Crimson Rain Drops
Chapter 9
Disclaimer: I only own the plot and the characters that obviously aren't in the books.
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Cold as Ice
Hard as Stone
Both believe
They must face this world alone
What happens
When Enemies Meet
All they share; a love of hate
But what they find; they do not seek
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Previously:
"Where do you think your going?" he asked as she stood up and headed for the door.
"Bathroom. It's just down the hall. I'll only be gone for 2 minutes. Honestly, you can time me if you don't believe me"
"I think I just might" he challenged. He wanted to make sure she wasn't lying. If she was lying, she would back down and stay. If she was telling the truth, she would still leave.
"You do that Malfoy. Do whatever you fucking well please. I cant control that" she shrugged before walking out and down the corridor to the washroom.
Draco wasn't actually going to time her. She was obviously telling the truth. She wouldn't have left if she wasn't.
He glanced back at the potions text that sat in his lap. He had been trying to study it, but his mind had kept drifting and he had read the same line about 6 times now, yet he couldn't remember a single word that had been in it.
He pushed that aside and looked over to where Hermione had been sitting. Her notebook still sat there, open. Unable to control his curiosity for the first time in years, he got up and walked over to it.
Forever, Never and Forgotten
Never was it asked for
And yet , always was it there
But it seemed that not for this world
Was there a single care
Asked to stay away
Forever to it pry
Known something
But not a try
Forgotten are the days of sane
Remembered are what lies behind
Hidden from the world
Not a single kind
Were the days of peace
Are the times of war
Not what is thought
All what was for
Always was it there
And never was it present
Forgotten are the hours
Not possible to resent
Stay there forever
Never move ahead
Forget what's behind
All that's said
Left behind
Gone from this place
Care not for now
Realities to face
Mistakes that were made
But they don't exist
Imagination takes over
Not to resist
Final times
Rest forever
Take back Always
Remember never
Draco stared at the paper. He didn't know what to say, to think. He just didn't know. It just hit home so hard with him. Most wouldn't understand, but he sure did. He understood every line of it. Not only did it deal with the present, but the past, the future and everything in between. Parts he connected to that night last year. That night just seemed to be ages upon ages ago, but it wasn't.
Draco read it one last time before just setting it aside and thinking. Trying to think anyway. As it said, Final times. . . . . .
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What the hell is wrong with me? Hermione looked towards the ceiling, as if expecting an answer.
She was trying to figure out why she was trusting Malfoy. Why would she risk her life for this? Why should she ever have a note-worthy reason to actually believe this guy?
Because you want to, you want to trust him, therefore, you do. Hermione glared at the empty hall. She didn't want to hear this, especially not from herself. It was when she looked down the hall, that she noticed a figure approaching her.
"Malfoy, I cant honestly believe you timed that" Hermione said to the figure.
"Malfoy? I don't see Malfoy anywhere around here, Granger" Hermione's eyes widened in surprise.
"Betrador what the hell are you doing here? "(A/N I'll give an explanation of the name later [Pronounced: Be-Tra-Door] -- OH and that's his last name! His first is Matthew {Though I'll use Matt!})
"That it Granger? No, hey, hi, how are you?"
"You should be in class Matt" Hermione said simply
"You'd think that, after everything we've been through, you would be a little nicer to me" Matt looked Hermione up and down, taking in her hidden beauty
"Why would I be nicer to you? After what you did when that all was over. When I lost. . ." Hermione trailed off
"You still cant say it can you? Cant come to terms with what happened? Granger, I lost the same thing that day, but I'm living my life day-to-day just the same"
"How would you know what it was like? You have no idea what I went through these past years, and to add that one top of everything was just too much. And then you leaving so soon after. How the hell am I supposed to treat a cold hearted bastard like you with respect?"
"It wasn't my fault!" Matt yelled at her
"Oh, and it was all mine! God, you had no right to do what you did and then expect me to. . . " she was cut off by a voice calling her name.
"Granger? I thought you said two minutes. . ." Draco stopped at the sight of Matt, a fellow Slytherin and a once friend.
