Chapter Eleven- Choose
Hermione ran as fast as she could to the Gryffindor common room. She entered and ran upstairs to the boys' dormitory. "Harry?" she said in a soft cracking voice. Ron opened the door and gave her a furious look
"How dare you come here, you slut! He goes to talk to me for a second and you throw yourself to that…that"
"Ron, please let me talk to Harry" she pleaded
"Are you insane?" yelled Ron "Do you want to kill him?"
Hermione's tears slid down her cheeks and she did the only thing she could possibly think of: she shoved Ron as hard as she could and made her way to Harry, who was lying face down on his bed. She sat next to him and slowly placed her hand on his back
"Harry, please listen to me" she whispered.
He sat and looked at her. She cried harder. Harry also had tears in his eyes and he was a mess
"What can you possibly say, Mione?" said Harry "I know what I saw, and I'm not the only one who saw, there are other witnesses".
Hermione closed her eyes and sobbed. Despite his hurt and anger, Harry took Hermione into his arms and waited for several minutes holding her until she calmed down.
"You're so good, Harry" Hermione said, wiping her tears.
Harry shushed her and placed her head on his shoulder
"I don't understand you, Hermione, I really don't".
Hermione involuntarily gave a small laugh. Draco had said the same thing.
"What is it about him?" said Harry to himself, but Hermione heard
"I can't help it, Harry" she whispered "I just can't".
They stayed like that for a while and then, the strangest thing happened. There was a knock on the door and then Draco entered the room. Hermione sat up alarmed and Harry just gave him a confused look. Draco made his way towards Harry's bed and stood at the end, staring at Hermione and Harry.
"Draco, what are you doing here?" she asked
"I saw Potter running and you following, so I followed" he replied
"How did you get in?" asked Harry.
Draco grinned, "Asked Brown to give me the password. It wasn't hard at all".
Hermione was terribly confused. Draco was in the Gryffindor boys' dormitory talking in a civil way to Harry. Hermione looked from one to the other. What was going on? Was this some kind of punishment they were both putting on her?
Harry was the first one to speak up "Mione, I don't want to stop you from being happy, and if your happiness is with Malfoy, then go for it"
"I say the same, Hermione" said Draco.
Hermione's eyes widened. They deliberately told her that she could choose between them and the other would be fine with it. What part of "she wanted them BOTH" they didn't understand?
"God, why cant you guys see that I cant choose!" she yelled frustrated "Damn, Draco! Cant you see that I want you so much that it's impossible to turn back!"
Then she turned to Harry "And you! Cant YOU see that I can't live without you?" Hermione exploded in tears and for the second time during the school year, she ran as fast as she could away from the men that, even though she hadn't realized it, she loved.
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