Imaginary ~hotsleekeyz~

***Prologue***

Pairing : Hermione Granger X Draco Malfoy X Ginny Weasley

MP3 : My Immortal, Ascension of the Spirit by Evanescence

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Virginia Weasley was most beautiful in her 20th year. Her hair had grown out beautifully soft and lush. Her freckles looked better on her and it complimented her red locks and pale skin. She had an immaculately beautiful body and men admired her perfect curves whenever she'd go out of the constraints of her humble home. She was almost always in Muggle London either doing some work or hanging out with her muggle friends.

What was new with her, and not something that came out, out of natural circumstances, was the love she had for the enemy of her brother Ron. Ginny learned to love Draco Malfoy, who, in his 21st year was named one of the hottest blokes in England and the top shelf in the wizarding world.

It was wrong. Her love for the beautiful man was terribly offensive, especially to Draco's girlfriend, Hermione Granger. Yes, Ginny and Hermione were supposed to be close friends, after all, Hermione and Ron are best mates. But then, nature called for it that Ginny's attention be taken away by Draco. And so her evil schemes started then and there, the moment she assured herself that it was more than a childish crush she had for the handsome lad. She made it possible that Draco and Hermione won't get to be partners during class, that they won't be able to go out on dates when she'd pretend to be sick and had to be taken cared for by Hermione and all that. Ginny was so desperate that she made her feelings come in between Hermione and her. . .

And all those time Hermione knew nothing of Ginny's intentions. . .

Hermione, who was then also in her 21st year was a bit more beautiful than Ginny, if that was possible. She was taking her lessons at a uni and ever since aced everything. The bookworm-ish girl was still admirable for her simple beauty and her gorgeous pair of eyes had been on print ads of some of the top make-up and beauty products. She had also tried the runway and had the chance to model for the best designer clothes in Europe. It was an impossibility for Hermione to be a model since her back was loaded with her huge bag that had her books that was too much to carry for a girl like her. But then, she took personality development lessons and some modeling class. It was to her advantage as well that her course at the uni didn't require as much load work just as Hogwarts did so she was well with a handful of books in one hand and just a cute bag hanging over her sexy shoulder. All- in-all, Hermione was tagged 'divine' by men and was admired by a lot of teenage girls.

And where did Draco Malfoy, the known arrogant Slytherin HeadBoy-Quidditch Captain come in Hermione's picture? Draco actually had a tinge of admiration for Hermione ever since they step foot at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He always wondered why Hermione's eyes seemed always beautiful even when she was crying. Oh how he loves to stare into those lovely auburn eyes. Draco wanted to figure out since then how Hermione was able to manage to do things orderly when she had the most work done in school. At their fourth year Yule Ball, Draco never had the courage to find any fault at Hermione who looked terrific in her periwinkle blue dress. It was that fateful night that triggered Draco's affection for the best student at Hogwarts. But Draco certainly respected Hermione even before that time. In their second year, Draco calling Hermione a 'mudblood' wasn't anything to attack Hermione personally. It simply came out of his lips since it was the constant term that his father Lucius would use to call people of Hermione's sort. Yes, the word slipped of his tongue but it wasn't his intention to hurt Hermione that way. 'Mudblood' was simply the first word that came into his mind when he thought that he needed to arrive with the first thing that could easily put Hermione's guard down after the latter spat something about the Slytherin Prince not having enough talent to be in the Slytherin Quidditch Team without his father Lucius pulling some strings to make his son part of the team. And oh, how Draco felt so weak when he saw Hermione's resolve shatter like a fragile crystal. Only that Draco's emotions were won over by his evil guffaw at the sight of Ron puking out slugs. Third year became something more for Draco when he affirmed himself that he did respect Hermione. One day while Draco went past Harry, Ron, and Hermione with Crabbe and Goyle, Hermione perfectly aimed a firm palm over Draco's pale-stricken cheek. It was expected that he'd come up with something equal, or even greater, than the assault he received by the beautiful young girl, only that he stopped himself from doing so. Actually, he never felt like hurting Hermione. It wasn't merely his gentlemanly side that won over him, but also, his respect and unexplainable affection he had for her. It was only in their sixth year when the young Malfoy had the courage to tell Hermione his emotions that wondrous things bloomed. It turned out that Hermione felt the same way and was only shy to tell him about it since it would look terrible to find her around Draco, considering her best friends were Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley.

