" No, no, no! You don't have to, please Draco, please don't! " Hermione sobbed.
" Trust me, I'm doing this for you. " He tried to reassure her.
" For me? For me? Your going to go and kill innocent people for me? Draco, they're my best friends! Please! Please! I'm begging you! "
She got down onto her knees infront of him. Her deep, watery, brown eyes meeting with the cold, grey ones.
" Hermione, if I don't do this Voldemort's going to kill you. I can't just stand back and watch him do that. I can't. "
" Let's run away then, far away, where noone can find us, not even him! "
" He'll find a way, he always does. "
" Please, please, please."
He just looked away, she was kneeling infront of him, with waterfalls coming from her eyes, begging him in whispers not to go and kill her best friends.
" Hermione, sweetheart, I have to do this. " He raised his wand to the side of her head and whispered...
Stupefy.
She was asleep.
A few hours passed and she woke up in the hospital wing. The ward was empty. Her head felt heavy and her stomach lurched whenever she moved. She had to get up. She couldn't just lie here, wondering if her boyfriend had just gone and killed her bestfriends or not. Madam Pomfrey appeared out of nowhere. That would be a problem. She had to find a way to sneak out without her noticing. But how?
" M - M - M - Madam P - P - P - Pomfrey... "
A Hufflepuff first year had come hurtling along the corridor down towards the ward.
" Yes? What is it? " Replied Madam Pomfrey.
" There's a girl, in the the the toilets, throwing up, I don't think she's well, I've tried to get her to come here, but she can't leave the toilet! "
Madam Pomfrey threw a quick glance over Hermione's way to check if she was sleeping or not. She obviously thought she was because she went off with the out of breath first year.
Perfect.
Now, Hermione scrambled out of bed, put something on her feet, out robes over her pyjamas and was on her way to look for Draco.
First place to check that would be obvious is the Astronomy Tower. He was always up there.
So she set off for the Astronomy Tower, to find Draco.
A few minutes passed and she finally arrived. She pushed the door open and entered. It was much colder up here than she expected and she started to shiver a bit. She looked around and around but could see noone. One more look and her eye caught the white-blonde hair.
" Draco. " She said.
He snapped around and looked at Hermione with a shocked expression.
" Hermione! What the bloody hell do you think your doing up here dressed like that? " He said, astonished.
" Having a picnic, what do you think?! I came looking for you! Oh, please say you didn't! Please! " She was on the verge of tears.
He took his jacket off and placed it around her. It was warm from where he had been wearing it and smelled exactly like him. Really Musky.
He pulled her head towards his chest and higged her to him. She hugged him back and softly sobbed.
" Shhhh, sweetie, don't cry. " He started to stroke her hair slowly and softly.
" Did you do it? " She whispered.
He sighed, pushed her away, then took her perfect baby shaped face into his hands. He looked deep into her oak brown eyes.
" No, I didn't. "
A rush of relief passed through every vein in her body until something nasty hit.
" Wait a minute, you know how you said that if you didn't kill them then he would kill me? Does that mean he's coming after me then? "
Another deep sigh,
" No, I did a swap. "
" A swap? "
" Yes, a swap stating that you are no longer apart of this. "
" Meaning? "
" He's going to kill me. "