Author's note:
Sorry it took me so long to add the new chapter and that it's short. I've been having writer's block lately.If you guys have any suggestions let me know. Please keep reviewing. Oh I decided to bring in Draco a little bit. He's not going to be one of the main characters of the fanfic. Just to liven things up a little and just for a change.
Disclaimer. I don't know the Harry Potter series, the movies, or the characters. So please don't sue me. Not that you would get much anyway.
Chapter 7
Hermione had a hard time sleeping that night. At first she thought of the wonderful time she had with Viktor and their goodnight kiss. But then memories of Ron had invaded her mind just as she was drifting off to sleep. "Your fraternizing with the enemy is what your doing." she remembered Ron saying to her at the Yule Ball their 4th year at Hogwarts. She felt like she was betraying his memory. But she had a wonderful time with Viktor. She was so confused. I'll talk to Ginny about it when I go over to the borrow for dinner tonight she thought as she started to get out of bed.
Hermione was making breakfast when she heard tapping at her kitchen window. She looked up to see a beautiful barn owl looking at her through her window. When she opened the window the owl dropped an envelope in her hand and took off again. She opened to envelope to find a letter and four tickets to the next Montrose Magpies quidditch match next weekend. Hermione had a smile on her face as she thought "It must be from Viktor." She opened the letter and it read:
Dear Hermione,
I had a wonderful time with you last night. I forgot to give you these tickets last night. I believe it was our goodnight kiss what made me forget. Well I thought you would like to come and see me play. I gave you four tickets to incase you wanted to invite Harry, Ginny or anyone else. It has been a while since I've seen Harry. Please let me know if you can make it or not. If you can come we can all go out to eat for dinner. Yours truly,
Viktor.
Hermione smiled to herself. "I'll ask Harry and Ginny if they would like to go. But I already know what they will say. They'll both say yes. But who else to invite? Viktor gave me four tickets." she thought to herself.
After she ate breakfast she went to Diagon Alley to get a few things she needed. Her first stop was to Gringgotts Wizarding Bank to get money out of her account. Her next stop was to Flourish and Blott's to get the new book she has been wait for to come out. Along with the book she wanted to get she also bought three more books. Hermione had her nose buried into one of the new books she got so she wasn't paying attention to where she was going. All of the sudden she bumped into something or by the sound of it someone. "Hey watch where your going!" said a demanding voice. "Oh I'm sorry I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." she replied as she got up.
When she looked up to see who the rude person was that she bumped into she was surprised to see it was Draco Malfoy. Her mouth hung open a little. She never thought she would see him again. Draco stood there with a stunned look on his face also but it didn't take long for him to have the smug, sneering look he had when they were at Hogwarts. "Well, well if it isn't Granger." he said with a smirk on his face. "Hello Malfoy." replied Hermione. "Last time I heard of you was that you disappeared and everyone took you for dead. So what happened to you?" he said with interest. "Why would you care Malfoy." replied a cautious and curious Hermione. Why would Malfoy care what happened to me? I wonder if he's up to something…… but of course he did say that he thought I was dead. Maybe I'm being paranoid. I mean the war is over and he did help the Order in the end Hermione thought to herself.
"Well….. Excuse me for being curious." said Draco. As Draco turned to leave Hermione stopped him and said "Draco wait. I'm sorry. I misjudged you." "Well I suppose I could accept that as an apology." he replied with the famous Malfoy sneer on his face as he turned to face her again.
"Draco, would you want to go to the Montrose Magpies next game? I've got an extra ticket. I was trying to figure out who to give the extra ticket to. It's a good seat." said Hermione. I'm going to try and be nice to Malfoy if it kills me. Besides I'm curious to hear what he's been up too lately Hermione thought to herself. Draco looked at her and took the ticket from her. "Wow this is a good seat. How did you get it?" asked a somewhat impressed Malfoy. "Does it matter how I got it Draco?" replied Hermione with a small smile on her face. "Did you just call me Draco? You never called me by my first name before Granger." said Draco. "Well, we are adults now. Besides I thought we could call each other by our first names." replied Hermione. "Well…… I suppose so." said Draco. "Sure I'll go to the game." replied Draco. "Well I better get going. See you later Draco." said Hermione. As Hermione started to walk away Draco said "Hey Gran…. Er…I mean Hermione. Thanks for the ticket." "Hermione turned back and said "Your Welcome Draco. See you at the game."
It made her feel better talk to Draco and be nice to him. She was starting to let her past heal. After all Draco did to Harry, Ron and her at Hogwarts she finally let all the anger toward him go. She always did want to see Draco and see if she could let the past stay in the past. After Ron died she was mad at everyone and kept living in the past for most of the time. It wasn't until recently that she started to let the pain of the past go. I'm definitely going to have to tell Ginny and Harry that I bumped into Malfoy this afternoon she thought to herself. Also I should tell them he's joining us at the Montrose Magpies next game Hermione thought as she smiled to herself.
