Super 8

Chapter 49

Hermione's POV

Draco comes back out of the curtain. He puts his other clothes back in his bag. He's wearing basketball shorts and a t-shirt. Ginny yawns.

"What time is it?" I ask.

"I don't know. 9:00? 10?" Harry guesses. I yawn.

"Well, I guess I'm going to bed. See you guys in the morning," I say. As I get up, Draco lays down on the couch.

"Me too. I'm so tired," I hear Ginny say.

"I think we should all get some sleep now. But someone should take watch first," Harry says. Ron raises his hand.

"I will. I'm not tired yet," he says.

"Okay. Thanks, man," Harry says as he walks over to his bunk. Ron grabs his wand and steps outside the tent. Ginny climbs up to the top bunk as I slide into the bottom. Harry blows out all the candles and whatever light we have except the one on the coffee table in the middle of the couches and one on the dining table. I drift off to sleep really fast.

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I jerk awake from a dream. I was dreaming about them finding us. Hurting Draco. I couldn't stand it so I made myself wake up. Thank goodness it was only a dream. I sit up in bed and look over at the couch. There's a figure sitting up on one. I quietly get up and tip toe over there. I see that it is Draco. He hasn't heard me yet and I know he's awake, so I cover his eyes with my hands.

"Guess who," I whisper.

"My darling," he whispers back. I uncover his eyes and he looks back at me. He smiles when he sees me. He holds open his arms. I jump over the couch and slide into his arms.

"You took off your shirt," I say.

"Yeah. You should know that I hate wearing shirts while I sleep. But I feel uncomfortable when I'm shirtless around your friends. Not that I have been," he adds. I smile.

"I'm not hating," I say, grinning. He kisses my forehead.

"I love you," he says in my ear.

"I love you too," I say back. We sit like this for a bit. Cuddling, watching the candle in silence. It's been about 20 minutes to half an hour, I think, when I get tired again. I don't want to go back to my bed.

"Hey," I whisper.

"Yeah?" Draco whispers back.

"Lay down," I say, as I get up. He lays down sideways on the couch. I find two couch pillows. I hand one to him to put under his head. I lay with my back against Draco on the couch with a pillow under my head. His arms are wrapped around my waist. I fall asleep again, listening to the sound and feel of him breathing.

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"Hermione! Malfoy, wake up. Breakfast. Now," I hear someone call. The next thing that happens is that in getting shoved awake. My eyes open very slowly. I feel Draco's arms shift around my waist. I see Ginny standing over us, already dressed, with her arms crossed.

"'Mione, come on. We're going to the Ministry to tell them about the Carrows and that Howard kid. Get Malfoy up too," she says. I mumble something that she takes as a yes and she leaves. I lay on the couch for a few minutes before gently waking Draco.

"Draco, wake up. Big day today, I think," I say. I move his hands off of my waist. I sit up and nudge him.

"I don't want to," he mumbles.

"Neither do I, but we kinda have to," I say.

"Yeah. There's plenty time for cuddling after we handle this," Ron calls from his side of the tent.

"Eavesdropper!" I call out to him. I can barely make out his eye roll. Draco sits up. He rubs his eye with one hand and his other arm propping him up. I go over to my side and get dressed. Combat boots, jeans, a sweater and a jacket. I slide the curtain back and go have breakfast. Draco uses the curtain next. He comes out and has cereal next to me. Ginny, Harry, and Ron have already had breakfast. They're listening to the radio to see if they can hear any news out of the ordinary. I quickly eat my cereal and join the others. As I sit down, this announcement comes on: "Breaking News! A woman is going around the Hayline neighborhood asking for a young adult girl and three young adult boy. We have yet to discover what she is looking for. And in the Porter Place neighborhood, a man is asking the same thing. A report of what seems to be a break in has been given to us. Bayland neighborhood. Gosh, we're all over, aren't we folks?" The announcer says. Draco sits down next to me.

"We're in trouble, aren't we," Draco says.

"Not necessarily," I say. "As long as Charlotte doesn't tell us off, we should be fine. No one saw us or you guys and would remember it."

"Okay," Draco responds.

"What if they curse Charlotte?" Ron asks.

"Then we've got to get moving," I say.

"We're not due back at school until next week," Harry says. "We can't say that the wedding got done early."

"True. But then a again, McGonagall will know you guys didn't go to a wedding at all because I'd be back," I say.

"I vote to keep moving. I don't want to have classes yet," Ginny says.

"Make that two votes," Ron says.

"Three," Harry chimes in.

"I don't care, but we should at least move today. Whether it's going back to school, or doing some wild adventure, we've got to move today," Draco says.

"Well, either way, it's three or four against one or two. I say lets go find like a campground or abandoned forest and stay there and make a plan," Ron says.

"We need a plan. We are going to have to walk wherever we go because I have no more money," I say.

"Should we contact the Ministry?" Harry asks.

"That'd be a start. So should we do that today?" I say.

"Yeah, then find the nearest forest and camp there overnight," Ron says.

"Okay. Good thing the telephone booth downtown isn't all that far," I say. We gather our things and step outside. Harry takes down the tent and puts it in the enchanted bag. We erase as many marks as we can that said we were here before getting on our way. Harry and Ron lead, Ginny's in the middle, trying to catch up to them, and Draco and I are taking up the rear. I look back only to see a burned circle from our small fire last night. Downtown London, here we come.