Author's Note: So sorry I took so very long to update. I have been extremely, extremely busy. Hope you like this chapter. I'm sorry this is rather short. But I decided to post it anyway to let you know that this story is still alive. So sorry for the very long wait.
St. Mungo's Hospital III
Hermione's Point of View
It was daybreak when I stirred and woke up.
Still dazed from my sleep, I slowly opened my eyes and found my face & shoulders slumped on the foot of a hospital bed. Suddenly the events of last night dawned on me. Panicking, I sprang up and looked anxiously at him……
Is he? No……please no……
The bed was empty.
No, it couldn't be….
"Healer Pye!" I dashed out of the hospital ward. My mind was in a whirlwind. Where is he? Please no……please no……Draco Malfoy cannot be dead……it was supposed to work……the unicorn blood was supposed to……
And then, I heard.
"Mr. Malfoy, please. Where on earth do you think you are going? You are not well. Only a few hours ago, you were on the brink of death. You have not recovered. Please, you must go back to your ward."
I could not believe what I had just heard. I walked on hurriedly. Turning a corner, I stopped suddenly. I saw him.
He was half-fallen on the floor, with his back on me. Healer Pye was kneeing beside him, his eyebrows furrowed.
Healer Pye saw me standing there, and said in a vexed voice "Um, Ms. Granger, perhaps you should……" and he beckoned me with his hand.
I felt as if my feet were frozen to the floor. I could not move. There he was; the person I was praying for, to be alive. And he was……he was.
Step by step, I slowly walked towards him, and kneed down.
I looked at him.
He was so pale, he looked like death. And his eyes were so dazed, as if he was in a trance. Suddenly, he looked up at me.
At that very moment, our souls touched. And time stood still.
Eternity seemed to have passed before I reached out my hand to him. "Draco……" I whispered, my voice choked full of emotion.
He stared unblinkingly at me. He eyes looked so blank, but yet at the same time, so pleading, so pathetic……
"Draco……" I whispered to him and took his bruised hand in mine.
"Draco……it's alright……everything is alright now……" I told him gently. My eyes were glistening with tears. They were tears of joy and relief.
I smiled at him.
Yes, everything is going to be alright.
Suddenly, with much difficulty, he gasped and said "M…Mal…Mal…foy Ma…nor……"
Author's Note: I'm sorry this is rather short. Hope you liked it though. Do let me know if you like it.