The Trouble with Weddings
A Harry Potter Fan Fiction Story
Authors Note: Review… Please! I hope you continue to enjoy my story, I am not writing for any reason other than I enjoy it!
Chapter 7:
I knew I wouldn't get much sleep especially with the appearance of Ron tomorrow. I stayed up reading and going over in my head how to avoid him. When I thought about it I really didn't have to interact with him at all , except for a few polite casualties, and I could handle that couldn't I? I tried not to think about it, but the more I tried not to I would think about Ron. Why did I still care so much about someone who wanted me out of their life? I glanced at the clock in the room. It was 4:00 am and I knew I wasn't getting any sleep or rest for that matter, So I put on my black mesh shorts, and black tank top, sneakers and threw my hair up in a messy pony tail. I headed out for my morning run. This was the only way I knew to clear my head. I made my way down the path, and breathed in the air. I was so focused on the run that I hadn't noticed any one behind me. I just kept focused and forward.
" Granger…" I heard footsteps behind me running to catch up with me, but didn't slow down. My hair swayed back and forth as I kept going along the dirt path. " Granger wait…" Draco ran up to and stopped right in front of me, casing me to lose my balance and run right into his chest, and fall flat on my behind.
" What the Hell Draco?" I sat on the ground staring up at him. " What are you doing?" He held his hand out to me. I took it and he helped me up and I began to dust myself off.
" I was up early this morning and I saw you out the window leave for your run." I nodded waiting for the point. " I wanted to catch up with you and see if you were alright" I tried to force a smile.
" I'm fine" he raised his eye brows
" So last night…" I took a deep breath.
" I run… it is very cathartic Do you care to join me?" I don't know why but I really did want the company. I saw the corners of his mouth turn into a smirk. I started running back down the path again, this time with Draco beside me. He seemed to be keeping up with me , until we made it to the beach, he collapsed in the sand. I realized he was no longer beside me and looked behind me. I laughed to myself.
" Too much for you to handle?" I sat down next to him, and watched him lay there in the sand trying to steady his breathing.
" You.. You.. Are. Crazy" He said through his breaths. " You do this every morning?"
" Yes" I laughed. " Sorry I don't normally run with anyone, so I forget to take it down a notch."
" Well then I guess your just going to have to learn to slow down if I'm going to be running with you." I looked over at him to see if he was serious and he seemed to be. We stayed there laying in the sand until the sun started to come up. We didn't say much just enjoyed each others company and the silence.
" I guess we had better get back" I said standing up.
" Yea, I'm starving" Of course as we headed back, we started to smell Fresh Hotcakes, and coffee.
I stopped dead in my tracks as we came to the window, casing Draco to walk right into my back.
" Bloody Hell ! Warn someone when you are stopping like that !" I quickly turned around and pulled Draco around the corner. " What's with you.
" He's here!" He could see the fear in my eyes as I stood against the side of the cottage, with my eyes closed tightly shut.
" Who?"
" Ron" I whispered. " He's here"
" I don't understand?" He said shaking his head. I opened my eyes and just looked at him with desperation. "Aren't the two of you friends or something?" I stared at the ground.
" We are not, he no longer wants me in his life. The last time I saw him. Was when he was proposing to me, and left to join the Cannon's to be their new Keeper." I felt like some one was stabbing me in the chest with little tiny sharp needles and then deflating all of the air out of my lungs. Draco looked to me as if he was trying to understand. " I cant face him yet… I'm not ready" It was like I was begging him to make everything go away.
" So that's what has been bothering you? Seeing Weasel again?" I nodded. I knew Draco wouldn't understand. I bet he has never been in love before.
" Ok" He said stroking his chin. " We just have to come up with a plan." He started to pace " Granger if you want to make him think your over him you have to prove it and make him jealous!" He said as this sheepish grin appeared on his face. I didn't like the sound of that.
" Make him jealous?" He nodded. " He brought his girlfriend Lavender Brown with him. I don't think I am going to make him jealous." I said remembering what Ginny had said about them being serious now.
" Brown… that annoying twit he was with 6th year?"
" That's the one" at least I knew he wasn't a big fan of either of them two as well. It was nice to have some one on my side.
" You can make him jealous with my help" I raised an eyebrow at him, and leaned down the side of the wall into a fetal position. He leaned down and grabbed my hand and pulled me up, so that I was now facing him.
" Hermione Granger you can do this! You will have to pretend that you don't hate me and trust me" I threw my hands in the air in defeat.
" Fine I'm in" I said looking him in the eyes, and watched his smirk grow.
" This will be fun"