Unexpected Love
Summary: A fic that takes place after Hogwarts. Hermione left the magical world behind
after a messy breakup with Krum and became a muggle teacher. Years later she
discovers that one of her new students is a Malfoy. What will happen when
Draco enters her life?
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. The ones you don't recognize
belong to me.
Chapter Six- Old Friends
Hermione arrived outside the Three Broomsticks with a small crack and moments later Draco appeared right beside her. He looked over at her and saw that she was looking around in awe.
"I haven't been here in 8 years," she said. "This place holds so many good memories. I look around and wonder why I ever left the wizarding world."
"Did you ever come here with Viktor?" he asked, and as soon as he said it he wished he hadn't. Hermione's expression became hard and when she replied her voice was cold and steely.
"No. No, we never came to Hogsmeade together," she replied, wishing the subject of Viktor hadn't come up. She had been enjoying the early memories of Hogwarts when she and Harry and Ron had come to Hogsmeade, trying not to think about Viktor. It had been 8 years after all, she should be over him by now.
Wanting to change the subject she said, "Should we go inside and get a table?"
"Oh, but Hermione, it's such a beautiful day! Let's sit outside. You sit down and I'll go get us some drinks. What would you like?"
"I think I'll just have a Gillywater please Draco. It's much too warm for a Butterbeer. Thank you so much," Hermione replied.
"No problem, Hermione," Draco said, and flashed her that dazzling smile before turning to go inside. Hermione found a small table outside and sat down, enjoying the warmth of the sunlight and watching the many witches, wizards, and other magical creatures wander about the street.
Draco returned a few minutes later with Hermione's Gillywater and a Butterbeer for himself.
"Never can resist the temptation for one of these," he explained, shrugging lightly.
They sat there in silence for a few moments before Hermione's curiosity got the better of her.
"Draco," she began, "Where's Pansy? Do you usually just leave to have a drink with another woman?"
Draco sighed and replied, "Well, I've been trying not to think about it too much. I've been sort of in denial about it. But the truth is, I received divorce papers from her the other day. She's been having an affair for quite awhile now. I've been hoping that maybe she'd change her mind; maybe she'd decide to make our marriage work. I've been trying to do that for the sake of Justin, but she's tired of the new me, she needed someone different that me. Someone evil. So it's basically over."
Hermione, who had been listening intently during this, spoke when he had finished.
"That evil, evil woman! And literally too! She's got a son to think about! Does she not care about him at all? Or has her longing for the Dark side won over the love for her child? I never did like her in school, you know! Now I have a reason to hate her!"
She said this all very fast and Draco could see that she was quite furious. She obviously cared very much for the welfare of children, and even for his own son. He felt that familiar flip-flop in his stomach that he often felt around Hermione. The more he found out about this beautiful girl, he realized, the more he liked her, and enjoyed being around her.
He was about to reply when suddenly he heard Hermione gasp and drop the glass that she was holding. He looked around to where she was looking and saw the backs of four people: two men, both tall and one with red hair, one with black hair, and two tall women, one with long brown hair and one with a plait of long red hair.
At the sound of the glass shattering, both men turned around and Draco realized why Hermione had gasped.
Standing infront of them were Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, flanked by Ginny Weasley and Lavender Brown.
At the sight of Hermione their eyes grew wide.
"Hermione?" said Harry, coming closer. "Is it really you?"
Ron followed close behind Harry and in turn peered at Hermione also, exclaiming, "My God, it is you!"
"Hello, Harry. Hello, Ron," she replied calmly, before her face broke into a huge grin and she jumped into both of their arms, enveloping them in a hug. Laughing, the three friends held tight, Harry and Ron not wanting to let her go in case she left again.
Finally, they let go, and Ron and Harry stood back. Hermione noticed Lavender and Ginny standing back, not quite sure what to do, but obviously happy at their friends reappearance.
"Ginny! Lavender!" she squealed happily, and once again went in for a hug. While hugging Ginny, Hermione noticed her friends big stomach and said excitedly, "Ginny Weasley, you're pregnant!"
A giant grin spread across Ginny's face and she replied, "Actually, it's Ginny Potter now, and yes, I am pregnant."
