Hermione's POV
She felt safe in Draco's strong sturdy arms, and she wished would never have to leave his embrace. Hermione looked into Draco's eyes. They were icy blue, yet had a sense of warmth to them.
"You're a good dancer," Hermione said, which made Draco smile. His smiles made her legs feel like Jell-O, and she felt like she was about to melt away.
[song]
I saw your face and wanted to see if I could get your name, yeah
I saw your face and I can't believe I found a miracle
You're so damn beautiful
I saw your legs, your thighs
Baby, lookin' right
I can't believe my eyes
I saw your face and baby you know, I found a miracle
You're so damn beautiful.
[song]
The song ended long before they were ready to let each other go, and
as other couples filled the dance floor, they faded away into the swaying group, still holding onto each other.
[Song]
I wanna take you away,
I got a little house where we can stay.
I wanna make you my own.
If you don't try you'll never know.
'Cause I could be the love of your life.
Until you make up your mind,
I'm gonna spend my time thinking of you.
[Song]
Four songs began and ended before Hermione realized that she had promised Harry that she would save him a dance. Hermione lifted her head from Draco's chest and backed away.
"Sorry, I promised Harry I would save him a dance."
"Yea, I understand."
"See you in a bit." Their hands lingered, not wishing to let go.
Hermione walked off the dance floor, memorizing every song and every dance she had experienced with Draco. She wandered over to the table they had shared, and only found Ginny and Jake making out. Walking around the Great Hall, she felt a cold draft, which came from a glass door that was open, leading out to a balcony. Outside, there were a few couples snuggling under jackets. There was one lone figure that stood looking out over the Hogwarts' grounds. His hair was rumpled by the wind and he was leaning against the railing, a goblet of pumpkin juice dangling between his fingers.
"Harry, would you like to dance?" Hermione asked to Harry's back.
"I thought you forgot about me," Harry said turning around.
"I would never forget about you," Hermione took him around the waist and led him back to the Great Hall. Harry leaned his head on her head, and put his arm around her shoulder.
A new song was just starting as Harry and Hermione stepped onto the dance floor as a couple. They wrapped their arms around each other and slowly moved to the beat of the music. Hermione looked into Harry's eyes, but instead of seeing his beautiful green eyes, all she could see were the steel blue eyes, which belonged to Draco. She lowered her gaze. *I am with Harry now, I can not be thinking about Draco.* The thought of him brought a shiver up her spine.
Harry's POV
*Hermione didn't forget about me. She does care for me. Why did I ever doubt that before? *
He looked at the top of her head, which leaned against his chest. He smiled and pulled Hermione closer to him.
"I love you.." Harry whispered as the song ended.
She smiled, but somehow, it seemed sad. He took her hand and led her to a table. "Hermione, you don't know how lucky I feel to have you as a girlfriend." He brought her face closer with his hands, wanting to kiss her on the lips, but she turned and he kissed her cheek instead. *Why does she keep resisting me? We have been going out for about three months already, why doesn't she trust me? *
"Potter, may I dance with your girlfriend?"
Hermione and Harry both turned to look at the person approaching them, Malfoy. Harry looked at Hermione's face, she tried to look bored, but he knew she really wanted to.
"You hurt her and I will break every bone in your body."
Malfoy snickered. "Whatever Potter."
Draco's POV
*I can't believe I actually got down that low to asking Potter if I could dance with Hermione. Well, if he hadn't said yes, I would have taken her anyways. *
Draco and Hermione walked back to the dance floor, and another slow song started. "Hermione, I need to tell you something."
"What is it?" She murmured not bothering to look up.
"I love you. I have since the beginning of the year, and it killed me when I found out you were going out with Potter, even when you didn't want to."
Hermione looked up, her eyes glistening with happy tears.
Hermione's POV
Hermione looked up into Draco's eyes, her eyes spilling out all her secrets: the secrets she could not tell him straight out because of her faithfulness to Harry; but her eyes betrayed her.
