SD: No, I am _not_ dead!!!!!!!!!! Lol. Weeeell here is chapter 4 of Off the Edge!
Yami SD: Yeah, finally…
SD: Hey! I had this written a long time ago, I just… forgot to post it?
Yami SD: Riggght.
SD: I was busy reading Yugioh fics. *glares at Yami* Besides, you're supposed to be on my side!!!
Yami SD: *shakes head* Just cause I'm your yami doesn't mean I have to agree with you or even be on your side! I just have to be your darkness. MWHAHAHA!!!
SD: *Whacks Yami with frying pan* oops! Well that takes care of my Evil yami for a while. Now on to the Flashback that is this chapter!
Yugi: You forgot to remind them what happened last chapter
Yami Yugi: Yeah, it's been so long they'll definitely need to be reminded. *snickers*
SD: What is this Yamis-Turn-Against-Silver Dragonrider-Day?!?! *turns to Yugi* Thank you for reminding me! And now, without further interruptions *stares pointedly at the Yamis* CHAPTER FOUR!!
Previously on Off the Edge…
"Hermione, are you ok?" Draco looked at her suspiciously.
"But I thought you left hours ago. And since when are we on first name basis?" she answered composing herself.
"In case you hadn't noticed, Sherlock, I've been calling you Hermione since the beginning. You're the only one still on last name basis."
"I have a perfectly good reason to be, in case you don't remember." She retorted coolly.
Indeed he did.
Chapter Four
~Flashback~
Draco was sitting in a corner surrounded by empty bottles. It was his 7th year and he was head boy. The rest of the school was celebrating the end of exams, but Draco didn't feel like celebrating at all.
Three hours ago Dumbledore had called him to his office. His father had killed his mother. In the attempt to get him shipped off to Azkaban, his father had also been killed, but Draco didn't care. His mother was dead. The last person in his family he could relate with was dead.
He had wandered of to the Head's common room by himself, only stopping to pick up two cases of butter beer. Maybe if he drank enough, the pain would go away.
So here he was in a drunken stupor staring at the wall. Where he was when the portrait from the Gryffindor swung open.
"Drac-hic-o?" asked Hermione, giddy from the butter beer at the party
He just glared at her drunkenly.
She lost all sense of giddiness when she saw the empty bottles.
"Draco! What happened? Are you ok?" she and Draco had become quite close since they had been made head boy and girl, not as close as her Gryffindor pals, but closer than they used to be.
She sat down next to him and in a soothing voice whispered, "Tell me Draco, what's wrong?"
All he said was, "She's gone, Granger. He killed her."
After that he couldn't stand it and broke down, crying.
Laying his head in her lap she stroked his hair, whispering to him like a mother would a frightened child.
After a while he lifted his head to her shoulder and in a voice filled with pain said, "You don't understand what its like."
Surprised, she stared into his bloodshot blue eyes, "No you're right, Draco. I don't know, but I will always be there for you. I promise you." With that she kissed the top of his head lightly.
Something happened to Draco in that second. He reached up and brought her face down to his. It was desperate at first the kiss of someone drunk and beyond despair, but it grew warmer each second. Hermione, taken by surprise again, gave in completely.
One kiss led to another and Draco's despair vanished. All that mattered was that Hermione stay in his arms.
Hermione didn't care, Draco needed her and she needed him. He made her feel complete.
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The next morning found the Hermione in the dragon's bed, her head atop his chest. He stared at her in awe; she had made him whole again. He didn't care that his head felt like someone hit him with a frying pan, he didn't regret it, for it had brought them together.
"Mione."
She stirred and her eyes blinked open.
"Hey." She smiled up at him, then kissed him gently before falling back asleep.
He watched her sleep for a while before following her example.
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Two weeks before, school let out, Hermione approached Draco. She looked different, her eyes were dark and tired, her skin the color of milk, and she was getting thin.
"Hey Mione. Wassup?" he kissed her teasingly.
"Draco." She pushed at him weakly.
"Draco, stop! I have to talk to you."
He looked at her closely. She worried about something and- was that fear in her eyes?
"Hermione are you ok?" What could be wrong with her? She looked fine a few days ago.
"No, god no!" she collapsed into his chest, "Draco… I'm pregnant."
~End flashback~.
Draco stared dumbstruck at he young woman in front of him. The memory gave him the shivers. Being with her again brought back memories he had long ago put in the deep freezer of his mind, hoping that he might forget them. But she made him live it all over again. He couldn't keep them back now; the dark wave immersed him…
Flashback
For once words had escaped him; all he could do was stare. By the look of rejection in Hermione's eyes he knew he had remained silent too long. Her faced seemed to have glittered in the candle light, but he realized now that it was only the tears that were flowing freely over her features.
In one fluid moment, she was out of his arms and standing with her rigid back to him. She walked steadily towards the exit, but not before turning back to him one more time.
Her cheeks were still wet from tears still falling, but her cinnamon orbs, once soft and gentle, were harsh with anger. In a blistering voice that betrayed none of her anguish, she whispered, "You don't deserve to be the father of my child."
With that she had swept out of the common room, the Gryffindor portrait closing with a snap behind her.
Her name died on his lips, His eyes frozen on the portrait. Hermione…
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SD: I know that was kinda short and it probably sucked too, but what can I do??
Yami SD with large bump on head: Once again, Silver Dragonrider is really sorry she kept you waiting. But she is happy so many people reviewed and wanted her to continue the story!!! ^.^
SD: Yes! Very Happy! I want to say thank you to all my reviewers especially: Thank you so much!
Yami SD: Silver Dragonrider would also like your help as it seems she has lost the original plot and now has none!! O.O
Voices: *gasps* Oh no!
SD: Ideas please!!! Or anything for that matter! I have the next chapter (or two) written, but where to go from there…
Yami SD: So review and tell us what you think!!