Chapter 41

‘Ready?’ Hermione asked as the nervousness could be heard in her voice. ‘Ready.’ Draco said. Draco had noted every date down he wanted to go to and had it in his pocket. Harry had given Draco the invisibility cloak after Draco had explained to him what he was going to try. Hermione turned the Time Turner and it did its work. They ended up just in the same common room. ‘So you don’t need contacts, do you?’ Hermione asked. Draco looked at Hermione. ‘No, my sight is perfect.’ Draco said smirking. Hermione rolled her eyes. ‘Where are we now in the time?’ Hermione asked. ‘What happening is going on you wanted to show me?’ Hermione asked. ‘Let me show you.’ Draco said taking her hand in his and walking out of their common room. They headed downstairs and stopped in front of the closed doors of the Great Hall. ‘Head girl of this year is Hermione Granger.’ They heard McGonagall say from the other side of the door. There could be clapping heard. ‘Congratulations.’ Draco said. Hermione chuckled. ‘Thanks.’ Hermione said. ‘And the Head boy of this year is…’ McGonagall started again. ‘Draco Malfoy.’ McGonagall finished. Draco and Hermione could hear gasps and clapping, but not the amount that had been heard a minute ago. ‘Congratulations to you too.’ Hermione said. Draco smiled. ‘Thanks Granger.’ Draco said. ‘Though you weren’t that happy about it back then.’ Draco added. ‘I bet you weren’t so happy either.’ Hermione said. ‘Stay after dinner please, I want to speak to you two.’ McGonagall said and then the students started to talk to each other. ‘I remember seeing you for the first time that year. You had changed and looked beautiful. I had already bumped into you in the train on our way to Hogwarts, I hadn’t recognized you back there.’ Draco said. Hermione nodded. ‘What next?’ Hermione asked. ‘Come on.’ Draco said walking back upstairs to their common room. ‘Time Turner.’ Draco said. ‘How can you know?’ Snape asked. ‘Just open the door.’ Draco said. The portrait opened and they walked in. ‘Let’s go.’ Draco said showing the paper and Hermione turned the Time Turner. ‘We have to be fast, here come closer so the cloak will cover us both.’ Draco said getting the invisibility cloak. Just when they were under the cloak, the door opened and Draco walked fast inside. He walked towards Hermione’s bedroom and carefully opened the door with her in his arms. Hermione and Draco walked carefully and a bit bended through the knees after Draco towards Hermione’s room and saw Draco laying her down on Hermione’s bed. ‘What happened?’ Draco asked worried. ‘Ro-ron…’ Hermione said. ‘What did he do?’ Draco asked worried. ‘He-he…’She said but it looked like she couldn’t really speak. ‘Hermione talk to me! What did he do?’ Draco asked. Draco put his hand on her cheek. Hermione sat up straight and pulled her vest out. She rolled the sleeve of her blouse up and showed him her arm. She looked at it too. There was a dark purple handprint on her arm. Hermione gasped next to Draco and lifted her hand up to her arms touching the places where the purple marks had been months ago. Draco saw it and grabbed her hand in his. He shook his head and put his finger in front of his mouth, motioning her to stay quiet. ‘The other one?’ Draco asked. ‘I- I think it looks the same.’ Hermione said. ‘I’m going to kill him.’ Draco said. ‘What?’ Hermione asked. ‘He’s not going to get away with this! Look at you!’ Draco said and he stood up. Hermione looked at all of it and then the past Hermione grabbed Draco’s wrist fast. ‘No don’t leave!’ She said. Draco turned is head and looked at her. ‘I don’t want to be alone.’ Hermione said. Draco walked back. ‘Do you want me to stay here?’ Draco asked. She nodded lightly. Draco wanted to walk away, but she didn’t let his wrist go. ‘Please!’ Hermione pleaded. ‘I was just going to walk to the other side of the bed.’ Draco said with a little smile. ‘Oh.’ She said. Hermione let go of his wrist and he did what he just said. He laid down next to her on the other side of her bed. He put the blanket over them and he looked at her. After a few minutes Hermione fell asleep. Draco motioned Hermione to walk with him back to the common room. When they came there Draco slowly pulled the cloak off of them and Hermione looked at him. ‘What happened? Why was I acting so weird?’ Hermione asked. ‘That doesn’t matter, but this was the first time you shared your bed with me.’ Draco said with a small smile. Hermione felt the blood rise to her cheek and she looked away from him. ‘Shall we go further?’ Draco asked. Hermione nodded.

They ended up again on the same place. ‘What now?’ Hermione asked. ‘Come on.’ Draco said taking her hand again and walked out of the common room. They made their way towards the Hospital wing. ‘Why are we going here?’ Hermione asked. ‘You’ll see.’ Draco said. Draco pulled the cloak around them again and they walked in. They walked closer to a bed and then Hermione saw who was laying in it. She gasped and grabbed Draco’s arm. Draco turned to looked at her and then back at himself laying there in the bed. ‘Geez I really look like shit.' Draco said softly. Hermione looked up at him. ‘What happened?’ Hermione asked softly. ‘You can better say someone.’ Draco said. ‘Who did this to you?’ Hermione asked concerned. ‘Ron.’ Draco said. Hermione widened her eyes. ‘Wha-‘ She said and then Draco put his hand in front of her mouth. They heard voices nearing the Hospital Wing.

