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Chapter 1: Compartments
Since the day Harry confesses his love for Hermione, they never spoke to each other since then. It was Monday morning and Hermione was sitting in one of the compartments. She was alone there…just looking at the rain…crying.
I want Harry back…I miss him. I can't deny it. It's hard having no one here beside me. Ron please, wherever you are I ask for your guidance right now. Help me…
"Excuse me?" Hermione looks on the boy who's standing at her compartment door.
"Malfoy? What are you doing here?" She gets her handkerchief on her pocket and quickly wipes her tears away. "I hate doing this but I decide to lower my pride and ask you something. Can I share this compartment with you?"
Hermione stops wiping her tears, and burst into fits of laughter. "Malfoy, this train is big, I'm sure you could find a lot of vacant compartments. Why here?"
Draco sighs, "I agree with you that this train is big but there are no vacant compartments left. They were occupied my first years. So are you going to say no or yes?"
"Yes, you can. But no questions ok?" Draco smirked, "As if I'm going to question you!"
Hermione rolls her eyes. "Whatever, Malfoy!"
I can't believe this, Hermione. Why do you let HIM in your compartment? Are you fucking dumb or your just playing stupid? Of all people…you let the last person you want to be with. What will Harry say? 'Are you going the dark-side thing, Mia?' What will Ron say?
Her conscience keeps on questioning her since Draco sat in the compartment. Harry is mad at me and he never cares for me…well…right now…I think…I don't care what Harry will say…as if he's going to talk to me…and Ron…uhm…well…he's dead! As if I'm going to talk to Malfoy…no way…never will I talk to that dumb ass…she talks back to her conscience.
Hermione was sitting by the window…just looking at the rain. I love the rain. If they question me, why I love it? I simply say…I love the feeling that's washing over me…it gives me a relaxed feeling. They say if you loved the rain…you're a sentimental person. You love to think deeply…in any matter. And if you're a sentimental person, you always cry. It's true, I always cry and I'm a sentimental person. But I hate crying, I feel like a cry-baby but I can't help it. That's me. I can't change it. Then, they say you're depending to the people around you. That's not true…I know I can be independent… Hermione giggles at her thoughts. She noticed Draco was looking at her and was very…confused.
"What are you looking at?" Hermione glares at him. "Why are you laughing?" he said simply. "I said no questions or you're OUT in my compartment!" Hermione snaps back. Draco walks over to her and sat beside her.
"Why?"
Hermione looks at him. "What do you mean, why?" Draco comes closer; they were so close as if they were kissing. "Why don't you want to be questioned?" Hermione pushes him, "Don't come closer to me, Malfoy. I'm not a whore like Pansy Parkinson! That you could kiss any time you want! And I don't answer questions from strangers."
Draco sits in front of her and crosses his arms, "Who says I'm going to kiss you? I'm not that stupid, Granger! And for your information, I'm not a stranger because you know my name. People who you don't know are called STRANGERS!" Hermione looks outside and mumbles, "You're fucking crazy!"
Hermione was blazing in anger. She wants to hex Draco, badly. Ok calm down, Hermione. Just calm down. Control your temper. Inhale…Hermione inhales…Exhale…and she exhales. She repeats it for about ten minutes.
She grabbed her notebook, ink and quill from her bag. She opens it, dabs the quill to the ink and starts writing. Draco notice the ink wasn't black or blue…its red. "Hey, where do you get that ink?" Hermione looks up, "It's not ink, its blood."
"Can I ask you something?" Hermione had enough and grants Draco what he wants. "Ok! Fine! Just only one!" Draco hesitates for a moment. "How come you're not with Potter?" Ok! Just answer the fucking question, Hermione. But don't tell him the truth. Come up with something…anything! Hermione puts down her quill and notebook. "Not all the time I'm with him!" she said modestly. Draco was about to open his mouth to ask another question but Hermione stops him. "STOP! That's one question! I've answer it already!" Draco closes his mouth. "Don't ask me anything again!" Hermione proceeds again to her unfinished task.
Harry found a new compartment, he sat down and thinks. I'm alone. How am I so dumb to say that to her? And now, I'm sitting here in this compartment…regretting it. Argh…life's unfair! Sometimes you can't get what you want! Argh! I hate myself. Harry bangs his head on the wall and keeps repeating to himself the word…STUPID.
