Better off Without you Chapter 14: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, a harry potter fanfic

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Chapter Thirteen

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Lacey couldn't sleep. She felt cold sweat on her body, who told him? If anything, it was Blaise. It must've been Blaise. He swore to secrecy. But he barely trusted Lacey. She turned to look at Draco, his back rose slowly and he took in a deep breath and slowly exhaled it. She truly loved him and it seemed that everyone else in the world didn't appreciate the fact that they were married. Now that he knew the truth and that everyone else knew the truth, they wanted her away and they wanted Hermione to come back to the picture. She was definitely not going to let that happen. She looked at her clock on her nightstand. '2:32'.There was no way she was going to be able to sleep. Not with this type of weight on her shoulders.

She just had to wait and see what morning would bring her.

Hermione looked at the clock in her room, '10:38'. It had been exactly 4 minutes since Edward began to explain all of the things that he had said the night before. Hermione had zoned out about after the first five seconds. She heard 'love…sorry…just…tired" and then zoned the rest of his excuse out. She finally got out of her bed and opened the door. Edward had been leaning on it and he stumbled as soon as she opened it. He turned around quickly, hoping that she would accept his excuses. She grabbed her bag and walked out of the manor.
"Just be back…" She didn't allow him to finish. She knew she had to be back before 4. She just walked out of the house and went over to her favorite house to be with her three favorite people.

Draco looked around in his meeting, he could tell most of the men were dozing off and his female representatives were practically drooling over him. He rolled his eyes and played with the ring on his finger. These people were wasting as much of his time as he was wasting theirs.

"Are any of you going to pay any bloody attention to what I'm saying?"

"Mr. Malfoy, we're just thinking"

"Well, you can all think somewhere else; I have other things to do then just watch all of you waste my time when I can be in my way"

With that, Draco grabbed his coat and walked out of the conference room. He had wanted to get out of the room since the minute that he had gotten in it. He quickly grabbed a pen and scribbled down a few notes before walked out of his office. He was ready to go to the Potters house before someone stopped him. He murmured profanities under his breath as the person walked into his office.

"Mr. Malfoy, we have a couple of business deals we'd like to offer you. It would do wonders to the Ministry and to all of your company"

"This can wait until tomorrow. I have a couple of things that are tying me up"

"This is very important; we must speak to you about it now and immediately."

Draco rolled his eyes and sat on his chair and soon began to listen to the ramblings of the man.

"You should just forgive him. He seems to be truly sorry about this"

"Ginny, whose side are you on?"

"Yours, but remember, he has the power to kill you."

"I know, but Draco."

Ginny grabbed her friend and shook her by her shoulders. "Snap out of it! He's married, pregnant wife. And you're…the rotting corpse of an ex lover, well that what he use to think, so forget about it!"

Hermione rolled her eyes as she lifted Alice from her crib and smiled at her dearly. Why couldn't things be easier? She should've just told Draco about her being alive years ago. Lucius was too powerful; he could kill anyone that stood in his way, even his son. He wouldn't care either.

But what she would do just to be in his arms, just to hear him whisper sweet nothings in her ear and keep her worried-free. She put Alice down back in her play pen and lied on the couch. Edward was cute too.Sure he wasn't as charming, romantic, or at hot as Draco; but he would do. He was sweet and nice to her. Except for what he did the night before. But then again, who would blame him? Anyone would just blow a fuse if you were dating someone who still had someone else in mind, especially when it was Draco Malfoy. But Edward had a great personality and he was risking his life for Hermione, while she was taking him for granted.

What could be worse than having to choose between the one you love and the one who loves you?

Absolutely nothing.

Hermione was in trouble.

"So if you see here…"

"Are we done?"

"No, Mr. Malfoy, we still have to speak about the stocks and investments that you will get off of this. As well as the profits and other details that have to do with this"

Draco had had enough of it. He rolled his eyes, got up from his chair and stuck his hand out to the man who was holding a large chart.

