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Chapter Nine

Voices

Lacey stared at the psychic. She was desperate for an answer. The psychic opened her mouth and…

Xx

Rain began pouring heavily and Lacey could feel her mascara running down her cheeks. She didn't want to go home. She did not want to see Draco or anything that would remind her about the truth.

There were no signs of the psychic lying. How was it possible to hide that for 6 years? Lacey was filled with curiosity and anger. All kinds of emotions were running through her mind. Now that she knew that she was alive, Lacey was paranoid that Hermione might be finding a way to finally get Draco back but she was just waiting for the perfect moment to.

She grabbed a cigarette which she had in her bag. She rarely smoked. But this was a rare occasion. She stood in the cold rain, thinking about all the events that she had just gone through. Is everything suddenly going to be different between her and Draco? She hoped not. But she knew that this would change everything.

She took a long drag from the cigarette and threw it on the floor, crushing it with her heel before walking towards her home.

Xx

Hermione returned to her new home. She looked around before walking into her room. When she opened the door, she saw the lights were dimmed and that there were rose petals scattered on the bed. She smiled softly. She looked around and saw a note on the night stand.

I want to talk to you. Meet me in the 4th room on the left once you get this.

Edward.

Hermione wondered if this was his plan to try to seduce her. If it was, she was not going to fall for it. She fixed herself up a bit and went to the room anyway.

Hermione knocked and heard someone tell her to go in. She turned the knob slowly before going into the room. It was a small living room. The lights were dimmed in this room as well, and she noticed the single candle on the table. Edward was sitting quietly and reading his book. His eyes followed Hermione's body as she went over and sat down on the table waiting for him to join her.

"Hi. I read your note"

He smiled and walked over to her. "I hope you like it"

With the snap of his fingers, the table was filled with food and a delicious looking pastry on the side. She smiled at him as he stared at her.

"So, did you hear about Harry Potter?"

"No" she lied. "What about him?"

"His daughter was born today. They said that Lacey Rivers was there as well.
Hermione tried not to act curious about the last remark. "What time was this?"
"Maybe, 7:30" He said before taking a sip from the wine in his glass.

She dropped her fork hoping that Edward had not seen her shocked expression. She was there by 7:30. Where was Lacey? She had tried to remember. When the media was there, she did see someone standing outside of the door. But, she never expected it to be Lacey."

Oh no.

"Is everything alright?"

Hermione was brought back to reality when she had heard his voice. "Yes,"

Xx

Lacey arrived to her empty house. She was glad too. Taking off her shoes, and her coat, she walked into her room and saw none other than Draco sitting there.

"Lace'" he said without looking up from his newspaper.

"Hi" She said, kissing him on the cheek.

"So how was she?"

"Who?"

"Harry and Ginny's child?"

"Oh. Um, I didn't get to see them. By the time I got there, they told me that visiting hours were over. So I asked them just to give them the gifts that you asked me to get for them."

She tried hard not to act weird around him, but she couldn't help it. Everything was suddenly seen in a different prospective to her. She felt uncomfortable knowing that Draco was still in love with Hermione. But now she felt even more uncomfortable knowing that she was alive and now if Draco was to find out, he would be prone to try to get back to Hermione and leaving Lacey like some old toy.

"I'm going to take a shower." Draco said as he placed the newspaper down and walked over to Lacey, kissing her softly on the lips and then leaning towards her ear. "Care to join?"

Lacey smiled. Maybe that might not be the case.

Xx

Hermione had to admit that the food was delicious. But she feared of hurting Edwards feelings. After the meal, they began to talk on the couch. Hermione soon began to feel tension between them as the room became quiet.

"Hermione" He paused, and then continued to talk "Could I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"I hope this doesn't offend you or anything, but do you think you would ever get over Draco?"

"Why?"

Hermione noticed him getting slightly nervous.
"I mean, maybe…you could give someone else a chance. Someone handsome, great personality…"

She looked at him and he began to lean in with every word that he said.

"I may not be Draco. But you should give me a chance. I might be worth it"

He kissed the corner of her lip and she pulled away.

"I-", Hermione felt him kiss her again. The thought about what had happened earlier came back into her mind. Harry and Ginny were right in some level about her moving on and putting Draco in the past. But was she sure that she was going to start with Edward. He was handsome and the only guy that liked her who knew she was alive. He was also trying to prove how he would be good for her. Even though, she didn't want to hurt his feelings.

"Give me a chance, please? You don't have to answer right now. I'll let you think about it, but please, give me an answer"

She could drown herself in his smoldering eyes which were telling her that he was desperate for an answer.


Hermione lied on the snow, the blizzard was fierce and everyone was told to stay inside, but she didn't care, she wanted to be outside to see the beauty of the white snowflakes covering the castle and its surroundings. She felt alone. Draco had decided to have a night just with the guys from the Slytherin House. Harry and Ron were too busy with their girlfriends, so Hermione decided to stay outside, having the feeling that she would have more fun outside seeing just seeing the snow then being inside. Before she was completely lost in her thoughts, she felt something warm and heavy go around her shoulders, then felt warmth on her cold hands. She was about to get up and push off what ever was behind her, but something soft brushed her face and made her feel warm all over.

"What on earth are you doing out here?" A voice whispered in her ear.

"I'm enjoying the view."

The voice laughed softly and kissed her temple.

"I missed you."

"How was your boy's night?"

"Immature. I'd rather be with you here, being completely idiotic and being outside during a blizzard."

"How sweet…" Hermione said sarcastically.

"You roll your eyes too much, did you know that?"

"Learned from the best" she said, turning to him and rubbing her nose with his.

"Oh, really?" Draco's eyebrows rose.

