Dramione-A forbidden Love

Chapter 26

Draco's POV

I planned this day for weeks. I never had the intention to plan something because of our prefect duty. No, today was the day when I would tell Hermione the truth, the complete truth. About my family, the Dark Lord and most importantly my feelings. I couldn't live more days without knowing how she feels. 

And then I remembered that I still owe her a full dinner, because of our bet about the Triwizard Tournament. So I started to plan. I chose an afternoon where we both were free. I told everybody, that we had to plan something important and nobody should disturb us. I told the house elves to cook us us something good and hexed candles. The result was a romantic candle light dinner. In the background played quiet jazz music. 

When she entered the room I turned around. She looked surprised and then smiled. "Wow, Draco. Why...?" "I owe you a dinner, remember? You were right, Potter won that tournament." I came towards her and hugged her. I brought her to a seat. She sat down, still a surprised twinkle in her brown eyes. For a while we ate in peace. Then I broke the silence. 

"You have no idea why I did this, haven't you?" I asked her. She shook her head. "No, I guess it has nothing to do with the prefect duty?" she asked with a smile. "But I love it!" she added directly. That gave me a little hope. Maybe she wouldn't laugh at me. "You know, first, it was just because of the bet. But then also because... yeah, I wanted to talk. We are friends, best friends, I think, for more than 5 years now. And I can't imagine a life without you!" She smiled a bit. But she also had an intensive look in her face. She knew that this wasn't everything. And to be honest, I wouldn't believe me either. Nobody does that much effort to say thank you. "But" I said, "That's not everything. You know nearly nothing about me. You know some things about me you hear from others, and I think most of these things are true. I know I'm not the most talkative person on earth, but I want that my best friend knows everything about me. And I want to change this now." I made a pause and looked at her. I was afraid about the things which would follow now. This were my deepest secrets, things not even Crabbe and Goyle knew. Nobody knew them. I was afraid that after she would knew these things, she would turn away from me. Without realizing I had close my eyes. Suddenly I felt her hand over mine. When I opened my eyes she looked straight into my face. So I took a deep breath and started. I told her everything about my family and the new rise of the Dark Arts. I told her about the Death Eater past of my father and my education leaned on this thinking. What my parents and family expected from me. I told her about my aunt Bellatrix (of who I was really afraid. She was insane, just insane), the happenings at the Quidditch World Cup, and the things that happened after the grave yard. I talked for nearly 15 minutes. "So" I ended. "I really am afraid about the future. I know what will happen. You-Know-Who will gain power again, and when Fudge continues his return it will happen soon. You may understand now why this friendship is so dangerous and that it doesn't have any future. My family would never understand that I am best friends with a muggleborn girl and my aunt would literally kill me for that. I am a Malfoy, and for now this name is important in the Dark magical world." I saw the fear in her face. I looked down. Should I even tell her the last part? When I stopped now, I could end the whole friendship. It was nor what I wanted, but then she would be safe. What should I do now? Follow my heart or my brain. After a few seconds I reached a decision. I looked in her beautiful face. She waited for me. The question was, will I make the right choice?

Short chapter now, but I wanted to create a little bit more suspense ;) What do you think will happen now? What is Draco's decision? I will upload the next chapter soon!