Chapter 2:On the Hogwarts Express
"Bye Mr. Weasley! Bye Mrs. Weasley! Thanks for everything!" Harry and Hermione yelled in unison. They were now on the Hogwarts Express. Hermione left for the front of the train, where the prefects sat.
As she glanced around the compartment, she saw Draco sitting by the window. Luckily for her, he was asleep. She sat in the seat across from him and began looking out the window. Suddenly, an owl flew up to the window. Hermione opened it and took the letter. It said Draco Malfoy on the front.
"Hey Malfoy, wake up!" she yelled. Draco awoke with a start. "You got a letter."
"And what exactly are you doing here?" he asked her, though he knew the answer.
"I happen to be a prefect, too, and unfortunately, this was the only compartment with room."
Draco took the letter and opened it. He began to read:
Draco,
I am writing this to tell you that your mother died yesterday. I have been at the hospital and just got home or I would have written you sooner. She got your note.
Lucius
Draco dropped the letter. Hermione noticed he looked unusually pale, so she picked up the letter and read it.
"Oh my…" she said. She looked at Draco and saw a tear glistening in his eye. Having lost her father the previous year, she couldn't just let him sit there. Temporarily forgetting she was supposed to hate him, she moved over beside him.
"I'm so sorry," she told him. "My father died last year, I know exactly how you feel. Are you gonna be OK?"
"I didn't even tell her I loved her the night I left," he said, completely breaking down.
Hermione, shocked by this sudden showing of feelings, took a moment to regain herself. "The night you left?"
"I ran away…I couldn't take it any more. I left a note to her.
"Wow. I never thought you would be the type to run away…I guess I just assumed because you had all that money…" her voice trailed away.
"Yeah, but after one to many Death Eater meetings, I was sick of it and had to get away. It was because of my father," he told her, a cold look on his face at the mention of his father.
Unable to think of anything to say, Hermione put her arm around his shoulder. After a few minutes, she said, "Do you know why she died?"
"Yeah," Draco said, "she'd had this disease for a long time. But I didn't think she was gonna die or anything or I wouldn't have left like that."
The rest of the ride, Hermione talked to Draco about her father's death and how she dealt with it. When they reached Hogwarts, she gave him a smile that quite plainly said "See ya around".
"Bye Mr. Weasley! Bye Mrs. Weasley! Thanks for everything!" Harry and Hermione yelled in unison. They were now on the Hogwarts Express. Hermione left for the front of the train, where the prefects sat.
As she glanced around the compartment, she saw Draco sitting by the window. Luckily for her, he was asleep. She sat in the seat across from him and began looking out the window. Suddenly, an owl flew up to the window. Hermione opened it and took the letter. It said Draco Malfoy on the front.
"Hey Malfoy, wake up!" she yelled. Draco awoke with a start. "You got a letter."
"And what exactly are you doing here?" he asked her, though he knew the answer.
"I happen to be a prefect, too, and unfortunately, this was the only compartment with room."
Draco took the letter and opened it. He began to read:
Draco,
I am writing this to tell you that your mother died yesterday. I have been at the hospital and just got home or I would have written you sooner. She got your note.
Lucius
Draco dropped the letter. Hermione noticed he looked unusually pale, so she picked up the letter and read it.
"Oh my…" she said. She looked at Draco and saw a tear glistening in his eye. Having lost her father the previous year, she couldn't just let him sit there. Temporarily forgetting she was supposed to hate him, she moved over beside him.
"I'm so sorry," she told him. "My father died last year, I know exactly how you feel. Are you gonna be OK?"
"I didn't even tell her I loved her the night I left," he said, completely breaking down.
Hermione, shocked by this sudden showing of feelings, took a moment to regain herself. "The night you left?"
"I ran away…I couldn't take it any more. I left a note to her.
"Wow. I never thought you would be the type to run away…I guess I just assumed because you had all that money…" her voice trailed away.
"Yeah, but after one to many Death Eater meetings, I was sick of it and had to get away. It was because of my father," he told her, a cold look on his face at the mention of his father.
Unable to think of anything to say, Hermione put her arm around his shoulder. After a few minutes, she said, "Do you know why she died?"
"Yeah," Draco said, "she'd had this disease for a long time. But I didn't think she was gonna die or anything or I wouldn't have left like that."
The rest of the ride, Hermione talked to Draco about her father's death and how she dealt with it. When they reached Hogwarts, she gave him a smile that quite plainly said "See ya around".