Come With Me

Come With Me

Dear my love, haven't you wanted to be with me?

And dear my love, haven't you longed to be free?

I'm so tired of this, aren't you? I can't live like this anymore, I need to be with you and I want to do it on my time, not theirs. Suspicious stares follow me down the dark corridors of this prison, all I want to do is run to you and have you hold me, whispering sweet words and reassuring me. I'm tired of not being able to tell them how I feel about you because I know they'll hate me. This isn't what's supposed to happen. I'm not supposed to be so in love with you.

I can't keep pretending that I don't even know you

And at sweet night, you are my own

Take my hand

You are the breath that breathes into my soul and keeps me alive. You are the reason I rise everyday and continue to go on. You're what I need. I can't hold this in for any longer. I feel like I am lying to you and to myself. Expectations of what things should be like is the only reason I make no eye contact with you when other people are around. It's the reason you speak coldly to me when they're looking. But I'm tired of pretending. I want to love you and I want them to accept that, but I know they won't. And I don't blame them...

You were always so heartless and snide, I myself hated you. Everyone did. They saw who you were from your actions and words but never did they dare to explore you soul as I did. I probably never would have if fate hadn't brought us together. I remember the night. It was several months ago, but the memory is as fresh in my mind as it would be if it had happened yesterday. I had just been made Head Girl, and was ecstatic. But as soon as I heard you took the title as Head Boy, the joy had been drained out of me. No you were not too excited about sharing you living quaters with a 'Mudblood', either but somehow you managed to accept the fact that you had to. It was just after out first week of being the Head Boy and Girl that you came walking haughtily into our common room; muddy and wet from Quidditch practice. Thunder boomed outside of the castle as I stared at you curiously. You threw your wet robes on the floor carelessly before falling into the couch and rubbing your temples. I turned my face away at the sight of you in a tank top and pants. Couldn't have the least bit of cooperation for anyone else in the room, could you? Nevertheless, I decided to act civil and keep my manners intact.

"You all right?" I asked, looking up from my homework at the back of your head.

"What's it to you?" you replied sharply. I wasn't taken aback or offended that you only had a bitter reply as a result of my subtle care for you. I shrugged it off and went back to my essay.

"All right, Granger; I'm bloody tired and every inch of my well kept body is in pain. What? Are you going to care anymore then you did five minutes ago?"

I looked up from my parchment again, this time at a loss for words. I threw down my quill and walked over to the couch and stood behind you.

"Well, don't take this the wrong way, but it may help a bit" I said before bringing my hands to your broad shoulders and squeezing them firmly.

You pulled away from me as if I had just branded you with a hot iron.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" You asked, eyeing me coldly. And suddenly I felt stupid.

"I don't know. I'm sorry, all right?" I said, throwing my hands up.

"Actually," you said, sounding quite less agitated, but strained "I hate to admit it, but it felt good,''

Sitting back onto the burgundy couch, you pulled off your shirt and threw it down on the floor. At this, I could feel the heat rise to my cheeks. I hated to admit it too, but I was smitten by your body. Nervously, I stepped closer to my previous position and put my hands back onto your shoulders and massaged them roughly. You moaned softly and let your head fall back. My legs started to tingle and grew quite cold as my hands traveled further down your back. Your skin was smooth but tough and was tanned ever so slightly. Your silverish hair was a dishevealed mess, but oddly enough, it looked better that way. I firmly pressed my thumbs into your back and rubbed your muscles in a circular motion, you gasped at this, but then let out a pleasured sigh. A rush of some odd feeling swept through my body at the sounds you made, and suddenly I secretly wanted to explore every inch of your well kept body. My hands traveled back up to your neck where I massaged it one last time before stopping. I stood there sheepishly and did not move. You turned your head around and looked at me for a breif moment before getting up. I sighed half in relief and half in embaressment. I started to go back to my homework before you grabbed my wrist and turned me around to face you. My heartbeat increased as I stared into your stone grey eyes. Desire flashed in them and I became scared. Scared because I never viewed myself as desirable. Never would I have imagined myself to be desirable to you of all people. But here you were, gazing at me, drinking all of my emotions in as your arms found their away around my waist, and as your lips found their way to mine.

That was when I knew that something was between us, that something had always been between us, but never realised or explored. We talked that night. We talked for hours and soon fell asleep together on the floor. I felt like I had understood who you were and I felt like I had known you for years. I had fallen in love with you and there was no turning back. I was under a spell that could not be cast by the greatest wizard in the world. We would see each other at night usually in secluded areas. I had lost my innocence to you, and suprisingly, I never felt negatively about it. I felt guilty about sneaking, but if I could be with you, I'd do it by any means. But, love, I'm tired of sneaking. Come with me.

