"It...It wasn't you, was it?" Hermione looked into Viktor's eyes, expecting to find them dull and uncaring, instead they were full of emotion and concern.
"I could never do that," Vicktor reached out and touched Hermione's cheek, and Hermione winced and pulled away at the pain. "Did he hurt you?" Viktor walked into the door and sat on the bed, his head resting in his hands.
"I...I don't know what to do. I mean, it's Harry...what if I was just seeing things?" Hermione walked over to the bed, then hesitated, and sat next to Hermione.
"You're smart Hermione, you don't see things that aren't there. I'll protect you, don't worry." Hermione's mind was nowhere on Viktor, the room, or Durmstang.
"Don't say anything. I wan't you to hear me out firstAt one point in time...I could have said that I loved you back. "
She could have said everything, wrapped herself in his arms, told him everything and finally have been free of it all. But, she didn't, and now he was gone. She had done just what she didn't want to do, she had broken is heart...or not. Maybe she still had a chance with him, after all, he was the same tall redheaded, freckle-faced boy who had been there for her, who had found Neville's toad, who had wiped away her tears when she had cried....she realized it...if only...
"You love him, don't you?" Hermione was jarred out of her thoughts by Viktor's deep, raspy voice.
"Who? I don't know what you're talking about..."
"Ron, you love him, right?" Viktor leaned in, looking deep into her eyes.
"I don't want to love him..."
"Then you don't have to," he leaned in, his lips touching hers. But the kiss was cold and unemotional and Hermione pulled away.
"This isn't gonna work either," she said, with a smile.
"Yeah I know, kinda sucks, doesn't it?" She laughed quietly, not wanting to seem mocking or anything like that.
"So, do you want him?"
"That was a little...er, open"
"But answer my question, at least pretend to be honest"
"I love him, but after what I said..."
"Look, I think I had better get outta here, but...just to tell you" he walked away and headed to the door. "Hermione?"
"Yeah?" she said as she laid across the bed
"True love always forgives...and if it's not true love, well then, maybe it's not worth having."
"I could never do that," Vicktor reached out and touched Hermione's cheek, and Hermione winced and pulled away at the pain. "Did he hurt you?" Viktor walked into the door and sat on the bed, his head resting in his hands.
"I...I don't know what to do. I mean, it's Harry...what if I was just seeing things?" Hermione walked over to the bed, then hesitated, and sat next to Hermione.
"You're smart Hermione, you don't see things that aren't there. I'll protect you, don't worry." Hermione's mind was nowhere on Viktor, the room, or Durmstang.
"Don't say anything. I wan't you to hear me out firstAt one point in time...I could have said that I loved you back. "
She could have said everything, wrapped herself in his arms, told him everything and finally have been free of it all. But, she didn't, and now he was gone. She had done just what she didn't want to do, she had broken is heart...or not. Maybe she still had a chance with him, after all, he was the same tall redheaded, freckle-faced boy who had been there for her, who had found Neville's toad, who had wiped away her tears when she had cried....she realized it...if only...
"You love him, don't you?" Hermione was jarred out of her thoughts by Viktor's deep, raspy voice.
"Who? I don't know what you're talking about..."
"Ron, you love him, right?" Viktor leaned in, looking deep into her eyes.
"I don't want to love him..."
"Then you don't have to," he leaned in, his lips touching hers. But the kiss was cold and unemotional and Hermione pulled away.
"This isn't gonna work either," she said, with a smile.
"Yeah I know, kinda sucks, doesn't it?" She laughed quietly, not wanting to seem mocking or anything like that.
"So, do you want him?"
"That was a little...er, open"
"But answer my question, at least pretend to be honest"
"I love him, but after what I said..."
"Look, I think I had better get outta here, but...just to tell you" he walked away and headed to the door. "Hermione?"
"Yeah?" she said as she laid across the bed
"True love always forgives...and if it's not true love, well then, maybe it's not worth having."
