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HILARY'S POV
I had talked to Dumbledore and he had imposed new rules on the castle for my safety. I was removed from my normal dorm and moved to another more protected one, still in the Gryffindor common room, but it was a different more comfy room than my old one. Dumbledore was letting me keep one person with me, and I was going to ask Hermione, but I thought she would rather stay in her common room, so I asked Ginny instead. She agreed and I told her everything. To my surprise she understood what I was going through and wouldn't tell anyone unless I did. Ginny and I were the only one's allowed in, unless we invited someone else in. I was glad that I was a little safer like this, but I had to be monitored at all times. One of the ghosts would inconspicuously follow me from class to class, but not so it was obvious. My parents were communicating with Dumbledore through the Order, and Dumbledore would give me any messages from them.
"Hilary. A little help please!" Ginny was trying to hold my cat that had gone ballistic and was scratching her. I grabbed Honey and took her to my room.
"Phew. That cat of your's is psycho."
"No she's psychic. My cat is special; she can communicate with me if there's danger around. Kind of like Harry and his scar, except mine doesn't hurt."
Ginny was looking at me with an open mouth. I laughed at her. We had finished unpacking so we went to the common room. Harry and Ron were playing chess. Ron was winning as usual. He had never lost once and everyone was getting a bit annoyed with his boasting.
"Hi Hilary, Ginny. This games gonna be over in a . second." Ron's knight had just check mated Harry's king. He turned around and smiled at us.
"Yes Ron. Anyway, has anyone seen Hermione? I haven't seen her for ages, and I wanted to say bye before we go" Harry said looking around.
"No, I haven't seen her for quite a while. Mind you, when I have seen her, she looked pretty low. It is because of that guy at the ball. She hasn't heard anything from him." I was pretty worried about her. I wanted to tell her about Dumbledore's plans.
"Well I'm going to her common room, and your coming with me Harry. We have to see her before we leave." Ginny grabbed Harry's hand and walked out of the common room. Ginny was going back to the Burrow, and Harry was going with her because he wanted to spend Christmas with her. Ron wasn't going because he said he didn't want to be around those two, but I knew it was to keep me company. He could be really sweet and caring sometimes.
HARRY'S POV
We went up and knocked on Hermione's common room door. Malfoy opened it. He looked us up and down.
"What do you want Potter?"
"We want to see Hermione" I said this as I pushed my way past him and into the room. Ginny followed me in.
"I wish you luck. She hardly ever comes out of her room. Probably too scared she won't be able to take her eyes off me if she looks at me." Malfoy sneered at us.
"No I think she's in there so she doesn't puke at the sight of your face." Ginny smirked at him and led me up the stairs.
"Mione? Can we come in. we want to say bye before we leave."
"Yeah sure guys." She opened the door. There were blotchy tear marks on her face. She had obviously cried last night. Ginny and I hugged her as we stepped in. she sat on her bed.
"Here are your presents. You're not allowed to open them until Christmas or I'll kill you." She laughed as she said this. The laugh didn't reach her eyes though. She really did like this guy.
"So Mione. Are you going anywhere for the holidays?"
"No I decided to skip on that this year." There was silence for a couple of minutes.
"Oh this is stupid. Mione get changed. We have two hours left here and we're going to make the most of them. We're expecting you in your common room in 15 minutes or I'm coming in," Ginny said. As we were leaving, I could see a little smile on her face.
HERMIONE'S POV
I stepped out and made my way to the common room. I had put on a pair of pinstriped black pants and a green striped jumper with my runners. It wasn't that warm, but it wasn't freezing either. I had charmed my clothes to make sure they kept me warm in any conditions. I went down the stairs to see Harry and Ginny sitting in a couch at the end closest to the door and Malfoy in a chair as far away from them as possible. They were throwing dirty looks at each other. I couldn't help it. I snorted with laughter. They all looked my way.
"Hey Mione. Nice to see your smiling again." Harry came and opened the door for us. I completely ignored Malfoy as I went out.
"So what are we going to do?" I asked Ginny.
"Um, I don't actually know. I just wanted to get you out of there."
I scowled at her. "Well Ginny Weasley, you'd better come up with something good you know. I could be getting some work done right bout now!" I grinned at them, successfully predicting their expressions. We entered the common room and Ron and Hilary came up to see me. They looked a bit concerned. I saw Ginny look sternly at them and smiles replaced concern. "Hey guys. Ginny said that we're going to do something interesting now."
"Yeah I did. We're going to have a snowball fight. Now. Outside. Mione and me against you three. We only need the two of us because we are so experienced."
