Summary: Based on the song Can't Let You Go By Fabolous ft. LiL mo. It takes place about five years after they graduate Hogwarts. Draco is cheating on Pansy with Hermione. He wants to divorce Pansy but obviously his father isn't about to let him marry a mud blood. It may seem like a draco/ pansy this chapter…but I'm telling you it will be d/hr in the end.

Pairings: D/hr…and maybe a little R/L.

Disclaimer : I do not own Harry Potter, or the characters, but the plot is mine. (I wish I owned Tom Felton! *winks*

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Can't Let You Go

Chapter Three

Hermione was exhausted by the time she got home from work that evening.As she lay in bed, she thought about what had happened at work. She and Malfoy had been all over London working on their assignment. Malfoy decided to be nice and apparated her home, instead of making her walk all the way back to the office and then flooing there. Hermione didn't know what to think of Malfoy. One minute, he was being civil to her, and the next he would be calling her a mud blood. Even though he'd been calling her that since their second year in Hogwarts it still insulted her. It was like, no matter how hard she tried, or the grades she got she would never be considered as good as a pureblood. She was tired of people underestimating her abilities just because her parents were muggles. She sighed, knowing that she would have to work with Malfoy again tomorrow, and fell asleep.

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Draco had just gotten home from work. He was exhausted, working all day took a lot out of him. Just then, an angry looking Pansy stormed into the room.

"Draco! You missed dinner!"

"So, it's not as if you cooked it." He replied with a smirk. The house elves did everything in the Malfoy Manner.

"So! I still expect you to eat with me! It's the least you can do! Where were you?"

"I was at work!"

"Doing what?"

"Working, what do you think?"

"How do I know you weren't out with some tramp?"

"Because I'm already married to one! Don't you think one's enough?" Pansy gave him a furious look, and then stormed out of the room. He did feel a little bad, but that girl never knew when to stop. He climbed up the stairs to his bedroom, and fell asleep.

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Hermione woke up a little earlier than usual this morning. She knew she'd have to work with Malfoy again, and if she was late Malfoy would never let it go. After she was ready she flooed to work.

"Granger, your late!" said Malfoy. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"I'm five minutes early!"

" Yes, well you weren't here when I was, so your late!"

"Sorry, I'll never do it again." She said in a sarcastic tone.

A few hours later, Draco and Hermione apparated to the spots they put up the charms yesterday, to make sure that they were still in place. Some death- eaters might know how to disable them and they wanted to make sure that didn't happen. After they had done a few areas, Malfoy was complaining that he was hungry, so Hermione decided they would go to lunch. They were in a muggle part of London, so Hermione decided she would take Malfoy to Burger King.

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Eating lunch with Granger had been a pretty weird experience for Draco. She took him to this place where they ate what she called "Hamburgers and French Fries." Draco liked them, and he even admitted it to Granger.

" So, are we going to go to King Burger again tomorrow?"

"It's Burger King, and if you want." Draco just nodded and didn't say anything else. Granger was walking pretty fast, so Draco just let her walk ahead of him. She had gotten about 50 feet away, when he saw two men come up to her. It looked like they were trying to steal her purse. One of the men had a tight grip on Hermione's wrist and she was struggling to get away. Draco ran up to them and put an arm around Hermione's waist.

"What do you two think your doing to my girlfriend?" He demanded. The two guys looked at him.

" This is your girlfriend?"

" Yes, so if you wouldn't mind giving back her purse, and then leaving?" He said in a threatening tone. The two guys muttered something that could have been apology, handed Hermione her purse, and then ran off. Hermione looked up at him, and she looked ready to cry.

" Thanks, Malfoy… I don't know what I would have done if you weren't there." Malfoy put both of his arms around her.

" I wasn't to stand there and let them hurt you!"

"You could have."

" Let's just say you owe me lunch again tomorrow." Draco said, trying to lighten the mood. Hermione smiled a bit at that, and he was satisfied.

***

Hermione was still feeling a little shaky while they finished work. Malfoy seemed to know this, and kept an arm around her waist. She had to admit that she liked having his arm around her, but she convinced herself that it was because she was still afraid of what happened.

Once they had finished work, Malfoy apparated them to the office where they sat discussing what they would be doing tomorrow.

"Malfoy?"

"Yeah?"

" Do you think we could call each other by our first name's? We're not in school anymore, so there's no point in me calling you Malfoy and you calling me Granger."

" If you want to, Hermione." Hermione smiled at him, she was surprised he even remembered her first name. After a little while Hermione yawned and Draco noticed.

" Come on, I'll bring you home." Draco said and reached out his hand. Hermione took it, and they apparated to her flat.

Draco apparated her right outside the door and she turned to him.

"Draco, I just wanted to say thanks again. I really appreciate what you did for me." And she reached up and gave him a peck on the cheek.

Draco grinned and said "See you tomorrow." and then left. Hermione smiled and then let herself into the appartment.

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A/N: I know this chapter was really short! (And probably really lame!) But I have to get off the computer in like five minutes so I have to hurry up and post it! I'll try to get another one up tomorrow.