But it was after Hogwarts already and they already grew out of their childish fights. Hermione kept her friendship strong with Harry, Ron, and Ginny. Somehow, she managed to have the three of her closest friends with Draco for a week without killing each other when they took a vacation in Italy. And since that time, things went pretty well only that the two of the Golden Trio preferred to simply keep it civil with Draco, and Draco approved just the same.

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Winter time.

Hermione was caught with a terrible cold. She called on quickly for Ginny, who called Draco just as quick. In a few minutes, Draco arrived at Hermione's doorstep, faster than Ginny had. The night was young and Draco was willing to stay for the night to take care of Hermione in her own flat in West London. Ginny came in and having some experience with such illnesses and the knowledge she had from her mother who was a medic wizard, Ginny thought that they had to buy Hermione some medicines that she did not have in her medicine cabinet. And so off did Draco and Ginny went in Draco's car. . .

Fate called for it.

A speeding delivery truck slammed against the car that Draco and Ginny were in.

Both were put unconscious and the next thing they knew, they were already in the hospital with Hermione alone in her flat terribly sick.

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Ginny awoke in her hospital bed after six hours and felt that she was just bruised on her forehead. After some tests that were conducted on her, Ginny was allowed to be signed-out. Still in trauma, Ginny had completely forgotten that the reason why she and Draco were out that night was that they had to buy some medicines for Hermione.

The lovely lady walked to Draco's room and gently opened the door. She pushed it and saw that Draco was peacefully in a slumber. How Ginny loved to look at that serene-looking face that she'd catch back in Hogwarts when Draco would be alone contemplating at the lake. Ginny had that certain fondness for Draco's angelic face and from then on, learned to love Draco far more than his physical appearance. . . Ginny actually learned to accept every fault and mistake that Draco did.

And so she walked silently towards the bed where the gorgeous man was resting. Ginny took a seat upon a chair that was closely beside the bed. She was about to touch Draco's hand when the latter moaned, signaling that Draco was at last awake after almost half a day.

Slowly, Draco's eyelids fluttered open and he saw a blur at first. The haze gradually perfected the image in front of him and he saw Ginny with a worried look on her face.

"Draco, are you all right?" asked Ginny whose hands were still cold from the moment she woke up. Evidently, she was still in a state of shock that her doctor advised her to go to a shrink after a week just to check on her condition.

"Uh, yeah. Gin, are you?" asked Draco back.

"Yeah"

Draco took his gentle hand to Ginny's and he clutched it tight. He held their hands clasped together closer to his face, and to take Ginny in great shock, Draco kissed the hand that he held. . .

Ginny's hand. . .

With too much warmness that emitted through Draco's eyes, Ginny learned to fear what was happening. . .

"Draco, I reckon this is---"

Ginny wanted to take her hand away from Draco. There was this unexplainable look in Draco's eyes. Something that Ginny didn't want to imagine possible, but always dreamt for. . .

"Ginny, thanks for taking care of me. The doctor told me that you were fine when I first awoke."

Ginny sighed shallow. At least somehow she knew it was just for the care that Draco did the kiss for.

"No worries Draco. I didn't expect you've been awake already", said Ginny who instantly pulled her hand away.

What was she doing? She loved Draco all those years and there was the perfect gentleman, trying to woo her of her kindness, and probably, for something more. . .

Draco took Ginny's hand again and stared straight into Ginny's eyes. At that, Ginny knew what was wrong. That expression was never hers even in her dreams. It was Hermione's. Hermione owned that look in Draco's eyes. . . and Draco was giving it to her.

Ginny looked back though very uneasy. She wanted to retort, and was about to, just when Draco broke her in.

"Ginny, I love you"

The three words came easily off Draco's lips. . . and his eyes. . .

. . Draco's eyes showed too much that he was being true.

It was only at that statement that Ginny broke in her trance and went back to reality. She immediately took her hand back and whispered, "Hermione. . ."

She shook her head. She couldn't be awfully evil to break her friend's heart. Ginny could not imagine herself taking Draco away from Hermione even if it was her dream to own the god-like creature.

"Who?" came in Draco's reply. His words matched his facial expressions that showed greatly of his bewilderment of such name he never heard of before.

~Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns characters, setting, etc. Except: the plot is mine.~

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Hey guys! New fic! I hope this one would do great. This won't take too long. It'll probably be just around two to three chapters, I don't know really. But I guess you will love the story most especially when you're having some hard time with your relationship. Hah! Anyway, I'm just asking you to drop your wonderful reviews and help me out in improving my writing skills. Thanks!