Title: Falling for You
Author: Evie DuGrey (soon to be Evie Malfoy. That will be my name for the next story I write)
Chapter Title: Chapter Thirteen: Reconciliation
Disclaimer: Ah, my last disclaimer! Well, JK Rowling owns Harry Potter, I own the story line, blah blah blah okay maybe it isn't such a big loss for this to be my disclaimer…
A/N: Thanks for all your reviews! I got LOADS of reviews for this story. But alas this is the final chapter and this'll be the last you'll see of me for a while, although I'm going to post a thankyou chapter in a few days too. I'll miss ya'll, you've all been great! This chapter is dedicated to all my reviewers for the ENTIRE story, thanks for all your continuous support of my writing!
Also, this whole chapter is written from third person but it alternates from Draco to Hermione's scenes.
So enjoy my final chapter and thanks for reading all of my story so far!
Luv yas all-
*S*S* Evie DuGrey *S*S*
^____^= Draco's thoughts
*____*= Hermione's thoughts
*S*S*S* DRACO *S*S*S*
Draco lay on his four-poster bed, throwing his hacky-sack at the wall, watching it bounce back to him
"One thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine. Two thousand." He silently counted
^Two thousand. Yep, that sounds about right. Two thousand is the amount of times I should be smacked over the head with a Quidditch bat for telling Hermione how I really feel. And I was just starting to get a good friendship with her…^
Draco hadn't slept at all the previous night or any of this night. He hadn't left his room all day and he simply neglected the fact that he had classes.
^I wonder if Hermione's noticed I've been away. No, I doubt it. She was probably too busy laughing at me with the dream team. Jeez, it's times like this that I'm reminded about why I hate Potter and Weasley so much^
Draco was snapped out of his thoughts by a tapping sound. He looked up to see a snowy white owl pecking at his window, which he eventually began to realize as Harry's.
^Oh no, not now. Hermione probably told Potter and Weasley everything that I said and this will either be their death threats or just a letter to say 'ha ha you made a fool of yourself and you can't have her!!'^
Draco gingerly moved towards the window and opened it to let the owl in. He untied the letter from the owl's leg and let her go again.
But, to Draco's surprise, it wasn't Potter or Weasley's scrawl that had written his name on the front of the letter, but Hermione's neat cursive letters.
At this, Draco began to rip open the letter, but then a thought struck him. ^What if this is just to embarrass me even more? What if… nah… stuff that, there's only one way to find out.^
Once he had fully opened the letter, Draco's eyes eagerly scanned the page…
Dear Draco,
I'm sorry about what happened at The Ball. What you said to me was very unexpected and came as a shock to me and I didn't know quite how to react because I didn't know what I felt for you so I just did what I always do… I ran.
But, a few hours ago I had a dream and I realized something, something you will probably want to know, although it is not something I am willing to write in this letter incase it is intercepted. But my dream did make me realize something and I really need to talk to you before it's too late. If you don't totally hate me for running away, please meet me by the lake at 5.00 tonight.
Love Always- Hermione
A million thoughts were racing through Draco's head. ^Before it's too late? A dream? Love Always???^ But there was one thing in particular that was racing through Draco's head. ^5 o'clock!! That's a whole 10 hours away!^
Draco got out a quill and some parchment and wrote a quick letter back to Hermione…
Of course I don't hate you!
See you then- Draco
He sent it off with his owl, Lexi, and slumped back onto his bed and started to throw his hacky-sack again. Except this time, instead of counting how many times he should be hit over the head, he was in a much happier mood and simply just threw it at the wall.
*S*S*S*S*S*S*S*S*S*S*S*S*S* (Still Draco)
Time was definitely not on Draco's side that night. It seemed to crawl by slower than the rate of Crabbe and Goyle becoming good looking.
Draco looked across at the clock to see that only 6 hours had passed since he had received Hermione's letter and he still had to wait another 4 hours.
^Oh well^ he thought, ^I may as well just go down to the lake now with my Potions book and read up on what I've missed^
Draco grabbed his Potions book and lazily put on his cloak and began to walk out to the lake…
*S*S*S* HERMIONE *S*S*S*
Hermione paced back and forth in her dorm, wondering if she had done the right thing by writing to Draco. *Of course you have! He's your protector, remember?* Hermione mentally scolded herself for doubting it.
She went over to her desk and re-read his letter,
Of course I don't hate you!
See you then- DracoHermione took a deep breath and exhaled. She walked over to her wardrobe and began to look through it for something to wear.
She spent about half an hour rummaging through her wardrobe but she eventually just picked out a pair of flared jeans and a white singlet top.
She looked at her watch. 4.00.
*Not long now* She thought. She walked over to her bed and sat down on it and looked out the floor-to-ceiling window. From there, she had a perfect view of the lake.
She could see Draco sitting underneath one of the trees reading, so she decided to just go down there too and talk to him then, instead of staying in her dorm, letting the wait drive her crazy.
*S*S*S* BOTH *S*S*S*
Draco looked into the distance to see Hermione walking his way. He put down his book and stood up, subconsciously fixing his hair and re-tying his cloak as he waited for her to walk over to him.
After what had seemed like hours, she finally reached the lake.
They stood in silence for a few moments until Draco broke the tension.
"Hi."
Hermione blushed, as though he had just said something really embarrassing, "Hi" she replied
More silence.
"Err you wanted to talk?" He said, tried not to sound too cocky.
"Um, yeah." *Come on Hermione, don't lose your nerve now!* "Look, about what you said at The Ball…"
Draco felt something at the pit of his stomach and began to have some doubts, ^She probably just wants to be friends. Best to back out now…^
"Look Hermione, I'm really sorry if I rushed you or something. I fully understand if you don't feel the way I do and you can just forget all this stuff ever happened if you want. But I did mean what I said last night. Every word…
I'm not usually like this. I usually keep my feelings to myself. But… with you… it's different… everything is."
More silence.
Draco just wished she'd say something. Anything! Even her telling him she hated him straight out would have been better than this uncertain silence.
Draco took the silence as her agreement to wanting to forget everything, so, trying to hide his disappointment he said, "Well I guess this is it then. I'll see you around… Sorry…"
He began to walk away. An awful sense of déjà vu ran through Hermione. "No! Draco, wait!"
He spun around.
"I don't want to forget. I don't want this to be it!" she cried
"What?"
"Please." There were tears in Hermione's eyes. "My dream…"
Draco walked back to her and held her in his arms, in effort to try to get her to stop crying.
"Your dream?"
"You… you're my patronus. I need you."
"You need me? But I thought you…"
"Draco, listen to me." Draco stepped out of the embrace and looked her in the eyes.
She had stopped crying and she was now smiling. "Draco, I realized something… I realized that I love you too!"
"You do?"
Hermione nodded.
"You have no idea how long I've waited for you to say that."
Hermione smiled and Draco leant down to kiss her. The kiss was pure bliss for both of them and they both knew they had made the right decision.
After a few minutes, a swollen-mouthed Hermione broke away from the kiss and gave Draco a puzzled look.
"Exactly how long have you been waiting?"
Draco simply smiled and said, "Too long, my dear. Too long"
*S*S*S*S*S*S*S*S*
AN Aww wasn't that sweet! Well, that's the last you'll be seeing of me for a while cos this was the last chapter! I won't be writing a sequel but look out for my next fic, which I'm co-writing with IfeltOnTom.
Thanks for reading, I really appreciate it!!!
*S*S* Evie DuGrey *S*S*