How Can I Run From Myself??

Chapter 2

"Hermione?" harry asked. hermione turned back around and gave harry a weak smile. harry walked over to hermione and pulled her into a hug. hermione gasped and pushed harry away. "im sorry its just i don't like physical contact any more." hermione said. "i haven't seen you since..' harry trailed off. "since i walked out of hogwarts." hermione finished for him. harry nodded. "its been a whole year..we miss you." harry said. 'who's we?" hermione asked. "ron, me, the Weasley's." harry said. "yeah." hermione said. "mione' you cut your hair." harry said. Hermione touched her hair. "yeah i did." hermione said. "but you loved your long hair." harry said. "i know." hermione said. someone walked around the corner with their nose in a book. "hey babe i found the book you were looking for its really good." ron said. hermione raised her eyebrow at harry, who began to blush. "um ron look who i ran into." harry said. ron looked up and saw hermione his face broke into a smile. "mione!" ron said walking over to them. "can i get an explaination on the babe thing." hermione asked. "oh you heard that." ron said. "yeah." hermione said. 'well a few months after the war it just kinda happened." harry said. 'yeah well the family doesn't know." ron said. "what about ginny?" hermione asked. "oh well she kinda broke up with me. she said that she realized she had feelings for someone else." harry said. "oh." hermione said. "you cut your hair." ron said. Hermione sighed. "well i should get going." hermione said. harry grabbed Hermiones wrist. hermione hissed in pain once again. "will you stop grabbing me." hermione said pulling away. ron and harry looked at each other and back at hermione. "mione how come you wont let us touch you." harry asked. "its nothing just leave me alone ok." hermione began to walk away. "why did you leave so soon?" ron asked. hermione turned back around. "why did you stop talking to us for a whole year. mione we needed you. you left and we didnt know where you were or even if you were alive, do you know what that feels like." ron said. "why did you run away?" harry asked. "because harry thats what im good at running away. right?" hermione turned and walked out of the store with tears forming in her eyes. she ran into someone. "we meet again." draco said. hermione looked up tears flowing out her eyes. "whats wrong?" draco asked. "nothing just..nothing." hermione began to walk away. "hermione?" draco called. hermione looked at draco in shock. "um what if..i mean would you like to maybe hang out tonight?" draco asked. "hang out?" Hermione asked. "you know i pick you up at 7 we go to the movies and go on from there." draco said. "um..you know...sure why not except how bout we meet not at my place." hermione said. draco smiled. "where do you want to meet?" draco asked. "how about..you know never mind pick me up at 7." hermione said swishing her wand, a piece of paper came out of no where and landed in hermiones hand. hermione handed it to draco. "hermione!" a voice called. hermione turned to see george coming up to her. "fred." hermione whispered and more tears began to form. "hey mione' been a while." george smiled. "i..i cant do this." hermione looked at george and touched his face. 'im so sorry." hermione said and apparted away. hermione landed in her apartment and fell on the ground and began to sob. "fred...its all my fault." hermione gasped trying to catch her breathe. she eventually evened out her breathe and looked up at the clock it read 6:00. "might as well get ready." Hermione said getting up and headed to her bathroom. she turned on the shower and waited for it to heat up. hermione took off her clothes and looked into her full length mirror. "so fucking ugly." hermione said punching the mirror, the mirror cracked and blood came out of hermiones hand. hermione got into the shower and hissed as the water connected with her hand and her fresh cuts. when hermione got out the shower she got dress and the door bell rang.
