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Chapter 4 Long time no see

'Why do I have a feeling that my mind is playing with me again? Do I really miss Draco Malfoy so much that I would dream about him twice in a day?' Hermione thought in complete confusion.

"Are you real?" Hermione asked dumbly which caused the twins to laugh.

"We'll leave the two of you to talk. And Hermione," Fred said before approaching her. Hermione waited for what he wanted but suddenly felt pain on her right forearm. Fred just pinched her! "This isn't a dream." and with the twins left, completely.

Hermione was too busy rubbing her arm where Fred had just pinched her to notice that Draco was coming near her. She snapped out of her deep concentration when the chair moved. She looked straightly at Draco who just smirked at her. Same old Draco Malfoy smirking like there's not tomorrow.

'I wonder what happened to his smiling in my dream?' she thought.

'That's why it's called a dream. It rarely happens.' Her annoying inner voice that sounded a lot like Ginny said to her.

"What?" Hermione finally managed to say; she was getting a bit irritated by the fact that he did nothing but stare at her.

"Nothing. It's just that…" he paused for a second, looking at her from top to bottom. "You haven't changed." And he gave a grin, a malicious grin.

Hermione looked down at herself and saw that she was wearing her white shorts, which only covered half her thigh and her blue tank top. She blushed, noticing him staring at her again from top to bottom, like a predator observing its prey.

"Uhh, thanks?" she said not quite sure whether to take it as a compliment or an insult. She just stuck with the compliment and to her surprise, he laughed. Not a maniacal laugh or evil laugh…a plain, happy laugh. This made her smile.

"It's a compliment Hermione…can't you tell?" he said regaining his composure.

"Well sorry for not being able to tell. We haven't actually talked for about what, 7 years? How the hell would I know if you're already complimenting me or insulting me rather…" she nagged at him, and much to her displeasure he just rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. I didn't really come here to argue you know…" he said softly which bothered Hermione a lot.

"Then what are you here for?" she asked staring intently at his silver orbs. They had stared at each other for quite a while before Draco decided that he felt naked at her glare, he looked away.

"I…wanted to check on you," he said as if he was embarrassed that he actually cared for her.

"Oh," Hermione softened a bit. She was getting more confused by the minute, and he wasn't much of a help either.

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Time flied by so fast, it was already Ginny's Bridal/baby shower. Ginny started moving back and forth, decorating the whole hotel room Harry let her rent for the party. She was too excited that she had already forgotten she was carrying a baby inside of her.

"Ginny! Calm down! There's no more to decorate. Everything's perfect already!" Hermione nagged her friend for being too anxious.

"I'm sorry Hermione. It's just that, well…I want everything to be perfect." She sat on the chair next to her feeling really exhausted.

"Everything is perfect." Hermione reassured her with a smile.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. Hermione looked at Ginny with excitement. "I'll get that."

Hermione went to the door and soon, friends from Hogwarts and work started coming inside, thus getting the party started.

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"I know…I'm really excited for you Ginny." An old classmate, Parvati, squealed in delight as the girls started to talk about Ginny's big wedding.

"When is it again?" Hannah Abbot, a former Hufflepuff inquired.

"Well, it'll be on April." Ginny said.

'They really are excited aren't they? Planning for the wedding already when it's still the start of December.' Hermione smiled inwardly.

"I wanted a summer garden wedding and Harry said it was okay with him." Ginny said happily.

"I think Harry would want anything as long as he does marry you." Hermione said, Ginny in turn smiled gratefully at her friend.

"Thank Hermione…" Ginny felt teary-eyed. "Ugh, damn it, since I got pregnant I got really emotional…" she said wiping her tears with the napkin given to her by Lavender.

"How about you Hermione? When shall we see you walking down the aisle?" Perry, one of Ginny's friends at work, asked.

"Uhh…" Hermione said and an image suddenly appeared in her mind. I was a simple seaside wedding with all the people dressed in white. Hermione imagined herself walking towards the altar alongside her father who was delivering her to a blonde man waiting next to the priest.

Hermione snapped out of reality enough to realize that she was imagining her getting married to Draco Malfoy. But she knew it was impossible to happen. Or was it? 'No, not even in my wildest dreams…' she thought sadly.

"That won't happen for about another ten years," she joked and the others laughed except Ginny. She knew Hermione almost too well to not miss that hint of sadness in her voice. Ginny wished she could help her friend, but she knew that Hermione didn't want to accept the fact that Draco came back to her. She would just rather continuously hurt herself many times than to admit that what she did during the end of the graduation ball was a big mistake. She can really be hardheaded, and Ginny knew if her friend continued to be one, she'd end up all alone.

