A/N: MY APOLOGIES! I'm so sorry, it must have slipped my mind that they
can't apparate in Hogwarts! I am so sorry! But I got 2 reviews saying that
they can't apparate. Thank you so much for reminding me! Thank you once
again for both the reminder and the reviews. Lots, evildiva606
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Chapter 16:
The Astronomy Tower
Hermione's POV
It was pitch black, there was no light, except for the moonlight shining through the small cathedral window over looking the gigantic lake. It didn't light up much in the room, but it stopped in one part only. Hermione was already in the tower, she was standing on the left of the window and then she heard a door bang behind her. She heard footsteps but didn't have time to make it out when it stopped on the other side of the window. She saw a pair of shiny black leather shoes. It was a man, she could tell.
Draco's POV
He heard a pair of shoes running up the stairs. It could have been his father. So, Draco ran faster and faster and then entered the pitch-black room. He walked to one side where he saw only a pair of shoes on the other side of the window. It was a girl, he could tell.
[NOT A POV]
"Draco?" Hermione quietly whispered.
"Hermione?" Draco quietly whispered.
"Why are you still alive, I thought you were dead." Hermione said
"I thought YOU were dead."
"What's happening?"
"I don't know. Why did you think I was dead?"
"Ginny told me that your father attacked you and then killed you for ever seeing a mudblood like me. Why did you think I was dead?"
"Blaise told me that father attacked you since he didn't like me dating mudbloods."
"What's going on?"
"I don't know."
"Do you think-------"?
"Nah! They wouldn't."
"They could."
"Impossible."
"No, it's possible."
"We have to get back at them. Blaise gave me a heart attack."
Then silence filled the small room. Hermione lowered her head.
"What's wrong?" Draco asked Hermione
"You----- you care?" Hermione asked Draco when the words 'blaise gave me a heart attack' made her connect the dots and find out that when blaise told Draco that Hermione was dead, that Draco did care.
"Hermione, I always have."
"Then why weren't you talking to me the whole time?"
"Isn't that Krum dude still courting you till now?"
"No! I broke up with his two years ago."
"Then why weren't you minding me?"
"Weren't you still dating another girl?"
"No! I only didn't mind you since I thought you were using me."
"Same here, I thought you were using me."
"This isn't right, Hermione."
"I know."
"So, what was your reaction when Ginny told you that I died?"
"I obviously was half dead at that moment I heard the words Draco and dead in the same sentence and all said under the same breathe."
"I should have asked you first if you really were still dating Krum."
"I also should have asked you if you were still dating that girl."
Silence once again.
"So, you did care?"
"Of course I did."
"Why?"
"Hermione, you're the reason why I've been smiling more than smirking now, you're the reason I've gotten a lighter load on my back. I went nuts without you. It's just that---"then he ran his fingers through his hair
"What?" Hermione asked
"It's just that-----I don't think you're ready."
"Draco, tell me."
"It's just that, I haven't met anyone who ever showed me what it's like to love, I've never even felt it. I didn't even know what it really meant. When I kissed you the other day, I felt something I have never felt before."
Silence
"I felt loved. You're eyes just make me melt on the spot, they're so soft and anger free."
"Draco, that's not what you wanted to tell me, was it?"
"No."
"Then what was that that you wanted to tell me?"
"I don't think this is the right time. I mean, it hasn't been that long yet, and it just might be too fast."
"Draco you have to tell me now. If you keep it from me even longer, I'll be on the edge of the cliff, you'll get uneasy, just let it out now, you might not have another chance."
"Hermione, this isn't the right-----"
"Draco, you have to tell me."
"Hermione, I-----"
"Yes?"
"I----"
"Yes?"
"I----"
"I'm listening?"
"I--------I have to go."
"Draco!" She said
Then Draco walked out of the room and ran down the stairs leaving Hermione on her own in the tower.
Draco just didn't have the guts for once to tell Hermione something.
"I can't believe I had the guts to tell her several insults to her face and not tell her a few simple words!" he told himself.
Back at the tower:
"Ms. Granger?" A low, cold, dark and manly voice said behind her.
