Chapter 5:

I'll come back to you

Blaise went to his and Draco's bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face, but all he could think about was the beautiful woman in the other room. He hurried and finished brushing his teeth, then practically skipped back to Hermione's room. He was almost to the door when he noticed Draco's door was opened he went over to it and peeked in it was empty. Then he slowly crept over to Haley's door to see if he could hear anything but it was silent. So then he knocked and still got nothing, then he slowly opened the door.

"Hello? Haley? Draco?" he asked no answer so he went fully into the room. And no one was there. So he walked over to the window. He was about to turn and leave the room when he saw a faint light coming from the trees; they were in the tree house. He smiled to himself; he knew she would come around. He turned around leaving Haley's room in peace and skipping back to Hermione's.

"Have you seen Haley and Draco?" she asked as he re-entered the room. She started to crawl into bed as he shut the door. Then he nodded his head with a big grin in his face.

"What?" she asked smiling to. "You know something don't you?"

"Uh huh." He sang as he grabbed her hand and took her to Haley's room. He went straight to the window.

"What? Where? I don't see them Blaise." She huffed as she looked back at him. She followed his eyes to the trees when she saw the same faint light in the trees. "Oh man no way do you think they did it?" she asked he gave her a look that said 'duh'. "I want to go see them."

"What? Hermione we can't… just leave them alone." He said following her into the hall.

"I just want to know what happened." She said going into her room to grab a sweat shirt and I pair of sneakers.

"Herm, babe please, just leave them alone. I'm pretty sure Haley will tell you everything tomorrow." He said grabbing her shoes from her.

"Yeah your right." She said in defeat pulling the blankets back and crawled into bed. Blaise got in on the other side and she curled up next to him. He closed his eyes and soon was drifting off. Hermione on the other hand stared up at the ceiling she wanted to know what happened.

Draco leaned down and kissed her; he was so happy.

"I love you Haley." He whispered. She just looked at him.

"Draco…"

"Don't say anything." He said, "When we were little you always told me you loved me and you never asked me to say it back. So I didn't, I knew I felt something for you and it liked you a lot, but I didn't know if I loved you. I mean I was only 10, but the day they told us that we couldn't be friends anymore, and that we had to be mean to you. I knew that I felt something way more than just liking you. And then on the first day of school I wanted nothing more than to walk up to you and hug and kiss you, but I couldn't…" He stopped and looked down at his hand that had been drawing on her shoulder. "I knew the moment that I first made fun of Potter and Weasley with you and Hermione by their sides that I was in love with you."

"Draco…" she started again with tears in her eyes.

"Haley please don't." he said looking back up at her.

"No just let me talk." She blinked away her tears, but it was too late two lonely tears ran down her cheeks. He lightly brushed them away with his thumb, and she looked up at him. "Draco this is so hard for me."

"I know, I know and you don't have to do or say-"

"Draco let me finish." She cut in; he smiled and kissed her shoulder. "A part of me wants to be with you so bad, she wants to love you. But that little girl that loves you isn't me anymore. She died-"

"No she didn't. Don't you say that." He said looking down at her. "She was just put on hold, but that doesn't matter anyways because I love you the woman that you are now." He was staring at her with so much intensity she almost started to cry. "You remember what you said to me the night they took your memories away? Never mind of course you don't. But you told me you'd come back."

Flash Back

"Why?" yelled Hermione as she paced between the two couches. Which was unusual, normally it was Haley that did all the screaming but she sat there on the couch holding Draco's hand staring at the floor silent.

"To protect you, we are going to live as muggles." At this all the kids made a face.

"You have got to be kidding me." Hermione huffed as she plopped down next to Haley.

"You won't even remember anything. It will be like we were always muggles." Their father finished.

"What about getting our memories back?" Haley asked quietly.

"When you go into your seventh year we are going to tell you. But you won't get your memories back until you fall in love." Anne filled in.

"Well what if we fall in love with someone other than the boys." Hermione snapped.

"We can't." Haley said walking to the fire grate.

"What? Why not?" Hermione questioned she didn't like the look on her sisters face.

"Because Hermione, look at Blaise and tell me that you can live without him that you could learn to love someone you know is not for you. Look at him and tell me it will feel right to be with someone else." Haley's temper was flaring as she spun to face the room. "I'm only ten and I know who I'm spending the rest of my life with. Maybe we should do this." She whispered looking at Draco.

"What?" The other three ten year olds exclaimed. "Haley what are you talking about?" Draco asked walking over to her. He grabbed her hands and she looked up at him with tear filled eyes.

