YWATO - Chapter 11

A/N: I'm so sorry it took so long to update T_T! Work was crazy and I had to do hours and hours of over time..Thank you for the reviews! Draco really can't pretend to be indifferent with Hermione for long, he's so cute ;) Many thanks also for staying with the story =)

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Chapter 11 - The day I wish I hadn't...

"Hermione...?" I heard Ginny call my name from across my seat.

"Hmm?"

"Um..." She started to say, "Please...could you wipe that wide grin on you face? It's kind of disturbing..." Ginny said while laughing.

I kicked her lightly under the table and laughed as well.

We were having breakfast in the great hall together as Harry and Ron were in practicing for quidditch this Saturday. Tomorrow is the first match of the school year and it's against Slytherin. But all I could think about for a week now was Draco's confession that night...It was so surreal that I wasn't able to process it all in my head...

-Flashback-

"Hermione...I love you..." I heard him say.

'What? What he did just say?'

"Hey..."

I was stunned. My head was in a blur and I was feeling light-headed. 'Is this...Did I hear him correctly?' I asked myself. I don't really know what to feel right now. I'm so overjoyed hearing that he loved me too that my mind is going haywire!

I immediately tried to look for words to respond, but what crawled out of my throat was,

"Really?"

He looked me straight in the eyes while he cupped my face. "Really." He said dead serious.

I felt my eyes brimming with tears and my face was starting to get hot. 'He just did...He really did say that...' I thought as I covered my trembling lips and the tears fell. I cried like a baby.

I heard him laugh a little, "Why are you crying?" he asked, then he locked me in his embrace and whispered to my ear.

"I really...really...really love you, Hermione."

After hearing his soft voice, I heard my self squeal and buried my face on his chest. It's really burning and the atmosphere in the room of requirements isn't helping at all. And our position right now...as I recalled...

Pulling myself away from him and immediately standing up, I said, "Um...I..I need to go now..." Averting my face from him so that he won't see it bright red as a tomato.

"Now?" He also stood and grabbed my hands, "Are you really alright?"

I gave him a nod but still looked away. My heart was racing and my stomach was full of butterflies and I knew that at any moment, I can jump at him from excitement and Merlin knows what might happen. 'I need to stay focused!' I repeated the words in my head.

I reached for my bag and turned my back to him, only to be surprised as I felt his arms circle around my waist, pulling me close to him, my back against his heaving chest, his breathing spreading across my nape. He planted a soft kiss in my ear and whispered again,

"I'll see you tomorrow..Hermione."

-End of Flashback-

Shivers ran down my spine again when I recalled that night. And the past week had also been a roller coaster ride.

Pansy, seeing that Draco and I got back together after just one night, wasn't taking things very lightly.

Whenever Draco isn't with me, she and Greengrass would bully me and say things to me. There are times when they would put a spell on my things which created a huge mess, luckily Ron and Harry was always there for me. They would defend me from Pansy and Greengrass and I in turn would also put hidden spells on their things. It was really bad of me, but they just kept trying to piss me off, I was really on the edge of stunning them each time.

"By the way..."I looked to Ginny, "Why aren't you in practice?" I asked her. She should be in practice she's a chaser.

Ginny sipped the last of her pumpkin juice and smiled at me, "well...I woke up late..." she said, "but I'll head there after this. Want to come?"

I had a feeling that I'll be bored watching them from the sidelines. But then again, Draco mentioned yesterday that they too had practice, my heart raced again on the thought of seeing him.

"There! You're doing it again!" Ginny exclaimed.

I knew I was grinning again like crazy, but I can't help the fluttering feeling in my stomach. "Sorry!" I squealed and buried my face in my hands.

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The sun was lightly covered by the clouds and the breeze was warm. I had taken my robe off and opened the top two buttons of my shirt so that I won't feel too hot while seating on the Gryffindor stands.

Players were zooming here and there, shooting goals, batting bludgers and stumbling against each other. I really am no fan of contact sports, but Quidditch is interesting to watch and I want to support my friends.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something glint by my side. It was fast and blurry that I was having trouble figuring it out. I reached for it, but then I heard a familiar voice above me.

"Hermione watch out!"

I turned and all I remembered seeing was a brown object zooming past me, pushing me over the stand rail.

'I was falling!' The words race in my head. I immediately looked for my wand but realized that it was in my robe pocket which was now carefully folded on the seats.

"Hermione!" Someone shouted again. I can only see the silhouette in front of me. But I knew I was soon to hit the ground so I closed my eyes and prepared for impact.

Then, a breeze swept under me and I felt my body rest on a strong pair of arms. The hard leather from the gloves touched my back as they pulled me close.

