Safe and Sound

"I'll never let you go, Draco. I swear." whispered to a frantic Draco. I

saw a tear drop from his eye. He was so scared and I could tell.

He wanted good. He didn't want to be under Voldemort's rule. He

wanted to be free like Harry, Ron and Myself. I saw it in his cloudy

grey eyes. He wanted desperately to end his pain that his father put

him through all of these years.

For just a moment, My mind flashed to the moment we became

friends.

*Flashback*

I heard loud crying and yelling coming from the common room of

the head dorms that I shared with Draco Malfoy. I heard crashing

and things breaking.

I quietly opened my door just enough to see what in Merlin's beard

was going on.

To my utter surprise, I found Draco in the fetal position, eyes red

and swollen. Tear stained cheeks.

"Draco?" I said in a hushed tone

"Are you going to judge me too? It's not my fault! I didn't want this!"

He yelled at me furiously.

I stepped from behind my door and into the common room. Books

were scattered everywhere, glasses broken, Picture frames

shattered. I looked at Draco questioningly.

"You would never understand or listen. So just leave! Leave me

alone!" Draco said suddenly.

"Try me." I said confidently. He had slight confusion in his eyes.

"What?" He stuttered.

"Tell me. I'm not leaving until you tell me what's wrong."

"Why do you care?"

"Believe it or not, I do care." His eyes widened.

I stepped around some broken glass and torn paper and kneeled in

front of him. Mixes of emotions in his eyes.

I lifted my hand to wipe a tear off his chin but he grabbed my hand

with a hardened look on his face. Only moments later, His

expression softened. That's when I knew he let me in.

The rest on the night my jumper was warm with Draco's tears. He

rested his head on my shoulder while he explained everything. While

he explained, I found myself running my slender fingers through his

white-blonde hair.

I listened to his problems. He apologized for everything he had done

to me in the past. We talked all through the night. We even had a few

laughs after the painful talks.

"Don't leave me here alone." Said Draco softly

"Wouldn't dream of it" I said as I moved hair from his face" I said.

That's when I gained a soft spot for Draco Malfoy.

*Flashback end*

"You swear?"

"On everything" I said full heartingly.

"I'm so sorry. For everything. I'm sorry that Harry has to go through

this. I hate myself for every minute in my life spent with The Dark

Lord."

"Don't apologize. It's not your fault. At all. We have to find somewhere

safe. I know just the place. Close your eyes and Follow me," I said to

him. I laced my fingers with his and ran to the 7th floor. Just what

Harry told me to do.

We silently ran through the walls of Hogwarts so nobody would hear

us. It was very unlikely for anyone to hear us over the war but better

safe than sorry.

We had finally reached the room of requirements. I quickly thought

of a place that we needed now.

We entered the room. It was a lounge room. A fridge, sofa, loveseat,

and a fireplace were all placed nicely in a medium sized room.

"Draco, open your eyes. We are safe now. Nobody can hurt us." I said

Happily.

I turned to face him. He opened his eyes and smiled his half smile

that always made my day. I felt the sudden urge to hug him, so I did.

I jumped into his arms and he caught me faithfully, like I knew he

would. My arms wrapped themselves around his neck and his

wrapped protectively around my waist. I always felt safe when he

hugged me like this. We stayed in this position for a minute or so.

Then He pulled away. I was slightly disappointed.

He kept one hand on my waist and lifted one to my face. His gentle

touch gave me the chills. He moved closer to me. Our torsos lightly

pressed together. He inched his face to mine. Our lips were just an

inch or two away from each others. I felt his breath. I brought up one

hand to his face and traced his sharp jaw line. He then closed the

space between our lips.

The kiss was gentle and light at first. His lips barely grazed mine

when he had tried to pull away but I have wanted to kiss him for so

long I pulled his lips back to mine.

The kiss deepened a little bit and my fingers were tangled in Draco's

long white-blonde hair. His muscular arms were tightly hugging my

waist. But he pulled away first.

"You don't know how long I've wanted to do that, Hermione." Draco

said while resting his forehead on mine.

"How long?" I asked curiously.

"Since you punched me in the face 3rd year. I'm not sure why it

started there but I fancied you a bit more each year."

"Really?" I said with a giggle.

"Really. But how long does Harry want us up here?"

"Not sure. He made Ginny hide somewhere in the castle. And Ron."

"Why Ginny?"

"They are together"

"Oh, I didn't know that."

"They kept it quiet because of Voldemort."

"I see"

Then we just stand there in silence. He pulled me into one of his comforting hugs. He knew that Ginny was my best friend. Ever. The

thought of anything happening to her, Ron or Harry just made me

want to cry. Draco rested my head on his shoulder, hugged me

around the waist even tighter and laced his fingers through my hair.

'They are going to be fine, Moine. I promise."

"I know."

He lifted my head to kiss him. It was another sweet and small kiss.

Suprisingly, I deepend the kiss again. But he was hesitant at first.

I trailed my hand up his toned chest to around his neck. He moved

both hands around my waist. My heart beated faster with every

moment. There was something in my chest and stomach that I have

never felt before. With anyone.