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Hello everybody, wow this is my 17th chapter! I don't think there will be too many after this its drawing to an end. That's kind of depressing but I already have ideas brewing for new stories in my head, I'm trying to do one that has a realistic end from the 5th book. Anyway thank you for all my reviewers, and sorry I'm getting lazy and not saying who you all are, but if it bothers you that much I'll tell you but anyway thanx a ton I'd give you all presents if I could…. Lol
The weeks following the ball, Draco did his best to keep Hermione entertained, so she wouldn't go into another depression, and it worked too Hermione found that she was having the best time of her life. Each day draco had wanted to tell Hermione his true feelings for her, but he always seemed to freeze when he was about to tell her, so finally he decided he would tell her at the deatheaters ball. It was going to be at his manor, so he was going to take her out into the private gardens and tell her. Now he had to just make sure he wouldn't chicken out. He waited anxiously as the days passed by, he wondered if she felt the same way, how would she react, his mind often wandered off to those thoughts, giving him even more anxiety than he already had. Hermione too would sometimes think about that, she wanted to tell him her feelings, but she was scared, she didn't want to scare him away. Their relationship grew stronger and stronger everyday if that was even possible, they never failed knowing what the other person was thinking about, they were about as close as two people could get. When they weren't cuddling, or doing homework, they found time to go through her parent's research, they had managed to understand it better, and had decided to study potions better because it was a more effective way of lessening someone's power. They just had to figure out which potion to use, it was turning out to be quite a problem. Hermione visited her dad in the dream world but he said he couldn't tell them, so they were totally alone. The night before the ball they were toiling over the research, when Hermione yawned.
"I'm gonna go take a bath?" Draco's eyes lit up.
"Can I come?" he begged "Pleeeeeeease" She laughed.
"Okay fine, but let me get in first okay? Come up in like 10 minutes"
"Yes" he shouted triumphantly, but when she shot him a weird questioning look he mumbled " I mean okay" She laughed while she walked away up the stairs and when she got to the top she looked back at him.
"You're sooo cute"
"You took the words right out of my mouth, only I was going to say you're soo beautiful" Hermione smiled and had to try really hard not to run down and jump on him covering him in kisses.
"Such a charmer, Draco" with that she disappeared into the bathroom leaving Draco alone waiting till he could get into the bathtub with her.
Hermione filled the bathtub with orange and white bubbles it smelled like oranges and cream, then she lit the candles all around the bathtub, and changed into her bikini, and got in. She magicked the tub to have jets all around, for herself. She leaned against the wall and closed her eyes thinking about Draco, and after a few minutes, there was a knock on the door and Draco walked in with his bathing suit. He was having trouble walking, he wanted to run, he didn't think he could last any longer if he couldn't touch her. She was so damn sexy, she could put a spell on any man with a few choice words. Hermione swam over to him where he was standing on the side. She looked up at him and smiled playfully and then grabbed his legs and pulled him in. When Draco came above water and recovered from the shock, he lunged off the bottom to go chase Hermione who was quickly swimming away.
"I'm gonna get you for that" his only response was a giggle. He was gaining on her, and she was running out of space she was about an arm away from the edge, so she stopped sitting on a ledge, and Draco came swimming up, and cornered her.
"That wasn't very nice"
"Well I'm not a very nice girl" she was smirking as she said that, and then splashed him and went underwater to swim away. Draco spit out the water that had gotten in his mouth and saw her appear at the other end of the tub. If only she knew how much she was torturing me he thought. He then watched as she undid her bikini top and threw it over at him. Draco quickly took off not able to stand it any longer, and straddled Hermione.
"Geez, I thought you'd never get here" she whispered into his ear. "I applaud you for your control though" he smirked.
"You'll just have to make this extra good then" she giggled. "Gods, your beautiful, I…" he was cut off by Hermione's lips on his. Draco thought he had died and gone to heaven. When they finally broke apart for air they stared at each other totally content, neither wanting to move.
"So, are you ready for the ball tomorrow?" asked Hermione.
"I guess so, I don't really want to go, but oh well"
"Ya, but you'll be there so it'll be okay"
"I have a surprise for you" Hermione's eyes lit up, she was a typical girl she liked surprises.
"What is it, when do I get it?"
"Tomorrow"
"Draco, I don't wanna wait"
"Too bad"
"Don't make me kiss it out of you" Draco groaned
"You're torturous" she giggled.
"I know, well if you aren't gonna tell me I think I'm gonna go to bed, now I'm all excited" She gave him one last kiss before she got out of the tub.
"Draco?"
"Hmm" he too was getting out of the tub.
"Will you come sleep in my bed with me, you're like a big teddy bear"
"Are you kidding, do you think I'd pass that up?" She walked over to him gave him a hug and took his hand leading him out of the bathroom.
"Come on"
They got all settled in, Draco was holding Hermione and she had her head against his chest. After about 5 minutes Draco decided that he wanted to tell Hermione right then that he loved her.
"Hermione" he whispered in her ear, he didn't get any answer. He could hear her heavy breathing; he figured she must have already fallen asleep. He frowned a little and kissed her forehead. He'd never been so sure of anything in his life, tomorrow he would tell her, since she was already sleeping.
