He shook the thought from his head he did not love Hermione Granger. She was his friend and nothing more. Draco didn't know whether or not he should tell Hermione about her mother. He had known her growing up and knew she had a daughter somewhere, but he had never expected it to be Hermione, but now that he looked at her she looked exactly like her mother; the same honey-brown eyes and black hair. She even had the same nose as her.
He didn't know why it bothered him so much that Hermione wasn't who he thought she was, but for some reason it did. Maybe it was because being a mudblood had made her special and not like everyone else. He didn't want her to change; she was the only person in his life he could actually count on. He was afraid that if everyone found out about who she really was they would treat her differently.
He knew it was selfish but he wanted her all to himself. Right now he was her only friend and the only person she ever really talked to he didn't want that to change. Draco sat and thought about how the new Hermione would be. "Would she try to find her mother?" He thought. Draco was afraid that if she did she would be disappointed.
Hermione was the exact opposite of Kaitlyn Helford. Hermione was kind, generous, and caring. Kaitlyn was a bit snobby and all-in-all not a bad person but not the kind of person Hermione would be proud to call her mother.
He had made up his mind he would tell her, and if she asked about her mother he would be honest. Not brutally honest, but honest all the same. He walked to the great hall knowing it was dinner and found her.
"Hermione," He said unsure of himself.
"Yes?" He didn't know how to say it to her. He had never had a problem talking to her before but the lump in his throat was growing with every second passed.
"I knew your mother Hermione, she was a family friend, and I grew up with her always being around," He said rather fast.
"So you could tell me what she was like?" It was a simple question but for him it felt like a thousand knives stabbing into him. He hated to disappoint her and he usually avoided it at all costs, but he knew she wouldn't settle until he told her.
"I could," He said trying to avoid telling her.
"Will you?" He just couldn't seem to say no, the hopefulness in her eyes made his heart wrench.
"I... uh, Hermione before I tell you, you have to understand, your not going to like what you hear," The smile on her face immediately disappeared and was replaced by sadness.
"Was she that bad?" He could tell she was close to tears, but he couldn't lie to her. She would never forgive him if she really met her mother.
"Can we go somewhere else to talk?" She nodded.
"Sure, what did you have in mind?" He thought of his favorite place.
"Follow me," He grinned.
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They walked out the castle doors and into the Dark Forest. When he reached what looked like a wall of trees he whispered a password and a tree jumped aside to reveal a stone path. They walked down it until he reached a clearing. The path soon disappeared Draco turned to her.
"So what do you think?" he asked smiling?
"I-It's beautiful," She stammered.
Just ahead was a large crystal fountain sat in the middle of a crystal path, the moonlight shone on the path illuminating the night. She walked toward it and realized; diamonds, sapphires and emeralds were encrusted into the path.
"Okay, let's see…your mother was an interesting person," He started with as soon as Hermione's attention was on him. She smiled as if telling him to go on.
"She had her sweet moments…and her not so sweet moments. She was very beautiful and always buying new clothes just for fun, and she loved to make trouble," He paused, "That's about all I can tell you about her; I didn't know her that well," He shrugged.
"Okay, let me get this straight, you took me all the way out here to tell me that?" Hermione said slightly annoyed.
"Not just to tell you that; I wanted to share my favorite place with you," The blush in his cheeks rose; He couldn't believe he had been so stupid.
"Oh, well, ok then," She said a bit embarrassed herself.
"Well I guess it was a bad idea," He sighed, "Come on, I'll take you back to the castle," He started walking back in the direction of the stone path.
"No wait, I want to stay for a while," As she smiled his heart melted. He didn't know why it always seemed to do that but it did.
A/N: I know its way short, but i dont have time at the moment to write a longer one. I promise I will update asap. And I'd like to thank all my reviewers and hope to get more reviews. xoxoxo.
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