Chapter Four: Hermione's Story 2: Mandy Moore's "Seventeen"

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I went up to the Owlry, to try to be by myself. Luckily, no one else was there. I picked a corner that wasn't covered in owl droppings, and sat down to write a letter.

It had been two weeks since Draco kissed me, and three months since Ron and I broke up. It's passed New Years and everyone is studying yet again. I gave myself a break. I really need it. For the last two weeks I've been trying to study and think at the same time and it's been exhausting. I don't know how Ron has been doing. We haven't talked much since we met in the library. I've caught him glancing at me in classes. He doesn't seem normal. He's much more quiet, and don't get me wrong, I know why. I feel so bad. I tried to concentrate on my paper:

[Most of these words are from the "Seventeen" song. I changed some of the words though.]

Dear Draco Malfoy,

Some people tell me, that you're not my kind and I believe them, but I can't get you out of my mind. Some people tell me that I should stay away. Maybe I will but some other day, and I feel right, and it feels good. I don't do always what I should. I know what makes me happy, and right now you're all I've got.

I don't know what I feel, I just want you tonight, not just only in my dreams. I need to save my best behavior for a little later because now I'm only 17.

I'll learn this lesson, and I'll make a mistake. If I get burned, it'll be my heart to break. It isn't easy, being in the place I am. Sometimes you've got to take a leap of faith.

[End song lyrics]

I'm missing him, but I'm wanting you. Right now you're the only one I can see, so I must turn to you. Meet me in Hogsmeade again. I need to talk to somebody.

Hermione Granger

I folded up the letter, but remained sitting. I wasn't sure if I should mail it or not. Like I said, I still love Ron, and this might be able to work as my Plan A. This was Pan A, I tried to convince myself. I was only doing this to get Ron back.

But that was unfair. If this made Draco happy, and I just went to Ron, who knows what that would do.

I reread the letter over and over again, and I decided to send it a little later. Even though it had been two weeks, I still needed more time. I needed to talk to Ron too.

I went the way to the Gryffindor Common Room, where I knew Ron would be studying with Harry. I stuffed the note into my pocket, and almost ran there.

I burst through the door. Ron looked up at me, and then he looked surprised and quickly looked back down at his paper. I could tell he was trying to watch me at the same time though. I sat down a little near them. I felt breathless as I looked at Ron. After a while of staring I remembered what I was here for.

"Is the studying going well?" I forced myself to say. Harry looked up, then at me, then at Ron, and when Ron didn't say anything, he shrugged.

"I've seen better."

I nodded, stealing a look at Ron again, and I drew in a sharp breath, but I covered it with a cough. A small silence followed. More students around the room were all watching. I could feel myself blushing. I took out my books and decided that I was done with my break.

*

"Draco! Please stop!" I was murmuring. I felt weak and I was too tired to move. I must have been lying in a bed, because Draco was looming over me, kissing me. The room around us was all dark. There seemed to be nothing there but us, and the bed. There weren't any sheets there either.

"Why?" he asked me, his eyes looked the same way as they did before I saw them with the unusual look they seemed to have when I met him in Hogsmeade.

"Step away from the Mudblood." Sneered a horrible voice. There was a flashing white light as I quickly shut my eyes. I waited until it got dark again to open them. Mr. Malfoy was now standing next to us, his wand pointing at his son.

"HERMIONE!" someone was shouting. The voice sounded as if it's speaker was trying to move forward but was being held back. My head flew to my right, and I saw Ron, trying to run to me, but he wasn't moving.

Draco was talking out his wand as well. He glared at his own father with those eyes.

"I'll kill the Mudblood and you if you don't step away." Snarled Mr. Malfoy.

"I'll kill all of you! Except Granger and me. Then we could finally be together. Wouldn't you like that?" Draco suddenly was looking at me like I knew he'd never look at anyone even if his life depended on it. I knew he'd never say that. I opened my mouth to speak, but Ron started shouting again. I looked at both of them, trying to think, but my brain didn't seem to work. I looked at one after the other, and then I started to scream....

My scream suddenly woke me up and I sat straight up in my dormitory. I was panting, but not too bad. I tried to calm myself down as I started to shake. I stood up unknowingly. My feet were just taking me somewhere, without telling me first.

My eyes half open, my hands half gripping the railing, I made myself go down the stairs. I looked to my right and left in the Common Room, unsure of which way to go. I tried to run to my right but I tripped and fell, and that's where I stayed for the rest of the night.

[Ron's Story 2 coming soon!]