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"Hey, come on in," he said, beckoning hr to sit, "Do you want some salad or something?"

"Uh, no thanks." She shifted uncomfortably in her chair. She had wanted to tell him for so long now, but every time she looked into his beautiful slate-gray eyes, she melted.

"Do you want some wine then?" he was starting to look slightly unnerved.

"Actually, no," she replied, finally finding her voice, "I came here to talk…about us."

"Sure sweetie," he plopped down on the couch and patted the spot next to him.

She looked at him: disheveled white-blond hair; his gray eyes wide with curiosity and bit back a sob.

"What's wrong?" he asked, full of concern.

"Draco," she began, "It's over. I don't want to be the one you only see on some nights, the one you can't tell anyone about. I want to be the only woman in your life, not the "other" woman and-and that is never going to happen because you are freakin' MARRIED!" she finished, breathing heavily.

He looked slightly shocked but spoke in a calm and gentle voice, "Hermione, you know you're the one I love. My marriage to Pansy means nothing to me, alright?"

Her voice was soft as she spoke this time, all the frustration gone.

"Draco, honey, I love you so so much but so does Parkinson and if I can't have all of you then….I don't know if this is going to work out. I want everyone to be able to know about us. I want to go on dates without hiding form everyone we know. I want a future; a new home, babies and I want to be able to tell my friends that I am in love!"

He was still sitting on the couch ten minutes after she had left, kissing him softly and murmuring "Goodbye Draco." He wanted so much o give her all that she asked for and seeing her so hurt, her soft brown eyes full of tears…it hurt him a hundred times more.

She had spent the last three days in a daze. She sat at her desk, flipping through the newspaper. Hermione Granger gazed at the paper, tears threatening to blur her vision.

In an unexpected incident on Thursday morning, heir ti the Malfoy fortune, Draco Malfoy, announce his divorce from his wife of 2 years, Pansy Parkinson-Malfoy after they were seen together at the charity fund-raiser for the homeless just last week. Mr. Malfoy was reportedly seen stalking away from his sobbing ex

(Cont. on pg. 5)

Hermione closed the paper. She had read enough.