Ron and I walked to the Great Hall for breakfast. When we sat down, I noticed Harry wasn't there.
"Where's Harry?" I asked Ron.
"Oh, I don't know. He probably slept late. You know how he is." Ron said and helped himself to some toast. I looked around for Draco. I found myself wanting him to be there. I know I said that I really didn't want to talk to him, but I lied. I could never tell Ron I liked talking to Draco. It reminded me of old times. Of course, Ron doesn't know there were old times between Draco and I. I started to remember some of the hard times we experienced.
Flashback: Astronomy Tower
I walked into the Astronomy Tower and found Draco looking up at the stars. I walked over to him and sat down.
"Hey." I said.
"Hey. I don't know how you keep managing to steal Potter's invisibility cloak. Doesn't he use it like every night?" he asked and then kissed me on the cheek.
"No, he doesn't use it every night. I just ask him if I can use it. I just tell him I am going to the library to work on some extra credit and I come up here to study." I said. He smirked.
"That doesn't seem like something Hermione Granger would do. Take books from the library, when it is closed." he said. I smiled.
"I guess you rubbed off on me." I said with a smirk.
"I guess so." he said and kissed me on the lips.
"So has anything interesting happened to you?" I asked when we pulled apart 2 minutes later.
"Well I got a letter from my dad. He basically said that Voldemort wanted me to be the "Prince of Darkness" you know the usual." he said dully.
"Oh." I said worriedly. His father always said this to him but I got a little more worried each time he said it.
"I hate it when you get that worried look. don't worry. I will take care of it. Besides, it is 2 years away from happening so he might find someone a little more suited for the job than I am." he said and snuggled up close to me.
"So you are not worried at all?" I asked still worried.
"I'm not going to lie to you, Hermione. I am very worried. But not about me, about you. Once out of Hogwarts, I want to be out in the open about our relationship. I could never leave you. I love you. Hopefully, Potter will finally defeat Voldemort before we leave Hogwarts." he said. I smiled.
"Hold on. I thought we agreed that if it lasted as long as graduation, we would end it." I said.
"Well, I changed my mind." he said and laughed.
"Well, I haven't changed mine." I said. His face went blank. "Just yet." I said and smiled. He smiled too and kissed me. We started snogging. About 10 minutes later, I pulled away.
"What?" he said.
"We should stop." I said and pushed him off of me.
"Fine." he grumbled. He wanted us to have sex. He had since about 2 weeks into the relationship. He knew I was a virgin and needed to be ready. He never told me that he wanted to have sex, I just knew. I could tell when we would make out and I would push him off of me. He would get this look in his eyes. I wanted to, that's for damn sure but I knew I wasn't ready.
"So, um what do you want to talk about?" I said. He looked at me.
"I think we should go." he said and got up. I got up too.
"Why do you always do that?" I asked.
"Do what?' he asked.
"As soon as I say no, you want to leave." I asked him.
"I don't know. I mean, what else are we supposed to do?" he said. I looked at him.
"We could talk." I said.
"Well, that's all we ever do. That and snog. It kinda feels like you're leading me on." he said. I got mad when he said that.
"So, I can't snog my boyfriend without giving him the impression that I want to do it. I'm sorry for thinking I could." I said. I grabbed the cloak and walked out. He followed me.
"Hermione come back here." he whispered. I ran to the common room. There I found Harry and Ron sitting in the chairs. I took off the cloak.
"Oh, hey Hermione. How is the extra credit going?" Harry asked.
"Oh, um, fine. I am really tired right now. I will talk to you later." I said. They said ok and I went to bed. I actually fell asleep. I didn't think I was going to.
The next day I woke up with flowers and a letter by my bed. I read the latter. It was from Draco. It said to meet him in the Astronomy Tower tonight at 12:00.
I waited all day for 12:oo to come. When it finally came, I really didn't want to go. I was scared of what he might say. But I went.
When I got there, he was there waiting with more flowers. Roses.
