Private Message to Hermione Granger

[alt_harry]

I've been thinking about what Draco said yesterday. And what we talked about after the meeting with you-know-who.

And I think it's a good thing that you could leave if you wanted.

Because that means that you really truly aren't my property or here because you have to be and because you have to serve me.

You're here because you want to be, and because of

well

I guess I don't know all that yet and I sort of can't ask but it's not to shine my shoes, yeah?

So.

I know what Draco thinks. That unless I really believe that you're my property and distance myself like he said, I'm not going to be good enough at showing other people that's what I think. But I can't believe that you're my property because you're not, but that's something I'm not sure he'd ever understand. Unless we told him about your being able to get away. Which I'm not sure we could do just now.

Maybe later.

I hope.

And I guess the second part, the distancing part, is something that I could do, but I don't want to.

I mean,

I don't want to get you hurt or in trouble, and that's important. Very. And I'm going to try really really hard to make sure that other people think that I think you're just a servant.

But you're not.

You're pretending to be one.

And if you can pretend, so can I.

And besides all that, you're my friend. Right?

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[alt_harry]

Good.

And I wouldn't. Not unless I knew for sure that he wouldn't tell. And not unless you thought that way too.