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Stumbling Home

It was just another night as Hermione walked alone on the empty streets of muggle London to her flat. She had spent another night out partying; it was all she seemed to do anymore. All her efforts were put into trying to forget "him". As she stumbled on to her street she saw someone sitting on her front steps. Very angry to the fact that someone was sitting on her steps she ran up to them and started to scream.

"WHO IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE AND WHY ARE YOU SITTING ON MY FRONT STEP?" She said angrily.

"You know who I am." The man said in a clam voice. He notice that she was having a hard time trying to keep herself from falling down. "Do you need any help?" he said to her in the same clam voice.

"Not from you." Hermione said annoyed at his presence.

"What in the hell are you doing to yourself?" He said.

"Having some fun! Have a problem with that?" She said as she fell to the ground she was no longer able to hold herself up. She went into a fit of giggles as she notice the concerned look on his face. "What are you doing here anyways?"

"That much I thought would be obvious." He said to the woman no laying on the ground rolling around giggling.

"Well it's not so would you care to explain to me why you are here." She said annoyed again.

"Waiting for you to come stumbling home." The man said getting up.

"I wasn't not stumbling for your information I was walking home from a long night of partying." She said still annoyed.

"You can't hold yourself up. Granger what in the hell have you done to yourself?" He said picking her up of the ground.

"Forgetting something why is it in any importance to you?" She said not noticing the fact that she was now over the man's broad shoulders.

"Forgetting something are you? You are not the Hermione Granger that I once new." He said as he unlocked her door with his wand. It was at this point she notice she was no longer on the ground in front of her flat but was now inside.

"People change. You should now all about that shouldn't you… Where are you taking me put me down?" She said flatly trying to get free from his arms. But all her efforts were in vain as she seemed not to be able to get very far.

"Granger we've been over this a million times we had no choice in the matter. And I'm not putting you down until you are in your room."

"Your right it was my choice for you to break my heart when you left me for that pug faced bitch. Put me down I don't want you to touch me." She said very annoyed by the fact that he wouldn't put her down.

He was walking up the stairs. He'd been here before. She did not know that fact if she had she would probably hex him in oblivion. He walked past the bathroom into the door at the end of hall on the right side of the hallway.

"You never seemed to mind before." he said as he placed her on her bed.

"Why are you here?" She asked again.

"I want you to let go of me for your sake. I'm happy and I want you to find someone that you are happy with like I am with Pansy." He said staring into her eyes. This was a lie he was not happy with Pansy and wanted nothing more than to push Hermione on her bed and do ungodly things to her. But he was brought out of his thoughts when he header her speak.

"Don't flatter yourself. I've been over you for a long time now. If you ask me I think you're the one that needs to get over me." Hermione said with a smirk.

"That's why you go out every night of the week and get piss drunk stumble your way home and repeat the process over the next night." He said sitting down on her bed.

She stared at him. How did he know that she did that? Was he following her around? She thought to herself bitterly. "I do not. You're crazier than I remember Malfoy." She said laughing bitterly.

"I am not crazy thank you very much. And I know you do because I've followed you for the past couple of days." He said annoyed by her comment.

"What would your little Pansypants say if she new? Wouldn't like it very much? Why do you care so much if you're SO HAPPY with her?" She said staring at his cold blue eyes.

"Because I can't let go until you do. Ok that's way. Yes Hermione Jane Granger I wish that I was with you. But I'm not. Now Pansy and I starting our family and I can't keep wishing I was with you. Ok. So just let go." He said coldly getting up from where he was sitting.

"I NEVER LOVED YOU." She screamed at him.

"WOW THAT HURT! Who are you fooling? Look at yourself you spend your days in bed and your night at a bar trying to forget something that you can't. It's time to face the truth we will never be together. What would you dear Potty say if he saw you like this." He said grabbing her by the arm and pulling her close to him.

She tried to ripe away but was unable to because of his strong grip. "That's none of you damn business now is it. Go back to your little family." She said staring straight into his cold blue eyes.

"Fine I'll leave." He said letting go of her arm and allowing her to fall back on to her bed. "Hermione-." He said before turning.

"What now?" she hissed at him.

"If you love me, you'll let me go. Please move on please. I hate to see you like this. I want to remember you as the sweet girl I new at Hogwarts. I want to remember you as the girl that I fell in love with." He said softly looking at her with what seemed like a tear in his eye.

"People change, I'm not that girl anymore Malfoy." She said bitterly.

With out another word he was gone with a crack. She let out a soft sob as she laid back on her bed covering her face with her pillow. She knew he was right. She had to let go of what they had all those years ago. She was 22 now and still holding on to a dream that would come true. She had to face reality that she would never be with him.

She wiped her tear stained cheeks and rolled over. She thought back to the last time they were together. They we in the Heads Dorm at school. He looked at her and wrapped his arms around her and whispered into her ear, "I will always love you. But we both know that this love affair of ours has to end here. We can't go on like this. I won't put in danger we are in the mist of a war." He wiped the tears from eyes. All she could do was nodded. He was right and with that they packed they trunks and went there different ways.

Starting tomorrow I'm going to start my new life with out him. She thought to herself. Yes tomorrow she would let go. But for right now all she wanted was sleep.