Chapter 17
Pictures Worth 1000 Words
The month of February turned into March. Hermione and Draco no longer did anything apart. They always wanted to be together.
Hermione no longer wanted to sleep alone either. She began to find it hard to sleep without Draco's reassuring arms around her. More then once, when they didn't sleep together, Hermione would catch herself walking towards his bedchamber at night.
It was a Friday morning; Hermione was getting ready to go down to breakfast when she heard a peck on the window. She went and opened it to let the owl in.
She took the letter from the owl and opened it. Written in the letter were a few words:
Look at your boyfriend
Attached with the letter was two pictures of Draco and Pansy. One was of Draco kissing Pansy and the other one of Pansy pulling her top over her head while Draco lay on the bed with only boxers on.
Tears began to run down Hermione's face as she glanced over the picture. No, no, it couldn't be true. She continually told herself Draco would never do such a thing, but the proof was clear. There was no one that could say that it wasn't Draco in those pictures.
Draco waked into the common room Hermione was seated on the sofa crying with the two pictures in her hand. "What's wrong baby?" asked Draco, sitting down next to her and lifting her chin to get a look at her teary-eyed face.
"I can't believe you Draco...I ...I mean I trusted you I ...I opened my heart to you ...I gave you my heart and you just turned it to dust." she said pulling away from him.
"Hermione what are you talking about?" questioned Draco, confused as to why she would be mad. Hermione shoved the pictures in his hand and got up to leave.
Draco took a quick glance at the pictures and went after her. He grabbed her wrist swinging her towards him, just before she reached the portrait hole. "Let me go!" Hermione yelled, trying to free her wrists.
Draco grabbed her other wrist and held on to her tightly. "Hermione you need to believe me. I didn't do that I would never do that."
Hermione stopped trying to free her wrists and looked up at him. "Then who did," tears running down the side of her face, "if it's not you, then who is it?" Hermione waited a few seconds to see what Draco would say. "Who did, don't lie Draco its proof right there. I don't know how I could let myself fall in love with you and how could I believe that you changed." Draco finally let go of Hermione and she stormed off.
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Hermione was now in Ginny's room crying. Ginny tried to cheer her up but nothing she said worked. "Are you sure you saw the picture correctly?" asked Ginny.
"Yes," said Hermione, "I loved him so much and he just...he told me he didn't do it and...and I wanted to believe him...I did...but I-I just couldn't, I mean, the proof was right there in front of me."
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Draco was furious he knew that Pansy had done this to try and separate Hermione from him. He and Pansy had been friends, Draco had even been with her a couple of times, but they had never gone as far as having sex together. Draco just didn't see Pansy like that, to go that far. He didn't love her and she knew that.
Draco picked up the two pictures that were on the floor and rushed to the Slytherin common room to find Pansy.
She was studying with some friends by the fire. Draco walked up to her his blood boiling and fire in his eyes. "Pansy I need to talk to you."
Pansy looked up at him "Not now Draco I'm studying can't you see," she said pointing at the books on her lap.
Draco took a deep breath trying to remain calm. "Pansy I need to talk to you right now."
"Can't you wait Draco," said Pansy irritated but knowing what he wanted to talk to her about and not wanting to be alone with him out of fear of what he might do.
"Pansy NOW!" he screamed. But Pansy just ignored him. Draco was losing his patience grabbed her by the arm and pulled her up from the armchair which she was seated on making her drop her books, quill and parchment.
"Let me go Draco," Pansy yelled as he dragged her through the common room, "let me go your hurting me Draco!" Draco threw Pansy towards the wall when he finally reached a place, in the common room, where there weren't any student that could try to over hear their conversation.
"How could you do that?" said Draco as he approached her and pinned her against the wall.
"What are you talking about Draco?" asked Pansy trying to pretend as if she had no idea to what he was talking about.
"Cut the crap Pansy," said Draco angrily, he could tell Pansy was scared he could see it in her eyes.
"Draco I have no idea..." Pansy stopped talking as Draco handed her the two pictures. She smirked as she glanced over them, "Draco you know that I would never show these old pictures to your little girlfriend," she said trying to sound as innocent as possible.
"Pansy I never did anything with you," said Draco taking deep breaths so that he wouldn't do anything that would hurt her.
"Draco now we mustn't try to forget the past," she said smiling. Pansy was glad that the stupid mudblood had fallen for her plan she felt almost as if Christmas had came early.
