Hermione Malfoy

Chapter 10: Kissed?

A/N: Sorry I haven't written in a while I am applying for IB and I had to do so much… and I haven't read dramione is so long so I thought I'd take a break, so now I'm writing again. Ok so I don't know if I explained this or if I forgot, but in this story everyone is like twenty one because I imagine them not returning right after war, because someone had asked me about this.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except the plot…

Draco's POV

It was a rainy Monday which fitted right in with my mood; Hermione had been very difficult lately. I'm guessing it is her period… girls. Anyway now at least I can talk to Blaise, he has been busy making his potion with Lovegood, says it's a hard one. I wouldn't be surprised since they are probably the worst match made in hell.

"So, mate… what's going on with you and Lovegood?" I asked not completely caring for an answer.

"She is very sweet, man I'm whipped. I just used the word sweet… bloody hell!" he started to panic.

"Calm down ok? Maybe being whipped isn't a bad thing; you need someone to help you with that cold heart of yours." I said half joking.

"Hey mate, I recall you being a bigger player than Me." he said in an annoyed voice.

"I used to be, I like Hermione… she is sweet, smart, beautiful and can hold up a conversation. Unlike some girls." I said gesturing to Pansy who was already staring at me, looked up and winked. I made a gag face and looked back at Blaise.

"You are the one who is whipped man." Zabini looked flushed. I just shrugged and turned back to my food.

"May I have your attentions please? (A/N: Will the real slim shady please stand up, I repeat, will the real slim shady please stand up? Or we're going to have a problem here. Sorry I had to do that) celebrating the marriage law, all of Hogwarts is going to have a ball; you will dress up and have a fun night of dancing and being with your friends. It will take place this Saturday night" Professor McGonagall announced. All the girls started to whisper and giggle. All the while I thought of how I should ask Hermione, will she accept?

Hermione's POV

Wow, a ball… for the couples program. But then again they had to try and lighten the mood up a bit after this horrendous law occurred to our lives. I hope Draco asks me though, and doesn't go for Parkinson since we are getting married after all.

"*cough*," Ron pretended to cough for my attention which worked, "Uhm, Hermione… would you want to maybe go to the ball with, uhm, me?" he said awkwardly. I was about to reject his offer when a familiar voice beat me to it.

"Do you dare ask my future wife to the ball? A Weasley will not go to the ball with someone like Hermione Granger? Preposterous!" he said angrily taking my arm and yanking me up. I have to say that I am relieved he stepped in, and also his protective side gives me a tingly and happy feeling.

"Oh, yes… sorry Ron, if the marriage law wasn't there, I would have gone with you." I said only half truthful, since I didn't want to be in a relationship with Ron even before the marriage law happened.

"Alright," Ron said sounding defeated, "Save me a dance?" he said hopefully, so I couldn't decline that.

"Of course I will." I replied, happy to see him perk up.

"Well then I suppose I should ask Pansy now." Ron said with disgust as he got up and moved to the Slytherin tables. We all watched closely, Ron started to talk and from the gestures of his hands we knew he was nervous. Then he stopped talking, Parkinson's eyes were wide for a few seconds before she nodded her yes. Ron's shoulders relaxed and he let out a smile. I was happy for them; Pansy might not be as bad as I thought.

"Right then, Hermione can we talk in our common room?" Draco asked.

"Sure." I said not really showing my excitement. I am almost sure he is going to ask me to the ball. The walk to our amazing common room was silent mostly because of the nerves.

When we arrived there he was silent for a few minutes before blurting out, "Will you be my date Hermione." Then he turned beet red and wide-eyed. I just laughed hysterically.

Draco's POV

She was laughing… was that a no then?

"Do you find this funny Granger?" I said narrowing my eyes.

Her laughter subsided and she looked at me seriously, "I'm sorry Draco, but you seemed so nervous and I seeing Draco Malfoy nervous made me laugh." She said.

So it was a no then, "Fine, I guess that's a no then…" I turned my heel to walk away but Granger took my hand and pulled me towards her.

"No! I was going to say yes. I still am." She said, I visibly sighed and she started to grin.

"Are you sure you're not really a Slytherin Hermione?" I asked that girl really did have Slytherin in her.

