I thought I would give Draco a chance at giving his side. I hope you like it.
I was so focused on winning the bet I had missed that Hermione was now in front of me heading towards me. I have no idea how she made it around the tower so fast. I just knew that the way we were going we would crash. I tried to pull out of it but I was too late she rammed into my shoulder. Judging by our speed she will be knocked out within seconds. I didn't care about the snitch anymore all I wanted was to make sure she was okay. I dove down to try and get under her so I could grab her and it somehow worked.
Her breathing was shallow. While hovering in midair I waved my wand over her to see what the damage was. Thankfully it was everything that I could fix easily. She could also have a concussion. I would have to wake her up to figure that out but for now I just need to get her back to the room.
I landed on the grass not putting Hermione down I proceeded to walk towards the exit.
The next thing I knew was someone grabbing me. "What did you do to her?" Ron freaked out on me.
"I didn't do anything. We were both going after the snitch she had somehow come around the tower and she collided into my shoulder as we both reached for the snitch." I explained.
"We need to take her to Madam Pomfrey." Harry finally spoke.
"No, I'm taking her back to our room. She will be okay. I have all I need to finish her healing back there."
Harry said trying to be civil. "No offence, Fer-Malfoy, but I don't trust you to fix her." It was too late I had already left and ran to our room. I wanted to prove to them I can and will take care of her. No one but my closest friend knew I wanted to be a healer and this was my time to prove that I could be one.
What am I doing worry about what they think. I'm Draco Malfoy and I know what I want and nothing will get in my way. Not even this stupid marriage law. 'You know it's not stupid.' his voice in his head said. 'You know you are happy to have her. You know you have always wanted a chance to show her and them that you aren't all bad. You made all the wrong choices for all the right reasons.' it said to me. "I'm starting to think like that old crazy headmaster." I mumbled to myself.
I made it to our common room in record time. I gently laid her down on our bed. I ran my wand over her body healing her injuries. When I was finished I rushed over to my potions supply I searched for what I needed. Upon finding the vile, I noticed that I had an audience. It still didn't faze what I was doing. I needed to get her to drink this but how. I had performed all of the correct spells to make sure she was healed. The potion was for the pain that she would still have.
"Mate, what can I do to help?" Blaise's calm voice asked. I was grateful for my friend respecting me. I knew at least someone trusted me.
"Can you get me the smelling salts from the cabinet in the bathroom?" I asked focusing on the task at hand.
"Granger..." I whispered at first then I tapped her shoulder. "Granger" I said louder. "Hermione, please wake up. If you don't I will have to use smelling salts and you will hate me even more if I use them." I was hoping that she would but to no avail.
"Here, mate. Why are you waking her up?"
"If I don't give her this now she will be in more pain later. Plus she may have a concussion and at that point I have to perform another spell but to figure that out she has to be awake." I explained. "Stand back she maybe really upset when she wakes up. I know she can do wandless magic. I don't want you to get hurt." Blaise nodded and back outside of the door frame.
"Her-Granger, please forgive me." I whispered and opened the smelling salts under her nose.
She bolted up right. With all the power she had mustered she had blown me to the floor. She groaned. "What happened?" She grumbled.
Getting off the floor I explained to her. "We ran into each other, Granger. I need to see if you have a concussion and then you need to drink this and sleep off the pain." She nodded. Taking my wand from the ground when she saw it flinched. "Granger I'm not going to hurt you. I need to perform a spell... Please." I almost whispered the last part. Why could she make me seem so weak and vulnerable. I don't like this feeling. I'm Draco Malfoy calm collect and full of snarky comments.
"I'm sorry." She didn't look me in the eyes "I'm just a little jumpy after being on the run for so long." Her...Granger explained to me.
I just nodded and began to perform the spell. Thankfully she didn't have a concussion. I just handed her the vile and she drank it. I decided to leave her to rest. I was almost out the door when I heard her call my name. It sounded so wonderful coming from her lips...Shit what was I thinking...I am NOT falling for her. "Draco?" I heard her call again.
I turned back. "Granger?"
"I just wanted to say ... thank you." She managed to get out before she began to drift off to sleep with a soft smile on her face. I didn't get a chance to reply, though I didn't know what I would have said.
Instead I thought she would appreciate if I gave her a view of my memories. Touching the frame I could feel all of my memories being view and now to be displayed for all to see. When I finally was able to let go I put a charm on the frame, depending on what she needed it would appear in the frame but the kicker was she would need it and not to just want it.
I left the room to be bombarded with questions by her cousin, Nina. "What happened?" was the only question that seemed to keep popping out of her constant talking.
