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Unexpected Love
Summary: A fic that takes place after Hogwarts. Hermione left the magical world behind
after a messy breakup with Krum and became a muggle teacher. Years later she
discovers that one of her new students is a Malfoy. What will happen when
Draco enters her life?
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. The ones you don't recognize
belong to me.
Chapter Seven- Catching Up
"Malfoy!" they said angrily together. "What the heck do you think your doing here? Hermione, watch out, Malfoy is behind you!"
"It's alright guys," she replied softly. "He's with me."
Four gasps were heard as Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender looked at her as if she had gone crazy.
"Sorry Mione," said Ron, "but I don't think we heard you right. Did you just say you were here with Malfoy? Our enemy?"
"Yes, Ron. That's exactly what I said," Hermione said defiantly, staring stonily into Ron's eyes. He looked away quickly, still not believing he was hearing her correctly. But beside him he heard Harry ask, "Why Hermione? Why, after eight years, do you run to Malfoy and not us?" Hurt was evident in his voice, Hermione realized.
"Oh Harry, it's not like that. And Ron, stop goggling at me as if you didn't hear me. You know perfectly well what I said! And you guys don't understand, Draco has changed. I heard the entire story, I believe he's changed for the better."
Harry and Ron knew that Hermione wouldn't lie, and she was too smart to be tricked by Malfoy, so they nodded at her, showing that they believed her.
"But Hermione, you still haven't told him why you went to him after all these years, and not us. It doesn't make sense," Harry said again.
Hermione replied, "Harry, I DIDN'T run to him. I'm a first grade teacher at a muggle elementary school and Malfoy's son is a student of mine. We met again through him just yesterday and he asked me to come here with him so I did and here I am. Does that story satisfy you?" There was a kind of impatient edge to her voice so again, they nodded.
"Good," replied Hermione. She turned to Draco, who was still standing there quietly, observing the old friends. Before she could say anything, however, he said quickly, "Look, I should probably go. You guys have a lot of catching up to do and I can tell that Harry and Ron are still a little wary of me."
He turned to go, but Hermione placed her hand lightly on his arm. He turned and found his face inches away from hers.
"Please stay Draco, I'd really appreciate it," she said softly, so quietly that only he could hear it.
Her voice was almost hypnotizing and Draco heard himself saying, "Well then I will," while feeling very glad that he was holding onto a chair as his legs had turned to jello at the sound of her voice.
The kids and the women sat down with Hermione at their table as Harry and Ron went in to get their families drinks and Draco went in to get Hermione a new Gillywater.
While they were gone, Lavender leaned across to Hermione and said, "My God Hermione, is there something going on between you and Draco? I saw the way you looked at each other. And if there is you are one lucky girl 'cause my God Hermione, he's gorgeous!"
"Lavender!" said Ginny sternly. You watch what you say, you're married to my brother!"
"Oh Ginny , calm down," Lavender replied. "You know I love Ron with all my heart and I always will, but did you SEE Draco?"
"Well, he is kinda good looking I guess," admitted Ginny.
"Hey Lav," interrupted Hermione. "Why would you think there was something going on between us? And what do you mean you saw the way we looked at each other?"
"Are you blind Hermione? You guys look at each other the way Ginny and Harry do, like you're the only people around and you could stay staring into each others eyes forever. It's obvious Hermione, Draco's got a thing for you. And I think you like him too."
Before Hermione could say anything to this, the guys returned with their drinks. They all sat down around a large table and chatted merrily amongst themselves for a few minutes. Harry and Ron even attempted civilized conversation with Draco and Hermione felt relieved that they seemed to accept that Draco had changed for the better.
"So I'm curious Mione, what have you been up to all these years?" Harry asked her after awhile.
Everyone turned to listen, obviously eager to know where she disappeared to.
"Well, like I said I'm a grade one teacher at a muggle elementary school. I always liked teaching and Dumbledore once told me he thought I had a knack for it so I thought I'd give it a try and I've been teaching for 6 years at a school on the outskirts of London."
"What about boyfriends, Hermione? You must have had some, look at you!" said Ginny.
"Well, I've had a few over the years but none I've actually had a connection with. They're all so immature and shallow. But enough about me! What about you guys? What have you all been doing?"
"Well, I became a fully fledged Auror a couple of years ago," said Harry, smiling. "After Hogwarts I had more schooling and then a lot of training, but I did it. I work in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the Auror Headquarters now."
"Harry, that's great!" exclaimed Hermione. "What about Quidditch though? You mentioned that you wanted to play professional Quidditch after you graduated."
