Hey people! I am back and I'm ready to give y'all another chapter! Anyway,
I first want to say I am SO SORRY for the delay of this chapter. But I've
had a rough one, if you catch my drift. Any who, I am back and I think this
chapter will be great. I'll see what y'all think.
Here are shout outs to the people who have reviewed.
Denny: Thank you so much for the review! And I'll send you the next chapter ASAP. Anyway, I hope you get your Internet up soon! I'll call you as soon as I get back! Love you!
pupulupk: Thank you for the reviews! I'm glad you like my story!
Starlit Night: Thank you for all TEN of your reviews! I'll do what you said! Or at least try. LOL!
nikki: here's more you yah!
Angel1251: Awww, thank you! =*)
Thank y'all SO much! Anyway, enough of my talking! Here's the next chapter for yah! LoVeS aNd HuGs!
~*~ Dedication: this chapter is dedicated to all those who reviewed and to my secret love. I LOVE YOU!
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Chapter 11: the letter
The next morning was just as cold and crisp as any December morning at Hogwarts. The skies won't let any sun shine through the dull, gray clouds, which lay thick throughout Hogwarts. The cold, icy wind carried snowflakes delicately across the air and let them fall onto the frozen ground. All the windows were covered with a small sheet of ice, giving them the classic Christmas look. However, one particular window was clear with little ice on it. And that window belonged to Draco who was sleeping peacefully, dreaming about a certain someone. Then his gray eyes fluttered open. He turned and looked at his clock. Six o'clock, it read. Grinning Draco went to his bathroom and changed quickly. He wanted his Hermione. He had wanted to do this for that for quite some time now and he finally got his chance.
When Draco entered Hermione's room, he couldn't help but smile. Hermione was fast asleep and dreaming. Draco walked up to her slowly, savoring her sleeping form. He kneeled next to her bed still staring at her. 'She's beautiful,' he thought as she stroked her hair. He then leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips. As gentle as the kiss was, his love started to stir. Her eyelids revealed her amber eyes. She saw him and smiled.
"Rise and shine, love," Draco said gently while caressing her cheek.
"'Morning," she replied sleepily.
"Have a nice sleep?"
Hermione closed her eyes and smiled. "Yeah. I was dreaming about you. It was a very good dream." (A/N: PLEASE, do NOT get any ideas! Simple minded people these days. . . LOL!)
Draco smirked. "I imagine it was."
They chuckled and Hermione opened her eyes again. "What time is it?"
"It's time for you to get out of bed!" Draco laughed.
She smiled. "I don't want to."
Draco then gave an evil grin. "Then I shall help you get out." Suddenly Draco removed the sheets from Hermione's body and lifted her in his arms. Hermione squealed in surprise.
"Draco, what the hell did you do that for?" She asked angrily.
"I was only trying to help you," Draco said innocently.
"Draco put me down right NOW!" Draco then put her down, but slowly. Hermione glared at him. "Don't EVER do that AGAIN!" Hermione turned away from Draco and busied herself in finding her clothes for the day.
"Aw, come on, Mione. I was just having fun." Hermione ignored him. Draco sighed. 'She's really stubborn sometimes,' Draco thought. He walked up behind Hermione and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry, Mione. I won't do it again, I promise. I'm really sorry. Forgive me? Please?" Hermione then turned to face him. She stared at him, her face emotionless but broke into a smile and hugged Draco.
"I forgive you," Hermione said in his ear.
Draco smiled and kissed her nose. "Thank you."
Hermione returned the smile and gave Draco a kiss. "I love you, Draco."
Draco kissed her back. "I love you too, Hermione." He grinned. "Go take a shower. Then we'll go down to breakfast." Hermione nodded and headed for her bathroom. About twenty minutes later Hermione and Draco walked down to breakfast, Draco's arm around Hermione's waist.
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Ginny awoke early that morning so she sat in front of the fireplace in the common room and read a book Hermione had given her the previous year. As time went on, other Gryffindors started waking and heading to breakfast. Ginny was engulfed in her book she didn't notice a certain green-eyed boy sneak up behind her. He wrapped his arms her gently and whispered in her ear "Good Morning."
Ginny jumped and turned to face the person. "Harry! You bloody scared me!"
Harry chuckled. "I'm sorry." He leaned in and kissed her.
"I know. I forgive you." Ginny smiled and kissed him again.
