DISCLAIMER: IF ONLY I OWNED TOM FELTON, I'D BE SPENDING MY TIME DOING MORE THAN WRITING. J BUT I DO NOT AND THEREFORE I OWN NOTHING EXCEPT THE TWISTED IDEAS THAT DAMN MUSE POUR THROUGH MY FINGERS. WELL, TECHNICALY I GUESS MY MUSE OWNS THESE AS WELL, MEANING I OWN NOTHING. HAHA, SO CREDIT I GET.

Wow, that was a weird disclaimer…anyway, hope you like the chapter.

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PREVIOUSLY:

"Obviously Hermione will not be able to disapparate by herself to Felton Academy, so Professor Dumbledore and myself have thought of a plan. It is very complicated, and only the most skilled witches and wizards are able to do this," Andrews began, but Dumbledore continued for him, "We will be doing something called Double Disapparating. It is when one capable wizard is placed under a connecting spell with the less capable wizard or witch. They then disapparate together. There is a trick though. The only way they would be able to disapparate is if they were connected by true love. If there is not true love, then they might disapparate somewhere completely different then where intended. That is why Professor Andrews or myself isn't able to take Hermione with us. Either Draco or Blair will have to take her."

Blair and Draco looked at each other. Which one would take Hermione? Both knew that they loved her.

"I'll take her," Blair said, "She is my sister, after all."

"Take care of her, Blair," Draco said and handed Hermione over.

"I will."

Professor Dumbledore cast a binding spell on Hermione and Blair. Hermione floated up and appeared to be attached to Blair with invisible ropes.

"Oh my gosh," Blair whispered.

"Okay Blair. The binding spell is complete. Now it's up to you. You have to say 'Together as one disapparate to Felton Academy!'. Pretty simple. Do you understand?" Dumbledore asked.

"I think so," Blair said nervously. She looked around; "TOGETHER AS ONE DISAPPARATE TO FELTON ACADEMY!" she yelled and disappeared with Hermione.

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Ch. 19-Back to Hogwarts

Professor Dumbledore, Professor Andrews, Draco and Blake just stood there staring at the spot where Blair and Hermione once stood.

"What happens if it didn't work?" Draco asked.

"We may never find them again," Andrews said with a grim look on his face, "but it is highly unlikely that it didn't work. Blair truly loved Hermione, she was her sister." No one else spoke for a few moments before Dumbledore decided they should apparate back to Felton Academy.

"Shall we join them?" Dumbledore asked with a raise of his eyebrows. Everyone took their turn and there were bunch of 'pop's in the air.

Draco landed on the grass in front of the academy. Blake was standing right next to him but he didn't bother to notice.

"Where do you think they are?" Blake asked turning to Draco.

"Maybe Blair already brought Hermione to the Infirmary. Maybe we should go there," Draco suggested.

"Yea, but what about the professors, shouldn't we wait for them just in case they start worrying that we are lost too?" Draco nodded with agreement and they both stood there waiting. No more than two seconds later both professors appeared right next to Draco and Blair. Without speaking they all headed towards the main entrance to the school, climbed the steps and entered.

"Where do you suspect they are?" Draco asked the professors hopefully, assuming they made it.

"Draco and I were thinking that maybe we should check the Infirmary just in case Blair brought Hermione there already."

"That sounds like a plan. How about you and Draco head that way and Professor Dumbledore and I will check your common room." They all nodded at each other and headed their separate ways. Draco was practically running down the halls after Blake. They reached the Infirmary door and knocked. A short, plump, old woman opened the door.

"Ah, yes Blake," she nodded towards him, "Blair has brought Hermione here just a few moments ago." She opened the door even farther and gestured them in. Blair was sitting in some chairs in the front of the room, staring into space. She stood up immediately as Blake and Draco walked in. Blake embraced her in a hug as Draco talked to the nurse.

"Is Hermione going to be okay?"