"Hey Hermione. Thanks for coming." he said and handed me the flowers. Then he kissed me on the cheek.
"Yeah, whatever. Why did you want me to come?" I asked and sat down.
"I wanted to talk to you. About that sex thing." he said and sat down next to me.
"What about it?" I said.
"I want you to understand me. Before you and I got together, I had sex a lot. I mean, a whole lot. It was for me to ease the pain." he said. I looked at him.
"What pain, Draco? The fact that your father beats you causes you pain when you're here?" I asked.
"Yeah, it does. And the fact that I didn't have any friends or people I could trust until I met you. Anyway, I used people for my own pleasure. But when I fell in love with you, that all changed. I'm just used to having sex with different girls. Now that I am with you, I am not with anyone else. I have needs and jackin' off isn't helping anymore. I hope you understand." he said. I looked at him in disbelief.
"How can you be so insensitive? This is my virginity we are talking about. This is important to me, Draco. I want it to be special. And if you don't understand where I am coming from, than I guess you can sleep with whoever you want. But I won't be here if you do. So chose, Draco. Me or sex." I said.
"I'm sorry, Hermione. Of course I chose you. I don't mean to pressure you. I'm sorry." he said.
"Why is it so important?" I asked.
"I don't know. But you are way more important to me than sex. I won't bring up sex again. I promise." he said.
"I will tell you when I'm ready, ok." I said. He nodded. "Well I am gonna go. See ya." I said and walked out. I didn't kiss him like I usually do because he would probably think I am teasing him.
I went to my dormitory and fell asleep.
End of flashback
"Hermione, are you okay?" Ron said waving his hand in my face.
"Ron, stop. I am fine. I am just going to go to my classroom. I will see ya later." I said and walked out of the Great Hall. While I was walking, I saw Draco in his classroom. I looked through the door window to see him better. He was better looking from 15 years ago. He was muscular back than but he was a little more muscular. His hair was still the same color but it was a little longer, though it was hard to tell since he had it back. His face had a happier expression now than 15 years ago.
As I continued daydreaming I heard a knock at the door. I snapped out of it and Draco was standing on the other side of the door. I realized I was drooling too. I felt my cheeks go red. He opened the door.
"Hi, Hermione. Are you okay?" he asked. I wiped the drool from my chin.
"Oh yeah. I am fine. Yeah okay." I said and turned to leave.
"Hermione. There is no need to be nervous." he said. I turned back around/
"How do you know I am nervous?" I said.
"Because you always say yeah a lot when you are nervous." he said and chuckled.
"How do you know that?" I asked.
"You were that way 15 years ago." he said. "Do you want to come in?" he asked.
"No. I am fine. Ok bye." I said.
"Wait. Meet me tonight in the Astronomy Tower at 12:00." he said and shut his door before I could say no. The bell rang so I went to my classroom.
The day passed quickly and 12:00 came. I almost didn't go but he was nice enough to want to get to know me again, that I went. Ron was such a sound sleeper it was easy to get away.
I walked to the Astronomy Tower. He was there waiting for me.
"I didn't think you would come." he said.
"I almost didn't." I said and I sat down next to him.
"Well, I'm glad you did. I just want to talk to you. I want to get to know you. I want us to be friends." he said.
"I don't know if I can. No one knows how we used to be. No one. Then out of the blue we just become friends. It just wouldn't make sense." I said.
"Remember, the first time we laughed together. It was when you were drinking milk and I kissed you on the neck by surprised and you spit it out and got it on my clothes." he said. I nodded and we both started laughing.
"Remember, the time when you snuck up behind me and I punched you in the nose by accident." I said and we both just started laughing. We didn't stop laughing all night. We just kept telling stories about the old times. It was almost 4 in the morning when we stopped.
"I better go." I said. We both stood up.
"It was nice talking to you again." he said. I nodded and turned around to leave. He grabbed my arm softly and turned me around. All the sudden, he kissed me.
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