A Little Bit Special: Chapter Forty-one:
Living!
Shortly there after Madam Pomfrey came out and informed them that Hermione couldn't receive any visitors. The three of them walked quietly out of the hospital wing. It was near dinner time so they just went down to the Great Hall, Draco stared at his plate of food that night. Draco was far to upset, Draco went back to his dorm after dinner. He was laying on his bed looking up at the ceiling, when Blaise walked in, he cleared his throat and spoke. "Harry told me about Hermione," He said placing his hands at the end of Draco's bed frame, he hunched forward and he bit on his lower lip. Draco's eyes moved from the ceiling to Blaise's face. "You all right?" He asked. Draco sighed and closed his eyes.
"Yes, I'm fine." Draco said in a voice barely above a whisper. Blaise stood here for a few minutes, he shifted from foot to foot until the silence finally bothered him enough to leave. Draco had gone back to staring at the ceiling long ago.
The next day after classes were over Draco went up to the Hospital Wing to see Hermione, to his delight she wasn't hanging out of a window. Draco kind of leered by the edge of the hospital bed divider. "Hello," Hermione said, she somewhat scared Draco.
"Hello," Draco said walking over.
"How are you today?" She asked.
"Good and yourself?" Draco asked taking a seat.
"All right, I feel a bit under the weather." Hermione sniffled.
"Oh that's shit," Draco said.
"Yeah, Madam Pomfrey told me that it's not smart to play in cold water," Hermione laughed.
"Yeah, not the smartest thing to do," Draco smiled.
"Yeah, figured it out before she ever told me. So what's your name again?" Hermione asked all in one breath.
"Draco," He said.
"That's what I thought, so-" Hermione said looking at the piece of paper that Harry'd given here. "What do you think of that David Beckham? Pretty fit eh?" Hermione said.
"I don't know who that is," Draco laughed.
"Well, neither to do I." Hermione laughed. Draco started to laugh again. Draco and Hermione found more things to talk about, Draco could see a bit of Hermione still lingering there. Before Draco left for the night Hermione asked him if he would take her for a ride of his broomstick, Draco knew that Hermione didn't like to fly so this seemed an odd request.
"Okay, when do you want to do this?" Draco asked.
"Now," She whispered leaning over in her bed. Draco smiled and then went to get his broom, Hermione and himself had to sneak out of the hospital wing, they headed for the Astronomy tower.
"Are you sure about this?" Draco asked before they mounted the broom.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I?" She asked.
"No reason," Draco laughed.
"Good, now lets go!" Hermione said, which Draco did. They took off on the broom, Hermione was extremely excited about it. She laughed the whole time, mid-way through the flight Hermione flung her arms out and when asked what she was doing, "living" was her reply. For some reason that brought a smile to Draco's face, after a while they landed by the edge of the lake, Draco was a bit nervous.
"You're not going to get in again are you?" Draco asked.
"No, I think I've leaned my lesson!" Hermione said.
"Good, so shall we go back, or do you want to freeze out here?" Draco laughed, Hermione did as well.
"Let's go back, it's cold out here!" Hermione said walking away. Draco was left behind.
"Wait up," Draco said trailing after her through the snow.
"I wonder what it would be like to die?" Hermione said as they walked back to the castle. She stared up at the moon as they walked.
"Why do you wonder that?" Draco asked.
"I don't know, it's just something I wondered about," Hermione said. Draco looked ahead and walked on. "I don't think there's anything to fear, you never know it could be wonderful," She said in a cheery voice.
"Dying yes, but being dead, who wants that? Once you are, you are never coming back!" Draco said.
"Only the weak would say that!" Hermione said.
"So now I'm weak because I'm scared of not living?" Draco asked.
"Are you really living?" She asked. Draco stopped at the entrance of the school. Draco was thinking seriously about her question.
"Aren't we all living?" Draco asked.
"Yes, but most never live at all, Don't be afraid to jump off a building, or swim in frozen water, or shark infested. Or just do the craziest things, scariest things in the world." She danced around as she said all of that. She looked so alive that it intrigued him. "What are you smiling at?"
"You, you're so different. One week ago you weren't like this," Draco said.
"What was I like?" She asked.
"A bit more serious, yet fun. But never really free." Draco said, he just noticed that they were still outside. "Bullocks we should get inside." Draco said opening the door.
"Do you like me this way?" Hermione asked before she took a step. Draco turned back to look at her.
"I'd like you better if you knew who I was," Draco said seriously. "But I won't dwell on it, I'll take what I can get," Draco smiled.
"Good, don't!" Hermione said walking past him inside. Draco walked Hermione back to the hospital wing, they said goodnight and went their separate ways. "Will I see you again Draco?" She asked. Draco stopped walking and turned around.
"I suppose so," Draco said.
"Good, I'd like that!" Hermione smiled and walked back inside the Hospital wing.
"I'd like that too!" Draco muttered after she'd left.
A/N: Yeah it's a bit short, oh well if you don't like it you could complain about it! On another note, my sister is pregnant...again. I'm going to be an Aunt for the third time in four years. I'm to young for this! LOL! Well, see you all next week with another chapter of this really, really stupid shit that really has no point, plot or...anything!
XOXOX Jessica!