Chapter 7

21 Questions

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"What is 21 questions?" Draco asked Hermione curious to what she meant.

"Just a way for us to get to know each other. We get to ask questions and the other one answers truthfully. You can ask anything and you can refuse to answer." Hermione told him sitting up on the couch so she was facing him.

"Alright who should go first?' Draco asked her.

"Well you want to get to know me so you go first." Hermione said taking another drink of her wine.

"Alright let's start with the obvious questions then. What is your favorite colour?"

"Red of course but a dark blood red not the bright reds. Ok my turn. What is your favorite place that you have ever been to?" Hermione asked him.

"What not going to ask what my favorite colour is?" Draco teased her.

"I already know. It's green and not because you are Slytherin but because it is also the colour of your family." Hermione said picking up Draco's hand that held his family crest ring and running her fingers lightly over his hand. "Now I believe you owe me an answer."

"Paris. It is a beautiful city." Draco told her. "If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?" he asked.

"Venice probably. I would love to visit during carnival. What is your favorite food?"

"Can you keep a secret?" Draco asked her leaning in close. Hermione nodded leaning in closer to him so there was hardly any space between them. " I love pizza." He confessed and Hermione began to laugh.

"Pizza really. I didn't think you would even know what that was." Hermione asked amused that he would like something so muggle.

"What about you what is your favorite food?' Draco asked.

"Pasta. Favorite Fruit?"

"Grapes. What about you?"

"Peaches. They are so sweet and juicy. What is your favorite dessert?" Hermione asked getting up and putting the bottle of wine away.

"Chocolate." Draco said watching Hermione as she moved about.

"Me too." Hermione said smiling at him. "We have something in common."

"Yes we do. Favorite book?" He asked as she came down and sat next to him and reclining into his chest. He adjusted to they were both lying on the couch comfortably.

"Favorite book is Hogwarts, a history, but my favorite story is Romeo and Juliet." She said running her fingers lightly up and down his arm that was laying on top of his leg.

"Why Romeo and Juliet?" Draco asked.

"Because it is the greatest love story ever told. Two people fall in love against their families wishes and love each other so much they would rather die then be without each other." Hermione said yawning. "Now my turn. Who was your first kiss?" Hermione asked.

"Daphne Greengrass, how about you?"

"Viktor Krum." Hermione told him sniggling in more to his chest. "Who was the Slytherin sex god's first lay?" Hermione asked curious to see who he had started out with.

"Pansy, sixth year. How about you? Who had that pleasure?" Draco asked. Hermione was quite and shifted. " Are you?' Draco asked and Hermione nodded feeling self conscious. "How do you move on stage the way you do if you have never had sex. You are so sensual when you move. Watching you dance is like watching sex." Draco said.

"Dancing has nothing to do with whether or not you have slept with someone Malfoy." Hermione said closing her eyes she was becoming desperately tired.

"Ok." He said.

"What happened with you and Pansy?" Hermione asked.

"Long story short she became really obsessive and needy and was really only with me for my name and money. I couldn't take it anymore I wanted someone that I could talk to and would like me for me and no other reason." Draco told her pulling the blanket off of the back of the couch and covering Hermione with it.

"I'm sure you will find her." Hermione whispered as she fell asleep. Draco used his wand to turn out the lights and whispered goodnight to Hermione before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep himself.

Hermione woke up with light hitting her in the eyes. She pulled the blanket up over her head and heard someone giggle. She pulled the blanket down from her eyes and looked up and snuggled behind her was Draco.

"Morning." He said softly smiling down at her.

"Morning. What time is it?" she asked.

"It's still early. Just after sunrise. You passed out on me last night." He told her.

"I'm sorry I must have been more tired then I realized. Oh and I slept in my dress I am so sorry I will get it dry cleaned you shouldn't be able to tell." Hermione said sitting up and looking at her now very wrinkled dress.

"It's ok Granger. The dress is yours now remember." Draco said with a chuckle. Hermione blushed and stood up folding the blanket in her hand and placing it on the couch. Draco stood up and stretched and Hermione caught a glimpse of his lower abs. "Well I should probably get home. I had a good time with you last night." Draco said running a hand though his messy hair. He looked so sexy when he did that Hermione thought to herself.

"Me too actually." Hermione said. Draco nodded and bounced on his feet a bit.

"Well good-bye then." Draco said.

"Hey would you like to get breakfast together. You know to show people that we are together you know for the press." Hermione asked.

"I would love to. Meet you back here in an hour?" He asked. Hermione told him that would be great and he left to go shower and get ready and Hermione did the same. Draco reappeared just as Hermione was finishing up. Hermione was wearing dark skinny jeans with her flat knee high boots, a green button down and a black vest. Her hair fell over one shoulder in a side pony tail. Hermione was adjusting her jeans inside of her boots when she noticed Draco. He wore dark stylish jeans with a black sweater and black dress shoes. His hair was still a mess but in a good way. The way she preferred him she realized.

"You ready to go?" Draco asked leaning against her kitchen counter.