Hermione stood still and then slowly turned around seeing a man she thought she'd never see.
"He's not here." Hermione said as bravely as she could but there still was a lump on her throat.
"I don't want him."
"What do you want?" she asked bravely as the lump in her throat disappeared.
"You." said the cold voice
"Me? why would you want someone of such filthy blood? When clearly, your blood is pure." She said as she cursed in her mind at why the lump had found it's way back into her throat.
"My son needs no one like you, and I will make sure he doesn't get this. I have given him many things during his life, but I will not allow him to have you."
"Weren't you locked in Azkaban for good?" Hermione asked
"I was. But that was before. Now, I am fresh and still kicking. And I am going to protect my son."
"You won't get away with this." Hermione said as she ran to the door and when she opened it, she saw him standing there once again.
She turned around and he was standing there. She looked to the window and he was there beside the window.
Hermione was trapped. She had no where else to go, he was everywhere.
"Promise me you'll stay away from my son."
"I can't."
"Promise me."
"I can't"
"I said, swear to Merlin that you'd stay away from him, even if you have to disappear, just stay away from him."
"Why?"
"One thing, you're of dirty blood and a disgrace to the wizarding world, and well, we're pure."
"Alright, I will."
"Good. That's what I wanted to hear. I'll be watching you Miss Granger. I'll be watching you."
Then the man left as a cloud of smoke surrounded him and he left her there.
Hermione ran down the stairs and into the Gryffindor tower and stayed in her dorm room and sat on her bed alone and thought about how hard it is to have to keep away from someone, when clearly, she promised him that she wouldn't get away from him and that they both made another truce.
Hermione was troubled, deeply troubled, she couldn't take it, she just had to get away from all this, but how? She had no one to turn to. Harry and Ron are in the hospital wing since they have just been put to sleep to forget what had happened to them, parvati and lavender have gone a-wol over blaise and they can't be spoken to, and draco is her problem and ginny started the whole fight.
Hermione just wanted to die. She just wanted to wake up from this dream. This is not happening. She didn't like it, heck, she hated it! She'd rather flunk all her subjects. She had to get away somehow. She just had to.
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Chapter 16:
The Astronomy Tower
Hermione's POV
It was pitch black, there was no light, except for the moonlight shining through the small cathedral window over looking the gigantic lake. It didn't light up much in the room, but it stopped in one part only. Hermione was already in the tower, she was standing on the left of the window and then she heard a door bang behind her. She heard footsteps but didn't have time to make it out when it stopped on the other side of the window. She saw a pair of shiny black leather shoes. It was a man, she could tell.
Draco's POV
He heard a pair of shoes running up the stairs. It could have been his father. So, Draco ran faster and faster and then entered the pitch-black room. He walked to one side where he saw only a pair of shoes on the other side of the window. It was a girl, he could tell.
[NOT A POV]
"Draco?" Hermione quietly whispered.
"Hermione?" Draco quietly whispered.
"Why are you still alive, I thought you were dead." Hermione said
"I thought YOU were dead."
"What's happening?"
"I don't know. Why did you think I was dead?"
"Ginny told me that your father attacked you and then killed you for ever seeing a mudblood like me. Why did you think I was dead?"
"Blaise told me that father attacked you since he didn't like me dating mudbloods."
"What's going on?"
"I don't know."
"Do you think-------"?
"Nah! They wouldn't."
"They could."
"Impossible."
"No, it's possible."
"We have to get back at them. Blaise gave me a heart attack."
Then silence filled the small room. Hermione lowered her head.
"What's wrong?" Draco asked Hermione
"You----- you care?" Hermione asked Draco when the words 'blaise gave me a heart attack' made her connect the dots and find out that when blaise told Draco that Hermione was dead, that Draco did care.
"Hermione, I always have."
"Then why weren't you talking to me the whole time?"
"Isn't that Krum dude still courting you till now?"
"No! I broke up with his two years ago."
"Then why weren't you minding me?"
"Weren't you still dating another girl?"
