Can't Let You Go
Chapter Eight
Last Chapter: Draco and Hermione were snogging on the couch, her parents had finally left. Draco was running his hands through her unbelievably soft hair once again, and her arms were around his neck. Little did they know, a flabbergasted Harry had just apparated in the living room, not sure what to make of the situation.
"What in god's name are you doing?"
Draco and Hermione jumped apart and Hermione looked up to see Harry standing there. The expression on his face was changing rapidly from confusion to anger. Hermione opened and close her mouth to speak, but no words came out.
"What the hell is going on?" He demanded. Hermione looked at Draco.
"Well, Draco and I are together now." Harry glared at Draco.
"And, how long were you planning on waiting to tell me and Ron?" He demanded.
"We've only just gotten together yesterday Harry, we weren't trying to keep it a secret. We were planning on telling you! We didn't know you were coming."
"I sent Hedwig with a letter, you didn't get it?" Hermione shook her head. Then Draco spoke up.
"I took the letter from Potter's owl and I left it for you on the kitchen table, but I forgot to tell you about it." Hermione didn't get a chance to reply.
"Mione, why the hell are you doing this? I mean even Neville is better than this wanker!"
"Longbottom? That git couldn't brew a potion if the wizarding world depended on it!" Draco replied disdainfully.
"Harry, I care about Draco a lot, and he cares about me too. There's really not much more to it than that." She had been hoping to calm Harry down, but her statement seemed to have the opposite effect.
"There's a lot more to it than that, Mione! What about Ron? You know he has feels about this ferret!" He said while glaring at Draco, who glared back.
"Well Ron's not the one going out with him, is he? The two of you need to get over it! We're not at Hogwarts anymore, so why do you still insist on hating Draco?" Harry pretended to think about her question. "Maybe it's the fact that he's an insufferable git? Or maybe it was because of all the times he's called you a mudblood? And then there was the time that he almost got Hagrid fired. And then there's always was that hilarious time in our third year when you smacked him for insulting Hagrid. And let's not forget about all the times he's insulted the Weasley's. And I'll never forget the time when he-"
"I've already apologized for all of that, Potter!" Draco yelled, his face turning red. "Can't you think of anything new to say about me?" Harry just glared at Draco. He turned back to Hermione and said
"I'm sorry 'Mione, I have to think about this for a bit." And then he stormed out of the flat. Hermione put her head in her hands, and Draco put tentatively put an arm around her shoulder. When she didn't shrug him off, Draco gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Everything's going to be alright, love." She shook her head.
"How? You saw how bad Harry took that, and Ron will take it about three times worse." Draco sighed.
"As much as I hate to say it, Potter's not as dumb as he looks. He's upset right now, but I think he knows that I care about you."
"Do you think that he'll tell Ron?" Draco shrugged. Then she began to look around her flat and she realized how messy it was.
"Gods, this place is a mess! We have to clean this!" Draco looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Did you say we?" She glared at him.
"Come on Draco, I'll teach you to clean the muggle way!"
"Oh, I can't wait!" He said with a little too much sarcasm, causing Hermione to hit him on the arm. She pulled Draco towards the kitchen and threw a mop in his hands.
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Two hours later, Draco and Hermione were still cleaning her flat. It seemed that he made more of a mess, than actually cleaning it. First, when they were mopping, he spilled the bucket of dirty water all over the floor. Then when they were vacuuming the living room he spilled the vacuum filter all over the freshly vacuumed carpet, and so on. It got to the point where Hermione couldn't tell if he was doing these things by accident, aggravate her. Now, She had just finished cleaning the kitchen, and he accidentally spilled a whole box of cereal on the floor.
"That's it!" Hermione shouted while throwing her hands up. "We're doing this the magical way!" And with a wave of her wand the flat was clean. Draco grinned and said
"See how much time we could have saved?" Hermione rolled her eyes at Draco and he smirked.
"Well, since you put me through that excruciating muggle work, I think we should go see what's on the telly." Draco said, before dragging Hermione to the couch.
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Draco and Hermione were snuggled up on the couch watching TV. Hermione was resting her head on Draco's chest, with his arms wrapped around her waist. She was just about to go make some popcorn (something else to surprise Draco with), when Harry knocked on the door to her flat.
"Mione, it's Harry can I come in?" She opened the door and followed him into the living room. He turned to her and said
"Look, I'm sorry for leaving like that, I was just in shock. I still don't understand why you would want to go out with this insufferable git, but if he makes you happy then I guess I'm ok with it." Hermione smiled and wrapped Harry into an extremely tight hug.
