Never Too Late
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter characters. Only Lucas.
This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong
Who would have guessed it
I will not leave alone
Everything I own
To make you feel like it's not too late
It's never too late
Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late
Well so far the day was just glorious. He lost one of his biggest clients because of his incompetent secretary. He should fire her but then he would have to find replacement and that was hard to do.
No one ever measured up to being good enough for him. They all always had or did something wrong.
The one now didn't inform him of a meeting that the Bulgarian Qudditch Team owner had set up yesterday.
Since he wasn't informed of that he chose to take a day off from work to attend to some personal business.
He came in this morning and finds out that Viktor Krum has decided to take his business else were. He doesn't think that his team is important to Malfoy Enterprises.
Draco spent two hours trying to convince him that they were the most important to him and that he would do anything to make it up to him. He offered to buy the team new brooms, robes, and balls. Nothing he did worked though. He lost his client.
After that ordeal he chose to get some air and clear his head to see if he could think of any new ways to win back Krum's business. He told Constance to take messages from anyone who called.
When he got to the roof he spotted a woman on the edge of the building. She was looked familiar. Where had he seen her before?
Then he spotted the knife she was holding in her left hand. It was up against her wrist starting to make a cut.
It dawned on him who this woman was.
"Granger?" He said.
Hermione looked at him in shock. Where the hell had he came from. He would be the one to ruin this for her. It was supposed to be peaceful.
"Go away Malfoy this doesn't concern you." She said irritably.
"How doesn't it concern me? You're trying to kill yourself if I am correct on my building. You know the place that I run my business?" He said.
"It should be a victory for you then. You get to see me die. Isn't that what you have wanted most since our second year at Hogwarts?" She asked.
"That was then because I always had to see you. As far as I am concerned you don't exist." Draco said.
"Well then if I don't exist then it won't matter if I kill myself here or somewhere else." Hermione whispered.
"On the contrary Granger it does matter. In fact in matters a great deal. Nothing in life is worth killing yourself for. Plus, if you are dead then I would not get the satisfaction of knowing that when my kids go to Hogwarts they won't have yours to pick on." He said.
What the hell was he going to do? He had seen what happens when someone kills themselves. No one deserves to lose someone to their own hand. He had to stop her with any means necessary.
"Come on Granger. Your life can't be bad enough to kill yourself. Think of your family and friends. Don't you think that they will blame themselves?" Draco asked.
"They wouldn't care. They never cared. They only kept me around because I was the brain. They just needed me to pass classes. My family doesn't care either. I already don't exist to them." She muttered.
Interesting Draco thought. What's been happening in her life since that graduated? He would have thought that the Trio would always be together.
"Granger what happened to make you believe these things?" Draco asked.
"Why do you even care Malfoy?" Hermione screamed.
"Because I know what it's like living with the pain of someone killing themselves. No matter what the circumstances were at the time I always blame myself for not doing more. I feel that I didn't love her enough that I didn't spend enough time with her. Killing yourself is actually selfish. It's the easy way out of life. I never expected you of all people to take the easy way out of life." Draco said.
She couldn't believe that he had said that. She never did anything the easy way. He thought that killing yourself was easy? It takes a lot of courage to be able to do something as serious as that.
"I have nothing to even live for. I have no one to live for. I am just a burden on those around me." She said.
"What do you mean Granger? There is always a reason to live. If you say that you have no one to live for then live for yourself Granger. If you give up then you're showing a weakness. You're giving into them. You're showing that you need them when even I know that you're strong and can survive." He said.
He had no idea where that came from.
She looked at him in shock. Why was he really being so nice to her? Was this some kind of trick? Or did he generally care if she killed herself?
"Granger it's about to rain so why don't we finish this conversation somewhere else? Like my office? At least it will be dry and warm in there." Draco suggested.
"I can't." Hermione faintly whispered.
"Why can't you?" He asked.
"Because of all the things I already told you. You just don't understand what its like. I mean I thought that all these people loved me. I thought that they cared but they don't. I am nothing. My whole like has been a lie." She cried.
"Then start a new life. Move somewhere else. Somewhere that you have always wanted to go and where they can't find you. Become someone else. Make something out of your life for yourself. It not too late it's never too late. Come on Granger, come down from there." Draco said as he offered his hand to her.
It started raining at that moment. It wasn't a light rain either, no it had to be pouring.
Malfoy had a point. She could move away, change her name and become someone else. Find people who actually care for her. She could go to the one place she always wanted to. Ireland. Who would have thought that her old enemy would be the one to make her realize that her life wasn't worthless?