"No! I only didn't mind you since I thought you were using me."
"Same here, I thought you were using me."
"This isn't right, Hermione."
"I know."
"So, what was your reaction when Ginny told you that I died?"
"I obviously was half dead at that moment I heard the words Draco and dead in the same sentence and all said under the same breathe."
"I should have asked you first if you really were still dating Krum."
"I also should have asked you if you were still dating that girl."
Silence once again.
"So, you did care?"
"Of course I did."
"Why?"
"Hermione, you're the reason why I've been smiling more than smirking now, you're the reason I've gotten a lighter load on my back. I went nuts without you. It's just that---"then he ran his fingers through his hair
"What?" Hermione asked
"It's just that-----I don't think you're ready."
"Draco, tell me."
"It's just that, I haven't met anyone who ever showed me what it's like to love, I've never even felt it. I didn't even know what it really meant. When I kissed you the other day, I felt something I have never felt before."
Silence
"I felt loved. You're eyes just make me melt on the spot, they're so soft and anger free."
"Draco, that's not what you wanted to tell me, was it?"
"No."
"Then what was that that you wanted to tell me?"
"I don't think this is the right time. I mean, it hasn't been that long yet, and it just might be too fast."
"Draco you have to tell me now. If you keep it from me even longer, I'll be on the edge of the cliff, you'll get uneasy, just let it out now, you might not have another chance."
"Hermione, this isn't the right-----"
"Draco, you have to tell me."
"Hermione, I-----"
"Yes?"
"I----"
"Yes?"
"I----"
"I'm listening?"
"I--------I have to go."
"Draco!" She said
Then Draco walked out of the room and ran down the stairs leaving Hermione on her own in the tower.
Draco just didn't have the guts for once to tell Hermione something.
"I can't believe I had the guts to tell her several insults to her face and not tell her a few simple words!" he told himself.
Back at the tower:
"Ms. Granger?" A low, cold, dark and manly voice said behind her.
Hermione stood still and then slowly turned around seeing a man she thought she'd never see.
"He's not here." Hermione said as bravely as she could but there still was a lump on her throat.
"I don't want him."
"What do you want?" she asked bravely as the lump in her throat disappeared.
"You." said the cold voice
"Me? why would you want someone of such filthy blood? When clearly, your blood is pure." She said as she cursed in her mind at why the lump had found it's way back into her throat.
"My son needs no one like you, and I will make sure he doesn't get this. I have given him many things during his life, but I will not allow him to have you."
"Weren't you locked in Azkaban for good?" Hermione asked
"I was. But that was before. Now, I am fresh and still kicking. And I am going to protect my son."
"You won't get away with this." Hermione said as she ran to the door and when she opened it, she saw him standing there once again.
She turned around and he was standing there. She looked to the window and he was there beside the window.
Hermione was trapped. She had no where else to go, he was everywhere.
"Promise me you'll stay away from my son."
"I can't."
"Promise me."
"I can't"
"I said, swear to Merlin that you'd stay away from him, even if you have to disappear, just stay away from him."
"Why?"
"One thing, you're of dirty blood and a disgrace to the wizarding world, and well, we're pure."
"Alright, I will."
"Good. That's what I wanted to hear. I'll be watching you Miss Granger. I'll be watching you."
Then the man left as a cloud of smoke surrounded him and he left her there.
Hermione ran down the stairs and into the Gryffindor tower and stayed in her dorm room and sat on her bed alone and thought about how hard it is to have to keep away from someone, when clearly, she promised him that she wouldn't get away from him and that they both made another truce.
Hermione was troubled, deeply troubled, she couldn't take it, she just had to get away from all this, but how? She had no one to turn to. Harry and Ron are in the hospital wing since they have just been put to sleep to forget what had happened to them, parvati and lavender have gone a-wol over blaise and they can't be spoken to, and draco is her problem and ginny started the whole fight.
Hermione just wanted to die. She just wanted to wake up from this dream. This is not happening. She didn't like it, heck, she hated it! She'd rather flunk all her subjects. She had to get away somehow. She just had to.