Chapter XIV
Four days had passed. Ginny was not talking to Harry and even Hermione was feeling that she had been put aside by her. Ron noticed that something was wrong, but none of them was thinking about telling him what happened. "I feel like a husband who doesn't know that his wife is having an affair"
Harry was feeling so miserable that he couldn't even pretend a smile.
"I'll look for Hermione"
"What for?" Harry asked quickly.
"She'll have to tell me what's happening here"
Harry froze. "Nothing's happening"
"Do you really think I'm that stupid?"
He didn't answer.
"She might be at the library. See you later, mate" Ron left. Harry was about to despair, but he strained to stay calm. "She won't tell anything, I doubt it" he thought.
The library was too full to Hermione. She took the books she wanted to and left to the garden. Knowing that nobody used to go to where the willow was, she went to there. She sat in front of the tree, 60 feet from it, using the wall of the castle as chair's back. It was almost seven, when she heard footsteps coming in her direction. She raised her eyes from the books and could not believe who she was seeing. "What are you doing here, Malfoy?"
Draco smiled.
Ron looked for Hermione at the library, but she was not there. He asked Madam Pince if she had been there and she told him Hermione had borrowed some books and left. When he was leaving the room, Colin called him and told Ron that Hermione had complained about too many people at the library, so she decide to read outside. Ron said thanks and left towards the garden to look for her.
"I was just coming back from a quidditch game when I saw you sitting here" Draco said.
She looked to the quidditch field. It was too far from there. "You must be kidding. It's too far for anybody to see someone here"
"Doesn't matter" He got closer her.
"What do you want?"
"You see, Granger, I was thinking about what I could do to you as now you don't mind anymore of being a mudblood"
They were staring at each other.
"And did you find something?"
His smile got wider. "Yes, and you helped me"
She gave him a strange look. "I helped you? How?"
He stepped towards her. Hermione gave a step behind, but her back met the wall. She was stuck. Malfoy was now inches from her. "That day, when you made Pansy and I have a fight"
She smiled. "Don't mention it, but I didn't know you were grateful to me cause of that"
"You understood me wrong. I'm not grateful for the fight. In fact, it gave me some headaches"
"So, what I did for you, besides that?"
"You showed me how I can stress you now"
"Oh, yeah?"
Draco put his hands on the wall, each arm at a side of Hermione's head.
"Malfoy, what you."
"You said that be kissed by me would be a nightmare"
Suddenly, Hermione understood what he was about to do. She tried to escape from him, passing down his arm, but Draco lowered it. He now was pressing his body against hers and his arms were tightly pressed on her waist.
"Let me go!"
"What now, Granger? I thought you were not afraid of me anymore"
She looked him in the eyes. "I'm not!"
"So why the panic?"
She could not use her wand because it was not possible to move her arms properly. "Let me go"
He tried to kiss her, but Hermione turned her head. Draco laughed. "C'mon, mudblood, it's just a kiss"
Hermione was about to cry, but held her tears. "Release me, Malfoy"
He grabbed her hands with a single hand of his and the other he used to force her to look at him. "Now you can't turn your head, can you?"
She tried to take off her hands of his but Draco was too strong for her.
"Now, Granger, let me show you what I thought I could do to you" Draco forced his tongue into Hermione's mouth. She tried to scream but it was impossible. Tears started to roll over her face. Draco kept kissing her, but, for some reason, he wished she was kissing him back. That disdain and disgust he was feeling coming out of her mouth were rather making him want to cry than to laugh.
Ron was going to look at the last place he could think of, and then he saw Draco kissing someone. It could not be Pansy because the girl was smaller than her. He looked to the school material and could not believe his eyes. There were lots of books and, undoubtedly, Hermione's rucksack. Paying more attention, he saw the Gryffindor colors and, as Draco turned his head a little to the left, Ron could see her hair. He gave two steps behind and almost fell on a rock. No doubt, Draco was kissing Hermione, and it was a real kiss this time. Ron's eyes got dim and he could not avoid the tears to roll. Looking to the ground, he turned his back at them and went towards the castle.
Hermione was with eyes closed, but the tears didn't stop rolling. Draco looked at her for a few seconds, not to enjoy the effect of his act, but because he could not take off his eyes of her. Regaining his confidence, he released her. "Say now, it was a great idea, don't you think?"
She looked at him. Her eyes were not showing anger or fury, but despair and sadness. He felt like someone had punched him in the stomach. "I bet you will never forget that. And I don't have to call you names anymore"
Hermione didn't answer. She just kneeled and let the cry come out. That she could not handle.
Draco was prepared to humiliate her more but the image of Hermione, kneeled like that had a different effect on him. He was sad, sad at him and sad at her. He wanted to hold her but it was impossible. He did not understand what he was feeling. He turned his back at her and started walking to the castle entrance, but then he was running. Minutes after, he was at Slytherin common room with nothing but the image of Hermione on his mind and her taste in his mouth.