Hilary looked hurt at Ginny. "Oh, and Hilary is also on our team." She brightened up at this.
We went outside and started building our forts. After about forty five minutes after chasing each other over the Hogwarts ground in the knee deep snow, Harry and Ginny had gone somewhere as had Ron and Hilary. Because we were playing over such a large area of ground, I had no idea where to look for them. I decided to head back to the castle. The snow here was so deep. It came up past my knees. I knew it was going to take me forever to get back to the castle. I searched my pockets for my wand so I could melt the snow. It wasn't there! OMG how could I have lost it like that! I was starting to get hysterical. I must have dropped it while I was throwing snowballs. I started the long step of retracing my steps. It was much harder, because now I had to plough my way through the snow. I came up to a tree and leant against it. I was so tired. I looked ahead of me and saw Malfoy sitting against the one opposite me. He was deep in thought and hadn't noticed me yet. He looked almost sweet sitting there with pink cheeks. I stared at him for a moment before snapping out of my trance.
"Hey Malfoy." He looked up in surprise at me. "Um, I've lost my wand. Can you run a check on the grounds to see where it is?" I knew the answer.
"Why would I help you Granger?"
"Because I have to find it, and I think I'm getting frostbite on my toes from standing in the snow for so long."
"Granger I have better things to do than look for your wand which YOU dropped. Now if you don't mind, I'm going back to the castle." He put his hand in his pockets. He was obviously going to do a melting charm. At least I would be able to follow him to the castle then find Harry or someone to help me. My feet were really hurting by now.
"Solarium inflamare." A little bit of fire shot out from his wand and melted the snow. I started to make my way to the melted path and fell over. My feet were on fire. They were numb and cold as ice. I felt tears at the corners of my eyes. It was so painful.
"Malfoy!" I cried. He turned around slowly.
"What Granger. I'm feeling a bit chilly you know." He sneered at me.
"Malfoy. I can't stand. I can't walk. My feet hurt really bad." I said this all in a choked voice. I knew I was going to faint soon from the pain. Malfoy came over to me with a little look of concern on his face. I was struggling to breathe.
"Empericio" Malfoy muttered. There was a warm tingly feeling going through me. The pain disappeared, but I was still absolutely freezing. I guessed my warming charm on the clothes had worn off.
"Thanks. I owe you one." Who would imagine, me owing a Malfoy. I tried to walk, but my feet were still too numb and I couldn't move. I fell over into the snow and dissolved into tears. I was going to be stuck here for a long time without my wand. Malfoy would never help me. I felt someone pick me up and carry me. I was too cold to look at him. I knew it was Malfoy. I closed my eyes and held onto him.
This feels oddly familiar. I opened my eyes. All I could see was his arm holding my legs as my head was against his chest. I didn't have the energy to look at his face. I didn't know what it was, but I was sure I had held him like this before. I thought this and then blacked out.
DRACO'S POV
She was so light. She really needed to eat more. I knew that I should have taken her to the hospital wing, but I took her to our common room instead. She had fainted. I put her in front of the roaring fire. I went and got several large blankets and performed a drying charm on her. I took off her shoes and socks. Her feet were bright blue. I felt them. They were freezing. I left her in front of the fire with heaps of blankets on and her feet directly in front of the fire. I made my way to the kitchens.
"Hey. Can I have two hot chocolates, which stay warm and warm food for two. And make it snappy."
The house elves gave me everything I needed in about five minutes. I took them back to the common room. She looked so peaceful on the couch. I used a handy spell of mine to get her awake again. She woke up.
"Malfoy. What happened? Why aren't I in the hospital wing?"
"God Granger. Do you have to ask so many questions? Just drink your hot chocolate," I snarled at her. I knew I shouldn't be so hard on her, but I had a reputation to keep up. She took her cup and drank it.
"Can you move your toes?" I drawled.
She looked like she was concentrating on moving them, but nothing happened. "Nope."
"Fine. Eat your dinner. Then I have to take you up to your room." I forcefully shuddered at her. She looked at me.
"No. I think I'll be fine down here thanks. I wouldn't want his highness to have to touch a 'mudblood' would I?" she said to me. She was really pissed off.
"Fine." I took my plate of food and went to my room. If she wanted to get a bad back, that's fine by me. At least I wouldn't have to by carrying her. Who am I kidding? My father's gone. There's no reason to be the prat that I sometimes am.
"Hey Malfoy." I turned around and gave her a cold look. "Thanks for doing this." She gave me a smile of appreciation. I shivered, glared at her and went to my room. I'm not a sissy, so I should stop thinking like one.
