Just A Dream- Chapter 8
Draco excused himself from his friends and told them that he'd meet them in the common room. Once they were alone, Hermione asked him if he had heard about the new rumor going around school. "Yeah I did, actually. My friends told me about it before the Halloween feast started and I told them the truth. That we aren't going out and that we're just friends." He told her. Hermione sat down on the floor. "This is driving me crazy." She told him. He sat down next to her and she laid her head against his shoulder. "Stop stressing about all these stupid rumors. You shouldn't let them bother you. I mean, we aren't even dating. We're just friends, right?" he told her. She was quiet for a bit while she thought about that. She didn't feel like they were just friends anymore. She felt like it was something else, but she wasn't about to tell him that and decided to push that all the way into the back of her mind where it would stay for at least a few hours.
"Yeah. Just friends." She said as she looked up at him and gave him a small smile. For a second, she thought she had seen disappointment in his eyes but the next second, it was gone. She looked over towards the stairs and thought about going to her dormitory, but decided to spend some time with Draco instead. "Wanna go and walk around outside for a bit?" he asked her. Hermione nodded and they both stood up and went outside where it was fresh. A few students were outside walking around like them before it got later and they walked towards the lake and sat down. "Oh yeah. I just remembered about these I got for you." Said Malfoy as he took out a small green bag and gave it to Hermione. She took the bag and laughed. "What's inside?" she asked him cautiously. Draco shrugged and pretended to zip his lips and threw away the key. "Oh now that's no fair! There could be a snake in here!" she cried out to him and they both laughed. "Just open it. I swear there's no snake inside." He said once they stopped laughing. She opened the bag and saw that it was just candy and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Did you really think that there would be a snake inside?" he asked her. She nodded and took out a small red bag and gave it to him. He grinned and took the bag. "You did the same thing?" he asked her. Hermione turned a bit red and nodded. He opened the bag and took out a small pack of fudge flies and ate them while Hermione lay down and looked up at the dark sky. She looked over to see Draco lay down next to her and she cuddled next to him. He put an arm around her shoulders and pulled her close and they stayed like that for a while, not saying anything. He sat up a while later and looked out at the lake and Hermione wondered if something was wrong. "What's on your mind?" she asked him. Draco looked down at her and shook his head. "Just over thinking some things." He said as he took out another candy. Hermione sat up and looked at him, wondering what could be going through his mind.
"Come on. Tell me." She said as she grabbed his hand. He slowly leaned towards Hermione and was about to kiss her when they both heard someone yell, "HERMIONE!" They both pulled away and looked around to see where the scream had come from. "Lumos." Muttered Hermione and her wand lit up and she saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione walking towards them. Draco and Hermione put away their small bags of candy and waited till they had come stopped where they were. "Hey." She said to her friends. "Hey we've been looking for you." Said Ginny. Harry and Ron looked over at Malfoy and then back at her. "Well you found me. What's up?" she said as casually as she could. She was still trying to figure out what had just happened with her and Draco before they were interrupted by her friends.
"Is it ok if we talk to you…alone?" asked Ron. Draco shrugged and stood up. "I have to go anyways. I'll see you tomorrow." He said to her and left them alone. It took her a few seconds to catch up to what was going on and she glared at her friends. "I'll be back. Just wait for me here." She said once she stood up and then she took off running after Draco. "Wait." She said to him. He stopped and turned to look at her, surprised that she had chased him. He looked behind her and saw her friends looking at them and then they looked away. "You ok?" he asked her. She nodded and took a deep breath before she spoke. "I'm sorry for how they acted." She told him. He shrugged. "Just leave it alone Hermione." He told her as he grabbed her hand. She took a step towards him and their faces were inches from each other's. "I hate seeing you like this." She whispered to him.
Draco pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head. "I'll be better tomorrow ok." He said as before he pulled away from her. Hermione nodded and he kissed her cheek softly. "I'll let you get back to your friends since they keep staring over at us every few minutes." He told her. "Ok...Good night." She told him. "Good night." He said as he hugged her one last time before walking away. Once he was gone, she went back to her friends and acted like nothing had happened. "So what's up?" she asked them. "Look, we're sorry about freaking out about you and Draco spending time together." Said Ginny. "Yeah. I mean it's your life and if you say he's a good guy, then we believe you." Said Harry. Hermione was surprised to hear them say that, but then got upset.
"Then why didn't you guys say that IN FRONT of Draco?" she asked them. Ron and Harry looked uncomfortable and looked over at Ginny. "I told you that we should've just told them what we had to say." Whispered Harry to her. Ginny rolled her eyes and looked at Hermione. "We're sorry about all this. We didn't say it in front of him because we thought it would be better to tell you first." She said to Hermione. She rolled her eyes and let it drop. "Fine, but you guys need to talk to Draco and tell him what you just said to me." She told them. They all looked at her funny and she looked at them confused. "What?" she asked them. "Since when are you guys on a first name basis?" asked Ron. She ignored his question and looked over at the castle. "I think we should get going to sleep." She told them. She looked over at them and they agreed and they all went up to their dormitory to sleep.
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