A/N: Sorry for taking so long guys! I was on vacation, and I'm going
again tomorrow so bear with me!
Xamphia~ Love the reviews, but you're gonna have to find out for yourself what happens!!!! LoL, I love Incubus too!
Becca~ Thanks for the review!
3.
The peacefulness of the Astronomy tower made Hermione's mind go back to ease. She could think clearly, with the soft moonlight and the twinkling stars. Everything wrong thing could be wrongly thought of as right.
She cuddled up in her sweatshirt and pajama pants. She sat on her sleeping bag and wrapped her arms around her knees. She leaned her chin onto her kneecaps. The moon was full and made the telescopes cast odd- shaped shadows on the floor. She shifted to the right and felt something hard in her pocket. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the pocketknife.
Hermione turned the pocketknife over in her hands a few times. Holding it tightly in her grasp, she stood and walked to the edge of the tower.
Draco was quietly standing in the doorway. He watched Hermione's every move. When she walked to the edge of the tower with the knife in her hand, he could swear she was going to jump.
Hermione was seriously contemplating jumping. But then, she thought of Harry. And Ron, Ginny, and Luna. They had spent quality studying time helping her with her problems. She also thought of her mother. Hermione was supposed to go with her mom the day she disappeared. She was just going to the mall a city over. Hermione was supposed to go. But, she backed out because she wanted to see a movie with her friends. She should have been with her mother. She could have saved her, damn it!
Tears fell down her face again, and she inhaled sharp, quick breaths. It was her fault her mother was buried in some unknown cemetery. But, then again, she didn't want it to be her fault her friends' grades had dropped, and for nothing. She couldn't let them down. They really believed she could get through this, and through them, she believed so too.
Instead of getting any nearer to the edge, she pulled her arm back, and then threw the pocketknife as far as she could.
Draco nearly sighed when she threw the knife. But, he held it in. He had seen everything that happened in the Great Hall with Pansy. He had followed her, wanting to make sure she wouldn't do anything to herself. He felt the duty was done, and headed back to his own common room.
Hermione went back to her sleeping bag, wrapped herself up, and was asleep almost as soon as she hit the pillow. But, it seemed only minutes before she was awoken.
"Miss Granger!"
Hermione's eyes popped open. Her least favorite Potions professor, Snape, was hovering above her. His eyes were squinted in anger and his greasy hair was hanging all around his face.
"It's five a.m., you stupid girl," he said. "What in the world are you doing in this tower?"
"Fell asleep with Astronomy Homework," Hermione said quickly, trying to stay out of any punishment Snape had planned for her.
"Nice try, Miss Granger, but I know for a fact there is no Astronomy Homework due. Detention with me in the dungeons, nine tonight. Get back to the Gryffindor Common Room this instant, Miss Granger, or it'll be a week of detentions."
"Yes, sir," she replied.
Snape slithered out of the tower and down the stairs. Quickly and quietly, eye half-closed because she was tired, she packed up all her belongings and left the tower.
"Did you hear about the Mudblood Golden Girl?"
Draco whipped around to Pansy in surprise. He tried to cover up the look of surprise and worry on his face with a look of anger and dislike. Oh, God, she did jump after all. He should have stayed longer. He could have stopped-
"She got detention with Snape," finished Pansy. "She was caught sleeping in the Astronomy Tower."
Draco nearly sighed with relief. But, he held it in. He had been putting this show on with his Slytherin friends since the train ride to school.
"What was Granger doing in the Astronomy Tower?" Draco asked as if he didn't know.
Pansy shrugged. "No one knows."
"Oh, and did you hear that the big oaf Hagrid's dog got stabbed?" asked Millicent.
"Ha!" said Pansy. "Serves him right. Did it die?"
"No. No one knows how it happened, either. Right on the top of it's back. Like it feel from the sky."
Draco laughed to himself. Ignorance really was bliss.
A/N: Sorry this was a shorter one, guys. I'm not going to be back for a few days so when I am I'll update, okay?
