Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters except for the obvious ones (Lea, Kaya, Adi…) and no songs are mine. Uncle Snape is Slytherin Girls and I have Permission to use it

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Previously:

Not once throughout all this did it strike her as weird that someone was in the middle of the forbidden forest, where nothing was accessible unless you were willing to chance ending up somewhere dangerous. After all, it was near impossible to apparate accurately.

But none of this ever occurred to her. No, all that was on her mind was the kindness of the stranger, Draco and the pain that she was having trouble covering.

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"Did you see her?"

"Yes"

"Will she work?"

"Yes. She was hurt badly by someone. She's turning away from all she was taught now"

"Good, good. The time has come. We shall have her and the rest of them will follow. They won't let their sister fall to us"

An evil laugh echoed off the walls. There was a great evil brewing but who it involved only few knew.

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Hermione walked back to the edge of the forest. Luckily she hadn't been as far in as it had seemed. She wandered around until she found herself at the gates.

She walked out of them and, after making sure that they were closed, immediately apparated to Diagon Alley. She needed calm, and the only place she could think of to get that would be Flourish and Blotts (AN: sorry if it's spelt wrong).

It wasn't the reading that calmed her. It was the feeling of being around the books. Whenever she felt really wound up like this she would go there. Obviously this had happened several times after seventh year. She had been in there so much that the owner showed her how to run everything. That way Hermione could keep herself busy.

The minute she walked in, Lea, a middle-aged woman who helped out at the store regularly, knew that Hermione was really upset. She could tell because Hermione's eyes were darting everywhere, you'd think that she was nervous, but this is what she did when she got this upset.

"Hey Hermione, rough day?"

"God, don't go there. You couldn't even begin to imagine." Luckily, Hermione had been able to keep a calm voice. She was slipping back into her cool demeanour.

She didn't realize the whole eye thing though. She was making sure that she didn't know anyone that was in here. Though Lea knew by now who to deal with when they came in. if it was any of the people that Hermione avoided she would warn Hermione and she would keep them far away from her.

Nice thing was, few people knew about Lea. In fact, Hermione couldn't think of anyone that knew her. She had never introduced Lea to Padma or Ginny because they never knew that she came here to calm down. All they knew was that she went out really wound up about something or another and would come back relaxed.

Hermione wandered around the store to see what she could help with. When she found a particularly empty shelf she headed to the back so that she could restock it. One thing she loved was that you didn't have to use magic in here if you didn't want to.

The door was almost closed behind her when she heard the front door open. She went to greet the person because Lea was busy with a customer at the counter.

She stopped dead in her tracks, pain instantly flooding her again. It was Blaise. He had felt what she felt earlier and Hermione wanted nothing more than for him to go away and leave her alone. But how could he know that she was here.

"May I help you?" she asked icily.

"Actually I was looking for…" he started as he turned around "you"

Shocked Hermione stood there. 'How did he know? No one knew that I came here, especially him'

"What the hell do you want?" Hermione asked. She was the model of calm, though inside she was going in sane.

"Granger, a book store to calm down," he stated, an eyebrow raised. "Obvious to those who pay enough attention to you. I mean you spent enough time in the library to calm in school. This is just a step up, is it not?" Blaise never broke eye contact with her. She hated when he did that, because he was the only person that could read her no matter what.

"Look I know that I'm the last person you want to see right now but could you just come with me to talk for a few minutes. I know that you and Malfoy had a run in and that you removed his necklace. I felt it and I know the others did too. We all know you took it off, and we all felt the very pain that runs through your veins right now. I still can, but that's only because of a connection that we have. Now please just give me some time"

Hermione looked at him. He seemed sincere enough but she didn't want to talk to him. To anyone. "Get the fuck out Zambini. You promised to leave me alone and yet here you are. Now get the fuck out of my life. It's none of your business anymore" she sneered at him, her voice rising higher and higher with each syllable.

Blaise shook his head. "Mia, just remember that me and the others are there for you. Just make sure that you understand what you're turning your back on"

She watched him leave, not sure what to make of that last sentence. All she knew was that this would no longer be a very relaxing place to be. If Blaise was determined to talk to her then he would talk to her.

"Lea, I'm leaving" she yelled to the girl just so it wouldn't look like she had just disappeared.

She had thinking to do. She just didn't know where to go to do it.

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Draco collapsed on the bed and looked at the object in his hand. He couldn't believe that she had removed it. She had broken the link and the promise. He reached around and hung it on his neck, afraid to lose it.

He glanced up at his door to see Justin standing there.

"Hey man, how you doing?" Justin asked, stepping over the thresh hold into the room.

"Just go away" Draco growled.

"Jesus Christ, I didn't do anything to you. I know you're hurting but what can you do about it laying here? Get off your lazy ass and do something about this. If you really do love her, then you'll do anything to get her back to you. Screw the rules that we're supposed to live by. Zambini already broke them. Hell, we all broke them that day in the restaurant. This isn't about protection anymore. She knows the consequences. She knew them back then, and we made a mistake. But you have to find a way to correct that mistake, and now" Justin told his friend harshly

Draco watched him leave when he wasn't given a reaction. He knew that Justin was totally right, he just didn't know what to do.

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Hey Hey

It came faster than I thought. Though I will admit that Chapter 2 absolutely sucked to write. I was half-way through and I got hit with temporary writers block! That's why it was a weaker Chapter. Then like 2AM a couple nights ago I got hit with an idea, for the end of the whole thing!

Anywho, I'll leave you to review if you wish or to go read others stories. Let Me know what you thought!

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