Loving Your Enemy- Is It Possible?- Chapter 6 : a New friendship has just
begun.
"You don't talk to me until hermione forgives you" said Narcissa and she left the room.
Draco looked over to hermione who was still crying. He sat on the bed beside her and said, "errrr granger I am sorry. I really did not know what I was doing at that time. My mind was swayed by anger. Please forgive me"
Hermione on listening to this got up and left the room. Draco followed her and called out, "granger granger" but then he bumped into Narcissa who gave him a big glare and pushed him out of the way.
Draco was so miserable that even he did not attend college that day. At breakfast when he asked for water no one replied except Jessica. So he thought there was at least one person who was talking to him.
Therefore, after breakfast he went to Jessica's room and asked her, "jess can I talk to you?"
Jessica who was talking on the phone hung up and said, "yeah bro wassup?"
"Well nothing. Did you hear about granger and me?" he asked hoping Jessica did not know.
"Yeah I heard hermione talking to mom. She was miserable. Nevertheless, Draco you did do wrong and I think it is proper for mom and mione not to talk to you. You broke mom's trust upon you. "
"If you think it is correct that no one speaks to me then why are you talking to me?" asked Draco giving Jessica a quizzical look. Sometimes his little sister acted so weird.
"Well because I think that you didn't do It on purpose. I am sure you did it because you were provoked." Said Jessica. She sounded so confident while saying this.
"Thanks jess. You are the best sister anyone could ever have" said Draco while he hugged Jessica. "What say jess let's play chess or basketball or cricket or anything you want." Said draco who was relived at least someone seemed to look at the real point of view that he did it out of provocation.
"Ummm nah bro. I have a project to complete. However, you could help me out with that" said Jessica with a smile which meant he would have to do each bit of creative work in the project
Draco spent the whole day helping Jessica. He did not even have lunch because he did not want to see any glares from his mom and he knew that after dinner he would have to talk to his mom.
~At night in narcissa's room.~
Draco was waiting for his mom on the chair. As she came in he looked at her and said, "mom please wait. Listen to what I have to say mom please. I was not in the right state of mind. The fact that you had slapped me because of granger hurt me so badly that all I could do is think of revenge. Mom I did it out of provocation. I swear on my self. Mom do you think I could think of doing such a thing? Mom please listen to me."
He wanted to say more but was interrupted by narcissa. "Ok draco I forgive you. Happy now?"
"Yes" Draco smiled and hug his mom. Now was operation two : apologize to granger. He went into their room just to see that hermione was fast asleep on her bed. 'Why did she have to sleep? Anyway tomorrow never dies.'
~The next day~
Draco got up at his usual time in the holidays that is 12:00 in the afternoon hoping that he would apologize to Hermione. However, she was not in the room. Even after lunch she came in the room and went to sleep. Draco had a strange feeling that Hermione was ignoring him.
In the evening after snacks his father called out to him, "Draco come here I have to talk to you." Draco knew that he was in trouble as his father was looking as if he was a tiger about to pounce on him. He nodded and followed his dad over to the sofa.
"Listen draco. You were supposed to marry pansy but you ended up with that mudblood. I never liked that but what could I do? You had made such circumstances. Now you tried to rape her? It is even worse than marrying a mudblood. You better know that. Now since you have holidays till December right? Speaking of which I would like to know your plans for the future." Said lucious in a highly sophisticated way.
"I don't know. I think I would like a job in the department of mysteries." said Draco not sure about it himself.
"Are you confident about the decision? Or you need some more days to think about it?" asked lucious
"I need some time dad" said Draco
"Ok I give you 2 weeks time. I think that will b enough. If you need any help you know you can consult me. Now I have some work to do so I better leave." Lucious got up and went towards his room.
Draco also got up and went towards his room. Hermione was already there cleaning their room. However, on seeing Draco she got up and was going towards the door when Draco caught her hand.
"Malfoy leave my hand. You are hurting me Malfoy." pleaded hermione.
Draco pulled her towards himself. They both stood there and were so close that they could feel each other's breaths. Draco looked into her eyes and whispered, "why are you ignoring me granger?"
"Mm-ee I-iggnooo-ringg- y-oo-u?" said hermione. You could make out that she was scared.
"Yes. Every time I got near you to talk to you, you left the room. Now that is called ignoring isn't it?" Draco whispered back. Then he left hermione who sat on the bed. Draco sat down and said, "look granger I am really sorry. I thought about what I did over the days and I know I was terrible to you. My guilt is really killing me granger. Please forgive me, I mean it I am sorry from all my heart." Said Draco in his soft voice.
Over these words hermione could not take it any longer. She just could not be angry with Draco so she smiled and said, "ok I forgive you Malfoy."
"Yes yes thanks a lot." Said Draco happily.
"Now can I go?" asked hermione as she got up.
"Yeah but wait a minute. Can we be friends?" asked Draco and he put his hand forward.
Hermione smiled and shook hands with him. She went towards the door and again Draco stopped her. "Err can I call you err err hermione?"
"Sure. I think friends call each other by first names right?" said hermione. At this he smiled and nodded while he ran a hand through his blonde hair.
'I never noticed but hermione does look very cute when she smiles. And ahh she's got lovely eyes.'
On the other side of the room hermione was thinking upon the same lines, 'I never noticed but Draco does look very cute when he is sad. And ahh he's got lovely eyes.'
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- so people tell me how was this chapter? It might not be as good as you expected it to be because I am staying up at night to do it. It is Tuesday and it is 3 in the night. Anyway read and review.
