(This is my third fanfic and I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. The chapters are short, and the storyline isn't brilliant but it is okay for a third attempt, I suppose. It's a sequel to my first fanfic 'The Stress of N.E.W.T.S so I advise you read that first.
I don't own the characters; they belong to JK Rowling and her fabulous imagination. The plotline is mine though, unfortunately.)
Chapter Four
Hermione dropped the cloak to the floor and rushed over the other occupant, who was fast asleep on the floor, leaning against the wall. She crouched down next to the person, and shook their shoulder gently. Slowly their eyes opened.
"Hermione?" Lucius said weakly as he woke.
"Lucius. What are you doing here?" she asked, hugging him tightly. She pulled him to his feet as he answered.
"I came here to wait for you. I know you'd be sending the letter to your parents, and I wanted to be here for you when you did, as I couldn't be there when you told your friends." Lucius exclaimed.
"Oh honey." Hermione hugged him again "that's so sweet and considerate."
"What did they say by the way?" Lucius asked, smiling at Hermione's compliments. "I'm guessing it went well, as you're not crying, but I could be wrong. So?"
"You're right, it
went well." Hermione told him. "They are both accepting and
pleased for me. They're glad I'm marrying you the way you are
now. If you had been your old self they wouldn't have let me."
Hermione told him. Lucius scowled slightly before brightening.
"I
agree. It's excellent you're marrying me now and not then."
Lucius nodded. "Now, this letter."
"Oh yes. Here it is." Hermione produced the letter and handed it to him.
"Mind if I read?" he asked. Hermione shook her head. He opened the letter and read it, his eyes scanning down the page. He smiled more with each passing sentence as Hermione explained to her parents how she'd been attracted to a teacher for some time, but then she had fallen in love with him and him with her, and how they were now engaged to be married. At the end of the letter before signing it, she had asked for their blessings. Lucius closed the letter up and sealed it before attaching it to an owl for Hermione and sending it off. He turned to Hermione and gripped her arms gently.
"They will understand and send their blessings. Don't you worry." Lucius said comfortingly as he hugged Hermione again, kissing her passionately.
"I won't." Hermione said, as she took Lucius's hand and the two of them walked out of the Owlery together. Hermione picked up Harry's invisibility cloak as they left.
Lucius led her all the way to the North tower for the second time this term. He made no efforts at concealing his feelings this time, and instead of kissing her hadn he kissed her lips. The Fat Lady was awake, but she averted her gaze. Once the two finished their kiss, the Fat Lady swung open without even asking for the password.
"Goodnight Hermione." Lucius said gently, blowing her a kiss. Hermione mimed catching it.
"Goodnight Lucius." She replied before walking inside. She waved at him from inside the common room but then the portrait closed and she could no longer see him. She wandered up to her Dormitory.
On the other side of the portrait Lucius was talking to the Fat Lady.
"Yes. We're allowed to kiss. After all, we're engaged." Lucius smiled.
"Really!" the Fat Lady said, her eyes wide with this new gossip. Lucius knew by tomorrow evening this piece of information would be all around the school. No matter. Hermione's friends and parents knew, as did the staff because he'd told them all earlier, so all is well. Lucius winked at the Fat Lady and turned on his heel, striding swiftly away. He was smirking happily to himself.
Up in the girls' dormitories, Hermione was entering hers. She opened the door, expecting to find all four occupants asleep, and was surprised to see Lavender and Parvati awake; as well as the other two seventh year girls they shared with. The four girls rushed over to her, wanting to know what news she had told Ron and Harry earlier, as it had obviously been something big.
