Draco vaguely wondered what happened as he stared at the door to Hermione's bedroom that she banged seconds ago.
After a few minutes of staring into space, the blond wondered if he should go and ask her what's wrong. He thought about her reactions when he did just that ten minutes ago, and reconsidered if he should risk being punched in the face this time. Oh well. That's what friends are for, right?
Now wait a minute, did he just think of a mudblood as a friend? But what does she think?
Slowly, Draco walked towards the other prefect's door. When he approached it, he raised his hand and knocked. There came no response. He knocked again. Nothing.
"Are you listening?"
"Granger?"
He put his head to the door and listened closely. There was only silence on the other side of the wall. A peculiar thought suddenly struck him. What if she hurts herself or tries to kill herself? Horrified at the thought, Draco kicked the door with all his strength.
The door rattled with a BOOM! It didn't open though, as if it was locked by magic, which probably was the case.
But other than the sound of the door rattling, there was another echoing sound. It sounded like a something hitting the wall, hard. The Slytherin hoped that it was a pillow, not Hermione's head. A terrible image flashed in his mind: Blood was flowing form a open wound on the brunette's cracked skull dripping her dark brown curls. It formed a crimson pool around her as her motionless body slumped against the pale white wall, her face the as ashen and lifeless as the concrete behind her in comparison to the bright red blood.
But why would he care? Why did he panick at the thought of her being injured? His thoughts were cut off as a shaky voice demanded, "What do you want, Malfoy?!"
He let out a breath of relief he didn't realize he was holding. "I just want to make sure you're OK."
"Why? So you'll have someone to make fun of and pick on everyday? Of course, what would be the fun of mocking a dead person?" Her voice cracked, and faint sobs could be heard.
He hesitated, was he really saying it? "I'm sorry, Hermione."
There was silence again. Then the door unlocked by itself and opened a crack.
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