Dedication will be at the A/N later!
Disclaimer: not mine. Only the plot.
Summary: Draco is dying, he only has a year left to live and no amount of magic can save him. Now Draco promises to change- to make his few months of living filled with laughter instead of tears. Will be D/Hr, sooner or later. R&r please.
Synopsis: Draco made a list of things he'll
do before he dies. Hermione writes her dreams down and tries to forget
it.
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Chapter 7: Frustrations
The 6th year girl's dormitory was silent. Only the scratching of a quill in the far corner of the room can be heard. Hermione had started writing her dream since 3 a.m. and still she wasn't finished. She stretched her arms and yawned. She realized that, somehow, the notebook helped. She felt calm. She felt inner peace. First time ever since those morbid dreams started.
She snapped the metallic notebook shut and stood up. It was already 6 in the morning and she decided to get ready. She got her schedule and her bag and tried to organize her stuff. She smoothed her schedule and looked at it. They have double potions first thing in the morning.
"Damn!" Hermione thought as she ready her ingredients and her cauldron. She hated potions. Well, actually she liked potions. She liked the art and the lesson. Only the people in it is the only thing that spoils it. Hermione placed her cauldron on her desk and grabbed her towel. "Well.. Since I'm early today, I'll take a stroll outside.. after I bathe.." she thought. "it might ease my mind" With that, she grabbed her toiletries and entered the bathroom.
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Draco just finished dressing up. He hadn't
have any sleep but he was still widely awake. He got his wand, grabbed
his list and his pain killers and put it in his pocket. He sighed. He'll
start with his list today. There was no time to waste.
Time was precious to him now. Only in
the age of sixteen had he realized how important time was. How he wished
to slow the time. 4 months wasn't enough to complete his life but it was
better than nothing. Draco looked back at his desk to see if he had forgotten
anything. Since there was nothing left on his table, he left the room quietly.
Draco was now walking silently. He didn't know where to go in particular so he decided to go outside. He quietly climbed down the stairs and was greeted by a stream of fresh golden light of the slightly opened entrance hall door. He scanned the area for a moment before he went outside.
Draco shivered as he walked towards the lake. It was a chilly morning and the wind was somehow strong. The cold breeze ruffled his hair but he didn't care. He walked over the side of the lake and carefully sat down on one particularly large rock. Draco stared at the sparkling lake for a moment before pulling his list out of his pocket. "What should I do first?" he muttered silently as he unfolded his list. He read it silently and reread it again. He sighed. It was harder than he thought. He folded the parchment, put it back in his pocket and stared yet again at the sparkling lake.
"Maybe I'll start with the minding my own business part.." he mused.
Another stoke of cold wind cuff him in his face. Draco gave another involuntary shudder and he instinctively rubbed his hands together for some heat. It was really getting cold and he could feel his skin numbing because of it. He stood up. He just needed to get inside, he couldn't take the frosty feeling on his skin. He gave the lake one last glance and decided to go straight to the great hall and force himself with some breakfast.
On his way to the entrance hall, he felt a jabbing pain on his stomach that made him stopped dead on his tracks. Draco's heart was pounding fast. "Oh no! not here.." he muttered desperately to himself as he frantically looked around to see if there was someone around. "Please not here.." he stopped moving to prevent the pain from getting far more worst but it was no use, it was getting more painful. "Oh no.. Please!! Go away!!" he then sat down on the freshly cut grass and clutched his stomach. He was hoping, praying for the pain to go as quickly as it began. Draco was starting to panic. He couldn't see clearly, he was becoming dizzy. "Oh no.. somebody! Anybody help me.. my pain killers.." he was fighting back tears and was grinding his teeth in pain. His other hand, however, was trying to get his pain killers but for some reason he couldn't get it out. "Oh no.. I need help.."
