Path | Dramione

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-Hermione Granger-

I stop my car at the front of the driveway so I don't have to walk up the long pathway to his house. I run up the many many stairs and bang on his front door.

In seconds he answers the door and we just look at each other.

"What do you feel right now?" I whisper and he stares at me blankly.

Maybe it didn't work?

Was he just messing with me?!

"I don't know" he says loudly and I gulp a slight bit.

"Passion?" I start to list some emotions or powerful feeling off. "Happiness, care?"

He nods for the last one and I smile.

"You care about me?"

"I think so"

"Has it really been that long?"

"10 years"

I frown at that. That means he was twelve when he decided life sucked so much he decided it would just be better not to feel.

"So you don't remember what it feels like?"

"No"

I grab the sides of his face and kiss him sweetly with all the care I have for him.

If you look at it, this is basically our first *actual* kiss...

All the other times were full of lust and it was just so we can have sex...but this for our feelings and nothing else.

Draco's arms go around my waist and I move mine so they are wrapped around his neck.

Seconds tick by as we just kiss each other. I feel the care that is rolling out of Draco's kiss and I smile into it, knowing that I have broken a wall.

But knowing what I know, it my just be a temporary thing and I'm ready for that if it is. Because I'm not giving up on him, I care too much to go back now.

It could just be a 'moment of weakness' and tomorrow none of what happened tonight would matter to him.

And it's very possible, it happens In a lot of cases. But I'm taking the gamble. Because having hope is better then being hopeless.

I pull away from Draco and look up at him with teary eyes.

"Are you going to cry?"

I blink a couple times and sniff a little bit. "It's working..." I whisper and he chuckles.

"I think so"

I smile widely and hug him. He pulls me through the door as he hugs me back and I hear the door close behind me.

But then I realize what I said earlier. But then what Theo said.

"Draco..." I stop and pull away from the hug.

"What? What's wrong?"

"We aren't going to work..." I whisper and I see him tense a little bit.

Fuck
Fuck

I should have said that!!! He just got his emotions back and I'm already hurting him!!!!!

"But I'm going to make an effort" I say quickly and I see him visibly calm down.

"So does that mean yes to being my girlfriend?" He asks me and I sigh with a smile.

"Yes, but this doesn't mean I'm done with you. We just broke one tiny barrier, we are far from done" I laugh and peck his lips.

"Hmmmm noo" Draco says pulling me back to him after our lips separate. I laugh as our lips meet again.

In a couple seconds we both pull away and I yawn, realizing how tired I actually am. Being as it's 1am.

"You tired?" Draco says, brushing a piece of my hair behind my ear. I nod yes and he shrugs, then picks me up like a toddler.

I laugh and wrap my legs around his waist, placing my head in the crook of his neck, breathing in his intoxicating scent that I o-so-love.

Theo was right, I like this Draco and he has barely even showed me himself.