"Are y-you o-okay?" asked Hermione stuttering as she helped him up.
"Ya, I'm fine," Malfoy began as he got up and began to brush himself off. Turing slightly red in the process. "So, Hermione Granger, huh? The Hermione Granger?" asked Malfoy as he began to sit back down in his chair.
"Yes" replied Hermione in a very quite voice.
"I haven't seen you since graduation, as a matter of fact I don't think any one has." said Malfoy as he moved to the front of the desk and leaned against it.
"Yes, well since Hogwarts I've been working for a muggle newspaper." replied Hermione. She didn't understand what was going on. She couldn't believe this was Draco Malfoy, the same Draco Malfoy that had been mean and cruel to her throughout they're seven years at Hogwarts. As Draco moved around Hermione kept trying to get a glance at his forearm to see if there was a dark make on in.
"I know you have, I get the muggle papers. And no, Hermione, I am not a death eater." Draco replied while showing Hermione his arm.
"I-I-I know u aren't." replied Hermione begging to feel very awkward. "I am here today to see if I could apply for a journalist job." Hermione said quickly, changing the subject.
"Yes, of course. You can begin today if you'd like. " replied Draco as he handed her the papers that she needed to fill out. "Here is some papers you have to fill out and the key to your office which is the room right next to here." Draco said to Hermione but then he pulled back the papers, "I will give you these only if u agree to have dinner with me tomorrow night." said Draco as he held the items up in the air waiting for Hermione's reply.
Hermione sat and thought for a moment. There was silence in the room. She then got up and grabbed the things out of his hands.
"I would love to," replied Hermione as she began to walk out of the door.
"Very good, then I will pick you up tomorrow around 7? I will need you address," said Draco as he pulled out his quill and a piece of parchment ready to take down Hermione's address.
"I have a room at The Leaky Caldron." Hermione told Draco.
"That is absorb, you shouldn't be staying at The Leaky Caldron, I insist, stay with me." said Draco as he begin to lead Hermione out of the door. "I live in the manor by my self and I would love for some company. You are more then welcome to stay with me until you find a place of your own. " said Draco in one breath.
"No, really it's okay. I'll be fine at The Leaky Caldron." Hermione began but then was cut off.
"No, you're staying with me and it's settled." Draco said as they arrived by a fireplace. "We'll go by floo powder now and I'll take the rest of the day off and help you get settled. You can start here tomorrow."
Hermione and Draco both took a handful of floo powder and we're off. The arrived at the manor, Hermione was amazed. It was so large and beautiful. Draco lead her up the stairs to a room.
"You can stay here. I'll go downstairs and make us some lunch." said Draco as he began to shut the door.
"Waite! Draco," yelled Hermione to Draco before the door closed.
"Yes?"
"Well I was wondering if we could talk. I have many questions to ask you." said Hermione
"Er…I don't see why not," replied Draco
Draco pulled over a chair and sat down next to Hermione.
"Okay, well first of all, why are you so nice now. Why have you changed?" asked Hermione.
"People change Hermione, I changed. I didn't like the way that I was acting and since my father was dead I could act the way I wanted to now. He was a very bad influence on me." replied Draco
"True, people do change. You're right on that. But why were you always so cruel to me. I never did anything to you." said Hermione in a low voice.
"Hermione we were all young, I didn't know what was right and what was wrong at the time." replied Draco as he reached for Hermione's hand. "I was brought up to believe that muggles were bad. I changed, after my father's death I came to realize that muggles aren't bad. Also I became honest with my self and admitted that I actually had feelings for a muggle all through my seven years at Hogwarts."
"Who?" asked Hermione. Hermione had never reveled this but deep down through out her first four years at Hogwarts Hermione liked Draco Malfoy. All she ever wanted was to tell him her feelings. But never dared to. She didn't want to get hurt. In Hermione's fifth year at Hogwarts she ad heard a rumor that Draco and Pansy had slept together. When she heard this she gave up. She gave up the hope that her and Draco would ever be together and that Draco would ever like her the way she liked him. She then began to like Harry.
"You, Hermione I liked you since the first time I laid my eyes on you. If it wasn't for my father's stupid ways of thinking then I would have told you, I would have told the whole world, but I couldn't." replied Draco as he moved closer to Hermione. "Also I thought that you would never feel the same way for me as I felt for you. When you walked out of Hogwarts for the last time and you walked out of the wizarding world I was crushed. I thought that I would never have the opportunity to tell you how I felt. Then you walked into my office this morning and I was very surprised and extremely happy. I know all of this might be scaring you and I completely understand. I'll leave now if you want me to." Draco began to get up. He couldn't believe that he had just told Hermione all of that. Then to his surprise Hermione stopped him.
"Draco, I felt the same way, I had the same feelings that you did but I was always to scared to admit them to you, to anyone." Hermione was about to go on but then Draco leaned in and kissed her. They kissed for a while not wanting to let go of the one thing that they both had wanted for so long, each other.
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That's the end to that chapter. It seemd kinda rushed.. But thatz a ok! LoL-- the next cahpter will b kinda like an epilogue. Itz a really short fan fiction.. I no but ill start antother one soon.. Probably a harry ginny fic…. Or maybe a nother draco Hermione.. I love them so0 so0 much! Lol xOx melissa
