Hi! This is that new chapter I told you I was working on. In this chapter, Pansy has sort of a bad and good part. And as you know I don't own Mrs. Rowling's stuff.
When Draco walked into his office he had a huge smile on his face for two reasons. Number one, Hermione was coming home the next day and two, he just read his first two articles. And one of his first articles were on the first page, headline news. It was fantastic.
"Good morning Mr. Malfoy. Why are we so happy this morning?" asked Lila.
"My girlfriend is coming home tomorrow. And I was surprised to see my name in a newspaper and I got to read my article. This day could get no better." Said Draco, rushing into the elevator.
Upstairs everyone was standing outside of his or her offices to congratulate him on making the front page. The sports writers sent off snitches. Mr. Thirsten was waiting for Draco in his office.
"Very well done my boy. I was so proud of your article that I put it on the front page. You very well deserve it. And that Pansy, she takes wonderful pictures. Well be off now, you've got a lot of work to do." He said, patting him on the shoulder.
Draco nodded his thanks and walked quickly to his office. Pansy was waiting for him there.
"This is so exciting. With my pictures and your articles, we make a pretty good team. Well I better let you go back to work Mr. Big time news reporter." Said Pansy, sitting down at her desk.
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"What did you think? I think that both articles were wonderful." Said Hermione.
"Of course you would say that. He's your boyfriend. Can I meet him tomorrow?" asked Rose.
"Not exactly tomorrow, how about the day afterwards? Go ahead and read it, you'll agree with me. It's a great story." Said Hermione, walking into the bathroom to take a shower.
Rose read over it while Hermione was gone and she did agree that both articles were written very well. Hermione came out of the bathroom a little while later with her gear on. Her hair was dripping wet and she had a toothbrush in her mouth.
"So what do you think?" asked Hermione going over to the sink.
"I think it's great. And no I'm just saying that. Did you use all of the hot water again?" Rose said from inside the bathroom.
Hermione rolled her eyes and began her hair and make-up. Rose came out shortly with her gear on and she just left her hair out and added light make-up. Soon the head attendant came to tell them to get on the bus.
"If you weren't in gymnastics, what would you be doing now?" asked Rose.
"I'd probably be living with my parents or with my friends. I wouldn't even be with Draco now and Ron wouldn't be getting married. Harry would be though." Said Hermione.
"How is it your fault that Ron and Jill are getting married?" asked Rose.
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Draco sat at his desk and tried to think of the best Christmas present for Hermione. Christmas was next week after all and it had to be special. First he wanted to get her a cat, but he hatted cats. Then he thought maybe a pony. But then, she already had two horses and she wouldn't have time to be with them when she was with the baby horse.
"Hey Draco, I have something to tell you." Said Pansy quietly, walking in.
Draco looked up and nodded for her to tell him what she needed to.
"What's up?" asked Draco.
"Well that first summer out of school I was engaged to this guy in Ravenclaw named Greg. But you don't care what his name is. So I thought it would be great to have a kid and everything so a month after he proposed I was pregnant." Said Pansy.
"That's great news, why do you seem so sad about it?" asked Draco sitting back.
"Well when he figured out that it was a girl instead of a boy he broke off the marriage and I was left alone to have my daughter and raise her alone too. She spends every day with my mum and dad. Her name is Cassandra." Said Pansy, wiping her eyes.
"Like I said, that's great to hear. It doesn't matter that you have to raise her alone. It's the Greg chap that should be the one crying for loosing two very special people. How about all three of us have dinner at my house? We can watch a movie or something." Said Draco, smiling.
"Thanks Draco. And I would love to bring Cassandra over." Said Pansy, giving him a hug.
She then rushed out of the office.
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Hermione was doing her last and best event, floor exercises! She gave the music guy the thumbs up for him to start her music. She was doing that one routine that she and Draco worked on together. The entire time she couldn't stop thinking about him. But still she kept a smile on her face and she was determined to do her very best. Hermione Lynn Granger was not a quitter under any circumstances.
From the sidelines her friends were watching her. Wishing her luck and hoping that she didn't do better than they did. Her family and friends were watching from the stands, cheering her on. But they cheered for her in silence so not to distract her. Finally she was finished; the crowed irrupted in cheers.
"That was great Hermione dear. You're giving our team a high spot for the last three events." Said Miss Summit.
Hermione nodded and grabbed a bottle of cold water. She sat down and cheered on her teammates while secretly cheering on her friends.
It was finally over! All the teams went to their last stations and waited around for them to call up individual medals and team medals. Of course Hermione got the gold medal for her floor exercises. And the first place team win was....
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Finally the day was half over. Draco had come up with the best way to give Hermione her present. He was typing the last copy of it right now. He barley ate his lunch and just fed off of cauldron cakes and water.
When it was time to go home Draco packed up and locked what he was writing in his desk and they left out together.
When they got to Pansy's parent's house, Draco waited out in the car for her to get Cassandra. She soon came out with a white bag and a small pink bundle.
