Chapter 26.
Hermione and Draco were quickly taken to the hospital wing, Draco was the one with most the injuries, Hermione didn't have but a scratch on her. She had done that herself while she was hitting Mr. Malfoy with his pimp stick. Hermione sat in the chair next to Draco's bed, she didn't look at him she just tapped her foot and stared at the floor. She was playing with a piece of hair and biting her nails as well.
"Hermione are you alright?" He asked turning and patting her on the knee. This startled her so much that she smacked Draco across the face. "Ouch." He said.
"What did you ask me?" She asked looking at the red mark on his face.
"Don't hit me but I asked if you were okay?" Draco said laying back in bed.
"Oh yeah." She said. "I mean I just killed your father, so I'm just pucker." She said turning away from him.
"Oh don't beat yourself up about it. I could understand feeling that way if you killed your father, but honestly, he deserved what he got. Always has." Draco said softly then looking off to the left of Hermione.
"Yes, I guess so nipple dimer." Hermione said absent mindedly. Draco looked back confused.
"What the fuck is a nipple dimer?" He asked.
"Someone with big nipples, you know they look like a stack of dimes." She said making it sound like the most obvious thing in the world.
"Oh yeah why didn't I think of that." He said in a smart ass gay tone.
"Fuck you, you fucking cumbag." Hermione said crossing her arms across her chest and kicking him in the leg.
"Ouch." He yelled after she had.
"See Blondie don't fuck with me or I'll cause you a world of pain." She said trying to be serious but in the end she laughed and said she was sorry for kicking him. After a while they both fell asleep, hand in hand. Hermione slept in the chair and Draco in the hospital bed. Ron, Harry and Blaise were the first to come to the hospital wing, Ron was whining of course.
"Why do all the good things happen to other people and not me?" Ron pouted and crossed his arms across his chest.
"Because your the ugly ginger haired sidekick, nothing good is supposed to happen to you." Harry said smacking him on the back of the head. "That's what you get for being retard." Harry said walking up next to Hermione. "So bitch, was going on?" He said, Hermione looked confused and then she gave him the finger.
"And nothing's going on." She said getting up. "-except for the fact that I have to take a shower." She said as she started to walk. "Oh Draco you need one too, you smell like cow." She said walking out of the hospital wing. Once Hermione was out of view, Harry began to ask questions.
"Did she really kill your father?" Harry asked taking Hermione's warm seat.
"Yeah, she did. It was so odd, she just sat there most of the time-" Draco stopped and looked around. "-and then out of nowhere she like jumped into action and saved my sorry ass." He said. "She's beating herself up over it as well." He said sadly. "I mean first her father dies, and then she kills mine, all in the matter of a month, I can't imagine how she feels." Draco said looking at his hands.
"Yeah, I can't help but feel bad for her." Blaise said sitting on the bed near Draco's feet. Ron looked out the window, he was watching the snow fall. But what no one knew is that Hermione was standing outside the door, she had begun to cry, which to her is now a natural occurrence. "Do you think there's anything we can do for her?" Blaise asked.
"I don't know." Draco said.
"Maybe if we erased this past month." Harry said.
"Yeah. I think that would help her a lot. Maybe we could get some glimmer of the person that was here, that was her." Draco said. "It breaks my heart for her to be like this." Draco said. "I care more about her pain than I do my own." Draco said. After that Hermione ran back to her room and grabbed clean clothes and her red book, she ran down to the bathrooms and took the hottest shower she could manage without burning her skin off. When she was done, she walked into the last stall on the right, she put her knicks on and sat on the toilet she pulled out her book and began to write.
"I don't like this feeling, I can't stand it...He was going to kill Draco and then me. But I can't understand why it's making me feel like this. I should be happy one of my biggest enemies is dead, why aren't I jumping for joy, having a party? Why am I sitting in a bathroom stall writing this...I hate what life is right now, it was never so serious, no one close to me ever died, and I never killed anyone before. I can't act like there is nothing wrong, because there is, I wish I had the power to change it. But the sad part of my reality is that I don't.
I may have a wand, but I have no power. None at all, God what I wouldn't do to have a bit of fairy dust to sprinkle on myself and fly away...just fly away.