"Pansy I don't love you," Draco continued, "nor will I ever. You getting Hermione away from me isn't going to get you with me." Said Draco, pushing her shoulders harder against the wall, while Pansy was biting her lower lip in pain.
"But I love you Draco," she said trying to hold the pain back, and leaning in to place a kiss on his lips. Draco let Pansy go and turned his head inches before her lips were on his.
"Bull shit! Pansy that's bull shit and you know it," he said turning to look at her, "you know better then I do that you don't do anything unless you can see what's in it for you. What was in it for you?" he questioned with a glare that could kill. Pansy was beginning to get angry and offended by Draco's words. "WHAT WAS IN IT FOR YOU? " he yelled. "Money, Jewelry...me?" asked Draco turning to leave.
"You don't love that whore," said Pansy. Draco turned to look at her pinning her shoulders against the wall.
"Don't ever call Hermione that again!" he said angrily.
"You know it's true," said Pansy smirking. "The way she goes around from one guy to the other. Steeling people's boyfriend...getting pregnant." Pregnant Draco thought, no it couldn't be, Hermione couldn't have gotten pregnant or be pregnant. "Oh! Didn't your whore ever tell you that she was, pregnant?" said pansy smirking. Draco had heard enough he slapped Pansy across the face making her head snap to the side, and leaving his hand print on her white cheek.
"Leave me and my god dame life alone, especially my girlfriend, " he said leaving with out another word.
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The next day Draco waited outside the Gryffindor common room until Ginny came out. She tried to ignore him but Draco stepped in front of her not letting her go through. Ginny looked up at him already knowing why he was there. "She's in there isn't she?" said Draco excitedly.
Ginny sighed and said "Yes, but she doesn't want to see, talk, or even hear about you."
"I have to see her Ginny, I have to. Not being able to see or be close to her is cutting my heart. I can't breath, I can't concentrate, and I can't sleep knowing she crying over me or mad at me. The thought of her being mad at me for something that I didn't do is just unbearable." Said Draco looking deep into Ginny's eyes in hopes that she would believe him and convince Hermione that he hadn't done it.
For a few moments Ginny actually believe Draco, but Hermione's story seemed so believable and she didn't know Draco half as well as she knew Hermione. "I-I...I'm sorry Draco...I...I can't do anything to help you" and with that she left, leaving Draco standing alone in the hallway.
Draco dropped to the floor and leaned against a wall with his knees against his chest, tears dripped down his face. He had lost her; he thought his greatest fear had come true. He was about to go walk back to the Head Common Room. When what looked like a first year walked by him and an idea blossomed in his mind. He listened carefully as the girl walked up to portrait and said "Dragons breath." The portrait opened, and the girl entered the Gryffindor common room. Draco went towards the portrait and did the same.
His heart started to beat fast and his breathing became heavier as he walked though the common room. Draco walked up the stairs towards the 6- year girls dormitory.
There was Hermione sleeping peacefully on one of the beds. Draco went and sat next to her and brushed her hair gently letting the curls run through his fingers.
Hermione's eyes opened. "Draco," she said sitting up.
"Hermione, please listen to me," Draco pleaded.
"I don't want to here whatever excuse you may have come up with," said Hermione angrily, getting out of bed and trying to push Draco towards the door.
"Please don't do this" said Draco in an attempt to make her believe him.
"What do you want Draco. Do you expect me to just believe every single word that come out of your mouth when there was proof of what you did? Did...did you expect me to say oh whatever and come running back into your arms and pretend like nothing happened," Tears began to fill her eyes making them look like glass, "I...I loved you Draco...But I was a fool. How could I ever believe that you were different, that you had...that you had changed. ...Please, Draco...get out, and forget me...just forget me," with that she pushed Draco out the door.
Draco watched as she placed her hand on her neck and ran her fingers over the pearl necklace. Hermione yanked the necklace off her neck placed it in Draco's hand and said "I'm sure your girlfriend will love it. Now forget me Draco." Hermione slammed the door. Tears ran down her face and Draco's as he took a look at the jewelry in his hand.
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AN: Wow I'm so tired of typing normally I type pretty fast but for some reason it took me 2 and a half hours to type this chapter. It's so sad that she doesn't believe him. I felt so bad about writing this chapter, but I have to have it in here, there is no other way I could find to write what's to come plus I needed some conflict in between them. So I hope you like it, personally I love the whole Pansy-Draco thing. Thanks to all who reviewed you all are awesome and I just love reading what you guys think. Thanks to my Beta, Orlando's Girl, and well, until next chapter.