HERMIONE'S POV
I couldn't believe he had looked after me so well. It was nice of him, but strange. I could move my feet, but I didn't want Malfoy to take me up to my room. He would hear my password if he did. I lay back down. I had to find someone and get them to find my wand. I moved over. Something poked my side. I looked down. Y wand was sticking out of my jean pocket and into my back. I slapped myself. I was so ignorant and stupid sometimes. It fell with a clatter to the floor and under the couch as I straightened up. I put my hand down and felt around for it. I felt my wand and something else. I pulled them both out and gasped.
My wand was wrapped in a dark blue dress robe with silver fastenings. I had seen it before. I had been held in the arms that wore that cloak. The man in that cloak had abandoned me. But it couldn't be. There was no way. He would have gone with Pansy or something, not alone. I smelled it. It was familiar. The same sweet scent as Malfoy wore today. I looked down at the cloak in horror.
It all made sense. Malfoy had run away from the ball because he was disappointed that it was me. It had felt so familiar and right when I was holding Malfoy today. That didn't explain why Malfoy looked after me. He was clearly disgusted that it was me at the ball he had kissed. OMG! I had kissed Malfoy. I had half a mind to spit right now, but I hesitated. I had liked the kiss, and the ball had passed now. I was so tired and confused. I put my head back on the pillow and fell asleep.
DRACO'S POV
I couldn't sleep. I walked out to the common room to go to the kitchens and return my plate, as well as get another hot chocolate or something. I stepped into the common room. She was asleep. I went to the front and looked at her. She could move her feet as she was in a different position. My eyes travelled to her face and widened in shock.
She had found her wand, and she was holding my dress robes. She was wrapped up in them, so I couldn't get them back otherwise I would wake her. She had probably guessed by now. How could I have been so stupid? I hadn't hidden the cloak. I mentally slapped myself and looked back at her. She stirred. I made to go, but it was too late. She had opened her eyes, looked at me questioningly, then at the cloak and back at me, comprehension drawing on her face.
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A/N: Sorry it's so short, but I wanted to piss all of you of and leave it at a cliffy (evil smile). Review!
Disclaimer: I keep forgetting to do these, so if I forget again, refer to chapter one. I only own the plot, Ken and Hilary.
~*~*~*~ Chapter 11: Will He Tell Her? ~*~*~*~
HILARY'S POV
I had talked to Dumbledore and he had imposed new rules on the castle for my safety. I was removed from my normal dorm and moved to another more protected one, still in the Gryffindor common room, but it was a different more comfy room than my old one. Dumbledore was letting me keep one person with me, and I was going to ask Hermione, but I thought she would rather stay in her common room, so I asked Ginny instead. She agreed and I told her everything. To my surprise she understood what I was going through and wouldn't tell anyone unless I did. Ginny and I were the only one's allowed in, unless we invited someone else in. I was glad that I was a little safer like this, but I had to be monitored at all times. One of the ghosts would inconspicuously follow me from class to class, but not so it was obvious. My parents were communicating with Dumbledore through the Order, and Dumbledore would give me any messages from them.
"Hilary. A little help please!" Ginny was trying to hold my cat that had gone ballistic and was scratching her. I grabbed Honey and took her to my room.
"Phew. That cat of your's is psycho."
"No she's psychic. My cat is special; she can communicate with me if there's danger around. Kind of like Harry and his scar, except mine doesn't hurt."
Ginny was looking at me with an open mouth. I laughed at her. We had finished unpacking so we went to the common room. Harry and Ron were playing chess. Ron was winning as usual. He had never lost once and everyone was getting a bit annoyed with his boasting.
"Hi Hilary, Ginny. This games gonna be over in a . second." Ron's knight had just check mated Harry's king. He turned around and smiled at us.
"Yes Ron. Anyway, has anyone seen Hermione? I haven't seen her for ages, and I wanted to say bye before we go" Harry said looking around.
"No, I haven't seen her for quite a while. Mind you, when I have seen her, she looked pretty low. It is because of that guy at the ball. She hasn't heard anything from him." I was pretty worried about her. I wanted to tell her about Dumbledore's plans.
"Well I'm going to her common room, and your coming with me Harry. We have to see her before we leave." Ginny grabbed Harry's hand and walked out of the common room. Ginny was going back to the Burrow, and Harry was going with her because he wanted to spend Christmas with her. Ron wasn't going because he said he didn't want to be around those two, but I knew it was to keep me company. He could be really sweet and caring sometimes.
