Chapter Nine: With Opportunity… Comes Chaos
"Mmmh!" Hermione squeaked, shoving with all her strength against the man. She got away from him, and stared with wide eyes across the bathroom.
Draco fought with himself, and kept his eyes away from Hermione the entire time she talked.
"I could scream at you, Draco Malfoy… I could hex you into another world if I really, truly wanted to." Hermione said, not quite loud enough for anyone outside of the room to hear her, "For the sake of your mother… I will not do either of those!"
He kept his eyes down.
"How dare you!" Hermione said, she leaned in, eyes filling with tears that she would not allow to spill in front of him. Her heart was pounding so fast, and she almost couldn't talk without messing up every word due to the rapid turning of her stomach, as well as all the other insides.
"I am happy! I'm happy with my life! Why did you think it was ever okay to… to kiss me!"
"Hermione…"
"You had absolutely no right to do such a thing! Look at what you've done… "
Draco looked up this time. Hermione was staring at him with her chocolate brown eyes, darkened by the anger and confusion swirling inside of them. He felt a knot forming in the middle of his chest. Maybe she was happy. Maybe he just wasn't. He knew what he'd done, and he did it intentionally. The outcome was not what Draco expected… Was it selfish of him to assume that Hermione would fall at his feet with the thought that maybe Draco needed her?
Or wanted her?
Draco shook his head of the foul thoughts seeping in, and parted his lips to speak to Hermione. She tossed her head from side to side.
She would not let him get another sentence through to her.
"I'm leaving! Do not OWL me, do not so much as look at me when I cross your path, do not even think about me anymore so long as I am breathing!" She meant every word of it, and that was what scared Draco the most.
She stormed out of the room with so much speed, that the air from her exit frustrated a few papers left on a chair. Draco clenched his jaw, wanting so much to kick himself for what had happened. He wanted her. He wanted everything she could be… and Draco knew that was not likely to happen considering the way it turned out many years ago.
He knew that if he had truly wanted her, he would not have hurt her the first time.
How could I be so stupid?
I basically wanted to write this chapter short because I mean… Hermione needed her reaction, and I wanted it to go something like this. I have plans… they are soon about to unfold. :D love you!