Hermione's POV

Later that night I poke at my salad and sighed. Ron seemed distracted. He kept on looking at something in the distance then looking away. Whenever I would ask him what he was looking at, he said he was looking at nothing.

I peaked over at the Slytherin table to see what Malfoy was doing. He was messing around with Goyle and Theodore. They were throwing playful punches and occasionally one of them would fling peas at the other two. They looked like they were having fun, especially Malfoy. I was happy for him, he deserves a little fun.

"What are you looking at?" Ron asked when he saw the smile on my face.

"Nothing" I replied as I went back to my salad.

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Draco's POV

"Here's to my freedom" I said as I flung a spoonful of peas at Goyle and Theodore's faces.

"Yeah, freedom. Well, until Pansy gets tired of the new guy. Who is he anyway?" Goyle asked.

"Don't know, I don't think she came to the common room last night" Theodore said.

"So it's not a Slytherin?" I raised my brows. Pansy hates everyone who isn't a Slytherin. "Scandal."

"Probably, but might not be a guy. She might be trying to make you jealous" Theo said.

"And look at her. Shes eating alone. If she had a man, wouldn't she be hanging into him?" Goyle added.

"Well let's hope this guys for real" I said.

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Hermione's POV

It was 8:00 when I left the Great Hall to head back to my room. It was strange still. Ron was acting weirder then usual. Normally when I would say goodbye to him, he wouldn't let me go. But now...he won't even touch me.

"Are you mad at me?" I asked Ron before I left. Harry and Ginny left not that long ago to do something I don't want to think about.

Ron looked shocked. "No."

"You're acting weird. Are you mad at me because of Malfoy?"

"No, Hermione" Ron sighed. "I love you, I'm just going through a lot right now."

"Like what?"

"I'll tell you when I'm certain I know."

That conversation replayed in my head all the way to the seventh floor. Ron was driving me crazy, but I still love that oaf. When I reach the dorm Snape's portrait appeared.

"Good evening Miss Granger" Snape said.

"Good evening Professor" I said back. "Frozen lemon."

Snape nodded and the door swung open. I walked through and saw Malfoy sitting on the couch with a piece of paper in his hands.

"Hey" I said as I walked past him towards my room.

"Wait a sec" he said as he stood up. Malfoy approached me and handed be the paper. "McGonagall wants us to protrol the halls tonight."

"Okay" I said as I read through the letter. It was true. "How about we go around 11:00, it's an hour past curfew. We might catch a few."

"Alright" he said as he walked past me to his room. "It's a date."

I laughed at him as I walked into my room. He is such a dork. I laid my bag on my desk and pulled out my homework. There wasn't much since it was the first day of class.

Around 10:40 I finished my Charms homework. I stretched in relief and stood. It's been ages since I've done homework and I was already enjoying it. I replaced my robes for jeans and a tank top and my flats for knee high brown boots. I slid my wand into my boots and went out to the common room.

Malfoy stood over by the roaring fire. I cleared my throat to get his attention. He turned around and smiled.

"Well well well Granger. You look...don't punch me now, hot" Malfoy said.

I chuckled. "You look nice too." It wasn't a lie, he was wearing a black button down shirt and tan pants.

He nodded with a smile. "You ready?"

"Yes" I said. We both walked to the entrance and stopped. "Ladies first" I say.

"Thank you, sir" Malfoy curtsied.

"Where do you think we should start?" I asked him.

"Let's just walk" Malfoy suggests. "We could stumble on something."

"I kind of want to give someone detention, you know" I told Malfoy.

"Me too, I was always the one receiving detention, but I want to give it" He admitted.

"Woah, there Malfoy. I think the powers getting to your head" I chuckled.

Malfoy smiled. I never noticed how handsome he was before. I never looked at him really. We hated each other too much.

We were down in the dungeon when we heard a noise in the closet. The closer we got to the door we just heard moaning.

"You want to bet at what's behind the door?" Malfoy asked with a smirk.

"Ew" said whispered as I smacked his arm. "You open the door."

"So far this date sucks" he whispered with a smile. Malfoy grasped the door knob and turned it. The door swung open. "Freeze."

Neither of us were prepared for what we saw.

Pansy was laying on her back on a table. That didn't seem that shocking to either of us, but the man on top of her with his pants wrapped around his ankles, that was a another story.

"Ron?" My voice cracked. "How could you..." I couldn't finish the sentence.

"Wait Hermione, this isn't what it looks like" Ron said as he fixed his pants.

'Isn't it?' I thought to myself but I couldn't speak. I felt as if my entire heart was ripped out, stomped on, and thrown back in place.

"Stop" Malfoy said as Ron stepped towards us. Ron stopped in the doorway. "That's close enough."

"Buzz off Malfoy" Ron snapped. "This is between my girlfriend and I."

"Ex" I whispered but neither one of them heard me that well. "Ex girlfriend."

"Hermione, please. I made a mistake" Ron begged.

"What? Did your penis accidentally fall in to Pansy multiple times?" I yelled. I was shacking and tears were pouring out of my eyes.

"Let's go" Malfoy said as he wrapped his arm around my waist as if I would fall at any moment.

"No" Ron said as he grabbed my arm and yanked me back.

"Hey" Malfoy yelled as he punched Ron in the face. Ron went down hard.

"Hermione..." Ron moaned.

"Leave me alone, Ron" I said as I walked away. "I don't want to see you again."

I ran back to my room without stopping. Malfoy was behind me yelling for me to stop. But I didn't. I yelled the password when I saw Snape appear and ran in before he could ask anything.

When I was in the comfort of my own room I broke down. I slid down the door and sobbed. So many emotions were surging through me. Hurt, betrayal, violated.

There was a frantic knock at my door. "Granger! Open the door. Hey, can you hear me? Open up."

I was crying to heard to say anything. What could I say. 'Sorry you saw my so called boyfriend having sex with the girl you have sex with' ? I don't think so.

The knocking stopped and the only sound that could be heard was my crying. Not even a second later Malfoy came crashing through my bathroom door and knelt down in front of me.

"Hey" he said out of breath.

I wiped my eyes with my wrist to see more quickly. "Hi."

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Do I look okay?" I sniffed.

"That was a dumb question" he chuckled slightly. "Come on, its late. You should get some sleep." I nodded and tried to stand but my knees finally gave out. "I got you" Malfoy said as he scooped me up in his arms and then placed me on my bed. "Get some sleep."

"Malfoy" I said as I caught his hand as he turn. "Can you stay with me?"

Malfoy turned around and nodded. "I'm going to put some pajamas on. I think you should do the same."

I nodded then he was gone. Slowly I got up as walked to my closet and pulled out a shirt and some pants. I was still a little shaky and I jumped when I heard Malfoy knock on the door.

"Come in" I said with a weak voice. Malfoy walked in wearing shorts and a long sleeved blue shirt.

"Do you need to use the bathroom?" He asked.

"Um...no. I just want to sleep" I said.

"Well" Malfoy said as he walked over to the bed and pulled the covers down. "Hop in."

I laid down on the right side of the bed and Malfoy took the left. Malfoy adjusted the blanket to cover us both. We both laid there in silence. I was almost asleep when Malfoy spoke.

"Can I ask you something?" He asked as he turned towards me.

"Sure" I said as I turned to face him.

"Can I call you by your first name?"

I smiled. "Yes Draco."

"Thanks Hermione" he chuckled. I fell asleep to the sound of his laughter.