But in the end I know that wishing things away won't make them disappear. Something I have to face starting now." Hermione grabbed her bag and book and opened the bathroom door and walked out, She walked all the way to the hospital wing where Draco, Harry and Blaise were, Ron had left for lunch. When she walked through the door she threw her stuff down and spoke.
"I don't need you three to feel sorry for me, I don't need you to protect me, the only thing I need from you is love. Not sympathy...or anything just love me for me. Please that is all I ask. That's all I need, that all I want that's all I'm ever going to need in this life." She finally took a breath. Draco, Blaise and Harry stood open gobbed.
"Okay." They said together.
"Hermione, where are your clothes?" Draco asked.
"What?" She said looking down, she was still in her towel. "Fuck." She laughed. "I was writing and got pissed off and stormed up here." She laughed some more. "I got knicks on a least. So God forbid if the damn thing had fallen off they wouldn't have seen my you know what, and I don't have any boobs...so nothing to worry about there." She laughed again. "I can be a real dumb blonde sometimes." She said, she was nearly knocked off her feet by Dumbledore coming into the room, not that he hit her or anything, just the fact she's nearly naked and well, he's there.
"Oh Miss Granger." He said covering his eyes and turning around.
"Sorry sir." Hermione said. Draco, Harry and Blaise were still open gobbed. Hermione walked to the end of Draco's bed and grabbed his black dressing gown, she put it on and told him that he could turn around.
"Decent?" He asked.
"Yes." She said. He turned around slowly and saw that she was covered.
"All right, Draco you mother is here." He said calling her into the hospital wing. She came in rather quickly she ran over to Draco and enclosed him in her arms.
"Oh Draco, I'm sorry I tried to stop him from coming." She said kissing him on the forehead.
"It's okay Mum, I know you tried your hardest." He said pointing to her black eye. She touched it gingerly.
"I'm so sorry baby." She said holding onto him. No one in the room with the exception of Blaise had ever seen that kind of affection from her, they'd always thought her a carbon copy of Mr. Malfoy.
"It's okay." He said, She sat next to him on the bed, her arms were still around him. "Mum this is Hermione." He said beckoning her forward, which she actually came forward. Hermione waved sadly at her. She looked at Hermione with a look of disgust. Draco noticed this and told her not to look at his fiance like that. Her eyes went wide, she pulled away and looked at him.
"Fiance?" She questioned.
"Yes, Mother me and Hermione are to be married after we're finished with school." He said. She looked at him dumb founded.
"Are you serious?" She asked.
"Yes, mother I am, and if you don't like it you can leave. This school and my house." He said venomously. She looked at him. "Remember I'm the last Malfoy, by blood, so everything is mine. And I'm not Dad, I won't have hate in my house. So if you can't live like that, then you can leave." He said sternly.
"No baby it's not that. It's just- that's what I've always wanted. You know I don't care who you marry." She said sweetly. Hermione, Blaise and Harry smiled as she talked to Draco, they smiled at Draco for taking a stand for exactly what he wanted. "You know what? Never did I think you and Hermione would fall in love." She said.
"Nor did we." Harry said. After Harry finished Mrs. Malfoy got off the bed and walked over to him.
"Harry I want to apologize for the way my husband and his friends treated you. Pretty much for everything you've had to go through." She said taking him by the hand. "I hope you can forgive?" She said.
"Of course Ma'am." He said. When she was done with Harry she moved on to Blaise.
"Blaise thanks for always being a good friend to my son." She said. Blaise told her that she was welcome. Mrs. Malfoy now stood in front of Hermione. "Well, Hermione this is a pre-welcome to the family." She said pulling her into a hug. Hermione was shocked at first, but then hugged back. Mrs. Malfoy walked back out of the room and began to talk to Dumbledore, she came back a few minutes later and told Draco that he would be leaving in a while with her. Draco looked at Hermione who had taken her seat next to him on the bed.
"Mother is Hermione not coming as well?" He asked.
"Well, if you would like her too, she can." She said to him.
"I would like that very much." He smiled, which made her smile. She turned and went to talk to Dumbledore again. "Well, I went to your fathers funeral, now you can come to mine." He smiled.
