Don't Look Back

Summary: Draco writes his thoughts to Hermione after the end of their relationship

Disclaimer: Draco, Hermione, and Voldemort don't belong to me... but Ron does!!!!! No, he's not mine either. But he will be. Someday. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go and finish plotting my evil mastermind plot to kidnap Rupert Grint and feed him cheese! Bwahahahaha!!!!

A/N: This kind of just popped into my mind one night and I wrote the first couple of paragraphs. And then, of course, I lost it and forgot all about it. But fear not! I found it a month later when I was cleaning out all my stuff, and low and behold, I completed it right then! You guys are so lucky! Lol, no seriously, I don't think it's my best, I't VERY short. If you enjoy it (and even if you don't) reviewers will be rewarded... mumbles to herself by the satisfaction of knowing that I appreciate them...

Don't Look Back

Somebody told me once that things happen and there's no use in sitting around and regretting. Somewhere along the line, she taught m never to look back.

Ironically, it was you who taught me that lesson, Hermione.

It was the night I first kissed you, if I remember right.

I told you that you were beautiful and that I loved you and that I was so sorry for everything that I'd done before that night.

You said you loved me too.

Liar.

You also said I shouldn't regret the past. "Don't look back, Draco," you said.

I plan to take your advice... but I need a little more closure than I got the last time we spoke.

So here it is, after these last words to you, I won't be looking back. Better late than never, I guess.

I want you to know that I love you. I can't say that I always have, and I can't say that I always will. But I can say that I love you today and I have loved you ever since the day I first told you that I did. No matter how you feel about... other people, I love you.

Deal with it.

Another thing: I'll never be able to get anywhere near Voldemort because of you. You and... other people can be assured that I will never tell him anything I know about any of you. Count on that. I could never be part of anything that Voldemort will ever do because I know how much that would hurt you. And even if someday I fall out of love with you, I will never allow myself to hurt you again.

I'm not going to forget you. That would be an impossible task, but I will not regret any of this either. You told me not to, in a sense. And I won't. But if you're ever thinking of me, know that I'm thinking of you also.

If things don't work out with... other people, don't expect me to come back for you, because I won't do it. I love you, but I am not desperate.

I hope this letter finds you, Hermione.

With love,

Draco Malfoy