Redamancy (dramione)

9- Then He Saw It

"You put your wand down this instant, and let me out! I'm hungry." He said angrily.

"No, you're going to that sink and I'm going to heal your hand."

"You're not." He pulled out his wand but before he could point it at her, she interrupted.

"Incarcerous!" She said loudly, her voice bouncing off the walls of the bathroom and he fell to his knees as ropes tied around him. She smiled and made her way over to him, looking down on him. Her heels clicked against the tiles.

She gave him a pouty face while bending down slightly.

"Aw, is Malfoy stuck?" Hermione said laughing to herself.

"You'll simply regret this." He said struggling against the ropes.

"It's for your own good." She composed herself and started to be serious. She grabbed him by the back of his school robes and dragged him to the sink. She propped him up and tried to go for his hand, but he closed it in a tight fist.

"Now now, Malfoy, don't make me freeze you, who knows what other injuries I'll find and cure." She said sarcastically but that got him to stop struggling. He stared at the floor in anger and gave her his hand. She uncovered his bandages. Some blood was dried but there were still many cuts where blood slowly flowed out. Hermione shook her head at the sight.

"Why on earth would someone do this to themselves?" Hermione asked him, wetting a cloth and getting rid of the dried blood.

"You make me so angry, it's your fault." He said calmly.

"I guess it's always my fault, right? It's my fault for the way my hair is, it's my fault for the way my teeth turned out, it's my fault for who my parents happened to be, and my fault that I'm a Mud-blood." She said rolling her eyes and taking out her wand.

He stayed silent staring at the floor.

She pointed it to the cut and healed it.

Draco fell back on the floor and his back slightly arched in pain as his skin sewed itself back together. He felt her rub his knee comfortingly and the pain finally stopped. The ropes vanished into the air.

"You're fine." She smiled and pocketed her wand. She stood up and held out a hand to him. He looked at it nervously and took it. She helped him up and he leaned into her. He grabbed her wrist and looked down at his hand, then her wrist that he was holding.

"Thank you." Draco muttered. No one had done this for him. Not his family, not random girls like her, only Blaise and Theo, because they only cared. She rubbed his arm, and he felt warm. She looked up at him.

"You're welcome, don't do it again." She said in a low voice.

He slowly let go of her wrist, and hugged her, tightly. Her eyes widened in surprise. What would Ron do if he saw her hug Malfoy? He'd most certainly scream at her, making her feel bad for trying to help another. But he wasn't around.

She hugged him back just as tight, and felt his heart beat. They stayed like that for a few minutes, often swaying back and forth ever so slightly. Draco put all his words into this hug. He knew he could never voice them to her. They slowly let go. They both knew when, and it wasn't awkward. But when they looked back at each other in their eyes, it became awkward.

"Sorry, but at least I made sure Weasley wasn't here when I did that." Draco said chuckling, pocketing his hands. She chuckled and shook her head at the floor.

"It doesn't matter. He won't ever know." She smiled. "Have a lovely day, Malfoy." She gave him a warm smile and turned around, to eat her breakfast quickly. Draco stayed in place, looking at where she had just stood and her smell lingered around him. All he could smell was her, all he could think about was her, and all he wanted was her. His heart beat quickly, and he blushed. He clutched the fabric of his uniform that was over his heart.

Yeah, maybe he did fancy Hermione Granger.

***

It was now after dinner, Ginny and Pansy had reminded the two boys of what they had to tell Draco. Blaise and Theo walked back to their dorm and saw Draco sitting in his bed reading.

"Hey Drake, had a nice day?" Blaise said setting his bag down.

"Yeah, it was nice." Draco smiled faintly to himself and kept reading.

"After curfew meet us at the really big tree in front of the lake." Theo told him.

Draco just hummed an okay as he was engrossed in his book. His friends changed and left to go outside before curfew. The door slam snapped him out of it.

"Wait!" Draco looked around but they had gone. He decided to get up and not change, just putting his wizard's robe on over his pyjamas, and meet them after curfew. He went to the mirror and looked at the clock while making his hair more presentable.

It was now after curfew, and Draco went. He didn't understand why they didn't talk to him in their own dorm? Since they lived together? He was genuinely confused. He saw the big tree in the distance and went down slowly. He didn't see them and went around the tree and gasped, stumbling back behind the tree.

A couple was making out against it, but he didn't gasp because of some stupid kissing, no, he gasped for it was Ronald Weasley kissing some blonde girl he'd never seen before. He put his hand over his heart and tried catching his breath. The scene replayed in his head over and over.

Weasley was cheating on Granger. Weasley was cheating on Granger!

He snapped out of it and peeked around the tree. Disgusting, he thought bitterly, grimacing at the sight. What a slob. It was definitely Ronald Weasley. He turned and walked back slowly, trying to not make noise, and snuck around the castle trying to avoid Filch. He made it back to his room in time and saw Theo and Blaise talking.

Draco stood there and glared at them. "Stop having your little mothers meeting and explain why you're here and not at the tree!" Draco said tiredly. They snapped their heads towards him.

"Tree? What do you mean tree?" Blaise asked innocently.

"Draco, we said we were going to the tree, and that you could come if you like, but we ended up just walking around the castle." Theo said giving him a confused look. The boys smirked in their heads.

"I wasn't paying attention I was reading my book, you could of tapped me on the shoulder." Draco huffed tiredly going to take of his robe. "No big deal I guess. Needed the fresh air anyway." He said as he collapsed on his bed face down.

Theo and Blaise fist bumped each other with grins on their faces. Draco now knew that Weasley was cheating on Granger, and they 100% expected him to tell Granger tomorrow, and it would be a Saturday, so plenty of time.