Chapter 5: The Truth

After Hermione's night with Draco time seemed to fly by. She would talk to him in Potions and sometimes in Transfiguration. She enjoyed getting to know him more and more. Before she knew it was the day before the last day of school. They were ending their 6th year at Hogwarts. Hermione began packing that night and decided to finish the next day.

She went to dinner and sat with her usual friends, but among them it was somber. For a lot of their friends it was their last year at Hogwarts. Hermione picked at her food all through dinner, as well as Ginny. Ginny new that the 'Golden Trio's' last year was coming up. She had always been friends with the upperclassmen, and she was going to lose her best friends next year. Hermione gave her a reassuring smile and quickly left the Great Hall.

She arrived back in her room and an owl flew through the window. She unlatched the letter from its leg and lay back on her bed. She opened it and smiled as she read it.

Meet me in our room at 10:00 p.m. tonight.

D.M.

Hermione went to take a shower and got ready to meet Draco. For some reason she felt she needed to look for him, she had never felt that way before. She got out of the shower and dried her hair magically. She then took out a Muggle curling iron and curled her hair. She put on a pair of khaki pants and a Gray collared shirt from a Muggle store called Old Navy. She checked her clock and it was only 9:30. She got up and left the Gryffindor Dorms and walked towards the library.

Meanwhile

Draco had been sitting in the Potion Room staring out the window since eight. He had a lot of thinking to do.

Flashback

Draco sat in his room before dinner and was reading a book when his father flooed in.

"Draco, How are you son?"

"I'm fine father. May I ask what you are doing here?"

"Well I have heard from certain sources that you have befriended that Mudblood Granger."

"Me, befriend her? That's absurd father and you know it. I have been playing with her head this whole time. I want to get inside her head, to get you closer to Potter."

"Very good intentions you have Draco, but the Dark Lord does not agree with them. We would like you to stop."

"I shall father. I will obey the Dark Lord."

"Good boy, I will be watching you Draco, I want to see you tear down the Mudblood."

Draco's father turned and walked back into the fireplace.

Back to present Draco

Draco shook his head as he thought about lying to his father. He actually liked having Hermione as a friend. She was actually a real friend, but if his father was watching him, he had to tear her down. Draco knew what he had to do. He had to become what he was before he got to know her, but somewhere inside him he felt the need to keep her around. Draco had come to the terms then that to protect her he had to do this, but he knew he didn't want to lose her.

Hermione

She walked into the library and sat down at her regular table. She took out Hogwarts: A History and started reading it. When ten o'clock rolled around she walked into the Potion room and saw Draco staring out the window.

"Hey Draco."

"Mudblood."

"What?"

"You heard me." Draco got up off the couch and started towards her, "You actually believed that we were friends, Granger? We were never friends, you were simply amusement. I watched you and so did my friends, we made fun of how you told me things about you life. You don't deserve to be friends with a Malfoy. People respect me Mudblood, did you really think I would befriend you and ruin the Malfoy name. I played with your head Granger, and you hate that now. I never even liked you, imagine how much I was tortured during these months, having to act like I was your friend, HA. I can't believe you fell for it. I guess that is why you're a Mudblood."

Draco walked out of the Potion room and didn't think twice. Ever step he took farther away from her it hurt. He saw the look of pain and hate in her eyes. He saw the betrayal, he hated to do this to her. But she had to know it was fake. He had seen his father lurking in the corner of the room during his speech. It pained him to see the looked on her face, but he kept going. He had told her he wouldn't let someone run his life, but he had just let his father do that very thing. Draco grabbed his brook from the closet and set out on it for a lonely and painful night flight.

Hermione collapsed on the ground after he walked out. She had cared about Draco, and he had betrayed her. She had never thought he would do her that way. "I hate him." She said to herself. Only she knew it was a lie, but at that very moment Hermione Granger cast Draco Malfoy out of her life. She stood up and held her head high as she walked to Gryffindor tower. There was know one to see her acting proud, but she had to do it for herself. She cried herself to sleep that night.

