Please Remember

Our seventh year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry went by so quickly and neither of us were able to sit down and cherish the time that we were able to be together. We were in love and no one knew. We snuck around our entire seventh year and no one suspected a thing. People just assumed that I was out late studying for this test or finishing that essay. As for Draco, they were too scared of him to question why he was always out so late. Funny if you think about it because Draco isn't actually scary, it's all just an act that he puts on. Although, no one but I would know that. Before we knew it school was out and we had to end.

We both graduated head of our class, although that is what is expected of the Head Boy and Girl. At our graduation from Hogwarts we continued our act of hatred although we respectively congratulated one another after the ceremony. I was standing with Harry and Ron when Draco came over to me.

"Congratulations Granger," it was so simple but I could tell he wanted to say more than just congratulations, he wanted to say so much more. This was his goodbye.

"Congratulations Malfoy," was all I could get out. I wanted to tell him that he couldn't leave me. I wanted to yell to the entire world that we were in love. I wanted to tell him that we could make this work, that our blood should not affect us. Although, all that came out of my was 'congratulations'. Draco knew that it was my goodbye.

Then he turned his back to us and walked off towards his parents. Millions and millions of emotions ran through my head. I wanted to run after him but I stopped myself. This was for the best. He was right, it never would work out. Although, we'd always have that one year. That one year that we opened up to one another. That one year that one boy changed my entire life and in return I changed his.

I walked away from Harry and Ron and went down to the lake. I watched Draco from afar. I watched him laugh and smile with his friends and family. I watched him leave with his parents. After an hour or so of staring into the lake thinking about my year spent with Draco I got up and decided that I had to move on in life, Draco's gone from my life, but he will never be gone from my memories.

As I lied down to go to bed that night memories of Draco flashed through my mind. When he and I were assigned to work on a Potions essay together. That's when everything started. We met in the library late at night to work on it because our busy schedules wouldn't allow any other time to meet. It was better this way because we were alone. The alone time that we spent in the beginning of the year working on a simple Potions essay is to blame for us ending up together. We learned so much about one another in the span of two weeks. My nightmare was becoming true, I was falling in love with Draco Malfoy. I fell asleep with Draco on my mind, wondering what he was doing.

It's been ten years since Draco and I have seen each other. I've moved on in life, although I never did forget Draco. I married a muggle and left the wizarding world. I couldn't stay there any longer because everywhere I went something reminded me of Draco. I still do love Draco, and I still wonder about what could have been. Although, I am happy with Michael, that is as happy as I can be with someone who is not Draco. I still lie awake at night wondering about what he's doing and whether or not he still thinks of my like I think of him. I still look back on my seventh year and smile. I will always remember Draco Malfoy, and I will always love him.

Who knows, maybe one day I'll get the courage to return to the wizarding world and maybe I'll see Draco again. Maybe not.