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Thank you sooo much for all the reviews, I wasn't able to put up a chapter last week because I was not home the entire weekend. MiaGranger28, I think that I will put the flashbacks in italics. I usually do do that, but I wanted to see how the "jump to" format would go, but I didn't work, so ill just put everything that is in a flashback in italics. Thanks everyone who is reading. Just review after por favor.


Chapter Six

You Are the One

Harry got the courage to begin to talk, he felt a shiver go up his spine, but he tried ignoring it as he placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Hermione, what is going on?"

Ginny had decided to go to the other room and rest while Hermione and Harry talked in the living room.

Hermione sighed. "As you know, I did not really die. It was all a set up."

"What? But the funeral..."

"Was a set up, there was no body in the casket"

"And the pictures of the body"

"We're also part of the set up"

"Why?" He remained calm, he looked at his old friend, she seemed so beautiful, yet so lost.

"Lucius Malfoy found out about me and Draco. He threatened me and said that either I keep myself far from his son, or I watch the ones I love get hurt. I've been meeting up secretly with Ginny because she was the only person besides the guards and Lucius know that I'm alive. She swore not to tell anyone. But today, it got all complicated. I'm sorry if I caused any problems between you and Ginny"

"No, it's my fault. I didn't know"

Harry couldn't do anything but hug his friend, who he had thought was dead for the past 6 years.

"Harry, don't tell anyone, okay? Not even Ron or anyone, especially Draco" she said. "Or else, he would try to go after Lucius, and Lucius would probably kill me."

"'Mione, I wont say a word" he smiled. "I'm just happy to know that you're alive. It's a bit shocking to find out like this, but I'm happy."

xx

Draco looked in the small box that he had in his house. It had been 2 months since she died. He didn't allow the tears to fall, but they made his eyesight blurry. He opened the small box that contained another box, this one was made out of a silky material and it was green. He opened the box, the diamond ring shining back at him; the words engraved on the ring said 'Hermione Malfoy'. His heart hurt. He was going to propose to her when he felt the time was right, now time couldn't have been any worst. He took the ring and held it up to his heart. Once he recomposed himself, he put the ring back in the box and put the box inside the other box and placed it on the shelf in his closet.

xx

Lacey and Draco went back to the manor. He went to get himself something to drink while Lacey sat on the couch, still wondering what was the psychic talking about when she said that something might tear them apart. When Draco walked back into the room, Lacey pulled him into a kiss that seemed as if she was claiming Draco. When she pulled away, she looked at him in the eyes.
"You love me right?" She questioned

"Yes I do. Why on earth would I marry you if I didn't love you?" Draco asked, even doubting himself.

"Do you think that anything could separate us?"

"Why do you ask?" Draco asked curiously. Of course there is something that could separate them. There is always something or someone that can tear all the progress that Draco had made in the past 6 years and leave him floored once again.

"I'm just asking"

"Yeah, well nothing can tear us apart now, Lace'" He responded, the words left a bitter taste in his mouth. He ignored it as he wrapped his arms around her.

xx

"I should get going" Hermione said. "They might suspect something." Hermione said as she gathered her belongs once again and went over to the fireplace. "If I come visit, I would probably just come here, now that both of you know" She smiled. Now two people knew the truth. Two people that she truly loved and cared for. Hermione went over and said goodbye to Ginny and hugged Harry once again before walking into the fireplace and yelling out the address of the place she dreaded the most.

xx

Hermione soon was a regular guest at the Potter manor. She had gone plenty of times for the next two months. They had kept her updated about her other friends and Hermione was there everyday to see Ginny's stomach grow. She smiled as they still tried to give the unborn child a name. They found out that she was going to have a baby girl. They all had yet to decide a name. Hermione gave Lucy Rose, which was the name that all three liked, but they were still decisive about it.

"Our daughter is going to have the name for the rest of her life, she is going to hate us if we call her Apple Beth Potter, Harry" Ginny yelled.

"What about Hanna Beth Potter?" Hermione said as she came out of the kitchen.

"Harry, she's not even the parent, and she has better names than we do" Ginny yelled at Harry.

Hermione smiled sadly. Ginny had realized her mistake soon after she had said it. She knew that Hermione began wondering how it would've been like if she and Draco thought about names for their own child. How she would be arguing with Draco saying that her son or daughter would not be named that.

Ginny tried to change subject. "Why don't we watch the television?" Ginny had been fascinated when she discovered the television. She turned on the television and the first thing that came out was a headline tore Hermione inside.

