Fixings and Breakings

Hermione woke up in the Hospital wing a week later. She looked around not knowing why she was there. She noticed Draco sleeping next to her in a chair. His arms were covered in bandages and he had a few on his face too. Hermione tried to sit up but she felt a sharp pain in her stomach and stopped .Draco heard the sheets rustle and opened his eyes to see that Hermione was awake. He had been siting with her the whole time she had been in here.

"Draco, what am I doing in here?" Hermione asked still a little weak.

"Ron hit you with a spell that he had aimed at me."

"What?! Ron wouldn't hurt me, he likes me were best friends." She said in disbelief.

"Do you remember anything that happened that night?"

"I remember coming over to apologize and that's it."

" This is what happened. You came over wanting to apologize to me like you said. We talked for a while then we slept together."

"No we didn't why would I have sex with you, I'm not read."

"You did Hermione, it was great. Well anyway while we were having sex your friend, Ron came in and saw you on top of me. We scrambled away from me to find something to cover yourself. Then you tried to explain yourself to Weasel but he wouldn't believe it."

" Okay, so I slept with you, got caught by Ron, he didn't believe me and I ended up in the Hospital wing. Is that what your saying?"

" Yes but there's more. He cursed me with boils thinking that I had something more to do with you and me. He wouldn't believe that we were together. He tried to blast me but you jumped in front of me and got hit. I don't know what spell it was but it knocked you out. I carried you from the room all the way down here and Madame Pomfry treated us."

"How could you have carried me down here with those boils on your arms?"

"Guess it was adrenaline because I was in pain. Mattie and Ginny brought you some clothes. Madame Pomfry said you can leave in a few days."

Hermione left the hospital wing a few days later. She was still in pain but it wasn't as much as when she woke up that first time in the infirmary. Hermione felt really bad about not telling Ron about Draco and her. She tried to avoid him and it worked fro the first week. Ron thought it was all his fault that Hermione wasn't talking to him so he avoided her too.

Hermione rushed through the halls. She was trying to make it to the library before the quidditch match started. As she entered the library she ran into someone who seemed to be in just as much of a rush. Hermione's bag fell and its contents went everywhere.

"Oh here let me help you," offered the guy she bumped into.

"Oh thank you-" Hermione looked up to see Ron helping her pack up her bag.

"Hi Hermione. Im sorry I ran into you im on my way to the quidditch pitch. Sorry about what I did to you too."

" Don't worry Ron, I don't blame you I blame myself. I knew you had a thing for me yet I didn't tell you about me and Draco. To clear things up, it started a month before school."

"Oh, I don't have feelings for you. I was just mad at him, because I know how he is with women. I was afraid that he had drugged you or put some sort of spell on you."

"No," Hermione glanced at her watch, "You better get going the game is gonna be starting soon."

"I know. I was just heading there now. Aren't you coming to the game?"

"Yeah, I am I just have to pick up a book for a class Ill be right there."

Ron and Hermione said their goodbyes and Ron left for the pitch. Hermione grab the last of her things that were on the ground and headed into the library.

Hermione had been thinking a lot about Draco and herself most of the week. She knew that it hurt Ron to know that they were together and she hated to hurt him. Hermione thought that maybe her and Draco should take a break for a while. Maybe by the time things blew over Ron would be okay with her and Draco. The only thing was telling Draco how she felt.

Hermione found the book she was looking for then left the library and rushed off to catch the game. The game went great and Gryffendore beat Slytherin 150 to 70. Harry caught the snitch within the last 10 seconds of Slytherin scoring.

Hermione went a week without talking to Draco. She was afraid to talk to him just in case what she felt slipped out. She wanted to tell him how she felt but she was scared of how he would take it. Hermione knew that they loved each other but she also knew how Draco's temper could get. Finally just before she left for Christmas break she told him how she felt.

"Hey Hermione, is everything okay? I haven't seen you in a week." Draco asked as she was carrying her bags down a flight of stairs.

"Yeah Im fine. Umm.. Draco there's something I need to talk to you about. It's very important that I tell you know so you can think about it while im gone."

"What's wrong Hermione, is Ron still mad at us for what happened?"

"No, its not that. I think that we should take a break. I hate to say this–"

"Then don't say it I know you don't mean it anyway right?"

" Draco you know how much my friends mean to me. And you know how much I love you but I don't think this is going to work. It may be that were too young or that were just not meant for each other I don't know. All I know is that I need to take a break from us. I don't want to hurt you. I now that with me dating and being with you it ruins your reputation."

"Screw my reputation. I don't want to loose you Hermione. I need you, don't leave me. You shouldn't say things like that or they can become true."

" Im sorry Draco I need to go maybe Ill see you when I get back maybe I wont. I just want you to know that your free to date anyone that you want while im gone." Hermione continued to walk away from Draco and he was left alone on the steps shocked not know what to do.

Draco had fallen head over heels for Hermione. He had never done that, before her he was a player sleeping with any girl that would sleep with him, it didn't matter what house they were in. "I don't want to date or see anyone else while your gone, I don't want you to leave" Draco said in a small meek voice.

Draco ran full force down the stairs and out the front doors to the school. Knocking people over but he didn't care he wanted to get to Hermione before she left. He saw her up a head boarding a carriage he tried to yell for her but sometime during his sprint across the Hogwarts grounds he had started to cry. He had no voice to call out to her with. She boarded the carriage without a look behind her and left.

Draco stood there on the grounds silently crying as people passed and looked at him strangely, some even eyed him angrily. He knew he couldn't stand there, so her turned around and walked slowly back to his dorm. Up several flights of stairs and passed many pictures with people still talking about how he practically flew down the stairs.

When he got to the portrait of the Ballerina . She was turned away from Draco, he didn't want to disturb her but he needed to get to his room. " twinkletoes." the portrait swung open and Draco walked up to his room. He passed Mattie who was sitting on the couch near the fireplace reading something.

"Hey Draco are you okay?"

"Yeah im fine. If anyone asks I'll be in my room okay."

"Hey Draco why don't you come and sit with me. I know that Hermione left, but she'll be back and you'll be together again and maybe just maybe Ron will walk in you talking next time."

"Mattie please don't talk about that. There won't be a next time."

"What why not, what happened?"

"Hermione broke up with me."

"I don't believe that. She loves you she told me herself."

"I know but not as much as you ,Ginny, Potter and Weasel. Plus she told me that I could date other people."

Mattie set he book down on the couch and walked over to Draco to give him a hug.

Draco accepted her hug and started crying again into her shoulder. Draco and Mattie held on to each other tightly. Draco was glad that he had a friend like Mattie because if he had ever cried into Blaze's shoulder over Hermione, he would probably be out cold in the hospital wing.

When Mattie and Draco loosened from each other they just stared into each other's eyes. Draco couldn't control himself and he kissed Mattie. Mattie kissed him back because it felt so familiar to her even though they had never kissed before. Just then Ron and Harry came into the common room and saw Mattie and Draco kissing.

"What the fuck, you cheating Bastard"