Secrets

In the dark
In the darkness you will find

It was dark and it started raining outside as Hermione and Draco drove down the road. They arrived a few minutes late of Hermione's curfew, at exactly 10:06 33 min/sec/mini sec. They stepped inside and Mrs. Granger didn't seem too pleased to see that her daughter had brought home a boy.

"Mom! Pleeeease let him stay! Please! He's been through so much pain, you wouldn't believe!"

"Oh yeah Hermione Ann! Try me!"

Hermione looked over at Draco, asking him if she could tell. He nodded his head, cowering in the corner, Mrs. Granger could be a mad lady sometimes.

"Mom, Draco here-" her mum gasped, "Draco's dad beats him, this time almost to death." A tear rolled down Hermione's cheek as she said that. Her mum only nodded as they headed up the stairs while giving Draco a look of compassion.


Dirty little secrets we all hide
Cause' we all have a darker side

When they stepped into Hermione's room Draco was surprised to see that it was totally different from a bookish theme (what Draco imagined). In fact, it was extremely different. The walls were a sky blue color and the carpet was plush and a creamy white color. The bed was designed in the same colors and there was a light tanish-brown colored dressed underneath a rather large painting of the ocean. Across from the bed there was a giant window with a glass door leading out onto a small little porch complete with a table, chairs, and a hammock. Back inside the room there were two doors, one leading to a spacious walk-in closet, the other lead to a pretty nice sized pale, yet still some what bright, yellow bathroom.


A place we keep where no one else will find

"No one's ever been in here, except my mum, you, and me."

"Not even any of your friends?" she shook her head 'no' as he gave her a surprised look.

"We just remodeled it, because of the incident-"

"What incident?"

She gasped and put a hand over her mouth, telling him that she shouldn't have just said that.

Cause' everybody wants to hide their secrets away
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain

She sat against the wall, Draco looked down at her seeing tears form in her eyes. He crouched down beside her.

"What happened?"

"I-I- well, my dad got drunk one night and my mum and I were in here, talking and playing cards, when in storms my dad. It was like he was crazy, he is crazy. He just ran over to my mum," she sniffled as a few more tears rolled down her cheeks, "and he picked her up, slammed her into the wall, and beat her, almost to death."

"So that's how you knew to take care of me? Those spells, you must've looked them up." She nodded, as the tears poured down her cheeks like mini waterfalls.


But I will stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again

"Hermione, if he ever- you know, comes back, let me know, I'll apparate over here and make him leave, for good."

"You'd kill him?"

"You saved my life"

She smiled at him as she got up, opened the door and stepped out into the rain.


If you could dance with me through this rain
And we will fight, we'll fight again, fight again

She started dancing in the rain, feeling happy that she had someone to trust, and that the someone was Draco Malfoy.

In the back, in the closets of your mind
That's where skeletons and dirty secrets hide

She came back inside a while later. She grabbed some pj's and went into the bathroom and changed. Draco in the meantime wondered where he would sleep, when Hermione appeared. She was wearing penguin pants ( I have some! They belong to Old Navy, not me) and a red tank top. She was carrying a blown up mattress and all the bed sheets.


And I'll rip out my insides
And leave them on display for you tonight

As they were getting ready for bed AKA putting the sheets on the blow up, Draco told Hermione of his past, like how he grew up here, waiting for his letter, having his dad beat him everyday for as long as he could remember, his mum would only watch, and not care.

Cause' everybody wants to hide their secrets away
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain

Hermione gasped at that. That was not right, no one should have to live with that.


But I will stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again

As Hermione was working with a blanket her hand made contact with Draco's hand. She gasped as he held onto it for a few moments, then let go.


If you could dance with me through this rain
And we will fight, we'll fight again, fight again
(fight again, fight again)…

She got up and sat beside Draco on the mattress after they were done, they didn't say anything. Hermione just put her arms around him, he doing the same as they hugged.

Nobody left, I hide my secrets away,
In the dark, in the dark, in the dark
We all try to hide our secrets away,
In the dark, in the dark, in the dark

Suddenly Mrs. Granger walked in, she seemed surprised, but knew about the pain they both felt, so she let it slide. She put a tray with two glasses of water and some snacks next to some flowers on a table beside the door and left.

Stand up to the pain
Wake up and fight again
If you could dance with me through this rain

"Good night Hermione." Draco said, having let go of her.

"Good Night Draco." Hermione got up and started to get into bed.


And we will fight, we'll fight again, fight again
Fight again
Cause' everybody wants to hide their secrets away

Draco got under the covers and started to fall asleep peacefully, for the first time in as long as he could remember.


And that's ok
Nobody wants to stand up to the pain

"Good Night" they both said as the lights went out.


Fight again

Well I hope you like it! It's still not over, its not going to be over for awhile! So don't give up hope for it!!