"Ugh, Potter, get off my sister," said a voice behind them. They separated and turned to see a slightly amused Ron. Harry blushed and moved away from Ginny.
"Ron," Ginny said, annoyed, "Stop being a prat." She turned to Harry. "I'll be right back." She picked her book up, pecked Harry on the cheek and head to her dormitory. As she went to her dormitory, she gave her brother a shove.
"Caught in the act," Ron said smirking as soon as Ginny was out of earshot.
Harry flushed red again. "Shut up."
Ron laughed. "I'm just being a brother to my only sister."
Harry nodded slightly. "I know."
Suddenly, Ron walked up to him, pointed a finger and looked solemn. "You hurt in any way, ANY way at all, I will personally kill you without a second thought."
Harry looked absolutely terrified. He just stood there, dumb struck.
"Ron," Ginny yelled, "leave Harry alone! Come on Harry, let's go get some breakfast." She took his arm and led him to the Great Hall.
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As every morning, the Great Hall started to fill with students talking and laughing. The smell of breakfast filled the lungs of the hungry students, especially Ron. He walked in and walked up to his girlfriend Lavender.
"Good morning, babe," Ron said. He bent down and kissed her on the cheek.
She grinned. "'Morning."
"'Morning, Hermione," Ron said as he sat down next to Lavender.
"Good morning," she replied happily.
"So," Ginny said, who was sitting across from Hermione, "how are your new dormitories?"
Hermione beamed. "They're excellent."
"Ow rif arf bey?" Ron said.
Everyone stared at Ron. His mouth was so full with food that they were surprised he was able to talk. Hermione looked appalled, Lavender rolled her eyes while Harry and Ginny tried not to burst out laughing. Ron then realized what he did and turned scarlet. (A/N: 'tad slow, isn't he? LOL!)
"What I meant to say was how nice are they?"
"They're really nice."
As soon as Hermione stopped talking, the post came in. Owls upon owls came dropping their delivery. Errol, however, crashed onto the Gryffindor table. Pigwidgeon was flying in circles around Ron's head and hooting loudly.
"Stupid bird. Give me that!" Ron said angrily, snatching the letter from the little gray owl. He gave a cheerful hoot and flew off. Hermione, who didn't have any post. Looked over to the Slytherin table. She Draco was reading a letter. At first his expression was surprised but as he read on turned grave. Suddenly he stood and left the Great Hall.
Hermione's heart dropped. "Draco. . . ." she whispered and stood.
"Hermione?" said Ron's voice. "Where are you going?"
"It's Draco. . . . Something's wrong. . . ." She started walking off. She walked toward her dormitory, her mind full of worry. When she entered she saw Draco, his hands and that letter on the coffee table in front of him. Hermione slowly walked inside and knelt next to Draco.
"Draco?" Hermione said quietly. "Honey, are you okay?"
Draco looked up and pulled on a fake smile. "Of course I am."
"Draco please don't lie to me. I know something's wrong," she replied sternly.
Draco stood suddenly and sighed. Turning away from her, he said, "Hermione. . . I. . . we can't. . . we can't see each other anymore. . . ."
Hermione felt like a knife had stabbed her. "W-what?"
"You heard me. We can't see each other anymore. I'm sorry."
"B-b-but I love you!" She rose from her position and walked over to face Draco. Tears were spilling from her amber eyes. Draco face was emotionless. He then looked away and walked toward his room, grabbing his letter on the way out. Before he entered his room, he said "I'm sorry, Hermione, it's over." And he was gone.
Hermione then collapsed into tears. She couldn't believe what just happened. Earlier that morning she felt like she was in heaven and now she feels like hell just came. Not wanting to be anywhere near Draco she ran out of the room and to the Gryffindor common room. But on the way, she ran into someone.
"I'm sorry," she mumbled, not even looking at who it was.
"Hermione? Hermione are you okay?"
Hermione looked to see a worried Ron looking at her. A tear rolled down her cheek as she looked at him. "Oh Ron!" She sobbed into his chest.
"Mione, what happened?" Ron asked seriously but gently.
She didn't answer but instead said, "C-c-could we g-go to the common room, p-please?"
"Sure. Of course." He put a protective arm around her and led her to the Gryffindor common room. Then he sat her on the sofa with himself sitting next to her. "Now, tell me, what happened?"
Hermione took a deep, shaky breath. "I-it's Draco. H-he. . . he broke up with me." She sobbed.
