p style="text-align: center;"Sorry I haven't updated in a while anyways lets get back to the story!/p
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p style="text-align: center;"After Hermione told Ginny everything that happened it was nearly midnight. " So you and Draco are dating now?" Ginny asked./p
p style="text-align: center;"" Yea, it's kind of strange how it happened isn't it?" Hermione answered. Ginny stared at Hermione before questioning her again. " Do you think Draco asked you out to just make Ron jealous?"/p
p style="text-align: center;"The color drained from Hermione's face as Ginny finished her sentence. She got up from Ginny's bed and started pacing as she thought about it./p
p style="text-align: center;"" Bloody hell! It's almost one o' clock!" Hermione said quickly changing the subject. Before Ginny could respond Hermione yawned loudly and walked over to her 4 poster./p
p style="text-align: center;"She sighed and looked under her bed. Her Christmas gift for Draco was still there. Hermione decided to give it to him in the morning and closed the curtains of her 4 poster. /p
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p style="text-align: center;"Draco as pacing in front of the fireplace in the Slytherin common room muttering to himself./p
p style="text-align: center;"" What have I done? Asking out a mudblood... Father is going to kill me..." Draco didn't even know why he had asked Hermione out- he knew it wouldn't work out yet he did it anyway!/p
p style="text-align: center;"Draco sighed and stared at the fireplace before heading into the boys dorm./p
p style="text-align: center;"emstrongThe next day.../strong/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"Draco woke up noticing a piece of parchment on his nightstand. He wondered if the note was from Hermione but quickly pushed that thought from his mind as he snatched the parchment off the nightstand./p
p style="text-align: center;"He noticed that it was a letter from his father./p
p style="text-align: center;"emDraco,/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"emThe ceremony will take place at the Dark Lord's headquarters this Friday at 10:30 sharp. There will be a guard at the door. Give him the password mudbloods. DO NOT BE LATE!/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"emLucius./em/p
p style="text-align: center;"Draco thought of Hermione and imediatly felt sick. He couldn't imagine what his father and the other death eaters would do if they found out he cared for someone not of pureblood./p
p style="text-align: center;"Draco sighed and started writing a note- but it wasn't to his father. He changed into decent clothes and combed his platnium blond hair before leaving the boys dorm to head to the owlry./p
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p style="text-align: center;"Hermione was talking to Ginny in the great hall. Harry and Ron weren't awake yet so she decided to meet up with Ginny for breakfast./p
p style="text-align: center;"As Hermione picked up her glass of pumpkin juice a magnificent great horned owl landed gracefully where the glass previously was. Hermione took the note from it's leg and unraveled it. She read it several times and felt tears threatening to fall from her face./p
p style="text-align: center;"" What's wrong? " Asked Ginny noticing her friends condition. " I h-have to g-go. " Hermione answered shakily. She grabbed her books before storming off to the girls dorm, Ginny trailing behind her./p
p style="text-align: center;"When Hermione reached the girls dorm she collasped on her 4 poster and burst into tears. Ginny came in shortly afterwards and gently took the tear stained note from her crying friend./p
p style="text-align: center;"She read it aloud quietly. She realized that it was Draco's handwriting./p
p style="text-align: center;"emstrongHermione,/strong/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"emstrongI am so sorry to tell you this but we have to break up. We also can not remain as friends anymore. I want you to pretend that I don't exist. You probably hate me for this but I'm only doing this to protect both of us. Once again, I'm so sorry but this is for our own safety./strong/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"emstrongSincerely, Draco./strong/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"" Oh 'Mione I'm so sorry. "/p
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p style="text-align: center;"End Of Chapter/p
p style="text-align: center;"Im going to try to update once a week now because I don't want to leave this story hanging all the time. I'm so sorry that this chapter is also short but I have big plans for the next chapter. Anyways this is The Dimented Owl signing off until next time./p
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p style="text-align: center;"After Hermione told Ginny everything that happened it was nearly midnight. " So you and Draco are dating now?" Ginny asked./p
p style="text-align: center;"" Yea, it's kind of strange how it happened isn't it?" Hermione answered. Ginny stared at Hermione before questioning her again. " Do you think Draco asked you out to just make Ron jealous?"/p
p style="text-align: center;"The color drained from Hermione's face as Ginny finished her sentence. She got up from Ginny's bed and started pacing as she thought about it./p
p style="text-align: center;"" Bloody hell! It's almost one o' clock!" Hermione said quickly changing the subject. Before Ginny could respond Hermione yawned loudly and walked over to her 4 poster./p
p style="text-align: center;"She sighed and looked under her bed. Her Christmas gift for Draco was still there. Hermione decided to give it to him in the morning and closed the curtains of her 4 poster. /p
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p style="text-align: center;"Draco as pacing in front of the fireplace in the Slytherin common room muttering to himself./p
p style="text-align: center;"" What have I done? Asking out a mudblood... Father is going to kill me..." Draco didn't even know why he had asked Hermione out- he knew it wouldn't work out yet he did it anyway!/p
p style="text-align: center;"Draco sighed and stared at the fireplace before heading into the boys dorm./p
p style="text-align: center;"emstrongThe next day.../strong/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"Draco woke up noticing a piece of parchment on his nightstand. He wondered if the note was from Hermione but quickly pushed that thought from his mind as he snatched the parchment off the nightstand./p
p style="text-align: center;"He noticed that it was a letter from his father./p
p style="text-align: center;"emDraco,/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"emThe ceremony will take place at the Dark Lord's headquarters this Friday at 10:30 sharp. There will be a guard at the door. Give him the password mudbloods. DO NOT BE LATE!/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"emLucius./em/p
p style="text-align: center;"Draco thought of Hermione and imediatly felt sick. He couldn't imagine what his father and the other death eaters would do if they found out he cared for someone not of pureblood./p
p style="text-align: center;"Draco sighed and started writing a note- but it wasn't to his father. He changed into decent clothes and combed his platnium blond hair before leaving the boys dorm to head to the owlry./p
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p style="text-align: center;"Hermione was talking to Ginny in the great hall. Harry and Ron weren't awake yet so she decided to meet up with Ginny for breakfast./p
p style="text-align: center;"As Hermione picked up her glass of pumpkin juice a magnificent great horned owl landed gracefully where the glass previously was. Hermione took the note from it's leg and unraveled it. She read it several times and felt tears threatening to fall from her face./p
p style="text-align: center;"" What's wrong? " Asked Ginny noticing her friends condition. " I h-have to g-go. " Hermione answered shakily. She grabbed her books before storming off to the girls dorm, Ginny trailing behind her./p
p style="text-align: center;"When Hermione reached the girls dorm she collasped on her 4 poster and burst into tears. Ginny came in shortly afterwards and gently took the tear stained note from her crying friend./p
p style="text-align: center;"She read it aloud quietly. She realized that it was Draco's handwriting./p
p style="text-align: center;"emstrongHermione,/strong/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"emstrongI am so sorry to tell you this but we have to break up. We also can not remain as friends anymore. I want you to pretend that I don't exist. You probably hate me for this but I'm only doing this to protect both of us. Once again, I'm so sorry but this is for our own safety./strong/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"emstrongSincerely, Draco./strong/em/p
p style="text-align: center;"" Oh 'Mione I'm so sorry. "/p
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p style="text-align: center;"End Of Chapter/p
p style="text-align: center;"Im going to try to update once a week now because I don't want to leave this story hanging all the time. I'm so sorry that this chapter is also short but I have big plans for the next chapter. Anyways this is The Dimented Owl signing off until next time./p
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