"Hermione" Draco shouted from the bottom of the stairs "Are you almost ready its time to go" It was time for the deatheaters ball, and they were running a little late. Hermione cleared her throat as she descended the stairs, and Draco's jaw dropped. She was wearing a simple white dress that fit every curve perfectly, it was a halter top that came to a low point showing a good amount of cleavage. She had her hair pulled back into a half ponytail, and the only makeup she was wearing was a thin line of eyeliner and a light shade of pink on her lips. Draco was thinking that if you added wings she'd look like an angel. She took his offered arm.
"We'll just be fashionably late, besides no one would dream of hurting me I'm related to Merlin" before they went into the fireplace to floo to the manor Draco checked his pocket for the box, and then pulled her into a kiss.
"Ready?"
"Yep" I guess so. "I have a funny feeling in my stomach" Draco's eyes grew concerned.
"Well, if you're sick we don't have to go, I'll just go"
"No, no, it'll be okay its probably my period cramps starting or something" although she knew that it wasn't because her period had just ended, but she didn't want to worry him.
When they arrived they found that they were indeed the last people to arrive, but no one cared much. As soon as they got there though Lucius practically pounced on them and brought them to his office. Hermione was in awe about how big Draco's house was. In the office they went through a questioning about Harry, they smoothly went through their lies without stumbling although tears stung Hermione's eyes talking about Harry. When Lucius dismissed them, he stayed behind a minute thinking, he had other spies inside the school, and Draco and Hermione had told him something different than the other spy. Lucius pondered it over for awhile and decided to use the truth potion next time, he could feel something was up. But for the time being he went back to the ball to socialize he would worry later. The first person he went to talk to was Snape, to ask him to brew a potion up.
Hermione and Draco spent the whole night dancing, and talking to many of Voldemort's loyal followers, and even Voldemort himself. They found it quite eerie to see Voldemort smiling and even dancing. Hermione asked Draco every 5 minutes what the surprise was going to be, and he never told her. Near the end of the dance Draco decided he was going to do it, but first he went to get punch for himself and Hermione. As soon as he left someone that had been watching Hermione like a hawk since the ball started walked over, and tapped her on the shoulder. Hermione turned around.
"Hi, Gavin isn't it?"
"Ya, are you having fun?"
"Oh, its like a dream" she smiled.
"That's good, you look really tired though, from all the dancing ya know?" she laughed.
"Ya, I don't think that boy ever runs out of energy." Gavin chuckled.
"Well you can have the rest of my punch I don't want it anymore"
"Oh, no its alright Draco's getting me some punch right now, but thank you anyway" Gavin put on a hurt look.
"You wouldn't deny a gift, it's bad manners" Hermione looked down, something about this didn't feel right, she didn't know if she trusted him but she reluctantly agreed.
"I suppose you're right, I'm terribly sorry" she took the cup and Gavin smiled. Everything was going according to plan. Hermione took a drink, and love flooded through her emotions, she looked up at Gavin and had a terrible urge to kiss him. The tiny part of logic she had left was begging her not to do it. Hermione recognized the taste as a love potion they had brewed in potions before, it was very simple and only lasted for about 5 minutes. But her logic was slowly slipping away, love potions were terribly hard to fight. Gavin smirked as he watched her struggle, Draco was going to see her kissing him and then break up with her, and then she would be all his. When Hermione's logic finally slipped away she grabbed Gavins head and pulled him into a passionate kiss just in time for Draco to walk up. Draco saw that whole display, and confusion bubbled through him, before anger took over. He stormed over to them and ripped Hermione off of Gavin.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" After seeing Draco, her one true love the potion wore off.
"Draco… oh my god… I can explain.."
"No" he cut her off "I don't want to hear it" Draco thrust his hand into his pocket, and threw the tiny box at her. "Here" he said as he walked away. Hermione picked up the box and opened it to find a silver chain with a heart locket on it, there was a D and a H engraved on it, and inside was a picture of them kissing. Hermione burst into tears and fled from the ball room, to the nearest fireplace. When she got back to school she ran to the Gryffindor common room to find Ginny. Everyone gave her a questioning look when she ran in with tears streaking down her cheeks. Hermione spotted Ginny in a corner reading a book and ran over to her.
"Ginny" she cried not caring that the whole room was looking at them.
"Oh god Hermione, what happened" Hermione just cried she couldn't get the words out.
"Draco" she choked out " he broke up with me" With those last few words tears came down even harder. ( sorry lol I just realized she cries a lot in my story, geez I'm depressing)
"Why in the world would he do that?" Ginny was rubbing Hermiones back trying to calm her down.
"Gavin, gave me a love potion and I couldn't fight it and I kissed him and Draco saw, and… Oh god I hate myself I should have been able to fight it" All she could do was sit there and cry and over in the farthest corner of the room A green eyed boy ached for her wishing he could go and comfort her and tell her everything would be alright.
Hey guys please review! Wasn't that sad? Will Draco and Hermione work things out? who knows? I do, so you should review.