HARRY'S POV
We went up and knocked on Hermione's common room door. Malfoy opened it. He looked us up and down.
"What do you want Potter?"
"We want to see Hermione" I said this as I pushed my way past him and into the room. Ginny followed me in.
"I wish you luck. She hardly ever comes out of her room. Probably too scared she won't be able to take her eyes off me if she looks at me." Malfoy sneered at us.
"No I think she's in there so she doesn't puke at the sight of your face." Ginny smirked at him and led me up the stairs.
"Mione? Can we come in. we want to say bye before we leave."
"Yeah sure guys." She opened the door. There were blotchy tear marks on her face. She had obviously cried last night. Ginny and I hugged her as we stepped in. she sat on her bed.
"Here are your presents. You're not allowed to open them until Christmas or I'll kill you." She laughed as she said this. The laugh didn't reach her eyes though. She really did like this guy.
"So Mione. Are you going anywhere for the holidays?"
"No I decided to skip on that this year." There was silence for a couple of minutes.
"Oh this is stupid. Mione get changed. We have two hours left here and we're going to make the most of them. We're expecting you in your common room in 15 minutes or I'm coming in," Ginny said. As we were leaving, I could see a little smile on her face.
HERMIONE'S POV
I stepped out and made my way to the common room. I had put on a pair of pinstriped black pants and a green striped jumper with my runners. It wasn't that warm, but it wasn't freezing either. I had charmed my clothes to make sure they kept me warm in any conditions. I went down the stairs to see Harry and Ginny sitting in a couch at the end closest to the door and Malfoy in a chair as far away from them as possible. They were throwing dirty looks at each other. I couldn't help it. I snorted with laughter. They all looked my way.
"Hey Mione. Nice to see your smiling again." Harry came and opened the door for us. I completely ignored Malfoy as I went out.
"So what are we going to do?" I asked Ginny.
"Um, I don't actually know. I just wanted to get you out of there."
I scowled at her. "Well Ginny Weasley, you'd better come up with something good you know. I could be getting some work done right bout now!" I grinned at them, successfully predicting their expressions. We entered the common room and Ron and Hilary came up to see me. They looked a bit concerned. I saw Ginny look sternly at them and smiles replaced concern. "Hey guys. Ginny said that we're going to do something interesting now."
"Yeah I did. We're going to have a snowball fight. Now. Outside. Mione and me against you three. We only need the two of us because we are so experienced."
Hilary looked hurt at Ginny. "Oh, and Hilary is also on our team." She brightened up at this.
We went outside and started building our forts. After about forty five minutes after chasing each other over the Hogwarts ground in the knee deep snow, Harry and Ginny had gone somewhere as had Ron and Hilary. Because we were playing over such a large area of ground, I had no idea where to look for them. I decided to head back to the castle. The snow here was so deep. It came up past my knees. I knew it was going to take me forever to get back to the castle. I searched my pockets for my wand so I could melt the snow. It wasn't there! OMG how could I have lost it like that! I was starting to get hysterical. I must have dropped it while I was throwing snowballs. I started the long step of retracing my steps. It was much harder, because now I had to plough my way through the snow. I came up to a tree and leant against it. I was so tired. I looked ahead of me and saw Malfoy sitting against the one opposite me. He was deep in thought and hadn't noticed me yet. He looked almost sweet sitting there with pink cheeks. I stared at him for a moment before snapping out of my trance.
"Hey Malfoy." He looked up in surprise at me. "Um, I've lost my wand. Can you run a check on the grounds to see where it is?" I knew the answer.
"Why would I help you Granger?"
"Because I have to find it, and I think I'm getting frostbite on my toes from standing in the snow for so long."
"Granger I have better things to do than look for your wand which YOU dropped. Now if you don't mind, I'm going back to the castle." He put his hand in his pockets. He was obviously going to do a melting charm. At least I would be able to follow him to the castle then find Harry or someone to help me. My feet were really hurting by now.
"Solarium inflamare." A little bit of fire shot out from his wand and melted the snow. I started to make my way to the melted path and fell over. My feet were on fire. They were numb and cold as ice. I felt tears at the corners of my eyes. It was so painful.
"Malfoy!" I cried. He turned around slowly.
"What Granger. I'm feeling a bit chilly you know." He sneered at me.
"Malfoy. I can't stand. I can't walk. My feet hurt really bad." I said this all in a choked voice. I knew I was going to faint soon from the pain. Malfoy came over to me with a little look of concern on his face. I was struggling to breathe.