"Betrador, what are you doing here?" he spit out at him
"What did I ever do to you Malfoy? Every single time I see you, you act as if I went and killed your baby sister or something"
"It's not what you did to me, its what you do to everyone else in this world. I know how you were raised, and it sure as hell wasn't to be an asshole"
"What do you mean? You know of nothing I've done in my life"
"I don't eh? You'd be surprised at the things I know about you"
Hermione looked between the two boys, a small fear that they might start a duel or fight caught in her chest. She knew that no matter what they did, she could stop them, but she'd seen Matt mad, and it was not a pretty sight.
The thing is: She never had exactly told Matt that Malfoy knew the whole story, knew everything that had happened last year.
"Malfoy, how could you know a damn thing about me?"
Draco glanced toward Hermione, who just shrugged. He could tell that she didn't want him to, but yet, she also gave him the idea that she couldn't careless whether or not she said anything.
"Betrador, I know what happened last year. Every last detail. How you got Granger drunk one night, how that night you took her virginity, how you guys started gong steady after that"
Matt just narrowed his eyes, glaring at Draco then at Hermione. He couldn't tell if Hermione was actually listening to any of this because her face was blank and her posture relaxed.
"I also know that you got her pregnant last year. That you were with her when she lost it only days after finding out and that you cheated on her that very night. That you went and slept with some Slytherin slut and then got mad at her when she walked in to talk to you and found you in bed with the other. And you say that I have no reason to call you an asshole right? I think that this gives me plenty of reason" Draco caught Matt's eyes and refused to let him look away. He wanted to see this coward own up to everything that he had done.
Matt held the gaze. He wasn't going to break down and be the first to give up. No, that wasn't who he was. "What Granger, didn't know who to tell so you went to Malfoy? Couldn't handle anything on your own? I thought you were a cold-hearted bitch that could take anything. One of many reasons I hate you Granger is just that, you're a bitch that doesn't know what she's good for"
"Really, that's not what you told me all those times. The fact the I was cold-hearted and seemed to feel nothing seemed to be such a turn-on for you. As for Malfoy knowing, who was I supposed to tell? Harry and Ron? Yeah, I don't think so. They wouldn't even be able to deal with the idea that I was dating a Slytherin, let alone the fact that I was carrying the baby of one. And to be quite honest, I had no idea who it was that I was crying to that night. All I knew was that there was comfort there when I needed it.
"Besides, Matt, what would have Mommy and Daddy thought of you should they find out that you got a Mudblood pregnant? Or that you had even touched one" Hermione smirked. She may have trouble dealing with certain things, but she would get through it, just like everything else she had to get through. Pure cold-hearted responses and no emotion.
"You're a cold hearted bitch you know that?" Matt snarled
"Oh, but I do. You see, the fact that I'm a cold hearted bitch seems to just fit me so well. I'm not about to go and change that now am I? In fact, I would have to be bloody stupid to change that"
Matt just glared (A/N he seems to do a lot of that!) at the smirk that sat on Hermiones face.
"You really should've been in Slytherin. Been a slut with the rest of them. But wait, you cant, you don't have the blood" he countered her
"Betrador, if being a slut is what it takes to be a girl in Slytherin, I don't think I would want to be in the first place. You see, I have these things called morals that I like to live by. Being a slut ain't on of those morals"
"Betrador, just leave ok?" Malfoy stepped in, seeing the slight change in Hermione's stance. She was starting to lose what little control she held over her temper.
"Why should I?"
"Unless you would like your life ended, you will leave, understood?" Draco growled.
"Who's gonna do that? You? I don't think so. You wouldn't and couldn't"
"He may not be able to, be I can" a voice came from the shadows behind Draco.
Matt swung around to look for who the voice belonged to but couldn't find them.
"Don't bother looking you bastard. You're never going to find me"
"Betrador, if your as smart as I think, or at least, thought, you are, then you'll just turn and walk away from this. Away from me, away from my life and if you can, away from Hogwarts" Hermione's eyes bored into him, waiting for him to protest.
"Fine, I'll leave. For now. Just remember my dear 'Mi, you can never get away from me for good. I will always know where you are, just like you will always know where I am"
"Sorry, Matt" she spit the name, as if it was a foul taste that had just hit her tounge but in a few hours, you will never be able to trace me again."