The song had ended, but they stood there, staring into each other's eyes, trying to sort out the puzzles.
"Hermione?" Harry's angry voice brought Hermione out of the trance.
"I'm sorry," she said to Draco. "Truly, I am." She disentangled her arms from him and let herself be dragged away by Harry.
"Harry, where are we going?"
"We need to talk."
"About what?"
They had stepped out of the Great hall into the corridor outside the big double doors.
"You love him don't you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You love him. I could see it in your eyes."
"Harry, how could I? You are my boyfriend."
"Don't lie to me," snarled Harry. "I know you better than that."
"Harry.." Her eyes pleaded him to stop.
"If it would make you happy to know, he loves you too. Just the way he looks at you makes me wonder if he could possibly love you more than I do."
"I know he loves me."
"What?" Harry looked aghast.
"He told me when we were dancing."
"Hermione, why did you agree to go out with me?" Harry blurted out.
"I was scared and confused, I didn't know how I could feel so strongly for Draco, someone I have hated for the last six years. I couldn't bring myself to break up with you, because I didn't want to hurt you."
"Hermione, you have hurt me more this way than you ever could have if you had just told me the truth."
"I am sorry Harry." She collapsed on him, crying her eyes out.
Harry's POV
*Why did I ever think that this relationship would work? * Harry knew it was his fault that he thought that the relationship would work, and he blamed himself for making Hermione's life so difficult.
"Hermione, I am sorry too. How could you ever forgive me for believing this relationship would work?" Harry comforted Hermione.
He saw Hermione take the ring off her finger and run her fingers along the smooth edge. "Here. Give it to someone who is worthy of your love."
"No, you are worthy of my love." Harry refused the ring.
"Give it to someone who can love you the way you loved me."
"The ring is yours. It will remind you of everything I promised you. Everything will still be the same, even if we aren't going out." Harry picked her up and hugged her one last time, as a boyfriend. "I am going to bed, I'm not up for another two hours of dancing. Good night."
Hermione's POV
Hermione felt awful, she had never meant to break up with Harry that way. *How could he tell that I love Draco? Is it really that obvious? * She crumpled onto the cold stone floor and cried. *Why is everything happening now? Why do I feel like such a bad person? *
"Hey, what happened?" She heard Draco's voice from behind her and felt herself being pulled into a warm embrace.
"Nothing, I'm fine. We are fine.." She shrugged off Draco's arms and walked off, but crumpled down again in tears. "We broke up."
"I thought you wanted to break up."
"I did, but he looked so hurt, and he knew somehow that we both loved each other. He said he could see it in our eyes."
"You feel the same way about me?"
Hermione forced a smile. "Yea, you are funny, charming, and gorgeous. I just couldn't tell you because of my commitment to Harry."
Draco smiled back. "That's ok, all this confusion is over now. We are together, that is all that matters. You don't have to keep your feelings to yourself any longer, and you aren't tied to Potter anymore."
She nodded.
"So do you want to get back to the ball?"
"Actually, I'm going to go back to the dorm."
"I'll come with you. I'm not too fond of this muggle music anyways." Draco put his arm around Hermione's shoulder and they walked back to their dorm in silence.
"Hermione, if I asked you now if you would go out with me, would you say yes? Or do you need a few weeks?"
"A few weeks would be good Draco, I am sure Harry won't be too fond of my going out with you right after we broke up."
"Sure, I understand."
Draco's POV
Draco was overjoyed. He could wait an entire year, as long as he knew that he had a chance with Hermione.
They walked through the portrait and into the common room. Draco crashed onto the couch, while Hermione slowly moved up to her room.
"Hermione? You coming down later?"
"No, I am going to bed."
"Aw. Okay, good night then."
Draco got up from the couch and ran up to his room, nothing could stop him now. He was invincible! He was in love! In a few short weeks, Hermione would be his, and he wouldn't let her go, like Potter had.
