I woke up from a tapping noise and groggily sat up. After being a little confused about my where-abouts I finally realized that I was sitting on the floor of the common room. I was pathetic. And I had a headache. I heard the tapping noise again and understood that an owl was at the window. It took me a while to be able to get up and walk over to it, but I eventually opened the window and let the owl in. With content I saw that it was the owl I had sent to Viktor. And it dropped a letter on me before it flew away again. I opened the letter with trembling hands, thinking that I would not be able to swallow another disappointment.

Dear Hermione,

I am going to be at the Three Broomsticks at around noon on Saturday. Come see me if you can.

Love,

Viktor

Usually I would've been happy about that invitation, but right now I couldn't feel any emotion. I was completely blank.

Then suddenly someone knocked on the portrait hole. I knew that it couldn't be Malfoy since I had charmed him with a spell that made him become completely obedient. Still I didn't want to know who it was, there was no person that I wanted to see right now. Except for Viktor maybe. So I decided not to open the portrait. After a couple seconds it did that all by itself though.

"Miss Granger?" Dumbledore asked as he stepped in and then he saw me. Instantly his face showed worry. "Oh my." was all he murmured. I must have looked hideous. Probably all puffed up and exhausted from last night.

"Sit down, Miss Granger." He then continued and I did as he said. There was no use in disobeying the Headmaster. He sat down on the opposite couch.

"A curious thing happened to me this morning as I went to do my matutional business. I stumbled over a very tired looking Mr. Malfoy who was sitting on the stairs. It appeared to me that he spent his night there. After asking him what he was doing there he seemed very confused and stammered something about not being allowed in his common room." he said and paused to wait for a reaction from me. I just looked at him blankly.

"It looked to me like he was under a charm." Still I didn't respond.

"You don't happen to have anything to do with that, do you?" He finally asked and I knew that I had to answer.

"He wouldn't leave, so I had to hex him." was all I said and I was surprised how empty my voice sounded.

"And why exactly was it so important to you that he left?" he wanted to know.

I hesitated for a moment. "Because I was upset."

He eyed me with those piercing eyes of his. "May I ask why you were upset?"
"You may not." I replied coldly.

His eyes looked understanding. "Are you sure that you don't want to talk about it, Miss Granger?"

I nodded firmly and he got up and sighed. "Well then I have to inform you that it is in no way your right to ban your roommate from your common room or his bedroom. That's 50 points from Gryffindor and you can be thankful that I'm not taking any other actions. I am sure it will not happen again." He left without saying another word and I just stared at where he had disappeared. I had just been told. And it wouldn't be long until Malfoy would return, I was sure Dumbledore had taken the charm off of him. I took a quick shower, changed, and fixed my hair with a spell before I practically ran out of the common room. This weekend wasn't a Hogsmeade weekend yet, but luckily I knew some secret passages from Harry.

A/N: Hey guys,
Okay, okay I know that this is like the shortest chapter ever. And I promise it will be the shortest chapter you'll ever see from me. I actually had planned on posting it with the chapter before that, but then I made up my mind. I'm uploading really often anyway so I figured you could live with a short chapter for now. The next one will be longer again, promise! Again - any thoughts = review!

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