Draco's P.O.V
the night was getting darker, the winds were blowing stronger and the animals deep within the forest grumbled. Hermione and I cuddled up against the rock. she made me feel safe ever when no one else could. now that she was mine, i was too happy. little did i know that that could change oh so quickly.
"We should really be heading back shouldn't we?" she says lifting her head off my shoulder. i take a little stretch and get to my feet.
"yeah i guess." i say and kiss her on her soft forehead. the Sky wasn't as dark tonight. then again i didn't know how late it actually was. as the twigs snap under our feet as we walk out the forest we see something. something that truly frightens us more then the forest itself. the large door, to the grand hall of Hogwarts opens. the light from the inside bounces onto the grass. Hermione grabs my hand as we see a tiny silhouette escaping the yellow light. the door slams shut. Oh no!
"What do we do?" she whispers, still holding my hand. i smile.
"Hagrid's!" i say. i tug her hand and we both wiz towards the small hut on the edge of the forest. as i make my way to the front of the house, Hermione stops me.
"wait! there's a back door, go through that so she can't see us!" she was so smart. this time, she tugs my hand and brings me to the back. the bangs the door quietly and before i knew it, the giant oaf Hagrid had yanked it open.
"Hullo Hermione! whata you doin' 'ere?" he says. he has a big goofy grin on his face until he notices me standing next to her. then, he peers down at our hands, still gripped around each other. his expression looks like a fathers seeing his daughter with her first boyfriend, at the age of 12. she pulls me into the hut. it was warm, like literally warm. a yellow fire was glowing against the wall, a large dog known as Fangs sat on an arm chair near the fire. Hagrid's table sat in the center, sitting around the table was plates of cake and cups of tea. who was he having this with?
"Great!" Hermione says, plonking down on a chair. i look at Hagrid, he looks at me. then we just watch Hermione, both completely oblivious to what is going on. "we need to make it look like we have been here for a while." she says picking up one of the cakes, analyzing it and putting it back down on the plate.
"oh right!" i say sitting down on the chair across from her. she giggles at me. "what?"
"its like we are on a date!" she says. we both laugh and then notice Hagrid standing there, still very confused until. *knock knock knock* "oh no she's coming!" Hermione says sipping her tea. she crunches up her face before the door flung open.
"Oh Hello! Professor McGonagal! Whata lovely surprise!" Hagrid says as she marches into the room. she looks at Hermione and I sitting at the table.
"Why are you two still here? its very late,"
"how late?" i interrupt. i instantly regret it but she seems to brush it off and answer me anyways,
"9:30. you guys left 3 hours ago, just asking to pop into Hagrid's to ask him a question! what have you been doing all this time?"
"Chatting! i haven't see Hagrid all year other then around the yard and i wanted to see how my dear friend was going Professor." hermione says. her kiss face voice is actually super adorable.
"Hagrid, how could you let this happen?"
"I dunno Professor, I'm sorry," Hagrid says. i feel kinda bad. he is getting in trouble for doing nothing.
"ok then. lets take you two back." Professor McGonagal says, picking up the bottom of her night gown and opening the front door of Hagrid's hut. Hermione and I look at each other. Did we really just get away with that?
when we got back to the castle, we said goodnight. Professor McGonagal had stayed very close to us on the walk back but walked Hermione and I back to out houses separately after.
"if you go anywhere Hermione i will give you detention for the rest of the term!" she warns. we all knew that Hermione wouldn't do anything but i think this year she has let her good girl reputation fly out the window a little bit.
"until the next time, we should have our test results by then!" i say as Professor walks off down the hall expecting me to follow. i run off after her, letting Hermione fade away out of sight.
Ron P.O.V
my legs ache. i have been pacing and storming around too much lately. every time i thought about Hermione, i got mad. i don't know why, i just did.
"Harry i need to talk to you." say knocking on my own dormitory door. ever since Hermione's fall (which was weeks ago now) Harry hadn't spoken to me unless it was to do with work or telling me to shut up and stop following him.
"I'm still not talking to you!" he says trying to slam the door in my face but i put my hand out and stop it before it closes. i walk into the room. it was a mess. the floor was barely visible and the none of the beds were made.
"Why is it so gross in here?" i ask.
"i don't know. i woke up and half the mess was here,"
"and where did the other half come from." harry looks at me. i could read the signs of anger but also guilt. i looks around the room trying to spot anything out of the ordinary, well other then the clothes and rubbish everywhere. but with pure dumb luck i notice something. a box. a box that harry keeps under his bed. a box that has the most valuable item inside. a box that wasn't there anymore.
"Wheres the invisibility cloke?" i say. harry looks at the ground and back at me. Oh my god. whats happened to it? i ask that very question but Harry couldn't reply. "did you lose it?"
