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20. Not Yet
Draco woke up the next morning, he looked beside him to see a peacefully sleeping Hermione. He sighed and made a promise to himself to keep her safe no matter what happened.
Draco put his arms around her and kissed her cheek "Morning love." he whispered.
"Morning," she said sleepily as she laid her head against his chest, eyes still closed.
"You know what today is, don't you?"
"I'm hoping you'll say it's either my birthday or yours." Hermione yawned.
"Well I wouldn't know, when is your birthday?"
"September."
"Then no, it is not your birthday."
"Oh bugger." he laughed.
"Come on, let's get up and have some breakfast." Draco said as he gave her a kiss on the cheek before he got up off the bed.
"I don't wanna." Hermione said as she pulled the covers over her head.
"Don't make me go under there and get you." Hermione simply moved to the middle of the bed and giggled.
"Oh so that's how you want to play," he said as he got on the bed and pulled the covers off her. She tried to move and get up but he simply pulled her down next to him "Give me a kiss."
"No!" Hermione said childishly before sticking her tongue out at him and getting off the bed and running out the room.
She shut the door behind her as Draco got off the bed and followed her out.
"Hey!" Hermione yelled as she jumped on his back from behind him in 'piggy-back' style.
Draco laughed and spun her around and when his ears couldn't take anymore of her screaming he gently set her down.
"Now go and brush your teeth and I'll meet you downstairs." he said as he dragged her into her room and into her bathroom.
"Fine." she said as he gave her a peck on the cheek before he left for his bathroom.
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"I feel ill." Ron said as he put a hand on his stomach.
"I beg your pardon, my cooking is not that bad!" Harry yelled.
"Oh Harry get a life, I haven't even eaten yet." Ron said before remembering he was sick and using his sick voice, "I think I caught a bug from our trip to London." he said before coughing.
"I'll get a life hopefully after today now shut up and eat."
"But I'm sick."
"And I'll be dumb if I fell for your act now eat!"
"Fine then!" he said as he stabbed his potatoes with his fork.
Harry and Ron were lucky enough to find a small vegetable garden near by and since then they had been eating potatoes and carrots and it was getting old fast.
"When do we leave?" Ron asked.
"In a few hours." Harry responded.
"Oh great." Ron mumbled.
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"Draco give me the cup!" Hermione yelled.
"No!" he yelled back as they fought for the coffee cup.
"But I want coffee!"
"Well you're not having any!" Draco yelled.
"Why not!" Hermione yelled.
"Because you get hyper!"
"Only if I drink more than two cups!"
"And before you know it, you'll be craving five cups!"
"But I only want a sip!"
"Well you're gonna get none!"
Hermione pulled the cup towards her and took a sip "HA!" she said in victory as she let the cup go.
"You little-" Draco mumbled darkly.
Hermione raised her eyebrow "What was that?"
"Oh nothing dear." he smiled.
"Nice try." Hermione said as she picked around her plate with her fork.
"Try and eat." he said as he grabbed her hand and kissed it.
"If I eat I bet I'll throw up."
"Well you're going to feel sick anyway." he said as he brought up into view a small glass.
"Oh no, please no." she groaned.
"That's right my love, polyjuice potion." he said cheerfully.
She squinted her eyes as she glared at him "I hate you."
"I know you do." he said throwing her a small case, a jewelry case perhaps?
"What's this?" she said looking at the box.
"Open it and find out."
Hermione opened it to find a beautiful white gold ring with a purple gem "Draco, it's beautiful."
"I found it in the attic a while ago. It belonged to my grandmother."
"Wait, are you asking me to-"
"Be my fiancé for our plan."
"Yeah." Hermione nodded, even though she was thinking along much different lines. "How long until we leave?"
"Oh about four hours."
"Great" Hermione said in a tone that suggested otherwise and she took the newspaper Draco had been reading in hopes of finding something at least slightly cheerful to read.
A/N: You know what sucks? That this story is coming to a close end. Don't worry there's still many chapters left to write. On the bright side it means the sequel for Once And For All is coming soon.
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