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Love You More

Chapter 1: The Talk

As Hermione woke up, she smiled when she realized who was next to her. She kissed his forehead and he woke up as well.

"Good morning, baby." Draco said seeing his beautiful girlfriend. He loved her like nothing else. And it was so cliché, but she was the one, he could feel it. Nothing could ever change the love he had felt for her. Not even her friends, Potty and Weasel. How they hated him so much, but he didn't care. This beautiful girl lying beside him was his world. He just loved how he felt when she was around; it was the best feeling in the world.

"Morning, Draco." Hermione said as she leaned in to kiss him. It wasn't hard but it wasn't sloppy. Not too deep, but not too boring. It was just…perfect. And that's what she loved about him. He was perfect; he was the reason nobody else was perfect. He had all the perfection in the world. Unfortunately, Harry and Ron didn't think so. She knew that, but she loved Draco and they hadn't said much about it, so what could go wrong?

"I love you, Draco."

"I love you too, Hermione."

Both of them knew how much they both loved each other. No matter what happened, they both knew they would always love each other. It was an unwritten code. In fact, the only place it could be found was in their eyes. Every morning, every night, whenever they looked into each others' eyes, they could see it, the message that said,

I'll love you forever.

"Hermione, we need to talk to you." Harry said after lunch while they were in the Gryffindor Common Room. Ron was next to him. Both of them had a very serious look on their face. They all sat down on a couch. Draco had gone back to his common room.

"What is it? Is something wrong?" Hermione asked, concerned.

"Yes, it's about Malfoy." Ron stated.

"What about him?" Hermione wanted to know. They've never really talked about him much. They usually just talked about school; never had they talked to Hermione about Malfoy.

"It's very confusing, Hermione. We don't get it." Harry acknowledged.

"What's not to get? Draco and I are going out. We love each other." Hermione responded.

"That's just it. You love each other. That's not true, Hermione. We all know that Malfoys can't love." Ron told her. "Malfoy has been teasing you since Day One, Hermione; since you were eleven. Then all of a sudden, you decide you love him and that makes him able to love?"

"It wasn't all of a sudden, Ron. We've been going out for nearly a year now. You've never said anything before." Hermione replied. She was so excited, their anniversary was tomorrow. She wanted it to be special.

"Yes, we know. But that's just because we weren't sure how you would take it. But we decided we would have to tell you sometime." Harry interrupted.

"Take what? Am I missing something? Ron? Harry?" Hermione was confused.

"Hermione, we don't want you to going out with Malfoy anymore." Ron stated simply.

Draco was sitting in his dorm. He couldn't wait until tomorrow. It would be the best day in the world. He would take Hermione to Hogsmeade, where he had an abandoned shop redecorated and made beautifully just for her. It had everything that had any significance of them within the past year. It was going to be beautiful, just like Hermione. It had to be perfect. It would be perfect.
"What?" Hermione exclaimed. She couldn't believe it. Harry and Ron telling her she couldn't go out with Draco? That's like telling her she couldn't breathe.

"Hermione, we think it's for your own good. We promise." Ron said. He truly meant it too. He and Harry didn't think that Malfoy truly loved her.

"It's Malfoy…or us." Harry said seriously.

How could Hermione choose? She loved Draco like nothing else. And it would kill him if she just broke up with him before their anniversary. But then, Harry and Ron had been her best friends for six years. Six to one, the decision was unanimous, it had to be.

"How do I tell him?" Hermione asked.

"Don't. Just ignore him, hate him. Trust us. It's what's right. He will not love for he cannot love. Just drop him and move on." Harry said.

"I trust you guys. You haven't steered me wrong. So I think it's the right thing to do. I, um, I'm going to take a nap. I'm pretty beat. Um, I'll catch you guys later okay?" Hermione asked.

"Sure, later." Ron replied.

While in her room, Hermione couldn't breathe. Harry and Ron were her friends, so she had to give Draco up. But she knew she still loved him. She couldn't help the tears that were falling from her eyes. She loved Draco, but she couldn't. She had to pretend nothing ever happened, like they were still enemies. She had to hate Draco Malfoy.

A/N: I know the first chapter is short, but it's like an introduction. So, what do you think? Hate it? Like it? Love it? Tell me by clicking the beautiful little rectangular button that says "Go" Please! I need to know if I should continue the story. Thanks!

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