She felt safe in Draco's strong sturdy arms, and she wished would never have to leave his embrace. Hermione looked into Draco's eyes. They were icy blue, yet had a sense of warmth to them.
"You're a good dancer," Hermione said, which made Draco smile. His smiles made her legs feel like Jell-O, and she felt like she was about to melt away.
[song]
I saw your face and wanted to see if I could get your name, yeah
I saw your face and I can't believe I found a miracle
You're so damn beautiful
I saw your legs, your thighs
Baby, lookin' right
I can't believe my eyes
I saw your face and baby you know, I found a miracle
You're so damn beautiful.
[song]
The song ended long before they were ready to let each other go, and
as other couples filled the dance floor, they faded away into the swaying group, still holding onto each other.
[Song]
I wanna take you away,
I got a little house where we can stay.
I wanna make you my own.
If you don't try you'll never know.
'Cause I could be the love of your life.
Until you make up your mind,
I'm gonna spend my time thinking of you.
[Song]
Four songs began and ended before Hermione realized that she had promised Harry that she would save him a dance. Hermione lifted her head from Draco's chest and backed away.
"Sorry, I promised Harry I would save him a dance."
"Yea, I understand."
"See you in a bit." Their hands lingered, not wishing to let go.
Hermione walked off the dance floor, memorizing every song and every dance she had experienced with Draco. She wandered over to the table they had shared, and only found Ginny and Jake making out. Walking around the Great Hall, she felt a cold draft, which came from a glass door that was open, leading out to a balcony. Outside, there were a few couples snuggling under jackets. There was one lone figure that stood looking out over the Hogwarts' grounds. His hair was rumpled by the wind and he was leaning against the railing, a goblet of pumpkin juice dangling between his fingers.
"Harry, would you like to dance?" Hermione asked to Harry's back.
"I thought you forgot about me," Harry said turning around.
"I would never forget about you," Hermione took him around the waist and led him back to the Great Hall. Harry leaned his head on her head, and put his arm around her shoulder.
A new song was just starting as Harry and Hermione stepped onto the dance floor as a couple. They wrapped their arms around each other and slowly moved to the beat of the music. Hermione looked into Harry's eyes, but instead of seeing his beautiful green eyes, all she could see were the steel blue eyes, which belonged to Draco. She lowered her gaze. *I am with Harry now, I can not be thinking about Draco.* The thought of him brought a shiver up her spine.
Harry's POV
*Hermione didn't forget about me. She does care for me. Why did I ever doubt that before? *
He looked at the top of her head, which leaned against his chest. He smiled and pulled Hermione closer to him.
"I love you.." Harry whispered as the song ended.
She smiled, but somehow, it seemed sad. He took her hand and led her to a table. "Hermione, you don't know how lucky I feel to have you as a girlfriend." He brought her face closer with his hands, wanting to kiss her on the lips, but she turned and he kissed her cheek instead. *Why does she keep resisting me? We have been going out for about three months already, why doesn't she trust me? *
"Potter, may I dance with your girlfriend?"
Hermione and Harry both turned to look at the person approaching them, Malfoy. Harry looked at Hermione's face, she tried to look bored, but he knew she really wanted to.
"You hurt her and I will break every bone in your body."
Malfoy snickered. "Whatever Potter."
Draco's POV
*I can't believe I actually got down that low to asking Potter if I could dance with Hermione. Well, if he hadn't said yes, I would have taken her anyways. *
Draco and Hermione walked back to the dance floor, and another slow song started. "Hermione, I need to tell you something."
"What is it?" She murmured not bothering to look up.
"I love you. I have since the beginning of the year, and it killed me when I found out you were going out with Potter, even when you didn't want to."
Hermione looked up, her eyes glistening with happy tears.
Hermione's POV
Hermione looked up into Draco's eyes, her eyes spilling out all her secrets: the secrets she could not tell him straight out because of her faithfulness to Harry; but her eyes betrayed her.
