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~*~ To my secret love: I believe you know who you are now. **blushing**
KrystinePotterLover
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Chapter 12: Rumors and Stories
A few days passed by and within those days everyone in Hogwarts knew that Draco and Hermione were no more. It was the hot topic of Hogwarts; everyone was talking about it. Ron filled the others in on what happened after he put Hermione to bed that day. They were as shocked and angered as Ron was but did what Hermione told Ron to do.
School resumed during those days and to almost everyone, the air felt different. There was a sort of emptiness in it. Classes seemed quieter. The teachers became concerned. They all noticed a dramatic change in Hermione. She now stayed silent in class, not even bothering to answer questions. Draco noticed this also but had to keep it to himself. He couldn't blow his cover. He had to be strong for her, but this was hard for him. Every time he walked down the corridors, he heard whispers.
"You heard what happened right?"
"Of course I did. Who hasn't?"
"I hear he cheated on her."
"That's not true. He placed a bet with his friends to see how long their relationship would last."
Hermione heard the same things. They hurt her so much. Her friends helped but she still had to face the rumors by herself. They couldn't be with her all the time. Usually now she just went to classes then spent the rest of her day locked up in her room. She thought about the rumors she had heard.
'Maybe they're true,' she thought, tears stinging her eyes.
'You know him better than they do,' a voice inside her said. 'You know he would never do that to anyone. To you.'
Hermione sighed and headed for her room, knowing her tears were coming.
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It was lunch and students ate a little something, but most were stealing glances at Draco and whispering. Draco, who was getting tired of the stares and whispers took an apple and headed out of the Great Hall to his room. On the way there he ran into someone. That someone was Alex Gregory. (A/N: Remember him? If you don't go back to chapter 6!)
"Ah, Draco!" he said. "So you finally got rid of that Mudblood. I bet that felt good to get away from her, hm?"
Draco ignored him and kept walking to his room. He wanted so bad to beat the lights out of that jerk but he knew he couldn't. It hurt him, broke his heart to not be able to defend Hermione. He missed her so much. He was looking forward to the day when this would end and things would get back to the way they were. As he entered his dormitory he heard muffled crying. He sighed and slumped into a sofa. He put his head in his hands and stayed there for what seemed hours. Suddenly the door opened. Draco looked up to see Lavender carrying food for he supposed Hermione.
"Hey, Lavender. How did you get in here?" Draco asked politely. Lavender, ignoring him, walked up and set the food on the coffee table. She turned to him and connected her hand to Draco's face, hard.
"Hermione gave me the password," she said as if nothing happened.
"Nice to see you, too," Draco muttered as he rubbed his sore cheek.
"Don't even TALK about nice! I don't believe you! How could you hurt Hermione like that? Do you know how HURT she felt? Do you even know her GRADES are slipping?! I thought you loved her! I thought you changed, Malfoy, but I'm obviously wrong!"
Draco glared at her. "You don't know what happened."
"I know EXACTLY what happened!" she yelled.
"NO YOU DON'T!" he yelled back.
Lavender was a bit taken back but held her glare. "Don't you DARE talk to me like that," she said in a deadly whisper.
"Just give me chance to explain myself. Please."
"Why should I? You broke Hermione's heart!"
"I did it to save her!"
Lavender eyes went wide. Draco locked all the doors and put a silencing charm on the room. Draco faced Lavender to see she was looking at him suspiciously. "You did what?" she asked slowly.
"I broke up with Hermione to save her life."
"What do you mean?"
Draco sat on the sofa again, making room for Lavender to sit. She hesitated for a moment then sat next to Draco. Then he started stating what exactly happened. Draco explained every detail while Lavender listened intently. When he finished, Lavender gasped.
"Oh Draco," Lavender exclaimed as she pulled him into a tight embrace, "I'm so sorry! If I only knew. . ."
"It's okay," Draco said softly, returning the embrace. "In a sense, I deserved it."