Pictures Worth 1000 Words
The month of February turned into March. Hermione and Draco no longer did anything apart. They always wanted to be together.
Hermione no longer wanted to sleep alone either. She began to find it hard to sleep without Draco's reassuring arms around her. More then once, when they didn't sleep together, Hermione would catch herself walking towards his bedchamber at night.
It was a Friday morning; Hermione was getting ready to go down to breakfast when she heard a peck on the window. She went and opened it to let the owl in.
She took the letter from the owl and opened it. Written in the letter were a few words:
Look at your boyfriend
Attached with the letter was two pictures of Draco and Pansy. One was of Draco kissing Pansy and the other one of Pansy pulling her top over her head while Draco lay on the bed with only boxers on.
Tears began to run down Hermione's face as she glanced over the picture. No, no, it couldn't be true. She continually told herself Draco would never do such a thing, but the proof was clear. There was no one that could say that it wasn't Draco in those pictures.
Draco waked into the common room Hermione was seated on the sofa crying with the two pictures in her hand. "What's wrong baby?" asked Draco, sitting down next to her and lifting her chin to get a look at her teary-eyed face.
"I can't believe you Draco...I ...I mean I trusted you I ...I opened my heart to you ...I gave you my heart and you just turned it to dust." she said pulling away from him.
"Hermione what are you talking about?" questioned Draco, confused as to why she would be mad. Hermione shoved the pictures in his hand and got up to leave.
Draco took a quick glance at the pictures and went after her. He grabbed her wrist swinging her towards him, just before she reached the portrait hole. "Let me go!" Hermione yelled, trying to free her wrists.
Draco grabbed her other wrist and held on to her tightly. "Hermione you need to believe me. I didn't do that I would never do that."
Hermione stopped trying to free her wrists and looked up at him. "Then who did," tears running down the side of her face, "if it's not you, then who is it?" Hermione waited a few seconds to see what Draco would say. "Who did, don't lie Draco its proof right there. I don't know how I could let myself fall in love with you and how could I believe that you changed." Draco finally let go of Hermione and she stormed off.
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Hermione was now in Ginny's room crying. Ginny tried to cheer her up but nothing she said worked. "Are you sure you saw the picture correctly?" asked Ginny.
"Yes," said Hermione, "I loved him so much and he just...he told me he didn't do it and...and I wanted to believe him...I did...but I-I just couldn't, I mean, the proof was right there in front of me."
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Draco was furious he knew that Pansy had done this to try and separate Hermione from him. He and Pansy had been friends, Draco had even been with her a couple of times, but they had never gone as far as having sex together. Draco just didn't see Pansy like that, to go that far. He didn't love her and she knew that.
Draco picked up the two pictures that were on the floor and rushed to the Slytherin common room to find Pansy.
She was studying with some friends by the fire. Draco walked up to her his blood boiling and fire in his eyes. "Pansy I need to talk to you."
Pansy looked up at him "Not now Draco I'm studying can't you see," she said pointing at the books on her lap.
Draco took a deep breath trying to remain calm. "Pansy I need to talk to you right now."
"Can't you wait Draco," said Pansy irritated but knowing what he wanted to talk to her about and not wanting to be alone with him out of fear of what he might do.
"Pansy NOW!" he screamed. But Pansy just ignored him. Draco was losing his patience grabbed her by the arm and pulled her up from the armchair which she was seated on making her drop her books, quill and parchment.
"Let me go Draco," Pansy yelled as he dragged her through the common room, "let me go your hurting me Draco!" Draco threw Pansy towards the wall when he finally reached a place, in the common room, where there weren't any student that could try to over hear their conversation.
"How could you do that?" said Draco as he approached her and pinned her against the wall.
"What are you talking about Draco?" asked Pansy trying to pretend as if she had no idea to what he was talking about.
"Cut the crap Pansy," said Draco angrily, he could tell Pansy was scared he could see it in her eyes.
"Draco I have no idea..." Pansy stopped talking as Draco handed her the two pictures. She smirked as she glanced over them, "Draco you know that I would never show these old pictures to your little girlfriend," she said trying to sound as innocent as possible.
"Pansy I never did anything with you," said Draco taking deep breaths so that he wouldn't do anything that would hurt her.
"Draco now we mustn't try to forget the past," she said smiling. Pansy was glad that the stupid mudblood had fallen for her plan she felt almost as if Christmas had came early.
