Oh wow, two chapters in one day? oh well I enjoyed writing this chapter somewhat (not nearly as much as the last one) I noticed that i forgot a disclamer...im sad to say no i do not own harry potter... Anyway heres chapter 4!
It took Draco about half hour to get Hermione to calm her down enough to listen to him. He had managed to get her to sit in the living room. He had called for a house elf to being a blanket and some tea to help warm them up.
Hermione sat in front of the fireplace in one of the chairs. Draco was sitting in the other chair like hers. The blanket covered her shoulders, her legs pulled up so they too could be covered. Her cup of tea was set in her hands warming them up. She sat there and watched the flames of the fire dance around. She has yet to say anything after 'Malfoy!' He didn't know what to do.
He looked at her. She didn't have any emotion on her face. ''May I ask where I am?'' She asked suddenly.
Taken aback by that, he sent her a look. ''You mean to tell me you don't remember last night?'' At that she turned and looked at him.
''What do you mean? I was at home last night but I woke up here.'' She said like it was the simplest thing in the world.
''I mean I found you standing in the middle of the hall of my house.'' He said back. She gave him a confused look.
''No I remember going to sleep in my own home.'' She stopped for a moment. ''You, you mean I'm at Malfoy Manor?'' He nodded. She shrank back into her seat. ''Then why don't I remember coming here?'' She asked him. He shrugged.
''What I want to know is why and how you were in my house.'' He stated.
She looked back to the fire. ''So does that mean I can go back to my own home?'' She asked him. Not looked up.
He took a moment to answer. ''How do you know this won't happen again?'' He asked her.
She looked into her cup. ''I don't know if it's going to happen again. The other night I woke up and I was in my parent's house.'' She blushed. ''They said I muttered on word and when they asked me who it was I began to cry.'' She explains.
''So you in a way were sleep walking?'' He asked her with a raised eye brow. He had never met anyone who had this condition.
She nodded. ''They took me to a doctor to see if they could figure out what was going on.'' She took a small sip of her tea. ''I'm glad that I woke up here and not in a Dungeon.'' She muttered into her cup.
''Perhaps there is more to this than sleep walking.'' He suggested. He too began to think about other possibilities. ''Or you just fell asleep and couldn't get me out of your head and you managed to get here?'' He asked with a smirk.
Her head snapped up. Her eyes flamed up. ''As if Malfoy! You tortured me for years while at school!'' She screamed.
Draco felt the guilt overwhelm him. He knew the torcher she had gone through while at Hogwarts. After all he had caused most of it. But he swore now, he had changed, he wasn't the same person who went and made fun of people he used to see weren't as important as him.
''About that,'' He found his voice again. ''I'm sorry for the hell I put you thought all those years.'' He said. Yeah he felt out of place saying it but he didn't know what overcame him. He felt like he had to say it.
Hermione gave him a look that read 'as if, you hated me.' He understood her speculation. After all it wasn't everyday a Malfoy goes 'Sorry I didn't mean to make fun of you for years and now we can be friends!' (which they don't) Even if he wasn't saying they should be friends, it sounded like it.
''Really, Your sorry for all that pain you caused me?'' She asked back. He gave her a small nod. She visibly relaxed further into the chair. ''Ok then, I guess it's all in the past anyway.'' She said.
He knew it was going to take a longer amount of time before she really accepted his apology. But he hoped that now they could turn a new leaf. He had done the same thing with Weasel and Potter. They on the other hand never said another word to him. He figured it was because they hadn't accepted it.
''If you would like to look more into what has been going on with you, you can take a look around the study.'' He kindly offered her.
She tilted her head. ''That's very kind of you. But why would you let me?'' She asked him.
''Well for one I would like to be able to sleep knowing I'm not going to have a surprise encounter with a girl at midnight.'' He said with a smirk. ''And think of it as a sorry gift for the hell I put you through.'' He said.
She looked back to the fire. ''Ok, maybe I can find a book on what is happening to me.'' She said finishing her tea.
There you go! Chapter 4! the next chapter I hope to get posted sometime next week but its Chrismas sooo it may not work out that way.
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