Disclaimer: I'm not J.K., I don't own Harry Potter and even in my dreams I don't even dream of owning anything HP.

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Late one night, as the wind whipped around a seemingly abandoned castle, two lovers fight. One fights to keep their relationship together as the other tries to deny the inevitable truth.

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"Hermione, don't walk away!" Draco followed Hermione impatiently from an empty classroom into an empty hallway. Pleadingly he said, "Hermione, please don't do this."

Hermione turned around and glowered at Draco. "Don't do what? Walk away from something that is wrong, something that is nothing but one big lie? You probably don't even love me. I mean, how could you? How is it possible that Draco "The Prince of Slytherin" Malfoy could love me? Me, a Gryffindor mudblood who has always been too smart for her own damn good?"

"Don't talk like that Hermione. I love you. You know I do."

"Really? You love me? Of all the girls you could have, or even out of all the girls you have had, you love me? I'm not even that pretty. And don't look at me like that. I know what I am and I know what I'm not. I smart but I'm not beautiful and I've accepted that."

"Please, just calm down. Let's go back to the room and talk this out." Draco begged her with his solid silver eyes.

"NO! It's over Draco. I can't do this anymore! I just can't. Girls flocking all over you because they think you're single. We can't tell anybody about us because it just isn't right. And… everything is just so hard."

"It doesn't matter how hard things get when we love each other. We can do this Hermione. It'll work."

"No Draco, it won't."

"Don't say that. I love you Hermione. I need you."

Hermione gazed at him hard as if trying to convince him of what she was saying. "No you don't. You don't love me and you don't need me. We can't be together. If we came out we couldn't be ourselves. You'd be ridiculed, teased and eventually disowned."

"That doesn't matter to me Hermione. Not one bit. We can be together. We can be happy." Draco moved towards her and took her hands into his own. "Let me make you happy Hermione."

She pulled away from him as she said, "No. No Draco."

As she started to turn and walk away Draco grabbed her with a little more force than necessary and turned her towards him. When she wouldn't look him in the eyes he put his hand hard on her cheek and turned her to face him.

"Why won't you let me love you? Why won't you let me?"

Hermione still wouldn't meet his pressing gaze as he put his forehead to hers. Tears were starting to fall down her cheeks.

"Hermione, please, PLEASE let me love you."

Hermione jerked herself away from his touch and as she walked away Draco fell onto his knees.

Without even turning around she said, "Draco, just leave me alone. Leave me, forget about me, forget all about us."

As Draco heard her footsteps fade he held his head in his hands and breathed heavy staggered breaths as his body shook from sobs held in.

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This first chapter is a re-write, the rest is as I had it as I originally posted it. If as you are reading and you find anything that doesn't match this first chapter, let me know so I can fix it right away. Don't forget to review!