"He WHAT?" Ron yelled. "That bastard. I'm going to kill him. . . ." Ron stood and started to move toward the door.
Hermione gasped and pulled Ron back down. "No! Please, don't hurt him Ron."
"Hermione, he hurt you! Why can't I get revenge for you?"
"Because I still love him."
Ron looked utterly shocked. "How could you still love him?"
"Because. . . I believe. I still believe in him."
Ron sighed. "Come on, Mione. Maybe you should take the day off day. You can stay in my dorm and get some rest. How about it?"
Hermione gave him a small smile. "Okay." Ron helped her off the couch and to his dormitory. She lay on Ron bed and he tucked her in. He was about to leave but she called him back. Hermione reached out and gave Ron a hug, "Thank you so much Ron."
"Of course. Anything for my best friend. Sleep well." And he left her.
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Draco felt horrible. He was heartbroken. He looked down at his letter he received earlier and read it again.
"Draco
Sources have told me that you have been dating that Mudblood, Granger. That is a disgrace to our family name. Now I'll give you a choice: leave that Mudblood or suffer the consequences. You know exactly what I'm capable of. The choice is yours to make.
Lucius"
Draco took out his wand and set the letter on fire. Anger filled his veins as he read the letter. However, he had a choice to make and it was clear what his answer was. His love for Hermione was strong enough to do what he did; he had no other choice. Tears burned his cheeks as he thought about not having Hermione anymore but he knew it was for the best. He wiped his tears away fiercely. He took the ashes of the letter and tossed them out his window. "I'd give my life for you, Hermione. No matter what, I will love you."
To Be CoNtInUeD. . .
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So what do y'all think? I hope you like it! Now I have a couple things to ask of you, my kind readers:
#1) GREET ME A LATE HAPPY BIRTHDAY! As some of you have read in my bio my birthday was 2 days ago. So happy late birthday to me! LOL!
#2) Please do not hate me for what happen in this chapter. There is a method to my madness! Just trust me!
#3) REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU!
*Cough* Anyway, have a nice day, I'll update as soon as I can and REVIEW!
~*~ kRYSTINEpOTTERlOVER
PS: SMILE! ^_^ And sleep! -_-ZzZzZ And remember "You can sit on two horses with one @ss."
Here are shout outs to the people who have reviewed.
Denny: Thank you so much for the review! And I'll send you the next chapter ASAP. Anyway, I hope you get your Internet up soon! I'll call you as soon as I get back! Love you!
pupulupk: Thank you for the reviews! I'm glad you like my story!
Starlit Night: Thank you for all TEN of your reviews! I'll do what you said! Or at least try. LOL!
nikki: here's more you yah!
Angel1251: Awww, thank you! =*)
Thank y'all SO much! Anyway, enough of my talking! Here's the next chapter for yah! LoVeS aNd HuGs!
~*~ Dedication: this chapter is dedicated to all those who reviewed and to my secret love. I LOVE YOU!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter 11: the letter
The next morning was just as cold and crisp as any December morning at Hogwarts. The skies won't let any sun shine through the dull, gray clouds, which lay thick throughout Hogwarts. The cold, icy wind carried snowflakes delicately across the air and let them fall onto the frozen ground. All the windows were covered with a small sheet of ice, giving them the classic Christmas look. However, one particular window was clear with little ice on it. And that window belonged to Draco who was sleeping peacefully, dreaming about a certain someone. Then his gray eyes fluttered open. He turned and looked at his clock. Six o'clock, it read. Grinning Draco went to his bathroom and changed quickly. He wanted his Hermione. He had wanted to do this for that for quite some time now and he finally got his chance.
When Draco entered Hermione's room, he couldn't help but smile. Hermione was fast asleep and dreaming. Draco walked up to her slowly, savoring her sleeping form. He kneeled next to her bed still staring at her. 'She's beautiful,' he thought as she stroked her hair. He then leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips. As gentle as the kiss was, his love started to stir. Her eyelids revealed her amber eyes. She saw him and smiled.
"Rise and shine, love," Draco said gently while caressing her cheek.
"'Morning," she replied sleepily.
"Have a nice sleep?"
Hermione closed her eyes and smiled. "Yeah. I was dreaming about you. It was a very good dream." (A/N: PLEASE, do NOT get any ideas! Simple minded people these days. . . LOL!)