"Mione, I'm suffocating here!" He gasped. She let him go and smiled sheepishly. She was about to say something, when Ron apparated into her flat. She was beyond shocked. He was the last person she had expected to see at this moment. She didn't think she'd be hearing from him for a while, considering the fight they'd had earlier. He glared at Draco, and smiled sheepishly at Hermione.
"I came by to say that I'm sorry for what I said earlier, about you and Malfoy. It's obvious that you would never go for a prat like him anyways." Draco glared at him, but didn't say anything. There was an awkward silence.
"Well, I've brought some Fire Whiskey." Ron said as he held up the bottle in his left hand that Hermione had failed to notice.
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About a half an hour later, Harry and Hermione found themselves quite entertained by the sight of Draco and Ron being drunk. Apparently, Draco couldn't hold his alcohol at all, which Hermione found surprising. She'd always picture him as the type to go home and have a glass or two of firewhisky after work. Right now, he and Ron were giggling like maniacs, temporarily forgetting that they were supposed to be at each other's throats.
"You know Malfoy, you really aren't such a bad guy."
"Well, Hermione wouldn't go out with me if I was." Ron gave him a puzzled look.
"Huh?" He asked unintelligently. There was an uncomfortable silence as they watched
Ron's look of confusion turn into a grim look of understanding. He didn't blow up as they had expected him to, but he turned to Hermione and said:
"So I was right, wasn't I? You've been lying to me all along."
"No! Ron, It's not like that, we just got together a couple of days ago!" But Ron just shook his head disbelievingly.
"It's alright Mione, there's no use in denying it anymore. So, do you make a habit out of lying to your best mates?"
"She wasn't lying Ron, they've only just gotten together." Harry said quietly.
"Oh, so I guess you only lied to one of us!" Ron said, and by now they could tell he was getting angry. It was obvious he was trying to keep from shouting, and he was beginning to turn red, which he did when he was either furious or embarrassed.
"So can I ask you one question, Mione?"
"What?" She said timidly.
"Exactly how long have you been shagging Malfoy for?" Hermione stared at him and shock.
"Excuse me?" She squeaked.
"You heard me, and it's obvious Malfoy's using you for the sex. I mean, Malfoy's all about Purebloods so there has to be some reason as to why he would be with you. He probably just got tired of Parkinson, because it must be a turn-off shagging someone that looks like they could be your dog. I can forgive you for lying to me, but I'll never be friends with a whore." Draco jumped up to hit Ron, but Hermione beat him to it. She threw a shot of firewhisky in his face and slapped him hard. Draco remembered the time Hermione slapped him in their third year, so he knew from past experience that it must have been painful. She reached up to hit him again but Harry pulled her back.
"Ron, get out before I hit you myself!" Harry shouted. Ron glared at him and apparated from the flat. Hermione broke down in tears and Harry sat her down on the couch and put a comforting arm around her. Draco had to control his jealousy, he knew that there was nothing going on with Potter and Hermione, but he still didn't like the idea of them being so close.
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A few weeks later, Draco and Hermione were back working for the Ministry (Hermione had insisted.) Draco would have been perfectly content with just concentrating on him and Hermione, but he knew how important her job was to her. When Hermione and Draco got back to the Ministry, their desks were loaded with paper work. Draco groaned but Hermione's eyes shone with excitement.
A few hours later, Draco and Hermione were on break, and Draco insisted on taking her to a fancy restaurant he'd heard about from Seamus. Hermione could barely contain her laughter, when Draco asked the waiter for pumpkin juice. The waiter had given Draco a strange look before telling him that they didn't have pumpkin juice. Hermione ordered a glass of champaigne for the both of them, while Draco rolled his eyes and muttering something that sounded like 'incompetent muggles'. She looked up from her food to see Draco frowning.
"What's wrong, love?" He sighed.
"It's just, I have a feeling my father's up to something. Don't you think it's slightly suspicious that he never tried to find you again after what happened?" Hermione nodded, she'd been thinking the same thing for the past few days, but didn't want to mention it. She reached across the table and grabbed Draco's hand.
"I've been thinking the same thing Draco, but we'll just have to be prepared for whatever Lucius has planned for us."
A/N: I'm sorry I took so long to update! School started so I have less time. I know this chapter was really short but since I have a long weekend I might be able to get another chapter up! Please review!