"I did, but I really had a passion for being an Auror so I decided to do that. I still play Quidditch, but I play it with Ron and some of our other old friends, and our kids. Lily is already an amazing Seeker, taking after her dear old dad I think, and when Macky's on a broom, you'd better watch out. I'd say she's gonna be a Chaser, she's lightening fast and she's only 4!" Harry said, his eyes full of pride.
"Ok, my turn," said Ginny. "I work for Fred and George at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Harry didn't want me to work at first, but I guess me working for the twins is alright with him, he quite enjoys that store, and I bring home free stuff."
Hermione laughed and asked the two, "How long have you been married for?"
"Well, we got married the year after I graduated," said Ginny, "so two years after you did. Then we had Lily the end of that year, and Mackenzie two years later."
"I see. Well Ron, what have you been up to for the past 8 years, huh?"
"Working at the Ministry," he said simply.
"Oh, are you an Auror too?" she questioned.
"Nope, I work in the Department of Magical Games and Sports, In the Quidditch Office. I met the Chudley Cannons!" he said, his face full of excitement.
Hermione laughed at this. It was a well known fact that Ron had been infatuated with the Chudley Cannons since he was very little.
"And Lavender," Hermione said, turning to her. "Did you and Parvati ever open that Divination shop you were planning all seventh year?"
Lavender laughed and said with a smile, "Yes, Hermione, we actually did! We own a little shop in Diagon Alley. It's absolutely superb, except I've been bogged down with work lately since Parvati's on maternity leave. Her and Dean got married you know! Already have a little boy, Alexander, he's also 6, and the next one should be born any day now!"
"Oh, how exciting! It seems like everyone has married someone they've known for a long time. How long have you and Ron been married, Lavender?"
"Almost 7 years. We got married the year after we graduated, started dating at the very end of seventh year, I don't think you noticed though. Eddie and Lis were born the year after we married."
"Wow, I've missed so much you guys! I didn't have a clue about any of this!" as she went to get up to take her drink inside, Harry stopped her.
"Hold on there Mione, we don't know what Draco's been up since Hogwarts. You wouldn't mind sharing, would you Draco?" asked Harry with a friendly smile.
Draco, who seemed taken aback at this show of kindness from Harry stared at him for awhile before beginning, "Well, umm.... not that much. I married Pansy through an arranged marriage, but we're in the middle of a divorce since she's having an affair with Gregory Goyle. We have a son named Justin and he's 6 years old. Um.... I've been a school governor for the past 8 years; I got my fathers spot as one when he died in seventh year, but Dumbledore offered me the Defense Against the Dark Arts job for next year, and I think I might take that. That's about it."
The others just stared at Draco. They had not known about the death of his father, or the arranged marriage and divorce with Pansy because of an affair, or even that he had a son, Justin. They appeared to be just taking it all in, absorbing all this new information. It seemed to them that even though Draco's life had seemed perfect, that it seemed like he was a spoiled little rich boy that got what he wanted all the time, his past had been troubled, while theirs had been almost perfect.
But Hermione wasn't thinking about Draco's past at all. As soon as she heard that he had been offered the teaching position at Hogwarts, she remembered Dumbledore's offer to her 8 years before. She hadn't wanted it then as it had meant staying at Hogwarts with memories of Viktor. And she had a job now, right? She was teaching muggle children muggle subjects.
But she was back in the magical world now, the world which contained Hogwarts. She did enjoy teaching very much. But right now she wasn't teaching magic. She had gone to Hogwarts, gotten excellent grades, been top of her class, to forget it all and teach muggle stuff. It didn't make sense anymore.
Hermione realized that given the choice between continuing at her current job and teaching at Hogwarts, she would, without any hesitation at all, teach at Hogwarts.
But the question was, would she still have a chance at Hogwarts?
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AN- Ok, I know that most likely wasn't the best place to stop the chapter, it's not really interesting, but I want the next thing to be a chapter by itself and that means stopping it here, plus I just wanted to get this posted. Thank you so much again for all the reviews, it was so overwhelming! Please, please, please do that again and I'll luv you all forever! Ok I also just wanted to thank angel for her idea, i'll surely consider it, it's got an interesting twist to it, and I might just work off of it a bit. And don't worry, It'll get more Hermione/ Draco as the story goes on! Thanks again to EVERYONE, you're the best, hope you enjoyed this chapter, and please review summore!