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Hermione was on her way outside. She was now humming softly, her mood somehow better. She was clutching the metallic notebook near her chest and was greeted by a cold stroke of wind that cuff her in the face. She shivered and could see the fresh stream of golden light coming from the opened entrance hall. She then reached the door and went outside. Another stroke of wind slightly ruffled her hair. She instinctively hold it to stop it from getting to her eyes. It was really cold.
She then looked around and went towards the lake. Never knowing, or never realizing that there was someone near the entrance hall, sitting on the floor, gritting his teeth in pain. Needing desperately for help. She didn't know.. She didn't notice.
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Draco tried to stay calm and tried not to move. Even if in his mind, he wanted to scream out loud in pain, he tried not to make any movement or any sound that could make him feel far more worst than he was feeling now. He was now clenching his fist tightly and he knew it was bleeding. He tried desperately to get his painkillers and felt absolutely relieved when he finally got it out. This time however, although he was thoroughly in pain, he tried to move himself out of view. He could hear someone approaching. The humming of whoever was doing it was getting louder by the minute.
"Dammit!!.." Draco muttered to himself as he tried to stand up and tried to move himself somewhere near the entrance hall. He was somehow hidden by the fountains and there he sat down. His hand was shaking slightly when he opened the lid of his painkillers. He felt like barfing. "Oh no.." he knew he would throw up sooner or later. He could feel it. He then gripped the pills tightly in his fist.
Draco got one capsule, placed it in his mouth and tried to swallow it without water. He tried to wait patiently for the medicine to work but it seemed like it wasn't helping him at all. Then, unexpectedly, he felt his throat involuntarily open and he threw up. He clutched his stomach tightly and he continued to get sick.
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Hermione was reading halfway through her dream when she heard something near the entrance hall door. A sound of someone getting sick. She shook her head, she knew she was probably imagining it. Since she had those morbid dreams, she had a lot of difficulty in differentiating reality to dreams. It was driving her crazy, she couldn't think straight. Hermione shrugged and didn't mind it. She then continued to read what she had written when she heard yet again the sound. She turned around and stared at the entrance hall door. She listened intently and heard it for the 3rd time. Someone was in pain, she could feel it. Hermione snapped the metallic notebook shut and decided to investigate what that was.
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"Dammit!" Draco muttered under his breath. He wanted to strangle whoever made his painkillers to death. It was barely working, though he felt slightly relieved that at least at some point, he could feel the painful jabbing in his internal parts slowly stopping. He then pulled his wand out and cleaned the mess he made. He still needed to sit still just incase the pain might come back. Draco rubbed his head, he was now having a migraine. He didn't know whether it was a side effect or another pain attack. The only difference this time was that it wasn't in his stomach. Draco closed his eyes for a moment when he heard someone calling.
"Is anyone there?"
Draco's eye popped opened as he bolted upright. "Oh no.. Isn't that Granger's voice?"
"Is anyone there?" she called again.
Draco started to panic. He was still slightly in pain but nevertheless, without making any sounds, he stood up and hide behind the bushes. His hands was still clutching his stomach and the other one was on his forehead. "What the hell is she doing here?" he asked himself as he watched Hermione search behind the fountain where he was last seated when he got sick. He looked at her more closely and to his amazement, she was cursing herself.
"Dammit!!" Hermione shouted in frustration as she sat down and started to pound her head with her fist. She had been right, she had imagined the sound. She was the only one there. How could she be so stupid enough to think someone was actually getting sick there? Well, if there was, she knew pretty well that the person might probably be in the hospital wing--not there in the lake.
Draco couldn't believe his eyes. It was the first time he saw Granger like that. "Was she always like that?" he thought as he watched her sat down and looked as if she was about to cry. "What's she so frustrated about?"
"Argh!! I knew I heard someone!!" she muttered as she looked around once again to make sure. She sighed and stood up. This thing about her dreams and imagination was making her mad. She just have to let it stop. With one last frustrated moan she went inside the great hall. Leaving a very confused Draco..
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A/N: I know this is kinda short and a
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