Hermione sat looking down at Draco who was fast asleep on the couch. 'He's
so cute; I definitely like the non-gel look. Wonder when that happened. I
wish I could remember.' She brushed a lock of blond hair off his face as he
lay softly snoring.
'Why does this all feel so real? This is just a dream. There is no way that someone could forget a substantial amount of their life like that. And because I remember almost everything that happens to me, this can only be a dream. But why do I want it to be so real?'
She was confused. Hermione knew that he could never have loved a Malfoy in real life. Sure she had had her fantasies back at Hogwarts. Most of them were the he's "seen the light and changed his ways" to love her, or they were other kinds that Hermione would rather not think about at that moment...
There was just something about him now that was too good to be real. Why did he love her so much? What was going through his head at that moment? There was one way to find out but she would be invading his privacy and that was something that she wouldn't resort to unless she had to. This was no mere game that she was playing. If this was real she didn't want to ruin it though that would be quite unlikely.
Draco moaned on the couch and his eyes threatened to open. She didn't want to give him the wrong impression so she made her way to the dinning room where her breakfast was waiting for her. She seated herself and began eating so as not to look unnatural. Her mind was racing and she knew she would have to sort things out before she could talk about it.
The tall blond walked in looking like he had been through hell. His hair in disarray and the bags under his eyes showed he hadn't slept well. But he wasn't grouchy with his cheerful, "Good morning."
She returned the greeting as he sat down and his own meal appeared before him.
"So when did Hogwarts ever need a coach?" she was trying to make conversation but she ended up grasping for straws.
"Always had one I guess. That's what Madame Hooch had been for. Flying instructor slash Quidditch coach."
"I thought she had been the referee as the captain had instructed the newbies?" Hermione was sure that Oliver Wood (a/n: he was yummy too... so many hot England guys to meet so little time to do it in.... lol) had taught Harry how to play quidditch... her expression changed at the thought of Harry. She had loved him so much. And he had loved her. Why didn't they ever hit it off?
"Love, are you all right?" Draco reached out for her hand as he noticed her change in composure. Hermione didn't pull away as she had done before and he knew this was very hard for her.
"I'm ok, I guess I just need to accept that Harry and Ron are gone." She wiped a tear away from her eye. "Did Ron ever get married?" He had been a nice guy, for the most part, and would have made a great father. Though she didn't like him that way personally he still would have made a great spouse for some lucky girl like Angelina or Katie.
"Yes, and had a large family as well. Oddest of wives though."
"What do you mean?"
"I never pictured him marrying Luna Lovegood." He shook his head and then noticed the look on Hermione's face.
"I thought she was in love with Harry..."
"No that was just her ploy to get close to Ron. See everyone was in love with Harry for the simple fact he was the boy who lived. Nothing more and nothing less. So Luna slipped into the crowd and sort of fell head over heals for the shadowed sidekick." He sighed. "Oddest thing I have ever seen and I know she was a bit mental... that's being nice about it, but they had 5 children I believe. She is in America now with her grandparents I believe."
Hermione couldn't help but giggle. Luna and Ron? It was almost too funny to be believable. How on earth had that happened?
"At least they were happy..." she was still laughing.
'She is so beautiful when she smiles,' he thought as he rubbed his thumb over the soft skin on her hand unconsciously. 'Merlin, how I love her.'
Hermione stopped laughing. This wasn't funny any more. How was she going to deal with this? She wanted it to be real more than anything. Her eyes locked with the crystal blue of someone she had hated for years and come to respect in the last few days.
"Draco, if we start from the beginning then we can try to make this work..."
A/n: Sorry this was just a good place to stop... I know its short and I'm sorry...
Burn: Yay... I have a numba 1 fan!!!! Sorry that's just something I never thought id hear... yeah, sorry it took so long buti have 4 stories to update and no computer at home to do it on... I have to write the chappy's at school so I cant do it very often... growls inwardly I hate it but hope fully crosses fingers It will be fixed soon and I can go back to updating like mad again... nah, I love reading your guys's reveiews when ya argue like that... its funny. I wish me and my cousins were close like that but we get along about as well as wolves and bunnies... it just don't happen... one of us always gets hurt... normally me so I don't talk to em much... well I like Harry, though after that thing on chanel 4 last night I'm liking Ron... I like his hair... The first dibs thing was way to American and I kinda want to change it but it adds a bit of humor I think... anyway... glad your liking it and I hope that it stays this good...
