Hermione's POV
I woke the next morning and ran to the bathroom before vomiting heavily. All the crying and refusing to eat last night had made me feel ill. I slipped back to my bed after cleaning myself up and began crying again when I heard a light knock on the door. "Hermione?" Ginny asked.
"Go away." I shouted. I heard the door open and I rolled to glare at Ginny.
"Are you okay Hermione?" Ginny asked. I nodded curtly.
"Fine." I lied. Ginny sighed.
"Are you coming down to breakfast?" She asked.
"No." I replied coolly.
"Hermione you need to eat something." Ginny scolded.
"I'm not hungry." I replied with a shrug.
"Tough, you are coming with me."
"No I am not." I replied turning my back on my stubborn redheaded friend.
"Hermione."
"No." I snapped. Ginny sighed heavily but said no more and left the room, letting the door swing shut behind her.
I lay in my bed a little longer letting the last of my tears fall before I rolled over and headed out of my dorm and out of the tower. I rubbed my eyes and walked down to the dungeons for Potions. When I approach the class I growled angrily when I saw Draco stood against the wall nonchalantly. "You prat!" I yelled storming over to him.
"Listen Granger, I don't give a damn about what you have to say." He replied calmly.
"You don't care about what I have to say fine." With that I slapped him hard across the face.
"You mudblood!" Draco hissed and I fell back in shock, I turned and ran up out of the dungeons with tears streaming down my face. "Hermione!" Blaise cried, I ignored him and kept running until I felt his arms stop me and pull me to him. "What's wrong princess?" He asked gently.
"Draco called me a mudblood." I cried burying my head in the Slytherin's chest.
"What?" Blaise asked in shock. "Where are you going though?"
"To my dorm." I replied.
"No you're not, you'll come with me and Pansy and sit with us in Potions and any other subjects we have together for a while. "We'll even pull Theo, Harry and Ron into it."
"I don't want Ron near me either." I sniffed.
"He's cheated on me and so did Draco, old wounds are just opening." I replied, Blaise sighed and started stroking my hair as I began crying harder.
"Calm down." He said softly. "Calm down, shh." Blaise continued to sooth. I eventually stopped crying and allowed Blaise to lead me back down into the dungeons and into our Potions room.
"Hermione?" Pansy exclaimed. "Is she okay Blaise?" Pansy asked.
"Draco called her a mudblood." Blaise informed Pansy in a low voice.
"That jerk. I don't know what Daphne has done to him but she's done something and I will find out what and I will sort it." Pansy said firmly. I sniffed and walked away from the two Slytherin's before taking a seat at the back of the room on my own.
"Not happening Hermione, you're not sitting alone." Blaise said as he and Pansy came over and sat either side of me. I smiled weakly and rubbed my eyes again.
"I don't know why Granger is so upset her little fantasy isn't real!" Draco said loudly causing many heads to turn to him.
"What did you say?" Dean demanded.
"Well Granger is crying because I don't love her when she loves me." Draco said.
"You do love her; you've been her boyfriend for the past few months." Seamus said coldly.
"Well why don't I remember and only love Daphne then?" Draco bragged.
"Because you're not you!" Neville piped up protectively.
"I am though Longbottom." Draco snapped.
"No you are not!" All my fellow Gryffindor's began to yell protectively.
"Hello class!" Slughorn greeted as he waddled into the classroom, "How are you all today?" There was a mixture of replies as Slughorn waddled up to the front of the class. "Today we will be brewing an antidote for a love potion." He flicked his wand and a list of ingredients followed my instructions appear. "You have this lesson, work in groups, begin."
"I'll go get ingredients." Pansy said standing up and walking off.
When Pansy returned she had a shocked expression on her face and she dropped down beside me. "Come here Blaise." She mumbled. Blaise looked confused but came over to Pansy and she whispered something in his ear, when she had finished his eyes widened. "No?" He cried. Pansy nodded.
"No what?" I asked confused. Blaise and Pansy exchanged a confused look.
"Daphne slipped Draco a love potion. That's why he's been how he is." Pansy said.
"How do you know?" I asked my hopes raised a little but I still didn't trust Draco much at the moment.
"I just heard them talking now, Daphne said to be careful if Slughorn gets us to use it." Pansy explained. My eyes widened.
"How did he take it?" I exclaimed.
"Daphne must have slipped it to him." Blaise said with a frown. I glared over at Draco and Daphne, anger filling me.
"Confundo!" I hissed aiming my wand at Draco and Daphne as Pansy and Blaise looked at me in surprise. I smirked when Draco got some gurdy roots and threw them at Daphne.
"Mr Malfoy! Miss Greengrass, what are you playing at?" Slughorn cried.
"They seem confused sir." Pansy said giving me a smile.
"Oh well, Miss Granger take them to the Hospital Wing, Mr Zabini go with her."
"Yes sir." I said before turning to Blaise, a plan forming. "Go the long way and get a sample of the antidote off Slughorn's desk." I said.
"Why?" Blaise asked as I stood up.
"Just do it." I hissed walking over to Draco and Daphne. "Come on you two." I said loudly trying to get them to stand up, I spent a few minutes 'attempting' to stand them up when Blaise came by his side and took Daphne's arm, together we dragged the two out of the room and up to the Hospital Wing.
"So your plan?" Blaise asked.
"We slip Draco the antidote then we'll see if it does anything but if he acts as if he wants to get back with me I'll play hard to get, I'm not forgiving him straight away." I replied. "He'll have to prove he regrets his action and really does love me." I said calmly.
"Are you sure you're not a Slytherin?" Blaise laughed.
"Gryffindor through and through." I replied with a smile, as the four of us reach the Hospital Wing.