"Hermione just tell me, you've got to."

"Ron I ... can't. It's already too complicated."

"Then you must tell Harry. You have to."

"Ron no. Not yet."

"Harry has a right to know."

"I know he does."

"Then why don't you bloody well tell him!?"

"RON!" She stopped dead in her tracks and faced a startled red-head. "I... can't tell him yet. So will you leave me alone??" She turned around once again and began to walk to her Transfiguration class.

"He is in love with you!"

"No he is not."

"Why are you in so much denial??"

"I'm not in denial Ron, it's the truth."

Ron grabbed her arm and twisted her around.

"How is that the truth. He took a damn potion to figure it out. So did you."

"Ron... I've studied it. They can be very unreliable."

"Then this Slytherin that you love... that's probably all a lie too."

"Ron... I'm not even sure about that okay?"

"How can you say that Harry's delusional or something."

"Ron listen to me okay? When one takes the love potion, they can see other figures very clearly as well. I saw you and I saw Harry and I saw... him."

"What are you talking about? It shows those who we truly love."

"That's just it! I truly do love you and Harry... but I saw the other person even clearer."

"How can you say this?"

"Because it's true!" She yelled. "Plus... Harry didn't even see everyone that day, it could have been anyone."

Ron was silent for a moment. He gently let go of her arm and began to walk by her side.

"Sometimes, when I look at Harry... I don't see that spark in his eyes that I see in D-... this other boys."

"Hermione? Why can't you tell me who it is?"

"You'll flip that's why."

"Well as long as it's not ferret boy I'm fine."

"Ron... just leave me alone."

"Fine... fine.." Ron said as he lifted his hands.

The two pair of friends entered the Transfiguration class and took a seat at the front of the class. Professor McGonagall was in her feline form and flipping through her papers with her paw. Ron leaned over...

"You're going to have to talk to him sometime?"

Hermione snapped her head towards him and glared.

"I know!" She said sternly.

Hermione pulled out her transfiguration book and turned to the page in which they had left of the day before. She felt someone sit down beside her. Hermione turned her head... it was Harry. She snapped her head back and looked down at her book... careful not to make eye contact.

She felt his gaze fall on her.

"What's wrong Hermione?"

Hermione looked to him and smiled. "Nothing... nothing at all." As she said this, she felt a stab in the ribs. Hermione looked to Ron who lifted his wand and poked her side once more.

"Ron what do you think you're doing."

Ron made an inaudible noise and motioned to Harry. Hermione rolled her eyes and looked back down to her book. She felt another stab in the ribs. Fed up... she decided to take matters into her own hands. She lifted her book and hit Ron on the head. Ron sat dumbfoundedly in his chair scratching his red hair.

"Stop it!" she hissed.

The class was finally seated and Professor McGonogall tranformed into her usual form. After a few moments, she began to lecture about bricks and pillows and their art form. Hermione diligently took notes as she listened to Professor McGonogall. She glanced over to Ron who had his hands folded across his chest and was staring at Hermione. She glared at him and looked back to her notes. She glanced over to where Harry was sitting and noticed that he was doodling on the corner of his parchment. Hermione felt a jab in her ribs once more. She looked over to Ron who mouthed the word 'Now'. Hermione rolled her eyes and ripped off a piece of parchment.

'Harry... can I have a word with you after class?'

She folded it up and passed it to Harry. Harry opened the note and read it. He glanced towards Hermione and ripped off a piece of parchment from his notes. He dipped his quill in the ink bottle, wrote, and slipped the note to Hermione.

Hermione opened up the note and read:

'I can't... I have to do something. Maybe tomorrow.'

'What do you have to do?' Hermione wrote down and passed the note to Harry. Harry read and replied as well.

'Nothing... we'll meet tomorrow.'

Hermione shrugged and wrote down more notes. She felt someone jab her in the ribs again. She looked towards Ron who was also passing her a note.

'Well?'

'Nothing.' She wrote back.

'What?'

'He has to do something... he won't say what it is but he says we'll meet tomorrow.'

'Follow him.'