Hermione nodded. Draco snuggled against Hermione's hair. "Mmm...I knew that I would miss this if I stayed in that room."

"How did you find me?"

"Instinct"

"What do you mean?"

"I can feel where you are, my feet just take me to you"

Hermione thought about that moment. If he can feel it, then why isn't he there with her?

"Just think about it okay?" He told her again. "Do you mind if I kiss you?"

Hermione couldn't say no if he had done it before. She just nodded as he placed one quick kiss on her lips before she got up and practically ran out of the room.

Xx

For the next couple of days, Draco sensed that something was out of place with his wife. She was shaky and out of place. She was acting the way that he acted after his encounters with her. She seemed to be too distracted to think about something else. He had asked her what was wrong, but she ignored him and went a different direction. Something must've happened that night that she came back from the hospital.

"Lacey would you get my suit from my closet please?" Draco yelled out from the bathroom.

Lacey went over to his closet. He rarely allowed anyone to go into his closet. Lacey opened the closet and began to look around it. She saw a small box and noticed that it was locked with a combination. In the curious state that Lacey was in, she couldn't help but guess the combination. The first thing that came to her mind was his birthday. She whispered the numbers and the box opened.

'Could he make it anymore obvious?' She thought to herself. As she opened the box, she wasn't quite prepared to see everything she saw. She took out the items in the box and examined them. They had something to do with Hermione. She glared as she looked at the little memories that he kept of her. Saving the best for last, she saw the small silk box. She opened it and carefully examined the ring that was in it. It was precious and very beautiful. Lacey could feel the jealous and envy built up inside her. Her ring couldn't nearly compare to the one that Hermione was going to get. She looked closer when she saw something glow on it. It was an encryption.

Hermione Malfoy

"Lace'" Draco yelled out. Lacey turned quickly and dropped the items from the box onto the floor.

"Lacey" She heard his voice draw nearer to the closet. Frantically trying to put the things back into the box, she scrambled before dropping the ring on the floor. "SHIT"

She yelled out as she dropped the looked for the beautiful ring on the floor. As she looked around, she dropped the box causing everything to fall out again.

She paused as she felt something overshadowing her small figure.

"What are you doing?" Draco asked her curiously. The anger in his face was purely visible.

"I was-." She stopped herself in mid sentence. She was holding the ring in her hand, and Draco could clearly see that it was Hermione's ring. He looked around her and saw the rest of the items on the floor. Without saying a word, he quietly pushed Lacey aside and slowly began picking up the objects that were lying on the ground. It was as if he was amazed at looking at everything.

"Lacey, get out please. I have to." He stared at the ring that was in her hand. How dare she? It was definitely not her ring. He stared at her impatiently so that he would give her the ring. She quickly placed it on the palm of his hand and walked out of the closet.

"I'm sorry, Draco"

"Just…leave"

Lacey walked out and felt embarrassed about what had happened. She knew that she had opened the next thing to Pandora's Box. Draco would go into one of his Hermione trance and think about how she was such a wonder girlfriend and all the past memories that he had with her. It disgusted Lacey because she knew how caught up he would get about this. She felt even more envious and disgusted because she knew that truth. The truth that she was sure Draco was not going to found out about. She doubted herself though; she had an urge to tell someone. But who would she tell? Ginny and Harry already knew. Part of her told her to keep her mouth shut, but the other part told her to tell someone that Draco Malfoy's ex lover was alive and not 6 feet under as the world expected.

There was also part of her that ached to have all of Draco's heart. She may had had a part of it, but never as big as Hermione. She had even considered telling him, just for the sake of being happy. But then, who would she be left with? The thought left her mind, as she quickly thought of an alternate plan.

Xx

"HERMIONE!!" Ginny yelled as she opened the door.

"Shh." Hermione whispered as she smiled at her friend, who was now holding a small child in her hands.

"How's Alice?"

"She's wonderful. As always, waking up her parents in the middle of the night"

Hermione looked at small infant. She had Harry's eyes and Ginny's red-orange hair.

"So, how has it been, these past 3 days?"
"Boring…"

"How's Edward"

"Well."

"He likes you, doesn't he?"

"He wants me to consider moving on and try to be with him" Hermione said nervously.
"I don't see the problem"

"That is the problem. I don't know if I'm ready. I don't even know if I want to move on. "

"You SHOULD!"

Hermione suddenly remembered about what Edward had told her about Lacey.

"Did Lacey visit you, that day that I was there?"

"No. Why? Well, she did leave us gifts. Why?"

"Well, Edward told me something about Lacey, and that she went to visit you that day that I was there. And I think that maybe…she may have found out about me."

"No. that's impossible. You were there around 7:30-ish, Lacey must've..." The thought about it struck Ginny as she stared at Hermione.
"You don't think…"

"I'm not sure."

"…Come to think about it, Draco did say that she was acting a bit out of place, but it couldn't possibly be because of that…could it?"

"Oh no."

"What if…"

The two girls were left thinking and wondering.

As if on cue, Harry yelled from the other room

"You heard WHAT?!"

Hermione and Ginny turned their heads to where the voice came from. Harry was on the phone. He hung up the phone and looked at both of the women.

"What's wrong Harry?"

"That was Blaise."

"And..."

"He just said that Claire told him that…" He stared at Hermione.

"That what Harry? You're scaring us."

"That Hermione was alive."

Xx

This chapter seemed kind of short. So I'm sorry about that. I wasn't going to put up a chapter, because of the limited time that I had, but I managed to. Forgive me if this needs editing. I was in a sort of a rush. Plus. It's a filly. I hope you like the cliff hanger. Thanks again for the reviews. Reviews make me happy.

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