Four days had passed. Ginny was not talking to Harry and even Hermione was feeling that she had been put aside by her. Ron noticed that something was wrong, but none of them was thinking about telling him what happened. "I feel like a husband who doesn't know that his wife is having an affair"
Harry was feeling so miserable that he couldn't even pretend a smile.
"I'll look for Hermione"
"What for?" Harry asked quickly.
"She'll have to tell me what's happening here"
Harry froze. "Nothing's happening"
"Do you really think I'm that stupid?"
He didn't answer.
"She might be at the library. See you later, mate" Ron left. Harry was about to despair, but he strained to stay calm. "She won't tell anything, I doubt it" he thought.
The library was too full to Hermione. She took the books she wanted to and left to the garden. Knowing that nobody used to go to where the willow was, she went to there. She sat in front of the tree, 60 feet from it, using the wall of the castle as chair's back. It was almost seven, when she heard footsteps coming in her direction. She raised her eyes from the books and could not believe who she was seeing. "What are you doing here, Malfoy?"
Draco smiled.
Ron looked for Hermione at the library, but she was not there. He asked Madam Pince if she had been there and she told him Hermione had borrowed some books and left. When he was leaving the room, Colin called him and told Ron that Hermione had complained about too many people at the library, so she decide to read outside. Ron said thanks and left towards the garden to look for her.
"I was just coming back from a quidditch game when I saw you sitting here" Draco said.
She looked to the quidditch field. It was too far from there. "You must be kidding. It's too far for anybody to see someone here"
"Doesn't matter" He got closer her.
"What do you want?"
"You see, Granger, I was thinking about what I could do to you as now you don't mind anymore of being a mudblood"
They were staring at each other.
"And did you find something?"
His smile got wider. "Yes, and you helped me"
She gave him a strange look. "I helped you? How?"
He stepped towards her. Hermione gave a step behind, but her back met the wall. She was stuck. Malfoy was now inches from her. "That day, when you made Pansy and I have a fight"
She smiled. "Don't mention it, but I didn't know you were grateful to me cause of that"
"You understood me wrong. I'm not grateful for the fight. In fact, it gave me some headaches"
"So, what I did for you, besides that?"
"You showed me how I can stress you now"
"Oh, yeah?"
Draco put his hands on the wall, each arm at a side of Hermione's head.
"Malfoy, what you."
"You said that be kissed by me would be a nightmare"
Suddenly, Hermione understood what he was about to do. She tried to escape from him, passing down his arm, but Draco lowered it. He now was pressing his body against hers and his arms were tightly pressed on her waist.
"Let me go!"
"What now, Granger? I thought you were not afraid of me anymore"
She looked him in the eyes. "I'm not!"
"So why the panic?"
She could not use her wand because it was not possible to move her arms properly. "Let me go"
He tried to kiss her, but Hermione turned her head. Draco laughed. "C'mon, mudblood, it's just a kiss"
Hermione was about to cry, but held her tears. "Release me, Malfoy"
He grabbed her hands with a single hand of his and the other he used to force her to look at him. "Now you can't turn your head, can you?"
She tried to take off her hands of his but Draco was too strong for her.
"Now, Granger, let me show you what I thought I could do to you" Draco forced his tongue into Hermione's mouth. She tried to scream but it was impossible. Tears started to roll over her face. Draco kept kissing her, but, for some reason, he wished she was kissing him back. That disdain and disgust he was feeling coming out of her mouth were rather making him want to cry than to laugh.
Ron was going to look at the last place he could think of, and then he saw Draco kissing someone. It could not be Pansy because the girl was smaller than her. He looked to the school material and could not believe his eyes. There were lots of books and, undoubtedly, Hermione's rucksack. Paying more attention, he saw the Gryffindor colors and, as Draco turned his head a little to the left, Ron could see her hair. He gave two steps behind and almost fell on a rock. No doubt, Draco was kissing Hermione, and it was a real kiss this time. Ron's eyes got dim and he could not avoid the tears to roll. Looking to the ground, he turned his back at them and went towards the castle.
Hermione was with eyes closed, but the tears didn't stop rolling. Draco looked at her for a few seconds, not to enjoy the effect of his act, but because he could not take off his eyes of her. Regaining his confidence, he released her. "Say now, it was a great idea, don't you think?"
She looked at him. Her eyes were not showing anger or fury, but despair and sadness. He felt like someone had punched him in the stomach. "I bet you will never forget that. And I don't have to call you names anymore"
Hermione didn't answer. She just kneeled and let the cry come out. That she could not handle.
Draco was prepared to humiliate her more but the image of Hermione, kneeled like that had a different effect on him. He was sad, sad at him and sad at her. He wanted to hold her but it was impossible. He did not understand what he was feeling. He turned his back at her and started walking to the castle entrance, but then he was running. Minutes after, he was at Slytherin common room with nothing but the image of Hermione on his mind and her taste in his mouth.