Chapter 7 Heartbroken
You can't spend Christmas break at my place!"
Hermione is alarmed, "But, why not!?"
"Because, my father would never allow it!"
"But was your father that sent the letter! Draco, what's wrong with you?! Don't you want me there?!"
Draco breathes in sharply, "Hermione, I don't! Do you know how embarrassing it would be bringing a MUDBLOOD home with me?!"
He wanted to take it back as soon as he said but he knew he's father was behind it and up to something.
Hermione stands there motionless with tears swelling in her eyes, "But, I-I thought…. You…"
"What you thought I loved you!? PAHAHA, don't be stupid! This was all an act!" Tears roll down Hermione face, she runs off.
"My father will pay for this! How could he do that! I can't believe I said all that to her, I love her!"
As Hermione runs off, for the girls' bathroom, she bumps into Ron, "Oh sorry! Didn't see you the- Are you ok, Hermione?!" Hermione shakes her head, Ron takes her to the Gryffindor Common room. There are few first years in there but Ron tells them to get lost.
"Right, sit down, and talk to me! What's wrong Hermione?" Hermione tells him what happened from the start of the day, until she bumped into bumped into him and begins crying again.
"As much as I hated it, I really did think you two were the real deal. Wait til I get hold of him…" Hermione stopped him and wiped the tears from her face, "Honestly Ron, he's not even worth it."
"Pffft! That's for sure! Hermione, you can do way better!"
Hermione gets up and hugs him, "You're the best Ron, thank you."
"Anytime! I'm always here, you know that!"
Harry walks in, "Oh hey guys! Hermione, I was just coming to find you to say, I'm ok with you and Draco!" Hermione turns away and begins to cry again and lean against Ron's shoulder.
Ron explains everything to Harry, "And what's this with my sister?!" "Oh… Ummm Ron I can explain!"
"Damn right you will! Because if you hurt my sister, you'll have me to deal with and I'm not that keen on beating up my best mate!" Harry shakes his head.
"Ok, now just wait with Hermione until I get back."
"What….why….where are you going, Ron?!" Ron finds Draco wondering by the lake… "OI Malfoy!"
"Back off Weasley!"
"Put your wand away Malfoy, I want to settle this the old fashion way!"
"I said, BACK OFF!" Ron pulls out his wand from behind his back, "Fine, have it your way! Expeliarmus!"
Draco's wand flies into Ron's hand, "What do you want Weasley?!"
"I think you know why Malfoy! Hermione, do you have any idea how much you hurt her?! DO YOU EVEN CARE?!" Draco grits his teeth,
"Why should I? She's just a mudblood, it's not like she's important!" Ron walks straight up to him and punches him in the jaw hard,
"She's not just a 'mudblood'! She's the most amazing girl ever!"
Draco clenches his jaw as it bleeds, "You'll regret that Weasley!"
Ron begins laughing at him in a mocking way, "Will I really? Your pathetic Malfoy!"
He throws his wand at him, "Hermione never should have wasted her time on you!"
Ron walks away but Draco picks up his wand and stands up "STUPIFY!" Hermione runs up to Ron and re-bounds the curse on Draco. Draco falls back on his back and watches Hermione walk off with Ron. Draco is in the Prefects' Dorm, looking at pictures of him and Hermione when they were together….
Hermione walks in seeing Draco looking at the pictures, "I remember doing the photoshoot for that last picture, for the newspaper… 'A love that can never be, and will never last!'
Draco looks up at her, "They got that right!"
"Yep, Ginny thinks we should be 'friends'. Put it all behind us. But then I realized that to be friends, we'd have to like each other, and after what happened today, I could never like you."
Draco gets up off his bed, "I totally agree, in fact, I hate you!"
"I hate you too!"
"There is a fiery pit, of hatred in me, ready to explode!"
Hermione tops his insult, "Every nerve ending in my body is electrified by hatred!"
"So it's settled then…"
"It's settled!"
"Fine!" Draco rips up the pictures he was looking through. Hermione cringes when he throws then on the floor, and spots his diary.
"Oh what's this, I wonder..." She kneels on the floor to pick it up.
Draco pushes her away from the diary…. But, he ends up kissing her on impulse and neither are resisting or stopping the other one.
It's morning, and Hermione wakes before everyone, but as she is moving to her bed, she wakes Draco….
"Where are you going?" He yawns.
"Back to my own bed, Luna and Cedric will be awake in a few minutes!"
"So? What, are you embarrassed?"
Hermione looks away, "More like ashamed!"
She hears Cedric move and crouches to the floor.
A cheeky grin sweeps across Draco's face, "So you didn't enjoy last night? Because I did!" Hermione bits her bottom lip to stop herself from smiling.
"We don't have to stop, we could carry on, no strings attached! You could be my dirty little secret!" Draco uses this as a way to see her more, knowing that he still loves her.
Hermione feels the butterflies in her stomach, "Or YOU could be MINE."
She is still confused about how she really feels and climbs back into his bed. Draco grins and rubs his hand down her bare legs, "We'll see about that!" and starts kissing her, knowing how to persuade her.
"So, do we have a deal? No strings attached, just fun! And no one will ever find out"
Draco then starts kissing her neck, "Then we have a deal!"
Cedric and Luna start to wake up…. Hermione can hear Luna yawn and roll over, whispers to Draco, "Draco, they're waking up!"
"Shit! Hide under the covers, quick!" Hermione points to her stuff.
Draco grabs her things and hides them under the bed, "Now hide, I'll cover you!"
