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Summaryà 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 two :.

Draco saw Hermione standing there, smiling to herself. This made Draco smile too. Her smile, it was incredibly beautiful, more than words could ever describe it. She was beautiful & she was his...forever. At least that's how he felt. He hoped…

It has been almost a year now, since that night on the quidditch pitch. That night, a new bond found it's way between them, he felt it, & so did she. At first Draco brushed it away, trying to convince himself that Draco had only been in the right spot at the right time. The only reason why she cried on his shoulder was because she had no one else, both Potter & Weasley was on a mission. It was all a co-incidence. That what he believed up until a few weeks later, he again found a sobbing Hermione near the lake. It wasn't her parents this time; it was about her best friend & boyfriend Ron Weasley.

Draco remembered it well & clear, that afternoon when he heard the new, seventeen years old Ronald Weasley was killed in action. The war against Voldemort had begun two months ago & yet Weasley is the 297th casualty. It was a big loss to everyone on the light side, especially Hermione.

He found her later in the evening; she was a lonely figure sitting by the lake, he head down, resting upon her knees. He took a seat beside her; she didn't seem to realize that he was there.

"I'm really sorry" Draco said, a voice little louder than a whisper. He watched her.

Hermione looked up, their eyes met again then it happened like last time, she cried on his shoulders, he was there for he, he helped her out of her misery, the loss of her best friend & boyfriend, Ron Weasley. It couldn't all be coincidence now could it?

Soon after that agonizing event, their friendship had bloomed into love. Draco often found himself thinking about Hermione & Hermione did the same. Often during the night, they would sneak out of their dorms & meet each other.

But they had to keep it in secrecy. Telling everyone about their love would just spice everything up with complications. Besides what would Draco's father say about all this? Knowing his father Draco knew it just wasn't worth it, so they had to keep it a secret.

But he knew that secrets can't be kept forever, it will expose itself sometime, one way or another. He only hoped that it wouldn't be exposed too soon.

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Pansy watched it all, instead of toasting to that old fool Dumbledore, she watched them. Draco & that mudblood Granger both smiling & daydreaming. It had been quite sometime now that she suspected there was something going on between Draco & Granger. In the past year, she often found Draco returning back to the common in the early morning, she often found himself smiling to himself & she often found him daydreaming. Draco became distant, he no longer hang out with Crabbe & Goyle. He had hardly spoken to any of his Slytherin mates. Worst of all, Pansy frequently caught Draco giving glances to Granger.

Pansy was disgusted. Granger was a mudblood, how dare she interact with her Draco, let alone a pureblood. Watching those two made Pansy sick, she was furious. She had to do something, before Draco places a ring on a mudblood's finger.

"She doesn't deserve my Draco, she thinks she's better than me with all her books & know-it-all attitude! I'll show her, you just wait!" Pansy said watching Draco giving Hermione a flirtatious wink.

Pansy had enough of this, she is going to make sure that it's her finger that Draco slips the ring on. With that, Pansy left the cheery festivity & set off to the owlery.

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"So where to from here miss Granger?" Draco carefully whispered, looking around to find no one looking, everyone was busy dancing or talking to their partners.

"Well, I was thinking of becoming a minister for the department of magical creatures & welfare, you know promoting SPEW at the ministry, fighting for Elf rights" Said Hermione, knowing Draco, he was so sick on the hours & hours of debating between them about house elf rights.

Draco only rolled his eyes. Is she ever going to give up?

"Shh, this is a good moment, don't let the house elves spoil it" he replied.

"So? What's going to happen to you?" She asked.

"Well, the first thing I wanted to do was to umm, make miss Granger change her last name" He said whispering in her ear.

Hermione raised an eyebrow.

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"Well.." he said carefully pulling out a small ring box from his pocket. "This is just a promise ring, to promise that you'll be mine forever"

Hermione couldn't help the tears in her eyes. She tried to restrained it from coming down, she found it hard not to.

"So…is that a yea you will you accept it?"

Hermione only nodded. She smiled as Draco put the ring on her lovely delicate finger. They kissed briefly before going separate ways incase someone saw them.

Hermione smiled as she trace the words 'I'll be yours forever' with her finger on her ring.

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The rest of the party was nothing but fun, for the first time in a year, Hermione & Harry seemed to forget about all the dark things that had happened, they forgot about Sirius's death, Ron's death & Voldemort's defeat.  It was the first time they were not burdened by misery.

When Hermione arrived back at her dorm at around midnight, she found an owl outside her window, she knew by the colour instantly that it was Draco's owl. She opened her window to let the owl in. It was a letter from Draco. She quickly opened it.

Dear My Sweet Hermione

After graduation, my father has requested me to stay with my mother for a while. So I'm guessing that we'll not see each other for sometime. I'm really going to miss you, but don't be sad, we'll see owl each other everyday. It's not like we're never going to see each other ever again.

Tomorrow at the train station, my father will be there to pick me up, so I'm really sorry that I can't give you a proper good bye & that I have to write my good bye down on a piece of paper. I love you Hermione & I can't wait till I next see you again.  Until then, I just want to let you know that you'll always be in my heart & I'll always think of you.

Forever yours

Draco

Hermione smiled faintly, she was sick & tired of them hiding in the dark, not being able to met in public. But she knew it was for the best. She carefully placed the letter in her already packed trunk, before she set off to bed.

"Forever yours" She whispered before falling asleep.

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