Hello all! I'm back! Again, REALLY sorry about getting this up really late. School's been kicking my butt and so have all my ECA's etc. But I've finally gotten it! It didn't turn out quite the way I wanted it, but I still like it :) Here you go!

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Chapter 9

I couldn't believe it! I was in Paris! Paris! I had never been to Paris, I had always promised myself that I would go, but because of Ron and work, I had just never been able to. And here I was! In Paris! I looked around me and made myself commit this view to memory. Everything was perfect. The sights, the sounds, the smell, even the way the people were positioned made me feel like I had just walked into a romantic comedy!

"I told you you'd love it." Draco whispered in my ear. I whirled around and found him smiling at me. I jumped into his arms and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you Draco." I whispered quietly. I felt him nod as I pulled away and took his hand. I looked around again, trying to absorb more and more detail. It was around 10:30 and the city was just starting to go dark. Some shops were closing their doors and blocking their windows and more and more people were heading back to their apartments and houses. But there were still couples that were holding hands and were just strolling casually around. I looked at the buildings and tried to commit how beautiful the architecture was to memory. It looked like it was from the 14th century! It was as if time had stood still in this place. Like I had gone back to a time where men were gentlemen and women were treated as ladies.

"This is so beautiful." I murmured quietly as I continued looking. I couldn't even begin to process what was happening and where I was right now. My mind was just blank.

"Come with me love, I've got something I want you to see." Draco whispered quietly as he tugged on my hand. I gave the city one last look before following him.

Draco and I had walked for about 30 minutes until all of sudden, Draco stopped walking. I looked around us; we were in a secluded park at about 11:00pm. No one was around.

"Draco? Why have we stopped?" I asked him curiously. He turned around to face me and gave me a mischievous glance before he answered.

"Well love, this is the part where you're going to have to trust me." he said, throwing in a wink once he was done. I raised my eyebrows. What was this boy up to now?

"Come on, trust me. I won't let you get hurt. I promise." he said. He moved behind me and pressed his lips close to my ear.

"Close your eyes love." he whispered, sending shivers down my back. I took a deep breath and nodded and closed my eyes. I felt Draco smile when all of a sudden, I felt a sensation in my stomach and I felt wind whipping my face.

All of a sudden, I felt my feet touching solid ground. I felt myself stumble a little bit, but Draco caught me.

"Now, open your eyes love." he whispered. I opened my eyes and couldn't believe where I was.

I was standing on the Eiffel Tower.

The view from the tower was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I could see miles and miles away and all the buildings had their lights on. It reminded me of Christmas a little, seeing all of the lit houses. I felt the breeze whipping my face gently as I leaned against the railing and just stared out into the distance. It felt like I was in that position for hours, just taking in the beauty of this city at night. It was like I had just stepped into a fairytale story and I had become the princess.

"And am I the prince in that story love?" Draco asked all of sudden, moving in behind me, whispering in my ear. I blushed, not realizing that I had said that out loud.

"Why, yes you are my good sir." I told him with an Elizabethan accent. Then we just laughed together. When we were done, Draco used his hands to lift my chin up so that I was looking at him directly.

"There's something I have to tell you Hermione." he told me, his beautiful grey eyes glittering.

"What is it Draco?" I asked, curious as to what else this man had in store for me this evening. He took a deep breath and after what seemed like hours, he finally said

"I love you."

I couldn't believe it. Draco Malfoy loved me? How was that even possible? I couldn't even begin to process how this was actually real life.

"I know that this is a huge thing for you to take in, so allow me to explain why and how I love you." he told me formally. I felt my head nod as Draco took a deep breath before he began to explain.

"I've loved you ever since we were at school. When I saw you outside of the Great Hall during our 1st year at Hogwarts, I felt something that I had never felt in my life. I felt, fireworks. So as we walked in, I hoped and hoped that you would be in Slytherin so that I could befriend you and we would be inseparable." he paused for a moment as he continued.

"When you were sorted into Gryffindor, I felt a part of my heart getting crushed, knowing that we wouldn't see each other as often as I would've liked. But I tried not to let that dampen my spirits, and convinced myself that we could still be friends, but it would just be a little harder. But then, I discovered that you were a muggle-born. I realized then that we could never be friends. So I just did what my father told me I should do. Tell myself that I'm better than everyone else was scum." I heard Draco spit out the last few words as if they were poison.

"But as I got older, I realized that I didn't have to listen to what my father said and that I could make up my own decisions on how I viewed and judged people. So I tried to talk to you more, I would always have this speech in mind, but whenever I would see you alone, it was as if my courage would just run for the hills and never return. So after about a year or so, I gave up on ever trying to make contact with you besides the insults we would throw at each other in class, and over the course of the year, I felt my feelings for you begin to fade." I looked at Draco and saw that was hanging his head in shame, unable to look at me.

"But when I saw you pining after Ron, I felt the feelings come back to me, with a ferocity and a passion that I had never known before. I had never felt it with that kind of intensity when I was dating Pansy or Astoria. But the grudge had been set, wars had been fought and blood had been shed and I was already a death eater by then. There was nothing I could do." he said, his voice cracking. Then all of a sudden, he looked up at me.

"But now I'm free from my father's law, free from The Dark Lord's law and I can do what I please and love whom I want. So know, I am telling you, I, Draco Malfoy, love you, Hermione Granger Malfoy." he finished with a grand bow. When he stood up from his bow, I didn't know what to say. I couldn't believe it, Draco Malfoy loved me!"Please say something Hermione?" Draco asked me, after what seemed like hours of silence. As I pondered over what Draco had just told me, I realized something. I realized that even though I would always love Ron, I couldn't dwell on him and stop myself from falling in love with anyone else just because he was gone. I realized something.

I was in love with Draco Malfoy.

I took a deep breath before finally saying

"I love you too." Draco sighed in relief. Then all of a sudden, I felt myself walk over to him, lift his chin up so that he was looking directly in my eyes as I pressed my lips to his. I felt Draco tense up with shock because of what I had done, but I didn't care. My feelings for this man that I had kept to myself were finally being released.

And I didn't regret a single bit of it.

After Draco got over the initial shock, I felt him kissing me back with a ferocity that I had never known in my life. Not even with Ron. I felt him lick my lips as a gesture for permission, I eagerly complied and opened my mouth as he slipped his tongue into mine. As he did this, I curled my fingers in his hair to keep myself steady so that I wouldn't fall down from the intensity. When I did this, I felt Draco moan as he pressed his hand to the small of my back, bringing me closer to him. After what felt like hours of doing this, I finally pulled away from his lips as he began to kiss my neck.

"Draco, we have a comfortable bed in an apartment for this." I whispered breathlessly as he moved his kisses from my neck back to my lips.

"Of course." he whispered quietly as he quickly disapparated us back to the apartment.

As soon as my feet hit the floor of the apartment, I felt Draco begin to kiss me again as we stumbled towards the bedroom. When we reached the doorframe, I began to tense up.

"What's wrong love?" Draco whispered to me as he continued to kiss me. I took a deep breath before I whispered to him

"I've never done this before." I admitted to him, looking down. Draco stopped kissing me and put his hands on my chin and lifted it up so that I was staring at him directly in the eye.

"Don't worry, I'll be gentle. I won't let you get hurt. We'll go slow. I promise." he told me sincerely.

"OK." I told him as he nodded and we picked up where we left off.

And that's the end! That's really how I wanted to this chapter even when I had just started this story, but I knew that I wasn't going to write any smut :P I can't. I hope you liked it! Again, this wasn't really how I wanted it to turn out, but this one kinda wrote itself in a way if that makes any sense :P Tell me what you think in the reviews!