I walked hand in hand with Ginny to the hospital wing to visit Hermione. ‘What if she isn’t getting better!’ Hermione heard Ginny say. ‘Don’t worry, she’s okay love.’ They heard Harry say. ‘Are you sure?’ Ginny asked. ‘Yes, I promise.’ I said. Ginny and Harry walked through the door of the hospital wing and then Harry saw something that surprised him. He looked just through Draco and herself and when she turned her head slowly he saw him looking at the past her who was laying with her head on Draco’s bed. ‘What is she doing?’ Ginny asked and Hermione turned her gaze back to her two best friends. ‘I don’t know.’ Harry said walking over to her. ‘She fell asleep.’ Harry said. ‘Do you see that?’ Ginny asked. ‘What?’ Harry asked. ‘She is holding his hand.’ Ginny said. ‘Are you sure?’ Harry asked looking at Hermione. ‘Yeah, look there.’ Ginny said pointing at Hermione. Harry followed her finger and saw it just as both Hermione and Draco did. ‘Why?’ Harry asked. ‘I don’t know, but I have a weird feeling.’ Ginny said. Harry nodded. ‘Shall we go away?’ Harry asked. ‘Yeah I think that is a good idea.’ Ginny said. They turned around and left the hospital wing. Leaving Hermione there sleeping next to Draco. Hermione stepped away from Draco towards the bed where the past Draco laid on. ‘Mione come back.’ Draco hissed. ‘There is no one.’ Hermione said after looking around. She walked closer and looked at the unconscious Draco. ‘Are you sleeping?’ Hermione asked. ‘I don’t really remember much of that time, as I had wrote down in the notebook for you, but I guess I’m unconscious there.’ Draco said. Hermione turned around to look at Draco. ‘It’s weird seeing you like that, wounded and stuff.’ Hermione said. ‘I’ve seen you like that for a long time, too long.’ Draco said. Draco shrugged the thought away and grabbed Hermione’s hand again pulling her with him. ‘Come on, we’re going further.’ Draco said. Hermione nodded looking of her shoulder giving the harmed Draco and the sleeping her one last glance.

Draco had already put the cloak around them before Hermione used the time turner and they arrived again in the common room. There were Draco and Hermione, Draco had just helped Hermione with her dress. Draco put a lock of Hermione’s hair behind her ear and they stared in each other’s eyes. ‘That’s so cliché.’ Hermione whispered not turning to look at Draco. ‘What?’ Draco asked. ‘Putting a lock of hair behind my ear and staring into my eyes.’ Hermione said still looking at the two people in front of them. ‘I know, but it worked.’ Draco said shrugging his shoulders. ‘I still got that first kiss.’ Draco said and just at that moment their lips attached gently against each other. Hermione bit her lip looking at them kissing, but didn’t dare to look at Draco. ‘I-I…’ Hermione started after they had looked into each other’s eyes for a few seconds with a smile. Draco put his finger in front of her mouth and shushed her. Then the smile disappeared from Hermione’s face. ‘I- I can’t, I’m sorry.’ Hermione said and then ran off to her room. Hermione turned the Draco who was standing next to her. ‘Why did I ran off?’ Hermione asked softly. ‘I guess it had something to do with the Weasel.’ Draco said. ‘Don’t call him like that.’ Hermione said punching his arm. ‘When was this?’ Hermione asked. ‘After the masquerade ball, you asked me if I could help you with your dress.’ Draco said. ‘Hmm.’ Hermione said. ‘You looked beautiful that night.’ Draco said. Hermione looked down. ‘And all the prefects had done a great job decorating the great hall.’ Draco said. ‘I read that, yes.’ Hermione said. ‘Who was your date again?’ Hermione asked. Draco chuckled. ‘Blaise.’ He said. ‘Oh yeah that’s right.’ Hermione chuckled. ‘Ready to go further?’ Draco asked. Hermione nodded lightly, putting the Time Turner necklace around both of their necks and turning it. Hermione looked around and they were in an empty common room just like the previous times. ‘What kind of moment is this?’ Hermione asked. ‘This is the day of our first date.’ Draco said. ‘Where?’ She asked. ‘In Hogsmeade, so come on.’ Draco said pulling her with him. After a while they arrived in Hogsmeade and they walked towards the Three Broomsticks. They walked inside and searched for a good seat where nobody could see them, but they could see everything that was going on in there. Then Draco and Hermione walked in. ‘I’ll get the drinks.’ They heard Draco say. ‘Okay. Can you get one with ginger?’ Hermione asked ‘Yes sure.’ Draco said smiling. Hermione looked around for a table. There was one in a corner left with two chairs. The Three Broomsticks was pretty filled. She sat down on one side of the table and waited for Draco. Hermione turned to look at herself and then at Draco. she saw a few people looking at them, but they shrugged and went further with what they had been doing. ‘Thanks.’ Hermione said when Draco came back with a plate with two butterbeers on them. ‘You’re welcome.’ Draco said smiling sitting down. Draco and Hermione talked for a while and drank their butterbeer. Then the past Hermione looked to her side and Hermione could see her face tense. Hermione looked at what the past her was looking at and saw Ginny and Harry walking in.  Draco saw Hermione glance and he looked in the same direction. Then he saw after Ginny and Harry walked in on a table a few tables further Blaise and Goyle sitting. Blaise saw that Draco looked at them and waved at him with a smirk on his face. ‘Don’t they have something better to do with their lives then spying on us?’ Hermione asked turning her gaze away from the past her. ‘I guess not.’ Draco chuckled. Hermione smiled and caught herself thinking he was really cute when he chuckled and Hermione looked fast back at the past. ‘Shall we take a walk?’ Hermione asked looking back. ‘Yeah sure.’ Draco said. The Draco and Hermione of that time walked out of the Three Broomsticks and Hermione wanted to go after them, but Draco kept her from walking away. ‘Where are they, I mean we, going to?’ Hermione asked. ‘We went for a walk.’ Draco said. ‘Can’t we follow them?’ Hermione asked. ‘Maybe another time.’ Draco said.