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Chapter 6:The Winter Ball

Draco still didn't talk to Pansy after what she did. It was all her fault. If she hadn't interfere then Hermione would be in his arms now. Draco, for the first time in his life was able to cry. He cried all throughout the night. In the day he would keep everything inside. A wave of pain would always come crashing down on him each time she saw Hermione. He missed her. He missed her a lot.

Hermione always cried at night and she would only stop when tears just wouldn't fall out anymore. When she literally stopped crying, her heart would cry. Each time she thought about him or saw him, some kind of pain would be felt in her chest.

The Winter Ball was going to be held tonight. The girls were all excited to show off their dresses. The boys were excited to see their dates. Hermione wasn't even planning to go but Harry and Ron had forced her to go. She took a shower placed light make up, designed her hair and then she wore her gown.

Draco went to the ball for only one reason, he wanted to see Hermione. He knew she would look stunning in any dress. Although he felt pain when he saw her, he still loved her and wanted to see her all the time and he had a surprise for her.

Hermione was the last one to enter the Great Hall. The minute she walked in, all eyes were on her. She was very beautiful. Her dress was long and was a strapless one. It was a very dark shade of green at the bottom and the top and they grew lighter approaching the center which was silver. The two colors may have been simple but the two colors blended nicely. She wore silver dangling earrings, her necklace was silver with a silver dragon as a pendant and her bracelet was also silver with a snake twirled around it. Her hair was tied into a bun with some curls hanging around her face.She looked perfect that night.

Harry approached Hermione and they started to dance. To the surprise of Hermione, no other couple was dancing and all eyes just stared at them.

Draco wished he was Harry. Harry stopped at the end of the song and she was facing the door. Harry told her, "Stay that way."

She did as she was old and she continued to face there. Then a huge scroll started rolling down and revealed the words in capital:

I'M SORRY. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. I LOVE YOU!

She knew it was from Draco. She was shocked that he did this in public. She turned around and she saw Draco kneeling. He started speaking

"Hermione, I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. I do love you. I'll tell you how much you mean to me. You're the sun in my life. You brighten up a gloomy day. You give me warmth in the insides when I feels like it's winter within me. You're my moon. You give me hope and courage when everything feels impossible. You stay with me during my darkest hours. You are my sky. You show me freedom and I finally realized that my love for you has no limits like the sky has no boundaries. You're my everything. Without you, I have nothing, I mean nothing and I am nothing. But with you, I'm the complete opposite. Because with you, I feel like I can be myself when I'm with you and I have seen a side of me that I thought wasn't there. So please don't leave me. I need you. You are like the air that I need to breathe, the water I need to drink. I only want to make you happy. I love you Hermione."

Tears fell from Hermione's eyes. Draco saw and he said, "I aid I'll make you happy and even if it means staying out of your life then I will."

"No. Draco. No. I love you too."

"Then why are you crying?"

"Because I'm happy. These are tears of joy. I love you too. But how do I know you're not lying?"

"Look into my eyes. Can you see it?"

"Yeah. I can see it. I can see your honesty and sincerity."

Draco took her in his arms and they started dancing. He put his arms around her waist while she placed her arms around his neck and they just kept staring into each other's eyes with a smile on their faces. At the end of the song, he swung her around like he did before. But they heard a bell. A bell that meant that the war had started. They all magically changed their clothes into their uniforms so that they can distinguish friend from foe.

They all started casting spells at the deatheaters. Draco saw his father facing Hermione. His father was about to cast a curse but Draco jumped in and took the curse and he protected Hermione.

"Now son, I see you're with this filthy mudblood. It's good that I killed you. Now, I will kill her."

He was about to cast a spell but Hermione had already casted the spell on him first. Voldemort got angry and he was about to kill Hermione because she had killed his most loyal servant but Harry interfered and he killed Voldermort there. The rest of the deatheaters retreated while some surrendered.

Hermione picked up Draco and she held him close. "Draco, please don't leave me. I love you. Please don't leave me." She kept repeating. She kept on crying. She didn't know what to do. Draco saved her life. Her tears kept on flowing and it seemed like it would never end.

She dragged Draco inside and she saw Blaise.

"Hermione, Draco told me to give this to you before just in case.'" Blaise said while handing her an envelope.