She smirked, "Maybe I am…" she said, which made me smirk too. Wait… are we flirting, I Draco Malfoy, flirting with Hermione Granger a muggle-born? Then again I am getting married to her… what has the world come to?

Before I could think of anything, Ginny Weasley came bustling through our portrait door, squealing!

I jumped and saw a red head with a grin that could burn your eyes.

"Hermione there you are, we need to go to Hogsmeade and get our dresses for the ball. Come on." Weaslette grabbed Hermione's arm and dragged her to the door.

"I'll see you tonight Draco!" she exclaimed before being dragged out.

Well I guess I have some free time, might as well do some work.

Hermione's POV

"Ginny, we could go tomorrow." I pleaded as being forced to go shopping.

"No, Hermione. You know how you get, first you make excuses of being tired, then you say you have too much homework, and lastly you say there isn't enough time, so you wear something from your already seen closet." Ginny shot back at me like a flaming arrow.

"Wow Gin, you know me too well." I am officially defeated.

We walked and talked about useless things until we got to Hogsmeade, "Ok where do we go off to now?" I asked, not knowing where to get dresses because I always excused myself from going to get them anyway.

"Oh, don't worry. Last yule ball, this new shop opened called "Setareh", it is the most popular and amazing shop there ever was in Hogsmeade. Of course "Tina" is a good place too, just not as good as "Setareh"." She said all too fast.

"Alright then, off to "Setareh", nice name for a shop though I have to admit, sounds unique."

"Well yeah, but you have to get your accessories and beauty products in "Tina". That's what it's known for anyway. Come on now; let's go… lots to buy." Ginny once again dragged me down Hogsmeade.

We finally got to a huge store with the name "Setareh" written on it with big purple bold letters, it was huge. When I walked it my jaw dropped the clothes were amazing, it had mirrors everywhere and two marble staircases on each side of the room going up into an even bigger space full of clothes.

"I know, it is truly stunning but wait till you see "Tina". The accessories are beautiful there." Ginny said, even I have to admit it is amazing here.

They looked around and found more than forty dresses but none of them fit right or looked amazing on them, even when they were beautiful dresses. After a while a women walked to us with shoulder length hair, short body, pretty smile and appealing glasses and said, "Ladies I am so sorry I didn't get to you earlier, the shop is very busy and I noticed you two haven't found any dresses yet, mind if I help?" she asked nicely with a winning smile. Ginny squealed to my surprise.

"Bloody hell, you're… you're… you're Setareh, the Setareh. You make all the clothes here, am I right? Not only a fashion designer but interior and helped defeat you-know-who." She said all too fast.

"Yes I am, nice to meet you Miss Weasley. And I am not afraid to say Voldemort, a fear of a name raises the fear of the thing itself." She said with a serious tone at the end.

I liked her a lot, "That is what I think too! Wow you are smart." I exclaimed.

"Well thank you, do you girls go to Hogwarts? I used to go there you know." She sighed; I know she must feel sad that her years are over as I am too.

"Yes we do actually. I am Hermione granger nice to meet you Setareh." I said politely.

"Hermione Granger, oh my; that is exciting." She smiled even brighter

"Well not so for me, I just see myself as myself." I shrugged

"Yes, I know what you mean." And I knew what she meant by that, the way Ginny fawned over her I guess she does know how I feel all the time.

"Ok, well let's get to the dresses shall we girls?" she asked breaking the silence. Ginny and I nodded, "Ok, tell me who your dates are?"

"Harry Potter!" Ginny exclaimed happily.

"Oh, well a beautiful girl like would attract the Harry Potter." She said with a huge smile, "Ok now your turn Hermione."

"Draco Malfoy…" I said sheepishly.

Setareh's eyes widened, "Draco Malfoy, as in the blood prejudiced family? You know I used to date his father, he was just as handsome, but then that Black sister broke us up. Though I am very happy she did. We are friends now." She said emotionless.

"Well you see there is this new law stating that we do a test and then they'll pair is up to whoever matches us the most. I got paired with Draco Malfoy but some like Ginny here petitioned for who they wanted or who they were dating…"

"That is codswallop! But you know Hermione I have met Draco once before and he does seem very changed so I wouldn't worry about that." Setareh stated.

