Gleaming Knife: Chapter Nine – Realisations

I sat next to him and I wept.

I felt as if I would never be happy again.

I felt as if I would never smile again.

I felt as if I would never laugh again.

I looked at him.

He was as handsome as always. His pale skin, his blonde hair and even though his eyes were shut I could still picture his beautiful silvery eyes. I placed my hand on his.

He wasn't even that cold.

I felt a piece of parchment that he was holding.

I picked it up and looked at it. It was folded into a perfect square and on one side was his neat handwriting.

'Hermione'

The letter was addressed to me.

He wrote his last words to me.

I opened up the letter with trembling fingers.

'Hermione,

My dear Hermione, I'm ever so sorry that I cannot fill that place in your heart, so I will rid this world of my presence and leave you to find the one who can. This gleaming knife I hold in my hand is my choice of death or life, I will chose death, as a life without you is not a life I wish to live.

Goodbye Hermione I will always love you.

Draco'

It was a love letter.

He confessed his love for me in his suicide note.

I cried even more.

I ran my hand over his cheek and ran my fingers through his hair. I lent down and kissed his forehead all the time wondering why he was still so warm. When you were dead you were meant to go cold. Why wasn't he going cold?

That's when I thought it.

He might not be dead.

He could have missed his heart.

I quickly felt his wrist. Feeling for a pulse.

Nothing.

I tried his neck.

I could feel something.

I could feel a faint pulse.

I got up quickly and ran out the door.

I had to get a teacher before it was too late.

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. Please read and review, I love to hear what everyone thinks. I would like to thank the gorgeous people who have already reviewed, your comments and constructive criticism help me to improve and do better. I would also like to thank Lynny for proofreading this for me and Lucas for writing the suicide note for me and proofreading the chapter.

So until next time.

Jayne