"Empericio" Malfoy muttered. There was a warm tingly feeling going through me. The pain disappeared, but I was still absolutely freezing. I guessed my warming charm on the clothes had worn off.
"Thanks. I owe you one." Who would imagine, me owing a Malfoy. I tried to walk, but my feet were still too numb and I couldn't move. I fell over into the snow and dissolved into tears. I was going to be stuck here for a long time without my wand. Malfoy would never help me. I felt someone pick me up and carry me. I was too cold to look at him. I knew it was Malfoy. I closed my eyes and held onto him.
This feels oddly familiar. I opened my eyes. All I could see was his arm holding my legs as my head was against his chest. I didn't have the energy to look at his face. I didn't know what it was, but I was sure I had held him like this before. I thought this and then blacked out.
DRACO'S POV
She was so light. She really needed to eat more. I knew that I should have taken her to the hospital wing, but I took her to our common room instead. She had fainted. I put her in front of the roaring fire. I went and got several large blankets and performed a drying charm on her. I took off her shoes and socks. Her feet were bright blue. I felt them. They were freezing. I left her in front of the fire with heaps of blankets on and her feet directly in front of the fire. I made my way to the kitchens.
"Hey. Can I have two hot chocolates, which stay warm and warm food for two. And make it snappy."
The house elves gave me everything I needed in about five minutes. I took them back to the common room. She looked so peaceful on the couch. I used a handy spell of mine to get her awake again. She woke up.
"Malfoy. What happened? Why aren't I in the hospital wing?"
"God Granger. Do you have to ask so many questions? Just drink your hot chocolate," I snarled at her. I knew I shouldn't be so hard on her, but I had a reputation to keep up. She took her cup and drank it.
"Can you move your toes?" I drawled.
She looked like she was concentrating on moving them, but nothing happened. "Nope."
"Fine. Eat your dinner. Then I have to take you up to your room." I forcefully shuddered at her. She looked at me.
"No. I think I'll be fine down here thanks. I wouldn't want his highness to have to touch a 'mudblood' would I?" she said to me. She was really pissed off.
"Fine." I took my plate of food and went to my room. If she wanted to get a bad back, that's fine by me. At least I wouldn't have to by carrying her. Who am I kidding? My father's gone. There's no reason to be the prat that I sometimes am.
"Hey Malfoy." I turned around and gave her a cold look. "Thanks for doing this." She gave me a smile of appreciation. I shivered, glared at her and went to my room. I'm not a sissy, so I should stop thinking like one.
HERMIONE'S POV
I couldn't believe he had looked after me so well. It was nice of him, but strange. I could move my feet, but I didn't want Malfoy to take me up to my room. He would hear my password if he did. I lay back down. I had to find someone and get them to find my wand. I moved over. Something poked my side. I looked down. Y wand was sticking out of my jean pocket and into my back. I slapped myself. I was so ignorant and stupid sometimes. It fell with a clatter to the floor and under the couch as I straightened up. I put my hand down and felt around for it. I felt my wand and something else. I pulled them both out and gasped.
My wand was wrapped in a dark blue dress robe with silver fastenings. I had seen it before. I had been held in the arms that wore that cloak. The man in that cloak had abandoned me. But it couldn't be. There was no way. He would have gone with Pansy or something, not alone. I smelled it. It was familiar. The same sweet scent as Malfoy wore today. I looked down at the cloak in horror.
It all made sense. Malfoy had run away from the ball because he was disappointed that it was me. It had felt so familiar and right when I was holding Malfoy today. That didn't explain why Malfoy looked after me. He was clearly disgusted that it was me at the ball he had kissed. OMG! I had kissed Malfoy. I had half a mind to spit right now, but I hesitated. I had liked the kiss, and the ball had passed now. I was so tired and confused. I put my head back on the pillow and fell asleep.
DRACO'S POV
I couldn't sleep. I walked out to the common room to go to the kitchens and return my plate, as well as get another hot chocolate or something. I stepped into the common room. She was asleep. I went to the front and looked at her. She could move her feet as she was in a different position. My eyes travelled to her face and widened in shock.
She had found her wand, and she was holding my dress robes. She was wrapped up in them, so I couldn't get them back otherwise I would wake her. She had probably guessed by now. How could I have been so stupid? I hadn't hidden the cloak. I mentally slapped myself and looked back at her. She stirred. I made to go, but it was too late. She had opened her eyes, looked at me questioningly, then at the cloak and back at me, comprehension drawing on her face.
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A/N: Sorry it's so short, but I wanted to piss all of you of and leave it at a cliffy (evil smile). Review!