"He really has, so what does our dates matter with our dresses?" I asked curiously.

"Oh! Yes, you'll see. I will be right back." she said and rushed away.

"She is wonderful, I should hook her up with George, he absolutely is in live with her." Ginny sighed.

"Really, how does he know her?" I asked flabbergasted.

"Oh, well apparently she is a big fan of their shop so she visits them whenever she has time. That's how she knows me, probably saw me on that product Fred put me on." Ginny answered casually.

"Wow, Ginny now that you say. You should!" I said suddenly happy, George doesn't like many girls, so Setareh would be great for him.

After a couple of minutes Setareh came with two dresses, one was a Slytherin green dress that was strapless, with ruffles on the top, and straight down till your knee. The material looked to be silk, it was beautiful. The other was light red with one strap designed with flowers going over her shoulder; it was about the height of Ginny's ankle.

"Ok, so you see… these two dresses are my favorites and I believed that the best dresses should go to the people who deserve it more. I knew what I was looking for but since I hide them, it is very hard to find later on. I have four favorite dresses, one green as in Slytherin, one blue as in Ravenclaw, one red as in Gryffindor and one yellow as in Hufflepuff. Of course no one ever bought those dresses because whoever came here was a rich snob. And I refuse my best work to go to those sort of people." Setareh explained she is mega smart; she actually had such a brilliant idea!

"That is brilliant Setareh, you are so clever." Ginny exclaimed, "Just like George, my brother." She added and winked.

"Now you girls go try it on." She rushed the red in Ginny's hand and the green in mine.

I closed the changing room and put it on, when I looked in the mirror I couldn't believe what I saw, the dress was absolutely beautiful, it fit my body like a glove and the Slytherin green suited me well, the dress showed a bit of cleavage bit not too much and I loved it.

I stepped out and Setareh let out a gasp, "Hermione you look flawless, I bet you will make Draco Malfoy speechless."

"It is wonderful Setareh, but how did you know it would fit me like this?" I asked curiously, she didn't know my size.

"Oh, well firstly I am a designer and can tell a person's size just by looking at them, and secondly those dresses are charmed so they will alter themselves and fit the person who wears it. That is a spell of my own creation." She explained proudly, she should be proud.

"Marvelous." I breathed.

No less than two seconds later Ginny stepped out and squealed, "I love it so much! You are amazing Setareh, I need this dress and will cherish it forever." She exclaimed.

"Glad to hear it, and Ginny dear you look astounding" and she did, Ginny's red hair fit in right with the red dress, her beauty showed itself with that dress.

"Ok, so girls you want me to pack that for you?" Setareh asked.

"Yes please, um… how much will it be?" I asked afraid to hear how much it must cost for a dress like this.

"Oh! Hermione, this is on the house. I would never charge my friends money for making them happy!" she exclaimed.

"Really, Oh wow, you are amazing you know that? And by the way, my brother really likes you, could you maybe talk to him about it?" Ginny asked excitedly.

Setareh just giggled, "Yes, of course I will. I really like him too. But you should know Tina, my friend with the accessory store; she um… is dating Fred right now. That's actually how I met George." Setareh said sheepishly.

"No way… Fred too?" Ginny who is always aware of everything seemed genuinely shocked.

"Yeah, anyway girls, you better get going if you are looking for accessories, go to "Tina" and she will guide you if you show her your dresses." We said our goodbyes and went to find "Tina"; it was actually very close to "Setareh".

We walked in to find ourselves once again gaping, Ginny had been to "Setareh" before but not here, it was similar to Setareh's shop except that here it was only accessories, such as gloves, perfumes, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, shoes… oh all the shoes you could ever want.

"Hello, may I help you young girls?' asked a petite girl with curly hair, brown eyes and clothes that could only be bought at "Setareh"; she was also wearing the same glasses as Setareh but only bigger.

"Yes, we just bought dresses at "Setareh" and we came here to buy the accessories next." I explained.

"Oh, of course; did you um… did you buy THE dresses?" she asked hoping for a yes.

"Yes, the green and red ones." I said with a wink.

"Alright then, you must be the worthy customers, hello, my name is Tina as you may know and I design the accessories here, but the interior is all Setareh, she loves designing so much." She said finally warming up to us.