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*****Dont forget to email me if you want me to tell you when I update! (fieryphoenix123@hotmail.com)
Unexpected Love
Summary: A fic that takes place after Hogwarts. Hermione left the magical world behind
after a messy breakup with Krum and became a muggle teacher. Years later she
discovers that one of her new students is a Malfoy. What will happen when
Draco enters her life?
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. The ones you don't recognize
belong to me.
Chapter Seven- Catching Up
"Malfoy!" they said angrily together. "What the heck do you think your doing here? Hermione, watch out, Malfoy is behind you!"
"It's alright guys," she replied softly. "He's with me."
Four gasps were heard as Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Lavender looked at her as if she had gone crazy.
"Sorry Mione," said Ron, "but I don't think we heard you right. Did you just say you were here with Malfoy? Our enemy?"
"Yes, Ron. That's exactly what I said," Hermione said defiantly, staring stonily into Ron's eyes. He looked away quickly, still not believing he was hearing her correctly. But beside him he heard Harry ask, "Why Hermione? Why, after eight years, do you run to Malfoy and not us?" Hurt was evident in his voice, Hermione realized.
"Oh Harry, it's not like that. And Ron, stop goggling at me as if you didn't hear me. You know perfectly well what I said! And you guys don't understand, Draco has changed. I heard the entire story, I believe he's changed for the better."
Harry and Ron knew that Hermione wouldn't lie, and she was too smart to be tricked by Malfoy, so they nodded at her, showing that they believed her.
"But Hermione, you still haven't told him why you went to him after all these years, and not us. It doesn't make sense," Harry said again.
Hermione replied, "Harry, I DIDN'T run to him. I'm a first grade teacher at a muggle elementary school and Malfoy's son is a student of mine. We met again through him just yesterday and he asked me to come here with him so I did and here I am. Does that story satisfy you?" There was a kind of impatient edge to her voice so again, they nodded.
"Good," replied Hermione. She turned to Draco, who was still standing there quietly, observing the old friends. Before she could say anything, however, he said quickly, "Look, I should probably go. You guys have a lot of catching up to do and I can tell that Harry and Ron are still a little wary of me."
He turned to go, but Hermione placed her hand lightly on his arm. He turned and found his face inches away from hers.
"Please stay Draco, I'd really appreciate it," she said softly, so quietly that only he could hear it.
Her voice was almost hypnotizing and Draco heard himself saying, "Well then I will," while feeling very glad that he was holding onto a chair as his legs had turned to jello at the sound of her voice.
The kids and the women sat down with Hermione at their table as Harry and Ron went in to get their families drinks and Draco went in to get Hermione a new Gillywater.
While they were gone, Lavender leaned across to Hermione and said, "My God Hermione, is there something going on between you and Draco? I saw the way you looked at each other. And if there is you are one lucky girl 'cause my God Hermione, he's gorgeous!"
"Lavender!" said Ginny sternly. You watch what you say, you're married to my brother!"
"Oh Ginny , calm down," Lavender replied. "You know I love Ron with all my heart and I always will, but did you SEE Draco?"
"Well, he is kinda good looking I guess," admitted Ginny.
"Hey Lav," interrupted Hermione. "Why would you think there was something going on between us? And what do you mean you saw the way we looked at each other?"
"Are you blind Hermione? You guys look at each other the way Ginny and Harry do, like you're the only people around and you could stay staring into each others eyes forever. It's obvious Hermione, Draco's got a thing for you. And I think you like him too."
Before Hermione could say anything to this, the guys returned with their drinks. They all sat down around a large table and chatted merrily amongst themselves for a few minutes. Harry and Ron even attempted civilized conversation with Draco and Hermione felt relieved that they seemed to accept that Draco had changed for the better.
"So I'm curious Mione, what have you been up to all these years?" Harry asked her after awhile.
Everyone turned to listen, obviously eager to know where she disappeared to.
"Well, like I said I'm a grade one teacher at a muggle elementary school. I always liked teaching and Dumbledore once told me he thought I had a knack for it so I thought I'd give it a try and I've been teaching for 6 years at a school on the outskirts of London."
"What about boyfriends, Hermione? You must have had some, look at you!" said Ginny.
"Well, I've had a few over the years but none I've actually had a connection with. They're all so immature and shallow. But enough about me! What about you guys? What have you all been doing?"
"Well, I became a fully fledged Auror a couple of years ago," said Harry, smiling. "After Hogwarts I had more schooling and then a lot of training, but I did it. I work in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the Auror Headquarters now."
"Harry, that's great!" exclaimed Hermione. "What about Quidditch though? You mentioned that you wanted to play professional Quidditch after you graduated."
