He was just a piece of scum, a piece of scum that Hermione fell for. But he had hurt her one too many times, and now she just had to forget about him. She wouldn't even say his name, or picture his face. It was too painful.

Hermione just felt like a whiny little girl, even worse, she felt like Lavender Brown, and that was someone that nobody wanted to be. Hermione would usually kill someone with kindness but she knew that he would just think that was her flirting with him. She quickly packed up the papers that were only half graded and walked down a flight of stairs, down to the dungeon; there she had found a secret passage way to her dormitory, so she didn't have to deal with all the stupid moving staircases.

Hermione walked through the dark hallway and saw a lump lying on the ground. Was it another student who forgot the password? Usually their friends wouldn't let them in, thinking it was funny. Fred and George had done that to a countless number of people, luckily for Hermione she was always prepared, and always memorized the password. But, Harry and Ron were never that smart, they had spent many uncomfortable nights lying on the hard stone floor.

She walked over and bent down and touched the person arm, "Wake up. I can get you into your common room; I just need to know your House."

The person didn't move, and the closer she looked at the person, she realized that they weren't breathing. Hermione's heart started racing, she had to call for help, why wasn't this student breathing? She shook them now, still no response. Hermione rolled them over and saw the white blonde hair, "Oh no, please no." Yes, he may be a complete ass but all Hermione wanted to do was sit there and pray that this person wasn't who she thought they were.

She brushed the shaggy hair back and saw Malfoy laying there at an awkward angle, an angle that no one's body should be at. "Malfoy this isn't funny, get up!" Her soft fingers brushed over his now bloody face. Tears streamed down her face and she bent down, plugging his nose, and placed her mouth on his, and then blew.

"C'mon Malfoy," she did it again, and again, but no such luck. "Someone help!" She grabbed her wand and flashed a signal up and into the main part of the castle, it reflected on the ceiling and the walls. Hermione started crying; she placed her head on his chest and cried, "Please get up Draco. I need you, please." The scent of his cologne came into her nose, and she then realized that she loved the smell. A couple of months ago she couldn't stand it. it made her want to throw her guts up on him.

Soon Madam Pomfrey and McGonagall were rushing over to Hermione, "Hermione, dear, get off of him. Madam Pomfrey needs to take him to the hospital wing." Headmistress McGonagall pulled Hermione off of the unconscious Draco Malfoy.

"I'm going too," Hermione sobbed and McGonagall just nodded, leading Hermione to the hospital wing after Madam Pomfrey disapperated with Malfoy.

Hermione decided that she would wait there all night if that's what it took. She wasn't allowed to see him, she didn't even know if he was going to survive. She sat there, not sleeping, her head in her hands and her mass of curls falling over her red face from crying.

The hospital wing door opened and Hermione looked up, Harry walked in with a sad smile on his face. He walked over to Hermione and sat down next to her, placing his arm on her back. "How are you girly?"

"I feel like someone punched me in the gut, and then again in the face, that's how I feel Harry. I'm so pathetic; he treated me like dirt tonight, saying that he doesn't want me anymore, that he was only in it for the chase. But Harry, I still have my feelings towards him, I can stop it. I like him," A broken laugh escaped her lips, "I Hermione Granger, like Draco Malfoy."

Harry was silent for a couple of minutes, and then he cleared his throat, "It's my fault Hermione."

"What are you talking about Harry?"

He rubbed her back slowly, "I told him to stay away from you. I told him that you deserved better than him, someone like me, or Ron, or Neville. I honestly was trying to look out for you sweetie. I love you, you're like my sister."

Hermione wanted to be mad at him, but she couldn't, maybe because she didn't have the energy, or maybe because she knew that no one had ever loved her as much as Harry. She just leaned into his arms and sobbed into his chest, "I still like him and, I just want him to be okay."

"Hermione, you can come see him now," she looked up and saw Madam Pomfrey standing there looking completely exhausted.

Hermione nodded and stood up; she kissed Harry's cheek, "Can you wait here until I come back out?" Harry nodded, and then she turned and went into the room.

Draco was laying there, his eyes closed and his breathing very shallow. "Right now he's unconscious, but I thought you may want to see him," Madam Pomfrey said before leaving Hermione to her privacy.

Hermione sat down on his bed and ran her fingers through his shaggy hair. "I need you to be okay Malfoy, I need it. I know now why you did that today, and that was a jerk move. Just because he's Harry Potter doesn't mean you have to listen to him all the time, heck, if I had listened to him all the time Harry, Ron, and I would be dead." She paused, looked down at his bandaged face. "Malfoy, I don't need a "hero," or whatever Harry called it. I need you, you somehow manage to not only, annoy the hell out of me, but you manage to make me feel special and wanted. Draco, I may only be saying this because I know your unconscious, and I would chicken out if you weren't, but, I love you Draco Malfoy."

So, I think there will only be one or two "old" chapters left, so hang in there. I hope people are enjoying it... that is if anyone is reading it. If you are leave a quick little note, I would love to hear from people.

Shameless plug: I have another story, this one is American Horror Story based. It is a love story between Tate and Violet which is called... Forgiveness: A Tate and Violet Love Story. Check it out if you are interested.

Another quick thing, I'm thinking about doing some one-shots. If you have any suggestions or requests please leave them in the comment and I'll be sure to read them... and maybe do some of them.

xoxo~Emi