Hermione, apparently shocked, looked from Harry to Ginny, both with smiles plastered on their faces.
"You? And you?" she questioned, pointing from Harry to Ginny. Both nodded and Hermione once again squealed with happiness.
She turned excitedly to Lavender. "And you're now known as what?" she questioned, half expecting the answer.
"Lavender Weasley," she replied, also smiling.
Hermione looked from Ron to Lavender and grinned so broadly she thought her face would crack and hugged each one in turn.
Before she could say anything else, however, 4 kids came running out of the sweet shop right towards the two couples.
"Mommy, mommy!!" yelled one of them, a girl, running up to Lavender and holding up a bag of candy. "Look what I got!"
"I got some too, mom!" replied the boy standing next to her, holding up a similar bag of candy.
Looking at them, Hermione noticed they were twins. They both had brown hair but it had an obvious tint of the Weasley red in it. The girl had Ron's startling blue eyes while the boy had the dark chocolate colour of Lavenders eyes. They both looked to be about 6 years old.
The other two children, both girls, stood quietly by Harry and Ginny. One of them, who was around the age of 3 or 4, hid shyly behind Ginny's legs. She looked very much like a younger female version of Harry. Her messy jet black hair was pulled into two pigtails, and her eyes were the same shape as Harry's, but when she peered up at Hermione, she could tell that the colour was not the emerald green of Harry's and not the bright blue of Ginny's, but a mix, which resulted in a beautiful aqua colour.
The other girl stood quietly beside Harry, looking curiously at Hermione. She looked to be about the same age as the twins. She had the pure, bright orange Weasley hair without a trace of any other colour in it and, although she looked like a smaller version of Ginny, she definitely had Harry's bright emerald green eyes.
"You have kids!" said Hermione excitedly. "Oh they are adorable!! What are their names?"
"Well," said Ron, "this is Edward Weasley"
"Eddie, dad!" interrupted the boy.
"Right, Eddie," said Ron. "And this," he continued, "is Elizabeth, or Lis"
Hermione smiled at both of them and said, "Nice to meet you." She then turned to Harry and Ginny's girls and said to them, "And what are your names?"
The older girl replied quietly, "My name's Lily." Hermione smiled and turning to Harry said, "I could have guessed." Harry and Ginny laughed and Ginny said, pointing to the girl behind her, "And this little angel here is Mackenzie, but we call her Mackie." Hermione smiled at the little girl and she smiled back shyly.
"And this!" said Harry loudly, pointing to Ginny's stomach, "is little James! My first son!" he said proudly.
Hermione laughed and looked around at her friends. They were all so happy with their cozy little families that Hermione felt a little jealous. Then she looked at her friends smiling, shining faces and felt so happy to be back here with them all. She couldn't believe that she left them all because of Viktor. For the first time in 8 years she felt like she was over Viktor. Seeing what pain he had caused her by her losing her best friends just made her madder at him.
"So Hermione, what made you come back? No one has seen you in 8 years! What about you, do you have a family yet? You must, you're gorgeous!" said Harry and Ron.
Hermione smiled, then suddenly realized why she was here. Draco! She turned quickly around and saw Draco standing there, smiling.
"She seems so happy," he thought. He smiled at her happiness and felt envious at the apparent love that was between the friends. Eight years of separation hadn't weakened the bond between Hermione and her friends and Draco looked longingly at them. He had never had love like that, except from his mother. He had had friends for the sake of having friends, but had never gotten close to them like Hermione apparently had.
As Hermione stood staring at Draco, Harry and Ron looked to see what she was looking at and came face to face with none other than their old Hogwarts enemy.
Draco Malfoy.
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AN- And there's chapter six! I'm not sure where this story is going, I'm sorta making it up as I go along, so if anyone has any ideas about what should happen, feel free to let me know, I have a couple of ideas, but what do YOU want to happen? If I can get to the 30 review mark I'll post the next chapter, so if you wanna read more, you gotta review! I might consider it at 25, but I'm really hoping for 30. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter, it was fun to write, and if you want me to email you when I update, contact me at fieryphoenix123@hotmail.com.