2 days later on the train home-

Hermione sat in a compartment with Ginny, Ron, and Harry on the way home from Hogwarts. She stared out the window most of the time. Even though she never wanted to speak to Draco again she couldn't keep his words out of her head. She just kept going through that night, over and over again. She looked at her friends and then left the compartment headed for the restroom.

On her way back she felt a strong arm pulled her into a dark compartment. She almost screamed, but a hand over her mouth silenced her. She turned around and saw the eyes of Draco Malfoy.

"I don't want to speak to you Malfoy."

"Hermione you have to listen to me. It was all a lie."

"Yes Draco I know it was all a lie. You told me two nights ago remember. You've caused me sleepless nights. Your words have tortured my brains since that night Draco. It won't go away."

"No, Hermione please, I care about, it was my father."

"Yes your father Draco. You told me you don't listen to your father, so you lied to me either way and I do not EVER want to speak to you again." She turned and started to walk out to door.

"Hermione wait.."

Hermione turned towards his again and started pushing him, "Draco all you do is run around calling people names and using your daddy's image to get ahead. Your nothing but an insignificant git, and you know it. You hide your feelings from everyone and won't let anyone in. All you do is whine and complain and rule over the people who try to be your friend. You don't care about anyone at all except for your damn self." Hermione was now on the verge of tears as she yelled, "You know I was stupid to actually believe we were friends. You could never care for anyone besides your self. You're just like your father, Draco. You're nothing more than a carbon copy of Lucius Malfoy. That is the only reason why people fear you, they now what your father is capable of. ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME DRACO MALFOY!" She stopped and pushed him against the window of the compartment and then continued.

"You don't care about me. If you cared about me you wouldn't have lied. You are selfish Draco, damn selfish. I thought that deep down you were caring and thoughtful and maybe even nice. When you told me the truth two nights ago Draco, you left me heartbroken and confused. After you left I realized what I had forgotten since I got to know you. Draco Malfoy doesn't care, you don't have a fucking heart. You do not have the ability to care and nor do you want it."

Draco looked up at her and frowned. He walked towards her and put his hand on the back of her neck. In one swift movement his lips met hers in a fiery kiss. Hermione stared at him in shock as he kissed her and then closed her eyes. She willed herself to push him away but she couldn't. He suddenly broke the kiss off and looked in her eyes.

"How's that for fucking caring." He glared at her and slammed the door behind him as he walked into hallway back to his compartment.

Hermione collapsed into the chair and touched her lips. 'What in the hell just happened.' She sat and stared out the window for a long while. 'Maybe he was trying to tell me the truth. Oh my, I have to talk to him.' Just as she said this, the train lurched to a stop and she saw students filing off the train. She ran to the door and pushed pass the students. She jumped out the door of the train and looked frantically for him. She ran through the barrier from platform nine and three quarters. She ran to her left and saw nothing but more students and muggles, then she ran back to her right and saw him getting into his carriage. The servant was putting bags into the back of the carriage.

'If I can just get there before he leaves.' She kept running and it seemed like she was going nowhere. As she got closer to the carriage it pulled away. Hermione shook her and turned away crying softly.

A:N- This is by far my most favorite chapter so far. I wrote it in like 30 minutes. I knew I wanted to right it since I began this story. I even wrote the kissing scene after I wrote the 1st chapter. I hope you love it as much as I do. At one point while writing this chapter I was so hyper. I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean, reading a fan fic, talking to my best friend, and writing this all at the same time. I was like freaking out. But then I started concentrating and it came out just like i wanted! YAY! sorry if it seems confusing with the whole flashback thing.

Kit - Thank you for the reviews on chapters 2 and 3. I saw that I had five reviews and I was like YA! I hope you enjoy chapter 4 and this new chapter.

Hermione Charlotte Granger - Thank you for the review! Maybe soon Draco will tell her. Just keep reading to find out! lol