"Draco! Will you ever just leave my friends alone?" Ah there she was. How do I know it's her? I do things purposely to hear her voice. I know my father would frown upon me if he knew I wanted to BE with a Mudblood… I mean muggle born, but truth was I was better for her than that Weasley kid. I scolded at her, "I didn't do anything Mudblood."
"Right, sure you didn't." She huffed before she stormed off. I had to tell her… Tell her why I was the way I was. Maybe she would understand. I walked into my dorm, ignoring all the gawking girls, grabbed my quill and quickly scribbled a note:
Dear Hermione Granger
There is something I wish to tell you. Come to the Astronomy Tower tonight ALONE. This is really important. Also, don't tell Harry. He'll never let me live it down.
Ron Weasley
Of course she'll come if I said it was from Ron. If I signed it with my name she would have just laughed. I called my owl and gave her specific instructions and she flew off…
That evening I was so sure she wasn't going to come I even came early waiting for her. I heard footsteps and naturally I hid, "Ron? Are you up here?" She whispered. "No, he's not. I am though" I sighed as I came out of hiding. "What do you want Malfoy? I don't have time for you" then she gracefully turned but I caught her by her arm. "You asked me what I want, so give me a chance to talk. I had to write it was from that Weasley. That would have been the only way you would have come here." She sighed, "I'm going to regret this… Fine, but you have ten minutes!" I smiled, "That is plenty of time! Now what I needed to say... I don't mean to be the way I am to you. My father hates that you have higher marks then me and you aren't a pureblood, but I never meant for it to get this bad. I don't like this rivalry between us, I don't mind it with the two other ones, but with you I feel like I'm being stabbed. When you hit me third year… I realized how twisted I had become because of my father's rage, but I also realized that I care… I care for you more than a friend or an enemy." I explained. Hermione stared at me then shook her head, "This is wrong Mal- Draco. You called me a Mudblood since year 2, you harass my best friends, and you want me to be with you. Draco, I will NEVER be with you! You are so cruel to those I love." She cried out. I looked down and as I heard her begin to move I grabbed her, pulled her close, and kissed her lightly.. For a moment she kissed back, but she pulled away. "I'm sorry… I have to go" then she ran and this time I didn't stop her.
As school life ended we all went our separate ways, I married another pureblood and I have a son… Hermione married that Weasley and had three children. It was the beginning of our children's first year and we were seeing them off. My son hugged me and boarded the train and as I looked up I saw her. She wasn't much different as she was when she was a teen. Her beautiful smile she gave her kids as they waved by to her was just as I remembered it, but as we walked past each other the only words that were said were by me, "I will always love you…"