Mystic: I don't think Draco is as evil as he seems to be. I think its more of a living up to his fathers opinion. Making the family look good in his fathers eyes. I think there is more to Draco than that... as you can tell by my story... lol. Well if you had been tormented for 6 years by someone ad wake up married to them you'd be a bit distant as well... but she's warming up to the idea now... yay... Well in another story there is going to be a séance so maybe I could put that in here too but I dunno... this is between Draco and Hermy. Maybe... just maybe...
Jade Starr: I know I was thinking that I was responding to someone else so I just changed the names but didn't think to change what I said... sorry... I know I'm a dork it happens. Just remember... u r too... lol j/k. Yes I read chapter 11 and yes I will get around to reading that story that you told me about as soon as I get my computer fixed at home. See ya in the nether lab!
HermyBlack: I'm curious about your name... Are you a Hermione/Sirius fan? Just curious... I don't know if I could ever see those two together I mean Harry's Godfather and Harry's best friend... maybe... hmmmm.... goes and checks out HG/SB fan fiction lol...
Cruel-Intentions: I think I explained it in the chapter but I'm not sure. goes back and checks ok well I kin of did... ok well madame Hooch was kind of a coach, and then I was also thinking about something like the situation like in the Goblet of Fire when the schools get together for that, maybe they do it for Quidditch but it's just not mentioned in the books... I don't know I'm weird like that I guess... and you're not stupid. You did get it so definitely not stupid. I may just need to work on my transitions a bit is all. ;) well for the computer... I don't know what I was thinking... oh wait... I think I was going for the whole dea that because wizards have magic they don't need computers so they just don't use them. Maybe that was it... I don't know I know I couldn't live without my computer (slowly dieing without it now... lol... j/k) But yeah...
Soul-Dead-Dragon: I Plan to finish these fics that I have going no matter what so have no fear there. Fan fiction is like my alter life since I have nothing really to do at home. Its what I do when I'm bored... which is a lot of the time...
Dracofan: I had to get through the background of it all first and make problems that are fixable... working my way to the climax... maybe I'm already there... who knows... I sure don't right now... wherever the keyboard takes me...
Elle-poohbear: well Harry understood even though he loved her. It shows real love when you can let that person go. It shows more love than being snotty about it. That's why I could love Harry; he has such a big heart considering the hell he was put through...
Wow... I noticed all of my individual reviews are really long... Hope that y'all don't mind that, it's just so exciting to get sooooo many good reviews. I love them all and I hope that you stay tuned for the next chapter... I'm thinking sometime next week is when it should be coming to ya. Wow... I think the review answer is longer than the story... er... I'll work on that...
AngelMagick
'Why does this all feel so real? This is just a dream. There is no way that someone could forget a substantial amount of their life like that. And because I remember almost everything that happens to me, this can only be a dream. But why do I want it to be so real?'
She was confused. Hermione knew that he could never have loved a Malfoy in real life. Sure she had had her fantasies back at Hogwarts. Most of them were the he's "seen the light and changed his ways" to love her, or they were other kinds that Hermione would rather not think about at that moment...
There was just something about him now that was too good to be real. Why did he love her so much? What was going through his head at that moment? There was one way to find out but she would be invading his privacy and that was something that she wouldn't resort to unless she had to. This was no mere game that she was playing. If this was real she didn't want to ruin it though that would be quite unlikely.
Draco moaned on the couch and his eyes threatened to open. She didn't want to give him the wrong impression so she made her way to the dinning room where her breakfast was waiting for her. She seated herself and began eating so as not to look unnatural. Her mind was racing and she knew she would have to sort things out before she could talk about it.
The tall blond walked in looking like he had been through hell. His hair in disarray and the bags under his eyes showed he hadn't slept well. But he wasn't grouchy with his cheerful, "Good morning."
She returned the greeting as he sat down and his own meal appeared before him.
"So when did Hogwarts ever need a coach?" she was trying to make conversation but she ended up grasping for straws.
"Always had one I guess. That's what Madame Hooch had been for. Flying instructor slash Quidditch coach."
"I thought she had been the referee as the captain had instructed the newbies?" Hermione was sure that Oliver Wood (a/n: he was yummy too... so many hot England guys to meet so little time to do it in.... lol) had taught Harry how to play quidditch... her expression changed at the thought of Harry. She had loved him so much. And he had loved her. Why didn't they ever hit it off?
"Love, are you all right?" Draco reached out for her hand as he noticed her change in composure. Hermione didn't pull away as she had done before and he knew this was very hard for her.
"I'm ok, I guess I just need to accept that Harry and Ron are gone." She wiped a tear away from her eye. "Did Ron ever get married?" He had been a nice guy, for the most part, and would have made a great father. Though she didn't like him that way personally he still would have made a great spouse for some lucky girl like Angelina or Katie.