"AM I HEARING CORRECTLY?" The reporter for WE! Yelled on the television. "This is Natasha Brugnett reporting for Wizarding Entertainment and I'm here standing with Miss Lacey Rivers and Draco Malfoy who had just announced that they plan to get married this coming Saturday. Tell my Lacey and Draco, are you two excited"

"Ecstatic, really" Lacey had put on a smile. Draco had his arm around her.

"And do you have everything planned for the big day which is in three days?"
"Yes" Draco responded. "We had a couple of people working on the arrangements and everything is planned. "Its exclusive, a party of only 680 people"

"Are we invited" the reported said.

Draco laughed as he continued to talk to the reporter.

Hermione knew they were engaged, but she never thought the day would come. She sat still on the chair. Harry grabbed the phone and called Blaise

"Blaise did you receive…"
"NO! And I just saw it on television. Draco's just full of surprises. Claire was shocked as well because Lacey hadn't mentioned anything to her"

"How could he not tell us, we're practically his family!" Blaise said very livid and annoyed.
"It took everyone by a shocker. Especially Herm-." Harry caught his mistake.
"What?"

"What?" Harry said nonchalantly.

"You said it took everybody a shock, especially Hermione?"
"No I didn't. I said especially her…friend. Lacey's friend who is Ginny" Harry felt cold sweat run down the back of his neck, so much for being able to keep a secret and lie.

Hermione had turned to look at Harry. Her head turned to look at his so sharply; she thought her head would rip off her neck. She glared at him and she knew that he could feel her eyes burning through his as she caught his mistake as well.

"We have to kidnap Draco and slap the insanity out of him"

"Right now?" Harry joked around.
Blaise chuckled. "Yes right now"

Lacey had insisted to change the date of their wedding for some reason. The past two months she had talked about the wedding. It taunted him. It tortured him. It made him think of her. He had even pictured Hermione asking him questions about what color the flowers should be. He saw Hermione asking him whether they should have a 5 feet cake or 7 the feet cake. He decided to just drown it all out and go along with everything that she was saying. He nodded and didn't care the tiniest bit about prices, or anything about the wedding for that matter.

The reporter spent a couple of more minutes with them before stalking off to talk on her cell phone. They had decided to announce it in public, but soon after he had announced it, he had forgotten that he didn't tell any of his friends or their families. He was sure that they were going to kill him when they found out.

Draco wrapped his arm around Lacey's waist and pulled her towards the limo. He felt someone slightly tap him on the shoulder before going into the car. He turned around and the next thing he knew, he was being interrogated.

"Where the hell am I?" Draco demanded.

"Oh good, your awake" Blaise turned on the light. He walked over to his best friend and smiled. "Sorry if we scared you" immediately after he felt Blaise slap him in the back of his head. "Draco, remember that little speech that you had in my wedding? Where you said I was practically your brother, and your family?"

"Look, I know where this is going and I'm sorry. I should've told you sooner"

"Draco, we're your best friends. We should've been the first people you had told!" Harry yelled.

Draco put his hand up, surrendering. "What can I do to make it up to you?"
"At least invite us to your wedding"

Xx

Hermione had felt numb as she walked back to the house she was being held in. The discovery had shocked her. She didn't want to hear anything about Draco or Lacey or the wedding or anything. She wanted to sleep. At the moment, she truly wished she was dead. She felt as if there was nothing to live for. Her parents had died a 2 years before due to a shooting. Her life couldn't get worse. The only think that made her happy was the thought of her visiting two of her oldest friends. But now, she had completely lost all her chances on being with the one she truly loved. He was going to be a married man in three days.

When Hermione had arrived to the house that she was being imprisoned in, she saw Lucius already there with a smile so genuine on his face that it had scared her.

"Hello Lucius"

"I bet you heard the terrific news" He said.

"No" she lied. She knew that he was going to tell her again whether or not she said yes, so she didn't even bother.

"This calls for a celebration Granger." He didn't even care whether or not she felt like celebrating or how she felt. He grabbed a glass of firewhiskey and gave the guards a glass.

"A toast to my son, who is not marry this filthy mudblood." They clinked glasses as Hermione just looked down at the small spider that was on the floor.

xx

Draco made it to the manor alive. The next two days were going to be long and dreadful. Lacey was already making plans to move into the manor. Since he had agreed to everything she said, he hadnt realized that she asked him to move in. He saw the objects rearranging themselves into the manor. Draco ignored as the house elves worked and put Lacey's belongs in her new household.

"Lace'" He said. "Did you know that they had kidnapped me?"
"Yes, a couple of minutes after I realized you had gone missing" she smiled. She wrapped her arms around him. "Are you okay"

"I'm fine. They were just mad for not telling them."

