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Then and Forever
Chapter 1
Regrets and Renewed Hope
He slammed his fist into the wall, definitely not for the first time. How could he have lost her? She, the love of his life, was gone. All because of a few stupid mistakes. He had played the bad boy and what had it got him? Nothing, that's what.
He regretted every day that went by, for every day she wasn't there by his side. She told him it was over; he had taken it too far this time. She had said she couldn't cope with it; the stress, the frustration. She needed someone who would be there for them. And he remembered, confused as he had asked her "them?" she had just sighed and told him that she was leaving. But where would she go? She couldn't leave anywhere- they were in Hogwarts. She had yelled at him – for the last time - that she would stay in the Gryffindor common room. That was the last time he talked to her. If he had known that, he would have made things better then, instead of just standing there and watching her go.
When she tripped over the mat, one hand had swiftly made protective contact with her stomach. He tried to help her up, thinking that she would be hurt. But that wasn't the case. "Let go of me" she had said. "I'm leaving so that we can have a better chance at life. You keep messing it up." Tears were streaming down her face, and the look of pain and regret reflected in her eyes made him back down. It was his fault anyways. He had simply run a hand threw his tousled hair, and he let her go. Those words that uttered her mouth still echoed in his head today.
"I'm so sorry". I'm the one who should be sorry. I broke your heart. And I broke it so bad that you won't let me pick up the pieces.
He had messed up royally; it was fitting for the Slytherin prince don't you think?
That was the day before graduation. He had seen her the next day proudly march down the great hall to accept her plaque. The last time he had seen her was when she had gotten off the train. Her wild hair was flying about, much tamer than it had ever been. Her beautiful face was imprinted in his mind as she struggled to pull her trunk down the platform. How he wished he could have down gone down to help her. But he knew she wouldn't allow it. He had her loved since what felt like the beginning of time, and even though they were no longer together, he still did.
She had ripped his heart out that fateful day, but she never gave it back. She had taken it with her. That had been a little over a year ago. The pain still tore at him every time he thought about her. And he knew he would never, ever move on, let alone forget about all those cherished moments he had spent with her.
He remembered how he had been so scared when she went riding off into the night with her 2 best friends to defeat the dark lord. She had come back into his arms hovering inches from death, and he had almost lost her then. But that day was also joyous. They no longer had to keep their relationship in the dark from fear of death. His father was dead, and the Dark Lord diminished. They could be free, finally.
Oh how he wished he could be with her right now. She had no idea how much he loved her, though she had always said that he had a funny way of showing it. He was always messing up here, and fooling around there, but he was always true to her; always. But it just wasn't enough. She had wanted more out of him, something he should have been able to give. But something had held him back. It could have been fear, on his part. Or maybe it was the wild rebellion he had always wanted to show. His father had been in Azkaban for 2 years, and Draco could show his true self. Once the dark lord had been defeated, his wild streak showed even more. He was under no ones rule. He could have had anything he wanted, save for one.
The only thing he wanted most gave up on him.
And who could blame her? He did nothing to show that he deserved her love.
He recalled the exact day he realized that he loved her. It had been, and still is, the best night of his life.
Nobody even knew where she was these days. Except her 2 closest friends. And they wouldn't tell anybody. Especially him. He was the one who had broken her heart, and her friends would remember that. He wanted to find her, to make her believe that he had changed, for he could not go on another day without having her near him. He realized that without her, nothing in his life would ever get accomplished. She was the one who made him tick. All he done for a whole year was sit and wallop in despair. He loathed himself for it. It only proved that nothing he did was worthwhile unless she was around. And that was no way to life your life when you were only 18.
That may be a young age to fall so deeply for someone, but he had been through a lot in his life and he knew that she was the one for him. No matter what, nothing, absolutely nothing, would change that. He needed her to complete his life. He hoped and prayed with every fiber of his being that she would come back to him. But none of his wishful thinking had paid off. So now, the only thing he could do was try to win her back. She was the only one for him, and he knew it.
The only one.
And he wanted her back to make his life complete.
And he would get what he wanted, for whatever Draco Malfoy wanted; Draco Malfoy got. And what he wanted, was Hermione Granger.
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