Draco smirked. "I imagine it was."
They chuckled and Hermione opened her eyes again. "What time is it?"
"It's time for you to get out of bed!" Draco laughed.
She smiled. "I don't want to."
Draco then gave an evil grin. "Then I shall help you get out." Suddenly Draco removed the sheets from Hermione's body and lifted her in his arms. Hermione squealed in surprise.
"Draco, what the hell did you do that for?" She asked angrily.
"I was only trying to help you," Draco said innocently.
"Draco put me down right NOW!" Draco then put her down, but slowly. Hermione glared at him. "Don't EVER do that AGAIN!" Hermione turned away from Draco and busied herself in finding her clothes for the day.
"Aw, come on, Mione. I was just having fun." Hermione ignored him. Draco sighed. 'She's really stubborn sometimes,' Draco thought. He walked up behind Hermione and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry, Mione. I won't do it again, I promise. I'm really sorry. Forgive me? Please?" Hermione then turned to face him. She stared at him, her face emotionless but broke into a smile and hugged Draco.
"I forgive you," Hermione said in his ear.
Draco smiled and kissed her nose. "Thank you."
Hermione returned the smile and gave Draco a kiss. "I love you, Draco."
Draco kissed her back. "I love you too, Hermione." He grinned. "Go take a shower. Then we'll go down to breakfast." Hermione nodded and headed for her bathroom. About twenty minutes later Hermione and Draco walked down to breakfast, Draco's arm around Hermione's waist.
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Ginny awoke early that morning so she sat in front of the fireplace in the common room and read a book Hermione had given her the previous year. As time went on, other Gryffindors started waking and heading to breakfast. Ginny was engulfed in her book she didn't notice a certain green-eyed boy sneak up behind her. He wrapped his arms her gently and whispered in her ear "Good Morning."
Ginny jumped and turned to face the person. "Harry! You bloody scared me!"
Harry chuckled. "I'm sorry." He leaned in and kissed her.
"I know. I forgive you." Ginny smiled and kissed him again.
"Ugh, Potter, get off my sister," said a voice behind them. They separated and turned to see a slightly amused Ron. Harry blushed and moved away from Ginny.
"Ron," Ginny said, annoyed, "Stop being a prat." She turned to Harry. "I'll be right back." She picked her book up, pecked Harry on the cheek and head to her dormitory. As she went to her dormitory, she gave her brother a shove.
"Caught in the act," Ron said smirking as soon as Ginny was out of earshot.
Harry flushed red again. "Shut up."
Ron laughed. "I'm just being a brother to my only sister."
Harry nodded slightly. "I know."
Suddenly, Ron walked up to him, pointed a finger and looked solemn. "You hurt in any way, ANY way at all, I will personally kill you without a second thought."
Harry looked absolutely terrified. He just stood there, dumb struck.
"Ron," Ginny yelled, "leave Harry alone! Come on Harry, let's go get some breakfast." She took his arm and led him to the Great Hall.
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As every morning, the Great Hall started to fill with students talking and laughing. The smell of breakfast filled the lungs of the hungry students, especially Ron. He walked in and walked up to his girlfriend Lavender.
"Good morning, babe," Ron said. He bent down and kissed her on the cheek.
She grinned. "'Morning."
"'Morning, Hermione," Ron said as he sat down next to Lavender.
"Good morning," she replied happily.
"So," Ginny said, who was sitting across from Hermione, "how are your new dormitories?"
Hermione beamed. "They're excellent."
"Ow rif arf bey?" Ron said.
Everyone stared at Ron. His mouth was so full with food that they were surprised he was able to talk. Hermione looked appalled, Lavender rolled her eyes while Harry and Ginny tried not to burst out laughing. Ron then realized what he did and turned scarlet. (A/N: 'tad slow, isn't he? LOL!)
"What I meant to say was how nice are they?"
"They're really nice."
As soon as Hermione stopped talking, the post came in. Owls upon owls came dropping their delivery. Errol, however, crashed onto the Gryffindor table. Pigwidgeon was flying in circles around Ron's head and hooting loudly.
"Stupid bird. Give me that!" Ron said angrily, snatching the letter from the little gray owl. He gave a cheerful hoot and flew off. Hermione, who didn't have any post. Looked over to the Slytherin table. She Draco was reading a letter. At first his expression was surprised but as he read on turned grave. Suddenly he stood and left the Great Hall.