"She should be fine. She's unconscious right now and has extensive injuries. It is quite obvious she has been beaten and will have quite a few scars remaining." The nurse replied with a grim look on her face.

"Can I see her?"

"Sure, just be careful. She's very fragile right now and I've had to mend quite a few broken bones." Draco nodded in understanding and followed the old woman. She led him all the way down to the end of the hall.

"How's the baby?" Draco asked, suddenly remembering Hermione was pregnant.

"It will be just fine. There might be some complications at birth but that is very unlikely since she is not very far along." The nurse replied and then opened a curtain to reveal Hermione lying in the hospital bed. She had bruises all over her face and arms, there were probably some on her legs but Draco could not see them. She had a cut across her cheek and her arm was in a sling because the bones needed time to heal.

"I'll leave you two alone," the nurse said quietly and shut the curtain. Draco sat in the chair next to her bed and stared at her. 'How could he do this? How the hell could my father do this to a person? Oh wait, he's Lucius Malfoy, he has no heart.' Draco thought as he stared at Hermione. He took her hand in his and stayed there the rest of the night. Dumbledore and Blake and Blair came by a few times to see how she was doing. She still did not wake even then. Draco was starting to get worried. "I came so close to losing you before, I can't go through that pain again." Draco said to Hermione as a single tear fell down his cheek. He put his head down on her bed and stayed that way until morning.

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Hermione woke the next morning only to find that she was in the Infirmary. She had little recollection of what happened the last two days but knew that it would soon come back to her. She looked down and saw Draco with his head on her bed. She squeezed his hand lightly and his head popped up. A huge smile came across his face. She gave him a weak smile back, for it was all she could muster at the moment.

"You're awake," Draco said still smiling. No one said anything for a couple minutes, they just stared into each other's eyes. Both pairs of eyes full of hope, joy and the best thing of all…love. Hermione began to grow tired again, she could feel her eyelids getting heavy.

"I love you Draco," was all she could say before her eyes closed again and she went into a deep sleep.

"I love you too Hermione," Draco whispered in her ear and placed a kiss on her cheek. He knew she was just sleeping but something about the way she said it made him think she was saying good-bye. He knew that was not true and stayed with her the rest of the day until she awoke again.

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It had been two weeks since Hermione's 'incident'. That's what everyone was calling it now, an 'incident'. That's all it was though, nothing more. Well, that's everyone choose to believe. The school had been notified of what happened and Hermione got many cards and flowers from anonymous people. They were scattered around her bed. She was close to full recovery but would still have some scars on her back that the nurse could not get rid of. Draco had been bringing her her homework for a week now and she was completely caught up and actually, ahead. Today, Draco was sitting on the end of Hermione's bed and they were discussing baby names.

"What about Brooke?" Hermione suggested for a girl.

"I don't know…I like the idea of an American name though."

"Okay," Hermione said flipping through the pages, "what about Kaylyn?"

"I really like that actually."

"Good 'cause I do too. So is that okay? If it's a girl it's Kaylyn?"

"Yeah. Let me look at that," Draco said referring to the book.

"Hmmm….there aren't many American names that I like for a boy. Unless you like Sparky? (A/N: That is actually listed as American origin on Americanbaby.com)" he said with a laugh.

"Keep looking, try English," Draco obliged and flipped through the pages.

"Here's one…what do you think of Colby? I kinda like….it's not my favorite."

"It's okay, look for another one." Draco flipped through the pages awhile before he found another one.

"Okay, I really like this one…Hunter (A/N: I know it's not of English origin but Huntley is so I thought it was close enough)," Draco said with confidence.

"I really like that one too!" Hermione said with a big smile on her face.

"Good, so we agreed on the names?"

"Yeah, we'll have to think of middle names later," Hermione said back against the bed which was propped up.

"Oh my God! I don't want to go through that again!" Draco said sounding annoyed.

