Chapter 18
Draco's POV
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"I knew you'd like it," he said, "But, it's out secret, hardly anyone knows about this garden. You can't tell anyone about it. Promise?" "Of course! I wouldn't like too many people here, just keep it to ourselves," she said, "How'd you find it?"
"When I was running away from Pansy last year. Then I found this and since then, I came here to think, but lately I haven't had much time to come here lately. I thought you could use this to think and stuff...."
He walked in further, and felt Hermione hug him from behind. He blushed and looked at his feet. "Thanks," she said, "I really need a place to think. This is going to be great!"
"No probs..... I've got heaps of little secrets. I'll show them to you eventually," he replied still looking at his feet. She let go of him. 'Damn,' he thought. As much as he was embarrassed that she'd hugged him, he'd still enjoyed it!
She walked around the garden for a while then asked, "What's it called?" "Well, I call it the Never Ending Garden, because no matter how far I walked for how long, I would never make it to the end of the garden, Must be enchanted or something," he said.
He checked his watch and said, "Class is about to finish, we better head back." "Okay," she said, standing up from the flower beds. They walked back to the entrance, but before they left, Draco grabbed a red rose from a rose bush. He placed it in her hand, "A beautiful rose for a beautiful young lady."
"Thank you, I guess this is the side of you that you don't show in public," she said to him. "Yes.... Let us never speak of it in public!" he exclaimed. She laughed. He just had a small smile. "So, I'll see you in our dormitory? How's 8:30 sound to you?" he asked. "yep sounds great."
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After walking back to the castle at the end of the day, he felt like going to the library for a little while before going to dinner. He grabbed a book (Quidditch Through the Ages) and sat down in one of the couches in the library. Just as ha opened the book to the first page, a voice, no 2 voices, yelled out, "Oi! Malfoy !" Madam Pince hissed a, "Shhhhh!!" At them.
he sighed. Why couldn't he have some peace and quiet? He looked up at Harry and Ron. "What do you want? If it's about this morning, there is nothing evil about opening a door for a lady, is there?" "Oh! Is that your excuse is it!? I'm not buying it!" Ron spat. "I can assure you, Hermione is safe, I haven't touched her in any harmful way," he said with an annoyed tone. "Hermione!? since when were you on a first name basis?" Ron said suspiciously. Harry nodded. 'Damn!" he thought, ' So much for not telling them too much.' "Since, whenever!" he said casually, waving his hand. He turned back to his book, "It's really none of your business if she's socialising with others." "Y eah! Well, if you touch her at all, we will kill you!" said Harry threateningly. "I'm really scared!" Draco told them in a sarcastic tone, "Don't you have somewhere to go now?"
With final glares, they stormed off. He just rolled his eyes and continued reading. He didn't go to dinner, in case they punched the shit out of him.
Hermione's POV
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When Hermione went down to dinner, she still had the rose in her hand although she had put her bag in her dormitory. She went to sit at the end of the table, followed closely by Ginny who sat right next to her.
Ginny took one look at the rose and grinned. "Who's that special somebody that gave that to you?" she asked curiously. "Huh? Oh jeez, I forgot to leave it with my books....... I .... Picked it from the school garden....." she lied. 'God! That lie sucked!' she thought. Ginny looked straight at her and Hermione felt like somebody was reading her thoughts. Then Ginny said, "Don't worry. If you don't want to say it, I understand. But I have a sneaking suspicion of who."
Hermione closed her eyes and tried to cut the connection between them, "Don't do that," she said, waving her arms like a lunatic, "You make me feel like a book you love to read!" Ginny laughed, "Sorry, I do have that affect! But, I can tell you promised this promised this person to keep it a secret," "What? You read that from me too?" Hermione asked. "No, your lame excuse was enough," Ginny said a matter-of-factly. Hermione laughed guiltily.
"Oh yeah! You should of seen what happen in double potions today. Well........" Hermione told Ginny the full story of the mornings events. Ginny laughed loudly at the end of the story. "Really?!" she asked, "I'd love to see their faces!" "Yeah! Well, don't tell them the truth about us, you r the only one that knows. If they find out, Draco will be murdered and I'll have personal body guards for life!!" exclaimed Hermione. Ginny raised her right hand and said, "I solemnly swear that I won't tell them!" "You won't tell them what?" asked a voice.
They turned around to see Harry and Ron. Hermione hid the rose under the table. Ginny stood up as Ron sat down next to Hermione. Harry wrapped his arms around her waist and she whispered in his ear, just loud enough for them all to hear, "I won't tell them what we do together alone will I?" Ginny whispered with a smile. Ron choked on his chicken and Hermione rolled her eyes. Harry grinned, "No, you better not."
They both sat down together and started a private conversation. Knowing she couldn't bother Ginny and Harry at the moment, she turned to her only resort, Ron. "Hey Ron, are Ginny and Harry always like this?"
Ron swallowed whatever was in his mouth and looked at them. Then he turned back to her nodding. "Yeah! Well, whenever they get a chance at least. We've got Quidditch training and they've got Prefect's duties too. And then homework and whatever they've got left over, so I guess they don't have much Together Time. But you can tell Harry loves her, and enjoys all the time they've got. As they say, it's not the quantity of time, but the quality they have..... or something," he said and turned back to his plate.