~*~FieryPhoenix~*~
Summary: A fic that takes place after Hogwarts. Hermione left the magical world behind
after a messy breakup with Krum and became a muggle teacher. Years later she
discovers that one of her new students is a Malfoy. What will happen when
Draco enters her life?
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. The ones you don't recognize
belong to me.
Chapter Six- Old Friends
Hermione arrived outside the Three Broomsticks with a small crack and moments later Draco appeared right beside her. He looked over at her and saw that she was looking around in awe.
"I haven't been here in 8 years," she said. "This place holds so many good memories. I look around and wonder why I ever left the wizarding world."
"Did you ever come here with Viktor?" he asked, and as soon as he said it he wished he hadn't. Hermione's expression became hard and when she replied her voice was cold and steely.
"No. No, we never came to Hogsmeade together," she replied, wishing the subject of Viktor hadn't come up. She had been enjoying the early memories of Hogwarts when she and Harry and Ron had come to Hogsmeade, trying not to think about Viktor. It had been 8 years after all, she should be over him by now.
Wanting to change the subject she said, "Should we go inside and get a table?"
"Oh, but Hermione, it's such a beautiful day! Let's sit outside. You sit down and I'll go get us some drinks. What would you like?"
"I think I'll just have a Gillywater please Draco. It's much too warm for a Butterbeer. Thank you so much," Hermione replied.
"No problem, Hermione," Draco said, and flashed her that dazzling smile before turning to go inside. Hermione found a small table outside and sat down, enjoying the warmth of the sunlight and watching the many witches, wizards, and other magical creatures wander about the street.
Draco returned a few minutes later with Hermione's Gillywater and a Butterbeer for himself.
"Never can resist the temptation for one of these," he explained, shrugging lightly.
They sat there in silence for a few moments before Hermione's curiosity got the better of her.
"Draco," she began, "Where's Pansy? Do you usually just leave to have a drink with another woman?"
Draco sighed and replied, "Well, I've been trying not to think about it too much. I've been sort of in denial about it. But the truth is, I received divorce papers from her the other day. She's been having an affair for quite awhile now. I've been hoping that maybe she'd change her mind; maybe she'd decide to make our marriage work. I've been trying to do that for the sake of Justin, but she's tired of the new me, she needed someone different that me. Someone evil. So it's basically over."
Hermione, who had been listening intently during this, spoke when he had finished.
"That evil, evil woman! And literally too! She's got a son to think about! Does she not care about him at all? Or has her longing for the Dark side won over the love for her child? I never did like her in school, you know! Now I have a reason to hate her!"
She said this all very fast and Draco could see that she was quite furious. She obviously cared very much for the welfare of children, and even for his own son. He felt that familiar flip-flop in his stomach that he often felt around Hermione. The more he found out about this beautiful girl, he realized, the more he liked her, and enjoyed being around her.
He was about to reply when suddenly he heard Hermione gasp and drop the glass that she was holding. He looked around to where she was looking and saw the backs of four people: two men, both tall and one with red hair, one with black hair, and two tall women, one with long brown hair and one with a plait of long red hair.
At the sound of the glass shattering, both men turned around and Draco realized why Hermione had gasped.
Standing infront of them were Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, flanked by Ginny Weasley and Lavender Brown.
At the sight of Hermione their eyes grew wide.
"Hermione?" said Harry, coming closer. "Is it really you?"
Ron followed close behind Harry and in turn peered at Hermione also, exclaiming, "My God, it is you!"
"Hello, Harry. Hello, Ron," she replied calmly, before her face broke into a huge grin and she jumped into both of their arms, enveloping them in a hug. Laughing, the three friends held tight, Harry and Ron not wanting to let her go in case she left again.
Finally, they let go, and Ron and Harry stood back. Hermione noticed Lavender and Ginny standing back, not quite sure what to do, but obviously happy at their friends reappearance.
"Ginny! Lavender!" she squealed happily, and once again went in for a hug. While hugging Ginny, Hermione noticed her friends big stomach and said excitedly, "Ginny Weasley, you're pregnant!"
A giant grin spread across Ginny's face and she replied, "Actually, it's Ginny Potter now, and yes, I am pregnant."