"Yes, and had a large family as well. Oddest of wives though."
"What do you mean?"
"I never pictured him marrying Luna Lovegood." He shook his head and then noticed the look on Hermione's face.
"I thought she was in love with Harry..."
"No that was just her ploy to get close to Ron. See everyone was in love with Harry for the simple fact he was the boy who lived. Nothing more and nothing less. So Luna slipped into the crowd and sort of fell head over heals for the shadowed sidekick." He sighed. "Oddest thing I have ever seen and I know she was a bit mental... that's being nice about it, but they had 5 children I believe. She is in America now with her grandparents I believe."
Hermione couldn't help but giggle. Luna and Ron? It was almost too funny to be believable. How on earth had that happened?
"At least they were happy..." she was still laughing.
'She is so beautiful when she smiles,' he thought as he rubbed his thumb over the soft skin on her hand unconsciously. 'Merlin, how I love her.'
Hermione stopped laughing. This wasn't funny any more. How was she going to deal with this? She wanted it to be real more than anything. Her eyes locked with the crystal blue of someone she had hated for years and come to respect in the last few days.
"Draco, if we start from the beginning then we can try to make this work..."
A/n: Sorry this was just a good place to stop... I know its short and I'm sorry...
Burn: Yay... I have a numba 1 fan!!!! Sorry that's just something I never thought id hear... yeah, sorry it took so long buti have 4 stories to update and no computer at home to do it on... I have to write the chappy's at school so I cant do it very often... growls inwardly I hate it but hope fully crosses fingers It will be fixed soon and I can go back to updating like mad again... nah, I love reading your guys's reveiews when ya argue like that... its funny. I wish me and my cousins were close like that but we get along about as well as wolves and bunnies... it just don't happen... one of us always gets hurt... normally me so I don't talk to em much... well I like Harry, though after that thing on chanel 4 last night I'm liking Ron... I like his hair... The first dibs thing was way to American and I kinda want to change it but it adds a bit of humor I think... anyway... glad your liking it and I hope that it stays this good...
Mystic: I don't think Draco is as evil as he seems to be. I think its more of a living up to his fathers opinion. Making the family look good in his fathers eyes. I think there is more to Draco than that... as you can tell by my story... lol. Well if you had been tormented for 6 years by someone ad wake up married to them you'd be a bit distant as well... but she's warming up to the idea now... yay... Well in another story there is going to be a séance so maybe I could put that in here too but I dunno... this is between Draco and Hermy. Maybe... just maybe...
Jade Starr: I know I was thinking that I was responding to someone else so I just changed the names but didn't think to change what I said... sorry... I know I'm a dork it happens. Just remember... u r too... lol j/k. Yes I read chapter 11 and yes I will get around to reading that story that you told me about as soon as I get my computer fixed at home. See ya in the nether lab!
HermyBlack: I'm curious about your name... Are you a Hermione/Sirius fan? Just curious... I don't know if I could ever see those two together I mean Harry's Godfather and Harry's best friend... maybe... hmmmm.... goes and checks out HG/SB fan fiction lol...
Cruel-Intentions: I think I explained it in the chapter but I'm not sure. goes back and checks ok well I kin of did... ok well madame Hooch was kind of a coach, and then I was also thinking about something like the situation like in the Goblet of Fire when the schools get together for that, maybe they do it for Quidditch but it's just not mentioned in the books... I don't know I'm weird like that I guess... and you're not stupid. You did get it so definitely not stupid. I may just need to work on my transitions a bit is all. ;) well for the computer... I don't know what I was thinking... oh wait... I think I was going for the whole dea that because wizards have magic they don't need computers so they just don't use them. Maybe that was it... I don't know I know I couldn't live without my computer (slowly dieing without it now... lol... j/k) But yeah...
Soul-Dead-Dragon: I Plan to finish these fics that I have going no matter what so have no fear there. Fan fiction is like my alter life since I have nothing really to do at home. Its what I do when I'm bored... which is a lot of the time...
Dracofan: I had to get through the background of it all first and make problems that are fixable... working my way to the climax... maybe I'm already there... who knows... I sure don't right now... wherever the keyboard takes me...
Elle-poohbear: well Harry understood even though he loved her. It shows real love when you can let that person go. It shows more love than being snotty about it. That's why I could love Harry; he has such a big heart considering the hell he was put through...
Wow... I noticed all of my individual reviews are really long... Hope that y'all don't mind that, it's just so exciting to get sooooo many good reviews. I love them all and I hope that you stay tuned for the next chapter... I'm thinking sometime next week is when it should be coming to ya. Wow... I think the review answer is longer than the story... er... I'll work on that...
AngelMagick