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Chapter 11…
Hermione turned around and saw everyone. Suddenly she and Draco were back in the Great Hall in Hogwarts, with all eyes on them. She looked back to him, his sweet angelic face…then… she ran, towards the great hall doors, away from the staring crowd, but regretfully away from Him.
"HERMIONE!" Draco yelled to her. She stood at the Great Hall entrance and glanced back at him. She shook her head then she was gone.
It all went by as if in slow motion. Still adjusting to the sudden move back to Hogwarts. He had her…and she had just run off. Realization struck him…they were in the Great Hall, dancing in front of everyone.
She's gone.
Draco stood in the middle of the dance floor the scent of strawberry still lingered in her place. He turned slowly, and saw everyone's reactions. The first face he saw was Snape's. The look on his face was unforgettable, it was sheer disgust and surprise. Draco turned his head back to the Great Hall doors. He saw Hannah's face, her eyes wide in amazement.
So many emotions swirling in his head, he took in a deep breath. He looked back to Hannah, and she viciously nodded her head. Potter and Weasley had already run off in the Prefect's Common Room.
Finally Draco made a decision.
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The only thing left in the Great Hall was the staff and shocked students.
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Darkness surrounded the Lake. Only the moonlight lit the shadows. Leaning against a boulder facing the lake was a silhouette of a girl. Her robes shimmered enchanting as the night sky as they moved with the wind. Her pale skin glowed like the stars twinkled high above her. It was silent the only sounds that could be heard were the soft waves of the water hitting the sand.
" I Hate the way you hate me
I Hate the way I feel
I Hate the way you torment me
I Hate the way It's real
I Hate the fact you don't care
I Hate the fact that you're always there
I Hate everything about you
I Hate the way that that's not true."
The voice was shaken, but familiar. She knew who it was. She didn't turn around. He came to her. A little black book was in his hands.
"I think you should read this. It's pretty good." He said, his voice still shaken. He placed the book down next to her.
"I…I think y-you should go now." Was all she could say to him.
She wouldn't make eye contact with him. That's all he longed for, to look into her eyes.
"Other's are coming." He said with his head down. Another soft wind blew and Hermione held her robes tightly around her, "Take this."
Draco took off his Midnight black robes with silver lining and fastenings with the Malfoy crest on them and placed it over Hermione like a blanket. She held onto it, it was still warm.
'Look at me please.' Was all he thought.
He stood there for a minute and heard footsteps coming their way.
"Please Draco. Go now." Hermione pleaded as she used all her energy to not look into his eyes.
With that he was gone.
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Draco hastily made his way back to the Prefect dorms. But before he could enter the Prefect's common room entrance he was stopped by two people.
"Malfoy. What was that?" Hannah asked with a protective curiosity.
"It was nothing." Draco replied having a very hard time trying to hide the pain behind his voice, "I don't know why everyone's acting like this. It was just some stupid dance. I didn't even do it voluntarily."
"You know that's not what I meant." Hannah stood before him with her arms crossed.
"I know exactly what you meant. Now if you both don't mind I'd like to go to my room." Draco said as he mumbled the password. The portrait swung open and the two girls went in before him. As he made his way into the common room he was stopped by a cold…
"Malfoy." Draco turned around to see an urgent looking Potions Master standing before him, "To my office."
Draco had to walk briskly to catch up with the long strides that Snape was taking to his Office in the Dungeons. They made no conversation when going down the empty halls.
Finally in Snape's office Draco took a seat as Snape checked to see no one was coming before he shut the door. They sat face to face.
"I am completely disappointed with you boy." Snape's voice echoed his small, cold office.
"I beg your pardon?" Malfoy spoke as he rose in his seat.
"Sit down boy." Snape shook his head. "She is muggle born."
"It was only a dance. A dance that I was forced to dance." Draco informed the second time this night.
"It wasn't the dance. It was they way you were both dancing. I thought you were smarter than this." Snape shook his head.