"Okay then, why don't you pick the middle name if it's a boy and I'll pick the middle name as a girl. That way we won't have to both love the name."

"You're too smart for your own good," Draco said smiling. Right at that moment Dumbledore walked in and gave the two students some new information.

"Good Afternoon, it's good to see you are doing much better Miss Granger," Dumbledore said to Hermione because he had not seen her in about a week.

"Afternoon Professor Dumbledore," Draco and Hermione said at the same time.

"I have come to inform you that you will be going back to Hogwarts at the end of this week. Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, Miss Blair and Miss Brown will going back to Hogwarts as well. You will apparate back to Chicago and meet the others at the hotel. You will then all board the airplane and fly back to England. That way no one at Hogwarts will know about what has happened. It will look as though you were on your Muggle Studies trip. There is no need for everyone to know, although Miss Blair and Miss Brown have been informed and swore not to tell. Although I do not believe them that well I trust they will keep their promise. I will be back to get you on Friday at about 6 o'clock sharp. Nice to see you again and we are looking forward to having you back at Hogwarts." With that said, Dumbledore left the Infirmary and apparated back to Hogwarts. Draco and Hermione just stared at each other and smiled. They got to go back to Hogwarts, although Hermione would miss Blair she desperately wanted to go back.

"We get to go back!" Hermione said with the biggest smile on her face.

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Before they knew it it was Friday morning. Draco and Hermione were waiting in their common room for Professor Dumbledore to arrive. Blair and Blake were sitting with them and they were all enjoying a nice conversation. After about ten minutes there was a knock at the door and Dumbledore walked in.

"Mr. Malfoy, Miss Granger…it's time to go. Please say your good-byes, I'll be waiting outside." They all got up and Hermione embraced Blair in a big hug.

"I'm going to miss you so much," Hermione said with tears in her eyes.

"I'm gonna miss you too but it'll be okay. I'll write to you everyday and you better right back," Blair said tears also coming to her eyes. They held on to each for a few more moments and then finally Hermione took Draco's hand and they walked out together. Blake gave Blair a hug seeing how upset she was.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine. You-know-who doesn't need her anymore. Now, Draco's a different story but he can defend himself." Blake said comfortingly and Blair seemed to calm down a bit.

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"Hermione!" Harry and Ron exclaimed as they ran through the lobby and embraced her in a hug.

"It's so good to see you!" Harry said as he gave her another quick hug.

"How are you feeling?" Ron asked, concerned.

"Much better actually. I can't believe we finally get to go back to Hogwarts!" she said quickly changing the subject.

"I know! This has been one hell of a ride," Draco said as they all walked outside to get a cab to go to the airport.

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Hermione and Draco were lying in front of the fire their first night back at Hogwarts. Hermione was facing away from Draco and his arm was wrapped around her. She was just about to fall asleep when she heard Draco whisper something in her ear.

"Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou are more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:

But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."

"William Shakespeare," Hermione whispered smiling, "how did you know he was my favorite?"

"I didn't," Draco said while kissing her ear, "I guessed."

"I love you so much Draco. I don't know what I would do without you."

"And I you." There was slight pause before he spoke again. "I have a question." Hermione opened her eyes and looked up at him.

"What?" Draco just smiled.

"Where do you want to live when we're out of here?"

"Paris," Hermione said with a huge smile on her face.

"I'll see what I can do." There lips locked at that exact moment and they fell into a deep and passionate kiss.

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A/N: Hey everybody! Oh my God! I'm so, so, so sorry it took so long to get this up! I've been having a major writer's block! Anyway, hope you liked it! Wasn't that long but and kind of pointless but they got back to Hogwarts! Anyway, this is the last chapter but there will be an epilogue so stick around! Okay?! It should be up this week because I'm goin on vacation on Sunday so we want to get it up before then! Thanks so much for reading our story you guys! You're the best…Rock on!

Much Love,

C&J