Gala Day
DPOV
Dear Hermione and Draco Malfoy,
To celebrate the Third Anniversary to the end of the War, the Ministry of Magic has organised a Gala Day, where every individual that fought in the war will be present to remember the heroes that fought for the freedom of our world
When: 2nd May 2012 at 3pm
Where: Hogwarts
Dress: Formal
We hope to see you there!
That came in the mail a month and a half ago and today was the day that we would attend the function. It felt weird that I was going to attend a party in celebration of the death of Voldemort, when I was a death eater. It's no secret that I fought other death eaters in the battle, but still.
This morning, Hermione had gotten up at the crack of dawn, walked into her old room and locked the door, telling me that if I entered she would cut my manhood off, bronze them and set them on the mantle. I hadn't been near the door all day. Sometime at ten Ginny and Harry had arrived and Ginny escaped upstairs with Hermione, leaving me with Harry.
Things between me and Hermione was good. We went out on a date every weekend, had a few heavy make-out sessions and snuggled up together every night. I knew as a fact that the both of us were freaking out about the time limit that we had, but we didn't want to rush things.
My mother, as she had said, had sent Hermione a potion that made falling pregnant easier. It sat in the ensuite, in a small jar, untouched. When I questioned her about it, she said that she had never taken any type of contraception, so when the time came there wouldn't be anything preventing her from getting pregnant.
Out relationship lately was as if we were boyfriend and girlfriend waiting for the right time to take the next step. I wanted to, so badly, but I wanted to be sure for Hermione.
"Hey, we should probably get ready" Harry said, pulling me from my thoughts.
"Mmm, yeah" I said putting my glass of scotch on the kitchen bench and stood up. We had an hour till we had to be at Hogwarts and we thought that an hour was a reasonable amount of time to get ready. Not six hours, like some people upstairs. Harry used the other bedrooms ensuite to get ready, while I stood in front of the mirror in my room
Hermione had coordinated our outfit, so I was wearing a black suit, a dark emerald green button down shirt with a silver tie. I combed my hair back so that I could look more appropriate although I preferred it messy, and walked out to put my dress shoes on.
I walked down the hall and knocked on the door the girls were locked behind.
"Hurry up, we're leaving in ten minutes"
"We'll be down in a minute" Ginny called out
When I walked back downstairs, I found that Harry had already dressed and was finishing off his drink
"They're still not ready" I sighed, picking my scotch back up
"Why shouldn't I be surprised" he said and I shrugged
One hundred and twenty four, one hundred and twenty five. It had been over five minutes and I had taken to counting the tiles that ran across through the lounge room.
I looked a my watch, (the one that Hermione had gotten me for our first wedding anniversary and I wore everyday), just as I heard giggling from the top of the stairs. Me and Harry shared a look, stood up and walked over to the staircase.
It was like slow motion. Ginny appeared at the top of the steps in a red gown, but I wasn't watching her. I was watching the beautiful vixen walking down next to her. My dick twitched and I stood to the side, behind the banister to adjust myself
Hermione had on a long, silk emerald green ball gown on that clung to her body in all the right places. It's shoulders were twisted with a v-neck line. At the bottom of the v-next, just under her perfect boobs was a silver platinum diamond belt and peeking out from the bottom of her dress was sparkly silver peep toe stilettos. Her hair had been curled and piled onto the top of her head elegantly, with a few strands framing her face. As she got closer I could see silver diamond clips holding her hair together. She had on the necklace and earrings that I had gotten her for our anniversary, completely finishing the outfit. Her make-up was minimal, going for a natural look.
When she reached me she had a shy smile on her face, and she looked down at the ground
"You look- wow, you look beautiful" I said in awe, while my pants started to grow uncomfortably tight
"Thankyou" she muttered, still looking down. I placed my hand under her chin and lifted her head so that I could look into her eyes.
"Im serious, you are amazing" I said and kissed her on the lips softly. We all walked out of the front door, it was a nice spring day, so we didn't need any coats. We apparated to Hogwarts and arrived at the gates.
