Chapter Two: Starting Over
Just a quick note from the author: Hey guys, just so all of you know, I decided to change the genre from hurt/comfort to drama since it's more of drama then that. Anyways, thanks for the favorites and follows and I really hope that you enjoy the next chapter.
Hermione eventually found Draco in the hallway to the lavatories, and she had bumped into him right when he was coming out of the one for male students. "Ah, there you are Granger." He began with an evil sneer as she simply just narrowed her eyebrows and glared at him.
"What do you want Malfoy!?" She snapped.
"Well you're just a little wizard cracker aren't you?" He questioned her. "Look, I just want to talk to you Granger and complement you and congratulate you. After all, you did pretty well for a mudblood." He told her with a bright grin, but Hermione just glared at him harder.
"Why are you still calling me that!? You're not twelve years old anymore Draco Malfoy and it's about time you grow up!" She hollered at him and that's when suddenly his grin instantly vanished from his face.
"You're right." He began and Hermione just stared at him in complete and utter disbelief.
"What did you just say?" She questioned him in a sudden gasp of astonishment.
"I said you're right. I'm eighteen years old now and I really need to grow up and drop my prejudice attitude. The truth is, I've always sort of liked you." He told her as she just simply looked at him in silence. "I just could never show it. My father, he's a bit strict about the whole entire thing and it's just the way that I was raised." He explained.
"Oh yeah? We're you also raised to be a dickhead towards Harry and Ron?" she wondered.
"No." He began before a few moments of silence passed them. "I was just sort of jealous of your friendship." He told her. "Anyways, do you think we can go ahead and start over?" He wondered.
"I don't know. I'm going to have to give it some thought." She told him before he slightly nodded at her in response.
"That's understandable, but don't forget,.. I saved Potter's life at my family manor." He pointed out.
"Yeah and when I was being tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange you didn't do anything." She reminded him before she turned around and started walking away from him.
"And that was a huge mistake!" He cried out before he started chasing after her. "Please Hermione, give me some time to make it up to you." He pleaded while she turned around to face him and looked into his eyes.
"What did you just call me?" She asked him.
"Umm,.. Hermione? That's your name isn't it?" He inquired.
"Oh so then you do know it." She began. "See all of these years I just assumed that you thought it was Granger." She finished with a bit of a glare, but Draco just stifled a laughed and smiled rather warmly and lovingly at her.
"So what if I did? You really are a feisty one,.." he began before gently caressing her cheek with his fingers. "Granger." He finished a whisper and a few more moments of silence passed between them and for those few moments a part of Hermione wanted to kiss him, but she quickly pulled away from him.
"Sorry Draco, I have to go. Harry and Ron are probably looking for me." She told him before she turned around and hurried back outside and Draco heaved a sigh as he watched her and rested his head against the wall obviously feeling disappointed since he had wanted to kiss her as well.
"It's too late Draco. She's with Weasley now, and it's your own fault for not making a move when you should have." He told himself before he turned around and walked into the opposite direction.
Meanwhile, Harry and Ginny finally broke apart as Hermione went back outside. "Where's Ron?" She wondered.
"I think he said that he was going to bed." Harry told her as Ginny looked over at her.
"So, then tell us! What did Malfoy want!?" She cried out.
"Actually, he just wanted to talk." Hermione began. "And I yelled at him to grow up when he called me a mudblood and then he apologized, and we decided to start all over." She finished not realizing she was blushing as she was explaining what happened but that's when Ginny just grinned at her.
"And you like him don't you?" She questioned her.
"Don't be ridiculous we're just friends." She began while she quickly turned her head away from her. "Besides, I'm dating your brother remember?" She questioned her as Ginny rolled her eyes.
"Yes and you wouldn't receive medical attention. So here we are." She replied as Harry chuckled and then playfully slapped her across the shoulder.
"Oh stop it! You know you love him." He began. "Besides, if they get married then that would make Hermione your sister in-law." He pointed out.
"Yeah, I guess you're right and after being stuck with six brothers I always sort of wanted a sister." Ginny said with a grin before giving Hermione a tight hug as Harry smiled at them.
"Yeah,.. me too." Hermione responded as she smiled back but inside, she was still more confused than ever as to what her true feelings were. She knew that she had a mixture of feelings inside of her, but she was having a rather difficult time figuring them out. For she couldn't understand how she could currently have a crush on the same boy who used to bully her.
"So Hermione, do you want to go catch fireflies with me?" Ginny wondered.
"Sure." Hermione replied with a grin before the two girls raced out into the night giggling while reaching up at into the night sky at the sparkling insects while Harry watched from afar.