AN: No beta. Thanks to all that are reading. Also I keep posting out of spite! XD
Hermione looked out at the ocean. Watching the waves crash onto the shore no longer gave her peach or a sense of calm as it once did. She sighed as she walked back to the bungalow. She looked around. She no longer felt happy. She no longer felt that this place was an escape for her. Instead everything was a reminder of him, of what she had with him. And it just became too much. She was miserable. She waved her wand and everything packed itself into boxes. She waved her wand again and all the boxes flew and shrank into one box. Hermione looked around and it felt empty and cold. She picked up the box and headed over to Theo and Pansy's.
Hermione found them both at the beach house sunbathing. Pansy wore the skimpiest bikini she had ever seen. Theo glanced over and saw Hermione holding a box.
"You're leaving?" Theo asked
"Yes" Hermione said setting the box down
"At least you had enough decency to say goodbye to us" Pansy said
"Can you just hold onto this box for a while?" Hermione asked
"Are those Draco's things?" Theo asked
"Some of them, most of it, some of it is mine, but I don't know what to do with it" Hermione said
"We'll hold onto it for you. When do you leave?" Theo asked
"Soon"
"Where are you headed?" Pansy
"I'm not sure. I just can't stay here anymore" Hermione said
"You know you're always welcome here" Pansy said
"Thanks. I'll owl you if anything happens" Hermione said
Hermione went to the cafe where Greg was eating lunch. She sat down next to him. Greg glanced over to her and smiled.
"Hey" Greg said
"Hey" Hermione answered
"So that last song you wrote. I'm thinking we should do another video"
"With the class instruments?"
"No, something else"
"Greg, I'm leaving"
"I figured you would. Where you headed? Are you going to find him?"
"I don't know"
"Well before you leave, how about we do one last thing together?"
Harry was walking down the street in Diagon Alley when his phone beeped and he took it out to see what the notification was. There was another video. He played it to watch it. The entire video seemed to be shot in reverse, but the singer was singing the words correctly. He realized that they used magic to make the video. He watched it, realizing it was someone who was in a car accident. But it started with the man in the hospital singing and then showing how he got there, and it ended with him in the car driving with Hermione sitting next to him. They were both laughing and smiling before she was thrown out the windshield of the car. There was an overwhelming sense of sadness.
Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets, And ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start
Harry called Hermione, waiting for her to answer. It went to voicemail. Harry sighed and walked into an alley. He cast a patronus to send a message to Hermione.
"Hermione call me, fire call me, whatever, just talk to me when you get this. And Crookshanks misses you too"
Harry looked at the video and saw that it had over a million views already.
I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
Tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh, and I rush to the start
Running in circles chasing our tails
Coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
Hermione held the giant shell in her hands. She pressed it up against her ear to hear Draco singing. She smiled faintly. She saw Harry's stag appear and Harry's voice. She placed the shell into her bag. Instead of answering Harry, or calling him, she took her wand out and apparated away.
Draco sat in his room, strumming his guitar. He starts writing a song again. He plays a few chords and then writes them down. He starts from the beginning and plays what he's written so far. Narcissa hears the music and walks towards his room. She opens the door and sees him playing. She watches him, listens to him and wonders where he learned this. She hears him hum along with the music. Draco notice his mother and stopped. He placed his guitar down and stood up.
"Mother"
"Draco, I didn't know you played. When did you learn this?"
"I learned a few things while I was in the states"
"Why don't you ever play for me?"
"This isn't a piano recital mother"
"Draco"
"I didn't think you were interested"
"I am interested in anything you do. I'm your mother. I will always support you"
"It's just a silly hobby I picked up"
"It doesn't sound silly"
"It is, it all is"
"Draco, why do you do this? You were always so proud as a child, always wanting to show me everything you had done. The first time you rode a broom, the first time you used your wand, you were so enthusiastic"
"I'm not proud of this"
"Of your music?"
"It was an escape for me. So I wouldn't have to think about what was happening to you here. It's the part of me that enjoyed the sun and beach while you were locked away. I am ashamed of it"
"Draco…"
"All of it"
Draco pointed his wand at the guitar and it changed back into a teacup. He left the room. Narcissa watched her son walk away. She knew he was carrying an enormous amount of guilt. And that guilt was eating him away slowly. She never blamed him or hated him for her house arrest. She had hoped that Draco escaped England when she was under house arrest, and found a new start somewhere else. And it sounded like he did, for a short time. It pained her to see him like this.
Narcissa went back into her room and sat down at her desk. She pulled out some parchment and began to write a letter. She would fix this. She would find a way to make her son happy again. She had few friends left, but she knew the few she had would help her. Her quill began to write on the parchment.
Dear Pansy,
Thanks for reading. The song I used is The Scientist by Coldplay. And also the video which they shot in reverse. You should check it out if you haven't yet. I know Draco and Hermione need to meet already! And remember SPITE! XD
