Hello faithful few I am extremely excited to be on the last two legs of this story, and surprise I updated Watch Who You Fall For. I am planning to get some serious work done this summer, but sadly I don't know how long I will be continuing to write. I am having a lack of hits or reviews, but I will be finishing at least this story and the other one mentioned. Thank you to all of you who have stuck with me and read the things I have put out there. I have so much to thank you for but I don't really know how to do it. So to you, and you know who you are, Thank you for all of the support from the beginning.
Chapter9: The End of Our TimeWhen it was time for classes to resume Harry and Draco packed all of their things so they could be taken to King's Cross-station. Things had become great between the two of them over their holiday, and Harry was even thinking about making Draco a more permanent part of his life.
"Harry, Draco you two need to hurry up otherwise your going to miss the train." Remus yelled up the stairs at them and they both yelled a simultaneous ok and hurriedly threw the rest of their belongings into their trunks. Once they were downstairs they said goodbye to everyone and waited as Severus said a painfully long goodbye to Narcissa so that he could escort the boys to the station.
" Hey Draco…I…. I still don't know what to do. I mean what do I say to Ron and Hermione? I'm so confused." Harry said looking at Draco trying not to make it obvious that he was staring at him.
" Well I think you should just go up to them and let the words come out. Everything that you're feeling, just tell them all of it." Draco said as Snape came out of the kitchen and led them out the front door.
" That's a good idea. I just hope that I don't lose the only real friends that I have ever had.' Harry said and then became quiet as he began to think about everything he needed to say.
" I understand Harry, no one wants to lose the person, or people they care about most." Draco said trying to get Harry to realize how much he cared about him.
Harry shrugged and stayed quiet the rest of the way to the train station. He needed to phrase everything correctly. He didn't want anything to come out like he was accusing them of ruining his life, because in reality they had just given him something that he had always wanted, a family.
"Hermione what are we going to do if Harry decides that he doesn't ever want to bloody talk to us again? We lose our best mate and then we lose each other?" Ron asked almost in hysterics as they waited on platform 9 and ¾ for Harry and his escort to arrive.
" If he decides he doesn't want to talk to us again Ron it would only serve us right. We should have told him a long time ago. This is something that shouldn't be kept under wraps and hoped that no one finds out. We will have to take whatever decision he makes. If we lose each other because of this Ron…then we were never meant to be anyway. But let's not think about it right now." Hermione said not looking over at Ron. She stood staring at the barrier waiting for Harry to come through. She knew he would have a lot to say and she was ready to hear it. She almost wanted him to yell at her just so that he would talk.
" I need to talk about it Mione. I can't just sit back and hope that my best mate is going to talk to me." Ron said looking at her intently.
" Well I suppose you would have to know this friend pretty well to make a guess wouldn't you?" Came Harry's voice from behind them. Both of them turned to see Harry and Draco standing there looking at them both,
" Yes…yes we would." Hermione said not looking at him. She was too afraid of losing her friend. She had thought this might be a bad idea, but it was the only way he could find out.
" Yeah you would have to know me really well to gauge whether or not I would even speak to you after something like that. Why did you keep it from me? Didn't you think I deserved to know? Maybe then I could have skipped out on a lot of the abuse I received at the Dursley's? Maybe my family could have saved me or held me when I was upset or angry?" Harry spurted out as tears came from his eyes. All of this hurt so much. He couldn't believe it but at the same time he knew it was true.
" Harry …I don't know why we hid it for so long. I…I mean we didn't think you would…would ever forgive us." Hermione said trying not to break down into tears.
" Yeah mate look we didn't know what to do." Ron said trying to add some help to Hermione's desperate words.
Harry stared at them for a few minutes and walked away trying to hold back his own tears. He knew he couldn't desert his friends, but he knew that right now he needed nothing more than to get away from them.
FINAL EXAMS!
" Harry hasn't spoken to either of us since that day at the station Ron. I think it is safe to say that we are no longer friends." Hermione said as she took her seat in the charms classroom for the finals.
" Yeah Mione I think you're right. It's kind of sad though. To think we tried to do the right thing and all it did was make us lose our best friend." Ron said sitting down next to her.
" Yeah but it's our own fault. We have to pay for our actions." Hermione said quietly looking at the grains in the wood on her desk.
" Yeah…oh well." Ron said staring at the other half of the class.
" Well Draco this is the last exam of the year. I think it's about time that I stop acting like a baby and just tell them that we are still friends. And that we're together of course." Harry said taking Draco's hand and petting it lightly.
" If that's what you think is best go for it. I'm not going to stop you. I want you to be happy Harry." Draco said smiling as he took Harry's hand and kissed the back of it.
" Good." Harry said as he rushed over to tell Ron and Hermione his decision. Draco stood where Harry had left him and watched as the golden trio was reunited. He thought it was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. Harry smiling with a tear running down his cheek, Hermione crying and hugging Harry, and Ron standing back watching the two of them just glad to see everything beginning to go back to normal. Draco smiled to himself and then at Harry when he motioned him over. This had been the most eventful of all their years together in Hogwarts. Nothing else compared to this moment. The happiness in all of their eyes said volumes more than words could have in that moment. In that one moment nothing but friends and family being untied mattered.
" I don't think that anything can make this moment anymore perfect." Harry said as he looked from his lover to his friends. "Everything is in place and coming to an end."
" Yeah it's said to think that it truly is the end of our time together." Hermione said as she took her seat once again.
"That it is." Harry agreed taking the seat on her left hand side. " I think that we all learned that everything we've been through is enough to keep us going." Harry said smiling when Draco sat down.
" You're all right. I'm just glad I've got my best mate back." Ron said smiling over all of them.
" Class take your seats. The End of all of your time in Hogwarts is right here in my hand." Professor Flitwick said as he waved his wand passing out the tests." Good luck to all."
I know that it is really short and cheesy but I wanted the last chapter to signify the end of everything they have all been through. I still have the epilogue, which sadly won't be very long either. Just a quick explanation of the characters lives after Hogwarts. Thank you again to everyone who has read this entire story.