"Yeah, Claire is upset with me. She doesn't want to talk to me."

"I'm sure she's coming to the wedding." Draco said as he walked into his room and began to remove his clothing.

"Just think."Lacey said as she brushed her hair and turned to look at Draco "Soon, we're going to be a family. There is going to be a little Draco Jr. running around and calling you daddy and calling me mummy. Soon our lives are going to be perfect." Lacey said with an extremely cheerful voice.

Draco gave her the fakest smile ever. Even the house elves could tell it was fake.

"I'm going to bed." He said as he kissed her on the cheek and took off the remainder of his clothing and only putting on a pair on pajama bottoms.

"What would it be like if we had children?" Hermione asked him out of the blue.

"They would be extremely gorgeous and look like their ever so dashing father." Draco said cockily. He wrapped his arms around her. He saw her lying next to him; it had been their 4 month anniversary.

"They would be pretty cute"

"What do you mean pretty cute? They would be so damn beautiful, people would envy our children."

"Remember these are our hypothetical children."

He gave her a sexy smirk. "Maybe we can make it a reality?"
"Draco, I'm 18... do not even think about it."

He kissed her on her lips and cradled her in his arms.
"Who knows, maybe it could happen."

He opened his eyes as he looked around. 'No Draco. You are going to get married to Lacey, who you love and care about. You don't care or love Hermio'...He couldn't finish his sentence. Who was it to blame for the entire thing. It would be his fault for cheating on her. But it would be her fault because she ran away. But she wouldn't have run away if he hadn't cheated on her.

It was his fault, all of it. He did everything first. He was the one who cheated on her, he was the one who kissed her and told her that he liked her, and he was the one who started the entire thing. But it wasn't his fault that she was so cute. No, it was his fault, everything. The only thing that wasn't his fault was that he loved her because she loved him too. But it was his fault for not saying it back. He had always wondered what would've happened if he had said it back. What if he had told her that he loved her and what if he had never cheated on her? Would she be the one sleeping besides him, getting excited about children? Would she be the one that everyone saw besides him? One thing was for sure, he would never, ever think it was a mistake to be with Hermione. She had changed him. She made him what he was now. He decided to close his eyes and try to sleep.

..Xx...

Draco had Lacey by his side. She was looking away as he wandered the streets with his new wife. She stopped half way and went into the store without any explanation. Draco just sat down on the bench. There was a woman there and she was reading a newspaper. Draco was trying to read the headline. He couldn't believe what it said:

HERMIONE GRANGER FOUND ALIVE!

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Draco was shocked. He looked at the woman who was sitting next to him. It was her. Hermione, her hair was in loose curls and she was just casually sitting there reading the newspaper. She looked at him and without a breath, was on top of him, kissing him forcefully. When he pulled away she was gone, he picked up the paper she was reading and began reading the inside.

Yes! It is true. Hermione Granger was found earlier this morning at…

The words began to blur and Draco felt someone kissing his neck and then whisper something in his ear. "You haven't given up easily have you?" She kissed him on his ear and walked away. When he spoke up, she walked away and Lacey came back.

xx

Draco woke up in sweat. He looked around and it was dark, the only think lighting the room was the small candle on the nightstand. He had goosebumps on his arms and chills ran threw his spine. He kisses were still on his lips and on his neck and her words had been embedded into his mind. You haven't given up that easily have you?

What was that suppose to mean?

He couldn't sleep. The dream was repeating over and over in his mind and it didn't seem like it wanted to stop anytime soon.

The next morning came and everybody was beginning to get everything ready. Lacey wanted it to be perfect and she was not going to let anything ruin it, not even Draco and his depressing mood that he gets every once and while.

"Draco!" She slapped his arm. "C'mon. This is your wedding too. You have to contribute in something"

"I'm paying aren't I?"

Lacey was not laughing. She folded her arms and glared at him. He rolled his eyes and got up from his chair. "Okay, what do you want?"

xx

"Are you going?"

"No. Not this time. Since its Draco's wedding, I know that they are not going to let me go."

"I bet Lucius is going to keep you there until Draco and Lacey have a kid so that you cannot ruin anything. Can't you just kill him? I mean yesterday he teased you. You should've stabbed him in the throat with an earring or something" Ginny said. "I would've bit him so hard, he would bleed"

Hermione laughed at the consistent mood swings that Ginny had. She grabbed her cup of tea and before she could drink out of it, she froze as she heard his voice come out of the living room.