"Thank you, but no thank you. Now excuse me."

Draco walked out of his office, he was leaving. He didn't care either, he owned the damn business. He could leave when he pleased. He was near the door, closer…

"Mr. Malfoy, the wife is on the phone"

Merlin.

Ron came into Harry's house holding a box filled with pastries. One was glued to his mouth.

Same old Ron.

"Is anyone home? Oh hello Hermione..." He said casually as he looked around for his sister and best friend.

No sign of them, Ron went to sit besides Hermione…more like at the other end of the couch.

The awkward silence deafened the room. Why was there even awkward silence?
"Ron, how's work?"

"Fine." He said. His face expression showed that he was still not comfortable or understanding the idea completely that Hermione was alive and sitting right next to him on a couch.

"Ron, we use to be best friends. You thought I was dead. Big deal! You do not have to make such a fuss about it"

"I'm not making any fuss."

"Oh really, Then why are you sitting all the way at the other end of the couch and leaving me to awkward conversations?"

Ron did not respond. She was right. He sighed and moved about an inch closer to her.
"It's a start"

"Hermione, it's just, Seven years is a long time. Sorry if I can't warm up to you in less then a day. I'll try though."

"Thank you" She smiled.

Ron scooted a bit more to her side, now about 8 inches away from her.

Draco frowned as he hung up the phone.

"Bad day, Mr. Malfoy?"

"You can say that." He responded.
"Have a good evening, Mr. Malfoy"

Finally, Draco thought. He walked towards the exit of his office building and was about to head out.

"Mr. Malfoy! Quick, we need to sign a couple of papers"

"FUCK" he exhaled under his breath. Something was doing this. Something was causing him to procrastinate from what he urgently needed to do.

Once again, Draco turned his heels and marched off to his office.

"What is it now?"

"Papers that are needed to be signed and sent off to the Ministry's head office by 6pm at the dot."

The woman pulled out the packet of papers that needed to be signed. There must've been over 60 pieces of paper filled with small print that needed his signature.

Draco took out a pen and began signing.

Lacey was in the front steps of Claire and Blaise Zabini's manor. She was going to confront them about her discovery the night before. She rang the door bell frantically.

"Going!" A soft voice yelled from behind the closed door. Claire opened it and smiled at the sight of her best friend standing right in front of her.

"You're huge!" Lacey said.

"Well, it's good to see you as well Lacey" Claire said with a bright smile. "C'mon in."

Lacey sat down by the fireplace. "Is Blaise home?" She asked Claire.

"No, but he'd be arriving in-."

As if on cue, Blaise walked through the front door. Claire slowly got up and patted her pregnant belly as she walked towards Blaise and kissed him. "Hey, darling. Lacey is here to see you"

"Oh." He walked to where Lacey was, he could tell just by looking at her that she was not in a good mood. "Claire, would you go make tea please?"

Claire walked into the living room as Blaise walked in to talk to a not-so-happy Lacey.
"Lacey, what can I do for you?" Blaise said, sitting on the couch.

"You told him didn't you?!" She snapped at him.

"Lacey, what are you talking about?"

"Do not act like you don't know what I'm talking about. You know very well." She said angrily. "I saw the things in his study. He had private investigators looking for her. He had a to-do list that included trying to get it out of you!" She said. "You told him! After you swore that you wouldn't for the sake of my chi-." She choked up at the last word. She couldn't finish it. It was a huge lie, especially when she did not have anything but water in her body

"He found out on his own. He just managed to find out that I knew."

"He doesn't know that I know does he?"

Blaise shrugged. "I don't know, but I did not tell him anything else."

Lacey stood up and looked around. "Well, yesterday I overheard a conversation that he had on the phone with someone. Apparently he found her coming out of Harry's house."

Blaise looked up as Lacey glared at him. "Did you know that she was going over to Ginny's and Harry's everyday?"

"I…um"

"You knew, didn't you? Knowing Draco, he's going to surprise them with a visit, hoping that he would find her there." Lacey said with disgust.