"You still love her, don't you?" Lavender's eyes twinkled as she looked at him.
"I don't think I could stop loving her."
Lavender stood suddenly. "We have to tell everyone else! They will understand completely if you and I tell them."
"No!" Draco exclaimed. "Look, my father has spies over here so don't do anything. If word got out, Hermione will be. . ." Draco glanced at Hermione's door.
Lavender had sympathy for Draco. He turned toward the brunette. He rested a hand on her shoulder and looked at her with sparkling eyes.
"Lavender," he said softly, "you can't tell anyone. Please, for Hermione's sake."
Lavender stared at him. She wanted to tell everyone else, at least Ron, but she knew she couldn't. "Okay, Draco."
He smiled. "Thank you."
Lavender reached into her pocket. "Hermione told me to return these to you and I insist you keep them until you two get back together." In Lavender's hand was the locket Draco gave Hermione on their first date and the ring he gave her for Christmas. Draco took them subconsciously. "Well I'd better go give Hermione her lunch. Don't worry, Draco. I know everything will turn out okay." She leant up to give Draco a kiss on the cheek before getting Hermione's food. Draco took down the spells on the room and Lavender entered Hermione's room.
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"So did you give him the ring and locket back?" Hermione asked as she ate her lunch.
"Of course I did," Lavender said calmly. Lavender looked around Hermione's room until she came to a picture of Hermione and Draco. She picked the picture up, running her fingers lightly over it. 'They were so happy,' Lavender thought. 'I just hope everything ends okay.'
To Be Continued. . .
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Well that's it for now, people. So PLEASE review and I get the next chapter up as soon as I possibly can, okay? Reviews= update! Remember that! Until we meet again!
~*~ KrystinePotterLover
PS: Smile! ^_^ And sleep! -_-ZzZzZz And remember "You can take the girl out of the honky tonk but you CAN'T take the honky tonk out of the girl!"
And BIG thanx to those who reviewed! LOVE YAH!
~*~ To my secret love: I believe you know who you are now. **blushing**
KrystinePotterLover
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Chapter 12: Rumors and Stories
A few days passed by and within those days everyone in Hogwarts knew that Draco and Hermione were no more. It was the hot topic of Hogwarts; everyone was talking about it. Ron filled the others in on what happened after he put Hermione to bed that day. They were as shocked and angered as Ron was but did what Hermione told Ron to do.
School resumed during those days and to almost everyone, the air felt different. There was a sort of emptiness in it. Classes seemed quieter. The teachers became concerned. They all noticed a dramatic change in Hermione. She now stayed silent in class, not even bothering to answer questions. Draco noticed this also but had to keep it to himself. He couldn't blow his cover. He had to be strong for her, but this was hard for him. Every time he walked down the corridors, he heard whispers.
"You heard what happened right?"
"Of course I did. Who hasn't?"
"I hear he cheated on her."
"That's not true. He placed a bet with his friends to see how long their relationship would last."
Hermione heard the same things. They hurt her so much. Her friends helped but she still had to face the rumors by herself. They couldn't be with her all the time. Usually now she just went to classes then spent the rest of her day locked up in her room. She thought about the rumors she had heard.
'Maybe they're true,' she thought, tears stinging her eyes.
'You know him better than they do,' a voice inside her said. 'You know he would never do that to anyone. To you.'
Hermione sighed and headed for her room, knowing her tears were coming.
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It was lunch and students ate a little something, but most were stealing glances at Draco and whispering. Draco, who was getting tired of the stares and whispers took an apple and headed out of the Great Hall to his room. On the way there he ran into someone. That someone was Alex Gregory. (A/N: Remember him? If you don't go back to chapter 6!)
"Ah, Draco!" he said. "So you finally got rid of that Mudblood. I bet that felt good to get away from her, hm?"