"I didn't think you of all people would still believe in only pureblood interrelations." Draco couldn't help to sound sarcastic.
"I don't. You're family however, does." His words hit Draco like ice.
This hit Draco, he realized. What had he done?
"D'you know what you're getting yourselves into?" Snape stood up from his seat.
"My family…Lucius is in Azkaban...what does it matter anyway?" Draco sat motionless.
"He may be in Azkaban, Malfoy. That however does not mean he has no connections with the wizardring world. He has ways of getting information. You of all people should know, he is still very powerful." Snape came from behind his desk.
Draco couldn't speak. 'Still powerful' was all he could think.
"This friendship you have developed with Ms. Granger, puts the both of you in danger." He went back to his seat, "I just hope you think about what consequences your actions will create."
"I have." Draco spoke sternly.
"No you have not. You may go back to your common room now." Said Snape as he started to read parchments.
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Draco didn't bother to change his clothes. He lay sprawled on his bed, staring at the ceiling.
'What have I done. What have I done.' Was all he could think. It was nearly 3 am. He was tired as hell, and still not asleep, 'It was only one dance. I was forced."
Draco wondered where his robes were, and grinned as he fell asleep, not bothering to change into pajamas and obviously not believing the words repeated in his head.
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Draco's robe was wrapped around Hermione like a blanket as she was lying in bed. Her eyes closed, but she wasn't asleep. How could she sleep after the day's events had flooded past her like it had? She clutched tightly the small black leather bound book.
"I will all settle down…it has too." Hermione thought. She placed the book under her pillow…it seemed to fit there just perfect.
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Hermione went down the stairs to the common room and stood facing the fire.
"What happened at the Ball Hermione? Harry and I were worried sick…did he do something to you?" Ron asked hesitating to go up to her.
"Nothing happened. I was just embarrassed, simple as that. You can understand right? All the people staring, gawking at us…I don't know why I was." Hermione said with a tone of disbelief in her voice. She stared into the fire still.
"I'm glad to hear that you've accomplished some teenage normalcy then. Don't look so down Hermione, if all it was was embarrassment then everything will be okay." Ron reassured her, "I could've sworn that Malfoy did something to you."
Hermione looked at Ron, "We'll he didn't. He was actually comforting in a way."
Ron looked at her with bewilderment then smiled, "Must've been a fluke. He was probably thrown off because of your beauty."
"Ronald Weasley!" Hermione said playfully. She smiled and her head looked up to the stairs. Draco was standing at the top looking down at her once more. Hermione did a double take, but he wasn't there. She rubbed her eyes.
"You okay Herms?" Ron asked after seeing her looking up to the stairs.
"Yeah. It's just… I'm fine." Hermione convinced.
"Come with me to Breakfast with Harry before Class?" Ron asked gesturing her to the Portrait hole.
"Alright." She grabbed her book bag and they headed out.
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Draco was at the top of the stairs. He had been watching her, before Weasley started to talk to her. Draco had heard most of their conversation. His chest leapt as he heard her say he was a somewhat comfort. Then she smiled and looked up to the Stairs, he could swear that she'd seen him. So he turned behind the side of the staircase, concealed.
"Quite the show Mr. Malfoy." Draco heard the familiar voice.
"What D'you mean?" Draco answered her.
"I thought you knew exactly what I meant." Hannah stood there like last night with her arms folded in front of her.
"It was not a show." Draco assured her.
"So you admit it then?" she said.
"Why are you so keen on getting me to admit it" Draco thought out loud.
"Because then you might see what I see." She said as she started down the stairs.
"What D'you see?" Draco asked skeptically and followed her down.
"Something that's right under your nose. Something worth taking a chance on…something that feels the same way. Something…" Hannah walked through the portrait hole.
"Beautiful beyond measure." He finished for her. Hannah nodded. They made their way down to the Great hall in silence. Draco knew all this…the only thing that made him question were Snape's words to him last night.
"…Think about what consequences your actions will create."
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