"HARRY! GINNY!"
"Oh no" Ginny whispered.
"I don't think this is a coincidence" Hermione whispered.

She soon heard footsteps come towards the kitchen. Hermione jumped out of her seat and ran to the nearest exit.

"Crap" she yelled as she realized there was no way out. She hid in one of the cabinets where she some how managed to fit.

"Ginny? Where's Harry?" Draco asked.

"He's upstairs. Please, next time you come here, you can at least tell us in advance."

"Harry knows I was coming"

"I'll just sit here and wait for Harry down here." He looked down at the table and stared at Ginny confusingly. "Do you have a guest over, seems like you were having a cup of tea with someone"

"No, i just because I get extremely thirsty" Ginny said trying to cover her lie.

"I'll have this, if you don't mind"

"Not at all" Ginny said politely.

Draco sipped on the tea and made a bitter face. "It's missing some sugar"

Hermione felt the sugar pot by her foot.

"Shoot" She whispered…a little too loud.

"What was that?"

"What was what?" Ginny asked. Hermione… Ginny thought.

"Nothing."

"I'll get you the sugar pot." Ginny insisted.
"No, Ginny, I'll get it."

"No its fine"

"Ginny… you're not making this any easier for you. Just tell me where is"

He walked over to where Hermione was hiding. Ginny felt her hands shake as she sipped her tea.

"MALFOY ARE YOU DOWN THERE!" Harry yelled.

Before he could open it, Harry arrived.

"Ready?" Harry asked.

"What are you boys up to?"

"We're going to get our suits."

"Okay" Ginny said, sighing with relief once Harry kissed her on her cheek and walked with Draco out the door.

Hermione heard the door slam shut as she got out of the small cabinet.

"I wish I could fit in there like you" Ginny teased.

"That is not funny. It's like fate wants to get me killed"

"Or maybe it just wants you and Draco together."

"Or fate just wants to get me killed" Hermione said, not wanting to drink her tea.

"So are you going to their wedding?"
Hermione shrugged. She wanted to go for some reason, but she definitely did not want to see the ceremony. It would shatter her to pieces.
"You should go. Make a ghostly appearance, make some people faint, and get him to think he's delusional and going crazy for marrying that jealous that conceited air head of a person." Ginny said with a smirk on her face.

"You really don't like Lacey Rivers, don't you?"

"Loathe her" Ginny said laughing.

Xx

Lacey was with Claire at a boutique, looking for her gown. With a bit of magic, they had made the perfect dress for Lacey. Claire, although she was a bit upset with Lacey for not telling her sooner about her wedding, decided to go along.

"Miss Rivers, Congratulations!" The sales clerk said.

Lacey had heard it everywhere she went.

"On behalf of all of us here, we want to give you your dress as a gift. Mr. Malfoy is not going to be able to take his eyes off of you"

Lacey smiled and appreciated it. She gave the clerk a small kiss on her cheek and thanked her and walked out of the store.

"Well aren't you lucky, Mrs. Malfoy?" Claire said as she elbowed her.

Lacey wanted to feel lucky, but she had a gut feeling that made her unhappy about the wedding. After what that psychic said at the shop, she knew that something was going to happen and that Lacey was going to have to fight to keep Draco. She tried to make lists of what might separate them. But it was Hermione that stuck to her mind. How would she ruin everything if she was dead, she could never do anything to separate her from Draco. Unless. No. it was foolish to think that. It was impossible; all of the pictures, and the confirmation from the Ministry of Magic, and besides Draco had seen her die. She couldn't help but feel that something was wrong about the whole ordeal. Something wasn't right and every time she saw the look in Draco's eyes when she knew that he was thinking about her, she would think…

What if Hermione Granger was alive?

xx

Hermione had thought about what Ginny told her. Maybe she should go to the wedding. Get a fright out of him, just for revenge. It may have sounded evil, but Hermione was jealous. Although that is what she had wanted; for Draco to move on because she knew that he couldn't be with her. She wanted him to be happy. But her problem was very obvious.

She just couldn't let go.

I'm going' she thought. With that she went into the café where the guard was waiting for her.


Yes. Another filler.short. sweet. to a point. BUT brings up a lot of questions. What will happen in the wedding? (Some fainting I predict!). What is Draco's dream telling him? What about the fact that Lacey thinks that Hermione is alive? Will she discover… okay enough with the questions.

But anyway, please as you see there is a little button on the bottom left of your screen, says 'submit review'. It's getting a bit lonely and it wants someone to push it. You can do it anonymously. Any review –good or bad- is good for me. The title is after song "You are the one" by HIM.

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