"I did, but I really had a passion for being an Auror so I decided to do that. I still play Quidditch, but I play it with Ron and some of our other old friends, and our kids. Lily is already an amazing Seeker, taking after her dear old dad I think, and when Macky's on a broom, you'd better watch out. I'd say she's gonna be a Chaser, she's lightening fast and she's only 4!" Harry said, his eyes full of pride.
"Ok, my turn," said Ginny. "I work for Fred and George at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Harry didn't want me to work at first, but I guess me working for the twins is alright with him, he quite enjoys that store, and I bring home free stuff."
Hermione laughed and asked the two, "How long have you been married for?"
"Well, we got married the year after I graduated," said Ginny, "so two years after you did. Then we had Lily the end of that year, and Mackenzie two years later."
"I see. Well Ron, what have you been up to for the past 8 years, huh?"
"Working at the Ministry," he said simply.
"Oh, are you an Auror too?" she questioned.
"Nope, I work in the Department of Magical Games and Sports, In the Quidditch Office. I met the Chudley Cannons!" he said, his face full of excitement.
Hermione laughed at this. It was a well known fact that Ron had been infatuated with the Chudley Cannons since he was very little.
"And Lavender," Hermione said, turning to her. "Did you and Parvati ever open that Divination shop you were planning all seventh year?"
Lavender laughed and said with a smile, "Yes, Hermione, we actually did! We own a little shop in Diagon Alley. It's absolutely superb, except I've been bogged down with work lately since Parvati's on maternity leave. Her and Dean got married you know! Already have a little boy, Alexander, he's also 6, and the next one should be born any day now!"
"Oh, how exciting! It seems like everyone has married someone they've known for a long time. How long have you and Ron been married, Lavender?"
"Almost 7 years. We got married the year after we graduated, started dating at the very end of seventh year, I don't think you noticed though. Eddie and Lis were born the year after we married."
"Wow, I've missed so much you guys! I didn't have a clue about any of this!" as she went to get up to take her drink inside, Harry stopped her.
"Hold on there Mione, we don't know what Draco's been up since Hogwarts. You wouldn't mind sharing, would you Draco?" asked Harry with a friendly smile.
Draco, who seemed taken aback at this show of kindness from Harry stared at him for awhile before beginning, "Well, umm.... not that much. I married Pansy through an arranged marriage, but we're in the middle of a divorce since she's having an affair with Gregory Goyle. We have a son named Justin and he's 6 years old. Um.... I've been a school governor for the past 8 years; I got my fathers spot as one when he died in seventh year, but Dumbledore offered me the Defense Against the Dark Arts job for next year, and I think I might take that. That's about it."
The others just stared at Draco. They had not known about the death of his father, or the arranged marriage and divorce with Pansy because of an affair, or even that he had a son, Justin. They appeared to be just taking it all in, absorbing all this new information. It seemed to them that even though Draco's life had seemed perfect, that it seemed like he was a spoiled little rich boy that got what he wanted all the time, his past had been troubled, while theirs had been almost perfect.
But Hermione wasn't thinking about Draco's past at all. As soon as she heard that he had been offered the teaching position at Hogwarts, she remembered Dumbledore's offer to her 8 years before. She hadn't wanted it then as it had meant staying at Hogwarts with memories of Viktor. And she had a job now, right? She was teaching muggle children muggle subjects.
But she was back in the magical world now, the world which contained Hogwarts. She did enjoy teaching very much. But right now she wasn't teaching magic. She had gone to Hogwarts, gotten excellent grades, been top of her class, to forget it all and teach muggle stuff. It didn't make sense anymore.
Hermione realized that given the choice between continuing at her current job and teaching at Hogwarts, she would, without any hesitation at all, teach at Hogwarts.
But the question was, would she still have a chance at Hogwarts?
***** *** *****
AN- Ok, I know that most likely wasn't the best place to stop the chapter, it's not really interesting, but I want the next thing to be a chapter by itself and that means stopping it here, plus I just wanted to get this posted. Thank you so much again for all the reviews, it was so overwhelming! Please, please, please do that again and I'll luv you all forever! Ok I also just wanted to thank angel for her idea, i'll surely consider it, it's got an interesting twist to it, and I might just work off of it a bit. And don't worry, It'll get more Hermione/ Draco as the story goes on! Thanks again to EVERYONE, you're the best, hope you enjoyed this chapter, and please review summore!
~*~FieryPhoenix~*~
*****Dont forget to email me if you want me to tell you when I update! (fieryphoenix123@hotmail.com)