Limerence

The Offer

Draco's pov:
I hurried to my dorm after the meeting with the dark lord. I was literally shaking like it was -20° C. I went to the bathroom and splashed water on my face as if it will wake me up from this horrid dream.

It was 3 in the afternoon now. I heard Hermione calling me. "Draco? Are you alright? I haven't seen you since you got the discharge. Where have you been? You were not there in the lectures..." She trailed off as I came from the bathroom looking disheveled.

"Oh my goodness! Draco what happened?" She asked me as she hugged me. Lord bless this woman! She's already putting up with enough of my shit. And now this..

"Hermione.. Sit down first. I have to talk something very important with you." I said in a cold voice. I saw fear creeping into her eyes for a second until she came back to normal. Damn Gryffindors! With their courage and bravery! "I'm sorry in advance Hermione. What you may hear now will change our lives for hell. Today I was called by the dark lord for a meeting. And there as I am not getting success in my mission, and the dark lord himself is not accomplishing either, He gave a proposition to us..." I just couldn't say it further.

Hermione squeezed my shoulder gently and spoke in a soft voice. "What is it Draco?" How can this girl be so calm? It's the dark lord for God's sake. "I.. Uh..umm." I trembled.she closed her eyes for a moment and opened them again. She just looked at me and screamed.

"Just get over it Draco! It's killing me!"
Hermione finally let out her emotions. She was panicking and tears threatening to fall from her eyes.
"The Dark Lord wants you to become a Death Eater and work for him."
I said quietly.. My head low in shame. I couldn't see her reaction.. I couldn't see the Brave Gryffindor princess falling into pieces.

I finally took courage and looked at her. She was looking at the ceiling. Her breath heavy. Tears spilling from her eyes. Then she looked at me. "What if I deny?" I turned my head as soon as I heard that. "Draco.. What if I deny?" She asked again in a slightly calm voice which looked like it could burst any second. Now Tears started running from my eyes. "God dammit Draco! What will happen if I say no? Answer me!" She screamed. Now her hands grabbing my collar roughly.
"He will kill us both." I said not looking at her.. Standing up from the bed and lokking out of the window as salty drops of water escalated down my cheeks. I heard Hermione shuffling on the bed, going out of the room into her room and slamming the door.

I could not stop her. Not after all the discomfort I have caused her. Sometimes I wish that Amortentia wouldn't have fallen on me and our lives would have been the same.
Me, a pureblood bullying mudbloods. Me, a hopeless romantic hiding my feelings.
Should I go and talk to her? I can't stand seeing her getting destroyed. And I cannot even blame myself more.. It kills me everytime knowing that hermione is stuck in all this just beacuse of me and she will face more difficulties than she has faced with potter with me. It might have been a hour since hermione left my room. My brain has literally given up on thinking until I heard a knock. I looked up at Hermione who was now dressed in a casual sweater and jeans. Her hair were wet indicating she probably took a shower to get jer mind off things.
She slowly came towards me. I was sitting on the floor my back touching the bed. She kneeled down at my level and cupped my face. "I'm sorry how I reacted at that Draco. I just didn't took it calmly... And I completely forgot that I'm not alone in this! You are suffering as much as I am.. Even more than me for God's sake." She wiped the tears that I didn't even knew were coming from my eyes at this moment.
"But we can make this work. You can be a spy for the order." Her eyes lit up while saying this. But I was confused.
"You can be a double agent. Like snape." She stopped herself when my face showed no emotion than shocked. "You mean to say that Severes Snape is a double agent? He also works for the order?" Hermione smiled. "I was also shocked when I first found out. So I was saying, that you can be a double agent. Tell us some activities of Voldemort and the death eaters and missions and stuff like that. Then we will tell you exactly what to do. And with Dumbledore amd his thinking, it will be easier to defeat Voldemort. And meanwhile, Dumbledore will provide protection to you and your family.... If they feel like they need it."
I started thinking about what Hermione just said. I mean anything for her to be honest.
"But how will I stop the Dark lord's questions? He Will surely ask me about about you at the meetings... At we can say that you need time.. But till when? We cannot lie for months Hermione. He is clever than that. He will give us an ultimatum of time when he catches on that we are not sure about what we want to do."

Hermione's pov:
Draco did have a point. I mean when I had thought about it, I also had the same question. We cannot say "I need time" for a long time. Maybe a month? Or go into hiding? But Dark lord will Definately suspect it. Then something hit me in the chest. If Draco will join the order... Then I will also have to become a death eater. It will be the only thing that will keep us alive.
"We need to speak to Dumbledore" I said to Draco getting up from where I had sat. Draco was also probably thinking about what I'm thinking about.

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