I cry as I stare at his grave. I miss him. I'll always miss him. We had very little time together, and even then it was hidden. Nobody understands. Nobody understood. Nobody knows what it feels like, to see me one true love dead.
Because he is. Dead, I mean. I know he is. And though he'll always be in my heart, it's not enough. It's not like everyone says. When he was hit with that curse, I knew it was over, and people telling me, "He's not gone, he'll always be right here," and patting my heart won't make me believe. I wish I could have spoken to him before he died though. At least once, at a time when he wasn't trying to get my best friend killed. Though sometimes I think he was just afraid, scared for his family.
Tears stream down my face as I think of all our good times, from the time we kissed accidentally, to the moment of his death. That was a great day. It was Christmas time, and there was mistletoe everywhere. The catch? This mistletoe was wizards charmed mistletoe, as in it won't disappear from above your heads until you kiss. It's used very often to get people together.
I lay down the flowers I picked in front of his grave. Most people would wonder why I picked them myself, when I could have just conjured them. But the answer why, is because conjuring seems so pointless, so thoughtless, too easy, too simple. Doing it myself seemed more heartfelt, personal.
The wind is blowing my bushy brown hair everywhere, but I don't care. It's not my problem. I can remember all those times I look into his cold grey eyes, I can remember the first time I saw feeling in them, how happy I felt. The time when I realised I was in love with him when we were 16. And even though he has the Dark Mark, I don't care, because it's just another beautiful part of him, and he's the only one that can make it beautiful. I give a small giggle thinking of all the fights we used to have back at school, and how I tried to convince Harry he wasn't a Death Eater, even though I truly knew he was.
That's right. I, Hermione Granger, am in love with Draco Malfoy.