We Were Always A Losing Game

Chapter 5: Expect The Unexpected

When I get back to my dormitory, after dinner, I lay on my bed and I feel something poke me on the back of my head. I sit up to see the letter underneath my pillow. "Oh my god" I say to myself "the letter". I open up the letter and decide to read it. 'Dear H, I don't know if or how or when this letter will get to you but I want to tell you something. I really miss you. I was just laying in bed one day and there I was catching myself thinking about you non stop. it was like I had been taken away from something and desperately needed it back in order to live. at first I thought it was the fact our families hated each other which stopped us being friends but then I realised it was actually because the feelings I have towards you are like no other. please do not tell anyone about this because if my father hears about this then he will go berserk. I love you Hermione Jean Granger. never forget that. D x'. what the hell was I going to do. how could I be so oblivious to his behaviour around me today. how stupid could I be. All my thoughts start to go blurry as I fall asleep holding the letter.

"Why are you avoiding us Hermione?" says Harry looking frustrated. "I'm not avoiding you, I just really don't want you to ask questions about why Draco stormed out of potions class when he saw me!" I shout at them. Draco hears me from across the hall and shouts over at Harry, "Potter! Potter! leave her alone!". Why would Draco make it obvious. he knows his father will be infuriated if someone tells him that Draco has been sticking up for me in school. I just give him a smile and turn back around and eat my breakfast. 

After potions class I am staying behind to study with Professor Snape when Draco walks in. he doesn't look at me or even say anything he just sits down across the room from me. "Hi" I say wondering if he will even answer me. "Shut up you filthy little mud blood!" he shouts. how could he be so rude after sticking up for me at breakfast and writing me a love letter, it doesn't make sense. I decide to leave and go and visit Hagrid. I walk out of the classroom and about thirty seconds after I've walked out Draco comes up to me and taps on my shoulder. I turn around and he stands there looking guilty. "I'm sorry" he says. "for what?" I ask knowing full well what he is sorry for. "For calling you that in there. It's just if Professor Snape catches me talking to you he will inform my father and trust me, you don't want to see how he will react. "It's fine, I understand, but we need to talk" I say. "Follow me" Draco says taking my hand and pulling me down towards the entrance to Hogwarts. "Where are we going?" I say with confusion. He says nothing and just pulls me towards a little hole in the wall to the left of the entrance. he climbs through the hole but I am hesitant until Draco sticks his head back out through the hole and says "Come on Granger, you trust me don't you?". I take his hand and follow him through the hole to find a beautiful garden. "It's the old garden that was used for herbology" Draco says reassuring me that it's not used anymore so nobody will catch us. i walk around and see a beautiful tree with white flowers draping down from the branches with a beautiful wooden bench underneath it. I sit on the bench and Draco sits next to me. "About the le-" I say being cut off by draco's lips against mine. It felt somewhat safe and magical. I felt like I was on cloud nine. How could something so bad feel so good? The kiss lasted a while until he stopped and put his forehead against mine and took a breathe. he looked at me and all of a sudden looked scared. "What's wrong?" I ask. "Nothing, it's just I have been waiting so long to do that and now I feel like I had rushed into it and kissed you too soon". I look down to see his hand on the bench, I grab it and pull him closer grab the collar of his shirt with my other hand and kiss him softly. "It wasn't too soon" I whisper.