Forever -Dramione

Ch 8

A/N: Hey everyone! Hope you guys like the last chapter. So it did end with a cliffhanger, and I think you guys want to know whether or not Draco will tell her. Though I am sure you know why Draco was avoiding her in the first place. Read the A/N at the end to find out when the next chapter will be out. On with the chapter! 

"I am sure you want to know why I have been avoiding you." Draco said. 

Hermione crossed her arms in front of her. "Oh you have been avoiding me? I didn't even know that. I have been so busy lately." 

"Granger..." He sighed. "Look, I am sorry for avoiding you. But you can't really just stand there and mock me when you were the one who avoided me first." 

"Well, that is the truth." She said sheepishly. 

"And did I mock you? No, I was the sweetest best friend, and accepted your apology immediately. Though it wasn't really an apology. You just came and said that you were sorry for avoiding me and that could we go back to the way were before." 

"I know that but-" 

He cut her off. "Oh and one more thing, you didn't even tell me why you were really avoiding me. At least I am being honest and telling you, not that I really have to tell you, of course. Considering you didn't, so if I just apologise, it will be okay, right? And you are seriously the worst best friend ever." 

"Draco." Hermione glared at him, but then looked away a moment later. "I know I didn't apologise nicely, and that I never told you why I was avoiding you. It's just that... I mean, I was busy, of course, but other than that... There is something, but I can't tell you yet. I am afraid it will make things worse." Maybe it's better if I never tell you that I had a crush on you, she thought. 

Funny, because that was the exact same thing he was thinking. He couldn't tell her the real reason, because it would definitely make things awkward. 

 "I am sorry." He told her, making her look at him. "I am sorry for making you feel bad. I am sorry for pressurizing you to tell me about the reason, and well I am sorry for avoiding you as well. You know I can be a prat at times." 

She chuckled. "I know. I know perfectly well. I did tolerate you for seven years, didn't I? And then not to mention, there was our eighth year. We lived in the Heads' Dormitory, remember?" 

Oh how could he forget the eighth year? 

The year he was the happiest he had ever been in his life, and also did the thing he regretted the most at that time. 

That wasn't to say he was unhappy now. Of course he wasn't. He was happy, really happy with Astoria. 

But he couldn't help but think about that time again and again. 

"Earth to Draco!" Hermione said, waving her hand in front of him. 

"Wha-oh, yeah, I do. I remember that perfectly." He said. "You used to shout at me all the time for leaving my belongings here and there. But you used to leave your books lying on the sofa, and you know I hated that." 

"I did no such thing, Draco Malfoy." 

"You did. I even have proof. You can ask Blaise and Theo, they saw your books lying on the sofa when they came in our common room." Draco told her. 

"Uh yeah so I must have been reorganizing my book shelves." She said sheepishly. 

"And you used to reorganize mine as well, even when I told you so many times not to. I don't like it when anybody touches my stuff, specially the books."