Chapter Six-The Escape

Draco's POV

The meeting was being held down stairs as I sneaked out my window and down into the street. I got the night bus to where ever. I knew that I couldn't trust Stan. He would tell my father instantly where I had gone. So, I asked to be dropped off a couple of towns down from Hermione's. I assure you, I knew the risks of what I was doing. The whole ride to the town, my thoughts were on Hermione.

The night bus stopped and let me off. I sighed this was going to be a long walk. I waited until the night bus was out of sight. Then I began to walk. I hoped that I would be able to make it to Hermione's without any incovince. I just had to do this.

Hermoine's POV

I had awoke before Pansy to tell my parent's goodbye. But I was shocked a couple of hours later by a knock at my door. Pansy was walking down the stairs at this perciese moment.

"Who is it?" Pansy asked, yawning. I laughed when I saw what she was wearing a pink and white tie-dyed sleeveless shirt with yellow shorts. She looked like a hippie from the sixties.

"Up now, sleepy head? Or do you plan on going back to-" I trailed off at the sight before me. Draco Malfoy stood, he looked tired and worse for wear. I studied his features. He looked as though he hadn't slept in a while. His eyes had dark circles under them and to be honest he looked as though he was about to pass out. He began to wobble at this point I began to get worried. "Are you okay?" I asked him, forgetting my anger with him, after all he did just randomly appear at my door at 7 in the morning, taking in his appearance. I saw a spot of blood on his shirt. My eyes widdened as it started getting bigger. "Oh no!"

"Draco?!" Pansy said. I brushed past her helping Draco walk in.

"What happened?" I demanded, ripping his shirt open.

"Hermione!" Pansy said.

"HE needs HELP, Pansy!" I said, sternly. "I'm not stripping him." I told her. "Go into the kitchen there's a box behind the door, it says first aid." I said, looking away from Pansy at Draco's wound. I heard him chuckle.

"I came looking for you." He told me. My eyes snapped back up at him. He was sitting up. "I know that I've done you wrong and I shouldn't have said what I did. I'm sorry. It was creul of me. I have come to ask of your forgiveness. Even though I didn't plan on it being this way." He flinced in mid-sentence. "I was walking here when I got mugged. I didn't draw my wand on them because they were muggles." Once again he flinced. I guessed that meant that he changed his mind about joining Voldemort. I almost smiled but the situation about this moment didn't seem to call for it. I was scared for him. I insantly knew what town he'd been dropped at. That was possibly the worst place to be at night. Someone could get killed running around that area. I supressed the urge to shudder at the thought of losing him.

"You need to lay down. The more you sit up, the more blood you'll lose." I said, gently pushing him back down, but he resisted.

"Here you go, Hermione." Pansy said. Handing me the first aid.

"Thank you." I said. Pansy began to shift back and forth.

"Is he going to be okay?" Pansy asked me. I nodded.

"He should be, but" I glared at him, "He's going to have to coorperate." He smiled at me sheepishly.

"Sorry." He whispered before laying back down.

"It's alright, Draco." I said.

Pansy's POV

As I watched Hermione put stiches in Draco's side, thoughts were running through my head. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. Draco had came all the way from his house just to see Hermione. Suddenly it all began to fall into place. The glances, the way he didn't insult her as much anymore. He was the girl that he was talking about, seeing in a secret relationship. Until he screwed up.

But the only thing I couldn't figure out is why she said she'd help me..

Hermione's POV

"Alright. That should be it." I said, staring at him. Did I really have to rip his shirt? Now I can't even think straight.

"You two have some explaining to do." Pansy said. Startling Draco and me.

"Well, um, you see Pansy." Draco said. "Hermione was the girl that Blaise was talking about with me. But he never knew who it was that I liked. We got started when I ran into her in an empty classroom, the night you ditched me for something else." I blinked in shock, I didn't know Pansy had ditched him. But I already suspected it.

Pansy did the one thing we didn't expect her too. She smiled.

"I'm happy for you too. But Hermione why did you agree to help me?" She asked me.

"Well, I thought that if he wasn't happy with me then he could be happier with you." I said, looking down. "No matter how bad it pained me to see him with you. I knew that as long as you were both happy together then I'd be okay." I said. Draco tilted my head up with his index finger. From the corner of my eye, I saw Pansy looking at me shocked.

"I was happier than I'd ever been with you." He told me. He closed the distance between up with a kiss. It lit my world a blaze with light. You know the corny little things that romance novels say? Yeah like that. We finally broke apart and he rested his head on mine.

"Does this mean we're together again?" He asked me. I opened my eyes and looked at him, I saw fear, hope, and love in his eyes. I smiled. He yelped and kissed me again.

"Well, now. What do we have here?" An amused voice asked from the fireplace. We broke apart again and turned to see the face of...