Hermione was surprised, "You can tell that without being told?" she asked. He looked at her if she was crazy. "Look at them, look at how happy he is. Like he'd what nothing more in the world!" he said. Hermione watched Harry's eyes. Ron was right, he looked like he'd never be happier. "The look looks familiar...." She murmured. Ron, who had his mouth full said, "Huh? Wah di yooh say?" "Uh.... I said, it's like a Ginny thing," she said. Ron chuckled, "No a Ginny thing is only a thing Ginny can do. That was just obvious," Hermione raised an eyebrow. How could she be so oblivious to something even Ron could see??
Someone tapped her shoulder. She looked over to see Viktor, "Herm-own- ninny, could I talk vith you?" "Uh.. sure," she answered. "'Night Ron." "Yeah! Yooh too," he answered.
Viktor and Hermione walked together outside, in silence. She felt so awkward. "Vhy are you ignoring me? Vat haff I done vrong?" he suddenly asked. She hesitated. "You haven't done anything wrong. It's just that we broke up a long time ago, do we really have to try again and repeat it?" "That vos then, this is now. I vill make it vork! I promise, just give me a chance!" he grabbed her hand, "Can't ve still try?" she didn't look at him. "I don't know. I need some time to think. You have to give me space," she answered.
He nodded with disappointment. She looked away. She had hated that look when they were dating. She still hated it. It made her feel uneasy and guilty, even if it wasn't her fault. "Look, I've got to go..... I'll talk to you sometime, okay?" "Okay."
She walked quickly back to the castle and towards her dormitory.Half way there, she remembered that she had left the rose in the Great Hall. Just as she turned back, she saw Ginny run to her. "Hermione! you left your rose in the Great Hall. I thought you'd like it back," Ginny said, and placed the rose in her hands. "Thanks, you saved me a couple of minutes." "well I've got to go. I meeting Harry and uh..." said Ginny, unsure how to finish the sentence appropriately. "Don't finish it!" exclaimed Hermione with a smile. "Okay, I'll see you later!" said Ginny and ran off in the other direction. Hermione stared as she ran off. In a way, she was envious that Ginny had something she didn't. Or did she?
She shook her head and walked to the dormitory to meet Draco.
A/N: That's Chapter 18! I need a way to get rid of Krum, but I still don't have an idea for it! I need reviews and maybe an idea!!!!!!!
Draco's POV
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"I knew you'd like it," he said, "But, it's out secret, hardly anyone knows about this garden. You can't tell anyone about it. Promise?" "Of course! I wouldn't like too many people here, just keep it to ourselves," she said, "How'd you find it?"
"When I was running away from Pansy last year. Then I found this and since then, I came here to think, but lately I haven't had much time to come here lately. I thought you could use this to think and stuff...."
He walked in further, and felt Hermione hug him from behind. He blushed and looked at his feet. "Thanks," she said, "I really need a place to think. This is going to be great!"
"No probs..... I've got heaps of little secrets. I'll show them to you eventually," he replied still looking at his feet. She let go of him. 'Damn,' he thought. As much as he was embarrassed that she'd hugged him, he'd still enjoyed it!
She walked around the garden for a while then asked, "What's it called?" "Well, I call it the Never Ending Garden, because no matter how far I walked for how long, I would never make it to the end of the garden, Must be enchanted or something," he said.
He checked his watch and said, "Class is about to finish, we better head back." "Okay," she said, standing up from the flower beds. They walked back to the entrance, but before they left, Draco grabbed a red rose from a rose bush. He placed it in her hand, "A beautiful rose for a beautiful young lady."
"Thank you, I guess this is the side of you that you don't show in public," she said to him. "Yes.... Let us never speak of it in public!" he exclaimed. She laughed. He just had a small smile. "So, I'll see you in our dormitory? How's 8:30 sound to you?" he asked. "yep sounds great."
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After walking back to the castle at the end of the day, he felt like going to the library for a little while before going to dinner. He grabbed a book (Quidditch Through the Ages) and sat down in one of the couches in the library. Just as ha opened the book to the first page, a voice, no 2 voices, yelled out, "Oi! Malfoy !" Madam Pince hissed a, "Shhhhh!!" At them.
he sighed. Why couldn't he have some peace and quiet? He looked up at Harry and Ron. "What do you want? If it's about this morning, there is nothing evil about opening a door for a lady, is there?" "Oh! Is that your excuse is it!? I'm not buying it!" Ron spat. "I can assure you, Hermione is safe, I haven't touched her in any harmful way," he said with an annoyed tone. "Hermione!? since when were you on a first name basis?" Ron said suspiciously. Harry nodded. 'Damn!" he thought, ' So much for not telling them too much.' "Since, whenever!" he said casually, waving his hand. He turned back to his book, "It's really none of your business if she's socialising with others." "Y eah! Well, if you touch her at all, we will kill you!" said Harry threateningly. "I'm really scared!" Draco told them in a sarcastic tone, "Don't you have somewhere to go now?"