"Yes, well hopefully she won't wear a red dress and get drunk." She laughed. "My Mum's got real balls." She said.
"Sounds like it." Blaise said.
"Fuck." Hermione said out of nowhere.
"What?" They asked.
"Oh never mind. Thought I had left my black dress at home." She said. "But I got it." She said. They started laughing at her. "Don't laugh at me, or I'll..."She looked around to make sure there were no adults around. "Avada Kedavra you." She whispered.
"Oh yes she will, she's an expert on that." Draco said putting his arms around Hermione. They all laughed. Shortly there after Hermione and Draco were sent o obviously pack the things that they would need while they were away. Hermione and Draco split up and went their separate ways, Hermione who had put her clothes back on before she ventured back out into the halls was the first one done packing. Of course Draco was in pain so he was even slower than usual. Hermione waited for him in the entrance hall. She was picking her nose when Draco appeared in the hallway. "Oh that's beautiful, I want a picture of that." He said. A few minutes later they were joined in the hallway by Mrs. Malfoy, Dumbledore and Blaise, who jut got the news that he was coming as well.
"Well, Ma'am they're all yours." Dumbledore said turning around.
"Yes, thank you." She laughed. "Ready boys, and girl?" She asked.
"Yes." The three of them answered. They were led out to a car that the ministry had sent for Mrs. Malfoy.
"Here we go kids." She said.
"Mother why did they send you a car?" Draco asked. She said out of the corner of her mouth.
"I have no idea." She shrugged her shoulders and laughed. Draco looked back at Hermione who looked confused.
"Yeah, she's a bit strange." He said kissing her on the cheek. They got in the car and got settled. They Malfoy's lived a while away, so after three hours of talking and staring out the window, Hermione, Draco, and Blaise fell asleep. Mrs. Malfoy kept a watchful eye on them as they slept. After another long while the car came to a complete halt, which rattled Hermione from her sleep. She rubbed her eyes and spoke.
"Are we here already?" She asked.
"Yes, dear we are." She said.
"Good." She said still rubbing her eyes.
"Yes, it is very good, my ass is hurting." She said.
"Mother." Draco said.
"What it does." She said getting out of the car, she began to rub it before she was greeted by a house elf. She spoke to him like a human and not an ugly beast. That made Hermione smile. They got inside it was very warm and comfy not at all like Hermione pictured. She pictured it dark and cold.
"Home." Draco said.
"Home." Hermione repeated.
"Home." Blaise said which made Hermione and Draco turn and look at him. "What? You guys said it so I thought I would follow you too." He said dropping his bags on the floor.
"Now." Mrs. Malfoy said walking back into the hall. "-Hermione you'll have the room next to Draco, and Blaise you can have the other." She said. "Go on get changed for dinner." She said. They all took her orders and went to walk up the stairs. "Aren't you going to take your things?" She asked pointing the bags on the floor.
"Oh yes." Hermione said running to get hers. "Draco, do you want me to get yours?" She asked.
"If you want to." He said. She smiled at him and picked up his bag. Blaise had come back to get his. They walked slowly up the stairs, Hermione and Blaise were stuck behind Draco. When they finally got up there, Hermione was shown which room was hers. She was gobsmacked by the size of the room, and the bed. Draco and Blaise laughed at her, which only got them the middle finger. "Nice." Draco said.
"Thanks." She said. Draco and Blaise left Hermione to explore her room. She was so tickled by it all. When she was done looking around she walked next door to Draco's room. "Holy Shit. You've got a lot of shit." She said bluntly.
"Thanks." He said from his bed. Hermione began to look around his room, it was just so clean and perfect, not dusty. It wasn't like a room, it was like a museum. "God." She said looking at his shelves, full of anything and everything.
"You rang." Draco said sarcastically.
"Fuck you." She said sitting at his desk. She picked up the small crystal paper weight. "Oh this fuckers heavy." She said. "Wonder what it would be like if someone got this thrown at them?" She said making seem like she was going to throw it at him.
"Don't!" he cowered. Hermione laughed.