Ginny was searching for her friends, until she found Harry banging himself on the wall. She came rushing to Harry to stop him. "Harry, what are you doing?" Harry who was still banging his head on the wall of his compartment said, "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" not paying attention to Ginny. Ginny pulls Harry on the wall, "Stop it! Stop hurting yourself!" Harry pulls away from her and starts banging herself again. Ginny pulls him again and did the last thing that Harry could stop from hitting himself: she kissed him.
Harry was in state of shock when he receive Ginny's kiss. Realizing, Harry was in shock she pulls away. Harry glares at him, "Why did you kiss me?" Ginny rolls her eyes, "That kiss has no meaning to it, Harry. I just kiss you so you would stop hurting yourself! Tell me…why are you doing this? Is there something wrong?"
Harry looks down, "Hermione keeps on avoiding me. It's a long story, Ginny. I don't want to talk about it, right now." Ginny sits in front of him, "Ok! So Harry, can I stay here? Because I haven't seen my friends and my head is aching." She rubs her temples.
"Sure." Ginny smiles at him, "Thanks." Harry changed the topic, "So, how's your mom? Is she ok?" Ginny thinks for a bit. "Well…when Ron died…she kind of change a bit." Harry was intrigued, "What do you mean about 'kind of change' a bit?"
"She keeps on repeating Ron's name. She forgets our name. Everyday she just sits on the couch and hug's Ron's clothes. The house elves were going insane because they haven't heard any orders from mom since Ron died. Thus, our house was a MESS! My dad thinks she's gone insane. But we know she just misses Ron."
"Do you miss Ron?"
"Of course! He's my favorite brother. No one cares for me like Ron does. Percy, Bill, Charlie, Fred and George, their there for me, but, you know Ron's the only one who's REALLY been there for me. I miss him a lot. I wish I could go back in time, save and help him. But that's life, you can't change it. No matter what happens you SHOULD accept it. You, do you miss him?"
"Right now?" Ginny nods. "Terribly! I miss him so much. I need him right now because Hermione wont talk to me and he's the only who I turn to when Hermione and I have some misunderstandings. Also, it's hard living without Ron. There will be no one who will scream at me in the morning to wake me up." Ginny only nods in agreement.
Harry looks at his watch; it's almost four in the afternoon. He'd better go talk to Hermione before it's too late. "Ginny…" Ginny looks in his eyes, "Yes?"
"I'd better go talk to Hermione…this misunderstanding we had is killing on my nerves." Ginny smiles at him, "Harry, can I ask you something?"
"Sure, what is it?"
She hesitates for a moment and asked Harry again, "What happened between Hermione and you?"
Harry stands up, "I promise you when I come back I'll tell you everything. Ok?"
"Ok…"
Hermione had finished writing in her journal and was feeling hot. I can't feel anything. It's really hot in here. Hermione smiles, I have an idea…"Malfoy?" Draco who was looking at the ceiling…replied, "Why?"
"Is it ok if I undressed?" Draco was shocked, "Why do you have to undress here? It's bloody fucking cold!"
"I can't feel anything! It's hot!" she said irritably. "Fine! Go ahead, undress!" Hermione shrugged; pulls the curtains, turns her back from Draco and starts to undress. She removes her cloak, her tie and her polo shirt. The only remaining in her upper body was her bra. But before Draco could close his eyes, he notice in the upper right shoulder of Hermione was a butterfly tattoo. Also, he realized that Hermione was really sexy. Draco snaps his thoughts on Hermione and urgently closes his eyes. Hermione pulls a lime green tank top on her bag and puts it on. Then, she faces a stunned Draco. "What?"
"How come you have a tattoo? Is it real?"
Is Draco playing dumb? she thought. "I just feel having it. Yes, it's real. You can't erase it." Realizing Draco was still in shock, she asked again, "What? Haven't you ever seen a real tattoo before?"
"I've seen one before."
Hermione was now confused, "So…why are you so thunder-struck by my tattoo?" Draco rolls his eyes, "Well…I never thought…you…mudblood…the smartest girl in Hogwarts…has a tattoo!" and he begins laughing.
"Yeah, right…", then there was a knock on their compartment. She notice there's a shadow of a person that's translucent on the curtains. She opens the curtains and saw Harry standing in front of her compartment. She urgently opens the door and hugs Harry tightly. "I miss you so much, Harry."