Draco looked at his watch, "5:30". Now!

He quickly left his office. He could just sense someone was going to stop him. He grabbed his briefcase and ran out of the office. He could just hear the people calling out his name from the inside, but he had escaped. He was finally going to confront the Potters about what he had found out.

He decided to walk. Feeling the cool breeze, he sensed that he was going to find out something today.

Hermione looked at the watch in the Potters kitchen. "Shoot, I'm late." She had been talking with Ron and Harry and time had passed quickly. "Edward's going to get killed, or might already be dead. I'll see you all tomorrow."Giving them all a kiss on the cheek and a hug, she was on her way. She couldn't believe she was an hour and a half late when Edward had told her specifically at 4. She quickened her pace as she ran through the street.

Draco quickened his pace, desperate for an answer. He needed to find out the truth. Perhaps with their confession, he would finally be close to her. He could finally know where she is by his investigators. All he needed to know was if the Potters knew the truth. People had recognized him and tried to stop him in the streets. He ignored them and acted as if he did not know what they were talking about. People had followed him and tried to take a picture of him. He ignored it and continued to walk. As he walked through the people, he managed to cut through them and go through a short cut to get to Harry's house faster…

Hermione looked around the shortcut that Ginny had showed her that would get her closer to the Edward's house. She had taken it every day, it was soon turning to dusk and she had heard footsteps coming towards her. No one usually took the shortcut besides her. That was because no one knew about it except for people that were very close to the Potters. She looked up, curious to see who it was. The image was far. She could see it. She squinted to see. Her eyes widened as she saw the small platinum blonde hair that she knew from anywhere. As the figure came closer, her heartbeat got faster. This couldn't be happening. She had to act as if she was just some random stranger passing him. She looked at the ground. She could feel herself beginning to sweat nervously. 'Just pass him calmly'

Draco had noticed someone walking towards him. No one usually walked around his shortcut unless they knew the Potters personally. The figure appeared to be a woman. He continued to walking and saw the woman getting close to him. He wondered whether or not she was a stalking fan of Harry's or someone he knew. He tried to look at her face, but she seemed to be more interested on the ground. She began to approach him and…

Lacey kissed Claire goodbye. She smiled as her friend patted her belly. "This weight is getting a bit heavy" Claire smiled. "Yours will soon as well." Claire said looking at Lacey.

Lacey smiled weakly again. She knew she was going to end up in Hell for this.
"I know." She said. She said goodbye to Blaise and walked out the door.

They were definitely going to hate her when they found out the truth. Unless…

No.

She refused to think about anything else that would just ruin her completely. She had to do something that would make people feel sorry for her, not hate her. Something. Something. But what would it be?

Draco had continued to walked, thinking about what he was going to do to confront them. 'Could this short cut be any longer?'

Hermione looked up, wanting to know when she was going to get there. She looked to her side so see if he was near.

Oh no, Wrong move.

'He's still so…and he's looking my way'. Hermione thought. Their eyes met. He had seen her. She was dead for good. She looked down as soon as their eyes met and walked as fast as she possibly could. She begged to all the Gods in the heavens that he didn't stop and turn around and now was about to run towards her. She begged that he hadn't recognized her. Or she would be dead. Part of her told her to go towards him and stop him, tell him who she was and kiss him. Other part told her he was a married man, with a pregnant wife. It kill her. Sure, she could easily just get Harry and her friends to all try and kill Lucius, but another part of her thought about how she would hurt everyone she loves that way. Lucius was powerful enough to kill them all. She didn't want that to happen. She just ran through the rest of the shortcut without looking back or missing a single step. Once she got through the shortcut, she ran towards the house.

Draco stopped walking and turned around. She was gone. Were his eyes deceiving him, or was he just going completely mad? He blinked twice to make sure it wasn't just an illusion. He could've sworn he had seen her. It WAS her. He could never forget those eyes. They had both met eyes as they passed each other. His heart tugged as he looked into her eyes. She was beautiful. It had to be her. He needed answers. He turned around once again to see if she was there. Nothing. He began running towards the Potters house.