Just as she was reaching for his hand her foot slipped on the wet ledge. She started panicking when she started falling back.
'Well isn't that just grand just when I make up my mind not to kill myself I am going to end up falling to my death' Hermione thought.
Just when she thought she was going to die she felt arms wrap around her and bring her down from the ledge.
Hermione was clinging to Draco as if he were her life force. She never realized that he was so strong. Qudditch really did help him out in school.
She looked into his eyes and never realized how grey they were. Who would have thought that he could actually have an attractive feature?
"You all right?" Draco asked.
"I'm fine. Thank you." She said.
"Why don't we go into my office. You can stay until the rain lets up. I don't think that it would be a good idea for you to apparate at the moment." Draco suggested.
"Alright." Hermione agreed.
When they were walking to his office she noticed that her arm was throbbing a little. She looked down and saw the blood running from a cut she must have made while she was falling. It didn't look to deep but she was going to need a rag to put pressure on it. She didn't want to mention it to Malfoy though so she just was using her sleeve on her jacket.
"Mr. Malfoy, sir?" A high pitched voice said.
"Yes Constance?" Draco asked.
"Mr. Zabini is on the phone for you." Constance told him.
"Tell him that I will call him back later that I am in an important meeting." Draco said.
She was giving him a blank stare as if she didn't understand.
"Oh shit shake. Give me the bloody phone and I will tell him myself." He said irritably.
"Blaise?" Draco said into the phone.
"Hello Draco. Good of you to finally pick up the phone. I have been sitting here for a half hour. What took so long?" Blaise asked.
"Apparently when I tell my secretary that I am going to leave the office and take messages that means to put people on hold. I am sorry about that but I have some company here that I need to take care of some business with. I will call you back later." Draco said.
"Company? Well don't let me interrupt." Blaise said.
"It's not like that Blaise. I have a meeting with Granger." Draco said.
"Granger? Well isn't that a shock. Then I will let you go and continue on with your important meeting." Blaise said.
"I will call you when I am done." Draco told him.
He hung up the phone then asked Constance for any other messages that could have came while he was on the roof. She told him that there weren't any but who would really know? He really needed to find a new secretary.
"Hold all my calls. Tell them to call back later or tomorrow." Draco told her.
When they walked into the office he went to the desk and walked around it to sit in the big luxurious leather chair. When he sat down he sighed and put his hand to his forehead.
"Today has been one hell of a day. Have a seat Granger." Draco said.
Hermione did as he said only because she was extremely exhausted. She had had a very tiring day.
"Thank you Malfoy for saving my life more than once. I owe you one." Hermione said.
He looked at her in shock. Not only was she thanking him but she said she owed him one. What exactly did she mean by that?
"Your welcome. What do you mean you owe me?" He asked.
"You save my life I owe you something in return. Any time that you need a favor done just ask and it shall be done without complaint. I owe you more than one favor though." Hermione said.
"Granger you owe me nothing. I wasn't going to sit by and watch you kill yourself. Even I'm not that cruel." Draco said.
"I know that, at least now and you can tell me that I owe you nothing but I will find a way to repay you." She said.
The rain was letting up so she figured that she could start making her way home. She had to face the music sometime. She planned to stand strong this time and tell Lucas that it was over that she was leaving him and not coming back.
"The rain is letting up I should go home." She said as she was getting up to leave.
"Granger one more thing if you ever need anything don't hesitate to call me. I know that we have never been close but still I am here if you need help. Here's my office number or you can just owl me. I mean it if you need anything at all." Draco said.
She couldn't believe that he was being so nice and so willing to help her. She felt that maybe she had made a new friend.
"Why don't you take my car. It will be a lot easier then trying to floo or apparate in your current condition." Draco offered.
"Thank you again." Hermione said.
What had gotten into him. He was never that nice to people. He liked to contain some of his evilness that he had in school. He really needs to stop working so much. That's what was wrong to many long hours at the office. He was going to finish up here then go home and sleep. Tomorrow would be a better day.
On the ride home Hermione contemplated how she was going to tell Lucas she was leaving him. She was afraid but she couldn't live this way anymore. She couldn't live in fear anymore.
She was hoping that he wasn't going to be home yet. That he had to work late like most nights. She was going to pack up her things using magic because it was a lot quicker then she would leave him a long note explaining everything. She also planned to send notes to her family and friends.
Just as she was putting the key in the door it flew open.
There she stood face to face with Lucas and he looked livid.
For almost every chapter there is a song that goes with it. The chapter titles are the name of the song. Can anyone guess who sings Broken Wing from the first chapter and Never Too late from this chapter?
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