Just A Dream- Chapter 10

The day seemed to drag on and by the time it was lunch, Hermione couldn't be happier. All she wanted was for her classes to be over already and to see Draco. She shook her head and tried to clear her mind of those types of thoughts. "Hey, Hermione." Said Harry as he sat down next to her. "Hey, Harry. Where's Ginny?" she asked him as she looked around for her. They were usually together most of the time and it was weird to see him alone. Harry shrugged. "I can ask the same thing about Malfoy." He told her. Hermione grabbed some pumpkin juice and shrugged. "Can we talk about earlier?" he asked her in a low voice. She looked at him confused for a second and then remembered the conversation they had this morning.

"Oh…that…"she said nervously as she looked around. She didn't see Draco at the Slytherin table or anyone they knew around them so she nodded. "It's obvious that you like him. Everyone can see it. I just don't get why you keep on denying it." He tells her. Hermione looks down at her food on her plate and shakes her head. "I don't have time to think about dating, Harry. I don't want to fall behind in my classes or anything like that." She said as if it was obvious. "Yeah, I know, but you do like him, right?" he asked her. They were both quiet for a bit and then she nodded. "Then just tell him. From what I saw last night, he really likes you a lot." he told her. Hermione's face turned red and she remembered that they had been there watching them from time to time when she had gone after Draco. "Harry!" yelled a voice as they both turned to see Ginny coming towards them.

They both looked back at each other and Hermione shrugged as if saying, I'll figure this out later. Ginny sat down next to them and smiled at Hermione. "Where's Malfoy?" she asked her. Harry answered for Hermione and told her that he hadn't been seen since this morning which was true. Hermione looked over at the entrance to the Great Hall and saw Ron with Lavender coming their way. She rolled her eyes and wished she wasn't near any of her friends right now. They were all together with someone and that was the last thing on her mind. She regretted looking up because the sight of Ron and Lavender kissing made her sick, but was glad she had an excuse to leave. She left to the library after telling her friends she was going to do some homework and arrived in time to get a few classes work done before lunch was over.

Just as she was leaving the library to go to her next class, she felt someone pull her to the side and was surprised to see Draco. "Hey, I haven't seen you all day." She said as she hugged him hard. She felt him smile as he hugged her back and they stayed like that for a bit. "Was feeling a bit sick so I went to the common room to sleep it off." He told her as they pulled away. "Are you feeling better now?" she asked him. He nodded as they walked to class together. "It was just a really bad headache, but I'm fine now." He assured her. "So then we're still hanging out in a few hours?" she asked him once they stopped outside of the classroom. Draco nodded. "Yeah. Or do you want to hang out tomorrow instead?" he asked her. She shook her head. "I just thought that maybe you might want to just rest to be sure that you're feeling better." She explained. He smiled and shook his head. "Stop worrying about me. Everything's fine with me ok. Just meet me after classes are done and we'll go to Hogsmeade ok." he told her before he left.

She walked into the classroom and thought about what Harry said at lunch and sighed. I really don't want to think about any of this, she thought to herself. The rest of the day went by and she did her best to not think about what Harry said and meeting up with Draco in a bit. Hermione walked up to the common room and was about to leave her things in the girls dormitory when Ron came up to her. "Hey." He said. "Hey…"she said cautiously, wondering what he wanted. It seemed like every time they talked, it led to some stupid conversation and right now she couldn't deal with something like that. "Are you busy right now?" he asked her. Hermione shrugged. "Kind of. I'm supposed to meet…" she trailed off since she knew how he was when she mentioned Draco. "Oh, him. Uhhh…can we talk for a few minutes please?" he asked her. She hesitated and then nodded. "Just let me go and leave this in the room." She said as she showed him her bag before leaving. She quickly went to leave her bag on her bed and quickly went back to the common room where he was waiting for her.

"What is it?" she asked him as they sat down on the couch by the fireplace. "I know I shouldn't even bother saying this and I have no idea why I am, but I still like you. I don't know what you see in him, but he's just gonna hurt you in the end and I don't want you to get hurt." He told her. Hermione sat there in silence, a bit surprised by what he said but at the same time not surprised. She knew he would say more about them sooner or later. "I don't get why you're telling me that you still like me. If you're saying it in hopes of me changing my mind about Draco, it's not going to happen. And if you really do like me, why are you with Lavender? Is it so that you won't feel lonely? If you don't like her that way, then just end it with her and stop messing with her feelings." She told him. She stood up and shook her head. "Just get it through your head that we're only friends. Me and you. Nothing more. I don't like you that way and eventually you'll find someone better than me." She told him.

Ron stood up and scratched the back of his neck. "You're right about a lot of things." He murmured. Hermione looked at him in surprise. "You really don't like Lavender?" she asked him. He shook his head. "Then just end it with her. Let her find someone who actually likes her." She told him. She looked at the time and sighed. "I have to go. I'll see you later." She said as she ran out of the common room and down to the courtyard to meet up with Draco.

[I just finished this chapter so leave me a review about what you think of it please! :D Sorry for making you guys wait for a new one but yeah. I hope you guys enjoyed it! Gonna work on chapter 11 right now!]