hermione used her wand to dry her hair and healed her hand then put her wand in her boot. hermione walked to her door and opened it. "hi." ron said. "how..how did you find me?" hermione asked. "i traced your appartion back to here." ron said. "leave me alone ron, go" hermione said. "mione' please we need you." ron said. "go away ron, im not the same hermione from last year, go away." hermione said. "please, just..just dont push us out of your life forever." ron said. "leave me alone!" hermione yelled. "whats going on?" a voice asked. hermione and ron turned their heads and saw draco. "nothing he was just leaving." hermione said walking out of her apartment closing the door. "mione' please just listen to me." ron said. "ron i wont say it again leave me alone ok." hermione turned to leave but ron grabbed her wrist. hermione pulled away and draco stepped forward in a protective manner. "we love you mione'." ron said. hermione leaned in and whispered in Ron's ear. "i dont even love myself anymore." hermione said and turned and walked away with draco. draco and hermione apparted into a alley behind a movie theater. "what was that about?" draco asked. "i ran into Harry and Ron today" Hermione said. "really?" Draco asked. "yeah that's why I was crying earlier." Hermione said. Draco and hermione walked out from the alley. "so what do you want to watch?" draco asked "i want to watch a scary movie." hermione said. draco chuckled. "alright lets go."draco held out his hand. "i would hold your hand, its not that i don't want to its just..complicated." hermione said. draco nodded and they walked over to the ticket stand "two tickets to IT." draco said. draco handed the cashier the money and in returned got the tickets. they walked into the movie theater. "alrighty want any snacks." draco asked. "popcorn." hermione said, "how about you go find our seats and ill be there in a minute." draco said. hermione nodded and walked into movie screening and found their seats, a few minutes later draco sat down. "ok so i got us some popcorn to share, you a diet coke, i got one too and i got your favorite cookie dough bites." draco said putting the popcorn in his lap and the drinks in cup holders and he held up hermiones cookie dough bites. hermione grabbed the cookie dough bites and smiled. "how did you know these were my favorite." hermione asked. "ok so when we were in.." draco looked around. "when we were in school i paid more attention to you then i like to admit, i had a crush on you ever since third year." draco said. "that was the year i punched you." hermione said laughing. "and thats why i developed a crush on you, you were the first person to stand up to me, the first person who actually made me think about how wrong what my father thought me was." draco said. hermione smiled. "you broke my nose, you know." draco said eating a piece of popcorn. "i did." hermione began to laugh. the lights dimed. "movie's starting." draco said. hermione leaned back in her chair and began to eat some popcorn. close to the end of the movie draco put his arm around hermione. hermione smiled and then it faded. hermione began to breath unevenly and tears began to roll down her face. hermione stood up and ran out of the movie theater onto the side walk. "hermione!" draco called. hermione ran in the alley behind the movie theater and slid down the wall and began to sob. draco turned the corner and kneeled in front of hermione and touched her shoulder. hermione pushed Draco away. "d.. don't touch me..please." hermiones breathing began to return to normal. "did i do something wrong?" draco asked. "no its just..i..want to go back to my apartment and we can talk." hermione said. draco nodded. hermione grabbed dracos wrist and they apparted to Hermione's apartment. Hermione sat on the couch and draco sat beside her. "after the war..when i was walking around looking for harry and ron..i i was cornered by a deatheater, he, he called me pretty..he forced himself on me..inside me. i screamed but no one heard me. i..he wouldn't stop." hermione had tears going down her face. draco wiped away some tears and hermione backed up. "its not you..its just I'm still trying to get over people touching me.. it hurts. i can still feel him on top of me and i still can't breathe." hermione said. "i was..i was abused when i was younger and it took a while for me to let people touch me without me freaking out. it still happens sometimes. it doesn't make you weak it makes you stronger.. stronger than ever before hermione." draco said. "really" hermione asked. "of course." draco said. "i..let me try something." hermione said. "what?" draco asked. hermione leaned in and kissed draco. draco backed up. "are you sure?" draco asked. "just kisisng." hermione said. hermione leaned in and kissed draco this time he didn't pull away and returned the kiss. hermione wrapped her arms around dracos neck and the kiss started to heat up. hermione pushed draco away. "im sorry its just i started to remember the.." Hermione trailed off. "Hermione I'm not going to force you into something like that. if it ever happens its your choice ok. I'm not just here for that despite my reputation I've never done it. I'm a virgin." draco said. "i was one before what happened." hermione said. hermione looked down. draco touched hermiones cheek and lifted her head up. "what happened will never define who you are." draco said. hermione smiled and kissed draco again. draco kissed back. hermione squeezed her eyes closed and pulled away from the kiss. "are you returning to hogwarts?" hermione asked. "yes,im head boy." draco said. hermione smiled. "what?" draco asked. "im head girl, we are sharing a dorm together." hermione said. draco laughted. "How convenient." Draco said. "yeah." Hermione smiled. "Your beautiful." Draco said. "no I'm not." Hermione said. "You might not see it but anyone with eyes can. You so bloody beautiful mione'." Draco said. Hermione smiled and for a moment she felt pretty, for a moment she forgot about her pain and sorrow, for a moment she was...she was happy. But she knew it wouldn't last, she just knew.