"i don't just lose something that special Ron!"
"Right. Sorry. Well then was it stolen?" he shakes his head. But it wasn't an 'no it couldn't have been stolen' and more like a 'i don't know who would steal it!'. then a light bulb flickered in my head.
"You know who i recon stole it! Hermione!" i say.
"Come on Ron are you still on this? Your just mad and are trying to get her in trouble!"
"No but seriously think about it. she has been staying up really late, waking up late to and falling asleep during breakfast. She's been sneaking out! no doubt to see that ugly rat Malfoy." i snicker. harry looks at me a gives me the same head shake. i wanted to get back on his good side. and this was the way to do it. in the pit of my stomach, i ached for saying this about Hermione but i have done worse to her in the past and she has done worse to me so who cares.
"You know you can't really say that about Draco when your sleeping with Pansy!" Harry snaps. he says it in a cowardly voice as if afraid i would do something.
"Yeah but Pansy isn't a death eater, and Pansy didn't try to kill us,"
"Yeah but remember last year when she told people to get me when Voldemort said to meet him in the woods?"
"But what would you do? You knew that the solution to all your problems lay in front of you and if you didn't grab him then everyone would die,"
"I wouldn't do it because I have a heart!" he says, more aggressive then before. "Fine. I'll look for the cloke with you but only because i want it back, not to get back at Hermione because your being petty." he says and walks out the room past me. "i doubt shes with him though. i don't think they really have anything. To be honest, i recon its all an act."
Ginny's P.O.V
"Hermione!!! Hermione wake up! why you being so lazy recently?"
"i don't know Ginny," Hermione mumbles half asleep, "You stay up all night, tutoring or talking in the for... and then you try to wake up at 6:00am!" she says.
"HOLD ON. you were in the for..est! why would you do that! AGAIN!" i say. i whack her with a pillow that lay at the end of her bed. she zips up and her hair covers her tired face.
"because you have never been to the part of forest i am talking about. its in a clearing, and has a large rock that we sit and talk on,"
"we as in..."
"me and Draco..."
"Draco and I!" i correct. i can see her eyes narrow through her thick bushy hair. she brushes it out of her face and gruffs.
"So what happened and Draco and I went into the forest?" i ask. she pauses and slumps out of bed. staring at herself in the mirror, but eyeing me in the background at the same time.
"Us,"
"us as in you and me or you and Draco?"
"Draco and I." she says pulling her t shirt over her face, muffling her voice.
"And what did you discuss? did you find out what you to are?"
Hermione's P.O.V
i felt like Ginny was pounding me with questions when she finally asked the one i was dreading.
"did you find out what you are?" she says. i was still looking in the mirror, now with a fresh t shirt on. her face was both excited and cutely curious.
"yep." i can barely begin to speak before Ginny is bouncing on my back.
"OMG OMG what did you decide?" she says. i didn't know how to respond. was it like a public thing. everyone knew Draco and I were a thing but being an official thing? i didn't know if it was ok to tell others. "are you ok? you haven't talked in like 2 minutes," she says. i just stayed there, still.
"Umm... I'll need to come back to you on that one." i say and grab my shoes and leave. she trails behind me, asking me questions about what i means and what we were. i just trotted down the stairs, jumping about trying to put my shoe on on the move. i was so looking forward to see Draco at breakfast. i wanted to talk to him so badly but our next private tutoring session was in around 4 days. could i wait till then? or would be just sneak out to the forest again. My place, Out place. the place i feel safe in the most dangerous of spots. its myself (and most of the time Draco) with my thoughts and no one was there to judge them.
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The next 4 days were weird. Harry and Ron would slump behind Ginny and I. they would whisper to each other secretively and we would find them trying to open out dorm door a few times.
"What do you think they are up to?" Ginny asks as we look out the open window. it was Halloween tomorrow and the air smelt like damp leaves a pumpkins. i still had only seen Hagrid once all year and that was the few nights ago with Draco.
"who knows. but its so weird. they have been following me around, basically humping my leg obviously trying to figure something out."
"i didn't even know they were on speaking terms!" she says. i was trying not to worry about them. because the night i had been pumped for all wee had come. in a couple hours, i would be in his bedroom, either doing more studies or celebrating his achievements on the test. i just had to survive dinner.
thx for reading. i had a feeling it was alot this chapter and i hope it all made sense. this is one of my longest chapters and i feel like i am just avoiding what is going to happen next chapter so get ready for some juicey tea to be spilt within the next 2 chpateers. sorry for my lack of spelling skills whe doing this section of the chpater, or any poart of the chapters really i am a horrible speller and clutz and also hate auto correct. Dramo stuff comiung very very VERY SOON. hope you enjoyed. and we have over 1,400 views!!!!!!!!!!!! crazy 💖