Hermione's heart dropped. "Draco. . . ." she whispered and stood.
"Hermione?" said Ron's voice. "Where are you going?"
"It's Draco. . . . Something's wrong. . . ." She started walking off. She walked toward her dormitory, her mind full of worry. When she entered she saw Draco, his hands and that letter on the coffee table in front of him. Hermione slowly walked inside and knelt next to Draco.
"Draco?" Hermione said quietly. "Honey, are you okay?"
Draco looked up and pulled on a fake smile. "Of course I am."
"Draco please don't lie to me. I know something's wrong," she replied sternly.
Draco stood suddenly and sighed. Turning away from her, he said, "Hermione. . . I. . . we can't. . . we can't see each other anymore. . . ."
Hermione felt like a knife had stabbed her. "W-what?"
"You heard me. We can't see each other anymore. I'm sorry."
"B-b-but I love you!" She rose from her position and walked over to face Draco. Tears were spilling from her amber eyes. Draco face was emotionless. He then looked away and walked toward his room, grabbing his letter on the way out. Before he entered his room, he said "I'm sorry, Hermione, it's over." And he was gone.
Hermione then collapsed into tears. She couldn't believe what just happened. Earlier that morning she felt like she was in heaven and now she feels like hell just came. Not wanting to be anywhere near Draco she ran out of the room and to the Gryffindor common room. But on the way, she ran into someone.
"I'm sorry," she mumbled, not even looking at who it was.
"Hermione? Hermione are you okay?"
Hermione looked to see a worried Ron looking at her. A tear rolled down her cheek as she looked at him. "Oh Ron!" She sobbed into his chest.
"Mione, what happened?" Ron asked seriously but gently.
She didn't answer but instead said, "C-c-could we g-go to the common room, p-please?"
"Sure. Of course." He put a protective arm around her and led her to the Gryffindor common room. Then he sat her on the sofa with himself sitting next to her. "Now, tell me, what happened?"
Hermione took a deep, shaky breath. "I-it's Draco. H-he. . . he broke up with me." She sobbed.
"He WHAT?" Ron yelled. "That bastard. I'm going to kill him. . . ." Ron stood and started to move toward the door.
Hermione gasped and pulled Ron back down. "No! Please, don't hurt him Ron."
"Hermione, he hurt you! Why can't I get revenge for you?"
"Because I still love him."
Ron looked utterly shocked. "How could you still love him?"
"Because. . . I believe. I still believe in him."
Ron sighed. "Come on, Mione. Maybe you should take the day off day. You can stay in my dorm and get some rest. How about it?"
Hermione gave him a small smile. "Okay." Ron helped her off the couch and to his dormitory. She lay on Ron bed and he tucked her in. He was about to leave but she called him back. Hermione reached out and gave Ron a hug, "Thank you so much Ron."
"Of course. Anything for my best friend. Sleep well." And he left her.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Draco felt horrible. He was heartbroken. He looked down at his letter he received earlier and read it again.
"Draco
Sources have told me that you have been dating that Mudblood, Granger. That is a disgrace to our family name. Now I'll give you a choice: leave that Mudblood or suffer the consequences. You know exactly what I'm capable of. The choice is yours to make.
Lucius"
Draco took out his wand and set the letter on fire. Anger filled his veins as he read the letter. However, he had a choice to make and it was clear what his answer was. His love for Hermione was strong enough to do what he did; he had no other choice. Tears burned his cheeks as he thought about not having Hermione anymore but he knew it was for the best. He wiped his tears away fiercely. He took the ashes of the letter and tossed them out his window. "I'd give my life for you, Hermione. No matter what, I will love you."
To Be CoNtInUeD. . .
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
So what do y'all think? I hope you like it! Now I have a couple things to ask of you, my kind readers:
#1) GREET ME A LATE HAPPY BIRTHDAY! As some of you have read in my bio my birthday was 2 days ago. So happy late birthday to me! LOL!
#2) Please do not hate me for what happen in this chapter. There is a method to my madness! Just trust me!
#3) REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! PLEASE! I BEG OF YOU!
*Cough* Anyway, have a nice day, I'll update as soon as I can and REVIEW!
~*~ kRYSTINEpOTTERlOVER
PS: SMILE! ^_^ And sleep! -_-ZzZzZ And remember "You can sit on two horses with one @ss."