Xamphia~ Love the reviews, but you're gonna have to find out for yourself what happens!!!! LoL, I love Incubus too!
Becca~ Thanks for the review!
3.
The peacefulness of the Astronomy tower made Hermione's mind go back to ease. She could think clearly, with the soft moonlight and the twinkling stars. Everything wrong thing could be wrongly thought of as right.
She cuddled up in her sweatshirt and pajama pants. She sat on her sleeping bag and wrapped her arms around her knees. She leaned her chin onto her kneecaps. The moon was full and made the telescopes cast odd- shaped shadows on the floor. She shifted to the right and felt something hard in her pocket. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the pocketknife.
Hermione turned the pocketknife over in her hands a few times. Holding it tightly in her grasp, she stood and walked to the edge of the tower.
Draco was quietly standing in the doorway. He watched Hermione's every move. When she walked to the edge of the tower with the knife in her hand, he could swear she was going to jump.
Hermione was seriously contemplating jumping. But then, she thought of Harry. And Ron, Ginny, and Luna. They had spent quality studying time helping her with her problems. She also thought of her mother. Hermione was supposed to go with her mom the day she disappeared. She was just going to the mall a city over. Hermione was supposed to go. But, she backed out because she wanted to see a movie with her friends. She should have been with her mother. She could have saved her, damn it!
Tears fell down her face again, and she inhaled sharp, quick breaths. It was her fault her mother was buried in some unknown cemetery. But, then again, she didn't want it to be her fault her friends' grades had dropped, and for nothing. She couldn't let them down. They really believed she could get through this, and through them, she believed so too.
Instead of getting any nearer to the edge, she pulled her arm back, and then threw the pocketknife as far as she could.
Draco nearly sighed when she threw the knife. But, he held it in. He had seen everything that happened in the Great Hall with Pansy. He had followed her, wanting to make sure she wouldn't do anything to herself. He felt the duty was done, and headed back to his own common room.
Hermione went back to her sleeping bag, wrapped herself up, and was asleep almost as soon as she hit the pillow. But, it seemed only minutes before she was awoken.
"Miss Granger!"
Hermione's eyes popped open. Her least favorite Potions professor, Snape, was hovering above her. His eyes were squinted in anger and his greasy hair was hanging all around his face.
"It's five a.m., you stupid girl," he said. "What in the world are you doing in this tower?"
"Fell asleep with Astronomy Homework," Hermione said quickly, trying to stay out of any punishment Snape had planned for her.
"Nice try, Miss Granger, but I know for a fact there is no Astronomy Homework due. Detention with me in the dungeons, nine tonight. Get back to the Gryffindor Common Room this instant, Miss Granger, or it'll be a week of detentions."
"Yes, sir," she replied.
Snape slithered out of the tower and down the stairs. Quickly and quietly, eye half-closed because she was tired, she packed up all her belongings and left the tower.
"Did you hear about the Mudblood Golden Girl?"
Draco whipped around to Pansy in surprise. He tried to cover up the look of surprise and worry on his face with a look of anger and dislike. Oh, God, she did jump after all. He should have stayed longer. He could have stopped-
"She got detention with Snape," finished Pansy. "She was caught sleeping in the Astronomy Tower."
Draco nearly sighed with relief. But, he held it in. He had been putting this show on with his Slytherin friends since the train ride to school.
"What was Granger doing in the Astronomy Tower?" Draco asked as if he didn't know.
Pansy shrugged. "No one knows."
"Oh, and did you hear that the big oaf Hagrid's dog got stabbed?" asked Millicent.
"Ha!" said Pansy. "Serves him right. Did it die?"
"No. No one knows how it happened, either. Right on the top of it's back. Like it feel from the sky."
Draco laughed to himself. Ignorance really was bliss.
A/N: Sorry this was a shorter one, guys. I'm not going to be back for a few days so when I am I'll update, okay?
