(A/N: A big thank you to all who reviewed, this chapter's for you!)
Disclaimer: As much as I wish, Harry Potter still won't belong to me. It's very sad.
.and so the story continues.
~*~*~*~* CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:
Draco was pacing back and forth. He'd been so worried about Hermione! It had taken everything in his power not to race down to the hospital wing and find out what was wrong with her that day.
He heard the door open and he looked up. There she was, standing in the doorway smiling. With the light behind her she looked like an angel, her deep chocolate eyes dancing with happiness and her angelic hair falling in loose curls down her back. She approached him and he said nothing. He just pulled her into his arms and held her.
~*~*~*~
Hermione sighed in contentment, Draco's strong arms around her.
"I'm sorry," she whispered
"For what?" he whispered back gently
"For making you worry," she said. He kissed the top of her head and said,
"Don't worry about it. I'm just glad that you're alright"
For the next few minutes neither one said anything but a thought came to Hermione and she escaped his grasp and turned around to face him.
"I almost forgot! What did Ron say to you?" she asked curiously and urgently.
"hmm?" he said as he put a lock of hair behind her ear.
"Ron said that he ran into you today, and that he beat you up pretty good"
"Oh that. Well, I uh" Draco was nervous telling her that he beat up her best friend. "Potter ran up with you in his arms, followed by Weasley and I almost lost it. You looked almost dead and when Potter ran you to the Hospital wing, Weasley stayed I grabbed his robes and demanded where you were."
Hermione's eyes widened. "He didn't suspect that that was.um.out of the ordinary for you?" She asked
"No, he did. And so I--(I still feel bad about it)--but anyways, I threw an insult at you to try to cover up, and well he lost it and punched me. Again here Hermione, I promise it was only to keep up the act, I threw a single punch and then before we knew it, we were rolling around fighting." Draco said shamefully, eyes to the ground. "But I stopped quickly, and walked away" He added.
~*~*~*
Hermione just nodded. She could understand why he did it, but that didn't mean that she liked her best friend and her boyfriend fighting. Wait! Since when, did she consider Draco her boyfriend?
"Draco?" she asked, forgetting all about the story
"Yea?"
"Are we a couple?" She asked sweetly.
"I suppose so. Is that bad or something?" Draco asked nervously
"No, its brilliant" She said as she smiled at him.
He leaned down and kissed her. Hermione loved it, the world seemed to melt away when they kissed: the only people in the world seemed to be herself and Draco. The kiss ended and she stayed in his arms, staring into his gray eyes, trying to decipher the mystery behind them.
Students started flooding out of the Great Hall and Draco quickly grabbed Hermione and pulled her behind the statue nearby. Hermione understood that they couldn't be seen together.
"I guess this is goodnight," Draco whispered in her ear
"I guess so," she said sadly. Draco leaned in for a final kiss before he quickly joined Crabbe and Goyle who were exiting the Great Hall.
Disclaimer: As much as I wish, Harry Potter still won't belong to me. It's very sad.
.and so the story continues.
~*~*~*~* CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:
Draco was pacing back and forth. He'd been so worried about Hermione! It had taken everything in his power not to race down to the hospital wing and find out what was wrong with her that day.
He heard the door open and he looked up. There she was, standing in the doorway smiling. With the light behind her she looked like an angel, her deep chocolate eyes dancing with happiness and her angelic hair falling in loose curls down her back. She approached him and he said nothing. He just pulled her into his arms and held her.
~*~*~*~
Hermione sighed in contentment, Draco's strong arms around her.
"I'm sorry," she whispered
"For what?" he whispered back gently
"For making you worry," she said. He kissed the top of her head and said,
"Don't worry about it. I'm just glad that you're alright"
For the next few minutes neither one said anything but a thought came to Hermione and she escaped his grasp and turned around to face him.
"I almost forgot! What did Ron say to you?" she asked curiously and urgently.
"hmm?" he said as he put a lock of hair behind her ear.
"Ron said that he ran into you today, and that he beat you up pretty good"
"Oh that. Well, I uh" Draco was nervous telling her that he beat up her best friend. "Potter ran up with you in his arms, followed by Weasley and I almost lost it. You looked almost dead and when Potter ran you to the Hospital wing, Weasley stayed I grabbed his robes and demanded where you were."
Hermione's eyes widened. "He didn't suspect that that was.um.out of the ordinary for you?" She asked
"No, he did. And so I--(I still feel bad about it)--but anyways, I threw an insult at you to try to cover up, and well he lost it and punched me. Again here Hermione, I promise it was only to keep up the act, I threw a single punch and then before we knew it, we were rolling around fighting." Draco said shamefully, eyes to the ground. "But I stopped quickly, and walked away" He added.
~*~*~*
Hermione just nodded. She could understand why he did it, but that didn't mean that she liked her best friend and her boyfriend fighting. Wait! Since when, did she consider Draco her boyfriend?
"Draco?" she asked, forgetting all about the story
"Yea?"
"Are we a couple?" She asked sweetly.
"I suppose so. Is that bad or something?" Draco asked nervously
"No, its brilliant" She said as she smiled at him.
He leaned down and kissed her. Hermione loved it, the world seemed to melt away when they kissed: the only people in the world seemed to be herself and Draco. The kiss ended and she stayed in his arms, staring into his gray eyes, trying to decipher the mystery behind them.
Students started flooding out of the Great Hall and Draco quickly grabbed Hermione and pulled her behind the statue nearby. Hermione understood that they couldn't be seen together.
"I guess this is goodnight," Draco whispered in her ear
"I guess so," she said sadly. Draco leaned in for a final kiss before he quickly joined Crabbe and Goyle who were exiting the Great Hall.