"Yes just give me one second to grab my coat." She said grabbing her coat off her bed and her purse from the coffee table. "Ready. So where are we going?" Hermione asked.

"Well that is for me to know and you to find out." Draco told her pushing up from the kitchen counter and walking up behind Hermione he placed one hand around her waist pulling her close to him causing Hermione's heart rate to speed up and another over her eyes. Hermione felt the familiar pull of apparation and then her feet hitting what sounded like cobblestone.

"Where are we?" Hermione asked feeling a cool breeze blow past them.

"Welcome to Venice Italy." Draco told her moving his hand from her eyes. Hermione saw they there were standing in an alley way that lead to the heart of the city.

"You brought me to Venice, Really. But if we, that means you have been here before." Hermione said walking down the alley into the large courtyard in the center of the city. " I can't believe you did this." Hermione said her breath taken away by the city. She couldn't stop smiling and Draco found that smile to be infectious.

"I thought you might like it." He said following behind her as she looked here and there. "I thought we might grab some breakfast and then maybe some sight seeing. That is unless you have to work tonight."

"Hmm…oh no I don't Cherry gave me the night off. Do I really get to spend the day in Venice?" Hermione asked walking up to Draco. He nodded and she squealed throwing her arms around his neck and hugging him tightly. "Thank you so much for this. It is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me." Hermione told him.

"It is the least I could do. Plus you said you wanted to come here some day so why not today." Draco said. " Now for some food. Shall we?" Draco said offering his hand. Hermione took it and they went off for something to eat. After their meal at a small café on the canal they sat back on the patio drinking espresso and continuing their game from the night before.

"So what happened between you and the weasel?" Draco asked. It seemed only fair that since she had asked about Pansy that he could ask about this.

"We were too different as a couple. And I realized that being with him was like being with your brother and not a boy friend but he didn't feel that way and he took it pretty hard when I broke it off. We have hardly spoken since. Why did you stop playing quidditch?' Hermione asked.

"It wasn't an option after what happened between my 5th and 6th year." Draco told her.

"Why did you do it?" Hermione asked wondering why he had taken the dark mark in the first place.

"To protect my mother. If I hadn't he was going to kill her and I couldn't let that happen. I tried to make up for it by feeding information to Snape as best I could. That's why I wasn't sent to Azkaban like the others. Snape had vouched for me." Draco told her his face going grime as he remembered his godfather that had given up so much to fight the Dark Lord.

"I'm sorry Draco. I didn't know that you were going through so much at the time. I just thought…"

"You just thought like father like son right?" Draco said finishing her thought for her. She nodded and they sat quietly for a little while longer. "Well how about that sight seeing I promised." Draco asked throwing some money on the table. Probably more then what was needed Hermione thought and they set off on their day of sight seeing around Venice.

"That was the most wonderful day I have ever had. Thank you for taking me." Hermione told Draco once they got back to her apartment.

"I am glad you enjoyed it. We will have to do that more often." Draco said.

"You know I wouldn't mind that at all. You aren't half bad when you aren't trying to be an arse." Hermione said pulling two bottles of water from her fridge and tossing one to Draco who caught it with ease.

"Well I try." Draco said with a flourished bow that made Hermione giggle. "You are quite breath taking when you smile, did you know that?" Draco said sitting down on Hermione's couch and stretching out making himself at home.

"You are too when you smile, not smirk, but really smile. It looks good on you." Hermione said taking the opposite end of the couch. "Do you want to watch a movie?" Hermione asked him not wanting him to leave yet. "You do know what a movie is don't you?"

"Yes I know what a movie is. I did take muggle studies and I have been spending a lot of time in the muggle world since the war." Draco told her. Hermione grabbed her movie copy of Pride and Prejudice and put it in since Draco had liked the book so much. She made some popcorn and they ended up snuggled together again by the end of the movie. After the movie was over Hermione ordered a pizza and they sat and ate and talked a little more about your everyday mundane things.

"Um…Granger there is something you should know." Draco told Hermione as they were cleaning up their mess.

"What's that?" she asked putting the plates away that had just been washed.

"Well the thing is that mother is expecting you to come by in a few days to talk about the wedding. You know to start planning it and all since she thinks that we are getting married. She wants the wedding to take place as soon as possible." Draco told her bracing himself for the blow up.

"What! Tell her we want a long engagement. To make sure we really want to do this." Hermione told him nearly dropping the glass out of her hand after what he had told her.

"I tried to tell her that and she won't have any of it. She said the wedding will take place on Christmas and she won't have it any other way. My mother can be very scary when she wants to be. Please just go along and play like you don't like any of it and we can stall." Draco pleaded with her.

"Fine…fine I will play along but you so owe me Malfoy." Hermione told him.

"Thanks Granger I really do owe you one. Can you be there on Saturday say around one to meet with her?" Draco asked. Hermione looked at her calendar. Saturday was only two days away.

"Yes that is fine." Hermione told him. Draco thanked her and giving her a kiss on the cheek he left for home.