, though she would much rather just sit here on the bench for the rest of the night.
"Granger,"
Hermione sprung out of her seat and spun around to see Draco standing behind her. Decided that since Malfoy decided to make an appearance that if must be time for her to go inside she picked up her, or rather Tom's cloak that she had never given back and put it on, clasping the serpent clasp. Her reasons for avoiding Draco were now different than they had been before. Before she had wanted to avoid him, because he was a git, because she didn't want to get in trouble for punching-or even killing him, because he was a waste of her time (she would never get those minutes back), and lastly because she simply didn't want to deal with his taunts about her blood purity.
Now, she needed to avoid him, because as much as she hated to admit it, he wasn't an idiot, and he would be able to put together the pieces and find out that she was a Death Eater.
"What do you want, Malfoy?" she asked, letting out a sigh.
Instead of answering her, he grabbed her left arm and rolled up her sleeve, revealing her Dark Mark, standing out against her slightly pale skin, Hermione snatched her arm back, but the damage was already done, Draco Malfoy had seen her Dark Mark.
"I knew it! I knew that you were a Death Eater, that explains why you were snogging the Dark Lord-"
"What the fuck Malfoy? You bloody idiot!" Hermione exclaimed.
"What's wrong Granger? Scared that the Dark Lord's gonna kill you for exposing yourself?" Draco asked.
"You are dead," Hermione growled.
"What are you going to do? Send your boyfriends Pothead and Weasel after me?" Draco asked, rolling his eyes.
"No, I'm going to send my real boyfriend after you, you know the one that you just saw me snogging," Hermione said calmly as she brushed past Malfoy and headed towards the school, Malfoy, quickly walking to catch up with her, fear flashing across his face.
"Wait, you're not really going to tell him right?" Draco asked, sounding panicky.
"Not this time, but next time, pick the way you want to die, because you're a goner," Hermione said with a smirk, Draco paled even more than he already had. "I'm just kidding, really lighten up, well that is as long as you don't tell anyone, especially not Snape," Hermione said. She knew that she should have told Tom that Snape was a double spy traitor, but she just couldn't bring herself to betray her friends more than she already had.
Hermione sat at dinner, watching as Ron shoveled food into his mouth with disgust.
"Ronald, I would appreciate it if you would actually chew," Hermione snapped once she couldn't take it anymore.
"I am chewing," Ron said.
"Doesn't seem like it," Ginny muttered.
"Sorry mate, I have to agree with them," Harry said with a grin.
"You could chew a little more too," Hermione said to Harry and Ginny smirked at her boyfriend.
Hermione sighed and continued to nibble on her chicken, still disgusted by Ron's behavior, whenever Tom or her brought anything to eat he had excellent table manors. She glanced up from her meal at Ron, who was once again shoveling food into his mouth.
"For heavens sake Ron, I bet Voldemort has better table manors than you!" she exclaimed, standing up and stalking out of the Great Hall, not even looking back at Ron to see him flinch at the mention of Voldemort's name.
Later that night Hermione and Ginny sat on one of the old red and gold in the common room, working on their Transfiguration essays.
"Hermione, can I ask you something and have you promise not to freak out?" Ginny asked.
"Whatever," Hermione muttered, absentmindedly as she began the conclusion of her essay.
"I'll take that as a 'yes Ginny, I promise not to freak out'," Ginny said with a bright smile. Hermione nodded as she wrote down the last word of her essay and stuffed it into her bag along with her quill and ink well.
"We've all noticed your disappearances. . .and well I was wondering if your're seeing anyone?" Ginny asked. Hermione, unable to bring herself to lie to Ginny decided to give her only half of the details.
"Yes, I'm seeing someone," she said.
"Who?" Ginny demanded, reminding Hermione of Lavender and Parvarti when they had just uncovered a good piece of gossip.
"I can't tell you," Hermione said.
"Please Hermione! I swear I won't tell anyone!" Ginny said, on the edge of begging. So, if I told you that I was dating Voldemort you wouldn't tell anyone? Somehow I just don't see that happening.
"No Ginny," Hermions said, gathering up her things and running up to the girl's dormitory where she lay down on her bed, wishing that her life didn't have to be so damn complicated. She knew that she could never hurt her friends, but she also knew that she could never leave Tom. He had done so many things, that she should hate him for and would, but she couldn't, she was falling for the Dark Lord and there was nothing he could do about it.
The next day was Halloween, the day that Tom had killed Harry's parents. Hermione sighed and climed out of her bed, changed into her red silk night gown before climbing back into her bed and falling into a restless sleep.
A/N: I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter! I will be starting a couple more stories soon, so keep and eye out for them, one will be the Cedric/Hermione one that I've been talking about, and the other may be a Harry/Hermione, because I hardly ever see any of that pairing and I really like it! Please review!