"Geesh, my dear you need to calm down. Your hormones are making you a little crazy. Let him explain."
"Sorry, Draco. I'm just worried and stressed." she replied.
"How about this I will explain what happened if you tell me why you are so stressed?" I proposed. Nina was always like a little sister to me, even though we are the same age and I actually think she is older than me.
"I will accept." Nina took my arm and led me to the balcony where we sat and talked for a while, about everything from the events of today, her stress of being pregnant and of her sister being with the guy who broker her heart. I was amazed to hear that Weasel had gotten that close to Bella and to have hurt her without Nina knowing until it was too late. Nina and Bella were two opposites, Bella the sweet and trusting whereas Nina was the straightforward and sometimes sassy attitude but when together they were unstoppable. They have a bond an extremely tight one at that. I could have sworn they could not only tell things about the other but they could be with each other yet be miles apart. I'll admit I was a little jealous of it that's why I want to have many kids.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Meanwhile back in the room~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a stampede into the Malfoy's room. Madam Pomfrey was brought there by Ron and Harry wanting to make sure she was okay. "She should have been brought to me not healed by another student. She could be worse off than she was before." She came beside Hermione's bed and began to look her over. "Out Mr. Weasley and Mr. Potter." she ordered.
Using magic and scanned her body for internal bleeding which there was none then she move to looking over her visible body. She noticed a pale(almost like a scar) mark on Hermione's ring finger. It was an old spell. It connected the branded to another, they are bonded for life. Madam Pomfrey decided it wasn't her problem but hoped it was up held. The spell is powerful and had a lot of drawbacks if it wasn't up held. She did mumble "I will have to tell Headmistress about this." After, finishing her search and considered Hermione to be clear Madam Pomfrey came out of the room.
"Well, how is she?" Ron rudely asked.
"She is perfectly fine. Young Mr. Malfoy knew what he was doing." Madam Pomfrey replied and walked away to Headmistress's office.
"Did she just give Ferret a compliment!" Ron was livid. Clearly he was hoping that Malfoy had messed up somewhere so that he could tear him down.
"Ron I think it is time to move on and be civil with him. Not only is Hermione marrying him but you are marrying Bella and she is obviously close with Hermione and Malfoy." Harry tried to reason with him.
"I will never get along with the bouncing Ferret. He is a horrible person. How could you want to be friends with that?"
"I want to because I care about Hermione and she is our friend. You said yourself that he was being nice to us. He seems to have changed."
Ron grumbled to himself. "Fine but if he messes up I will kick his arse."
"Now what is going on with you and Bella? Tell the story." Harry tried to get his stubborn friend to open up.
Ron took a breath as he sat down on the couch. Harry followed. "Harry please, don't look down on me for this. In 6th year you know how I was with Lavender?" Harry nodded. "Well one day when Lavender wouldn't leave me alone I went to the Room of Requirement. That's where I met her. We bonded that night and we continued to meet and vent to each other. Her father was a death eater and wanted her to marry Adrian Pucey. She didn't want to he was a dumb jerk. I would sneak off after everyone was asleep. She had fallen for me and I was starting to fall for her. You know how I would go to bed early on winter break. Well, I didn't really. I would fly to the lake not far from the Burrow. One day when I went to meet her I was met her brother instead. He told me to break it off with her and if I didn't he would make my life hell. So that is what I did. When we came back from break I kept with Lavender and it killed me to watch her so upset. I found out that her brother told her I had been talking about how I was using her and telling lies all because he said I wasn't worthy enough to be with his sister. When I saw her again this summer I knew I had to keep my distance and to not fall for her to keep her safe. That's why I was so mean when she showed up and why she reacted the way she did."
"I don't look down at you for this. You did what you had to do. Well now you have her. Show her that you really care about her and show her brother that he was wrong." Harry said patting his friend on the back.
"You're right Harry. When I see her next I will ask her for us to start a new." Ron sat up taller and held his head high.
"Good now about falling for each other." Harry was extremely nervous to ask his best friend this important question. "You know that I really care about your sister and I want your permission to ask her to be mine."
"No" Ron plainly stated.
"No?" Harry was about to ask why when the door opened.
Ron and Harry both looked to find an extremely disheveled Bella. Tears were streaming down her face; she had scratches and bruises down her neck. Her arms were wrapped around her as though she was trying to cover herself up. She froze when she saw them. Her eyes widened. "I...um...I...have to gggo." She ran up to her room.
"I need to..."Ron started but slam went the door again.
"Where is my sister, Weasel?" Rowland yelled storming into the common room.