Chapter 16 ~ All is fair in love and war.
When Hermione woke up in Mal... Draco's arms, after the amazing night he had just granted her with, she saw the only person she did not want to see that morning. Ron was sitting there, at the foot of Malfoy's bed, waiting for her to awake. She had tried to fake as if she was asleep, but he had already seen her.
"- What the hell are you doing there??? I thought you loved me!!! And while I was looking for you all night, you were here sleeping with Malfoy!! Everyone was right...
- Ron, I can explain!
- I really don't want to hear it Hermione. I have loved you from the bottom of my heart since the 1st time I had laid eyes on you, in our first year. I know 6 years is a long time, but I knew that when you would find it out, you would love me back.. I always dreamt of you as becoming my wife..
- Ron! Shut up and let me talk! I was in love with you for a long time, until the beginning of this year, to be honest. But when we started dating, it all changed. I realized that I still like you, but just not in the same way. I like you as a friend Ron. Nothing more. I am really sorry. I hope we can still stay friends because I do not want to lose a best friend like you."
As she said those words, she became glassy eyed and stampeded out of Malfoy's dorm room, closely followed by Ron, waking Draco as he slammed the door when he exited the room.
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A few minutes later, Draco came down the spiral staircase down into the green and silver common room. He was only in his white Calvin Klein white boxer shorts. He was looking for Hermione. Since she had left him early that morning, he knew that something was wrong with her. He had heard voices, voices that he could recognize, but early that morning, he could not replace them to their distinctive person. Until then. He had heard his darling Hermione argue with Weasley!
How the hell was he able to get into the Slytherin common room??? He was a Gryffindor!!! It was impossible!!! Or was it? He could have grabbed Potter's invisibility cloak and sneak into the bedroom at the same time that they did, or anyone else, for that matter. It really irritated him. But anyway, he had some much more important business to attend to, like finding Hermione and making sure she's safe.
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Hermione was running as fast as she could possibly go. She didn't care who she ran into, even if it was a teacher. She was just so mixed up in her emotions that she had to get away. As far away as she could. As far as she could. She finally stopped running after about 15 minutes, as she was entering the Forbidden Forest. She stopped for a moment, because she knew she was not allowed. But she didn't care.
She started running again, deeper and deeper in the Forbidden Forest. After a while of time, she stopped and she realized that she was lost and she did not have her wand. She wanted to cry and yell as loud as she could, but she knew it would be useless against the tough amount of trees in that forest. So she sat on a rock and waited to see how long it would be until someone came to her rescue.
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Draco and Ron were panicking! The girl that they both love is missing and there is no way to possibly find her in the enormous school grounds. They decided (together) to go get some help to find Hermione. They went to see Harry and told him the entire story, and he agreed to help them, for Hermione's sake. They grabbed a few more people along the way: Ginny, Colin, Pavarti, Lavender, Seamus, Dean, Hagrid, and many professors. They split into groups and decided to search in different directions. Everyone was everywhere.
No one was able to find her. They had searched high and low and she was nowhere to be found. Professor Dumbledore had called every store in Hogsmeade to see if they had seen her. No one had been aware that a young teenage girl entered their store. Everyone was sure that she had gone home, but she had left all of her things at school. This is until Draco thought of something.
"- Where would someone go if they did not want to be found? - In the Forbidden Forest!" Harry said, extremely certain of himself.
After that announcement was done, they all set off to the outside grounds and started searching the Forbidden Forest. Before entering, Hagrid had got Fang out of the house and brought him along with them to help, because he dog knew the forest better than anyone. They set out in little groups to cover the most ground possible. They all had their wands so that they could signal the rest of them if someone was in trouble. The teams were split like this: Ron, Ginny and Colin; Hagrid, Pavarti and Lavender; Seamus, Dean and Professor McGonagall; and Draco, Harry and Professor Snape. With four groups like these, they should be able to find her in no time.
All was going well, and they were making good time. Everyone was able to get a good head start on finding Hermione. That is, everyone except Ron, Ginny and Colin, who had stayed behind in case she came out of the forest. No monsters had popped out of nowhere and it was calm enough. It was excessively dark though. Everyone had the tip of their wands shedding light to see where they were going ad not to fall and hurt themselves excessively. They could not see anything through the very thick fog and layers of trees in that forest.
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Hermione was beginning to wonder if they had forgotten about her. It had been three hours already and they had not even found her. She was beginning to become desperate and it was making her depressed. She decided to get up and to try to go find her way back. She slowly got up and started walking left, because that's where she had came from. She was walking at a steady pace and everything was going well until...
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A/N : Hazza! My 16th chapter is up! This calls for a celebration! *Turns on K-Ci and the Sunshine Crew's Celebrate song * LONG LIVE THE CLASSICS!!! Ok... lets cut this crap. This chapter has been in the works for a while. And I also made a few minor changes in my chapter 14... it was not appealing to me anymore. I fixed it up a bit... ;) made it longer and a bit more interesting for you... A late x-mas present... ;) Anyways... hope you enjoyed this newest installement of a Rival Crush... I promise... I will update sooner and more often... sorry bout the delay!!!
