A/N- Here is the next chapter for you guys! I just handed my progress report for my assignment and my exams are well... I don't really care anymore since they are pretty easy and I think I've studied enough. So I MAY update again tomorrow (depends how much writing I can get done tonight and tomorrow :) ) Hope you guys like it!

Disclaimer- Harry Potter is so mine... Not :(

Chapter 6

Time went by pretty slowly for Hermione as she waited for Ginny to floo to her apartment, but her patience was well rewarded when Ginny appeared at her fireplace. Upon seeing each other they gave each other a hug and Hermione led her to the living room and they sat on the sofa.

"So missy, where did you run off to yesterday?" Ginny said, nudging Hermione's shoulder and giving her a quick wink.

"Let's just say I ran into Draco Malfoy again..."

Ginny covered her mouth and gave Hermione a shocked look. "Sweet Merlin... Wait, rewind, did you just say again? Hermione Jean Granger! What are you not telling me?"

"Nothing! Listen..."

And so began Hermione's tale, from when she took care of Draco and his wounds to when she woke up in his bed naked. Ginny listened intently and interrupted as little as possible, with the odd "Sweet Merlin," and "Oh my!" here and there and some questions, but apart from that, she listened. Which was a changed to when Hermione told her other stories, where she would interrupt with every little question and detail that was bugging her. Hermione was thankful for Ginny's minimal interruption and when she finished, Ginny was shocked.

"He... He really did that?" she asked? "Merlin's beard... I actually kind of feel sorry for the kid now."

"I don't know what to do Ginny!" Hermione wailed. "I really want to help him but... I'm scared I'll push him over the edge and end up having him commit suicide again! I'm also scared that he might just push me away! Ginny, I need help."

"Of course you do! Listen, since you know where he lives now thanks to last night... Why not pay him a visit? Not today though! Wait a couple of days and talk to him, heck, hex him if you have to and talk to him about what you want. You want to help him and that you'll be there."

"Are you sure about that Ginny? "Cause I'm really scared that I might just end up just-"

"Don't think alright! Just do it! Trust me! It'll work, do it sometime this week and don't be scared to hex him if he won't listen."

"Fine... Anyways, what was that news you wanted to tell me about Ron?"

"Oh yes.. Well.. I don't know how I'm going to make this easy for you but... Ron and Lavender... They're getting married."

Hermione froze and thought about what Ginny had just said. Ron was actually going to marry Lavender. Thoughts started running through her head. Ronald Weasley was marrying Lavender, and she was going to become Lavender Weasley? The sound of that made her want to gag but she stopped herself. She looked at Ginny who looked at her sympathetically and grabbed her hand.

"Seriously 'Mione, if I'm going to be honest... You can do someone than that brother of mine. You deserve better." She smiled at me sympathetically.

"Thanks Gin, listen, that was all I really wanted to talk to you about. Do you want to have like a late dinner though? I don't know if you've eaten yet."

"No I'm alright, I need to go back anyways, I'm scared that Harry can't watch Teddy." With that they both laughed and Ginny stood up. They hugged, then waving to each other for the last time, Ginny stepped into the fireplace, shouted her destination and green flames erupted and she disappeared.

Hermione stared at the now empty fireplace and thoughts ran through her head. Lavender and Ron were married! It seemed so ridiculous, but when she thought about it, it was something that Ron would do. She signed and slumped back on the sofa, soon falling asleep.

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Draco walked back into his apartment, the first thing that he did was reach for a glass of firewhiskey and drinking it all at once. He stood for a minute and leaned on the sink letting the liquid into his system, first heating up his throat a bit before it finally sunk in and caused Draco to feel a bit dizzy. Stupid little mudblood, she had to go and ruin everything for me. Maybe I could try another way... He stopped and contemplated a bit, running through his head and scanning what choices he had- which were very limited in his opinion.

After what seemed like hours to him, Draco came back from his thoughts and looked down at the empty glass of firewhiskey. Smiling to himself, he refilled it...

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Hermione woke up the next day with the stiff neck. Recalling back the events of the day before she realised that she had fallen asleep on the sofa, still in her pink blouse and jeans. She got up and relaxed her neck before going back to the toilet to take a quick shower.

Once the warm water came into contact with her skin she suddenly relaxed and started to think about Draco. She wasn't going to lie to herself, she couldn't. The truth was that she was really worried about Draco. It had been a year since they last saw each other, and though they never really left on good terms, she couldn't just forget about someone that clearly wanted to forget about their mistakes and were honestly sorry about them. He honestly tried to kill himself and seriously believed that there was nothing left in the world for him!

She turned the shower off and cast a quick drying spell before getting changed. Ginny had told her to wait a few days before seeing Draco again, but there was a feeling in her guts that if she didn't go soon... Well she didn't want to dwell into that.

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Hermione knocked on Draco's apartment door; standing there impatiently she shouted out Draco's name again and demanded that he open the door. But still she got the same response she had been receiving for the past five minutes. Utter silence. She swore, and quickly looked around at her surroundings, making sure that there weren't any muggles before she pulled out her wand.