'Why?'

'Because'

'No, I am not spying on my best friend.'

'Fine then I'll go with you.'

'Ron this is not right.'

'Well I'm going.'

He passed her the final note and she crumpled it in her hand and threw it at Ron's head without looking.

Finally after an hour, the class was over. Hermione bent down near Ron and stuck her books in her messenger bag.

"Let's follow him." Ron whispered into her ear.

"See you guys later." Harry said as he hurried out the door.

"Come on!" Ron said as he grabbed Hermione's hand.

"Ron no this is bad!"

"Like that ever stopped you." Ron replied. They looked behind corners and watched as Harry walked down deserted corridors. He entered the Charms room.

"Maybe it's remedial Charms?"

"Ron, He's not stupid!"

"Yea well you never know." Ron said as he dragged Hermione down the hall. Ron and Hermione reached the Charms doors.

"Let's take a peak shall we?" Ron said as he grinned... a grin matching those of the Weasley twins.

Ron opened the door and looked in. Hermione stood on her tip toes behind Ron and he kneeled down so she could get a better view.

"Ginny..." Ron whispered.

Hermione's eyes widened as Harry kissed Ginny in the empty Charm's classroom. Hermione held her hand to her mouth. Hermione looked down at Ron... his face was bright red. She watched as Harry held Ginny closely... he kissed her passionately... something he had never done to Hermione. She finally realized that Ron must have been fuming. She shut the door and grabbed Ron by the shoulders.

"Ron... okay... it's okay."

"That's my BLOODY SISTER!"

"Ron NO!"

Ron slammed through the doors and pulled Harry off of Ginny.

"Just what do you think you're doing!"

"Oooh Ron please. Don't overreact."

Ron let go of Harry and stepped back to Hermione. Harry's lips were bruised and Ginny's hair was out of place. They both looked to the floor.

"We were... we were just... Wait... hang on... why were you following me???" Harry said.

"It was Ron's idea." Hermione said pointing to Ron.

"Well it was a bloody good idea don't you think?"

"Hermione... I'm really sorry... I don't know what I was thinking." Ginny said as she blushed.

Hermione had just realized that the boy that was supposed to be in love with her... was kissing her best friend. But surprisingly... it did not hurt her as she thought it would.

"Well... it would have been nice if you told me before?" She said... choosing her words carefully.

"Hermione... I wanted to talk to you about it... it's all so confusing though." Harry said quietly.

"Well yea, it seems like it is." She said with a laugh. "You should have just told me you had feelings for Ginny. I wanted to talk to you about this whole love potion thing."

"What about me??" Ron said with his hands up in the air. "No one tells me anything!??"

"That's because you react like that." Ginny said as she folded her arms.

Ron let his arms fall limply by his sides in defeat.

"I think we need to sit down and... talk..." Hermione said quietly.

"Good Idea." Harry said.

"Ginny I look fat." Hermione said as she tried on her Yule Ball dress.

"No you look perfect." Ginny said as she zipped her up.

"Fat." Hermione said simply as she looked in her reflection.

Ginny slapped Hermione on the head. "Beautiful."

"Ugly." she said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Shutup."Ginny replied once more as she pushed Hermione down into the chair.

"Hermione you look great don't worry... plus it's just Ron." Lavendar said as she filed her nails.

"Well... Ron has gotten pretty good looking hasn't he? That beautiful red hair and those gorgeous blue eyes. Nice build too." Parvati said as she giggled. She sat at her vanity as she pinned up her dark hair.

Ginny looked at Parvati in disgust. "Don't ever say that again in my presence. Please."

Parvati let out a laugh. "You're so funny Ginny."

"Alright Hermione... curly or straight."

"I think I'll go curly this time."

"I think we should go curly and wavy." Ginny said.

"Alright just do something with it." Hermione said. She looked at her hair and grimaced.

Hermione watched as Ginny broke out her wand and a few concotions of hair serum. She played with the dark brown hair in her hands. After about fifteen minutes of styling, Ginny pulled her hair back half way and pinned it with a red flower. The waves and curls ran gracefully down her back and played with her feminine shoulders.

