Hermione's POV
    
     After getting over the shock, I walk out of the hospital wing and head towards our common room. As I reach our common room hall, I see platinum blonde hair turn the corner on the other side of the hall. I speed up hoping to catch up to him. When I turn the corner, I see him helping a girl up with another frowning beside her. On both of their arms is the dark mark. Draco starts hurrying off again and I'm about to yell out his name when one of the girls snaps and I suddenly can't talk. I try to move after him but I can't move. The girl moves closer to me and whispers in my ear, "Stay away from him if you know what's best and if I were you, I'd leave him for that handsome man you met earlier today." Andrew comes into my head and then both girls are gone. I can talk and walk again, but Draco is no where in sight. I walk back to the common room, eventually he has to come back.
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     An hour later Draco stumbles in with a broken nose and bloody lip. I jump up and run to the bathroom. I grab a washcloth and put it under lukewarm water. I then run out to him where he is passed out on the couch. I start washing up the blood from both his lip and nose. When the blood is all gone, I take out my wand and say "Episkey". Draco moans and barely stirs as his nose is put back in place. I check his head with a spell I created. Then I put a blanket on him and kiss his forehead before heading to my room. I lay down on the bed and just think. Before I know it, tears are streaming down my face and I fall fast asleep.

Draco's POV

     I wake up to find myself on the couch. I can't remember how I ended up here or why my head is pounding. I sit up a bit and am met with the smell of food. I start to get up as Hermione walks in the room with a big tray of food. "Hi... So um... how are you feeling?" She asks. "Good." I reply as I start shoving food into my mouth. "So, what happened?" She finally asks after I finished eating. I take a second and think hard. Bits and pieces are there. A guy, him yelling at me about Hermione, and him punching me. "I only remember bits and pieces." I finally reply. She nods and waits for me to go on. "Some guy I have never seen before started yelling at me about staying away from you and how I'm going to get you killed. Then he punched me and I think I fought back." I say. "Well, if you did fight back, we will know who the mysterious guy is today at lunch. I nod and after a while of not saying anything, Hermione gets up and walks to her room. I sit there looking at the fire, wishing I could remember who the guy was. For some reason, this whole thing is giving me a bad feeling. Lena and Jessica suddenly appearing, the mysterious guy and everything that has been going on at Hogwarts. I shake off all the bad feelings and finally get up and walk towards Hermione's room. I knock and when I don't get a reply, I walk in. Hermione is crying. My eyes widen and I take her into my arms. "What's wrong, 'Mione?" I ask, worried. "I can't tell you." She replies with a sad face. My heart breaks a little. I tilt her chin up so shes looking into my eyes and I say, "I will always listen and be there for you, you don't have to fight through anything alone ever again." I then kiss her and take on half of her burdens. 

Hermione's POV

     'I can't do this by myself anymore.' I think as Draco sits there holding me. Then, I finally give in and tell him everything. The weird voice, what happened with Harry, McGonagall's office and Andrew. It all just comes tumbling out in a flurry of words and emotions. All of that rests on not just my shoulders but his as well. I have finally chosen to give someone my whole heart, all strings attached. Now, all I can hope for is to not have my heart broken.

Edited 10-24-2018