"Alohamora," she said, casting the spell quickly on the locked door. She heard the soft 'click' of the door unlocking itself and she tucked her wand back into her back pocket. She opened the door and took a quick peek into the room. It was a lot messier then she remembered yesterday, there were clothes everywhere and there were a few empty glasses on the kitchen table. She walked in and took a better look at Draco's apartment.

There was a trail of clothes all the way down the hall to the Master's Bedroom. Hermione pulled out her wand and walked slowly towards the Master's Bedroom. Ever since the war and when her, Harry and Ron had run away a while before the while 'officially' started, she had become a lot more paranoid. It was a habit, one she was yet to decide whether she was glad to have or not.

Once inside the room she sighed and tucked away her wand. Draco was lying on the bed- though he wasn't tugged it, it seemed like he had stumbled onto the bed and fell asleep as soon as he came into contact with the material. He was sleeping so soundly and Hermione just stared at him and smiled. For all the times that she had ever seen him, this was the only time he ever looked... peaceful. This made Hermione happy and she sat next to Draco on the bed and watched him sleep.

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Draco woke up, realising that there was someone was lying next to him. He jumped up quickly and instantly regretted it. His head felt like it was being pounded and stepped on by at least a dozen hippogriffs. He moaned a little bit at the sudden pain in his head and rushed straight to the toilet for a hangover potion. He gulped it down in one shot and soon the pounding disappeared and he sighed in relief. He had barely ever gotten that drunk and when he did, it was never alone, it was usually with Blaise but he was currently in Italy spending time with his girlfriend, leaving him, all alone.

He walked out of the toilet and froze when he saw a person walking out of his room. To make things even weirder, it wasn't just anyone. It was Hermione Granger.

"Granger!" he shouted and ran up to her. "What are you doing here?"

Hermione turned around and saw Draco right in front of her. She looked shocked at first and then smiled.

"I wanted to try and help you get through things. I know they have been rough and I know how-" She tried to continue but then Draco cut her off.

"No you don't understand how I feel! No one fucking does! Why the heck are you here? I thought you hated my guts! Why don't you just continue hating me! Just leave me the fuck alone!" He walked past Hermione, trying to avoid her touch in the small, compact hall and just barely succeeding.

"Draco Lucius Malfoy! You will listen to me! You are not going to throw your life away for stupid mistakes that you did! They are in the past! Everything is alright, open your eyes!" She froze suddenly when Draco turned around, pointing his wand at her face and tears trailed down his cheeks.

"No! They are mistakes that I fucking deserve to die for! I... it's because of me that Dumbledore died! I let them in!"

"But it's over! The war is over!"

"Get. Out. Now. Don't make me hex you."

"Draco lis-"

"OUT!"

Hermione put her hands up in defeat and slowly walked towards Draco, who walked back to allow Hermione to leave the hall. She stopped once she reached the front door. "Draco please..."

"Get. The. Fuck. Out." As a way to prove how serious he was, he pointed his wand towards one of the empty glasses that were sitting on the kitchen table and caused it to shatter with a flick of his wand. He turned back to Hermione and pointed his wand at her face. "I suggest you leave if you want to keep your lovely face."

Hermione scowled at Draco before she turned around and left. Once the door closed, Draco set charms on it so that no one except him could open it, and once he did, he strolled bad to his room. Seriously thinking about what he should do next.

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Hermione stood outside of Draco's apartment and listened in as best as she could. She heard him uttering a few spells but she wasn't able to hear what spells he was casting, in her mind though she had a rough guess and had a rough idea what type of spells they could be. She sighed, cursed and then apparated back to her apartment.

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Days for Hermione felt like years, she wanted to start working again but she still had two days off work, and until those two days passed, she was stuck at her apartment reading books. She couldn't visit Ginny because she was stuck looking after Teddy while Harry was doing his Auror training, and with Ron... Well he was with Lavender she assumed, it was either that or helping George out at the shop.

Ever since Fred's death Ron was the one to always look out for George, especially since the incident where he almost killed himself. The images still ran through her head. Entering George's room and seeing him lying down, at first it looked like he was just asleep, until she saw all the empty bottles of pills on his table. She screamed and quickly took his pulse, which was still there. She shouted out calling for Ron, Harry, Ginny.. Anyone that would be able to hear her. After she checked his vitals she felt his chest until she felt that his liver was hard. She then had a rough idea of what type of pills he had taken and what it was doing, it was destroying his liver and he would die soon if they didn't do something about it. She screamed again at the top of her lungs and this time she could hear footsteps running up the stairs. She turned to see Ron, Molly and Ginny looking at her. She tried to keep a serious face and tell them to take George to St Mungo's while she contacted their family, but she ended up crying...

A/N- Yeee! Well I hope you guys liked that chapter! Please don't forget to review! I love when people review! :D