"Hi, my name is Hermione Granger and this," I said pointing to Ginny, "is Ginny Weasley." At that her eyes went wide.

"Hermione Granger? Oh my, and Ginny um… Weasley?" she asked sheepishly.

Ginny was finally snapped out of her trance and smirked, "Yes, Weasley. Sister of Fred Weasley, the man you have been dating…" she winked. That only made Tina blush very hard and change the subject.

"Ok well, these dresses come with a set of accessories that has already been made by Setareh and I, I'm going to go find them now, and you can look around." She said professionally.

I started to look around for new shoes, even though the dresses already came with shoes, I knew that I need a new pair of shoes for winter, maybe a sheik.

I found theses sneakers name Converse and they looked cute, there were many colors but I chose a mellow purple color. Ginny who wanted shoes too bought a turquoise colored one.

Tina returned after a few minutes holding two huge boxes, one green and one red. I knew which one was mine so I reached out and helped her out.

"Thank you, so girls open it up, there is everything you need in there that will match your dresses, and there is the right makeup, the right shoes, cute Cinderella gloves as I like to call it and many other things." She was beyond excited.

I opened mine up and gasped, there really was everything, it was incredible. The shoes were green, so was the makeup, but the gloves were gold with a hint of silver and the necklace and earrings were both lime green with beautiful designs. There was hair products and clips too, everything needed.

"T-Thank you very much, this is amazing. You and Setareh are truly angels." I stuttered, they are just giving and giving to us, while we take. Then an idea stormed into my mind, what if we ask our professors if they would come to the ball too?

Ginny was just speechless, she couldn't move until Hermione yanked her to her side, "Gin, I was thinking, Setareh and Tina keep giving to us, while we take. How about we invite them to the ball as well?

"That is a wonderful idea, I'm sure they would like to go on a date with my brothers also." Ginny replied with a wink.

"Um, Tina, these are absolutely without a doubt gorgeous. We both feel like we are taking too much from you," but they were cut off by Tina.

"Non-sense, you two are our friends, we can't charge you two beautiful girls." Tina smiled.

"Yes, well we do understand that, but still. We want to ask you to come to the ball, of course I have to ask professor McGonagall first. But if you are interested I will owl you your answer." I explained.

Tina's eyes widened, "really, oh my. Setareh and I would love to attend, but yes, you need to ask McGonagall first." She smirked.

"Of course, oh and you have to bring dates." Ginny added with a wink.

Tina blushed and we said our goodbyes before parting.

When we got out it was very dark, and it could be easily around eight o' clock. I knew Draco was going to be angry.

Draco's POV

It was eight o' clock and Hermione still wasn't back, I was worried sick. The whole day I have been waiting for her return and it hasn't happened yet, she and the Weaslette are all alone, and anything could happen, I didn't even realize myself pacing until the portrait swung open to show a very sorry looking Hermione. I scowled at her and crossed my arms.

"I am very sorry I was late Draco but we went to this store called-" she started but then I cut her off.

"Hermione I was worried sick, you can't just go away for the whole day with no men to protect you and return with a story of shopping." Then he knew he said something wrong because Hermione's chocolate colored eyes turned into anger.

"You sexist pig, men don't need to protect us, the war is over Malfoy and you will never get away from all this violence. Ugh, you are such an dumbass." She shouted.

"Back to our surnames are we Granger?" I teased. I noticed how close we were standing to each other.

"You foul loathsome evil-" then I did the unthinkable I leaned in and kissed her plump red lips, to my surprise she kissed back. At first it was lightly but then our anger got to it and it became passionate, I asked for tongue entrance and she gladly accepted bloody hell. Where did Granger learn to kiss like this? Soon we had to break apart to catch our breath and reality caught up with us.

"Bloody hell… Malfoy we just-just- we just um…" she couldn't finish her sentence so I did it for her.

"Kissed?"

A/N: I am soooo sorry; I hate myself for keeping you waiting. But I had a big writers block and so it took some time to finish writing it. Please forgive me and I will update more frequently, thank you.

And so basically next chapter is going to cover the ball, maybe be in two parts? Please give me your opinion.

Since the last chapter I have decided to bring Astoria back, should I make her evil or good? Because I can make it work both ways.