A/N: I'm back, baby!

Hi everyone! Cherri here! Today, I'm starting my brand-new songfic, The Hardest Thing. It's based off of "The Hardest Thing" by 98 degrees. This is a song that I thought was so sweet, that I HAD to do a songfic for it, so please, if you haven't heard it before, take some time and go listen to it. It's really nice ;)

Last time, I did a humor fic, so this time, I'm completely reversing it to Hurt/Comfort. I hope you enjoy it!

I really don't have anything I want to say right now, other than that the fic will be completely in Hermione's point of view, so let's just get onto the story!

DISCLAIMER: I am not J.K. Rowling, nor am I in the band "98 degrees", so I am a disclaimer. Nothing but the storyline belongs to me. :(

Rain poured from the clouds. The sky was bleak, full of gray clouds. I sat on the window seat in my apartment. I remembered the last time the rain came down this hard. It was a year ago. The day when Draco had left me.

"Draco?" I asked, quietly slipping into the room. He had been ignoring me for a while, which started a little after we had gotten engaged.

"What?" he snarled. He was packing his clothes into a suitcase.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Leaving, of course. What does it look like? I can't stand you." he growled.

"What? B-but why? Dra-" I stammered.

"Don't. It's Malfoy to you now. Get out of my house." he said.

"No, you can't mean that. Draco, tell me this is a joke. Please tell me you love me." I said, tears already starting to build in my eyes.

He stiffened and turned towards me. He looked into my eyes with his stormy gray eyes. "I don't love you. Get out." he said.

My heart broke and I ran out of the room, crying.

My throat closed up as I remembered it. I was now 23. I worked for the Ministry, overtime, a lot, trying to forget him. I'd pass by Malfoy Manor daily, and had to swallow down tears everytime I did. I was pretty sure Lucius and Narcissa still lived there, but Draco had run off.

Even now, I couldn't figure out what I did wrong, that made him hate me and run off. I had tried to be happy and to move on, but somehow, I just couldn't.

I tucked a loose strand of caramel brown hair that had fallen out of my messy ponytail behind my ear. I looked at the diamond ring worn on my fourth finger-a reminder of our engagement that never really existed. It brought me both pain and happiness to wear it, but I had gotten used to wearing it daily, so I never stopped.

Suddenly, there was a loud tap at the window, and I when I turned my head to see what it was, I could barely believe it. My mouth dropped open.

Outside, stood a familiar, large gray owl. One that I had seen lots of a year ago, delivering letters to Draco for me when we were apart. One that brought back fond memories.

"No way." I murmured. I ran to the window, and took the envelope that was tied to it's leg. He flew away, leaving me with an clean envelope with my name written on it with Draco's familiar handwriting. It read "To: Miss Hermione Granger-(Malfoy)", dated for yesterday-one year since he had left.

With trembling fingers, I opened the envelope. I pulled out a sheet of parchment and read it out loud:

"We both know that I shouldn't be here
This is wrong
And baby it's killing me, it's killing you
Both of us trying to be strong.

I've got somewhere else to be
Promises to keep
Someone else who loves me
And trusts me fast asleep.

I've made up my mind
There is no turning back
She's been good to me
And she deserves better than that

It's the hardest thing I'll ever have to do
To look you in the eye
And tell you I don't love you
It's the hardest thing I'll ever have to lie
To show no emotion when you start to cry

I can't let you see what you mean to me
When my hands are tied and my heart's not free
We're not meant to be

It's the hardest thing I'll ever had to do
To turn around and walk away
Pretending I don't love you

I know that we'll meet again
Fate has a place and time
So you can get on with your life
I've got to be cruel to be kind

Like Dr. Zhivago
All my love I'll be sending
And you will never know cause
There can be no happy ending

It's the hardest thing I'll ever have to do
To look you in the eye
And tell you I don't love you
It's the hardest thing I'll ever have to lie
To show no emotion when you start to cry

Maybe another time, another day
As much as I want to, I can't stay

I've made up my mind
There is no turning back
She's been good to me
And she deserves better than that

It's the hardest thing I'll ever have to do
To look you in the eye
And tell you I don't love you
It's the hardest thing I'll ever have to lie
To show no emotion when you start to cry

I don't want to live a lie
What can I do?"

By the time that I had finished reading it, tears were streaming down my face.

"It was the Hardest Thing, Hermione. I'm sorry for hurting you, but I can't be with you. Don't come after me. Move on, and be happy. I'm sorry for everything. I never thought that what happened would, so I never thought that I'd get you into this mess. I never wanted to hurt you, I promise. But that's all I can say right now. You don't know how much I want to run back to you. To kiss you. To hold you. To tell you that I love you a million times, but I can't. There's something that I have to do, and it'll keep us apart. Please be happy for me, and just forget me. I love you more than you can ever imagine.

All the love in the world,

Draco."

I couldn't breathe. I was happy that he didn't really mean that he hated me, but sad and confused at the same time. What had happened? Why did he just leave?

With the piece of parchment in my hands, and my tear cascading down my cheeks, I made a promise to myself: I would find out the truth behind everything.

You just wait, Draco. You're not getting rid of me that easily.

A/N: Whatdya think? Good start? It might be a little bit dull right now, but I'm hoping that you'll stick with it and see if you think this gets better :)

And in case you didn't know, the first italicized part was a flashback...Just thought to make that clear...

If you have any predictions or guesses as to why Draco left, I'd be more than happy to hear them! I'd love to see what you guys think :)

I'll try to update as soon as I can!

Please review! No flames!

Luv,

Cherri