Chapter 11
By the time that Ron and Hermione had come back into the garden to re-join everyone, the party was in full swing. It seemed that they had invited the whole order, most of the DA (at least the ones they still spoke too), as well as loads of people that Hermione didn't know who must have been Millie's friends. Ron saw Millie, nodded to Hermione and walked over to her. Hermione stood there for a moment before spotting Draco talking to Dean, to which she raised an eyebrow but before she could walk over to them Ginny was standing in front of her.
"So how much of a git was Ron?" She asked half smiling.
"Not at all once we got inside and he calmed down. He did say 'why him', to which I replied 'because I like him'. Ron shut up at that. He tried to argue with me a little, but I think I must have had look on my face that reminded him of Molly as he got very quite and looked at the floor. Ginny had started laughing at this; she looked as though her sides were going to burst. As she composed herself she said,
"Now that I would have LOVED to see," Trying to keep a straight face she took a deep breath in. "So everything is sorted? There's not going to be any more nearly fights tonight?"
Hermione sighed, "Well, I don't think so but you never know what will happen after Firewhisky."
They both started laughing again and walked over to Draco, who was still talking to Dean. As they approached they heard Deans voice,
"I just love the intro to the film. It's a new twist on an old tale." Dean had a big grin on his face when he said this; he looked around and saw that Hermione and Ginny were walking over to them. "Hermione," He said as she got closer "Tell him please. It is an amazing film."
Hermione just looked at him for a second before turning to Draco who clued her in.
"He's trying to get me to watch the muggle movie Jack the Giant Slayer. It's a few years old and it's one of his favourites apparently." Draco gave her a half a smile as he said this.
"Oh yeah I remember that film, a new take on an old muggle story about giants." She said to both Draco and Ginny who had joined in with looking a little confused. At seeing her friend's expression she went on to tell them the plat for the movie and how it was different to the children's story that gets told at bed times. "In all truth I like the movie better than the kids' tale, it's got more of a bite to it." She had put her arm around Draco while telling them the story and he had put his arm around her shoulder in response, she looked up at him. "If you want to watch it I think I have it, we could make a night if it?"
Draco looked down at her, "Yh that sounds like a date." He smiled down at her, then noticing that Dean was looking at them strangely, "What Dean?"
Taken aback at being caught out, Dean started babbling "Oh nothing really, just a thought that came into my head."
"Well out with it." Ginny piped up.
"It's just, you two look good together is all." Dean said looking at Hermione and Draco, "And it's not something I would have seen coming, even all these years later." He was smiling at them kindly.
"Well I saw it coming." Ginny said with a smug grin, "You haven't seen these two the last few years. It has been a long time in the making." She was looking at them with love on her face now, the smirk all but forgotten.
Hermione was slowly turning a pale shade of crimson as she curled her face into Draco's chest, even though he was a brighter shade than she was. She raised her head and they shared a smile. The rest of the evening went by rather quickly; they had mainly spent their time with Dean, Neville and Luna (who was nearly as big as Ginny and due only a few weeks after her). Hermione did take a turn around the room and said hello to all the Weasley family, as well as the rest of the Order and The DA.
It was a little after 11pm when Hermione started yawning, and Draco suggested taking her home. To which she could only smile. They went round the room one more time saying goodnight to everyone and arranging when they would see some of them, as it had been too long. They were both a little tipsy when they started leaving so they decided to go for a walk over the hills by The Burrow first so that they could apparate and stay in one piece and get back to Hermione's on the first try. They walked in silence for a while, Draco's arm back around Hermione's shoulder and hers around his waist. They didn't need to say anything; they were just enjoying each other's company. After a few more minutes they came to stop and Draco looked down at Hermione.
"Time to get you home?" He said with a smile.
She only nodded back not wanting to say too many words, while also not trusting her voice to speak at all. With that, they apparated to Hermione's living room.
"I had a great time with you tonight." He said breaking the silence as Hermione moved herself a little way away from him so she could get her bearings. She turned to face him,
"So did I." She smiled at him, "Did you mean it when you said you'd like to watch that movie with me?"
"I did yeah; it sound like it could be good night." He was looking her straight in the eyes as he said this and she could feel herself getting weak at the knees. "Well," He said with a sigh "I should probably be leaving." He turned to walk towards the fire place when Hermione found herself grabbing hold of his hand. He stopped and looked at her again, another piercing look that saw right through her. She was looking back at him with the same longing on her face, and as their eyes bore into each other's Draco wispered,
"Oh fuck it."
A/N
I know this is a little short but I was running out of things to put as we all know what the next chapter is about :)
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