"Are you ok?"
Draco pulled me out of the pile of burnt, junk I was under. I sat up and looked around; the room of requirement was a mess. Burnt junk was everywhere and everything had fallen down. I was surprised the walls hadn`t caved in. "Where`s Harry and Ron" I called frantically. "Looking for you, on the other side of the Room" he answered. I looked at him and frowned "why did you do this" I asked "I didn`t have a choice, the dark lord would have killed me if I didn`t. Do you think I want to die at the age of seventeen?" he said looking the most worried and serious I`ve ever seen him. He grabbed my wrist to help me up as he said "Let`s go" but I pulled back.
"You tried to kill me" I whispered, taking it in for the first time. "What?" he called impatiently. "You tried to kill me" I repeated, this time raising my voice and forcing myself to make eye contact with him. "Remember in fourth year you cornered me in the hall and asked me why I didn`t love you" I asked, letting myself relive a moment where everything was so simple "I said some things and you said that those weren`t good enough reasons and I asked you what a good enough reason would be? Remember what you said?" I asked, really urgently.
"Yeah," he said "I said if I tried to kill you.." he trailed off realization clouding his eyes. "Oh Hermione, I was only kidding around. This doesn`t count I had to. I wasn`t even trying to kill you, I was trying to kill Potter" he begged. "It doesn`t matter" I said back coolly "And you know what the funny thing is? While Ron was with Lavender and when Ron left, it convinced me that we were right for each other. We could have been together. I was ready to forget that you used to torment me, to make my life unbearable so I could love you. I did love you. But, you tried to kill me and the ones I love. I`m sorry Malfoy but we can`t be together"
I got up and grabbed my wand from a nearby pile of rubble and started to walk off. Malfoy stayed put, to shock to move. As I walked away, feeling the sting of tears start in my eyes I thought about the mental notes I made concerning Malfoy. 1) Make sure Harry won the tournament, check 2) Never kiss Malfoy again, check 3) never take Malfoy up on an offer, check.
As Harry and Ron came into view I made one last mental note, stop making mental notes.
