After The Ball

The Second Trail

Draco POV

It's a couple of weeks after the Yule Ball and I have not stopped thinking about her and how I should've asked her taken my chance and now rumour in the boys dorm is Victor Crum is going to ask Hermione to go to Bulgaria in summer with him and all I can do I sit there and go along with pretending to hate her and...it kills me.

I know I'm pushing her away and it's better for her to not be with me because I'm toxic, my family is toxic they would never approve and if I let her in I would have to tell her about the things going on at home and it would be safer for her and everyone if she did not know, plus she would never be with me because I was so mean to her for so long it's almost impossible I would ever get her so the best thing I can do is stop...stop loving her leave her to be her where she'll end up with someone good like Potter or Weasley I hate to say it but it would just be better for...for everyone.

So the second trail was going to be my last...last nice interaction with her to see even it was if there was a small chance she could ever like or want me, but I get there and she's nowhere we are surrounded by water and she's nowhere so my first instinct is to panic, I go full panic I am running around I miss the start and I leave the trail to find her, but to my horror she...she's part of the trail stuck underwater, paralysed , probably has no idea what's going on... so as I head back the trail is just ending and she, she is safe Crum rescued her she, she is ok...

So later on that evening I meet her in the dark back corner of the library to check on her. It was so dumb but I needed to she was almost happy...happy to see me, me! Of all people it's me she wanted to see and I explained the trail and how amazing she did and how glad I was she was ok, she was blushing she got redder and redder until we had to leave for curfew.
I realised then I could give up I had to...I had to fight for her, she didn't care about my second name she forgave me and I love her...