Chapter 21
Hermione ran out of the grounds.
She hurried off to her home and shut the door quickly behind her.
She held her hand to her heart and began trying to calm her breath.
"He… Can… Not… Be… Here…" she breathed.
He was ruining her new life!
He couldn't do this to her!
What if he came to hurt her! Didn't he know she was there to forget! She couldn't do that with him around her!
She had to get out of there! She had to run.
She ran to her bedroom and began throwing things in her trunk.
Suddenly she heard a loud knock on her door.
"Go away Malfoy!" she shouted.
"Hermione, dear, this is Jade." The voice outside said calmly.
Hermione burned red of embarrassment and opened the door and let the headmistress in.
"Hermione, I think we need a talk." Jade said and went towards the kitchen to prepare tea.
Hermione followed after her.
"What is this with Mr. Malfoy that bothers you so much?"
"I… It's very complicated. I need to get out of here." She told the headmistress.
"Hermione, I am usually one who would not force people into making a decision but I need to tell you. Leaving here will be the worst mistake of your life."
"But I-"
"No buts. You need to stay. Good heavens know how much the children adore you. You are not only running from Mr. Malfoy if you leave. You are leaving the children."
Hermione sighed. Jade was right.
"Now dear, tell me what bothers you so much you would want to quit!"
Hermione sighed and began to explain a very, very long summary of what happened leaving out a lot of details.
Draco POV
When he entered the hall he immediately spotted Hermione.
She looked as if she was on a panic attack.
She stood up and gave him a look of pure sadness and disappointment and ran outside.
The students all looked to him for answers but he said nothing.
He took a bow for them as a few claps were heard and he ran to catch up with Hermione. The headmistress stopped him and said,
"Let me handle it. Go on and address the students. I'll take care of her."
Draco wanted to argue but let it go.
He went over to the faculty table and stood. The hall was immensely quiet.
"Um… Good evening to you all. My name is Draco Malfoy and I will be your new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." He said in a loud clear voice.
After a few moments of silence he coughed and they still kept staring at him.
He smiled a little and a girl suddenly fainted at one of the tables at the back.
A few of her friends carried her out of the hall.
He could hear crickets in his mind.
"Err… I know all of you are quite hungry so without further ado I do ask we start this feast." He ended and he sat down.
Waiters came from behind every doorway and began serving the food to the students and faculty.
He was growing edgier and edgier as the meal came to an end. The headmistress had already joined them shortly after the meal had started.
He leaned closer to the headmistress.
"Um… Jade? How's Hermione?" he asked.
"She will be perfectly fine. She has asked for you not to come at least 25 feet from her and I highly recommend you to follower her instructions. She is a very gifted witch." The headmistress informed him.
Draco sauntered back to his original position and left his food untouched.
He knew that he had to go after her after the meal. He couldn't just leave early on his first day on the job.
As the minutes just passed by he began observing his soon to be students. Most of them didn't seem to care about him and went on with their own little worlds but he noticed a few staring at him with disappointment in their eyes. What did he do to them?
After the meal he stood up and headed to the staff housing. Before he reached the doors though, a large group of students blocked his way.
"Why did Ms. Hermione run when you came in?" One asked in French and since Draco was fluent he was able to understand.
"We have a… history together." He said simply.
"What kind of history?" another asked.
"We… well, used to be in love. I still am actually." He smiled a bit.
The whole group screeched and it was only then that he realized they were all female.
"Why doesn't Ms. Hermione love you anymore?" asked the one in the front who looked to be the leader.
"She doesn't want to. I hurt her too much."
All the girls sighed.
"Why? What did you do? Cheat on her or something?"
"No. I have never cheated on her. We… it's complicated." He finally said.
"Are you sure you still love her?" the leader asked again.
He nodded and the group of students huddled.
"We'll help you!" the leader told him and they all hurried off to the faculty housing.
He just stared and watched as the girls made a beeline towards a house a little bit farther off.
He was kind of well… scared. If Hermione would be so explosive just because he arrived how would she react if he asked the students to help?
He began pacing around a bit.
How would Hermione react? Would she be okay with him being there? Why the hell did he come anyway?
To get her back.
Great. That voice was back.
Of course! I was off on a vacation but I'm back! Miss me?
No. Go back to where you came from.
I did! And I am home1 I bet you're so happy to hear me again!
No. Seriously. Go away.
No can do! I'm going to be here forever!
God. I better kill myself now.
No way! Don't kill me! That's a sin!
Urgh! Just go away.
Fine. But I'll come back! When you least expect it.
The voice was gone and Draco remembered Hermione. The girls were still in there. Were they dead? No way.
After a couple of minutes he began to relax. He heard nothing of what was going on… but in the other hand… maybe Hermione killed of those girls already! Their blood would be on his hands. No… Hermione wouldn't do that… would she?
He cringed as a scream cam from inside which miraculously, still reached his ears in a very… explosive volume.
"MALFOY!"
Authors Note:
Ha-ha. I just realized that in Bittersweet I actually ended two chapters with Hermione's name being said or shouted. I just wanted Draco to have the same honor! Ha-ha.
I have a feeling the end is near! Sob.
I'm so sorry it's so short but my school year already started and my workload is immense! This is all I could fit into my writing. I'm so sorry!