"Ooo Hermione you look pretty." Lavendar said as she pulled out the large curlers from her own hair.

"Look here Hermione." Ginny said. Ginny grabbed Hermione's chin and applied some glossy lip tint.

"Okay done."

Hermione looked at herself in the mirror... "Where's the lipstick?" she said skeptically.

"It's there."

"It looks like the color of my lips?"

"Exactly." Ginny said with a smile as she put the cap back on. Hermione stared at Ginny and shook her head in disbelief.

"This is going to be a nightmare." Hermione said to herself as she stared in the mirror. Her robes were strapless with a trail. It was the color of deep red... blood.... but she didn't like to think of it that way. A lace lining trailed along the hem of the dress and the top. She wore Draco's necklace which glistened against her skin. She touched the stone with her fingertips and breathed in a sigh.

After the girls got ready, they made their way downstairs.

"Wow, Hermione... you look great." Ron said as she walked down the dormitory stairs.

"Thanks Ron... what do you want?" she said.

"Nothing!?"

She looked at him skeptically.

"I'm not joking Hermione, you look beautiful." He said with a serious face.

Hermione smiled and hugged him. She gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks Ron."

Ron held out his arm and Hermione placed her hand on it. They made their way out of the portrait hole and to the Great Hall.

The hall glistened with Christmas Trees placed all around the floor. A band was placed on the side of the hall.

"It's the Bogey Band!!" Lavendar said with a sigh behind them.

They were a group of five, premature, boys who sang slow songs and poppy tunes. Hermione laughed as they danced on stage. Ron dragged her out on the dance floor and began to dance in the most bizarre ways.

"Ron what are you doing??" She said as she laughed.

"Great music don't you think?"

Ron grabbed Hermione by the waist and placed her hand in his. He began to dance to the music and hum at the same time. People began to pour in through the doors. The Hufflepuffs... the Ravenclaws... and the Slytherins.

Pansy clung tightly to Draco's velvet robes as he walked through the great hall doors. His robes were a dark hue of forest green... almost black. He yawned as he pulled Pansy through the crowd and to a table.

"Draco let's dance." She purred in his ear.

She took a hold of his hand and pulled him to the floor. Pansy languidly put her arms around Draco's neck and pressed her body towards Draco. Draco reluctantly held onto her waist. He yawned once more and began to look around... specifically for her...

And there she was...

Her laugh stood out of the crowd as Ron twirled her around. Her dark dress wrapped around her sophisticatedly. Draco sighed as he longingly looked at her. He rolled his eyes as he felt Pansy's hand's travel down.

"Pansy not now." He said with a bored voice.

"You've completely changed you know that?" She said as she parted slightly from him.

"And how's that." He said with sarcasm.

"I don't know what's gotten into you. You used to be a legend Draco... and now you're a complete sap."

"What are you talking about?" He said as he sneered at her.

"You were feared by people... they looked up to you... we followed you're every move."

"And your point?"

"It's gone... all that charisma... the power... the sex appeal... it's gone."

"It never left Pansy."

"Look around Draco. It did. And I know why." She nodded her head to the brunette who threw her head back and laughed at the Gryffindor red-head. Pansy let go of Draco.

"I have my priorities Parkinson... I grew up." Draco said. He looked into her cold blue eyes. They had no more emotion.

"You pick Draco... me or her. Now."

"Excuse me?" He said as he looked at her with curiousity.

"Either pick me... the pureblood Slytherin who could give you all you ever wanted... or the mudblood Gryffindor."

Draco looked at her for a moment and sneered. He walked over to her and grabbed her arm roughly.

"You could never give me what she has give me."

"And what's that?"

Draco moved in closer to her face. "Respect." he said simply. Draco yanked her arm away from him and walked away from her on the dance floor. Instead he walked towards Hermione. She was dancing with Ron in the weirdest ways. He walked behind Ron and tapped him on the shoulder. Ron turned around and faced Draco. Immediately, his grin turned into a scowl. Ron held onto Hermione's hand tightly and pulled her out of view.