"You don't talk to me until hermione forgives you" said Narcissa and she left the room.
Draco looked over to hermione who was still crying. He sat on the bed beside her and said, "errrr granger I am sorry. I really did not know what I was doing at that time. My mind was swayed by anger. Please forgive me"
Hermione on listening to this got up and left the room. Draco followed her and called out, "granger granger" but then he bumped into Narcissa who gave him a big glare and pushed him out of the way.
Draco was so miserable that even he did not attend college that day. At breakfast when he asked for water no one replied except Jessica. So he thought there was at least one person who was talking to him.
Therefore, after breakfast he went to Jessica's room and asked her, "jess can I talk to you?"
Jessica who was talking on the phone hung up and said, "yeah bro wassup?"
"Well nothing. Did you hear about granger and me?" he asked hoping Jessica did not know.
"Yeah I heard hermione talking to mom. She was miserable. Nevertheless, Draco you did do wrong and I think it is proper for mom and mione not to talk to you. You broke mom's trust upon you. "
"If you think it is correct that no one speaks to me then why are you talking to me?" asked Draco giving Jessica a quizzical look. Sometimes his little sister acted so weird.
"Well because I think that you didn't do It on purpose. I am sure you did it because you were provoked." Said Jessica. She sounded so confident while saying this.
"Thanks jess. You are the best sister anyone could ever have" said Draco while he hugged Jessica. "What say jess let's play chess or basketball or cricket or anything you want." Said draco who was relived at least someone seemed to look at the real point of view that he did it out of provocation.
"Ummm nah bro. I have a project to complete. However, you could help me out with that" said Jessica with a smile which meant he would have to do each bit of creative work in the project
Draco spent the whole day helping Jessica. He did not even have lunch because he did not want to see any glares from his mom and he knew that after dinner he would have to talk to his mom.
~At night in narcissa's room.~
Draco was waiting for his mom on the chair. As she came in he looked at her and said, "mom please wait. Listen to what I have to say mom please. I was not in the right state of mind. The fact that you had slapped me because of granger hurt me so badly that all I could do is think of revenge. Mom I did it out of provocation. I swear on my self. Mom do you think I could think of doing such a thing? Mom please listen to me."
He wanted to say more but was interrupted by narcissa. "Ok draco I forgive you. Happy now?"
"Yes" Draco smiled and hug his mom. Now was operation two : apologize to granger. He went into their room just to see that hermione was fast asleep on her bed. 'Why did she have to sleep? Anyway tomorrow never dies.'
~The next day~
Draco got up at his usual time in the holidays that is 12:00 in the afternoon hoping that he would apologize to Hermione. However, she was not in the room. Even after lunch she came in the room and went to sleep. Draco had a strange feeling that Hermione was ignoring him.
In the evening after snacks his father called out to him, "Draco come here I have to talk to you." Draco knew that he was in trouble as his father was looking as if he was a tiger about to pounce on him. He nodded and followed his dad over to the sofa.
"Listen draco. You were supposed to marry pansy but you ended up with that mudblood. I never liked that but what could I do? You had made such circumstances. Now you tried to rape her? It is even worse than marrying a mudblood. You better know that. Now since you have holidays till December right? Speaking of which I would like to know your plans for the future." Said lucious in a highly sophisticated way.
"I don't know. I think I would like a job in the department of mysteries." said Draco not sure about it himself.
"Are you confident about the decision? Or you need some more days to think about it?" asked lucious
"I need some time dad" said Draco
"Ok I give you 2 weeks time. I think that will b enough. If you need any help you know you can consult me. Now I have some work to do so I better leave." Lucious got up and went towards his room.
Draco also got up and went towards his room. Hermione was already there cleaning their room. However, on seeing Draco she got up and was going towards the door when Draco caught her hand.
"Malfoy leave my hand. You are hurting me Malfoy." pleaded hermione.
Draco pulled her towards himself. They both stood there and were so close that they could feel each other's breaths. Draco looked into her eyes and whispered, "why are you ignoring me granger?"
"Mm-ee I-iggnooo-ringg- y-oo-u?" said hermione. You could make out that she was scared.
"Yes. Every time I got near you to talk to you, you left the room. Now that is called ignoring isn't it?" Draco whispered back. Then he left hermione who sat on the bed. Draco sat down and said, "look granger I am really sorry. I thought about what I did over the days and I know I was terrible to you. My guilt is really killing me granger. Please forgive me, I mean it I am sorry from all my heart." Said Draco in his soft voice.
Over these words hermione could not take it any longer. She just could not be angry with Draco so she smiled and said, "ok I forgive you Malfoy."
"Yes yes thanks a lot." Said Draco happily.
"Now can I go?" asked hermione as she got up.
"Yeah but wait a minute. Can we be friends?" asked Draco and he put his hand forward.
Hermione smiled and shook hands with him. She went towards the door and again Draco stopped her. "Err can I call you err err hermione?"
"Sure. I think friends call each other by first names right?" said hermione. At this he smiled and nodded while he ran a hand through his blonde hair.
'I never noticed but hermione does look very cute when she smiles. And ahh she's got lovely eyes.'
On the other side of the room hermione was thinking upon the same lines, 'I never noticed but Draco does look very cute when he is sad. And ahh he's got lovely eyes.'
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- so people tell me how was this chapter? It might not be as good as you expected it to be because I am staying up at night to do it. It is Tuesday and it is 3 in the night. Anyway read and review.