After a War ((Old Copy))

Chapter 6 Book 1

After A War

Harry found her quicker than she expected. Once he saw her he ran up to her, pulled her to stand and hugged her.

"You ok?" He asked quietly.

"Is Ron?" She asked.

"That doesn't matter right now. Are you ok?" He asked.

"No." She shook her head in his shoulder. He tightened his grip on the hug. "I didn't mean to, it was a accident." She mumbled.

"Do you like him?" Harry whispered.

"I don't know." She whispered back. He didn't expect that. He sat her back down and sat next to her. He grabbed her hands.

"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked.

"He had a nightmare and wouldn't wake up, so Theo came and got me. We entered his nightmare and it was hard to wake him up until I hugged him in the dream. Then he woke up and something, just, happened. I don't even know." Hermione buried her head in his shoulder.

"Its ok Hermione. Its your choice who you like, Ron and Draco are both good people." Harry said.

"Yeah, just Draco made fun of me for so many years while Ron protected me from him." She mumbled. Harry sighed.

"That is true."

"I didn't mean to, it was a accident and I keep thinking about it all the time. It destroys me and builds me up at the same time. It makes me smile and cry. It kills me yet I still live. Harry?"

"Yeah?"

"Do I love Draco?" She asked quietly. He pulled her closer and hugged her again.

"Its not me you should be asking that. You should talk to him." Harry said. She nodded. Harry stood up and walked away.

"Why does it hurt so much?" She asked herself.

"I love Ron. Iv always loved Ron." She mumbled.

"Then why did I feel so happy when I kissed him?" She shook the thought and cried in her corner more. Draco walked in. No. Malfoy. Malfoy walked in. He leaned against the wall and looked at the floor.

"Potter said I needed to talk to you." He mumbled. She nodded. Neither of them said anything. Harry returned.

"Ok, I'm sitting on the other side of the shelf, you two, talk." Harry said. He walked back to behind the shelf.

"Private conversation." Hermione told Harry. He poked his head into view.

"Yeah, whatever. Talk." His head disappeared again.

"I'm sorry." Draco-Malfoy! Malfoy said. She tried to push his first name out of her head, it was like trying to forget how to breathe.

"For what? I did just as much as you did." Hermione stood up.

"For not doing anything that night." Immediately she knew what he was talking about. Bellatrix. His dream.

"I'm fine Dra-Malfoy." She said.

"Then why are you always looking at your arm?" He asked. He took a step forward and grabbed her arm. The sleeve was already pulled up. He ran his fingers along the scar and a chill ran through her entire body.

"I-It reminds me of things." She said.

"Like what?" He asked, still tracing the scar.

"Like that I am a Mudblood, always have been always will be. Just a Mudblood." She whispered. He looked at her.

"You the smartest, bravest and most powerful Mudblood iv ever met." He said.

"What about your scar?" She asked, trying to change the subject.

"What scar?" He asked. She lifted his sleeve to show the dark mark on his arm. He looked at the skull with the snake and sighed. "That scar." He mumbled. She watched the snake move around his arm. She moved her finger along his arm and the snake followed it. Carful not to touch the snake, she guided it all around his arm.

"What happened? Why didn't you kill Dumbledore?" She asked as the snake tried to bite her finger. She continued to play with the snake.

"I couldn't." He said. Harry ran back in.

"Great conversation, but Ron's here and I'm guessing he wont want to see you two standing so close together." Harry said quickly. Hermione looked up at Draco and winced. She looked at her finger, now dripping with blood. She entirely forgot to keep her hand moving away from the snake. She walked back to her corner and Draco leaned against the wall. She hid her hand behind her back. Harry walked over to Hermione as Ron entered. He looked at Hermione for a second then to Draco. He walked up to him and punched him. Hermione gasped and Harry ran over to Draco to help him up.

"I deserved that." Draco said quietly. Ron nodded and smiled to himself. He looked at Hermione and grabbed her arm. They walked a bit away from the other two.

"I only need to know one thing." Ron said quietly.

"Ron, I-"

"Do you love him 'Mione?" He asked.

"Ron! I love you." She said.

"That doesn't answer my question."

"Ron." Hermione begged.

"That does. Thank you Hermione." Ron put his forehead on hers and by the time she opened her eyes he was gone. She walked back to where Harry and Draco where waiting.

"Your crying again. What happened Hermione?" Harry asked her. Her vision was blurred. She wrapped her arms around what she thought was Harry's neck.

"Ron broke up with me." She whispered. "Why are you so cold Harry?" She asked.

"Because I'm not Harry." Draco said. "Your blind currently I'm guessing." He lifted the arms over his head and moved them to Harry. Hermione laughed.

"Well now its ruined. I cant be sad right now." She wiped the tears from her cheeks. Harry smiled and eventually laughed with her.