Chapter 6: Simply Friends
Disclaimer: I will never own HP. But we all wish we could.
I start to walk towards the Gryffindor common room. I simply knew that would be where Harry ended up. I smile good bye at Malfoy who looks a little lost now that most people stopped cheering.
"Wait," he calls out.
"Yes?" I raise my brow.
"Do you suppose people would attack me?" He looked extremely uncomfortable at everybody else.
I tilt my head to the side as I contemplate this new turn of events. "Well as long as you don't draw attention to yourself people won't attack you."
"Do you think they would bind me?"
"Perhaps but don't worry I'll get you out of it if that happens." I don't know how but I know Malfoy had no choice in the matter.
His grey eyes widen in surprise, "You would do that for me?"
I blush at his piercing gaze,"Of course."
He smiled so genuinely that my breath was caught in my throat. I maybe one of the few people who have seen him smiling truthfully. Not smirking, grinning, gloating, leering, or faking a smile..
"Granger you are most definitively the most kindest person I've met."
I swallowed the lump that suddenly grew in my throat for most people said I was kind like my mum. "You should meet my mum she is way kinder then me."
He grinned, "I find that hard to believe."
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Ron headed towards me. "I'll see you later, okay?"
He turn seeing the red head headed towards us. He nodded understandably. "Right, I have a feeling that if he saw me he would most definitively bind and gag me."
"Wouldn't be surprised if he did it while hexing you."
"Until later, Granger." He quickly turned away and looked back to smile at me. He said, "Give him hell!" The sun caught his hair making glow like a halo. He looked like an angel. Ron walked right in front of my view of Malfoy. I slowly shook my head, clearing my thoughts.
"Mione did anything happen to you?"He scanned me with his blue eyes. He carefully placed his hands on my face, "Thank goodness nothing happened to you!"
I bit my lip, suddenly extremely nervous, I had kissed Ron. He was acting like he hadn't rushed off to save Lavender.. Wasn't he supposed to behave differently?
"Hermione," Ron whispered. He traced the contours of my face. I couldn't seem to breath. His thumb traced my lips. "Is something wrong?"
That question threw me off. Wasn't he suppose to not care for me. My face twisted into a grimace. "What's wrong? You know what's wrong." I threw his hands off me as I backed away.
He looked dumbfounded. No he looked as if I had just stupified him.
"No, I don't know what's wrong." He looked around as if hoping that someone would hold the answer for him. "Are you kidding me?" I pointedly glanced at Lavender. "Does that ring any bells?"
"What? Lavender?" He raised his brows, "Do you honestly believe that there is something going on between us?"
"Anybody but Lavender you bloody git," I quoted without emotion.
Ron reddened from his neck to his hairline, "I can't believe you would think I cared for her more than I did for you."
"I don't think you care more for her. I know you care more for her. She wasn't the only one dueling near Yaxely."
Ron paled instantly, "You were dueling him as well?"
"I was standing next to her." I said monotonic. "I guess you only had eyes for her."
"I had no idea," he whispered. He lifted his eyes which were filled with regret. He cleared his throat, "Do you think that you could forgive me?"
There it was the chance to go back to normal. I quickly realized that I could say yes and we could be a couple as if the whole Lavender fiasco didn't occur. But did I want to always wonder if that was a mistake or his true feelings that he was ignoring simply to be the girl every body expected him to be with. Did I want to be his second choice? His eyes shown with the hopes that we could be a couple. I took a deep breath. "Ron I can forgive you." He looked so relieved that I hesitated before continuing, "But we can't go out."
He looked confused. His blue eyes searched my face, his eyes sadden by what it found there. "Are you sure?"
"Positive."
He visibly took a deep breath and straightened his shoulders, "We're still friends right?"
"We'll always be friends."