"What do you want ferret boy?"

Draco rolled his eyes. "A dance with Hermione."

"You have no right to address her by her first name you prat!"

"Ron... don't..." Hermione said from behind him.

"You can't dance with her."

"I don't think you have that authority Weasley... why don't you ask the lady?" He said simply.

Ron stared at Draco and narrowed his eyes. He slowly turned around and looked at Hermione.

"He's the Slytherin isn't he?" Ron said simply.

Hermione looked down to the floor and let go of Ron's hand. "I knew you would be mad Ron... that's why I didn't want to tell you."

Ron put his hands on his hips and laughed. "This is bizarre." He said simply. "Do you want to dance with him? Ferret boy?" he said pointing at Draco.

Hermione opened her mouth but nothing came out. She simply nodded her head. Ron's eyes widened as he turned to Draco.

"I don't even know what to say??" He said with exasperation.

Ron stepped out of the way. "Go for it." and he left the dance floor.

Hermione watched as Ron walked away, his hand ruffling through his messy red hair. "It'll take a while I guess." she said as she watched Ron sit down at the table.

"I'm watching from here!!!" Ron yelled out from the table. He folded his arms and stared at Draco.

Draco chuckled to himself and ran a hand through his blonde hair. He looked up at Hermione. Her cheeks flushed and her eyes sparkled like diamonds.

"Do you want to dance with me?" He asked.

"I'd love to." she whispered.

Draco moved in closer and put a hand on her back. Hermione put her hand on his shoulder and put her other hand in his. He gently began to lead to the soft music that played. It was a light, jazzy tune that made Hermione close her eyes and place her head on Draco's shoulder.

Draco knew that many eyes were on him and Hermione. "Hermione?"... Draco said as he glared at people who passed by.

"Yes?" She said sleepily.

"Let's go out into the garden." he let go of her and stepped back.

Hermione stood in front of him. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing... just meet me out in the garden." Draco said nervously. He took one last look at her and left for the garden.

Hermione watched him leave. She pulled back a strand of hair that had fallen out of place and walked back to Ron.

"Well? Did he do anything to you?" Ron asked as he stood up from the chair.

"No he... left?"

Ron looked at Hermione. "Ofcourse he left... he's Malfoy!"

"What?"

Ron rolled his eyes. "He's embarassed to be with you."

"Ron that's ridiculous." She said with a sarcastic laugh.

"You... as beautiful as you are.... are a muggle-born Gryffindor. Even if you were muggle-born Slytherin or pure-blood Gryffindor... no one would like it. You are best friends with the Harry Potter... the boy that is against all of their parents. What did you expect Hermione?"

Hermione stared at Ron as her jaw dropped slighlty. She had never seen it in that way... and he was right.

He was absolutely right....

Oh my god I am SO SORRY!

Wow that was like half a summer in waiting for an update! I am so terribly sorry. I will update a lot more frequently now. I just got the most severe case of writer's block... I was seriously thinking of discontinuing this fanfic... BUT... I thought to myself: Why should I discontinue it? That's just leaving work unfinished... and I HATE that. So I will not discontinue it. I am finally out of writer's block and I've got some great ideas for it. Just be patient.

I am writing a new fanfic... it's almost done (I wrote it while I was experiencing severe writers block with OppAttract). When this is done I will post it up. It will be done yes, but I will post a chapter a week... just to keep up the suspense. It is a lot better than this fanfic. Well duh considering this was my first fanfic.

I realized how much it helps to practice writing. My writing really improved in the newer fanfic and I really hope you read that.

I am so upset that I made you all wait for so long!! And I'm really scared that I lost readers. No no no no come back readers come back!! I updated! I promise I'll update sooner!! COME BACK READERS!! ::Hands the reader's a plate of Saturn's Candlesticks' chocolate chip cookies:: come back!!! lol! Okay I'm done.