With final glares, they stormed off. He just rolled his eyes and continued reading. He didn't go to dinner, in case they punched the shit out of him.
Hermione's POV
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When Hermione went down to dinner, she still had the rose in her hand although she had put her bag in her dormitory. She went to sit at the end of the table, followed closely by Ginny who sat right next to her.
Ginny took one look at the rose and grinned. "Who's that special somebody that gave that to you?" she asked curiously. "Huh? Oh jeez, I forgot to leave it with my books....... I .... Picked it from the school garden....." she lied. 'God! That lie sucked!' she thought. Ginny looked straight at her and Hermione felt like somebody was reading her thoughts. Then Ginny said, "Don't worry. If you don't want to say it, I understand. But I have a sneaking suspicion of who."
Hermione closed her eyes and tried to cut the connection between them, "Don't do that," she said, waving her arms like a lunatic, "You make me feel like a book you love to read!" Ginny laughed, "Sorry, I do have that affect! But, I can tell you promised this promised this person to keep it a secret," "What? You read that from me too?" Hermione asked. "No, your lame excuse was enough," Ginny said a matter-of-factly. Hermione laughed guiltily.
"Oh yeah! You should of seen what happen in double potions today. Well........" Hermione told Ginny the full story of the mornings events. Ginny laughed loudly at the end of the story. "Really?!" she asked, "I'd love to see their faces!" "Yeah! Well, don't tell them the truth about us, you r the only one that knows. If they find out, Draco will be murdered and I'll have personal body guards for life!!" exclaimed Hermione. Ginny raised her right hand and said, "I solemnly swear that I won't tell them!" "You won't tell them what?" asked a voice.
They turned around to see Harry and Ron. Hermione hid the rose under the table. Ginny stood up as Ron sat down next to Hermione. Harry wrapped his arms around her waist and she whispered in his ear, just loud enough for them all to hear, "I won't tell them what we do together alone will I?" Ginny whispered with a smile. Ron choked on his chicken and Hermione rolled her eyes. Harry grinned, "No, you better not."
They both sat down together and started a private conversation. Knowing she couldn't bother Ginny and Harry at the moment, she turned to her only resort, Ron. "Hey Ron, are Ginny and Harry always like this?"
Ron swallowed whatever was in his mouth and looked at them. Then he turned back to her nodding. "Yeah! Well, whenever they get a chance at least. We've got Quidditch training and they've got Prefect's duties too. And then homework and whatever they've got left over, so I guess they don't have much Together Time. But you can tell Harry loves her, and enjoys all the time they've got. As they say, it's not the quantity of time, but the quality they have..... or something," he said and turned back to his plate.
Hermione was surprised, "You can tell that without being told?" she asked. He looked at her if she was crazy. "Look at them, look at how happy he is. Like he'd what nothing more in the world!" he said. Hermione watched Harry's eyes. Ron was right, he looked like he'd never be happier. "The look looks familiar...." She murmured. Ron, who had his mouth full said, "Huh? Wah di yooh say?" "Uh.... I said, it's like a Ginny thing," she said. Ron chuckled, "No a Ginny thing is only a thing Ginny can do. That was just obvious," Hermione raised an eyebrow. How could she be so oblivious to something even Ron could see??
Someone tapped her shoulder. She looked over to see Viktor, "Herm-own- ninny, could I talk vith you?" "Uh.. sure," she answered. "'Night Ron." "Yeah! Yooh too," he answered.
Viktor and Hermione walked together outside, in silence. She felt so awkward. "Vhy are you ignoring me? Vat haff I done vrong?" he suddenly asked. She hesitated. "You haven't done anything wrong. It's just that we broke up a long time ago, do we really have to try again and repeat it?" "That vos then, this is now. I vill make it vork! I promise, just give me a chance!" he grabbed her hand, "Can't ve still try?" she didn't look at him. "I don't know. I need some time to think. You have to give me space," she answered.
He nodded with disappointment. She looked away. She had hated that look when they were dating. She still hated it. It made her feel uneasy and guilty, even if it wasn't her fault. "Look, I've got to go..... I'll talk to you sometime, okay?" "Okay."
She walked quickly back to the castle and towards her dormitory.Half way there, she remembered that she had left the rose in the Great Hall. Just as she turned back, she saw Ginny run to her. "Hermione! you left your rose in the Great Hall. I thought you'd like it back," Ginny said, and placed the rose in her hands. "Thanks, you saved me a couple of minutes." "well I've got to go. I meeting Harry and uh..." said Ginny, unsure how to finish the sentence appropriately. "Don't finish it!" exclaimed Hermione with a smile. "Okay, I'll see you later!" said Ginny and ran off in the other direction. Hermione stared as she ran off. In a way, she was envious that Ginny had something she didn't. Or did she?
She shook her head and walked to the dormitory to meet Draco.
A/N: That's Chapter 18! I need a way to get rid of Krum, but I still don't have an idea for it! I need reviews and maybe an idea!!!!!!!