We showed the security our invitations and were given a security check before we were clear to walk up the path to the castle.
The great hall had been done up for the occasion. The four long house tables had been removed and replaced by round tables that seated ten people, except for one up the front that had six chairs in a semi-circle. There was room in front of all the tables was a dance floor, with the band on a separate podium in the corner
When Kingsley saw us enter the hall he summoned us over with a wave of his hand
"Hello you lot"
"Hello Kingsley" Hermione said
"Your table is the one up the front, everyone has assigned seats and the 'Golden Trio' and your partners have the front table"
The hall was filling at a rapid pace, with Hermione's hand on the crook of my elbow, I guided us over to our table, saying a quick 'hello' to people that we knew. We passed a waiter holding a tray of champagne and I grabbed us one each
"Hermione they want us to say something later" Harry said when we sat down at the table
"What! but I didn't prepare anything"
"You think I did"
"What will I say?" she asked turning to me. I got a thrill from the fact that she was asking me instead of her friends.
"How about you just say thankyou everyone for your support" I said "quick, simple and gets to the point" I smirked at her while she frowned
"Ha ha" she said dryly
"Come on, lets dance" I said standing up
"Im not a good dancer"
"How many times do I have to tell you that Im an excellent leader, come on" I pulled her up before she could object and dragged her onto the dance floor.
Swaying to the music, with other couples, looking normal- I put my head onto her shoulder and kissed her neck
"Did I tell you that you look stunning tonight?"
"Yes you did" she smiled softly
"Well I'll tell you one more time, you look beautiful and Im really lucky that I married you"
"Seriously?" she asked taken aback
"Seriously" I said, my face dead straight
"I've always thought of this marriage as if it had ruined my life, but lately, these past two months have been amazing and I don't want to ever go back, I want to move forward, get over past obstacles and have a life as your wife" she whispered looking me in the eye. We had stopped dancing just standing wrapped in each others arms on the dance floor
"Hermione, I should have said this along time ago, but I always put our previous dislike to each other first and didn't bother learning about the real you, just the Hermione I thought you were in my head. But Hermione, I love you" I whispered
I looked deeply into her brown eyes and I could clearly read the shock written on her face. A tear escaped from the corner of her eye and fell down her cheek. I raised my hand and wiped it away, while her head leant into my head.
"I guess I loved you for a while, but I finally understood it when you got hurt that time, because I realised that I couldn't live without you. But I love you because you always talk to me, you always stay by my side with your friends because you know Im uncomfortable, you laugh at my lame jokes, you stick by me everyday. Instead of trying to kill me those two months ago when we found out about the baby timeline, instead you actually committed yourself to this relationship and I love you for it" I said getting a bit desperate since she hadn't moved since I said the three words
I stood standing there with her. Her arms wrapped around my neck, playing softly with the ends of my hair. She froze for a second, then the next she launched at me and her lips were on mine before I could understand what was happening. Her tongue pushed into my mouth and I easily opened my mouth further. I finally had to pull back for a breath and I looked down at her.
"And I love you because your an awesome kisser" I laughed shakily trying to get my breath back
"I love you too" she said quietly "I love you because you always tell me whats on your mind, I love you because you stayed with me the whole time I was in hospital, that your supportive of me all the time. That you remember even the smallest things about me all the time" she said
"Lets go back to the table" I suggested, she nodded eagerly and gripped my hand tightly as we weaved through the crowd
"Well aren't you two the new advocates for public displays of affection" Ginny said smugly
"What, we love each other, thats what people do" Hermione smiled and I quickly pecked her on the lips
"I know"
"You know what?" Hermione asked
"That you love each other"
"How?"
"What do you mean?"
"How do you know that we love each other?"