"Pansy I don't love you," Draco continued, "nor will I ever. You getting Hermione away from me isn't going to get you with me." Said Draco, pushing her shoulders harder against the wall, while Pansy was biting her lower lip in pain.
"But I love you Draco," she said trying to hold the pain back, and leaning in to place a kiss on his lips. Draco let Pansy go and turned his head inches before her lips were on his.
"Bull shit! Pansy that's bull shit and you know it," he said turning to look at her, "you know better then I do that you don't do anything unless you can see what's in it for you. What was in it for you?" he questioned with a glare that could kill. Pansy was beginning to get angry and offended by Draco's words. "WHAT WAS IN IT FOR YOU? " he yelled. "Money, Jewelry...me?" asked Draco turning to leave.
"You don't love that whore," said Pansy. Draco turned to look at her pinning her shoulders against the wall.
"Don't ever call Hermione that again!" he said angrily.
"You know it's true," said Pansy smirking. "The way she goes around from one guy to the other. Steeling people's boyfriend...getting pregnant." Pregnant Draco thought, no it couldn't be, Hermione couldn't have gotten pregnant or be pregnant. "Oh! Didn't your whore ever tell you that she was, pregnant?" said pansy smirking. Draco had heard enough he slapped Pansy across the face making her head snap to the side, and leaving his hand print on her white cheek.
"Leave me and my god dame life alone, especially my girlfriend, " he said leaving with out another word.
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The next day Draco waited outside the Gryffindor common room until Ginny came out. She tried to ignore him but Draco stepped in front of her not letting her go through. Ginny looked up at him already knowing why he was there. "She's in there isn't she?" said Draco excitedly.
Ginny sighed and said "Yes, but she doesn't want to see, talk, or even hear about you."
"I have to see her Ginny, I have to. Not being able to see or be close to her is cutting my heart. I can't breath, I can't concentrate, and I can't sleep knowing she crying over me or mad at me. The thought of her being mad at me for something that I didn't do is just unbearable." Said Draco looking deep into Ginny's eyes in hopes that she would believe him and convince Hermione that he hadn't done it.
For a few moments Ginny actually believe Draco, but Hermione's story seemed so believable and she didn't know Draco half as well as she knew Hermione. "I-I...I'm sorry Draco...I...I can't do anything to help you" and with that she left, leaving Draco standing alone in the hallway.
Draco dropped to the floor and leaned against a wall with his knees against his chest, tears dripped down his face. He had lost her; he thought his greatest fear had come true. He was about to go walk back to the Head Common Room. When what looked like a first year walked by him and an idea blossomed in his mind. He listened carefully as the girl walked up to portrait and said "Dragons breath." The portrait opened, and the girl entered the Gryffindor common room. Draco went towards the portrait and did the same.
His heart started to beat fast and his breathing became heavier as he walked though the common room. Draco walked up the stairs towards the 6- year girls dormitory.
There was Hermione sleeping peacefully on one of the beds. Draco went and sat next to her and brushed her hair gently letting the curls run through his fingers.
Hermione's eyes opened. "Draco," she said sitting up.
"Hermione, please listen to me," Draco pleaded.
"I don't want to here whatever excuse you may have come up with," said Hermione angrily, getting out of bed and trying to push Draco towards the door.
"Please don't do this" said Draco in an attempt to make her believe him.
"What do you want Draco. Do you expect me to just believe every single word that come out of your mouth when there was proof of what you did? Did...did you expect me to say oh whatever and come running back into your arms and pretend like nothing happened," Tears began to fill her eyes making them look like glass, "I...I loved you Draco...But I was a fool. How could I ever believe that you were different, that you had...that you had changed. ...Please, Draco...get out, and forget me...just forget me," with that she pushed Draco out the door.
Draco watched as she placed her hand on her neck and ran her fingers over the pearl necklace. Hermione yanked the necklace off her neck placed it in Draco's hand and said "I'm sure your girlfriend will love it. Now forget me Draco." Hermione slammed the door. Tears ran down her face and Draco's as he took a look at the jewelry in his hand.
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AN: Wow I'm so tired of typing normally I type pretty fast but for some reason it took me 2 and a half hours to type this chapter. It's so sad that she doesn't believe him. I felt so bad about writing this chapter, but I have to have it in here, there is no other way I could find to write what's to come plus I needed some conflict in between them. So I hope you like it, personally I love the whole Pansy-Draco thing. Thanks to all who reviewed you all are awesome and I just love reading what you guys think. Thanks to my Beta, Orlando's Girl, and well, until next chapter.