a/n Thank you for the reviews. Here we will find out whether or not the kiss worked. Enjoy.
All of Hermione's memories seemed to come back at her the moment Draco's lips touched hers. The light that had consumed them seemed to have driven away the fog that had hidden her memories from her. Her memories came back to her, along with her pain, and sadness. She stumbled back from Draco and punched him.
How could she have forgotten everything that had happened? Tears fell down her eyes as Draco looked up at her in confusion. He didn't remember. How could he have forgotten so easily what he had done to her? Did he think that she would forgive her? No, she could tell by the look in his eyes, he had forgotten what he had done to her. He had forgotten that he had left her, and that he had made her choose between him and Harry.
She ran to Gryffindor tower as silent tears stole down her face. She couldn't handle looking at him now. Maybe later she would be able to, but not now.
When she got up to Gryffindor tower Ron and Ginny were sitting at one of the tables. They looked up as she burst through the door.
"Hermione!" Ron shouted as he got up and hugged her. "What is wrong?" He asked seeing the tears on her face.
"Malfoy," was all she choked out before her tears over took her again and she ran up to the girl dormitories.
She heard Ron storm out of the common room, but ignored it. She buried her head into her pillow and cried. Eventually Hermione fell into a sleep full of all of her hurt and pain.
When she woke up it was a little later in the day. There were no tears left to cry, all there was left was emptiness. Absolutely no feelings, she felt like a balloon pumped full of air and slowly deflating. Getting up she walked out of her room, and out of the common room. She needed to be somewhere where she could just sit and think. Immediately the astronomy tower came into her head and she set off.
After Harry had left to go talk to Hermione, Ron just stood there frowning at Draco. Finally after ten minutes of just staring at each other Ron snapped.
"What did you do to her Malfoy?" He asked again and Draco rolled his eyes.
"I didn't do anything to her, all I did was try to get her memory back," at this Ron fumed.
"She is fine with her memory missing," Draco looked at him unflinchingly.
"You just like it because you get another chance with her." At this Ron's mouth opened and closed. "Did you think that maybe she would be happier with her memory back?" Draco questioned him.
"Did you ever think that Hermione would be happier with out her memory back? I mean then she would remember what you did," Draco looked at him confused.
"What did I do?"
"You mean you don't remember? You made her choose between you and Harry, and then when she chose Harry you left. Harry had to pick her up and carry her into the common room because she was crying so hard." It was Draco's turn to open then close his mouth. He had forgotten what he had done it the rush to Hermione's memory back. How could he have forgotten?
Hermione sat with her back to the door as she looked out over the darkening grounds of Hogwarts. The wind blew softly through her hair as she fought to keep her eyes open. If she closed them she knew that she would see Draco in her mind's eye. He was the last person that she wanted to see at the moment.
"Hey Hermione, is something wrong?" Harry came and sat down next to her. She looked at him with solemn eyes.
"I need time to think," she said turning away from him.
"Think about what? About Draco?" Hermione sighed and kept her face turned away from Harry. She couldn't be brave like he was, she couldn't be strong, and he was a true Gryffindor and her? Sometimes Hermione thought she was barely even a witch.
"I remember everything," was all she said.
"That is great, why do you need to think then?" Draco must not have told him, she thought. Duh Draco didn't tell him! He himself forgot!
"Draco didn't tell you about what happened did he?" When he looked at her confused she continued. "He asked me to choose, he asked me to choose you or him. I wanted to fight with you in the last battle, so I chose you, but he didn't except my decision. He just left me, right before the last battle." Harry stayed silent for a time.
"So that is why you were crying in the hallway when I picked you up and carried you in?" He said a last and Hermione nodded. "I'm not saying what he did was right, but did you ask him why he asked you to choose?"
"I don't care; all I care about is that he shouldn't have asked me to choose between him and my friends! You guys would never have asked me to choose you or him." Harry looked at her sadly.
"Ok, but you are going to have to talk to him eventually," Hermione nodded and watched Harry walk off.
Draco waited around the Hospital wing until Harry came back. By the sad look on Harry's face Draco assumed that he had talked to Hermione.
"What happened?" Draco asked looking at Harry demanding answers.
"She remembers, and she doesn't want to talk to you. She said that you had no right asking her to choose me or you and then walk away when you didn't get the answer you wanted." Draco put his head into his hands and moaned.
"I screwed up big time," he said with his head still in his hands.
"You know she is up in the astronomy tower," Draco looked up to see Harry with an evil look on his face.
"You weren't supposed to tell me were you?" He asked grinning.
"Well, she never told me not to tell you," he shrugged. "Just hurry up before she leaves." Draco jumped up and hurried out the door.
Hermione felt someone sit down next to her, but didn't turn around. It was obviously Harry back again to talk to her. All she wanted to do was think, but no one respected that.
"What do you want Harry?" She asked, but no one answered. "Harry?" She turned around and came face to face with the one person that she didn't want to see. "Malfoy," she said through gritted teeth.
Draco looked at the angel in front of him with a heavy heart. She was back to calling him Malfoy, he had definitely screwed up this time.
"Hermione," he said causing her to turn away from him. "We need to talk," she didn't answer. "Please, just talk to me!" He begged, which was so unlike him that Hermione turned and faced him.
"Why? Do you have anything left to say to me? I know when a relationship is over Malfoy, you don't have to explain anything to me," she stood up and walked away. This time though Draco wasn't going to just let her leave.
He ran up to her and grabbed her arm. "I don't want this relationship to be over," he said searching her face for her reaction.
"You sure have a funny way of showing it," she said trying to tug away.
"I was upset, what I did was wrong I know that. But I didn't want you to die, I was being selfish because…" He cut himself off hoping that Hermione would try and brake away again. This time Hermione stayed still and watched him intently.
"Because why?" She asked looking up into his eyes. Hermione was begging and pleading that he was going to say that he loved her. She wanted him to say that he loved her. Please, please have him say that he loved her.
"Because I like you a lot Hermione, and I want to see where this relationship will end up," he knew he sounded lame. Hermione looked at him with a sinking heart, he didn't love her. He just cared about her, and wanted to see what would happen.
"I need some time to think," was all she said before walking away. This time Draco let her.
Anger flared in his eyes as he went into the forest. There was no way he was going to be able to think in the school. He took out the bottle cap once he was a good ways into the forest and was whisked away to the clearing. At the clearing he looked around and made sure that no one was near him.
Why didn't Hermione want to be with him? Why did she need time to think? He knew it was because he hadn't told her that he loved her. He had sworn to himself that he would tell her he loved her, but he didn't. He was afraid that she wouldn't love him back.
Sighing he looked around and saw the orb and walked over to it, the light that was issuing from it seemed glow brighter as he stepped nearer to it.
Hermione lay down in her bed thinking. She loved Draco, and damn it if she had ever let anything get in her way before! Running down the stairs two at a time she went in search for him. If it was the last thing she did, Hermione was going to tell Draco how she felt.
Draco reached out and touched the floating orb. A small bolt of electricity made its way from the orb and through his body. Slowly the orb began to shrink until it disappeared all together. Draco looked at his hands in wonder; he had just gotten the Dark Lord's power.
a/n How did you like this chapter? A little twist wasn't it? Tell me what you thought about. Sorry I would have had it out sooner, but my dad shut the computer off on me and the file didn't save!