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A/N- There was some confusion about the last chapter. I hope that this chapter makes everything make more sense! Thanks for the patience everyone!
Stranger at my Door
Chapter 16
Traitor
Draco stumbled backwards, but when he looked at the window again it was only his reflection. Only Draco Malfoy. Draco sunk down onto a kitchen chair and put his hand through his hair. "I must be going mad."
~*~*~
Hermione took a deep breath and stepped out of the bathroom. Red eyed, she walked shakily to her room.
"I need to talk to someone." Hermione said to herself, but suddenly remembered that there was no one around that she COULD talk to. Sighing she laid back on her bed and cried some more.
~*~*~
Draco tilted his head at the sound that appeared to be crying. 'Is Granger crying? I thought she NEVER cried,' he thought to himself. Just as he thought that, tears of his own sprung to his eyes. Before he knew what was happening he was full out bawling also.
"Why the hell am I crying?" he practically yelled in between gasps. Wiping furiously at his eyes he got up and went up to Hermione's room.
~*~*~
Hermione sniffled a bit and fell into a fitful sleep.
~~*~~"Are you sure it'll work, Master?" a cloaked figure asked someone or something in a chair. Hermione strained to get a look of the person in the chair but found that it was useless.
"Yes I'm sure it'll work. Especially now that we have that spell in works. There is no doubt we'll get them this time," a raspy voice answered the figure. The one in the chair started to laugh but it sounded more like nails on a chalk board than a laugh.
Hermione screamed and the heads whipped toward her, both pairs of eyes glowing red. ~~*~~
Hermione woke up with a start just as Malfoy came to the door.
Before she thought about it she asked, "What's wrong with you eyes?"
Angrily Draco took her by the shoulders, "What did you do?!" he yelled.
In a flash Hermione remembered the kitchen. "MURDERER!" she accused.
"What are you talking about?" Draco asked coldly, not letting go.
"YOU KILLED MY CAT!" Hermione yelled and burst into tears. Draco looked at her funny.
"What?"
"YOU KILLED CROOKSHANKS!" she was now hitting his chest with her fists and crying. Draco grabbed her wrists to hold them still and actually started LAUGHING. "WHAT THE FUCK IS SO FUNNY ABOUT THIS?!"
Draco pointed at the door and started laughing hysterically. Hermione turned around and gasped. "Crookshanks?" she whispered as her cat strolled in the door, very much unharmed. Suddenly she too started laughing.
A couple minutes later they were both on the floor starting to calm down. Hermione was about to jump up, realizing how close they were, but Draco lightly grabbed her wrist halfway up.
"I don't know what happened. I admit that. But I'm sorry," Draco said softly, not breaking eye contact.
"Hey, the cat thing was totally my fault," she answered.
"I wasn't talking about that and you know it. Don't play dumb, Granger, it doesn't fit you well."
Hermione's eyes skitted to the floor. "Yeah well..." she trailed off as Draco's hand moved up from her wrist to her cheek. She swallowed and closed her eyes, this wasn't supposed to happen. He was supposed to leave her alone. He was supposed to hate her so she could go back to normal. She opened her eyes again.
But as he sat up she realized that things would most likely never be the same. He was getting closer and she felt paralyzed. All she could do was stay there and wait. Hermione could feel his breath now-
"Hermione?" a familiar voice called from behind. It was-
"Ron?" she turned around. "What are you doing here?"
"We came because we thought you were in trouble. But seeing as you seem perfectly fine with HIM, I guess you're not," he sneered. His tone of voice was angry but Hermione could see in his eyes how hurt he was.
"Ron, I-"
"I thought I could trust you, Hermione," he glanced at Draco, "I guess not."
"Ron, it's not what you think!"
"NO!" he interrupted. Hermione shrunk back, frightened. Ron took a deep breath and turned around, "I have to go. And I'll tell you one thing- I'm sorry I EVER loved you." With those words he was out the door.
Hermione turned to Harry, who had stood unnoticed at the doorway. "Harry-"
Harry just shook his head and said so quietly that she almost couldn't hear it, "You betrayed us." Without another word he too was gone.
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A/N- Does everyone understand that now? Draco never killed the cat!! He was chopping up that vegetable thingie and Crookshanks was under the table! That's why she heard the sounds because it was hissing from UNDER the table. And to the person who thought Hermione was outside (Sorry but my internet isn't working at the moment as I'm writing this so I can't do individual thank you's) Hermione wasn't outside. He just saw HER reflection instead of his own. Sorry to confuse you!
If this chapter stinks I'm really sorry but my writer's block is still here but I think it's going away.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed! I love you all!!!!!
