Into the Woods
Chapter 6: Confessions
A silence hung in the air for quite a long time, but Draco took Hermione into his arms and rocked her gently, while she cried softly into his shoulder.
When Hermione finally lifted her head, you could see that her eyes were puffy and her face was red. Strands of hair stuck to where her face was wet with tears.
Draco brushed the hair out of Hermione's eyes and then kissed her forehead.
Hermione sniffled and asked, "Draco, do you really love me?"
"Yes, I do. I always have – ever since I first laid eyes on you," Draco confessed.
"So all the…fighting and stuff…?"
"I was just so jealous of you, yet I loved you at the same time. I mean, you were smart, you had great friends – I never really had any – all the teachers loved you.
"So I made fun of
you. I guess it was just my way of forgetting all that
jealousy."
"Oh, Draco! I never knew. I guess if I had known
you were jealous of me…"
Draco put a finger on her mouth and
then leaned in to catch her lips with a kiss.
She didn't resist.
A/N: Sorry. That was an extremely short chapter. The next will be longer, I promise.