"Please" Ron said as he came over and sat at the table "being in the same room as you is like being in Madam Pudifoot's" he cringed
"You guys are like in your own world the whole time, block out conversations and just go into your own universe" Harry said "It's weird"
"Yeah, do you remember that time when we out to that restaurant for Hermione's birthday and you basically ignored us the whole time, you wouldn't have even noticed if we left" Ginny said
"Tequila shots!" Harry yelled out while Ginny shook her head and frowned
I did remember her birthday, it was about a month before we found about the baby and we were having a pretty good day that day
START FLASHBACK
I looked over at the clock again, waiting for Hermione to come downstairs. The reservation was in ten minutes and if she didn't bloody hurry up we'd miss it.
"Hermione!"
"Im here, let's go" she said from behind me. I turned and my breathing stopped for a few seconds before I recovered. She was dressed in a hot red wrap dress that hugged her curves, making her look irresistible. It stopped about mid thigh and she had matched it with a pair of fuck me black heels. I gulped quietly and fiddled with my tie
"You look- yeah- you look- we should probably go" I stuttered while she smirked slyly
The restaurant that we were going to was a five star muggle one. I was a little bit undecided about my idea of it, but after spending time with Hermione's parents and her muggle friends I was starting to appreciate muggles more often than not.
When we entered I was struck by the mouth watering smell of a mixture of herbs and sauces. I walked us over to the small podium and smiled tightly at the waitress standing there looking at me as I was some type of meat in the menu
"Welcome to Pink Salt, my name I Marissa. Did you have a reservation" she purred at me and I grimaced, pulling Hermione closer to my side
"Yes under Mr and Mrs Malfoy" Hermione said, emphasizing her point by putting her left hand on my chest, showing the waitress her wedding ring. The waitress didn't look affected and simply looked through the black box with a screen
"Ahh yes, your table is just over here, your rest of you party has arrived" she smiled at me weirdly. She grabbed a handful of menu's and guided us to the table where the Weasley's, Harry and Ron's partner Lavender sat. When they saw us they waved frantically.
Ginny jumped up and ran over to us. She hugged Hermione tightly, but I still kept her wrapped in my arm
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" she squealed and I had to lean away a bit to keep my hearing intact "Oh I knew that dress would look amazing on you, come on sit down" she said grabbing Hermione's hand and pulling her along to the table right in the middle of the restaurant.
Hermione's hand instinctively reached back and grabbed mine, so that I was dragged along with her. She quickly walked around the table and accepted thankyou's and presents from everyone before she took the seat next to me and Ginny
Melissa the waitress came back asking for our drink orders and giving us complementary Tequila shots, she left a salt shaker and a few slices of lemon as well. What the fuck do these people want me to do with this.
"Tequila shots!" Harry exclaimed, clapping his hands and rubbing them together- answering everyone's unanswered question.
He grabbed Ginny's hand licked her wrist then sprinkled salt over it. We all watched as he grabbed the lemon slice and put it into Ginny's opened mouth.
"Watch and learn" he smiled before he licked the salt off her hand, threw the shot glass back into his mouth quickly and then grabbed the lemon from between Ginny's teeth after placing a chaste kiss on her lips then bit into the lemon. Well... I turned to Hermione and smiled darkly
"Your turn birthday girl" I whispered in her ear. Hermione turned to me, her face bright red
"Give me your hand" she said reaching for it
"Uh, uh, uh- birthday girl goes first" I smirked grabbing for the salt. Reluctantly she handed me over her hand.
Aware of the eyes on us I kissed the inside of her wrist before I stuck my tongue out and licked the soft warm skin. I sprinkled salt on her skin, never taking my eyes off hers. The intensity of her stare made me think that it was only the two of us in the room.
Slowly I brought her wrist to my mouth again and made sure I licked every grain of salt off her wrist. Her face was bright red and she was holding in a breath. I picked up the shot glass and tipped it into my mouth quickly.
Now for the lemon.
Still looking in her eyes, I leaned forward and planted my lips on hers, around the lemon and placed a long lingering kiss to her lips before biting into the lemon and pulling it out of her teeth as it quenched the burn slightly in the back of my throat. I heard someone wolf whistle but I really wasn't paying any attention other than the deep brown eyes that I was staring into.