"Like I would pick you as a target." She said setting it down. Blaise walked into the room a few minutes later and began to talk about something, Hermione was still looking around, she was going threough his closet now. "Oh man, what the fuck?" she yelled. Draco cringed. "Draco whatever your middle name is Malfoy." She came out of the closet with a pink dress. "Is this the actual dress?" She said holding it like it was one of Princess Diana's. Draco covered his eyes and huffed deeply.
"Yes, that is the dress." He said. Blaise was laughing.
"Hey is mine still in there? It was blue." He said. Hermione turned and walked back in.
"Yes." She yelled bringing it out as well.
"Hand it here will you?" Blaise asked with his arms out. Hermione walked over and gave it to him. He put it on and pranced around like a Queen. "I feel pretty oh so pretty." He danced. Hermione and Draco laughed at him, Hermione was laughing so hard that she was in tears on the floor, she was holding her stomach as well.
"Stop, stop." She begged. Blaise had begun to talk like a girl.
"Well, sir I do believe this is the prettiest hat ever made." He said. Hermione was laughing so hard that she was about to piss her pants. Draco was on his bed dying from laughter, he hurt so bad. But he didn't even care. After a while a house elf appeared at the door and informed them that dinner was ready. Hermione went to the bathroom washed her hands and met the rest of them in the dining room which she didn't find easily.
"Hermione so good of you to join us." Mrs. Malfoy said.
"Sorry I had to-" She stopped.
"-Take a piss?" Mrs. Malfoy said.
"Yes." She said sitting down next to Draco. Dinner was quite funny, the after dinner drink turned into a burping contest Mrs. Malfoy came out victorious. Blaise was disappointed that he didn't win. He threw himself into one of the chairs and crossed his arms over his chest and pouted.
"Aww Blaise don't pout." Mrs. Malfoy said downing another root beer, She belched and then laughed. Blaise pouted even more. Hermione and Draco laughed. At about ten o'clock Mrs. Malfoy ordered them off to bed, which they did grudgingly. Hermione said goodnight to Draco and Blaise, she was in the bathroom brushing her teeth when she was interrupted by Draco, he came to give her a kiss goodnight, which he did rather fast and then left. Hermione smiled and finished. When she was done she walked to the bed that had already been turned down by one of the house elves. She climbed in took a deep breath and fell asleep, not into a comfortable or pleasant one, she was haunted by Mr. Malfoy, he was all around her. She woke several times, she could have sworn he was standing over her, but he never was. The last time she woke up she got out of bed, she didn't know what to do, so she went next door to Draco's room. The door was slightly open, she could hear noises coming from inside the room. She pushed the door open a bit more, she could see Draco and Blaise. Her eyes widened, and she covered her mouth, Draco and Blaise were having sex, very gently of course. Hermione backed away from the door, and then ran down the hall. She ended up in the library, which was filled with books, none written by Muggles. Hermione grabbed one and began to read it, she got to page 253 before she fell back asleep. She didn't dream this time, or if she had they weren't bad at all. Hermione was woken up by Draco.
"Hermione?" He asked. She opened her eyes and sat forward, which made them bump heads. "What the hell are you doing down here?" He asked rubbing his temple.
"I couldn't sleep." She said getting up and putting the book back, she was about to walk out of the room when Draco's arm stopped her, he kissed her on the cheek. Hermione tried not to be disgusted but she was. "Man I have got to piss." She said rushing away from him. Draco watched her suspiciously.
"Okay. Hurry back for breakfast." He yelled.
"Okay." She said running up to her room, she was met by Blaise on the stairs. "Hello." She said rushing past him. She ran to her bedroom, then into her bathroom where she took a piss and brushed her teeth, and hair. She changed her clothes and ran back downstairs.
"Hermione good morning." Mrs. Malfoy said as she sat next to Draco.
"Good morning." She said back.
"How'd you sleep?" She asked.
"Alright." She said.
"That's good." She said. They spent most of the day with Mrs. Malfoy, they played games, had more burping contests where Mrs. Malfoy won every time. Draco had even asked his mother if he could by a TV and DVD player, she stared at him. "What's a DVD player?" She asked.
"Oh it plays movies." Draco said. "Wait you know what a TV is?" Draco asked.
