Draco Potter?

Chapter 10: Recovery

"That was amazing". Draco smiled.

He and Hermione were lying in each others arms in his bed. Their clothes were scattered through most of the room. Everyone and everything was still frozen. It was hard to believe that it was still in the middle of an ordinary schoolday. But neither of them really cared.

"I can't believe we actually did that", Hermione said, "We like barely know each other and--"

"I love you", he interrupted.

She stiffened, but said "I love you too" anyway. It was so weird that she meant it. She kissed him again. Everything was perfect.

Then Draco pulled away. He looked in Hermione's light brown eyes. He never really noticed how pretty they were. He loved her more than anything. If he lost her, it would kill him. "Promise me you will not ever leave", he whispered.

Hermione hesitated. Forever was the longest time. But now she couldn't imagine being with anyone else. "I promise". He smiled. She smiled back. She loved seeing him smile. It was weird how she could love him this much without really knowing him. She closed her eyes.

Draco looked at her. He couldn't believe this was actually happening. It was almost too good to be true. She was so beautiful. He was ashamed that he called her a Mudblood just two months ago. Two months... It seemed so much longer. But none of that mattered anymore. All that mattered was now.

Suddenly Draco heard something. Oh, it's just the crackling fire. Nothing to worry about. He closed his eyes too. Crackling fire!, Draco opened his eyes with a start. The fire was supposed to be frozen. Then he heard the clock ticking.

"Hermione?", he said softly.

"What?", she groaned, still with her eyes closed.

"I don't think everything else is frozen anymore".

Hermione opened her eyes. She heard the clock. "Oh my god". She froze everything again as quickly as she could. She unfroze Draco. "We have to go back. Fairytale's over". She wrapped one of the sheets around her and got up. She walked around the room, trying to find all her clothes. Draco did the same thing.

When they were finally dressed, Hermione walked towards the door. "Ready to face the big bad world?", she asked.

"Almost", Draco answered and picked up his bag from the floor. He walked to Hermione and grabbed her hand. "Ready". They slowly walked outside. There was no point in running, since time was still frozen.

"What do you have next?", Hermione casually asked.

"History of magic, I think", Draco scowled. "You?"

"Herbology", she answered. With Harry and Ron, she thought. Before she knew it, they were already on the stairs that led to the Great Hall. They stopped. Hermione saw her two best friends at the foot of the stairs, looking confused and both looking in another direction. They must've noticed she was gone.

Hermione gave him a last kiss goodbye. "Bye".

"Bye", Draco said sadly. He turned around and walked to where he was standing before. Hermione walked downstairs and stood behind Harry and Ron. She waved her hands.

"Where is-?", Ron began and looked behind him "Aaahh! Don't do that! You almost gave me a heart attack."

Hermione laughed. She was relieved that they unfroze just for a second before. They walked to the greenhouses talking about school stuff like nothing had happened. Like nothing happened... In that one split second when everything else was frozen, everything had changed. Well, not everything, but a lot. She, Hermione Granger slept with someone who used to be her enemy. She was actually in love with him.

It al seemed so unreal. Like she could wake up any second and realize it had all just been a good dream. She really hoped it wasn't. It all happened so fast. Less than two months ago she hit him, because he called her a Mudblood. Now they were in love.

For the second time ever, Hermione didn't pay attention in class. She kept thinking about him. She wondered where they'd go from here. Were they like girlfriend and boyfriend now? Probably. she was terrified about how Harry and Ron would react. He's Harry's brother and sworn enemy. But. She didn't have to tell them. It was really none of their business. But they were still her best friends. She decided she'd tell them, but not right now. Or this week. Maybe next month. Or on Christmas.

"Wake up!", Pansy hissed as the bell rang.

Draco woke up with a start. Obviously he'd fallen asleep again. He couldn't help it. History of magic was so boring. The dream he had was so much better. It was about Hermione. They were in "his" room and... Draco smiled. It was a shame it was just a dream. It was the realest dream he's ever had though.

On the way to his next lesson, he ran into Hermione. She waved her hands and before he knew it everything else was frozen and she had his arms around him. Apparently, it wasn't a dream. He smiled and hugged her back. They decided to meet each other after dinner in the Room of Requierment. Then Hermione ran back to where she was standing before and unfroze everything. She smiled at Draco and left.

The rest of the day went by way too slow. Draco was dying to see Hermione again. Because of her, he might just recover from the loss that is Rebecca. Rebecca... He couldn't help but feel guilty. But he had to move on sometime. She'd understand. He didn't feel any less guilty though. After all, it was almost entirely his fault that she died. She was innocent. The only mistake she made was falling in love with him.

What if the same thing happens with Hermione? Draco's insides froze at that thought. No, he wouldn't allow it. He couldn't lose her too. She was the only good thing that happened to him since Rebecca. It would be different this time. It had to be.

After what seemed a lifetime, Hermione got up from the Gryffindor table. She'd just finished dinner. Draco smiled at her a few minutes ago. She walked the hall. She could tell that Draco was a few steps behind her. Harry and Ron were next to her, talking about Quidditch. They went to the Common Room. Hermione didn't say a lot during the long walk to the seventh floor.

When they got there, she lied that she was really tired and was going to sleep early. She went to the Girls Dorm. It was empty. That made it so much easier. She froze time. She carefully walked downstairs. She couldn't be completely sure if it worked. When she got in the Common Room, everything was frozen. They looked like statues. She went to the Room of Requirement.

The rest of the castle was creepily quiet. She was so glad when she got there. She unfroze time and quickly got inside. Draco was sitting in a black armchair, reading. He never looked like the reading type. There was so much about him that she didn't know. He looked up and smiled. She smiled back and sat next to him. He kissed her once again. It felt so natural. It was so hard to believe they were enemies once.

They just sat there, kissing, for what felt like hours. Hermione had decided that she liked hugging and kissing more than sex and apparantly, so did Draco. To her that felt so much more intimate. At last, she pulled away. She leaned against Draco.

"This is so weird", she said.

"Not really", Draco said.

Hermione looked at him. "How can you not think this is weird?"

"I don't know. It just feels like this is how I was always supposed to be: with you".

She didn't really know how to reply to that. The scary thing was that she felt the same. This was definitely the weirdest day in her life. And also the best. "I actually know what you mean. But it's just..." She paused and carefully continued "We don't really know each other. I really don't know anything about you. I don't even know your real name."

"Dýou want to know my real name? It's Daniel", his face darkened when he said the D-word. "What else do you want to know?"

"Daniel? Are you serieus? Oh, nevermind. I want to know everything."

Draco smiled. This was like the first time ever that someone was actually interested in him. It felt good. So, he started telling her about what his life was like as a Malfoy. He told her pointless things like his favorite color and book. When he got tired of talking he asked her to tell things about her. They talked the whole night.

At daybreak Hermione said "Oh no, is it tomorrow already? I wish last night didn't have to end."

"Me too", Draco replied, "But unfortunately it did. We should go back to our Common Rooms."

"Do we have to? I could just freeze time and we could stay here forever."

"As much as I want to, you can't just always manipulate time like that when you feel like it."

She sighed "You're right. Let's go".

Disclaimer: Yes, I am the genius behind Harry Potter. Kidding. I will never ever own anything as great as HP. And before Funeral For A Friend sues me or something: yeah, some lines are from their amazing song Recovery. I love that song so much.

Authors Note: Sorry that it took so long. School got in the way. I'll update way more when I have vacation. Why does everyone keep saying the chapters are not in the right order? 'Cause they are. Oh, and thank everyone who reads this crap fanfic and actually likes it.