I don't know how long we looked at each other, but good it made me hard, under her intense glare
Thats not the only thing I'd like to be under
Fuck Draco, what the hell is wrong with you, it's Granger for crying out loud
"My turn" she finally smirked and I gulped loudly
Holy. Fucking. Shit
She grabbed my hand and eyed it for a second.
"The blazers gotta go" she announced
"What!" I exclaimed in a voice that was higher pitched than my usual drawl
"The blazer- take. it. off"
I cleared my throat and slowly undid the button that I had done up. I slipped it off, throwing it over the back of my chair
"Give me your arm" she whispered huskily in my ear. I think I may have whimpered ever so slightly as I reached my hand towards her, leaning it on the table. She undid the cuff links and rolled the sleeve of my shirt up to my elbow
Her mouth lowered onto my arm and it felt like years as her tongue made it's way slowly up to the joint of my elbow. As soon as her tongue made contact with my skin, I clenched my jaw tight and scrunched my hands into a fist.
A look that she gave me from under her lashes, had me trying to adjust myself in my seat and I looked around trying to focus, before I jumped her in the middle of the restaurant. I stared intently at the threads in the table cloth, but the whole time my mind was aware of what she was going to my arm. I nearly cried out when she sucked on the inside of my arm.
My head snapped towards her as she drank the tequila shot then shoved the lemon in my mouth before planting her mouth on mine and bit into the lemon. The sourness dripped into my mouth but I didn't really care. I broke apart the kiss quickly, ripped the lemon out of my mouth and smashed my lips onto hers.
WOW! Just... wow
I had kissed her before, due to the public appearances that we had to make, but this- others didn't even come close to the previous ones. This was hot and sexy and if I didn't know this was an accidental marriage and we didn't really feel like this towards each other, we would have left as soon as Melanie brought the shot glasses over
So you can understand my anger when someone ripped us apart from each other by the shoulders. I snapped my head around and saw that it was Ginny with an exasperated expression on her face
"What the hell?" I asked loudly, slowly becoming aware of the catcalls of other people in the restaurant
"What do you mean 'what the hell?', we've been trying to get your attention for the past three minutes" she snapped putting her hands on her hips. I looked around and saw the amused expressions of the others around the table. Well...
"Excuse me" I said pushing back from the table and walking towards the bathrooms with a huge hard-on that was extremely uncomfortable. Down boy!
As soon as I entered the mens room, I let out a huge rush of air and leaned against the sink. Taking deep breaths for about five minutes, I finally got my breathing to a normal pace. I turned the taps on and splashed my face with ice cold water, thinking of the time i had walked in on my parents getting frisky and Draco junior instantly went limp. Much better.
The door opened and in walked two men that looked just a couple of years older than me, dressed in suits and talking about something. As soon as they spotted me, they smiled and whistled lowly
"Dude, that shit was awesome" said one, he was slightly taller and had sandy blond coloured hair
"Yeah man, like I could feel the sexual tension from across the room" the other said. He had a stocky build with almost jet black hair "the whole freaking restaurant could!"
"What are you talking about?"
"You and your girlfriend almost going at it in front of the whole restaurant"
"Wife" I said
"What?"
"She's not my girlfriend, she's my wife" I said. Their eyes darted to my left hand where the plain silver band was, previously my grandfathers
"Dude, she is smokin! Where do I get myself one of those?"
I chuckled and looked at the ground "To be honest, I have no idea, I just got lucky" I said
"Got that right, how long have you been married?"
"Haha, married on our graduation night a year and a half ago" I smirked
"You went to school with her?"
"Yep, since I was eleven"
"Was your girl always that hot?"