Harry pulls away from her, "Can we talk?" Hermione thinks for a moment and she joined Harry outside. Hermione tries to stop her tears from falling when Harry said, "Hey, its ok to cry. You can cry." Hermione looks at him and starts crying in his shoulders.
"Shhh…don't cry…I'm here…it's alright…" Harry hugs her more tightly. Hermione pulls away from him and wipes her tears. "Are you still mad at me? Harry, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! So sorry!" Harry grabs her and pulls her again for another hug. "No…I'm not mad at you. I thought you were mad at me that's why I'm not speaking to you. I have no right to be mad at you. Please, forgive me for saying such stupid things like that. Can you forgive me for saying that I have feelings for someone like you? I'm sorry."
Hermione replied without moving in Harry's embrace, "Yes, of course…you're not stupid for saying those things. I'm glad you said that. At least now, were honest with each other. I'm sorry also for avoiding you."
Harry pulls away and touched her face. "Hey, it's ok. I promise Ron, I'll never leave you." Hermione chuckles, "Harry, can you promise me something?"
Harry looks at her amber eyes, "What is it?"
"Promise me you'll never leave me…"
Harry grabs her hands and kissed it. "I promise." Hermione was satisfied in his answer, "I'm glad you said that…"
"So what is this? Some kind of a REUNION?" Draco was leaning on the door…smirking at the two of them. Harry was confused, "Why are you doing on Hermione's compartment?" He looks at Hermione, "Hermione, what is he doing in your compartment?"
"There are no more vacant compartments left in this train. That's why he's in my compartment." Harry was glaring at Draco, "Did he touch you?"
'No! I didn't let him and I never will!"
Harry walks over to Draco, "Don't dare touch her, Malfoy! Or else I'll kill you!" Draco scowl at him, "Didn't you hear her say that she wont let me touch her! Are you deaf, Pothead!"
"Whatever, Malfoy!"
"Stop it!"
The two boys look at her. "Harry, I'll go with you in your compartment. Just wait for me here. Malfoy, leave us ok? I'll leave you the compartment! Its all yours…be happy!"
Hermione walks back inside the compartment. Draco follows her and sat down. Harry waits for her outside. She grabbed her things, walks outside and closes the door behind her. "Let's go. Lead the way." Harry grabs her hand and leads her way to his compartment.
They were in front of Harry's compartment. Seeing Ginny inside, Hermione immediately stops. "Harry, what is she doing in your compartment?", still staring at the compartment with wide-eyed shock. Harry looks inside and back at Hermione, "Hermione, she was just resting."
Hermione backs away from the door and looks at her feet. "I can't go in there…"
Harry sighed, walks back at her and puts a reassuring path on her back. "Its ok…wait…does Ron have to do with this or something?"
"Ron's family didn't agree with our relationship, Harry." Harry gasped at the sudden revelation. "Why didn't you and Ron tell me?" She sighed. "We agreed that we won't tell you. Anyways, they prefer purebloods rather than mudbloods. Their like Malfoy's. Mrs. Weasley always says that 'why of all people her son fell in love with a mudblood'. They make sure Ron and I will end up badly, but, in the end they weren't successful enough. We're so much in love with each other, that's why their plans went bad…"
"So that's why you're not with us last Christmas! And you didn't attend the burial because they don't like you to be there! Is that it?" Harry interrupted her. "Yeah. Ron and I want to spend Christmas together as a couple. But when Ron talks about it with Mrs. Weasley she disagrees with it. Also, I wanted to go to his burial but I can't…I wasn't allowed to show up." Hermione looks up at him. "That's why I don't want to go in there."
"Oh shit…I forgot to tell you!"
"What?"
"Can you wait for me here for about 20 to 30 minutes? Because I promise Ginny I'm going to tell her what happened between the two of us. You know our 'little fight'." Harry grabs her hands and holds it.
Hermione's jaw dropped and she immediately pulls away her hands from Harry. "WHAT! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT TO HER? ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY? WHY OF ALL PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO TELL IT TO GINNY?" Hermione was shouting at the top of her lungs.
"Hermione, I PROMISE HER SOMETHING! I should not break it, right?" Hermione looks away, "I think we're not ready to continue this friendship. I can't trust you right now. I'll go back to my compartment. I can't take this…" Hermione starts walking when Harry stops her.
"Wait…"
Hermione turns around and looks at him with tiredness in her eyes "What?"
