Chapter 12 "Fuck the World"

Chapter 12 "Fuck the World"

"Bella, can I talk to you for a sec." Draco asked Bella before she left the room.

They were both standing alone in the leader's room. He had wanted to apologize, but he hadn't found the right moment, or actually, he just hadn't found the balls to talk to her.

Bella turned to look at him reluctantly.

"What do you want, Malfoy?" She asked with a glare.

Draco swallowed hard. "I want to apologize." He said quickly before he could regret it.

Bella stared at him. "I'm not sure I heard correctly. What did you say?"

Draco sighed. He was sure that she would try to humiliate him.

"I said I'm sorry." He said again.

"What?" Bella repeated.

Draco glared at her. "I'm not repeating it." he said.

Bella smiled smugly. "Fine Malfoy. You are forgiven. Goodbye." She said turning around and walking out of the room.

Draco stared after her, not sure what had just happened. Either way, he had done what he had to do. So that was over.

However there was another thing he had to do. He had to talk to Granger, but the fact that she kept by Alex's side didn't help.

It had been two days since their weird moment in the cafeteria. Draco had meant to say something to her, but she refused to even look at him. Despite the fact that they shared a bed, Hermione kept a hell of a distance between the two of them, only to get closer to Alex. And Draco was fucking tired of it. So he was determined to do something about it.

Today they were going to help the kids with their flying. They were all going to have to go to the field. That wasn't helpful. So Draco started to think of a way he could get Hermione alone.

He walked out of the cabin to find Alex and Hermione standing close together. She was laughing at a joke he had said. a couple of feet behind them was Bella, standing with Stephen. She was looking at them with disgust and the hurt in her eyes was visible.

Draco knew that there was no way he could get Bella to work with him again. But he knew that he would also be doing her a favor if he managed to get Alex and Hermione separated. That would be his way of telling her that he was truly sorry for what he had done to her.

So Draco quickly began to form plans in his mind.

Hermione knew that she was being watched by both Draco and Bella. She knew that it was possible she could be hurting Bella, and she felt terrible for that. But that guilt was quickly dissolved when she thought about Draco getting hurt too.

She knew that it was possible that Draco didn't even notice that she was standing close to Alex and laughing at his dumb jokes because of him. But she knew she still had to try and get him out of her head.

She also knew that it was unfair to Alex and Bella what she was doing. She could tell that Bella was practically in love with Alex, and she noticed that Alex was starting to notice that. But nothing would happen between the two Spanish students if Hermione kept on getting in the way.

So she decided that she would get close to Alex only for the view, but while she spent time with him she would tell him about Bella and help with their relationship. That was her way of paying Bella back and apologizing too.

As they made their way to the field Hermione glanced back behind her to find one of the oldest girls in the camp flirting with Draco.

However, Draco didn't seem interested, since he was glancing at Bella with concern in his eyes. Hermione felt a tug in her stomach. She knew she was jealous, so she quickly turned around and linked her arm with Alex's as they continued to walk.

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Hermione hated to fly, so she was not being of much help to the kids. However, everybody else seemed to be enjoying themselves. She could see Alex in the air with a couple of kids, Bella at a close distance keeping an eye on him. The other leaders were spread out also flying in the sky.

The closest one to the ground was Draco. As Hermione looked at him, he turned and glanced down at her.

They made eye contact, and all of a sudden he swooped down and came to stand in front of her.

"Aren't you going to fly?" he asked her.

Hermione shook her head. "I hate flying."

"Why?"

Hermione shrugged. "I don't want to be hundreds of feet in the sky with only a piece of wood holding me up. It's stupid, to put yourself in danger like that."

Draco laughed. "Have some faith on that wood."

Hermione was mesmerized by his laugh. She had heard him laugh before, but not like that. Not freely and with no smugness on it. She liked it.

She smiled at him. "I can't help it."

"But you have flown before, right?"

"Yeah. But I'm also a bit scared of heights." She admitted sheepishly.

"Fly with me." He suggested.

"I don't want to fly."

"Come on. You want be there alone. I won't let anything happen to you. I promise." He said extending his hand out to hers.

Hermione glanced at his hand and then at his face, unsure of what she should do.

Draco could see the inner battle she was having. He knew that she wasn't taking long to say her answer because she didn't want to fly or was scared of heights, but because she didn't trust him.

It was easy to see that. Draco's face fell. He was about to take his hand back when Hermione suddenly took a hold of it.

"Alright." She said. After all, what could he do to her with a whole bunch of people around?

Draco smiled as he let go of her hand and positioned himself on the broom.

"Do you want to be on the front or on the back?"

"On the back." She answered quickly. She knew that if she sat on the front it would be her the one to steer the broom.

Draco nodded. "Ok."

Hermione positioned herself behind Draco, leaving some space.

Draco rolled his eyes. "You have to hold on to me." He said.

"Why?"

"Do you want to fall?"

Hermione then wrapped her arms loosely around his waist.

"Ok. Now we have to kick of together or we won't go up. At three, ok?"

"Fine." Hermione answered.

"One, two, three!" Draco said and they both kicked, getting into the air easily.

As they began to put more distance between them and the ground, Hermione held on tighter to him.

Draco smiled as he felt her press against him. He was surprised that she had even talked to him, and now she trusted him.

He started easily at first, and then he went faster, causing Hermione to shriek and hold on tighter to him.

He laughed freely as he slowed down.

"Don't do that!" Hermione said.

