I slowly knocked on the door, not even sure if he was up. I herd a faint, "come in," and I entered as slowly as humanly possible.
"Granger?" Malfoy asked in a cracked voice.
"Yeah, Malfoy," I said quietly. Then he turned his head to look at me and that was when I saw his blood caked face. I gasped at his face and he winced. I took a deep breath to clam myself.
"What happened to you?" I asked him, tears in my eyes.
"Nothing you need to worry about, Hermione. I just got into a fight," he said, he had said my first name but, I was pretty much over the shock of it. And that was when I realized there were three bodies around him that were covered by sheets.
"Who are they?" I asked a little sacred to know.
"You may not want to know," Malfoy said quietly, infuriating me totally.
"You know what? I want to know what happened to you, what happened to them, who they are, and how they died!" I yelled at him, my anger getting the best of me.
"Fine, which question do you want me to answer first?" Malfoy asked, letting his guard down.
"What happened to you?" I asked, more calmly this time.
"My friends and I went to a store and on the way back two wizards and two witches jumped in front of us, wands to the ready. One of the witches casted a spell at me and I had no idea what it was so I didn't have any idea how to block it. I tried to jump out of the way but, it hit me too quickly. I then pasted out and I think they thought I was dead. The last thing I remember the witch saying was 'The prophecy says that you and that Granger chick are the chosen couple, that has to be wrong' I had no idea what it meant so I was hoping I would see you to ask you if you knew what it meant. So, do you know what it means?" Malfoy finished, taking a deep breath.
"No, but I have a feeling that we're going to find out," I said a little worried and a little scared.
"Don't worry, it's going to be fine," Malfoy said trying to comfort me as much as himself.
"Okay, now that that question is out of the way, who are they and what happened to them?" I asked, after taking a deep breath.
"They are: Crab, Goyle, and Blaise," Malfoy said and I gasped as soon as he said Blaise. When I was in fourth year Blaise and I secretly started dating. So, I was trying to hold back tears when he said Blaise. Tears still slid down my face against my will.
"Crab was attacked by the other witch. He had had too many spells thrown at him and died ten minutes before his mum got here. Goyle had the killing curse aimed at him, died immediately. Blaise was tortured to death, thankfully he died after three minutes instead of lasting all 50 minutes that they were there," Malfoy said, having three tears slide down his face as he talked about his friends dieing. I was almost weeping after he finished talking about Blaise.
"Wow, I didn't know that you would take it that hard," Draco said. That was when I thought that I should give him an answer as to why I was crying so hard.
"M-me and B-Blaise started dating in fourth year and broke up in sixth year. After we broke up we still met and became close friends, actually he was probably one of my best friends, he was even there more than Harry and Ron ever were," I said, after that I broke out in full out sobs.
"It's okay, Hermione. It's going to be alright," Draco comforted me just as much as himself, again.
"Mr. Malfoy you need to rest," said one of the nurse's as she walked in.
"Oh, hello. Umm….Who are you?" the nurse asked as she realized I was there.
"I'm Hermione Granger," I said holding my hand out. The nurse took it with a firm grip and did one shake.
"She's my girlfriend," Malfoy said. The nurse looked angrily at me and then left.
"Why did you say that?" I asked.
"That lady has been all over me and - as you can tell - I don't like her, I actually hate her," he answered. Then we could hear someone crying and running down the hall outside the door.
"I think she herd you," I said smiling.
"Thank Merlin," Draco said dramatically.
"When are you getting out of here?" I asked out of the blue.
"Most likely, tomorrow," he answered.
"Do you want me to spend the night with you?" I asked.
"Do you want to spend the night with me?" he asked. I got nervous and started looking anywhere but at him.
"Sure, I would like you to spend the night," Draco said and that was when I looked at him and saw a little sparkle in his eyes, until he put on his emotionless mask, again. Then he moved over in his tiny hospital bed, just enough for me to climb in. I slowly climbed in and then Draco held my gaze, slowly, ever so slowly, we leaned in. Our lips were just half an inch away when the phone in the room rang and made us both jump apart.
"Hello," I said picking up the phone.
"Oh, hi honey. I just wanted to make sure you to his room okay," my dad said.
"Yeah, I'm going to spend the night here, Okay?" I asked.
"Sure, just do everything you step brother asks," he said.
"Okay, bye," I said.
"Bye," he said and I hung up the phone as quickly as possible.
"Draco, I can't kiss you," I said quietly.
"Why not?" he asked having a touch of disappointment in his voice.
"Because you're dating Pansy Parkison," I said, sadly. He didn't answer, so I climbed back in the bed.
"Goodnight," I said, and then I kissed him on the cheek. His cheek was very cold. I, also, Knew it was wrong but, it felt so right. After about 30 seconds I pulled away and turned over to face the other side. Then, 10 seconds later, I felt Draco's strong arms wrapping around me.
The next morning I woke up because I felt eyes glued to me. Then I felt Draco's ice cold lips press against my forehead. Then a new nurse came in and had Draco sign the release papers. We, then, waited for my dad and step mum- might as well start calling her that- to come pick us up. When they did we were on our way to find a new house.