It had been an hour, since we chose our fate. Malfoy had gone to get ingredients. It was safer to be here, while we do this. He had set up wards, to keep out any unwanted guests. When he left I added a few on top of those. We didn't want any accidents. We didn't need a lot of ingredients. It was a simple potion. Malfoy just had to get them from Snape's storage, without getting caught. Easy enough. I walked around the place, looking at this and that, with no particular interest.
I wanted to go with him and help but he convinced me out of it. He said that, Death would only strike when we were together, so going together would be dangerous. So none the less I stayed. Soon everything would change. I trembled. It was a scary thought. My stomach began to rumble. It wanted food. How obvious. When Malfoy got back, I would go and get some food, and other things. We decided to stay here tonight, and get things ready for tomorrow. It wasn't long before he arrived with a bag full of things. He placed them all in groups on the floor.
"This is all of it" He muttered.
"Ok, so it will take a few hours to make right?" I asked. I wanted to know how long we had to wait.
"Yeah but if we do it quickly it should be done by mid day tomorrow" Malfoy said as he stood up, and threw the empty bag down, "Are you sure you want to do this?
I nodded.
"We had our options Malfoy and we chose one that suited us, it's not like were being forced to do this" I said as I went and got a cauldron. Malfoy helped me move it to the room. Then we started to make the potion. After about 30 minutes and 23 seconds, my stomach growled again.
"I need food" I said as I got up, "I'll go back and get some"
"I've got some here" He said as he pointed to another room.
"You tell me this now?" I asked.
"You never said anything" He replied casually.
"Can't you read my mind? Oh wait; you can "I said sarcastically.
"First you don't want me in your head and now you do, are all girls like this?" He said as he stopped stirring the potion.
I didn't reply. I'm hungry I thought as loud as possible. Malfoy got up and showed me the way. He opened a few doors and there was a kitchen. He opened a few cupboards and handed me some things. I then pulled out my wand and muttered a spell and Bon appétit. Food. Nice food. I took what I wanted and Malfoy did the same.
"I didn't think you were hungry" I said as I watched him eat.
"I'm not, but if there's food on the table, I'm not going to say no am I?" Malfoy replied as we finished our dinner. We put the dishes in the sink, as they began washing themselves. We walked back to the potion.
I was cutting them up and he was putting them in. Potions wasn't one of my best subject, but it was his. He asked for something and I gave it to him with no fuss at all.
"Harry and Ron are probably worried" I said after a while.
"I told Snape that we were trying to do something and he said he would cover for us" Malfoy said, not looking up from the potion.
"What is he doing?" I asked. Did Malfoy tell him our plan?
"I have detention and you are doing extra curriculum, to boost up your grade in Potions" He said, still focusing on the potion.
Well, that sounds like me doesn't it? They would believe that. He really did have this covered. But how much did he know?
"Relax Snape doesn't know, he won't be barging in on us" Malfoy said. He found it amusing that I was stressing!
It was getting late. We continued on with the potion and found that it was almost done. So why did we have to wait till mid day?
"This was faster than I expected" He said shockingly.
"Did we do it right?" I asked checking over the instructions. I read them out and he nodded to all of them.
"We did it right, it's ready Granger" He told me. We waited for it to cool down before pouring it into two vials.
We placed them next to us and just stared.
"Do you, ah, want to do it now, or wait?" He asked. He was actually considering me. How odd and different. Yes, different is a better word.
"We might as well... do it now..." I whispered slowly. He nodded, but we still didn't do anything.
"It's takes about 6 minutes for it to take full effect" He said solemnly. I nodded.
"I'm shacking" I said as I looked at my hands.
"Granger we don't have to do this now, look we will wait until tomorrow ok, it doesn't make a difference when we do it" He said. He actually was worried.
"No. We said we were going to do this and we will" I stated. I wasn't going to back down now. He nodded. He didn't want to pressure me. How nice.
We opened the vials. He counted to three and we drank it.
6.00 minutes.
We placed the vials down and just stood still. 6 minutes didn't feel so long anymore. Nothing did. Everything was going to change now. I could hear Malfoy thinking. I couldn't help but smile.
5. 00 minutes.
I walked over to the bed and laid down. I wanted to be comfortable. I closed my eyes and thought of everyone. My parents, friends, Malfoy. I felt the bed move. I opened my eyes and say him laying there, his eyes looking at the ceiling.
"It's a nice ceiling" I said. He laughed.
4.00 minutes.
"I love staring at it, it relaxes me sometimes" He stated as he turned his head to face me. I looked at him.
"I don't think I've spent this long with someone before" I said truthfully, "Well apart from Ron and Harry"
"Well, there is a first time for everything" He said.
I smiled.
2. 30 minutes.
"I don't think I've been with a girl for this long before actually" He confessed.
"Really?" I asked, in disbelief.
"I'm more of an outdoor person Granger, most girls aren't" He said.
We laughed. It was the first time we both laughed together.
We were silent. Nothing had to be said. We knew what was about to happen and we accepted it. That's life.
30 seconds.
"Well, I'll see you round Granger" He said happily.
"Ditto" I replied as we both closed out eyes, waiting for the last second to pass by. I smiled. I would welcome death with a smile on my face. And that's exactly what I did.
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End.
Sorry for the late post but last night I felt really sick. This is the last chapter I hope you have enjoyed the story and thank you to everyone who reviewed.