The comfort of Rain
Chapter 3. Midnight strolls

Around midnight the chilly air rustling through the room awoke Hermione. Her eyes fluttered open. She got up, out of bed simply because she couldn't get back to sleep.
She brushed her knotty hair; it always seemed to be like that when she woke up.
'I think I'll go out for a while.' She thought.
She quietly got dressed into Adidas pants, with a white T-shirt.
'He better not wake up, and then I'm through.' She thought.
She walked on her balcony, and began to climb down, when the balcony railing ended; she climbed from the wall down the wet grass with a thump, and began to walk towards the forest.
Not the forbidden forest, the other one where students were allowed in.
The cool air revived her, cleared her head. She looked at the huge castle that was her home away from home for 7 years.
'And it's going to be gone, when I leave to graduate.' She thought sadly.
She was lost in her thoughts, wandering in the woods, when she heard a crunch somewhere beyond her. She whipped around, suddenly frightened. Her breathing paced, her heartbeat quickened. She turned back around, and she gasped loudly. Draco Malfoy was standing right in front of her.
'Thank god it's only him, and not some maniac,' she thought, revived.
"What are you doing here?" She whispered, after the long pause.
"I should be asking you the same thing," He replied.
They stared at each other for a while, before she spoke, "Well I don't think it's any of your business," She stated, and started to walk away.
He followed her; "Well it is my business, when we run into each other in the exact same spot in the middle of the night." He said.
"I don't think we "ran into each other," I think you were following me," She said, starting to get agitated.
"No, I needed to get out," He replied.
"Then go then!" She yelled, they were still walking, her back facing him.
"Your hiding something, aren't you?" He asked skeptically.
She whipped around in rage, "And what makes you think that?" She snapped.
"Well, let's see, you, blaring rock music in your room all night, screaming and something breaking, mmm I don't know, your little nightmare?" He said sarcastically.
Crack.
She slapped him across the face. "What goes on in my life, is my business, you don't need to know a god damn thing! You don't fucking care, you've never cared! So what makes you think you will now?" She screamed.
She choked back the tears, as they started to fall. She hid her face, and started to run. He instantly felt guilty about what he said. His feet felt solid and were stuck to the ground.

He let her go, as her hair was whipping in the wind, the moonlight streaming on her face.
His cheek was burning. She disappeared as she climbed up the wall onto her balcony. He slumped to the ground.
'Why am I so hateful? What have I done, am I getting soft? Father would never approve,' He thought bitterly.
He watched as her light went out. He slammed his fist against the nearby tree. The bark crunched, and withered to the ground. Pain surged through his hand. He mended it back to normal with his wand.
He made his way back to his balcony, climbed up to his room, and fell into a deep sleep. Thoughts cascading in his mind.
A/n- HEY

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