Forever -Dramione

Ch 7

A/N: Hey guys! Hope you all liked the last chapter. And I actually wanted Hermione to go on a date with someone, who isn't Draco, in this story, so I chose Oliver Wood. He's one of my favourite characters, and honestly, I think he and Hermione make a better pair than Romione. That's just my opinion, and you don't have to agree with it. Read the A/N at the end to know when the next chapter will be out. On with the chapter! 

This time it was Draco who was avoiding her. 

And he didn't even want to do that, but he knew he had to. 

He had to control the situation, and this was the only solution he could come up with. Oh well, aside from talking to her, of course. 

It's not like he could just go and ask her. First of all, it would have been awkward, and secondly, Draco was afraid that he might say something he would regret later. 

He didn't know what he would do when she would find out what he did, and would hate him forever. 

Okay, well maybe she would kill him first. 

Or maybe she would punch him. 

Again, his inner voice said. 

"Do you need to remind me that everytime? Why can't I just ignore that she punched me? It's been years." Draco groaned. 

It's not like you didn't deserve it, though. You had it coming, it said. 

"Why can't you just agree with me for once?" 

Because I, as well as everyone else know that you are wrong. You were a prat, and still are. 

"I feel so alone." Draco mumbled. 

But even he knew that he was a prat, not that he would ever admit it out loud, of course. But even after that, she still found a way to forgive him for all he did. 

There you go, he was thinking about her. Again. 

"You know, I haven't even told my favorite best friend how much I love you, Draco."

"And who's your favorite best friend?" He raised his eyebrows at her. 

"You."

 He smirked at her, muttering something along the lines of, "Of course, I am your favorite. I am the freaking best person ever. 

He sighed. If he wanted to continue avoiding her, he would have to stop thinking about her, and specially those moments. 

It's not like those moments still affected him, of course. They had stopped doing that a few months after she had left. 

But in moments like this, he would allow himself to think about that time. When he would be thinking about the moments he allowed himself to be vulnerable, and not cold towards her, he would wonder what could have happened if he hadn't done that. 

Of course, he didn't know much, but he was sure about one thing. 

Hermione might not have been alive now if Draco hadn't done that five years ago.

And for this particular reason, he would never completely regret doing it. That didn't mean he wouldn't regret some parts of it, he would. But whenever that thought would come in his mind, be would dismiss it, because he knew that he had to do it. 

There was no other option, even if Hermione would have thought that. But it's not like she did, because she never knew. 

At least, she never knew about the whole thing.