"Granger! Granger wake the hell up" Malfoy yelled shaking Hermione awake.
Hermiones eyes shot open seeing draco kneeling next to her his hands still at her sides.
"w-whats going on" she got out bringing her hands to her eyes rubbing the sleep out of
them. "Don't ask at me, you just started tossing and turning then you started yelling in
your sleep. I didn't know what to do so I just woke you up. Now please inform me as to
why the hell you were screaming like a little girl" draco replied sitting down on opposite
side of the compartment remaining on the floor.
"draco, I am a girl" Hermione yawned sitting up.
"oh…right…"draco said quietly but not in his usual harsh drawl
Hermione just stared at him curiously
"what?" he asked noticing her expression
"nothing, nothing at all"
"alright now that we have that settled, are you going to tell me why you decided to
interrupt my silent train ride?" he replied quirking an eyebrow
"I didn't 'decide' to malfoy, I was having a nightmare" she commented as if were the
most obvious answer in the whole world.
"fine, then what was this "nightmare" he said in air quotes taking a pause "about?" draco
finished .
Hermione put on a sickeningly sweet smile "draco?" she whispered
"yes?"
"that's….none…of….your …..FUCKNIG BUISSNESS!" she replied before putting on
the same fake smile.
"well, that never stopped me before Granger" draco smirked
"true, but this time I don't feel like getting into it" she said looking down
"alright granger, but you know I will find out eventually, I always do…"
"I know malfoy, I know"
An hour in silence later Hermione pulled out her Swiss Army knife. Draco looked
curiously at her as she flicked out the blade. She pressed it against the back of her hand and dragged it across, soon a bright red line of blood appeared.
"what the hell are you doing Hermione?" draco said somewhat alarmed as she made two more lines across her pale skin.
Hermione stopped abruptly as his last word hit her.
"w-what did you just call me?" she whispered
"Uhhh……Granger?" he replied
"no, no you didn't. you called me Hermione…"
"no I didn't I called you granger like I always do…"
"no. you. called. me. Hermione…..why?" her voice cracked with the saying of the last word.
"ummm…..I don't know…sorry…" he replied
"did you just say sorry?"
"no" he said rather quickly
"I think your going soft malfoy"
"laugh that's rich, malfoys don't go soft" he said with his trade mark smirk
"what ever you say" Hermione said smiling as she made another line of blood.
"so what are you doing" he asked again
"this would be blood draco, so I'm bleeding" she remarked
"I know that, I meant why you are making yourself bleed"
"I don't like to cry,…so this is my way of crying" she said speaking in a slight sad tone
"oh….well umm you can cry if you want, I wont mind…." He replied
She looked up at him as if she expected him to burst out laughing and say 'just kidding'.
"draco you do realize what you just said do you not?"
"yea…why?" he asked
"you just told me, mudblood granger, that its okay to cry in front of you, malfoy my arch nemesis" she said with wide eyes
"come on we don't have to be 'arch nemesis's do we?" he said looking at the floor
Hermione couldn't believe her ears was he actually saying this?
"umm I thought since you…" she started
" since I was such an asshole that I'd never be any different on the inside?" he cut he off
"well yes actually" she replied
"well I was the biggest prat before because of how I felt on the inside, my father always pushing me to follow in his footsteps, not being able to standup against him, watching him beat my mother , beat me , until he died this summer" draco said bitterly
"I had no idea" Hermione began
" no one did, beside my mother and I, I have no one at Hogwarts so I just thought that I'd at least make peace with you, so im sorry for putting you through hell all those years , I- I just had no one I could count on so I made fun of others just to get pleasure.. I was wrong so I hope you can forgive me but I can understand if you cant" draco said getting up and walking out of the compartment closing the door.
"draco" Hermione called but it was too late, he was gone.