 Chapter 7
Draco slept outside the Common Room for about four hours until the door opened. Hermione came into the hallway. Draco woke up at her step, and pretended to be asleep.
"Draco?" Draco pretended to snore. Hermione sighed. "Draco, get up."
"How did you know?" Draco asked.
"I know a fake snore from a real snore."
"Well....your just smart, that's all." Draco sat up, his coat falling from his chest. "What do you want?"
"I...I...just wanted to apologize. You can come in now." Draco raised an eyebrow. "Seriously. I just got...tense."
"If being tense means you throw people out doors, I'd hate to see you when your mad." Draco teased. Hermione flushed.
"Stop it! It was just...you being there, after...all that happened....it hurt me. I just got to thinking about what I went through, and-"
"Wait, what YOU went through?" Draco was angry. "HOW DO YOU THINK I FELT? HOW I STILL FEEL! After crying forever, trying to forget the love of my life, then finding myself bunking with you! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH PAIN I WENT THROUGH!" He turned away. "You don't know what pain is."
Hermione started to cry. Draco kept his glare, until she came over to him.
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Hermione started to cry after Draco had his outburst. She coudn't help it. Draco was being unfair. Did he think she felt nothing? She went over to him.
"Draco....look at me." He faced her, the hurt look still there, but confusion had replaced anger.
"What Hermione?"
"I...I felt pain too. I still feel pain. And I still feel it...here." She pointed to her heart. "I still feel love...for you."
Draco put his arms around her and kissed her. And Hermione allowed it. She took his hands and led him inside the Common Room. He came willingly. Draco and Hermione sat on the couch, looking into the flames, as she had done with Harry. And she felt nothing wrong with that.
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