Well, here goes the next chapter. Hope you all liked the other one!
Psychos, Attempts, and The Shreiking Shack
He found her sitting on the edge of the balcony with a vodka bottle in one hand and a knife in the other. He saw a red line trailing down her arm. She took a swig and sighed deeply. "To die would be such a great adventure. Don't you think?" she said and smiled. "9 months of labor in a waman who hates you, 17 years of hell, and here I sit. All can end in a matter of seconds. Seconds. Piity that I don't want to give them the pleaure of destroying me."
"Come on. He left. Let's head back to the common room." he touched her hand and she laughed softly.
"You are stupid. You know that right?"
"Why?"
"Cause you are helping me. A Gryffindor. A former Mudblood. A depressed, gothic, hurt, suicidal girl." he sat down next to her.
"Why am I stupid?"
"I just to-"
"I am helping my best friend...My only friend that I have left..."
"You don't want to be anywhere near me."
"You're right. I need to be near you. You keep me sane. You keep me safe. You make me feel good about myself. No one has ever done that for me before. No one." he pulled up her chin so she looked him in the eye. "Until you. You make me feel like I never thought possible. You make me feel peace, harmony, love." at this she stared at him. "I won't hurt you. I refuse to have anyone else cause you pain."
"Thank you. But I'll hurt you."
'You won't. I know you won't."
"How do you know? How can you be sure?"
"Because I know the real you. And I have fallen for that side of you."
"The real me? No one knows the real me."
"I do. Because I see myself in your eyes. I see my feelings in your feelings. I feel my heart beat in tune with yours. I feel the synchronized breathing that we share." he placed his hands on her shoulders and pressed his forehead to hers. "Don't be afraid. I'll be here for you..." he kissed her on the lips and felt her kissing him back. Suddenly she was pushed off the balcony. He looked up and saw Harry standing there. "YOU!"
"I failed once-"
"You failed again." he held him hands out "Right the wrong curse the shamed. Make him feel Hermione's pain!" a white light shot at Harry and he screamed in pain and fear.
"HELP!" Hermione called. "PLEASE DRACO HELP ME!" she cried. Draco reached down and saw her hanging onto a part of the balcony.
"I'll get you!" he leaned down all the way and grazed the tips of her fingers. "Give me your hand!"
"I- I can't!"
"Yes you can Hermione! You are stronger than this! Don't be afraid!" she flung her hand up and grabbed his but it slipped out. She was now hanging by one hand.
"I can't do this!"
"Yes you can! Stop being a baby and give me your hand!"
She flung her hand up and grabbed his. He puled her up and she landed on top of him "Who were you calling a baby!"
"It worked didn't it?"
"Yeah I guess so. Take the spell off him I have a few words to say to Golden boy..."
"Of course." Draco lifted the spell and Harry dropped to the ground panting,
"What the hell was that?"
"Your payback..."
"For what?"
"For eing an insufferable jerk! That's what! You tried to kill me AGAIN!" Hermione screamed.
"You are so lucky I am here right now."
"Why?"
"You will never know."
"Haryy, why did you do this?"
"Because you are a bitch. You kissed him when you know that I still love you!"
"You have never loved me!"
"I do!"
"No you don't!"
"Please Hermione give me a chacne,"
"Been there already. You took your chance and burned it in hell with your feelings!"
"How can you say that?"
"How? I have lived through your rath TWICE! And you ask me how I can say that? You are such an ass..." she rolled her eyes and laughed a little. "I am way to drunk for this." She smashed the vodka bottle in front of him and he cringed. "Don't ever come near me again or I swear on my own soul I will fucking kill your sorry ass!" she ran as fast as she could out of the secret area and down the corridor. She came upon the witch that lead to honeydukes and she knew that draco would appear soon. She taooed it twice and the top opened. Sure enough Draco appeared around the corner. "Shhh. Come on." she slid down the passage and stood at the bottom waiting for him. When he reached her she took his hand."Come on," it was pitch black but Hermione waved her hand and it was encased in a blue orb that was glowing.
"Awesome."
"Your left hand. Wave and say 'Light'. Simple. Very simple." he did and his hand lit up red.
"Cool." They walked in silence until Hermione stopped. She pressed her ear against a door and smiled.
"They're asleep. Come on." she opened the door and they appeared in the basement of Honeydukes. They walked upstairs and out the door onto the street.
"Wow..." was all Draco could say. "How did you know about the passage?"
"I borrowed Harry's Marauders Map once or twice."
"Once or twice?"
"Ok so like twelve times. Come on." she lead him to the top of a hill.
"This is where-"
"Harry whipped you with snowballs, scared the piss out of you, and made Goyle cry?"
"He did that?"
"Yeah. I almost died of laughter."
"You're evil."
"I know." she waved her hand and snow fell around them. "But you love me."
"You are drunk."
"I know."
He laughed. "You are absolutely amazing."
She waved her hadn and the snow vanished. A small fire appeared infront of them. "You are too."
"Hey your arm is still bleeding."
"I know. I'll fix it in a second." she let the fire burn then made a small rain cloud above her arm. After the cut cleaned out she put her arm in the flames.
"Hermione..."
"Shhh." she whispered. "Fire heal. Fire mend. Heal the wounds from which pain flows." the cut healed and she pulled her arm out of the flames. "There." she said and smiled. A thin scar was visible because of it's discolorization.
"That was amazing."
"Yup. Mabey I'll teach you it some time."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Cool. Why'd we come out here?"
"To get away from the school. You could head back."
"No I wanna be here with you."
"That's a first."
"That surprises me."
"I thought it would."
"So now, what do you wanna do?"
"Follow me." she pulled him up and started walking up the path leading to the Shreiking Shack.
"There? We're going in there?"
"Yes. Stop being a baby and deal with it."
"Hey who are you calling a baby?"
"Draco Lucious Malfoy. That's who." She smiled. They reached the house and she opened the door. They walked inside and entered a dusty living room.
"What are we doing here?"
"Dust keeps the past real. Past be banished. Restore this room to a teenagers paradise." the room turned into a very interesting place. There were three chairs, a couch, a stereo, a stack of cd's, and a mini fridge.
"Holy crap."
"You asked why we were here? To have fun."
"Cool." they put an enhanced form of Silencio on the house and blasted the music. They pulled out a bottle of iced tea from the fridge and poured it into two glasses. "No more alcohol for you tonight?"
"Hell no. I have had my share for tonight."
"Good." for the next three hours they drank and talked. Finally they headed back to the castle with their head badges pinned on their shirts.
Goodnight everyone!