The song had ended, but they stood there, staring into each other's eyes, trying to sort out the puzzles.
"Hermione?" Harry's angry voice brought Hermione out of the trance.
"I'm sorry," she said to Draco. "Truly, I am." She disentangled her arms from him and let herself be dragged away by Harry.
"Harry, where are we going?"
"We need to talk."
"About what?"
They had stepped out of the Great hall into the corridor outside the big double doors.
"You love him don't you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You love him. I could see it in your eyes."
"Harry, how could I? You are my boyfriend."
"Don't lie to me," snarled Harry. "I know you better than that."
"Harry.." Her eyes pleaded him to stop.
"If it would make you happy to know, he loves you too. Just the way he looks at you makes me wonder if he could possibly love you more than I do."
"I know he loves me."
"What?" Harry looked aghast.
"He told me when we were dancing."
"Hermione, why did you agree to go out with me?" Harry blurted out.
"I was scared and confused, I didn't know how I could feel so strongly for Draco, someone I have hated for the last six years. I couldn't bring myself to break up with you, because I didn't want to hurt you."
"Hermione, you have hurt me more this way than you ever could have if you had just told me the truth."
"I am sorry Harry." She collapsed on him, crying her eyes out.
Harry's POV
*Why did I ever think that this relationship would work? * Harry knew it was his fault that he thought that the relationship would work, and he blamed himself for making Hermione's life so difficult.
"Hermione, I am sorry too. How could you ever forgive me for believing this relationship would work?" Harry comforted Hermione.
He saw Hermione take the ring off her finger and run her fingers along the smooth edge. "Here. Give it to someone who is worthy of your love."
"No, you are worthy of my love." Harry refused the ring.
"Give it to someone who can love you the way you loved me."
"The ring is yours. It will remind you of everything I promised you. Everything will still be the same, even if we aren't going out." Harry picked her up and hugged her one last time, as a boyfriend. "I am going to bed, I'm not up for another two hours of dancing. Good night."
Hermione's POV
Hermione felt awful, she had never meant to break up with Harry that way. *How could he tell that I love Draco? Is it really that obvious? * She crumpled onto the cold stone floor and cried. *Why is everything happening now? Why do I feel like such a bad person? *
"Hey, what happened?" She heard Draco's voice from behind her and felt herself being pulled into a warm embrace.
"Nothing, I'm fine. We are fine.." She shrugged off Draco's arms and walked off, but crumpled down again in tears. "We broke up."
"I thought you wanted to break up."
"I did, but he looked so hurt, and he knew somehow that we both loved each other. He said he could see it in our eyes."
"You feel the same way about me?"
Hermione forced a smile. "Yea, you are funny, charming, and gorgeous. I just couldn't tell you because of my commitment to Harry."
Draco smiled back. "That's ok, all this confusion is over now. We are together, that is all that matters. You don't have to keep your feelings to yourself any longer, and you aren't tied to Potter anymore."
She nodded.
"So do you want to get back to the ball?"
"Actually, I'm going to go back to the dorm."
"I'll come with you. I'm not too fond of this muggle music anyways." Draco put his arm around Hermione's shoulder and they walked back to their dorm in silence.
"Hermione, if I asked you now if you would go out with me, would you say yes? Or do you need a few weeks?"
"A few weeks would be good Draco, I am sure Harry won't be too fond of my going out with you right after we broke up."
"Sure, I understand."
Draco's POV
Draco was overjoyed. He could wait an entire year, as long as he knew that he had a chance with Hermione.
They walked through the portrait and into the common room. Draco crashed onto the couch, while Hermione slowly moved up to her room.
"Hermione? You coming down later?"
"No, I am going to bed."
"Aw. Okay, good night then."
Draco got up from the couch and ran up to his room, nothing could stop him now. He was invincible! He was in love! In a few short weeks, Hermione would be his, and he wouldn't let her go, like Potter had.