Well here's the second to last chapter! I may not be able to get the epilogue up right now but it will be up today or really early tomorrow. I like to try and keep my promises. Im going to be leaving for the fair in about a half hour. This is dedicated to Khadra and all my lovely readers and the people that review!


Hours passed and Hermione still hadn't heard any new on Draco's condition. The police had already left after they got all the information they could from Hermione. She had called Ginny almost as soon as the policemen left and now she and Harry were with her in the waiting room.

At the moment it was just the two girls as Harry had gone down to the cafeteria to get everyone some coffee.

"Hermione, you need to calm down and stop pacing. I'm sure that Draco is fine and they are just doing some surgery to get the bullet out and make sure nothing is permanently damaged."

"I know that but I have nothing to occupy my mind so it's wandering and imagining bad scenarios. I wish Harry would hurry up!" Hermione was pacing around the room too anxious to relax. After a few minutes of thinking Ginny came up with a way to distract Hermione.

"Hermione, why don't you send Khadra a letter by owl to fill her in on what's happening? That should give you something to do."

Harry came back with the coffee and as soon as Hermione grabbed it she was out the door. She called back to her friends, "Come get me if you get any news about how he is doing!"

**Draco's P.O.V. **

When Draco woke up all he felt was a sharp pain on his shoulder. In the background there was an annoying beeping sound. He tried to sit up but found it impossible to do.

At that moment a woman dressed in white came hurrying in to check on him. She started checking all of his vital and asking for his name and information to put onto the computer.

He spoke, "Is there a girl out there waiting in a navy blue dress? There might also be a man with black messy hair and glasses waiting with her."

"I believe that there is such a girl out there. Would you like me to send her in? You are stable now so I think it would be okay for you to have some visitors."

She started to leave but he stopped her, "How do you move the bed so you can sit up?"

The nurse gave him a little remote to control the bed and then she left to go and get Hermione for Draco.

**Hermione's P.O.V. **

As soon as she had come back into the waiting room a nurse came up to her. Hermione hoped that Draco was alright and that the nurse wasn't coming to bring her bad news.

"Are you here for a Mr Malfoy?"

She nodded, "Am I able to see him now? He is okay right?"

"Follow me this way," Hermione was led down a hallway, "he is perfectly fine but I don't think he will have a future of being a sports player anytime soon. The bullet did slight damage to his deltoid so he won't be able to do much heavy throwing with his arm."

By then they had reached Draco's room. She walked in and found him fiddling with the remote to his bed making it go up and down. This made her chuckle a little bit.

The nurse spoke, "Mr Malfoy your visitor is here. Don't be too long because you need your rest." He looked up at Hermione and smiled. She smiled too. Quietly the nurse left the room.

When the nurse left Hermione ran up to Draco's bedside. He grabbed her hand and gave it a kiss. Already there were tears forming in her eyes just from looking at him in this state.

"How did you get shot? The man was aiming for me." Hermione took a seat in the chair next to his bedside.

"Originally the man had been aiming for you. When I saw what he was going to do I stepped in the way of the gun. By then he had shot the bullet and when he saw it hit me the group of men started running."

Her voice was thick with tears, "Why did you step in front of the gun? You almost got yourself killed. Why almost kill yourself for me?"

He chuckled at this, "I wasn't going to let the one girl I love the most die before me when I could have done something about it. I did it because you are the one beacon of light in my dark meaningless life. You mean way too much to me."

Now Hermione was openly crying. She had no idea that he would ever think of doing such a thing for her. It made her feel good and bad at the same time. In a moment of pure action she leaned over, grabbed his face, and kissed him. The kiss was gentle, since he was still hurt, but it still portrayed all of her feelings at the moment. He lifted his hand up to her face and started to stroke her cheek. Eventually they broke apart.

"So am I forgiven for what I did last week?"

She nodded, "I forgive you for what you did. You convinced me that you aren't a bad guy at all. How about we start over and forget about everything that has happened. You can even come live with me at my cottage in Scotland; there's more than enough room there."

"I would love to come live with you. I don't think I could bear being so far away from you."

The nurse came back in, "Mr Malfoy I'm afraid you guest will have to leave for now. You need your rest if you want to heal properly."

Hermione gave Draco one final kiss before she followed the nurse back out to the waiting room. When she got there the group of people seemed to have grown. Not only was Harry and Ginny there but also Ron, his girlfriend, Alan, and Khadra. Hermione saw Khadra and ran to give her a hug.

"Hey, Hermione. How are you holding up? Is Draco okay?"

"Yeah he's fine now. He just has a little bit of damage to his deltoid but nothing that we can't fix. Oh! Guess what? We made up! I forgave him and he's even going to come live in Scotland with me."

"Wow! That's wonderful! I have some more good news for you then. How would you like to be my maid of honour?"

"Oh my gosh! Thank you so much! I would be delighted to be your maid of honour!"

The two girls chatted and eventually Ginny came over and joined them. She was filled in on everything and all three were squealing by the time she was caught up. Life couldn't get any better for Hermione; she got her boyfriend back, she was staying in Scotland, and she was going to be maid of honour in the wedding of her closest friends. Things were definitely looking up.


Well there it is! Im halfway done with the epilogue so it will take a miracle to get it up right now. Leave your name if you want to be a character. You know the drill leave a review vote on the poll and that's about it. i will be writing a one shot today also.

Tata for now!

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