Chapter -5

Previously-

"I have patrols tonight."

Oh no

"I have patrols tonight." I said with dread bubbling up inside of me.

"With Draco."

Present-

Truth to be told, I was nervous about meeting Draco.

My brain stopped working whenever I thought about the kiss and I had butterflies in my stomach. The good kind.

But then I thought about how he was practically engaged to Astoria and that made me feel sad and at the same time I had feeling in my stomach and I was pretty sure it was guilt.

'Come on Hermione, It's just a patrol. You can do it.'

I wish my Gryffindor bravery would take over now.

With all the bright thoughts and complicated feelings, I walked out of the dorms for patrol.

When I reached it, Draco was already waiting for me.

My heart was beating fast and I vaguely wondered if he could hear it.

"Hello" I said softly not looking him in the eye.

If I did, I would surely be as red as a tomato.

"Hello Mia." He said pleasantly. I could hear the smirk in his voice.

Don't ask me how that happens, I just could figure that out.

"Let's get going."

We walked for a good amount of time in silence.

"Not chatty today Granger?"

"Hmm I am just stressed about something." I replied. It was the truth just not the whole truth.

He raised his eyebrows.

"About wha—?"

Before he could ask his questions The were some noises in the classroom beside us.

"Come on Charlie, you prat, just stretch a little more."

"I am trying. Bloody hell." That was all we heard before a loud crash came from the classroom.

We bolted towards it and saw two students on top of each other?

"What," Draco said sharply "are you doing?"

The two were probably second years. They mumbled something under their breaths and were flushed. I looked over to Draco. He was the person who assigned detention or took-off points during our patrols.

" 10 points from Slytherin and Hufflepuff. You two, detention. Next Friday."

They mumbled a quick sorry before rushing off to their dorms.

"Wasn't that a bit too much?" Usually to the people sneaking off their dorms, he just took some points. But today he seemed too irritated.

"Nah, those bunch of troublemakers deserves it."

I nodded. He must simply be stressed about something. He had become a lot more expressive after the war. Not to mention my muggle language was also rubbing off him.

After more 15 minutes of patrol, we didn't find any more students so we decided to go back to our dorms. Thankfully Draco was not in the mood to talk today. He went to his room and I decided to do some homework.

Homework might be stressful stuff for others. But for me, it was a stress reliever. It made me happy that all of my stuff was done and completed hence making me less stressed. I did all my homework, even the ones that were due two weeks. I was totally engrossed in work till I realized that it was 1:00 in the morning.

I was cleared up the table and was going to my room till I heard some noises coming from Draco's room.

I contemplated. I had never been to his room before. It would be invading his privacy. I was just going to ignore it until I heard a scream.

After that all the reasons were irrelevant. I quickly ran to his room only to find him clutching his sheets. Tears had smeared his face and the moonlight was coming through his window.

"Draco" I called out to him. Not wanting to completely go into his room. Not only because it gave me butterflied but also because it was rude and totally invading his privacy.

He screamed again leaving me no choice but to shake him awake.

"Draco, Hun, wake up. It only a dream" I said in a loud clear voice. I should have let him sleep. It was the best way of forgetting a night terror. But I remembered the times I had wished someone was actually there for me.

"It a dream." I kept whispering this to him. A thing about nightmares was, once you realize that you are in a nightmare, you tend to wake up.

He calmed down soon afterward.

"Hermione." He said and it broke my heart. He sounded the most vulnerable I had ever heard him. He sounded broken and confused.

"Its okay, Draco. I'm here" After these words, he totally broke down and I hugged him.

I kept patting him and running my finger through his hair. It took a while but he calmed down.

"Wanna go to sleep?" I asked him, but he shook his head like a child and pouted.

"Bad dreams. No sleep." But he was slurring his words. He wanted to go to sleep, he was too tired.

"Okay." I spoke. While saying this, I laid him down which was kinda hard because of how close we were. While hugging he had linked his hands around my waist and even while sleeping, he had a tight grip.

He was already sleeping. I smiled and walked towards my room but my waist was still wrapped around his arms.

"Stay." He said and I nodded. I peeled his arms off my waist and stayed a little more.

And before I knew it, I was falling.