"No One to Hold"

By: XsesenX

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Disclaimer: I don't own 'Harry Potter', or any of the characters mentioned. The song is also not mine.

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"Please just stay. Please," I begged him. "You can't face this alone."

"If I stay, you'll die with me. I couldn't live with myself if that were to happen," he reasoned with me. "Believe me, the last thing I want to do is to leave you right now, but I have to."

He kissed me fiercely and passionately on the lips. A kiss I had grown to love over the course of our four year relationship.

Then he looked in my eyes. Memoires of the last nine years swam around in my mind.

"I love you, Hermione. I always have."

Four years. Four years filled with war, death, and mostly love, and he had never said it. Hermione always knew he felt it, he simply could never bring himself to say the words.

"Please don't do this. I can't live without you. You... you're everything to me. You're all I have left."

Ron had died defending her against Voldemort. He always wanted Hermione on thier side despite her 'dirty blood'. She was, after all, the smartest witch since Rowena Ravenclaw.

Harry had died protecting his pregnant wife, Ginny.

Ginny had died at the hand of the same Death Eater who killed Harry. Harry had fallen to the ground, leaving a pregnant Ginny exposed. The Death Eater had taken the opportunity and had used Advada Kedavra on Mrs. Potter. He had also killed Harry and Ginny's unborn child.

The twins died when the Burrow had been arsoned. It had burned to the ground in a matter of minutes.

Neville died in battle, figting for Albus Dumbledore.

As had the Creevy brothers.

Lavender and the Patil sisters had been kidnapped as prisoners of war, being raped and beaten by Death Eaters until they could take no more.

Arthur Weasley died protecting his eldest children, Bill, Percy, and Charlie.

The three brothers died in the same way their only sister had.

Molly had gone into hiding, but had died of a broken heart.

Her own parents had died in an attack on muggles.

And countless others died in battle.

Hermione had witnessed all the deaths but her parents and Molly's.

And Draco had been there, holding her as she mourned for them.

He turned to leave her.

It would be the last time she would see him alive.

"I love you too," she whispered. "Always."

Draco faced her once more, and flashed her a genuine smile. "Always."

With that, he left to face his fate.

And she mourned him alone, for there was no one to hold her now.

I didn't get around to kiss you goodbye.

I wish that I could see you again,

I know that I can't.

I've had my wake up,

Won't you wake up?

I keep asking why.

I can't take it,

It wasn't fake,

It happened, you passed by.

Now you're gone,

There you go,

Somewhere I can't bring you back.

Now you're gone,

There you go,

Somewhere you're not coming back.

I hope you can hear me,

I remember it clearly.

The day you slipped away,

Was the day I found it won't be the same...

I miss you.

Fin.

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A/N: I kinda hated that, I think it was the worst I've written in a long time. But oh well. Review!

A/N 2: There's another D/Hr one-shot coming soon... It's just really long and I'm not done with it... it's better, I promise.

A/N 3: The song is 'Slipped Away' by Avril Lavigne.