Mudblood & Me | Completed

Chapter 26 - What if they hurt her?

Draco's POV

We walked past rows of houses as we headed to the park, the sky getting steadily darker above us. I let Hermione lead the way as I had no idea where we were going, she was holding my hand. I could feel her soft, smooth palms against mine. Mine weren't exactly calloused as the life I led had kept me away from any hard work but Hermione's felt so much softer than mine. 

"Are you alright there, Draco? You seem a bit quiet." Hermione said, turning to look at me. I could just about make out her face in the darkness and her warm, brown eyes. 

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just hoping you're not leading me to my death in a dark alley." I said.

"Would I do such a thing?" She said and I saw the glint of her white teeth as she smiled at me.

"I couldn't be sure," I said. "Who knows who you can trust?" I meant it as a joke, but I could tell immediately Hermione took it seriously. The street lights around us started to switch on and I could see her face looked serious too.

"Draco, you know you can trust me, right?" She said, coming to a stop and looking me straight in the eye. 

"Yes, of course. I know I can trust you Hermione, you're my girlfriend." I said, with a smile. She smiled too, she seemed very happy about that.

"Okay, thank you. I just wanted to be sure that you know." She said, then she carried on walking down these roads that I had never seen before but she seemed to know where she was going. 

"Do you actually know where we're going Hermione? Because it seems like we have been walking for a while, to get to this place you said would only take a couple minutes." I said, Hermione looked a bit embarrassed.

"Um, I might not be too sure. But I'm sure it's round here somewhere, I swear it is." Hermione said, glancing around. All the streets looked the same to me, so I was not going to be able to help. "It's fine, I'll be able to work out where we are. Just give me a second." She carried on glancing around but didn't stop looking quite so lost. 

"Are you sure about that?" I responded. She turned to me, with a smile.

"Maybe not, but I can try. So let me try for a second and if I can't work it out, then we can just apparate back, okay?" She said, I nodded trying to not laugh. 

Ginny's POV

The moon became clearer as the sky turned darker and the sun disappeared off the horizon. I shuffled closer to the flame, that Harry had created, as the temperature started to drop. Harry noticed straight away.

"Are you getting cold, do you want to go back? We don't have to stay out here." Harry said, looking concerned. I shook my head.

"No, it's fine. I'm okay. I don't want to ruin our cute little date." I said.

"But it won't be a good date if you're freezing, Ginny." He responded.

"Sometimes I don't appreciate how logical you are but I'm not freezing, I've got my coat and this flame you made." I said. He didn't look convinced but let it slide.

"Do you want anything more to eat?" He asked, moving towards the basket.

"No, I'm okay. Can we just lie here for a bit?" I asked. He nodded. I fell backwards onto the blanket and felt Harry lie beside me. I felt the heat of his arm against mine. " This is a perfect way to end our date, with a bit of stargazing."

"Yeah, it is." He said, I saw his breath turn to mist in the air as I turned onto my side to look at him. He didn't notice right away but eventually looked over and saw me. "That's a bit creepy, Ginny. Watching people without them knowing."

"Well, I'm hardly keeping it a secret, it's pretty obvious." I said, with a smirk. He turned onto his side too so that we were level with each other.

"Anyway, who said this was the end of the date? We can finish it back at Grimmauld Place." He said, his gaze locked with mine.

"Harry," I said, pretending to be aghast. "How could you suggest such a thing? My brother literally sleeps next door."

"He sleeps like a log, he'd never know anything happened. And I know, I've tested." He said. I looked at him, actually shocked this time. "Oh no, not like that. Other ways, like dropping pans, playing the drums, making the most noise I can and yet he still carried on sleeping."

"Oh." I said as I relaxed again. "Well let's test that theory out."

Hermione's POV

"Right, we're going back. I have no idea where we are." I said, giving up as I looked at rows and rows of houses and streets that all looked the same, there were no distinguishable features anywhere to say where we were. Draco smirked, I shot him a glare before gripping his hand tighter. Then the world was twisting around us, but I was still thinking about the park and I realised too late as we landed in the park, I'd spent hours trying to find as now the moon had been up for a rather long time. "Well, that was an accident but hey, I finally found the park." I said, with a smile. Draco laughed.

"Well, you didn't find it. You apparated to it." He said,

"I don't appreciate that negative attitude, Draco" I said. "But, it's a bit late now, we should get back." Draco nodded. I again gripped his hand harder and held the image of Grimmauld Place in my mind. The world twisted and we were stood in the living room, the house was quiet and no-one was sat in the living room. "Where is everyone?" I asked. Draco seemed unsettled by the silence. I went out into the hall and still silence, I headed up the stairs, Draco behind me. I also felt unsettled so I pulled out my wand. I first headed to Harry and Ginny's shared room, I slowly pushed open the door. There were two people asleep under the covers. "Harry." I said. He jumped up, his top half bare. "Is Ginny there?" I asked. He nodded. The voices must have woke her up as she sat up pulling the covers with her, I wasn't sure if I wanted to know what they had been up to while we had been gone. "Where's Ron, Sirius and Willow?" I asked.

"Um, I'm not sure. We presumed they were out somewhere, they weren't here when we got back." Harry said. "Are they not here?"

"The place is silent they can't be." I said. "Draco can you go check the other rooms." He walked out, I heard him pushing open the doors down the corridor. He came back.

"None of them are here." He said.

"Where can they be? They wouldn't just leave like this. Do you think they've been taken? Oh my god, Willow, my baby, someone's taken her. What if they hurt her? What if they hurt them all?" I said, my thoughts moving quickly.