Matt let that sink in and his eyes widened slightly. "Your going to do it? Never thought you would. You know, considering that its potentially life threatening. Who would do that for you?"
Hermione just starred at him. She wasn't going to tell him who it was, that would just create an extra danger.
"Leave, now" Draco pushed Matt away from the whole conversation
"It's Malfoy isn't it, Granger?" Matt said before turning to leave. "Never thought that a Gryffindor and Slytherin could be so stupid"
"We did it once, who says that it wouldn't be done again?" Hermione called after him before turning to the shadows.
"Ok Luke, I know that its you there. All I want to know is how much you heard?"
"Enough. Why didn't you ever tell me Mia?" he asked, stepping out of the shadows.
"Because it was never any of your damn business"
"Oh, so I cant be trusted, but Malfoy can? Malfoy knew months before I found out and I found out by accident. You told him when you guys were still complete enemies, yet you couldn't tell me when I was one of your best friends. What else is there that you haven't told me?" Luke's posture was rigid, showing that he was upset. He was starting to le the Slytherin in him take over.
"A whole hell of a lot. And you want to know something? You're never going to find out. You've found out everything that you will ever know about me Luke. And that's all I want you to know"
"Fine, you're going to be that way eh? Whatever. Your going to be a bitch, then I'll just leave you to yourself. Oh, by the way, here" he reached into his pocket and pulled out an mini bag of assorted muggle sweets. "Dallas, Eva and I picked this up one day for you one day, waiting for a day when you were skipping and not feeling great to give it to you and we figured today was perfect so I just came to drop it off" He tossed the bag to her, and turned to leave
"This just proves the theory, you know that right? You know that theory that I told you about last year. The one about Slytherins? How they're just mean, cold-hearted, ruthless bastards who get what they want and leave or don't get what the want and storm off like two year olds. Remember how I told you that all Slytherins were the same and, yet, I, for some reason, trusted you to be different. To be the one to break that mould. I guess I was wrong wasn't I? You're just like the rest of them Luke, and as far as I'm concerned, you can just go to hell" Hermione turned around and headed down the corridor, starting to take the long route to the Head Common Room.
Draco watched her leave then turned to see Luke standing there, his jaw almost hitting the floor.
"She's right you know that don't you?" Draco said, scowling at him.
"Right about what?" Luke asked, snapping out of it
"Right about the fact that all Slytherins are ruthless bastards. Seriously, she would expect something like that from me or any one else that's in our house, but never, never would she actually expect you to sink that low. You have no idea what she's going through right now, yet your treating her like she's a piece of shit because she doesn't want to share everything about her life with you"
"I did not! All I want is for her to be honest with me" Luke shot back
"Well, she wouldn't be very honest if she told you now would she? What's honest in her opinion, isn't necessarily what you consider honest. Think about that while I see if I can go clean up this mess that you created"
With that, Draco turned and followed Hermione's path to the common room, hoping that she wouldn't be stupid enough to do anything before he get there.
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Ok, who saw that whole Hermione being pregnant and losing it coming? Or someone showing up in the shadows? Can anyone figure out what they're going to do?
READ THIS!! à I WILL NOT BE UPDATING FOR THE NEXT 2-3 WEEKS!! I'm Now Heading Into ALL my Major End Of Year Exams, and I fail any of these, I'm totally screwed for Highschool!! Please Forgive me and Blame the Government! They Are Gov't Exams that I Could've Written Last Year Had Jr High Not Gone to Grade9 Where I live!!
I know that this is kind of a crappy chapter, not living up to normal standards and all that fun crap, but what am I supposed to do? I was basically totally out of ideas when I was writing this so I was just piecing together little ideas that I have written down to try and create this for you guys for this weekend. Unless you would've liked to wait? Which I doubt!
I didn't leave much of a cliff hanger for all obvious reasons (read the bolded up above)
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Matt's Name Explanation: Betrador. Break the first part down and find the root word. (Betray is the root word!) Make sense now? If not, let me know and I'll send you a full explanation via email!!