Chapter 11: Face the truth
Hermione was trying not to glance at the other table. She was growing uncomfortable and tried to keep her cool.
Draco was sitting there all by himself with his ice cream sundae. Hermione kept looking, he didn't look back. She didn't think he realises she was there.
He looks so lonely.... Hermione fixed her eyes at his, which seem to only be staring at a different
distance, as though he was in deep thought.
"Hermione?" Ginny asked with a curious expression.
Hermione blinked, "Sorry, yeah?"
A lady stood by their table, waiting for her order.
"Oh, I'm sorry- I'll have," she quickly looked at her menu, "strawberry and peanut butter. Thank you."
"I'll be back right in a moment," the lady replied, "I'd just like to inform you, that right now is the free
sundae for half hour special,"
Ron's eyes widened, "Brilliant..." he looked at his menu one more times and started to order a few more
sundaes. Ginny and Harry chuckled, but Hermione was too busy trying to keep herself at earth.
She tried to focuse somewhere else, but she was just curious- she just wanted to talk to him, just ask him
what happened.
"Pardon him, miss," Ginny told the lady, "He likes to be a pig,"
"Yes," Harry uttered, "It turns him on..."
The lady came back with less than five minutes after Ron told her his endless orders. Hermione barely
touched her sundae, as she stirred her spoon around it when it melted. She just felt the urge to go over
and talk to him.
Go, she told herself, Before it's too late...
She was rushed inside her, what should she do?
"I'll be right back, guys" Hermione stood and took her sundae with her.
The three didn't seem to have a problem with it, so they continued on talking. Hermione walked over to
Malfoy.
"Mind if I sit here?" she asked gently.
Malfoy gave her this look, but slowly shook his head and Hermione sat down the chair across from him.
She didn't know how to begin the conversation. She gulped as she fixed her eyes on her foot.
He was still looking at something else in the distance. This made things harder for her.
"So- I just wanted to say I'm- well, you see- I appre--" she said. He didn't reply. "Why did you do it, Draco?"
"I guess I wanted to say I'm sorry—"
He still didn't answer. Hermione sighed, "Look, if you don't want to talk then I might as well just leave-"
She stood up and started to walk.
"Don't be sorry." he blurted out, still looking at that same distance. Hermione stopped, and just
looked down on him.
"He shouldn't have touched you like that," he said. Then came the awkward silence.
"Thank you" she said softly. Things were a little bit eased now.
He reached something inside his bag. She totally forgot about his hat! "No.... thank you." He replied,
stretching out the hat.
Hermione found herself smiling at a Malfoy for the first time, "I better go—"
"Listen," he finally looked at her, "maybe...maybe you wanna go have some...butterbeer with me, sometime?" You take a look around and don't like what you see... There's people you don't know... But you know they care Hermione just stared at him. "Unless- you change your mind cause I'm a Malfoy?" That made her smile. What should I do?, she asked herself, He's a Malfoy. The boy who made your school years miserable! The boy who made Harry's and Ron's even worse..."I- don't know..." It's been so long, since you've heard the hurting words I care for you, and it's right this time Forget your past, and see what is now ....Even if you don't want to, you gotta face the truth.... Draco just shrugged. "That's fine," he went back to his sundae. Hermione started to walk... ...You gotta face the truth... Hermione stopped and hesitated. You wait to say good bye "Someday" may come along Not thinking of reality... She told herself, He did save me.... You take a look around You don't like what you see... There's people you don't know... Why don't you care? "Sure." ....... A/N: That's the 11th chap! THE END! Lol, no I'm joking! Thanks for all the reviews people! Thanks to the new reviewer : willowfairy The rest of you, you know who you are!!! With love!! I don't own the song "Face the truth" It belongs to the superb band Rufio. Thank you!