"Yes, I have been in the muggle world before." She stated like Draco was a retard.
"Oh well..excuse me." He said in a gay tone.
"No excuse for you." Mrs. Malfoy and Hermione said together. Mrs. Malfoy smiled and then announced that she had to leave and that she would be back later. She never told them where she was going, but she was gone. Hermione laid in front of the fireplace in the sitting room reading a book. Blaise caught Draco's attention and signaled for him to meet him in the hall, Draco shook his head and watched as he left. Twenty minutes later Hermione noticed that the room was quiet. She figured those two had went off to fuck. Hermione went back to her book, a while later they came back into the room.
"We're back." Draco said.
"Where'd you go?" Hermione asked turning over and sitting up.
"To play chess." Draco said. Hermione shook her head and then noticed that there was a chess set in the room.
"Oh who won?" She asked.
"Draco." Blaise blushed, he tried to hide it, but Hermione saw it.
"Oh I always knew my baby was a winner." She said getting up, she walked back to the library to get another book. Hermione would have really loved to slap them both for trying to insult her intelligence. When she was walking back she could hear them talking to each other.
"You don't think she suspects anything do you?" Blaise asked.
"No, well I don't know, she could, you know she's not dumb." Draco said. Hermione opened her book and walked in she acted like she was reading it, but she was really snickering to herself. Before they knew it, it was time for bed, so they went. Hermione laughed when they said goodnight to each other. "What are you laughing at?" Draco asked.
"Nothing, just in a giggly mood." She said kissing him on the cheek. "Goodnight." She said brushing a piece of hair out of his face. "I love you." She said walking into her room.
The night seemed to pass quickly. Before Hermione knew it she was being woken up by a house elf. He told her to get ready quickly because today was Mr. Malfoys funeral. Hermione shook her head and pushed back the covers, she walked to the bathroom where she took a quick shower, she didn't have time for her hair to dry so she grabbed her wand and did a spell to make it dry. It was really curly yet again and she pulled it up like she had at her fathers funeral. She went out into the room where her black dress shoes and everything else was laid out for her. "Creepy." She said. When she was all done she rushed downstairs, she was looking around for everyone, no one was there. So she sat in the sitting room, she began to read the book that she had left there last night. About an hour later the rest appeared downstairs, ready to go. Before they went they had some breakfast, everyone seemed glum today, I guess the realization hit that he was really gone and he wasn't coming back.
As they got their coats on Mrs. Malfoy let it slip to them that Hermione might want to stick very close to either her or Draco. Hermione shook her head yes, and then eloped her arm with Draco's. They day went by quite fast, Hermione and Draco were standing in front of Mr. Malfoy's casket. They were listening to one of Mr. Malfoy's 'friends' speak about him. Hermione had been getting evil glares from people all that day, well with the exception of Blaise, Draco, Mrs. Malfoy and Crabbe and Goyle. Hermione stood next to Mrs. Malfoy, Mrs. Malfoy was crying, nobody was really paying attention to the man who was speaking they were all staring Hermione down. Mrs. Malfoy looked up and took notice, she looked at Hermione and Hermione looked back. Mrs. Malfoy wiped her face and then grabbed Hermione's hand. Some of the guests began to whisper to each other. Hermione turned to Draco and Draco turned to her, and they smiled and held hands as well. Finally it was all over, Hermione and Draco stood alone in front of Mr. Malfoys half buried casket. Draco had finally showed some emotion, in other words he was crying.
"Draco, nobody likes a sissy." She said in a humorous tone.
"Yeah I know. But I don't give a flip right now." He said wiping a tear away.
"I love you." She said turning him so that he would face her. "Even thought you're a closet pillow biter." She said making annoying bunny like nibbles. Draco knew what she was talking about, his eyes bugged and he was speechless. "We better get back to your mother." She said kissing him and walking off. Draco didn't move. "Draco come on it's cold." She said holding out her hand.
A/N: I'm sorry I tried to not make it to long, but it came out that way. I mean it was getting to be like 5,000 words the last time I checked, so I had to split up the chapters. So yes you get a chapter 27 very soon. I will more than likely finish that one today. So yeah Happy Christmas.