A deep sigh escaped his lips as he turned to have one final look at her. Though her back was to him, he still savoured the memory of her appearance, from the way her chestnut curls bounced as she walked, and the way her hips swayed from side to side.
Snap out of it man. He silently yelled at himself. With a final breath he boarded the plane and took a seat beside Joel.
"You alright?" Joel asked. Draco nodded and said
"I'm fine, seriously, its only two shows and it's just for 3 days. I'll see her soon."
"I know how it feels, I hate leaving Steph and little Shylyn at home, its really hard." Draco couldn't help but smile.
"Don't you think it's kind of different?" He asked. Joel looked confused.
"You and Steph, your married, you've got a child, Hermione and I, well were just… I'm not actually quite sure what we are, but its nothing like what you and Steph have."
"But it's o.k. that you miss her." Sean piped in from his seat in front of them.
"I know that!" Draco responded indignant. "But, I think will be a nice break, I think the two of us might have been moving a little fast."
Draco heaved another sigh and settled back in his chair for the ride.
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A sudden bump shook Draco back to an awake full state. What's going on? He though to himself at he sat up and rubbed his eyes. He peered out the window and realized that, in fact, they had landed. He stood up, gathered his things, and followed the others off the plane. Still a little dazed from his "little" nap, Draco wasn't really paying attention to what was happening, until an assortment of screams reached his ears. His head shot up and was not expecting the sight before his eyes. Women and girls of all ages lined the walls of the airport. Through out the air flew neon coloured signs, with phrases of love, admiration, and even a few sexual comments.
"Guys?" Draco whispered to Sean and Joel who had only been a few steps in front of him. "Can we get out of here? I'm really not in the mood for this right now."
"Yea Man lets fly." Sean took off to the front of the airport leaving his fans behind. Following at his heals were Draco and Joel… but Paul… well Paul decided to bask in the attention he was receiving from the fans. They ducked into a sleek black vehicle that sat out front awaiting their arrival. They climbed in and Draco laid his head back against the cool leather material. He took and deep breath and looked around.
"Where is he?" Draco asked, extremely… irritated. "I swear, he made us come here, I'm going to fuc-"
"Whoa man, watch the mouth, I'm here, I'm here." Paul slid into the vehicle and it took off, speeding up the road. They all sat in silence, the only noise being the grating noise of the driver's music.
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Upon arriving at the hotel, Draco immediately locked himself in his room, and fell into a deep sleep.
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(Back to Hermione)
Hermione lay on the couch, her feet draped across Ginny's lap, and Charity and Lauren sprawled on the floor, flipping through magazines.
She sighed and tossed her magazine aside. "Ginny, you haven't given me the facts yet!" Ginny groaned.
"What facts?" Hermione looked at Ginny.
"You damn well know what fact I'm talking about, When did you and Harry hook up, how did he propose? All that, every last one!"
Ginny rolled her eyes "Well, the summer before 7th year, Harry and had been sitting on the swings out back, he had spent his summer with us. Dumbledore said it would have been best, and the Dursley's didn't care…"
"Wait…" Lauren interrupted "Who's Dumbledore?"
"Uhh… He's our…" Ginny was at a loss for an answer.
"He was our principal." Hermione provided. Lauren smiled.
"Oh o.k. I get it! Continue…"
"Hmm…" Hermione groaned. "I want ice cream, so wait." She said suddenly and stood up. Walking over to the kitchen she pulled open the freezer door only to find it void of ice cream. "Damn it" she muttered to herself.
"I'm going to the store, you guys want anything." A few muttered no's reached her ears as she clasped Indy's leash on.
"I'll be back, and ill want ALL the details Gin!" she called, and left the apartment. "You wanna go for a walk don't you?" She asked her voice soft and playful. Indy's ears perked up and he trotted playfully beside her. The two walked to the store, the cold wind biting at any exposed skin on Hermione's body. She entered the store, after tying Indy up outside.
Walking to the back, she grabbed a tub of French Vanilla ice cream, along with a smaller tub of Raspberry sherbet. She walked to the front and paid for her items and exited the store.
As she came into view, Indy's tail began to smack hard against the pavement. "There's my little man." Hermione said her voice soft. Indy immediately reacted to her voice, and flopped himself down and rolled on his back. "You're kidding me right?" she asked. Indy, still on his back lolled his head to on side and look at her with wide, expectant eyes. "Your one spoiled puppy, Indiana." She muttered as she hunched over him, her delicate nails scratching his tummy, as his tail patted the pavement in delight.
After a few moments, Hermione stood up and untied the dog. "You ready" she asked. Indy started to trot down the sidewalk, heading back towards the apartment.
She wandered down the darkening streets, humming a soft turn in order to calm her nerves. Something didn't feel right, and she knew it. She started to quicken her pace. Indy, who although confused, turned his soft trot on to a slow run in order to keep up to his master. As she rounded the corner and saw her building come into view, she breathed a sigh of relief. When a hand reached out and dragged her into the darkness of an alley, she began to think that sigh, she have been saved until she was safely inside the building.
She screamed, as strong hands grasped her waist and something smashed over her head, yielding her to unconsciousness. Before blacking out, the last thing she saw was Indy's worried eyes, and he tip of his tail as rounded the corner in a dead run.
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Everything was dark. Very dark. He was able to make out a figure in the darkness. The figure stood, every few moments, he glance down at his watch. This same action occurred for a total for about 5 minutes. His fear grew stronger every minute; he knew something bad was going to happen, but what? He knew this figure wanted to hurt someone, someone he loved, but who? He wanted to stop the figure, stop his from hurting, what he didn't know, the figure needed to be stopped, but how? All of a sudden the figure spoke, "Right on time." It said. A young girl wandered by, a small dog trotted at her feet. He knew this girl, he'd seen her face before, but… from where? All of a sudden, it every bit of made sense, he still didn't know who the figure was, but he knew who that girl was. He stood helpless as he watched the figure grab her and smash an empty beer bottle over her head. He watched helpless.
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"Hermione!" Draco sat up, breathing hard. 'It was a dream, just a dream' he assured himself. But something wasn't right. That dream… it seemed too real. He jumped off the bed, and grabbed the phone. His hands were shaking as he tried to dial the number. Many times, he messed up and had to start again. Once he had finally gotten the number right, he sat on the edge of he bed. It rang once, and then twice, and then three times, when finally…
"Hello?" Came a voice from the other end.
"Ginny?" Draco's voice quivered as he spoke. "Oh thank god. Please Ginny, is… is Hermione there?"
"Draco?" Ginny asked. "No, no she isn't here, she went to the store to buy ice cream. What's going on?" she didn't bother to keep the confusion from her voice.
"Oh no…" Draco moaned, dropping himself on to the bed, suddenly very weak.
"Ginny, listen to me. I think Hermione's hurt… please for me, just… just go look for her will you?"
"Sure Draco, but you've got to tell me what's going on."
"Just go look, get her to call me the minute you find her." With out speaking another word, he slammed the phone down on the receiver. He lay back down on the bed, unable to keep dangers thoughts from crawling into the back of him mind. Images of Hermione, dead, never left him as he once again fell into a fitful sleep.
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Hey everyone!! I am SO sorry that this is so late!!! I've just been so busy and everything, then my boyfriend, Dave, showed up on Christmas when he was supposed to be out of town so I didn't have much time to write. But here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoyed it!! Please any suggestions would be appreciated.
HELLS ANGEL
p.s. Does anyone know who's got our Hermione? ;)