"When can we continue this?" Hermione looks at him in the eyes, "I don't know, Harry. Maybe it will take time. I just need some space right know. Please, forgive me for doing this to you. To tell you frankly, I don know if you truly know me that much considering you're my best friend. I'm tired of this. Bye…"
Hermione was knocking on the door. "Malfoy, open this!" Draco stands up and opens the door. "Why are you here? Because I remember your BOYFRIEND picked you up just a moment ago…" Draco puts his hands up on his chin and acting as if he was thinking.
Hermione was turning red. "HARRY'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND! CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME IN?" Draco covered his mouth and gasped. "Why? Did you fight in the corridors on this bloody train?" Hermione rolled her eyes, "No! It's none of your business! Why don't you let me in?" Draco again thinks for a moment, "Ok…I let you in…but…you have to tell me what happened between the two of you. Agree?"
As if I have a choice…"Ok…just a little bit, not the whole story. Is that ok?"
"Am I dumb, Granger? I want the WHOLE story…" Hermione only nods. "But don't EVER laugh at me on what you are about to hear, ok?" Draco opens the door and let Hermione in. He sat down and motions to Hermione to sit down. Hermione sat down in front of him and place her bag beside her. "Spill…"
Hermione clears her throat and starts to tell him the story…
Watching Hermione leave, Harry can't help letting his tears fall down from his cheeks. What did I do wrong? Why did she have to drop it like that? I hate promises… He wiped his tears and opens the door to his compartment. Ginny eyed him with curiosity, "Harry, what happened?"
Harry sat and was wiping his face with clean handkerchief. "Tell me, Ginny…do you like Hermione for Ron…to be his girlfriend? Tell me the truth…" he said while looking down his feet.
"I like her for Ron but I can't show it to my mom. She hates Hermione for Ron…well…not only her…my whole family…except Ron and me. Why?" Ginny was confused while Harry was totally in shock, "Can you come with me and tell Hermione you're not mad at her? Because she thought you hated her so she won't let me force her to get in here."
"Why did she think like that?"
"Because she thought you're really angry at her and you don't like her for Ron. And you keep on avoiding her…"
"Harry…I just avoid her because my mom's insight. My mom thinks I hate her also. But…no…I like her. She makes my brother happy and all I wanted is for Ron to be happy." Harry stands up, "So are you coming?"
"Sure."
Hermione smiles, "And that's why I'm here…again…in this fucking freaking compartment…with you!" When Hermione finished her story, Draco burst into fits of laughter. Draco can't believe what Hermione said to him. Potter falling in love with his best friend! Of all people, he fell in love with a mudblood! What an idiot! "You promise me you're not going to laugh about it! You're unfair!" Hermione starts punching Draco's arms but Draco still won't stop laughing. "I HATE YOU!"
"I never promise you anything, Granger!" When Hermione heard this she punched him harder than he ever thought. "Hey, stop punching me! Stop it!"
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Hermione stops punching him, "I'm not finish with you, Malfoy!" She opens the door and was shock when she saw Harry with Ginny. "Harry, what are you doing here? And why is Ginny here?"
"Can we talk outside…again? Please?" Hermione just let him talk to you…just give him another chance. Remember you've been harsh to him an hour ago…"Ok! I'm not going to say anything. I'm just going to listen on what you have to say." Harry nods and Hermione joins them outside then she said, "Speak…"
"Hermione, I'm not mad about you. You thought I hate you for Ron…but…honestly…no. I'm just acting that I hated you because my mom is watching. I swear it's true. Can you understand what I'm saying?" After she finished what she said, Ginny looks at her with pleading eyes.
WHAT!? Hermione was shocked when Ginny said that. "Is this some kind of a joke, Harry?" Hermione asked him with no expressions painted on her face.
Harry shakes his head no. "No, she's telling the truth. So were friends…again?" Hermione thinks about it for a moment and then she smiles. "Sure. Wait for me here…again and I'll just get my bag."
Hermione enters the compartment and immediately grabs her bag. "Hey, Malfoy! I've got to go again, ok? Thanks for letting me in here for the second time. I'm not finish with you! Remember that. Bye!" With that Hermione exits the compartment without waiting for Draco's reply…again.
A/N With a fresh start...will Hermione be able to talk again to Ginny? You would find out...on the next chapter! REVIEW PLEASE!