I'll update hopefully by next week. If I don't. You have my email... send me some hate mail and I'll update! Lol

Anyway let me just cover a few points:

- Yes the Harry/Ginny thing was a surprise... But there was no other way. Plus everyone was like "noo don't hurt harry!!" so I couldn't. I think that was my initial plan anyway... to have Harry end up with Ginny. Plus Ginny really loved him.

- When you drink the love potion... you see people that you truly love. So Hermione would see her parents, her cat, harry, ron, ginny, and... dun dun DUNN Draco Malfoy. Ron would see Hermione, his family, Harry and whoever else. Get it? It all depends on how clearly you see that person. To Draco... Hermione was crystal clear. To Harry, Hermione wasn't as clear but he could still see here... therefore assuming that he was in love with her. However! He did not see Ginny that day. Ginny saw Harry crystal clear as well. Get it? Get it?? Lol! I hope taht's not too lame! Forgive me haha.

- I am NOT discontinuing this fanfic... i'm still in the writer's block stage so please excuse my writing for now :( It's ebbing away, that writer's block, but it still lingers. Dreadful isn't it. ::wipes tear away::

- I will have a new fanfic coming up soon after this is done... maybe even before! You guys let me know when you want the new one up. It's dedicated to one of my good friends Rachel becuase we all love her!! hah! yea so let me know kiddos k?

On to the reviewers:

Alexian Goddess - Thanks very much! I hope I didn't lose you lol. Long update, terribly sorry!

Saturn's Candlesticks - Yea I know... you'd expect him to force it on her or something. But he's in loveee. I think he still has a little denial going on. I believe that Draco can never really get over the denial until later on in his life. Keep reading!

Mmdamiss - You know what... I was a little skeptical with the train incident. But I changed it!! Read the first chapter... it's a lot better now.

Imogenhm - Who'd you think she'd see? Lol!

KaleidX - Thank you so much! I won't have Draco go to Hermione's house in this fic... BUT... my next fic will feature that. ::zips mouth shut:: I shall say no more.

The Cedar Girl - So sorry for the long wait! I hope I didn't lose you :( ! Thank you!

Hi Im Crazy - Lol. Duh it was gonna be Draco that she saw. People were really getting scared lol. I was kinda like... you guys youknow who it's going to be don't worry lol! Thanks a bunch! Ms. Devoted Reader. I'll update faster. Promise. Oh I love Hermione and Ron's relationship too... it's so brother and sister. (I'm actually big on R/H but I hate writing it... I leave that up to JKR!)

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lizziegurl15 - ahh! Again sorry! Thank you!

Gesym - Lol nahh I would never do that. Make it Harry at the last moment lol. Yes Draco in all my fanfics are kinda like ryan in cruel intentions except with a little Draco in it. And yep I saw the movie 4 times... it was amazing. They were all so hot! HAHA I'm like 17 and they are all younger than me!! That's so weird. But hey... guys in my school go ga-ga over emma watson when she's like three years younger... so why can't I with daniel radcliffe?? ::drools:: Tom Felton!!!! I heard he likes olive skinned girls. I should definitely be his girlfriend! LOL! Yea like that would ever happen.

Ahnna - Yea I know, when I first wrote it... I thought it was a bit fast. I think I'm still on a little bit of that writer's block rollercoaster :( So bare with me please! Lol.

Always the Dreamer - Draco is SEXY! He's the sexiest!!

Life-Is-Good - Lol Ron's still trying to cope! And Harry doesn't know!!! Ahh choas!

Alyssa-Farrell - God I wish I had Draco too. He's such a bad boy.

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Applescm - I am a hopeless, sappy, romantic. Everyone in my school knows it too and some people make fun of me! Lol it's so funny. But I really can't help it!

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LillianaRose - I did straighten out the Harry mess. The love potion is a very dangerous thing to deal with. You can see many people while you drink it or are under the effects of it. Harry saw Hermione first... and believed taht he was in love with her. He tried to convince himself that he loved her... but really loved another woman (ooo scandalous)... which would be Ginny. Big crazy mess lol.

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TriGemini - Thanks :) yes they are finally together but they must still jump over a few more hurdles while being together :(

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