He's magic and myth as strong as what I believe, a tragedy with more damage than a soul should see…
"Sh…come on Hermione it's all going to be ok" Draco soothed her as she had her breakdown.
"What am I going to do Draco? What will I tell my parents? What will I tell Harry and Ron?" Hermione shouted out questions over and over as reality hit her.
"We'll figure all that out later right now that's not what we need to worry about…come here" Draco stood up and helped Hermione to her feet leading her to the couch and sitting her down.
"You still want to keep it don't you?" Draco asked as he sat down next to her.
"Yes…of course" Hermione answered shakily.
"Hermione I know that I haven't been the best person, especially towards you and Potter and Weasley. That's the only way that I know how to be Hermione…that's the way that my father taught me to be. He taught me that I was better than everyone else and that I should look down on those that weren't as powerful or as wealthy as me. It has taken me a long time but I am finally beginning to see that he was wrong, everything my father ever taught me was wrong" Draco said bitterly.
"That's what scares me Draco, if that's the only way that you know how to be then how can you possibly be able to love a child?" Hermione asked as delicately as she could.
"But I'm different now Hermione ever since…" Draco let his sentence trail off.
"Ever since what?" Hermione asked.
"Ever since you walked into that book store and we went to my car my life changed…you changed me. You have to give me a chance Hermione, let me show you how I can be" Draco said his eyes looking desperate.
"Okay, but you have to prove it to me" Hermione agreed.
"I will" Draco reassured.
"What time is it?" Hermione asked.
"1:30" Draco answered.
"Oh no! I'm late for classes!" Hermione yelled running around the room trying to gather her books.
"Hermione just skip the rest of classes today…there are only two more anyway" Draco said calmly.
"I can't I have to keep up, I can't fall behind!" Hermione said frantically.
"Hermione sit" Draco said standing up and placing his hands on her shoulders and forcing her down on the couch.
"I think you deserve a day off, I'll go to class and simply explain that you got sick" Draco said and stood up getting his books and opening the door.
"Hey Draco" Hermione said.
"Yeah" Draco answered.
"Thanks" Hermione smiled.
"You're welcome Granger" Draco said smirking and left the room.
Now Hermione was left in this empty place with nothing to do but think about everything that just happened. Hermione walked to the bathroom and saw on the floor the pregnancy test. Blue. How she now hated that color. How could your life be changed by a simple color? Hermione sat down on the floor and twirled the test in her fingers staring at the wall opposite her. The wall that she had slid down when Draco told her the news, the wall that supported her when she was crying.
But in a way Draco had been like a wall also. Holding her letting her cry on his shoulder and telling her that everything would be alright. This is a Draco that she didn't know. But it was strangely familiar. He was the same Draco that he was the day at the bookstore, she didn't think she would ever see that Draco again. But here he was, he had just stood before her. Somehow sleep took Hermione under. Under its magnificent lullaby all the colors swirling about, dark colors of blue and black and grey. It took her under its warm tide and the next thing Hermione knew Draco was shaking her gently awake.
"Hermione get up" Draco said and Hermione opened her eyes, it was dark out and she was in her bed. How did she get to her bed?
"What is it Draco?" Hermione asked.
"Do you trust me?" Draco asked sitting down on the side of her bed.
"What?" Hermione asked groggily.
"Do you trust me?" Draco repeated.
"Yes" Hermione found herself saying, surprising herself.
"Then get dressed I have something to show you" Draco said getting up and leaving the room.
That's strange Hermione thought getting up and putting on a pair of jeans and a hoodie. How long would it be until these jeans don't fit anymore she wondered? She shrugged her shoulders and went out to the common room.
"Follow me and be quiet" Draco instructed leading them out of the room.
"Where are we going?" Hermione whispered.
"You'll see soon enough" Draco said, he snuck them out of the school.
"What time is it?" Hermione asked
"1:00 AM" Draco answered but before Hermione could argue he put his hands over her eyes and stepped behind her.
"Don't open your eyes" he instructed.
"Where are we going" Hermione said placing her hands on his trying to pull the off of her eyes.
"You'll see just keep going straight" Hermione did what she was told and soon they arrived.
"Ok…open" Draco said removing his hands.
Hermione nearly lost her breath; it was a garden that she had never seen before. There were roses and petunias and carnations and all other kinds of flowers. There was also a beautiful pond that glistened in the moonlight.
"I bet you didn't know about this place" Draco said sitting down on a bench.
"No…I had no idea" Hermione said sitting down next to him.
"I come here to think sometimes…when the rest of the world gets to be to much I come here and it always puts me in a good mood" Draco said staring out at the pond.
"I didn't know that" Hermione said looking down at her hands.
"There are a lot of things you don't know about me Hermione" Draco said, he sounded far away.
"There a lot of things you don't know about me too" Hermione echoed.
"Why did you bring me here?" Hermione asked.
"I thought you needed a distraction" Draco said looking at her for the first time in a few minutes "I thought it might help get your mind off of things."
"I can't Draco…I'm just so confused" Hermione said sounding exasperated "I don't know what to tell everyone" Hermione confessed.
"You don't have to tell anyone anything right now" Draco said offering a comforting smile. He looked so delicate, so fragile…so beautiful.
"Draco there is a question that has been burning a hole in me for a long time and I really need to get it out" Hermione began.
"What is it?" Draco asked getting a little closer to her.
"That night at the bookstore…was I like all the others? What I mean is as I just another name to add to your list? Did it mean that little to you?" Hermione asked her cheeks burning red and looking down at the ground.
"No" Draco said.
"No?" Hermione asked looking up at him.
"Hermione I really don't know what you were. As I have already told you I have never loved anyone or anything and I don't know how it feels or what to expect. But you were not like the others. They didn't mean anything to me and you…well you…meant a lot more…you were different" Draco answered.
"Different in a good or bad way?" Hermione asked, a smile working its way up her face.
"Good…everything about you is good" Draco said. It was something Hermione didn't expect to hear; at first she wasn't sure if she believed him. But that look in his eyes…it said it all…it said everything she needed to know, and it made her smile.
A/N: Ok that's it for another chapter! Please read and review! I hope you guys liked it!
-BlackPearl07