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Chapter four: Breaking in
He glanced around the corner. No one was on guard, it seemed. He sneaked closely to the wall, all the way over to the stables. Horses whineyed soflty as he passed them. He was close, very close.
A door in front of him blocked the way. He carefully pushed it open and checked left and right. Suddenly he was face to face with a tall man in a cape and mask. Before he even knew what was going to happen he fired a range of hexes straight at the masked face. The man fell, making a muffled sound as he hit the floor.
Harry's eyes flew from left to right, but the hallway was empty again. He took a deep breath and walked on. The horses whineyed again. He looked back, but didn't see anything. Maybe a slight shimmer in the air, but nothing solid.
He started to run. He knew it was stupid, but he felt safer with a little more distance between him and the hexed Death Eater. If some other Death Eater saw that one, then the alarm would soon be raised and they'd all be looking for him.
'Nice going Harry.' He sneered at himself.
But he was determined. Hermione was locked up and he would not leave this place without her.
Outside the room people were running. She held her breath. What if...what if Draco had lied...if he had actually betrayed her instead of saving her. He was a Malfoy after all. She sank to the floor, not on the bed because she was afraid it would squeek.
Footsteps outside in the hallway again. She hid her head between her arms, pulling up her knees to rest her chin on them. Slowly the footsteps came closer. And closer. They halted in front of Draco's door. She couldn't breathe. The door opened with a squeel.
'Dear God! Don't let Draco have betrayed me. Please dear Lord.'
The footsteps came closer and halted in front of the enchanted mirror-door. A soft voice muttered something and slowly the door opened.
She whimpered and closed her eyes. The footsteps entered the room, slowly came closer to her and stopped only just in front of her. A hand touched her shoulder.
"Hermione?"
Her eyes shot open and she looked at the man in front of her.
"Draco! Oh I was so scared!"
He put down the tray he had been carrying on the bedside table and offered her his hand to help her up.
"It's okay Hermione."
"I hear footsteps all the time, running up and down the hallway. I was so scared."
He pulled her into a hug. "Shhh...don't worry. You're safe now."
She softly sobbed in his shoulder.
"Draco, I'm scared. I can't stay here for ever. What am I to do?"
"I'll get you out. You'll be free in no time, I promise. But we need to wait till it's safe first."
"Draco...I don't want you to get into trouble."
He smiled. "It's okay. Everything is sorted. Don't worry."
Her sobs slowly stopped. She only now realised where she was. In Draco's arms. He, too, suddenly realised.
"Oh...sorry. I didn't mean..." he stepped back. "Now...father's probably wondering where I am."
Quickly he turned around and left the room. She was on her own again.
Cursing the silence under her breath she took the tray from her bedsidetable. It was carrying a jug of pumpkin juice and a plate with sandwiches.
The clock in the corner pointed at 9 p.m.
She sighed. She felt alone. There was no one to talk to. Not even someone to just smile at once in a while.
Ahhhhhhhh I just returned from my trip to Italy. It was in one word FABULOUS! Well, it was also fantastic, lots of fun, great, nice and warm and loads more! The group I went with was great. We even went swimming in the sea two times and also in the swimmingpool at the hotel. There's too much to tell, so I'll just stick to this. I'm pretty sure you're not that interested anyway. So, now to thank all you lovely reviewers.
Denise Simpson: Thanks!
Dark Angels: Thanks to you too! and about that beta thing...I'd be very grateful if you could explain what a beta is, because I'm not sure I know. And the bittersweet sequel is on hold for now, because I started a new ff8 fic. It'll be a thriller, and I'm calling it Angel for now. Anyway, I'll have to finish it first. I never post a story until I'm completely sure I'm going to finish it. (except Bittersweet goodbyes, I posted that one when I only had 8 chapters done, but that put too much of a pressure on me...so I went back to only posting stories I already finished on paper)
Tennisplaya278: thanks! Ad I posted this the day after I came back. I got home at 1 a.m., so that wsa a bit too early for me to start posting again, then I went to bed straight away and slept straight through to 2 p.m! (and I'm still a bit tired;)) so, hope this chappy is good like the last one!
Keddababy: you'll have to wait just a bit longer to find out how Harry will end up. But YES!!!! Draco is on the light side! Yey! Happiness all around! thanks for your review!
