..:: Goodbye Isn't Forever
..:: Author: Lil' Bode
..:: Chapter XIII: Gone
..:: Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN THE HARRY POTTER FRANCHISE, THAT IS PROPERTY PF J.K. ROWLING, AND, OR WARNER BROTHERS.
For the next 2 days I moped around being extremely lazy, only watching the halls when I had to and then playing chess and other games with Malfoy. But that was it. If I wasn't doing one of those two things I was reading or working on my homework. But I had just finished that. I got off my bed and grabbed my stocking hat and a scarf and headed outside.
Once I got out there I wandered around aimlessly. We had been on Christmas vacation for nearly a week now and I had done didily squat. Then as I thought about I found I could be easily proved wrong. I had finished all my homework, a couple books, and even become better "good friends" with Malfoy. I had actually accomplished a task that I never thought could be expected from me.
I wandered towards a bench located under a pine tree. I sat down, stuffing my fingers under me to warm them up. Even though I had gloves on the December air was getting to me. I sat there watching my breath as I breathed. I thought about the times I had spent with Malfoy. They were much different than the times I had spent with Harry and Ron, it was strange. But then again it might have been because I knew Malfoy in a different way. But still Harry and Ron were my best friends I should have been able to talk to them in the same way I talked to Malfoy. I knew though Harry and Ron were nothing like Malfoy. At times in the past I thought Harry and Ron caring, and Malfoy mean and heartless. Now it was completely opposite. I didn't think Harry and Ron completely mean and heartless, but they were in no way as caring as Mafloy.
It was oddly strange how a relationship between Mafloy and I could develop so quickly and be such a great one. Yet the relationship between Harry, Ron, and I had been going now for seven years and yet we at times could act as thought we were complete enemies. But that was the way long time friends acted, I convinced myself.
I thought about it for awhile longer and came to the conclusion that I shouldn't worry about it: fate would works it ways and the end would justify the means.
I got up and walked to the lake. I took my time looking at the scenery of place I had been for seven years and never really taken the time to notice. I stood there on a slight hill over looking the lake. It was completely frozen except for a small portion on the opposite side. I stood there awhile before I noticed some people walking towards me. I prepared myself to talk to them, but they didn't come up by me. Instead they stopped at the edge of the lake and sat down on a bench. They started taking off their shoes and soon I realized they were putting on ice-skates to go ice-skating. I stood there a second and then walked back towards the castle.
I stopped on the great hall to grab a mug of butter beer which was always ready and warm waiting for you in the winter time.
I sipped it as I headed for the common room.
Once there I sat down on the couch and picked up one of the books I had been reading. Malfoy wasn't there I figured he was on duty, watching some hall somewhere.
Without noticing it was soon 6 o'clock. Malfoy still wasn't back it made me wonder where he was, but I shrugged it off thinking that maybe after his duties he had slipped into the library and worked on homework, and just like me let the time slip by.
For sure he would be downstairs in the Great Hall, Malfoy never let a meal go by. I got up, book in had just in case there was no one to talk to at dinner, sense Malfoy and I hadn't really come out yet as friends. I walked at the portrait hole and down to the Great Hall.
As I sat looking around the room I didn't notice Malfoy anywhere, but I considered that he was really not paying any attention to the clock at all. I sat down all by myself; I didn't really feel in the mood to talk to any younger kids now that I had thought about it. I ladled some soup into a bowl, grabbed some crackers and cheese, and opened my book to read. When I finished my soup I looked up once again to survey the room, to my astonishment Malfoy was still not there.
So I closed my book and got up, I was going to go find him,
I walked out of the library, after searching the whole thing, I had ask Madam Pince if she had seen him, and she said no and that he hadn't been in there all day. I stood there looking down each end of the hall; there wasn't a sole in site. I thought to myself of where he could be and I remembered the first night we had actually come to be close. I walked off in that direction.
I walked thinking of anything that could possibly have kept Malfoy so long. I kept walking until I reached a familiar part of the castle. I climbed the ladder and opened the trapdoor pulling myself up through it.
I knew right away that there was no one there for there were no sounds made besides the opening of the trap door.
I sat there wondering what the deal was. He hadn't told me any thing, about being gone. I started to doubt our friendship again, but soon demolished that fact. I had thought that before and it turned out to be completely wrong.
I leaned back against the ledge my arms rapped around my knees and my head resting on them. It was very cold out, it felt as though the temperature had dropped 20 degrees sense the last time I had been outside, and all I had only was a hooded sweatshirt. I pulled the hood over my head. I sat there for the longest time thinking about our relationship how weird it was, I thought about it all the time but I still couldn't get over it. It was just strange how we could get over our hate for each other and be this close of friends. I almost regretted not looking beneath his thick skin sooner.
But then again that would change my whole past and that was something that didn't need changing for the most part. It was something I enjoyed all too much to change.
I finally got up and walked over to the trapdoor and climbed down the ladder. I walked slowly back to the common room. When I walked through the portrait my thoughts of Malfoy being back without me, were crushed.
I stumbled over to the couch and flopped down laying my head on a pillow. It depressed me so much, but I knew I shouldn't be for I knew he would come back.
I lay there until I feel asleep, but it didn't seem long before I was awoken again.
"Hermione?" I heard a familiar voice ask.
My eyes cracked open, revealing something else very familiar. "Where have you been?" I asked shutting my eyes which were now stinging from the over dose of light.
"Doing something," he said sitting on the edge of the couch.
"'Doing something' took you this long?" I asked, sitting up.
"Well yeah it did and I was going to show you my something but is seems as though you are too tired and cranky to go see it."
I looked at him with amazement, "I'm really not all that tired, I've been asleep for quite awhile now."
He smirked at me, "Okay let's go now then." He got up waiting for me, he took my hand and we walked to the portrait hole.
Hey I finally got an update up in normal time. There isn't much action but I really enjoyed typing this chapter. Idk if you are one of those people who like lots of talking or more explaining, but if you are like me I like it both ways which ever explains it the best
THANKS TO:
Eventuality: lol yea I was hyper and I felt bad and well that is what the combination of the two made lol. u loved my chapter wow that makes me feel warm inside. It makes me smile when draco fesses up, lol. Thanks so much for the review!
dragonbloodyea draco is the hottest
Draco: U BOTH think I'm the hottest ::blushes::
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Draco: wow that is so kewl
Dragonblood: isn't it tho
Draco: yeppers . . . woot woot I like that word, my new favorite word right after Draco Malfoy
Lil' Bode: you know that is two words right?
Draco: duh
Lil' Bode: sure
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Shaztine: Draco you rock my sox off to the 52nd power!
Draco: well I try hehe ::blushes::
Lil'Bode: well he rox my sox off to the 53rd power
Draco: hehe wow that is even better
Shaztine: her rocks my sox off to the 100th power!
Draco: WHOA
Lil' Bode: he rocks my sox off to the 1000th power!
-Ten Hours Later-
Shaztine: he rocks my sox off to the infinity times infinity times infinity power
Draco: Oo that is an awfully big power!
Lil' Bode: I give up
Shaztine: YAY
Lil' Bode: I can write about draco and he can rock your sox off to the . . . . whatever power . . . deal?
Shaztine: Deal ::walk off together talking about other things::
Draco: hey . . . hey . . . hey but I don't care u can fight over how much I rock your sox off. . . I don't mind . . . hey don't leave me . . . ::runs after them::