A/N- I am sooooo sorry I haven't posted in FOREVER and a day. Lordy! I wanted to post this chapter a lot sooner but I never got around to it. I left a lot of things out on the last chapter. Like the disclaimer. Which I accidentally leave out most of the time anyway. I redid the first chapter. It sounds a little better now. You probably won't notice the corrections. But anyhow, now I'm not a buff on Paris. So I don't know what it has to offer. Thanks to all reviewed! I'm so terribly sorry I'm taking so long. But I think if I would've rushed this chapter it wouldn't be very good. And I try to make this story at least a little good.

Disclaimer- You know what I don't think the disclaimer is necessary for the rest of the chapters. You all know that Harry Potter isn't mine. Why do I feel the need to tell you people when you skip over this part anyways? Lol.

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"Draco, my feet are starting to hurt. Are we almost there?" said Hermione doing her best impression of a whiny three year old. Draco looked at her and smirked.

"Oh stop complaining. We're almost there." he said looking around to see if they were in fact, almost there.

"Where are we going?" she said for the millionth time. Draco stopped in his tracks.

"Do you really wanna know?" he asked with an annoyed look on his face.

"Yes," said Hermione with a huge grin on her face.

"Okay. We're going………….." he said trailing off and leaving her in suspense.

"Yes," she said eagerly.

"To find a cab." the look on her face was priceless and Draco couldn't help but laugh.

"Not funny," she said punching him lightly on the shoulder but she laughed too. "Okay if you want to surprise me. I guess that'll be alright." They set off again. As they got further down the road she could see they were coming nearer to town. Houses were on both sides of them and pretty soon the came to the middle of the village.

"Where are we?" she asked looking around for any sign of the Eiffel tower.

"A little town just outside of Paris. I'm not even sure of the name. The Skinned Cat was the closest place I could get to be connected to our fireplace. I was thinking about a Portkey but its more convenient like this."

"You mean something could be less convenient than walking for 3 hours?" asked Hermione crossing her arms and tapping her foot.

"Yes. I'm not sure why but the network is all clogged. I'm lucky it was only a 3 hour walk." he said glancing down at his watch. "Hermione, it wasn't a three hour walk."

"What?" said Hermione jerking his wrist to see what time it was. "Well," she said sourly, "it felt like three hours."

"Oh don't pout. You get to ride in a cab the rest of the way there." he said looking around for one.

"The rest of the way where?" asked Hermione trying to get some information out of him.

"Never mind that." he said hailing a cab. The cab screeched to a stop and they got in.

"Where to?" asked the man in French. Hermione has studied the language at the school she went to before Hogwarts. Draco however, seemed to be an expert. After telling the driver where to go he kept up a lively conversation all the way there. Hermione sat back and listened to their mindless chatter. Her ears perked up as she heard herself being mentioned.

"Is she your lady?" asked the cab driver nodding his head to her but still keeping his eyes on the road.

"No we're just friends." answered Hermione quickly in a perfect accent. Draco looked at her in surprise and the cab driver laughed.

"Are you sure? You'd look like a might fine couple." he said turning around to smile at Hermione. She noticed for a split second his perfectly straight and white teeth before she realized he wasn't looking where he was going. Horns blared and the driver turned around quickly. They swerved back to their side of the road and Hermione grabbed Draco's forearm.

"Oy, watch where you're going will ya?" said Draco angrily.

"Alright alright." the rest of the ride was silent. Hermione looked out her window and watched the scenery. She glanced over at Draco who was staring off into space and rubbing his arm. Hermione felt terror seize her. She reached over quickly and grabbed Draco's arm and pushed up his sleeve. She signed in relief when all she saw was the red marks left from when she grabbed him. He looked at her strangely as Hermione breathed a sigh of relief.

"What was that all about?" he said jerking his arm back.

"Uhh…nothing. I just thought maybe I had hurt you." she stammered.

"You? Hurt me? That's ridiculous. Although you do have a very strong grip for a girl." he smirked. Hermione faked a smile and turned back to her window.

"Hermione, look." said Draco swiping the air trying to tap Hermione on the arm. Hermione leaned over and looked out of his window.

"The Eiffel Tower, possibly one of my most favorite places in the world." said Draco staring up at the magnificent structure. Hermione stared hard at him for a moment then turned her attention back to her surroundings.

"Where are we going first?" she said.

"Right here," he said as the cab slowed to a stop outside of a museum. Hermione climbed out and stood next to him. "Come on," he said leading her into the building.

They spent the rest of the day looking at various paintings and works of art. Hermione turned the corner and exhaled quickly. Draco turned the sharply and ran into Hermione who had stopped in her tracks.

"Draco," she said breathlessly. Draco stepped out from behind her and saw what had made her stop. He walked up to the painting and looked over every detail of it. It was of a woman and her lover. The woman was dressed in long white robes and had long, brown hair and seemed to have a mysterious glow surrounding her. Her lover stood beside her, gazing into her eyes obviously enraptured and in love. But there was something different about him. He didn't seem to have the glow that his lover had and was wearing black robes.

"You know there's a story behind this painting." Draco turned around and saw that the person wasn't talking to him but rather Hermione who was looking at the man with interest.

"Really?" she asked her eyes shining with curiosity.

"Yes. Notice how the woman is bathed in a gold light? Well she represents goodness. The man if you look very closely seems to have a black aura around him. He is evil. But he has fallen madly in love with this woman, despite their differences. And she rescues him from all that is bad." Draco walked over to him.

"Interesting story," said Draco coming over to stand beside Hermione. The man looked sharply at him, failing to conceal his surprise. Hermione smiled up at him.

"Isn't it? How romantic! She saves him from everything he is." she said dreamily.

"Romantic? Sort of ironic I think. What if he didn't want to be saved?" said Draco grinning at her.

"He did." she said defensively.

"How do you know that?" he asked his smile getting bigger.

"I just do. But you do realize that you will never win this argument? Because I WILL have last say." she said giggling.

"No you won't Miss Know-It-All"

"Yes I will."

"No you won't." They kept at it totally forgetting that the man was still watching them with interest.

'I know I've seen this boy before. They're both defiantly not Muggles. Could that be the famous Draco Malfoy? What I wouldn't give to give his father a swift kick in the------"

"Yes I will!"

"No you won't."

'I figured this boy would just be another one of Voldemort's supporters. But what is this boy doing with this girl? Perhaps……..perhaps there's more truth to this story than we thought.'

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I'm sooooo sorry that I haven't updated in such a long time! I'm so disappointed in myself! *Slaps herself on the hand. Bad Cadence!* I took a long time because I seem to have the dreaded writers block! I didn't realize it until now but that's exactly what I have. I just seem to have written myself into a corner! But I can always write myself back out of it. Hehe. I hope you all will forgive me. Like I said I'm very sorry for not updating so soon! Got to go though….lots of homework to do! Lol….my life is sooooo much fun.