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Chapter 23 – Can't sleep.
"So you're moving back?" Ginny asked with a confused expression.
"Yes. But only for few weeks until they finish the renovation after that I'll be moving back in." Hermione answered calmly as she buttered her toast.
"Cool! We can stay up and talk like we used to!"
"Hey Hermione." Harry said taking a seat next to Ginny.
"Hi Harry."
"Guess what?!" Ginny practically yelled.
"What?"
"Hermione is moving back into the Gryffindor Dorms!" She squealed.
"Awesome! It's not the same without you."
"I'm only staying for a few weeks until they finish the renovations.' Hermione reminded them.
"Ok." Harry shrugged as he started getting his breakfast.
About ten minutes later Ron came storming in, "Hermione!"
She jumped in her seat and quickly snapped her head around to see a fuming and slightly scared Ron, they still weren't on the best of terms, "What do you want?" She said coldly.
"I need to talk to you. Now!" He growled.
She hesitated for a minute before standing up, "Ok, make it quick."
He nodded once and led her out of the hall. He quickly pushed her into a broom closet, locking and silencing the room as he did. He immediately started pacing, ringing his hands with the end of his shirt.
Hermione was now worried, "Ron? Are you ok-"
"What do you know!?" He yelled.
She took a step back at his out burst but remaind calm, "I don't know what you're talking about?"
"Don't fucking lie to me!"
"I'M NOT LYING!" She was telling the truth, she had no idea what he was talking about.
"How long have you known!?"
"Known what-"
"I saw you scurry away a few weeks ago, I know you heard and he told me about what happened down at the lake! DON'T PLAY DUMB! YOU SHOULD'VE FIGURED IT OUT BY NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!"
It wasn't anger in his eyes but fear and his voice was full of it.
"I…" Hermione thought back for a moment, she thought about the events of yesterday; detention, the lake… 'The lake! Wait… no… could he… Oh My!' "Ron are you… are you…"
"I DON'T KNOW!" He screamed, tears threatening to fall, "I JUST…" He suddenly fell quiet, leaning against the wall and sliding down it, "It just… it just… happened… and I… I'm so confused… I don't know." He started to sob, head resting on his knees.
Hermione now understood all the anger that had filled him for the past few months, he was just confused and didn't know what to do so he took it out on everyone around him.
She kneeled down next to him, her voice soft, "It's ok, there's nothing wrong with it, Blaise- wait! What did he tell you?!"
He looked up slightly confused but answered her anyway, "He just said that you overheard what he was going on about and that you probably had put all the pieces together."
Relief spread across her, "Yeah, I just… I think you give me more credit than I deserve, I didn't put all of it together until now."
Everything was quiet for a moment before Ron broke it with his choked voice, "What do I do?"
"I don't know, you don't have to tell people but what you do to do is accept it. Ron this is who you are. You need to understand that."
He nodded slightly, "Thanks… Can we be friends again?" He asked hopefully.
She smiled softly, "Of course. Come on." She stood up and held out a hand for him, "We should probably head back to breakfast before the others start to worry."
"Thanks Hermione."
…
Hermione shifted and tossed and turned in her bed, it wasn't the same! In her other bed at least the smell of Draco lingered on her sheets, there was even the slightest dent in the mattress of where he would sleep but this bed was nothing like that, it would never be like that. She tossed and turned, and fluffed and scrunched her pillows, tossing the blankets on and off and then on again but nothing worked and she didn't have the option of walking across the hall and sneaking into bed with Draco. She sighed and sat up. Shrugging on a coat and a pair of track pants along with her slippers before she slipped out of her Dorm, careful not to wake anyone, and decided to go for a walk around the castle.
Draco lay wide awake in the Slytherin Dorm, it wasn't the same, he felt cold without her close by, her scent was no longer on his sheets and may he point out how small his bed is compared to the one in the Head-Dorms. He sighed and got out of bed, slipping on a pair of sneakers before sneaking out of his dorm so that he could go for a walk.
Hermione sat in the library, her head on the desk.
"Hermione?" Her head snapped up from the familiar voice as Draco walked up to her, his wand luminating the aisle.
"Hi." She sighed and put her head back down on the desk.
He slid in next to her, putting his own head on the desk, they looked at each other for a moment, "What are you doing here?"
"I couldn't sleep, you?"
"Same."
He scooched closer and took her hand in his and slowly started stroking the back of it with his thumb, she slightly hummed at the familiar touch.
She sighed, "I talked to Ron today…"
"And?"
"He wanted to know what I knew and that's when I figured it all out... I know about him and Blaise…"
Draco stayed silent and continued stroking the back of her hand.
The stayed like that, in comfortable silence until Hermione felt her eyes start to droop. "Draco…" She moaned.
"Yeah?"
"I can't sleep without you…"
"… me neither."
"We can handle this… cant we?"
"… You're the most powerful, strong and brave witch I've ever met, you can get through this, I know you can… we can get through this." She slightly nodded, her eyes drooping even lower.
"Draco…"
"mm?"
"I'm tired."
"Ok." He stood up and picked her up in his arms, carrying her to the Gryffindor Dorm, she nuzzled into him the whole time. As they reached the Dorm he placed her down on her feet. The both smiled softly at each other, "I love you Draco." She practically whispered.
His heart stopped for a moment, they had only ever told each other that they loved each other twice, he didn't realise it until now. He cupped her cheeks in his hands and gently brushed his lips against hers, "I love you too Hermione." He whispered back.
With that the both went there separate ways, finally being able to fall asleep without the presence of the other near by.
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