Hermione, apparently shocked, looked from Harry to Ginny, both with smiles plastered on their faces.
"You? And you?" she questioned, pointing from Harry to Ginny. Both nodded and Hermione once again squealed with happiness.
She turned excitedly to Lavender. "And you're now known as what?" she questioned, half expecting the answer.
"Lavender Weasley," she replied, also smiling.
Hermione looked from Ron to Lavender and grinned so broadly she thought her face would crack and hugged each one in turn.
Before she could say anything else, however, 4 kids came running out of the sweet shop right towards the two couples.
"Mommy, mommy!!" yelled one of them, a girl, running up to Lavender and holding up a bag of candy. "Look what I got!"
"I got some too, mom!" replied the boy standing next to her, holding up a similar bag of candy.
Looking at them, Hermione noticed they were twins. They both had brown hair but it had an obvious tint of the Weasley red in it. The girl had Ron's startling blue eyes while the boy had the dark chocolate colour of Lavenders eyes. They both looked to be about 6 years old.
The other two children, both girls, stood quietly by Harry and Ginny. One of them, who was around the age of 3 or 4, hid shyly behind Ginny's legs. She looked very much like a younger female version of Harry. Her messy jet black hair was pulled into two pigtails, and her eyes were the same shape as Harry's, but when she peered up at Hermione, she could tell that the colour was not the emerald green of Harry's and not the bright blue of Ginny's, but a mix, which resulted in a beautiful aqua colour.
The other girl stood quietly beside Harry, looking curiously at Hermione. She looked to be about the same age as the twins. She had the pure, bright orange Weasley hair without a trace of any other colour in it and, although she looked like a smaller version of Ginny, she definitely had Harry's bright emerald green eyes.
"You have kids!" said Hermione excitedly. "Oh they are adorable!! What are their names?"
"Well," said Ron, "this is Edward Weasley"
"Eddie, dad!" interrupted the boy.
"Right, Eddie," said Ron. "And this," he continued, "is Elizabeth, or Lis"
Hermione smiled at both of them and said, "Nice to meet you." She then turned to Harry and Ginny's girls and said to them, "And what are your names?"
The older girl replied quietly, "My name's Lily." Hermione smiled and turning to Harry said, "I could have guessed." Harry and Ginny laughed and Ginny said, pointing to the girl behind her, "And this little angel here is Mackenzie, but we call her Mackie." Hermione smiled at the little girl and she smiled back shyly.
"And this!" said Harry loudly, pointing to Ginny's stomach, "is little James! My first son!" he said proudly.
Hermione laughed and looked around at her friends. They were all so happy with their cozy little families that Hermione felt a little jealous. Then she looked at her friends smiling, shining faces and felt so happy to be back here with them all. She couldn't believe that she left them all because of Viktor. For the first time in 8 years she felt like she was over Viktor. Seeing what pain he had caused her by her losing her best friends just made her madder at him.
"So Hermione, what made you come back? No one has seen you in 8 years! What about you, do you have a family yet? You must, you're gorgeous!" said Harry and Ron.
Hermione smiled, then suddenly realized why she was here. Draco! She turned quickly around and saw Draco standing there, smiling.
"She seems so happy," he thought. He smiled at her happiness and felt envious at the apparent love that was between the friends. Eight years of separation hadn't weakened the bond between Hermione and her friends and Draco looked longingly at them. He had never had love like that, except from his mother. He had had friends for the sake of having friends, but had never gotten close to them like Hermione apparently had.
As Hermione stood staring at Draco, Harry and Ron looked to see what she was looking at and came face to face with none other than their old Hogwarts enemy.
Draco Malfoy.
***** *** *****
AN- And there's chapter six! I'm not sure where this story is going, I'm sorta making it up as I go along, so if anyone has any ideas about what should happen, feel free to let me know, I have a couple of ideas, but what do YOU want to happen? If I can get to the 30 review mark I'll post the next chapter, so if you wanna read more, you gotta review! I might consider it at 25, but I'm really hoping for 30. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter, it was fun to write, and if you want me to email you when I update, contact me at fieryphoenix123@hotmail.com.
~*~FieryPhoenix~*~