"Mmmm, just the hair's a bit more tamer now" I chuckled, remembering her almost afro frizzy hair
"Has that always been the reaction between the two of you"
"- No. Hated each other basically through our whole schooling career, like the last six months of school were better, we got stuck together for an assignment- and the rest is history" Damn, Im good mother fucking liar
"Hated"
"That'd be an understatement- I was an asshole in school, rich, thought everyone was beneath me cause my family had a long line of members attending the school" I shrugged "same old, same old"
"Well, I think you should get back to that your lovely wife of yours and make sure you give her a sexy kiss for me" the taller one said, he reached his hand out for me to shake "Paul Smith" he said
"Draco Malfoy" I replied shaking my head chuckling
"Draco Malfoy, as in the Malfoy that owns half of the trading industry in Britain and America" the other asked
"Um yeah" I said scratching the back of my head uncomfortably while they stared at me incredulously "but I don't really have much to do with it, just the legal side"
"Hmm?"
"I went into law, so I do all the paperwork stuff for the company. My father looks after all the other stuff"
"Well it is a pleasure to meet you, Im Jake Carter" the stocky one said pulling his hand out of his pockets
"Yeah, good meting you- but I kinda gotta get back. It's my lovely wife's birthday" I said walking towards the door
"We totally understand" they said following me out. I pulled the door open, and there leaning against the wall with her arms crossed lazily across her chest was said wife
"Well you took your time" she said as she heard the door open, smirking. I walked over to her and kissed her on the lips, then trailing kisses to her neck
"I had a situation that needed to be fixed" I murmured and she giggled "then I got talking with these two" I said turning around and announcing the presence of the very two stunned men
"Oh hello" she said, only just recognizing that they'd been standing there the whole time "Im Hermione" she said holding her hand out for them to shake
"Paul Smith"
"Jake Carter" they said at the same time so fast that you couldn't really understand what they were saying
"Nice meeting you" she said then looked up at me "we better get going before everyone else thinks that we've left for a birthday surprise. And because of your little runner I had to endure a twenty minute detailed version of what happened by Ginny, with her own running commentary- you better watch out by the way, she's had a bit too much to drink and she wants to do a couple of tequila shots with you" she said slapping me at the back of my head
I cringed "But she's married" I hissed as I rubbed my skull where she hit me
"Oh I know, but she told me and Harry in explicit detail what she wants to do with you" she smiled innocently "Harry has taken away any alcohol from her and she's sitting further away from you"
"I don't want to know" I scrunched my nose up
"Oh can we please order champagne in front of her" she laughed at our little inside game
"No, cause she'll probably want in on the action, I have seen that woman drunk and she is way to touchy feely for my liking"
"Well I want a bottle of champagne, and I know you won't object because you love what it does to me" she smiled then walked away swaying her hips teasingly as she left me stunned
"Dude, I am so fucking jealous of you right now" said Paul clapping me on the back- to be honest I had completely forgot they were there
"What happens when she has champagne?" Jake asked curiously
"Well Im never left unsatisfied, lets just leave it at that" I said and they groaned
"What the fuck are you still doing here, go get your girl" one of them said, I just was't paying attention to them, but the beautiful girl walking down the hallway
"See ya" I said waving over my shoulder quickly and following Hermione
I literally jogged to catch up with her. Just catching her as I we walked around the corner and back into the main room and wrapped my arm around her waist. She looked up at me and smiled
"This almost feels like we aren't acting" she whispered into my ear
"Sweetie, I wasn't before" I mumbled. She blushed, smiling she looked down onto the floor. I kissed her temple and walked back to the table
"I don't even wanna know where you went and what you did" Ron said as soon as we took our places
The night went along and I just didn't want it to end. We would steal kisses every now and then, but I knew nothing would come of it at the end of the night.
When we finally got home, it was two in the morning and our eyes were drooping. I dropped down onto the sofa, lying there half asleep. I felt Hermione sit down and lay down with me, so I pushed back into the lounge to give her more room.
"Happy Birthday Hermione" I whispered
"Thankyou" she said just as I was drifting off. I heard a distant voice say "it was most definitely the best"
Ok so I really love this chapter and I hope you like it just as much.
Next chapter will be up soon, so stay tuned
R&R
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