..:: Goodbye Isn't Forever

..:: Author: Lil' Bode

..:: Chapter XIV: Three Little Words

..:: Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN THE HARRY POTTER FRANCHISE, THAT IS PROPERTY PF J.K. ROWLING, AND, OR WARNER BROTHERS.

He led me up to the seventh floor, then around a few corners and down a hallway and around another corner to a door. The door was a wooden, door, but I could tell it had been made from various types of wood, for there were different color stripes down it. He smirked at me.

"This is it? This is what kept you all day . . . a door?" I asked smirking knowing what lay behind the door was what most likely had kept him.

"No, Hermione, what is behind it," he said, answering me as though I had just asked a stupid question, which in fact I just had. Hen turned the shinny golden knob.

The door swung open revealing a sprawling room, covered in everything imaginable. There were portraits on the wall, a piano in the corner, and easel, books, and all sorts of odds and ends. The walls and floor, were covered in different colored tiles, pieces of glass, flattened marbles, sequins, jewels, and anything thing shiny. What may have been something so unbelievably god-e if done without careful consideration, was so unbelievably beautiful, words could not describe it. Everything was bright and colorful.

I spun around a couple times trying to take it all in.

"Welcome to the Mesmerizing Room. Do you like it?" Malfoy asked smiling at me.

"Like it, like it? I love it, it is so beautiful, that is an understatement," I looked around again, "How'd you know it was the Mesmerizing Room?"

"Come here," he said, I followed him to the far side of the room. He pointed at a plaque on the wall. It was a shiny green color, with blue writing that blended right into the wall. "This is how I knew."

I read what it said.

Be compelled by the best of the mesmerizing,

Don't dare to leave till your attention has been fully grasped;

Your mind full of color and brightness

Upon these events a mesmerizing passage out is the key!

"But what does this mean?" I asked.

"Read it again," he told me so I did. I read slowly taking in each word. Then the whole idea dawned on me.

"You see you can't get out of this room till you have fully captured the beauty of it. See I can see a door and can get out sense I have been fully mesmerized, but you can't see a door, or can't get out of my door. That's why I was gone so long, it took me a long time to find this and an even longer time to comprehend it and be fully amazed by this room," he smiled at me as he said this.

I stepped back and looked at the room, I stood there with my mouth open; sure it may not have been very attractive, but it was the best way of expressing my feelings, and it wasn't as though I could control it.

I walked around examining all the walls in awe. I placed my hand on it and ran my fingers over the different colored tiles, then it slowly faded into mismatched pieces of glass. I walked around the room, looking carefully at each piece of . . . whatever on the wall.

Mafloy walked up behind me, and placed his hand on my shoulder. "You look so beautiful when you are concentrating," he whispered into my ear.

I spun around and looked him in the eyes, "What?" I asked softly.

"I said you look so beautiful when you are concentrating," he said looking deeply into me eyes. He leaned into me, touching my cheek, then leaned in further and kissed me; it was a tender, gentle kiss. I slowly pulled back grabbing his hand, and intertwining mine with his. I leaned on him resting my head on his shoulder.

He held me there wrapping his arms around me, and rested his head on mine. We stood there arm in arm for ever.

"I love you," he whispered and the kissed me on the head.

I was stunned by what he said, I didn't pull away, put I hugged him tighter. I had no idea what to say, I liked him yeah, but love that was a big step. I looked up at him and kissed him softly on the lips, then pulled away and began to look around the room again.

Sure it wasn't an 'I love you, too' but it was better than nothing. "So how did you discover this?" I asked running my hand across the top of the piano.

He took him awhile to answer, but finally he turned from the wall and looked at me, "Oh, um, I was looking for something to entertain me for awhile, after I got done watching the upper halls. Read this," he walked over to me and sat down at the piano. I hesitated some, "Come on site next to me," he said.

I walked over and sat down.

"Listen to this: The more mischievous the more mesmerizing."

"Where do you see this?"

"Right here," he pointed to a gold pate right above the piano keys. Inscribed were the words he had just read.

"But what does it mean?" I asked.

"Well I think it means to more mischievous the person who finds the room, the more mesmerizing it is. And after I thought about it, I remember walking past this part of the castle before and I don't remember that door. So I believe that you have to be looking for something knew or exciting to find this place. You must have been more mischievous than I was this morning; it was not nearly this ornate when I was her early today."

"Really?" I said looking around for the umpteenth time.

"Really."

He got up and walked over to a door. One I had never noticed before. I knew it was the way out, and I knew that he was headed out. I had lost his interest and he was going to leave me be, but I didn't wanted him to leave me, I wanted to share this wonderful room with him. That was when I surprised him for once.

Music flooded the room, as my fingered dance upon the keys. He spun around and looked at me with a surprised expression on his face.

I looked down avoiding eye contact with him. I watched my fingers move across the keys in the way they had memorized it. This was the song I had played so many times a child. It had been along time sense I had played, but it came back to me. Just as if it were writing, I knew each noted and played it correctly.

He walked over to me slowly and then finally sat down beside me, as I played the final notes he began to talk to me, "I didn't know you played."

"You never asked."

When did you learn to play?"

"Well I don't really know, even when I was really little I messed around on the piano, we always had one in the house," I said not looking at him.

Then he surprised me. I watched as he placed his fingers on the keys and started playing, his finger moved from one key to another faster than I had ever seen mine move.

I listened as he played a short, complicated piece. He stopped and looked over at me.

"My mom started me playing when I was 3, and she still makes me practice all the time during the summer. Well more than all the time, every day. I enjoy it though, even thought most people think I hate it, I just tell them that. I don't really know why but I used to like it more than quidditch."

I threw him a weird look. "But trust me I like quidditch more now," he smirked at me. Then leaned in and gave me a short soft kiss.

"We had better go it is 11:00, but we can come back tomorrow," he stood up.

"It's not 11, it can't be," I smiled at him; I knew he must be kidding me.

"No I am serious, there is a clock on the wall," he pointed over to the wall on his left. I looked closely and saw it; the numbers were small, loopy and placed directly on the wall. They were hard to see, but I manage to make out 5 after 11.

"How you see that?" I asked.

"Remember I spent a lot of time in here today, I've noticed a lot of things you might have to seen."

He took my hand and kissed me softly on the cheek before walking to the door. I followed closely my hand on his shoulders.

"Thanks for showing me this!" I whispered.

"You're welcome," he whispered back.

A/N there finally I got one done in good time. Hope u liked it, it is in a little different style than most of my writing, but I liked it so I hope u did!

THANKS TO:

TrinityCloudLOVERLY YAY, lol hope this was good enough time for an update. STILL LOVEN the story, especially the ending. Thanks so much for the review!

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Draco: I want one too!

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Lol wow I feel fuzzy. Lol torturing siblings, so fun! Lol thanks so much for the review!

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Lil' Bode: I think more people need to be reviewing, don't you agree Draco?

Draco: ::shoving face full of cookies::

Lil' Bode: Draco!

Draco: ::jumps:: what ::spills cookie crumbs all over

Lil' Bode: I said: I think more people need to be reviewing, don't you agree Draco?

Draco: O HELL YES!

Lil' Bode: damn straight

Draco: can I finish eating my cookies now?

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