"Oh, Granger. What happened to the brave girl that punched me in third year? Where is your Gryffindor backbone?" He asked.

Hermione glared at his back. "Don't know Malfoy. Where's the charming guy that every girl in Hogwarts and this camp is after?"

He laughed. "Really. Hmm. Every girl?"

"Well maybe not." She said rolling her eyes.

Draco laughed again.

"That guy may be lost, but I sure as hell found the arrogant one."

At that moment a thunder sounded. Hermione looked up quickly to find that the sky was now full of grey clouds.

"Maybe we should-" but Draco couldn't finish because all of a sudden lighting stroke a tree close to them.

Hermione screamed and moved brusquely, causing the broom to shake uncontrollably.

Draco tried his best to steady the broom, but the sudden heavy rain wasn't helping. They were going down; there was no doubt about that.

So Draco tried to at least slow the broom so that the crash wouldn't be so harsh. Hermione kept on screaming hysterically, and who could blame her?

Once she noticed that they were going to crash she started to shake, making to broom loose its balance even more.

Things happened so quickly. Every student was now on the ground, looking at them, some even yelling their names.

Draco tried to stir the broom so that it wouldn't crash into the kids underneath them. But Hermione's movements weren't helping. Draco was loosing his patience.

Soon enough they found themselves on the ground in a tangle mess. Pain shot through all of Hermione's body.

Draco groaned from underneath her. Hermione tried to move off him, but it was useless.

"Hermione!" she hear Alex's and Padma's voice.

"Great." Draco muttered.

Hermione glanced at him. His yes were closed, but he seemed annoyed.

Alex then helped Hermione off Draco. She found she could at least stand. Draco got up slowly, checking that everything worked.

"Stupid mudblood." He muttered without thinking.

Hermione gasped, and Draco's head snapped up. He saw the hurt in her eyes. He wanted to kick himself.

Suddenly Alex pointed at Draco with his wand.

"Repeat that." He said.

Draco glared at him and turned to look at Hermione. But there wasn't any expression on her face anymore.

It was cold and serious, her eyes blank. She pulled on Alex's arm.

"Come on." She said, not taking her eyes of Draco's. "He's not worth it."

They started to walk away. Draco only stared after them. They were no a couple of yards away from him.

Draco frowned, not understanding her reaction. But he was suddenly mad. Angry at himself, at that stupid Spanish bastard and at Hermione for choosing Alex over him.

Without thinking he suddenly grabbed his broom from the ground, positioned himself and kicked off.

He kept close to the floor. Soon enough he was close to them.

"Watch out!" he heard Padma yell.

Hermione turned to look back just as he swooped down and picked her up, making her sit sideways in front of him.

"What are you doing?! Put me down!" she said, hitting him on the chest.

Draco ignored her and continued to put more distance between them and the floor along with all the people.

He saw Alex run for his broom, but when he did reach it, they were out of his sight.

Hermione continued to pound on his chest.

"Keep doing that, and we will fall again." He said slyly.

"Good! I'd rather fall then be here with you!" she yelled, but she stopped hitting him.

Draco tried not to smile. The rain had now drenched them.

He held on to Hermione with one arm as he stirred the broom with the other. It would be hard to land like that. He had to get Hermione to sit correctly. But he knew that she wouldn't do it on her own, so he decided to move her himself.

Suddenly he pushed her of the broom, still holding her by the waist he somehow managed to sit her correctly once she was back on the broom.

"What's wrong with you?! You could have killed me!" Hermione yelled.

Draco ignored her as he landed on the ground under a tree where it was dry thanks to it's branches full of leaves.

He helped Hermione off the broom as he too stepped away.

"What are we doing here?" Hermione said hugging herself as she glared at him.

Draco took his wand out from his pocket and with one flick from his wrist he and Hermione were suddenly dry.

"We need to talk." He said suddenly as he sat down on a large rock.

"No we don't. We have to go back to the camp."

Draco stared at her.

Hermione squirmed under his blank and yet intense stare.

"Ok, fine." She said giving up. "What do you want to talk about?"

"Us." He said simply.

"Us?"

"Yes Granger, us."

"What about us?"

"That's what I want to know."

Hermione stared at him confused. "Explain yourself."

Draco sighed. It would have to be him the one to talk then.

"Since that stupid kiss I gave you on Christmas I can't stop thinking about you and every weird encounter he have had since then."

Hermione stared at him, not knowing what to say.

"I know I haven't been really nice to you since then. But give me a break, its hard enough to not only have fallen for a Gryffindor but also for a girl I cant have."

Hermione opened her mouth to say something, but no words came. They continued to stare at each other for a couple of seconds before Draco spoke.

"Say something." He said.

Hermione swallowed. "You have never fallen for a girl?" She wanted to take it back the moment she said it. That was the stupidest thing she could say.

Draco half smiled as he pushed himself of the rock. He walked towards Hermione slowly.

"Not like I have fallen for you." He answered.

Hermione swallowed again. He was now standing right in front of her, only inched away from her.

"Why do you think that you can't have me?" she asked suddenly.

Draco looked into her eyes intently before answering.

"We can't be together. My father wouldn't allow it. Your friends wouldn't like it. What would the world think? Besides, you don't like me."

"I thought you didn't care what others think." She said. Then she smiled. "And what makes you think I don't like you?"

Draco looked at her for only a second.

"Fuck the world." He said as he quickly closed the distance between them, closing his lips over hers.

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