"Anyway, why did it suddenly come to me? It's Ginny who is going to get married not me!" she laughed along with the others.

'If only I could turn back time…' Hermione thought. 'Then maybe…maybe it could've been possible…'

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Hermione angrily threw the picture frame containing of Ron, Harry and her across the room. She was just informed by Fred that Ron, yet again, broke another girl's heart. And this time, it was her friend in Hogwarts, Luna Lovegood.

'That asshole!' she thought angrily. 'What gives him the right to hurt Luna?!?!?'

Fred had told her that Ron and Luna started dating a week after Ginny's party. The two barely lasted a month before Ron finally ended the relationship. What made Hermione angry is that he's doing it to forget Pansy.

'It's as if he can't forget her without breaking girls' hearts, he's just doing exactly what Pansy left him with.' Hermione thought. She rubbed her temples and breathed in and out to calm her nerves. 'It's his fault anyway, he was so stupid to let her go!'

'Wow, speak for yourself' an inner voice said sarcastically.

'What the hell do you mean?' she thought angrily.

'Nothing. It's just that you speak like you didn't do the same thing. Being stupid enough to let go without him wanting you to.'

'Whatever.' She dismissed the thought. Her mood was far from good already; she didn't want it to get worse.

"Someone's in a bad mood today," Hermione snapped her head to which the voice belonged to and saw Draco leaning at the doorframe.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, counting to ten, hoping not to snap at him.

"Well, it's been long since we saw each other, why don't we hmm, catch up?" he said a smirk distinct on his face.

"By any means how?" she gave him a Malfoy-ish smirk.

"Let's have lunch." He said simply and Hermione just nodded.

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"So what are you so ticked about?" Draco said before sipping at his drink.

"Well as you can see, Ron broke yet another girl's heart. This time, it belonged to my friend, Luna Lovegood." Hermione felt her anger building up again.

"I didn't know Weasley had it in him." He snorted.

Hermione flashed him an angry glare. "Was only kidding." He added.

Hermione rubbed her temples once more. She heaved a sigh and looked at Draco who in turn looked back at her. "So, how have you been?" Hermione decided to strike up a conversation.

"Good in fact. I moved back here when Potter told me about the wedding." He said.

"You know it's not until April right?" she reminded.

"I know, hey I wanted to talk with old friends too you know." He said casually. Hermione felt herself staring at his features. Nothing has about changed ever since 7th year. He's still gorgeous. His bangs accentuating his eyes made him sexy, and the way he smirks made him sexier.

"I know I'm good looking Granger, you don't have to stare." He held his infamous Malfoy smirk.

'Yep, nothing has changed.' She smiled. "Old habits never change eh Malfoy?" she said and he smiled.

"Well, it depends on what these habits are. You still the virgin stuck-up and bossy bookworm I knew?"

Hermione was so shocked at his straight-forwardness. She blushed a crimson shade and stared at him. "How dare you!" she said, "I've changed you know!" she defended herself.

"Which part? The stuck-up? The bossy? The bookworm? Or the virgin?" he grinned at how he was able to make her feel embarrassed.

"Why are we even having this conversation?" she said changing the subject but Draco wasn't about to give in to that.

"Oh come on Hermione, you're no fun." He said, leaning his chair backwards. He was doing good balancing himself and teasing her all at once.

Hermione blushed more. 'I don't know what I'm even telling him this but…' she paused for a while and looked at him. "All of the above."

The next things happened so fast, one moment he had a shocked expression on his face and the next he had already fallen from his chair, which caused a little scene. Hermione stood to help him.

"You should've been more careful." She told him before going back to her seat.

"Well Hermione, you sure have the talent to surprise people, since when have you been not a virgin?" his eyes were wide.

"Why does it even interest you?" she snapped at him. The redness of her face never left.

"I told you, I want to catch up." He said with a smile that made Hermione melt.

"Let's not talk about it," she said feeling really uncomfortable. Good thing Draco let it go.

"Okay." He said.

"Thank you." She replied in turn.

"But don't think I won't get it out of you Hermione. Not now, but some other time." He grinned.

"Well—"

Hermione was cut off by a squealing voice. She even thought that it was a voice of someone dying.

"OH!!! Draco!!! How are you??" Her eyes traveled to the blonde girl who was currently disabling Draco from responding by locking his lips in her and with that scene presented, Hermione gave the woman a deadly glare.