Disclaimer: She owns it.
A/n: Well, I guess it's not that bad to post another one.ü But I WARN YOU. This is a sad, very sad part. You better be ready. Don't tell me you've not been warned...
By: Aningme
Chapter 22
Dilemma
She couldn't have been happier. After that talk by the lake, she somehow felt renewed and refreshed. Some of her doubts on Malfoy were gone already, having some of her questions answered.
It was all that mattered. He had nothing to do with it.
"We better get packed up. The storm seems to get worst." Draco said as he grabbed their bags. It was time to go home again. Too bad they couldn't stay any longer.
She looked around the cottage for the last time. It had been fun. Though she didn't have the chance to use some of the entertainment system, the Jacuzzi and all that having Draco to talk to now and then, she still had a great time. But most of them all, she would surely miss the big fireplace they got here. That's the spot were they spent their sleepless nights together, eating ice cream.
"Ready?" He asked.
She smiled at him and left the cottage, running into the rain and into the car. She really had a great time here. She hoped she could come by some day. Only that it would be impossible. It would be against their bargain.
The Bargain… She thought. She glanced at Draco, who was strapping himself in his car, and watched him. It will be only a while before he would be gone.
She would lose someone whom she loved, again.
She looked away and ignored the thought. It was crazy.
Driving as slowly as they could, Draco drove silently, his mind drifting off to some other thoughts. For the few days they had spent in the cottage, he could not sleep. He always had his dreams every night. They wouldn't stop haunting him.
"Join us…" He remembered his voice. Harry's voice. There was hospitality to it. But then, he wouldn't think of it as something to take. Eerie as it is, he wouldn't think of it as anything else but a dream. Or perhaps… Was it a warning? He thought.
But before he could think further, he heard a scream beside him. It was Hermione.
Big lumps of rocks rolled down the cliff above them, having the heavy rain to push them down. Hermione screamed to warn Draco, but it was all too late. Most of the rocks hit the car on Draco's side, and with that effect, the car slid to the slope beside the road, leading to another big lake.
They slid down the bumpy slope and splashed into the lake, being swallowed by the waters…
It's dark. She never liked dark places. It always scared her. She never knows what was with in the shadows. Sometimes there's pain. Sometimes there's sorrow. But now, she doesn't know what to expect.
She didn't know how she got here. She didn't know how to get out.
But then, a bright light flashed into her face. It was Harry. Her Harry.
"Harry…" She mouthed. But not a sound came out from her mouth. She smiled at him, seeing his face…
He always saved her from the darkness. Every time she's trapped, he'll set her free. He's always there when she needs him. When she needs him…
"Come…" He had said.
She watched him stretch out his arm. He was waiting for her.
Smiling, she was about to take his hand when somebody called out. Someone was calling her name.
"Granger…" She knows that voice. "Granger…"
She turned back and saw Draco Malfoy, on the floor, crawling to her. There was blood dripping down his brows to his eyes.
He was dying.
"Come." Harry still insisted. Hermione turned to him and then to Draco. She didn't know where to go.
"Granger… Granger… Hermione…" Draco chanted. His voice was getting weaker and weaker. She could see his life slipping through his silver eyes.
She turned to Harry, tears streaking her face. He needed her. "I'm sorry Harry." She whispered.
She turned around and ran to Draco…
"Malfoy!" She was screaming. The waters were slipping in their doors now.
"Malfoy wake up!" She lifted his face. There was blood dripping down his brows. Just like in her dream…
"C'mon Malfoy you have to wake up!" She kept on screaming. But it was useless. The water was running up fast. And in a moment, the car was under water.
She fumbled through the murky water and unstrapped his lifeless body. She tried to swim out of the car, pulling him with her.
Finally reaching the surface, she gulped air into her lungs and searched for the shore. Trying to swim for it, she lifted his face for him to breathe. She couldn't take her eyes off him. The waters and the rain were washing his blood away from his face, leaving a small trail of blood behind them.
"Almost there… Almost there…" She chanted, struggling to swim further. She was growing tired already. Her arms were beginning to numb with the coldness and fatigue. Her eyes were already stinging with hot tears.
Seeing the green grass before her, she grasped for it and pulled herself and him on the shore. She quickly held his face and checked his vital signs.
He wasn't moving. He wasn't breathing.
"No… No." She mumbled. She was starting to panic. She fumbled through her pockets and her jacket. She couldn't find her wand. "My wand…" She looked out into the lake. She left it in the car.
"Malfoy… Malfoy… listen to me…" She pressed her palms over his chest. "Breathe…" She pressed three times. "Breathe…" She pushed again, twice. "Breathe…" She opened his mouth and blew air. "Breathe…" She pushed again. "Breathe…" She blew air again. "Breathe!" She pushed and pushed and pushed and pushed…
"Breathe, you asshole!" She couldn't stop pushing. "Breathe Malfoy!" Tears slipped down her cheeks. "Don't you die on me!" She was sobbing. "Malfoy… you can't die!" She kept on pushing. Her chest was heaving. "Draco… Draco, please… Please breathe…" She held his face. He was still not breathing. "Draco… please… Don't leave me…" She stared at his face. His lips were turning pale.
She turned away and punched his chest. "How can you die when I saved you once!" She kept hitting his chest. "Draco! Come back!" She was furious. "I can't lose you, you bastard! COME BACK!"
A/n: More sadness...
hp lucky, you're gift will be coming next weekend... I hope you like it...