Forbidden Love (A Dramione fanfic)

Chapter 5 - freedom

Hermione's pov

I was able to leave the hospital wing about a week after I woke up. I spent the my week there either being visited by friends such as: Harry, Ron, Hagrid, Ginny, Neville and Luna, or doing homework that Ron and Harry kindly brought to me. Even though I was happy to be going back to lessons and to be able to go outside, I was still kind of worried: what was to stop Malfoy from hexing me again? At least I was prepared this time, at least I knew what he was capable of. I used to think that Draco was a coward, all talk no trousers, that none of the threats he made would ever be fulfilled by him, but now I feel like the anguish he has cause has made me know him better.

I was let out on a Tuesday evening with just enough time to get to dinner. I was about to head over to the Gryffindor table when I remembered that this was no longer my house and it deeply saddened me as all I wanted to do right now was sit with Harry and Ron just as I had taken for granted for six years. Neville and Luna were good substitutes and definitely cheered me up though it still was not the same. I couldn't see my two best friends after the meal either as they had Quidditch practice and I felt like we were drifting apart.
On return to the common room I went straight to bed because the only two people in Dumbledore who I could speak to were currently snogging each other's brains out.
Whilst passing the door to Neville's room I heard a voice call my out my name. It was Draco.

"Hermione!" He said, not in a horrible way, just the way a friend would say it, even though he was not a friend.

"What do you want?"

"I just came to say that I'm sorry - about what happened"

"Sorry? Sorry! Is that all you have to say for yourself. I've been through deep pain and it's entirely your fault, never mind the amount of school work I've missed "

"Well what else d'you expect to say"

"I don't know, maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't have hexed me in the first place!" And with that I stormed off to my dorm.

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Luna arrived back in the room a couple of minutes after me.

"Are you ok?" She asked "you're face is bright red"

"Yeah, I'm fine, it's Malfoy. Well, before he came to apologise, but it's like he thinks he can just say sorry and everything will be fine"

"At least he did bother to apologise"

"True"

"I'm glad you're back Hermione, I've been lonely in here on my own"

"I'm glad to be back too" I answered with a smile, and with that we turned the light off and went to sleep.

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