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Summary( The news of the death of the one girl he truly love shatters Draco's world. Years later, the almost forever lonely Draco Malfoy takes a stroll down the London street, never expecting to find what he lost five years ago.

.: Chapter one :.

"To the class of Hogwarts Year 2006" said the great wizard Dumbledore, as he raised his goblet for a toast.

It was indeed the graduation party, the last moments of school for Hermione Granger before she steps out into the magical world as an educated young woman. Yet she still did not have a clue what she wanted to be. There are so many riddled paths in front of her.

The 18 years old Hermione Granger took these last moments at Hogwarts to reminisce the last seven years of her life, the ups & downs, the tears & laughter & most importantly the hatred & love. For the past seven years, Hermione Granger's life was not so free & simple as it used to be. Complication filled almost everything, from homework to friendships & even feelings. Perhaps all this dramatic changes took place after the loss of her close friend, Ron Weasley. There are things in this world that was never to be understood & perhaps this is one of them. But there is one thing she knows about life & that is, the greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love & be loved in return. She knows because she's in love, in love with Draco Malfoy.

.: Flashback :.

She was beautiful, to him & to everyone else at the dance that night. Draco couldn't believe that he was here with very infuriating Pansy rather than Hermione, she girl he recently fell in love with. A few years ago, if someone were to tell him that he would fall in love with a muggle-born, he would've sworn that he'd slap them. But, ever since that night on the Quidditch pitch, all Draco could think about was Hermione.

That night, Draco had decided to do a bit of flying for the forthcoming Quidditch match against Gryffindor. It was pretty late when he had finished training, after getting changed he had began to leaving the pitch when he saw a figure of a girl blindly running towards him. As she got near, Draco could hear her sobbing, head looking down on the floor, running like as if there's no tomorrow. She was running with such a force that when their shoulders collide with Draco's, he was almost knocked over.

"So..Sorry" said the crying girl. "I didn't see you there."

"It's ok, you ok?" Draco asked, he didn't know why he was asking, perhaps curiosity go the better of him or perhaps it was purely by fate.

Draco extended out his pale hands to the crying girl on the floor. She took it without saying anything. When she stood up, a tinge of light rested upon her face, revealing her identity to Draco. He silently gasped. It was Granger, the Mudblood. Her face was red from crying, she look of despair filled her face.

"Thanks" She muttered, as she walked past Draco & into the dark.

"I wondered what happened, where's her boyfriends Potter & Weasel anyways?" Draco thought, letting his curiosity take over. Suddenly, following the young sobbing girl into the darkness became an option for Draco.

It was then Draco saw a piece of parchment lying on the ground. He picked it up, when he opened it; he saw the ink smudged by tears. He assumed it was Hermione's. He had managed to read it though.

Dear Hermione

Hey, sweetheart, how are things at school? You doing fine? Look, I know you must be wondering why I'm sending this letter to you. Well I'm really sorry that you have to find out this way.

Well, recently your father & I have decided for the best that we should get a divorce. We tried & tried but things are never going to work out between us. Hermione, I'm really sorry. Your father & I, we did love each other once but Hermione you have to understand things change, people change.

We are still waiting for the divorce papers to come through. Next week your father & I are going to court to sort out everything. Everything still needs to be finalized. After the divorce, your father is going to move out, he has asked you & Jason to go with him. It is up to your Hermione. I will understand & respect your decision. No matter what happens just remember that I will always love you.

Love Mother

"Divorce aye? I always thought muggle all lived happily ever after" Draco said after reading the half wet letter.

Did he care? It's a mudblood so should he care?

Despite the battle in his head, his feet seemed to make the decision for him. They lead him to a young sobbing girl sitting in the dark. He sat down next to her. Hermione looked up to see Draco Malfoy seating himself down next to her.

"Malfoy, what are you doing here?" She asked through her sobs.

"Is this yours?" He said, handing back the letter to her.

Hermione took it before muttering a quiet thank you to Draco. Their eyes met. Draco saw the sadness in her eyes. He suddenly felt a wave of sympathy towards this girl. The fact that she was a mudblood have suddenly been forgotten. Hermione stared back at Draco's blue eyes; she saw the sincere ness in his eyes, she had forgiven him for the six years of name-calling. They sat there sharing a brief quiet moment before Hermione started to sob again. This time in Draco's arms. He didn't seem to mind at all.

It was a start of a friendship & the greatest love story ever.

.: End Flashback :.

Hermione smiled, it was a beautiful moment. Perhaps the most beautiful moment in her entire life. The day when she realized that she was falling for Draco Malfoy.