"Hermione...Are you alright?"

I opened my eyes to respond to voice and felt my heart race again. I encircled my arms to his neck and rested my head between his neck and shoulder.

"Yes. Thanks, Draco." I said.

We landed on the quidditch field near the 3 posts. Harry, Ron and Ginny were also panicked and flew towards us, but they stayed in mid-air.

"Hermione, what happened?" Ginny asked.

I looked for the bludger zooming above us, "I think a bludger hit me by accident."

"It wasn't an accident " Draco snapped. He walked to where his team mates are, which wad just a few meters away from us. It seemed that they also halted after seeing Draco come to my aid.

He went over to Blaise and shoved him on the side, revealing a hiding Pansy. Draco grabbed her shirt and we heard him shout, "What the bloody hell, Pansy?!"

"What about it?!" She shouted back at him. She clearly wasn't denying anything at all. Pansy looked infuriated and annoyed, then she looked at me, her eyes piercing through my body, "So what if that Mudblood dies?!"

We saw Draco push her and she fell down in the grass-covered field. Blaise stood in front them as he defended Pansy, "Hey, Draco, that's enough."

"I think we should intervene..." Harry suggested, feeling the intensity within the Slytherin team.

"You think?" Ron questioned him. He looked bemused than worry. He was clearly happy that the other team was falling apart.

"Put a stop to this, Pansy or I'll kick you out of the team!" Draco shouted again, his anger resonating in his voice. Then he turned his back from them and walked back to us. The rest of the team was in a frenzy, for most part, because if the internal turmoil between Pansy and Draco, and secondly, if Pansy were to be kicked out, they would need to find another chaser.

"Wasn't that a bit too harsh?" I asked Draco upon his return. I was genuinely worried that he is fighting with his friends. Everyone on my side has now accepted our relationship, yes, even Ron. But his side is completely falling apart. He has so much in his mind now, I'm trying to help him out, but his friends just won't cooperate.

Pansy, because of her jealousy, can't really fathom the fact that Draco and I were a couple, and Blaise seemed to have become indifferent towards him, possibly because Draco left him out on what's happening. I feel sorry for Draco, he haven't got many friends and they were all slipping away from him.

"Don't defend her," He retorted, "She almost killed you!"

I can't argue with that fact, so I remained silent and sighed to myself. However, I can't let this continue. The way things are now, he won't have other friends and I don't want him to focus on only me.

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That afternoon, I decided to looking for Pansy to talk to her. We needed this, I needed to do this. For all this craziness to stop and for everyone to just accept what Draco and I are, and for them to know that he is really wanting to change people's impression on those who were before related to Voldemort.

'Maybe she's in the dormitories...' I thought as I peered inside the library. But before leaving, I remembered that I needed some reference books for Arithmancy and decided to get them before I resume my search.

The Arithmancy books were in the farthest left end of the library. Because it was a weekend, only few students were doing their essays while others were in Hogsmeade to chill out.

As I was getting closer, I heard muffled voices from behind the third bookshelf. Curiosity got me again as I thought that the voices sounded familiar.

"...you just can't do things like that!" The male voice said.

"But you know how I feel, Draco!" The female voice said

'Draco?!' My heart raced, 'Did I hear it correctly?', I thought. My feet moved on their own and I reached their location in just seconds. Hiding behind the second row of bookshelves, I peered to see what was happening.

Then...I felt my heartbeat stopped as my heart fell in the pit of my stomach. My jaw had dropped as I gasped.

There they were, Pansy on tip-toe, cupping Draco's face towards her. Eyes closed as their lips locked with each other.

I stepped back, my legs slowly giving way. I planned in retreating quietly, but hadn't realized that someone was also behind me that we've bumped with each other.

"Ow!" I heard the student say.

I saw Draco's eyes flutter open and pushed Pansy away, then he turned to look at our direction. His eyes widened upon seeing me and he became white.

"Hermione?!" Draco exclaimed. Tears were forming in my eyes. I looked to him and to Pansy who is now smugly smiling at me.

"Hermione?" I heard the student at my back say. I turned around, and to add more to the shock and confusion I am feeling now, It could have been any other student...it could have...but why must it be Ron who is now seeing all this with me. "Malfoy? Parkinson?" He looked to them, then to me.

Upon seeing my face, Ron immediately became infuriated and was about to grapple Draco. "Ron, stop..." I grabbed his shirt from behind, "Let's just go...please..."

He hesitated at first, but relaxed a little and sneered at the two of them before we made our way out of the library. I didn't take a second look at Draco..I can't...my head hurts...my heart hurts...I wish I hadn't seen it...

Then it all went dark.