“I thought you were going to get physical with her?” Goyle asked, his nose twitching in a rather peculiar way.

“I got bored with it,” Draco sniggered, dropping shredded fairy livers into his potion. “It doesn’t smell that bad.”

“Yes, it does,” he replied, backing away from his potion. “Where is she today, anyway? Shouldn’t see be here?”

He shrugged. “I don’t know, and I don’t care.”

It wasn’t a lie. While he did feel a small twinge of pity for her, he liked it better when Hermione wasn’t around. He’d had his months with her, and he had already moved on.

“School is almost over,” Goyle pointed out.

“Congratulations,” replied Draco. “You finally discovered the purpose of a calendar.”

….

Hermione laid on her bed, her mind racing and her head aching. Draco had broken up with her a week ago, and no one had noticed. No one cared.

She sighed; knowing that everything she’d done was a mistake was too much for her. She let things get out of control. She’d never let things get so messy before, and now that she was at rock bottom she didn’t know what to do. Finally, she sat up and crept down the stairs, her head pounding.

Ron and Harry were sitting in the Common Room, whispering silently about things Hermione didn’t know. The fact that she’d had them out of her life for so long hit her all over again and she became slightly nauseated with herself.

After waiting a couple of minutes for the overwhelming sense of sickness to pass, she silently walked over to the two boys, and sat down.

“I'm sorry,” she began. “I let… I let a boy come between our friendships, and now that we’re over, I realize everyone that I’d hurt in the process.”

“You broke up with him?” Ron asked, his surprised eyes meeting hers.

She nodded. “Yeah, but that’s not important. I miss you both, and honestly … I'm dying with out you. I'm really sorry.”

“Okay,” Harry nodded. “You’re forgiven.”

“That’s it?” Hermione asked, flabbergasted. “You’re going to forgive me so easily?”

“Yep,” Ron smiled. “It’s what good friends do.”

She could only smile and hug them.