Disclaimer: I, of course, own none of JK's characters! I do own Maddie.

Chapter Ten:

"Sorry," he mumbled when we broke free. "Don't be" I said. "What?" he said perplexed. This time I kissed him. We stood there for a few minutes just like that, me in his arms. Then we climbed back onto the horse. What did I just do? We rode up to the house and Maddie was standing there. "Where were you guys?" she asked. "Riding," I answered. "Well next time when you go do you think you can tell someone?" Maddie asked. "Sure," I said. "Sorry." "Its ok," Maddie said. "Anyway its time for tea." "Ok," I said "let me give the horses to Ricky so he can walk them down." "I'll do it," Draco offered. "That's fine," I said. "Really I need to ask Ricky something anyway," Draco said. "If you're sure," I said. "I am," Draco said. ``````````````````````````````` Draco and I became really close the rest of the week. We explored the house together and found several secret passageways. "Draco come here!" I shouted. "What?" he asked. "I found a trap door," I said. "Where?" he asked. I pulled back the portrait, which went from the ceiling to the ground. I opened the door behind it. Inside the room was only as big as about two closets and in the middle was a pole that went down into another room. "Well come on," Draco said. "What if we can't get out?" I asked. "Don't be such a worry wart, I thought Gryffindors were brave." "Fine," I said defeated. I went down first. Down there was a room that had a couch and was all pink, purple and white. The couch and walls were pink. The carpet was a soft purple color and there was a pink and white table with pink and white chairs. Then there was a white door. "Let's see where the door goes," I said. I opened the door and it led to a staircase. We climbed the staircase and came out in a bathroom. We shut the door and it blended in with the walls. "I love this house," I said. The bathroom door exited into a hall I had never seen before. I continued down the hall looking in all the doors when I finally found the kitchen, but the kitchen door was a cupboard. "Weird," I said. "There you guys are," Maddie said. "Hi," I said. "What were you guys doing?" Maddie asked. "Exploring," I said. "And what did you find?" Maddie asked. "A secret passageway and room," I told her. "Well we have company," Maddie said. "Can you guys go change into nice clothes?" "Sure," I said. "Like really fancy or just nicer?" "Really fancy," Maddie said with a laugh. "Ok," I said. I ran up to my room and changed into a robe I had just found. When you moved it a certain way it was blue and another it was pinker. "Bonjour," the guest said as I entered. "Bonjour," I said. Then Draco entered. He was wearing robes of that were deep blue. They looked expensive. "Bonjour," Our guest said. "Bonjour," replied Draco. "Draco, Hermione," Maddie said. "This is Mr. and Mrs. Prarie." "Hello," I said. Maddie and her guest talked for a little while about business. Maddie's family got involved in the reality business. Now they owned hundreds of properties throughout England and were billionaires. Maddie was the only one in her family who went into the business as well. Her sister was now a healer and her brother was an Auror but was killed in the line of duty. Maddie was the only one left to carry on the company. I found out that what she really wanted to be was a teacher. The company left and I think Maddie had bought more property in France but I wasn't sure because I didn't know what they were talking about. They said stuff about a second mortgage, who would want to pay two mortgages. I just let them be. Finally Maddie excused Draco and I to go do whatever we liked.

"I'm going to go ride," I told him "Want to come?" "Sure," Draco said. That's how most of our days went. We explored, had tea with guests (who were frequent) and went ridding. One day after ridding Maddie came into my room. "When do you want Remus to come?" she asked me. "How about two weeks or so after Ron and Harry come," I suggested. "When are you going to tell them?" Maddie asked. "Harry and Ron, oh, probably the same time we tell Remus," I said. "All right," Maddie said. "Good night." "Goodnight," I said and peacefully fell to sleep. AN: I know what a second mortgage is. I thought it'd be funny, well kind of. REVIEW PLEASE!