~*Ragazza Doulce*~
A/N- There was some confusion about the last chapter. I hope that this chapter makes everything make more sense! Thanks for the patience everyone!
Stranger at my Door
Chapter 16
Traitor
Draco stumbled backwards, but when he looked at the window again it was only his reflection. Only Draco Malfoy. Draco sunk down onto a kitchen chair and put his hand through his hair. "I must be going mad."
~*~*~
Hermione took a deep breath and stepped out of the bathroom. Red eyed, she walked shakily to her room.
"I need to talk to someone." Hermione said to herself, but suddenly remembered that there was no one around that she COULD talk to. Sighing she laid back on her bed and cried some more.
~*~*~
Draco tilted his head at the sound that appeared to be crying. 'Is Granger crying? I thought she NEVER cried,' he thought to himself. Just as he thought that, tears of his own sprung to his eyes. Before he knew what was happening he was full out bawling also.
"Why the hell am I crying?" he practically yelled in between gasps. Wiping furiously at his eyes he got up and went up to Hermione's room.
~*~*~
Hermione sniffled a bit and fell into a fitful sleep.
~~*~~"Are you sure it'll work, Master?" a cloaked figure asked someone or something in a chair. Hermione strained to get a look of the person in the chair but found that it was useless.
"Yes I'm sure it'll work. Especially now that we have that spell in works. There is no doubt we'll get them this time," a raspy voice answered the figure. The one in the chair started to laugh but it sounded more like nails on a chalk board than a laugh.
Hermione screamed and the heads whipped toward her, both pairs of eyes glowing red. ~~*~~
Hermione woke up with a start just as Malfoy came to the door.
Before she thought about it she asked, "What's wrong with you eyes?"
Angrily Draco took her by the shoulders, "What did you do?!" he yelled.
In a flash Hermione remembered the kitchen. "MURDERER!" she accused.
"What are you talking about?" Draco asked coldly, not letting go.
"YOU KILLED MY CAT!" Hermione yelled and burst into tears. Draco looked at her funny.
"What?"
"YOU KILLED CROOKSHANKS!" she was now hitting his chest with her fists and crying. Draco grabbed her wrists to hold them still and actually started LAUGHING. "WHAT THE FUCK IS SO FUNNY ABOUT THIS?!"
Draco pointed at the door and started laughing hysterically. Hermione turned around and gasped. "Crookshanks?" she whispered as her cat strolled in the door, very much unharmed. Suddenly she too started laughing.
A couple minutes later they were both on the floor starting to calm down. Hermione was about to jump up, realizing how close they were, but Draco lightly grabbed her wrist halfway up.
"I don't know what happened. I admit that. But I'm sorry," Draco said softly, not breaking eye contact.
"Hey, the cat thing was totally my fault," she answered.
"I wasn't talking about that and you know it. Don't play dumb, Granger, it doesn't fit you well."
Hermione's eyes skitted to the floor. "Yeah well..." she trailed off as Draco's hand moved up from her wrist to her cheek. She swallowed and closed her eyes, this wasn't supposed to happen. He was supposed to leave her alone. He was supposed to hate her so she could go back to normal. She opened her eyes again.
But as he sat up she realized that things would most likely never be the same. He was getting closer and she felt paralyzed. All she could do was stay there and wait. Hermione could feel his breath now-
"Hermione?" a familiar voice called from behind. It was-
"Ron?" she turned around. "What are you doing here?"
"We came because we thought you were in trouble. But seeing as you seem perfectly fine with HIM, I guess you're not," he sneered. His tone of voice was angry but Hermione could see in his eyes how hurt he was.
"Ron, I-"
"I thought I could trust you, Hermione," he glanced at Draco, "I guess not."
"Ron, it's not what you think!"
"NO!" he interrupted. Hermione shrunk back, frightened. Ron took a deep breath and turned around, "I have to go. And I'll tell you one thing- I'm sorry I EVER loved you." With those words he was out the door.
Hermione turned to Harry, who had stood unnoticed at the doorway. "Harry-"
Harry just shook his head and said so quietly that she almost couldn't hear it, "You betrayed us." Without another word he too was gone.
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A/N- Does everyone understand that now? Draco never killed the cat!! He was chopping up that vegetable thingie and Crookshanks was under the table! That's why she heard the sounds because it was hissing from UNDER the table. And to the person who thought Hermione was outside (Sorry but my internet isn't working at the moment as I'm writing this so I can't do individual thank you's) Hermione wasn't outside. He just saw HER reflection instead of his own. Sorry to confuse you!
If this chapter stinks I'm really sorry but my writer's block is still here but I think it's going away.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed! I love you all!!!!!
~*Ragazza Doulce*~