Draco ignored him and kept walking to his room. He wanted so bad to beat the lights out of that jerk but he knew he couldn't. It hurt him, broke his heart to not be able to defend Hermione. He missed her so much. He was looking forward to the day when this would end and things would get back to the way they were. As he entered his dormitory he heard muffled crying. He sighed and slumped into a sofa. He put his head in his hands and stayed there for what seemed hours. Suddenly the door opened. Draco looked up to see Lavender carrying food for he supposed Hermione.
"Hey, Lavender. How did you get in here?" Draco asked politely. Lavender, ignoring him, walked up and set the food on the coffee table. She turned to him and connected her hand to Draco's face, hard.
"Hermione gave me the password," she said as if nothing happened.
"Nice to see you, too," Draco muttered as he rubbed his sore cheek.
"Don't even TALK about nice! I don't believe you! How could you hurt Hermione like that? Do you know how HURT she felt? Do you even know her GRADES are slipping?! I thought you loved her! I thought you changed, Malfoy, but I'm obviously wrong!"
Draco glared at her. "You don't know what happened."
"I know EXACTLY what happened!" she yelled.
"NO YOU DON'T!" he yelled back.
Lavender was a bit taken back but held her glare. "Don't you DARE talk to me like that," she said in a deadly whisper.
"Just give me chance to explain myself. Please."
"Why should I? You broke Hermione's heart!"
"I did it to save her!"
Lavender eyes went wide. Draco locked all the doors and put a silencing charm on the room. Draco faced Lavender to see she was looking at him suspiciously. "You did what?" she asked slowly.
"I broke up with Hermione to save her life."
"What do you mean?"
Draco sat on the sofa again, making room for Lavender to sit. She hesitated for a moment then sat next to Draco. Then he started stating what exactly happened. Draco explained every detail while Lavender listened intently. When he finished, Lavender gasped.
"Oh Draco," Lavender exclaimed as she pulled him into a tight embrace, "I'm so sorry! If I only knew. . ."
"It's okay," Draco said softly, returning the embrace. "In a sense, I deserved it."
"You still love her, don't you?" Lavender's eyes twinkled as she looked at him.
"I don't think I could stop loving her."
Lavender stood suddenly. "We have to tell everyone else! They will understand completely if you and I tell them."
"No!" Draco exclaimed. "Look, my father has spies over here so don't do anything. If word got out, Hermione will be. . ." Draco glanced at Hermione's door.
Lavender had sympathy for Draco. He turned toward the brunette. He rested a hand on her shoulder and looked at her with sparkling eyes.
"Lavender," he said softly, "you can't tell anyone. Please, for Hermione's sake."
Lavender stared at him. She wanted to tell everyone else, at least Ron, but she knew she couldn't. "Okay, Draco."
He smiled. "Thank you."
Lavender reached into her pocket. "Hermione told me to return these to you and I insist you keep them until you two get back together." In Lavender's hand was the locket Draco gave Hermione on their first date and the ring he gave her for Christmas. Draco took them subconsciously. "Well I'd better go give Hermione her lunch. Don't worry, Draco. I know everything will turn out okay." She leant up to give Draco a kiss on the cheek before getting Hermione's food. Draco took down the spells on the room and Lavender entered Hermione's room.
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"So did you give him the ring and locket back?" Hermione asked as she ate her lunch.
"Of course I did," Lavender said calmly. Lavender looked around Hermione's room until she came to a picture of Hermione and Draco. She picked the picture up, running her fingers lightly over it. 'They were so happy,' Lavender thought. 'I just hope everything ends okay.'
To Be Continued. . .
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Well that's it for now, people. So PLEASE review and I get the next chapter up as soon as I possibly can, okay? Reviews= update! Remember that! Until we meet again!
~*~ KrystinePotterLover
PS: Smile! ^_^ And sleep! -_-ZzZzZz And remember "You can take the girl out of the honky tonk but you CAN'T take the honky tonk out of the girl!"