"I don't want to spend forever with you yet Draco. I need time to be a girl, have fun, and get other friends and boyfriends…" she faltered and looked away. He grabbed her chin and moved her face back to look at him.

"Please don't leave me. I can't do this without you. I can't handle my dad without you here for me. Please Haley." He pleaded leaning his forehead against hers.

"Draco I love you and I promise I'll come back to you. I promise." He looked away from her and she grabbed his face. "I promise." She swore as she looked him in the eye. "I promise." She whispered. "I'll come back to you." She finished then she kissed him and threw her arms around his neck.

End Flash Back.

"That's why I've been pushing you. I can't wait anymore. I want you back now." Draco whispered into her shoulder.

Flash Back

"I miss you." She heard it every night the same three words from the same voice, as she laid there in the uncomfortable Hospital bed. This night was different though there were two boys.

"You do this every night?" the second boy asked.

"I have to, I miss her so much. I just want to hold her and kiss her, I want her back." The first boy answered.

"Who are you?" Haley whispered weakly.

"The man of your dreams, I miss you so much I want you back now." He whispered then kissed her on the forehead. She forced herself to open her eyes but when they opened she was by herself again and everything was blurry anyway.

End of Flash Back

"It was you." She said looking up at him. "You were the boy in the hospital wing." He looked away from her. She grabbed his face making him look back at her. "Weren't you?" She pushed. He looked into her eyes and nodded. She leaned up and kissed him. He was taken aback by her sudden kiss but kissed her anyway; he was going to take what he could get. "Thank you." She whispered against his lips.

"For what?" he asked when she finally pulled away.

"You were the only person that came just to see how I was and if I was okay. You came just to talk to me." He gave her a look. "I mean Harry Ron and Hermione would come to see me, but it would be to give me my homework, or tell me if they found out something important about the war. It was never to just sit and see how I was or if I was getting better. It was like they only came out of obligation. You would come and just talk I swear one night you sat a talked to me for 4 hours. You came every night. I looked forward to it; you would tell me what happened in classes or who got into trouble or anything. I would lay there after lights out just waiting for you I couldn't wait until you would come in and whisper that you missed me." She was staring straight at him not even blinking.

"Really?" He whispered.

"Yeah I wanted to know who you were so bad." She said finally looking away from him. She looked down at their intertwined fingers and she felt it. The little girl that she knew was in there came out the one that was madly in love with the man lying next to her.

All the memories that she didn't know she had were unlocked and flooding back into her mind. They were five and he was chasing her through the tall grass laughing.

He pulled her close and kissed her forehead. She closed her eyes soaking him. Slowly he let go of her. Their mothers came up to each of them with sad expressions.

They were eight and all four of them were running through the grass laughing with Haley and Draco in the lead. She looked back at him and he tackled her to the ground lying on top of her. "I love you Draco." She said to him. As he kissed her.

She was crying holding Draco in his room rocking him back and forth as his body shook from his sobs. The room was a disaster pillows ripped open, blankets in shreds, chairs broken, the desk was turned over. Haley stared around the room. Draco was so scared it was like she could feel everything he was feeling. He looked up at her and she could even feel the purple bruise forming on his left cheek. Tears started to roll down her cheeks again and she pressed his head to her chest and he clutched to her pulling her closer crying harder.

Next she saw them sitting on the tree swing.

"You ever kissed anyone?" Draco asked.

"You mean besides mum and dad? No." she answered looking over at him. Then she looked back at their Chuck Taylor clad feet as if they were the most interesting thing in the world.

"You wanna try it?" he asked meekly. She looked up at him with wide eyes.

"Otay." She finally whispered. He turned more towards her.

"Okay on the count of three." She nodded her head.

"Otay."

"One." Draco started as he leaned in closer to her.

"Two." Haley whispered. They both took deep breaths.

"Three." They both said as their lips connected. They closed their eyes but as soon as it started they both pulled away looking anywhere but each other.

Haley came back from her memories and stared at him. He was beautiful, how could she not know that she loved him. She heart was gushing with this new found information. She loved him so much he was perfect. Just laying there with him she could feel it. All the love that radiated off of both of them it was amazing. He looked at her slightly confused.

"What?" he started. But she cut him off with a kiss that was telling him how much she loved him and that she was back. And he heard it loud and clear. They broke apart panting slightly; he laid his forehead against hers.

"I love you, Draco." She whispered to him. He sighed leaning up and looking at her better.

"Merlin, Haley I love you too."

"I told you that I would come back to you." And he kissed her again. "I'll always come back to you." She said against his kiss.