We're leaving here tonight

There's no need to tell anyone

They'd only hold us down

We'll go somewhere far away from here where we can be free to feel and love and care for each other. Because that's all I want, and I know that's what you want to. I don't want to be ashamed anymore, I want to be proud to say you're the one my heart belongs to. But they would never understand, any of them. Our love is a love forbidden by the rules of common sense and history. How I longed to erase those rules and make my own.

So by the morning light

We'll be halfway to anywhere

Where love is more than just your name

Who were they to say what I could and could not do? I am Hermione Granger. I can do anything I please. But I know I'd hurt Harry and Ron, and everybody else. I know it'll hurt them to see that their closest friend had betrayed them in everything they believed. But don't they realize that they hurt me everytime they insult you? And you, trying so hard not to, insults them back? Have they no sensitivity? I know you had always been the callous bastard that everyone hated but why in Gods name couldn't you be given a chance?

I have dreamt of a place for you and I

No one knows who we are there

I can't take this. I won't take it anymore. I stand up from my place on my bed and run out of my room to your door and throw it open. You are on your bed also, gazing out the window at the dark navy blue sky. I run to you and take your hands in mine.

"Let's go," I say, staring into your eyes.

"Where?" you asked, your expression confused.

"Anywhere," I say, "but not here. I love you, Draco and I don't want to fake it anymore. I don't want to go about pretending to be something I'm not. I'm so tired of it, I want to express my love to you and know no one can put me down for it. I'd be willing to give up everything I have just to be with you," I say, tears beginning to fall from my eyes.

You still stare at me, then you envelope me into a warm embrace.

All I want is to give my life only to you

I've dreamt so long I cannot dream anymore

Let's run away, I'll take you there

"I'll go with you," you whisper into my hair, your hot breath warming me. And I smile.

"Draco, our lives are meant to be ours, not theirs!" I say to you, tears falling down my cheeks. "We can't make them understand, nobody can, and they'll never accept us no matter how hard we try to explain ourselves. Why? I don't know and I wish I did. But I don't want to know why anymore. All I want to do is entwine our lives and live by you and take every breath you take. I need to be with you Draco, and if I can't, there's no point in me living this life anymore,"

We're leaving here tonight

There's no need to tell anyone

They'd only hold us down

After staring at me for a few moments, seemingly taking in everything I said, you nodded and put your hand on my face and caressed it softly.

"I never thought I'd be saying this, Hermione, but I'd go to the end of the world for you if I could make you

smile."

So by the morning light

We'll be half way to anywhere

Where no one needs a reason

At this, I broke into a heartfelt sob and dove into your arms and kissed you passionately. I wanted to make you happy too, Draco. And if you'd go to the end of the world for me, I'd be right there by your side, my heartbeating in tune with yours.

Forget this life

Come with me

Don't look back you're safe now

We would take nothing with us besides our love and hope. Wherever we went, it didn't matter, as long as it was away from here and no one would be around to tell us to remember our place or to tell us to look at who we were in love with. Believe me, I have looked and I know who I love. He's a man made strong by a rough life and made bitter by the hand life had dealt him. But beyond those cold slate grey eyes rested a soul that needed a friend, someone to understand. And thought it sounded very cliche and very much like a heap of nonsense, it wasn't. I am proud to say I was the one to save you, to take you away from the life that once oppressed you. Now all we have to do is leave this place and never look back.

Walking out of the castle, you and I took one final look back. Memeories of the recent years flashed through my mind like mirages, and slowly faded away with the past. I would have to put all that behind me now and start over. I was ready to do it, and I would do it all for you.

Unlock your heart

Drop your guard

No one's left to stop you

You had decided we should take our wands, and so we did. You had also insisted on bringing your broom, should we get tired of running. I took your hand and held it tight, and suddenly I never wanted to let go. And as the stars shone overhead, we ran away, into the forest and beyond, awaiting whatever fate had to give us.

We're leaving here tonight

There's no need to tell anyone

They'd only hold us down

The bright morning sun had begun to rise as we swiftly glided in the air on your broomstick. The soft rays of golden light had forced my eyes open. Your face was tired but joyful, as I could see the hopeful shine in your eyes. I rose my head from its position on your chest and kissed you softly on your cheek, greeting you. Below the air that seperated us from the ground was a small town resting by the sea. It looked perfect. I looked up at you and smiled. You returned the smile and began to decsend. Our feet touched the ground and we both breathed in the air of our new life together. The only thing in my possesion now was your love, and I was content with that. I didn't know where we were but it was far away from the pain we endured. And that was all that mattered.

So by the morning light

We'll be halfway to anywhere

Where love is more than just your name

I do not know what happened to the Hermione Granger I once was. The Hermione that would never think about giving her educational life up for anything, not even love. I don't know where my rationalization had gone, and I don't know what I was thinking. All that ran through my mind through all of these months was you, Draco and I had lost my grasp on who my books had influenced me to be. I had given myself up, in a matter of days, just to be right here, holding your hand.

~EnD~