*~¤~* Sarah *~¤~*
When Hermione woke up in Mal... Draco's arms, after the amazing night he had just granted her with, she saw the only person she did not want to see that morning. Ron was sitting there, at the foot of Malfoy's bed, waiting for her to awake. She had tried to fake as if she was asleep, but he had already seen her.
"- What the hell are you doing there??? I thought you loved me!!! And while I was looking for you all night, you were here sleeping with Malfoy!! Everyone was right...
- Ron, I can explain!
- I really don't want to hear it Hermione. I have loved you from the bottom of my heart since the 1st time I had laid eyes on you, in our first year. I know 6 years is a long time, but I knew that when you would find it out, you would love me back.. I always dreamt of you as becoming my wife..
- Ron! Shut up and let me talk! I was in love with you for a long time, until the beginning of this year, to be honest. But when we started dating, it all changed. I realized that I still like you, but just not in the same way. I like you as a friend Ron. Nothing more. I am really sorry. I hope we can still stay friends because I do not want to lose a best friend like you."
As she said those words, she became glassy eyed and stampeded out of Malfoy's dorm room, closely followed by Ron, waking Draco as he slammed the door when he exited the room.
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A few minutes later, Draco came down the spiral staircase down into the green and silver common room. He was only in his white Calvin Klein white boxer shorts. He was looking for Hermione. Since she had left him early that morning, he knew that something was wrong with her. He had heard voices, voices that he could recognize, but early that morning, he could not replace them to their distinctive person. Until then. He had heard his darling Hermione argue with Weasley!
How the hell was he able to get into the Slytherin common room??? He was a Gryffindor!!! It was impossible!!! Or was it? He could have grabbed Potter's invisibility cloak and sneak into the bedroom at the same time that they did, or anyone else, for that matter. It really irritated him. But anyway, he had some much more important business to attend to, like finding Hermione and making sure she's safe.
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Hermione was running as fast as she could possibly go. She didn't care who she ran into, even if it was a teacher. She was just so mixed up in her emotions that she had to get away. As far away as she could. As far as she could. She finally stopped running after about 15 minutes, as she was entering the Forbidden Forest. She stopped for a moment, because she knew she was not allowed. But she didn't care.
She started running again, deeper and deeper in the Forbidden Forest. After a while of time, she stopped and she realized that she was lost and she did not have her wand. She wanted to cry and yell as loud as she could, but she knew it would be useless against the tough amount of trees in that forest. So she sat on a rock and waited to see how long it would be until someone came to her rescue.
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Draco and Ron were panicking! The girl that they both love is missing and there is no way to possibly find her in the enormous school grounds. They decided (together) to go get some help to find Hermione. They went to see Harry and told him the entire story, and he agreed to help them, for Hermione's sake. They grabbed a few more people along the way: Ginny, Colin, Pavarti, Lavender, Seamus, Dean, Hagrid, and many professors. They split into groups and decided to search in different directions. Everyone was everywhere.
No one was able to find her. They had searched high and low and she was nowhere to be found. Professor Dumbledore had called every store in Hogsmeade to see if they had seen her. No one had been aware that a young teenage girl entered their store. Everyone was sure that she had gone home, but she had left all of her things at school. This is until Draco thought of something.
"- Where would someone go if they did not want to be found? - In the Forbidden Forest!" Harry said, extremely certain of himself.
After that announcement was done, they all set off to the outside grounds and started searching the Forbidden Forest. Before entering, Hagrid had got Fang out of the house and brought him along with them to help, because he dog knew the forest better than anyone. They set out in little groups to cover the most ground possible. They all had their wands so that they could signal the rest of them if someone was in trouble. The teams were split like this: Ron, Ginny and Colin; Hagrid, Pavarti and Lavender; Seamus, Dean and Professor McGonagall; and Draco, Harry and Professor Snape. With four groups like these, they should be able to find her in no time.
All was going well, and they were making good time. Everyone was able to get a good head start on finding Hermione. That is, everyone except Ron, Ginny and Colin, who had stayed behind in case she came out of the forest. No monsters had popped out of nowhere and it was calm enough. It was excessively dark though. Everyone had the tip of their wands shedding light to see where they were going ad not to fall and hurt themselves excessively. They could not see anything through the very thick fog and layers of trees in that forest.
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Hermione was beginning to wonder if they had forgotten about her. It had been three hours already and they had not even found her. She was beginning to become desperate and it was making her depressed. She decided to get up and to try to go find her way back. She slowly got up and started walking left, because that's where she had came from. She was walking at a steady pace and everything was going well until...
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A/N : Hazza! My 16th chapter is up! This calls for a celebration! *Turns on K-Ci and the Sunshine Crew's Celebrate song * LONG LIVE THE CLASSICS!!! Ok... lets cut this crap. This chapter has been in the works for a while. And I also made a few minor changes in my chapter 14... it was not appealing to me anymore. I fixed it up a bit... ;) made it longer and a bit more interesting for you... A late x-mas present... ;) Anyways... hope you enjoyed this newest installement of a Rival Crush... I promise... I will update sooner and more often... sorry bout the delay!!!
*~¤~* Sarah *~¤~*