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Chapter 23 – Reluctance
'They are early... Shall I eat breakfast? Nah...' She thought and approached her three best friends in the Great Hall. Her heart pounding heavily, she was not going to see them ever again. She reached there and smiled weakly.
"Hey Hermione!" Ron exclaimed. Ginny and Harry looked up and grinned. They stood up.
"So how are things going on with you and Draco?" Ginny asked. Hermione held back her tears, "Okay..." she said hoarsely, trying not to cry and let them worry. "Trelawny is so crazy that she asked us to pluck the planets from out of space! I think Dumbledore has to get that centaur back..." Ron said, slowly trailing off.
"Are you all right, 'Mione?" Harry asked awkwardly. They stared at her worriedly. Ginny and ron exchanged looks.
"I'm ... okay." She replied and turned quickly, running out of the Great Hall, crying.
"Hermione!" All of them shouted but did not chase after her. She ran to the common room, crying.
"Hermione... Why are you crying?" Draco asked, sitting on the chair fully changed. She said nothing and cried on his shoulder. He gently patted her back. After much consoling, Hermione went to wash up and took her clothes and a sweater.
"Draco, are we really going to do this?" Hermione changed to her out fit which was a light blue sleeveless top and jeans.
"Are you scared?" He asked, laughing.
"No! I'm not!" Hermione lied.
He stared at her, "it's going to be all right." He caressed her cheek.
She smiled, and hugged him tightly and they took their bags which were full American money Draco and Hermione inherited.
Draco held hands with her, running for the Forbidden Forest.
When they were going to reach the exit... "Hermione! Mr Malfoy! Where are you going? Wait!" Professor McGonagall shouted. Hermione and Draco stopped on their tracks and turned, exchanging looks.
"Mother... We are er... going to... to... Hagrid's! We are going to Hagrid's right, Draco?" Hermione asked sharply and stepped on his foot.
"Ouch! Yeah, Hagrid's..." He said.
"I just want to remind you two to bring your dragon hide gloves for my class today. Hermione, you don't look good for the past few days, are you all right? Is something troubling you?" McGonagall asked.
Hermione stared at her mother, feeling very warm. "Yeah, I..I'm all.. r..right." Draco grabbed Hermione's hand and said goodbye to Professor McGonagall, sprinting across the field. Hermione cried as she ran. He knew she was going to cry again.
"Hermione, stop crying..." Malfoy consoled her, he was not very good of this kind of situation.
"I'm so sorry, Draco. I can't control my emotions. My mother, Harry, Ron and Ginny are so good to me and it feels like I'm going to leave them forever, because of you... as if I'm betraying them... I" She cried.
"Hermione, as long we have each other, we will survive..." He said. Hermione relised that they stopper running. They were almost in the forest. She hugged him and stared at the bright castle.
Bye Bye Hogwarts, Mother, Harry, Ron, Ginny.
A/N: Please give me some ideas to continue the story. There are many possibilities and the story can't end here... Please review! infinity-92