She arrived at the house breathless. She snuck into her room and went to the bathroom.

"Hermione?" A voice called out.

"Yes?" Hermione said.

"What time did you arrive?"

"Just now." She said as she locked the door and began to remove her clothing.

"Can I come in?"

"I'm getting ready to take a shower." She said. Edward was acting rather odd. He wasn't as mad as he was the last time she came in late.
Hermione ignored Edward's pleading as she turned on the shower. She closed her eyes and had his image stuck in his mind. Still as handsome as he had always been, his hair was growing and he looked even better then how he did years ago. She sighed at the thought of what could've happened if she had told him right then and there. She could feel her heart tug as she looked away. She could tell that he knew it was her somehow, but his mind thought that he was playing tricks on him.

"Hello Draco" Ginny said as she greeted Draco at the door.

"Can I talk to you and Harry?"

"Sure, just take a seat on the couch, I'll call Harry over." She watched as Draco went over to the couch and picked up Alice from the playpen she was in.

Ginny had wondered why the surprise visit, but then she remembered that he actually knew about Hermione. Did he find out?

"Harry! Draco is here and he wants to talk to us" Ginny called out.

As soon as Harry came down, Draco placed Alice back in her play pen.

"What's the occasion?" Harry asked Draco.

"Can you two answer this honestly?"

They looked at each other and knew exactly what was coming.

They went along with it anyway. "Yes"

"Did you two know that Hermione was alive?"
Harry and Ginny nodded. Draco glared at them. "So you were all keeping this from me, you two and Blaise this entire time?"

"We're not the only one's, Lacey knew as well"

"Harry!' Ginny said directly after Harry had said that.

Draco was actually shocked to hear that one. "Lacey? Lacey knew before I did. What the fuck? Am I the last person that found out?"

Harry and Ginny shook their heads. "Actually, Ron was the last one that found out."

"So they were right."

"Who was right?"
"So that means she does come here. Where is she?"
"We don't know"

"I know she comes here almost regularly. I hired private investigators and they told me that they saw her coming out of your house yesterday. That means that you two have seen her and you two know where she is."

"Private investigator, that's a bit extreme, don't you think?" Harry stated.

Draco looked at them. "I need to find her. I need to talk to her. I need to know why she left me like this. You two have contact with her. All of the people that I thought were my friends kept this a secret behind my back. My fucking wife knew before me and she didn't say anything. You know how horrible I got when they mentioned her. You all knew how much of a wreck I was without her. How long have you known?"

They didn't want to make Draco more of a mess then what he was about to become. But now that practically all the truth was out, he deserved to know. Ginny gulped. "A year?"

Draco was in awe. "A year? You mean before Lacey and I got married."

Ginny nodded slowly.

Draco let out a nervous chuckle. "This is bloody incredible. And I thought that all of you were my friends."

"Draco, we did this for you, for the sake of your marriage with Lacey."

"I would've never married Lacey if I knew she was alive. I would go and marry Hermione. I myself find it incredible how I was able to survive seven bloody years thinking that she was six feet under and that nothing would bring her back!" He yelled. Harry and Ginny looked at each other and felt slightly sorry for Draco.

"She is going to be here tomorrow." Draco asked Ginny and Harry. It came out like a rhetorical question. "What time?"

"Draco, I don't think it's a good-"

"What time." He demanded. He was in no laughing mood. He had to talk to her.

"She hid from you for a reason Draco." Harry added in.
"Why? Because she didn't want anything to do with me anymore after I cheated on her? Did she want me to suffer?"

"You don't even know why" Ginny said.

"That's why I need to know from her, now. So now, tell me. What time?" Draco said, his hand in his pockets, trying to remain cool and calm before he broke down.

