Sticks and Stones….
Disclaimer: If there is any one who likes my stories(I can think of…), I would like to inform you that this is not going to be another one shot and the amount of reviews will determine the length, so plz review! I don't own any of the characters except Keira and Jake, please, (if you could see me while I'm writing this) IM ON MY KNEES! (Becoming difficult to write seeing as though the computer desk is so high from down here) please review (I wonder how leprechauns use the computer, they can't even reach the chair! maybe they could stomp on the keyboard, but how would they turn it on?) ok, you can read the story now…
"Slow down Harry!" Hermione screamed at the top of her lungs, but Harry was going so fast, too fast, Draco smashed into him from the side, sending Harry flying. "I'm sorry Hermione, for your loss…" there was a flash of light and she saw Harry, young boy at Hogwarts, before he knew his destiny, before he knew he would die. There was another flash, Hermione saw Draco, her wand to his throat, she could kill him there and then, Hermione could end this, but instead, she leaned forward and kissed him.
"Hermione wake up!" Ginny said "Hermione! WAKE UP!"
Hermione jolted up so fast, her head hit the safety bar "ouch!" she exclaimed, rubbing her head softly.
"You've been out cold since Percy came" Ginny said occupying herself by attempting to wind the old clock perched majestically on the small windowsill.
"Percy was here?" Hermione questioned
"Of course, don't you remember?" Hermione shook her head "He came to take dad away for what the ministry called Crigeting" Hermione Looked confused,
"Crigeting, what's that?"
"We think it has something to do with the boys joke shop" Ginny said sighing, "everyone got in quite an uproar, until you said the ministry ought to not take him under false accusations" Ginny giggled
"It was actually quite funny to see Percy's face turn purple like that, I always knew he had a crush on you" Ginny said, causing Hermione to blush
"But what I don't understand is why I was out cold?" Hermione stared at he bed in wonder "well just after the ministry officials and Percy left, the boys decided to play indoor quidditch and you were hit by a bludger" Ginny said passively
"Oh" Hermione said confused, what a strange place she was in, funny, but strange.
Later that day after visiting the twins joke shop, Hermione remembered her dream, the flashes, the loss of Harry, and Kissing Malfoy. Then Hermione though about something, Malfoy's Voice, soft, yet demanding; "Hermione, Just leave Harry, he will never love you" there was a silent drawn breath and she could almost feel it tingle the nerves behind her neck "the tighter you hold your grasp, Hermione, the more he'll slip through your fingers" 'now where does that fit in?' Hermione asked herself, quite strangely as if by magic, there he was standing before her and Hermione realised, that wasn't part of her dream.
"Get away from me, I'll scream" Hermione said confidently
"You'll be dead before you can take a breath" he smirked and she was back in high school, those countless days fighting with Malfoy over stupid things, but he was only a boy then, easily beatable, not a murderous idiot and it was her fault he was standing there.
"Don't you remember our little moment Hermione?" he said softly, how could she forget? It wasn't choir singing heavenly music material, but it was special, to her at least.
"Why?" she asked shakily
"Take a moment to remember it, what it meant"
"I don't remember it exactly" she lied, she remembered every second, her first kiss.
"Well let me fill you in, we were in 4th year, I was teasing you about how you never actually kissed victor" he recalled with ease "you were so angry you put your wand to my throat" Draco's voice droned out and Hermione remembered all to well…
"Do it" Draco smirked, stupid ass, he deserved to die, now that the whole school knew she had been on a date with Viktor and not been kissed. Hermione pressed the wand tighter against his throat, just enough so he couldn't talk and could barely breath "I would you know, there is no one here and I could dump your body in the forbidden forest" Even though her wand was tightly held up against his throat, he still spoke to her "so how long have you been planning this then eh? Maybe you should bury me next to Sirius, then when were both in hell I can have someone to annoy" he joked, hoarsely "shut up!" she demanded, striking him fiercely with her left hand "ouch granger, did I say something to hurt you?" draco said, almost out of breath "you haven't even come close to hurting me!" Hermione said, "I don't hurt girls feelings" Hermione was waiting for some stupid comeback "You know you want it Hermione, you can do it, no one will see" he said egging her on and with one swift movement, she kissed him, at first he was just shocked and then he kissed her back. They both broke away at the same time, shocked, then Hermione ran out of the dungeon and up into the common room, life went on as if nothing had happened, so did Draco and it was never mentioned again.
"So do you remember now?" he asked, rasing his eyebrow questioningly "yes I do, so why do you ask?" she asked him
"Because I just want to clear things up" Draco said, "you kissed me, I never loved you" and with that he went to leave
"Are you crazy!" she screamed at him furiously
"Huh?" Draco looked stunned at Hermione "you come here out of nowhere, remind me of that horrible day and claim it was my fault and then leave?" Hermione said angrily
"Well If you put it that-" Draco was cut of by Hermione's ranting "you a murderer for Pete's sake! And I'm just talking to you as if nothing happened and then you blame me for that day when I can clearly remember you kissing me back!"
"It was in the heat of the moment" he said, trying to convince himself more than Hermione.
"Look Hermione, Voldemort's coming, here, to the burrow; I don't even know why I'm telling you this and I do not love you, I just thought I'd warn you is all" Draco said sheepishly "your hair looks nice…" he said, trailing of before hopping onto him broom and flying away.
Later that day she confessed to Ginny "and then he just left" Hermione finished, a little confused at herself and a lot angrier at Draco.
"You know what I think?" Ginny was a humble young girl, but in the 7 years Hermione had known her, she had come to understand that Ginny was always right.
"Draco loves you, this moment you had with him must have caused a large emotional overhaul, otherwise he wouldn't have come back 3 years later, it must have just been burning inside of him" Ginny said amazed
That night Hermione felt a huge wave of guilt, Draco had been suffering so much inside. After feeling bad for Draco for about 30mins Hermione reminded herself that Draco was a murderer, why was she feeling sorry for Draco when he was such an awful person? Then again, what if his pent up frustration was caused by there strange encounter? Either way Hermione didn't get much sleep that night.
At about 5:00 in the morning a very caffeine-pumped Mr Weasley left his room dressed and ready "Morning all!" he yelled "Off to work again!" He called up the stairs, a few moments later Hermione heard the front door close and it was silent again
"Hermione I know your awake" Ginny whispered
"I just don't understand! it's driving me mad!" Hermione said frustrated, she got up and walked towards the mirror, noticing the bags under her eye's from lack of sleep
"Hermione you just have to let it go, I'm just curious, what was the moment like, I mean you know, with Draco" Ginny's eye's seemed to go cloudy, Hermione knew every girl in Hogwarts loved Draco in the 2nd grade, even Hermione had to admit, he was kinda cute
"Well, It wasn't exactly choir singing heavenly music material, it just kinda happened" Hermione said, she never went into detail
"Well you really know how to spice up a story Hermione Granger" she said in a kind of sarcastically-disappointed tone
"Well I'm not one to kiss and tell" Hermione said matter-of-factly
"Well I know for a fact Hermione Granger that you of all people have never kissed a boy before, so I guess this was your first and only" Ginny said smoothly
"Shut up" Hermione said in a beaten tone, "It was special to me, maybe I was desperate that day I will never know" Ginny stared at the clock on the opposite wall
"It's almost time for everyone to wake up, want to catch 10 more min's of peace before mum comes in here with the kitchen pot and spoon?"
Hermione replied yes quietly and then both began to rest, until the silence was broken by Ginny's quiet voice "Hermione, how did you survive all these years without telling anyone?" Hermione thought about it before she answered
"You know what Ginny, I'm just not sure
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