"Around 11:30" Harry said. Ginny stepped on Harry's foot.

"11:30. I'll be here." Draco said. "Good evening." He said, walking to the fireplace and calling out his address.

Ginny bit her nails nervously. She had absolutely no way to contact Hermione at Edward's house. She glared at Harry.

"Harry! Why did you say that?"
"I'm sorry, but I think it's time that they finally talked to each other."

"Do you know what danger you're putting Hermione in? You could get her killed!"

"I'm beginning to have a plan that might save all of our lives."

Ginny rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sure. You better hope that this turns out right, or you're sleeping on the couch for the rest of your life." she said before kissing him on the cheek and grabbing Alice.

Lacey looked at her stomach in the mirror in the bathroom. She had to change her patch, she was so preoccupied with her job and Draco she had completely forgotten about changing it. She was supposedly '"17 weeks" She removed the patch and quickly put on a new one. She dropped the things as she heard the door slam shut from the room.

"Draco?"
"Lacey, we need to talk."

Nothing ever goes right when someone wants to talk. Lacey walked out of bathroom

"Hi Draco."

Draco rolled his eyes. "Why didn't you tell me?"

Oh no. He found out.
"What?" She acted clueless.

"Don't play dumb with me Lacey, you knew about Hermione being alive. For how long and why didn't you tell me?"

After seeing Draco, the feelings that Hermione had been trying to cover up came back. Falling into a daydream, Hermione closed her eyes and everything about his flooded back into her mind. Every single encounter; when she punched him in third year, when she first kissed him, their dates. She thought about the thought of going to him and telling that she just went away to save him and everyone she cared for. But, the thought and sight of Lacey in her daydreams soon turned her back to reality. The reality she had to face while thinking about Draco. It was wrong to think of a married man and soon to be father in such a way.

A knock on the door soon brought her back completely.

"Hermione?" A soft voice called from the opposite side of the door.

It was Edward. He maybe a charmer, but he was bad at this whole break thing. Hermione rolled her eyes. "Goodnight Edward."

"Hermione, I'm sorry"

"Goodnight Edward" She repeated before turning of the light of the room with a spell and went to sleep.

Draco was exhausted. He blocked all of Lacey's excuses and walked towards the bathroom.

"I did it to save out marriage." She yelled as he closed the door.

His entire day was exhausting. He wasn't in the mood to listen to useless information. As he took of his shirt to walk into the shower, a packet of some kind fell on the floor.

Draco tilted his head as he tried to read the packet that had fallen on the floor. His glared immediately as soon as he read it. He opened the door with so much anger and force; the door would've been torn off the wall.

Lacey jumped, startled with the sound of the door breaking as it hit the wall. She looked at Draco as if he was completely insane.

"What was that for?!" She yelled at him. He walked towards her, causing her to get nervous and scared. He seemed terrifying. He looked as if he was about to strike her, but Lacey knew that Draco would never dare to touch a woman with such a violent manner. She noticed as he picked up the left side of her shirt.

"Draco, what are you--." Her face paled and she soon gulped as she felt him rip off the patch that she had just put on.

He glared at her. His eyes were filled with anger.

He showed her the packet and threw it on the floor. She felt the color drain from her face. Feeling completely stupid for not getting rid of it. She was busted. She had never seen Draco so angry in her life."Lacey Rivers, what the fuck is this?" He screamed.

OH. The truth is being revealed. Lacey is busted. AND! What will happen next?! I started writing the next chapter already. Since its...well…I'm excited for the next chapter!! I was going to write two. But I didn't want to ruin the cliff hanger. So you have to wait till next week. Bummer. Reviews make me happy, just so you know. You might one to leave one…it might help put the BIG chapter up. Hehe. What will happen next? Will there be a reunion. (btw- did you read how CLOSE they were to each other…tsk)

Well. That's all folks. Till next week. (sorry for grammar, there probably is some. I tried to read it over, but I'm working on the next chapter.)

Title: "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" by This Providence