"Wanna see her?" asked Pansy, putting the bag in the backseat.
Draco nodded and took the warm bundle from her and looked into it. Inside was a little girl with dark brown hair and pink cheeks. She looked a lot like her mother only she didn't have a pug face. He handed Cassandra back and began to drive.
"So what do you think of her?" asked Pansy, setting up so she could nurse her child. (No worries, whenever I meet a lady whose nursing she normally has a small blanket that she uses to cover herself with.)
"She's beautiful. How old is she?" asked Draco.
"About three or four months. That's why I had to get a job, so that I could take care of the both of us. Have you ever considered having children with Hermione?" asked Pansy; she had twitched when she said 'children with Hermione.'
"Not now anyway. We're not even engaged or anything. But if I did marry her, why not it would be fun. She's really nice, you've got to know her better." Said Draco, pulling into his driveway.
"Well I guess so. What are we having for dinner?" asked Pansy, grabbing her bag out of the back.
"Anything you want. But you have to help me, I only know how to make instant macaroni and stew." Said Draco, unlocking the door.
Pansy had spent one summer with Draco here, along with Crabbe and Goyle. Seems as though he's changed a few things since then.
"No problem. Let me just finish feeding Cassandra and I'll have to do a few other things too. And anything that you want is fine with me." Said Pansy, sitting down on the couch.
Draco nodded and set to work. Pansy unwrapped the bundle and you could finally see how small her baby really was. She had on a little yellow shirt and a pink footie jumper. Cassandra was way too cute to be Pansy's daughter and yet, she was.
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(Hotel room that night)
"As this is our last night here and all four of us got medals, how about we go guy searching? As in we go to clubs and stuff and look for guys." Said Rose as they sat around in their bathrobes.
"That sounds great for you guys but I'm taken remember?" said Hermione.
"Yeah but you can hang out with your friends and we three can look for guys. That way we can talk and talk about how sweet our boyfriends are." Said Lisa.
"Sure why not. I'll call them and see if they want to come with." Said Hermione, calling her friends.
They said they would love to go out with her. They hadn't really been together in months at least. The girls took showers and dressed to kill. Hermione did the hair and Teeny did the make up. Harry and Ginny came knocking 2 minuets after they were ready.
"Hey 'Mione. You look great. So where are we going?" asked Harry, as they got into the elevator.
"Any place that you want to go. As long as I don't have to do any more flips, turns or dances I'm happy." Joked Hermione. Harry and Ginny laughed when they figured out what she meant.
"Gosh look at her, she's so lucky and seems so happy. I'm so jealous." Said Teeny.
"Aren't we all. She used to get the best grades in all of Hogwarts. Well not completely, forgive, I was only there for the end of 7th year. I moved from New York, I lived there during the summer and during school I went to the Salem institute." Said Rose, as the three girls got into the elevator.
Ginny picked a 50's style Ice cream parlor.
"What can I get for you three?" asked the waitress named Yvonne.
Harry and Ginny looked at the menu and picked a banana split with extra whipped cream and Hermione chose a hot fudge Sunday with extra fudge.
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Draco had started on a pasta salad and some chicken. When Pansy had put Cassandra in a play pin to sleep she came to help him.
"I take it that Hermione does all of the cooking?" asked Pansy, twitching again as she said Hermione's name.
"You've got to get out of the stage about hating her. It's not like she's taking me away from my friends or anything. I'm just here to help her out and yeah I'm her boyfriend too but still, she's not all that bad." Said Draco, adding some cheese to the pasta pot.
"Yeah, then how come you just now decided to get a job?" asked Pansy.
"Because we needed the money for stuff. Look she's not here right now and I'm hanging out with you. Have you heard from Cabbe or Goyle in a while?" said Draco, his eyes going from metallic steel to a deep gray.
"I'm sorry Draco. No I haven't heard from them, I'm sure they both are happy or something." Said Pansy.
They ate and talked. Pansy was going back to when they were younger and Draco's eye color changed again. Soon it was getting late; Draco couldn't wait to see Hermione and didn't feel like driving so he let Pansy sleep over.
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(I'm skipping to the day when she comes home now. Wish me luck with this. Harry, Ginny and the other people are already home.)
(On the train.)
"So what are you going to do when you get home?" asked Rose.
"Well let's see, I've got a boyfriend and you don't so what do you think I'm going to do?" Hermione asked sarcastically.
"Well, to inform you missy. I've met someone yesterday and lucky for me he lives around where I do and we're going out tonight after I unpack." Said Rose, sticking out her tongue.
Both girls laughed and talked a bit more. Lisa and Teeny got on another train; they lived in a different country.
Soon the train stopped at King's Cross-Station and Hermione searched for Draco, he wasn't there. She said her good-byes to Rose and gave her the number to her house and called down a taxi.
When she got home Draco's car was still in the driveway covered in a new layer of that night's snow. She walked in and something didn't seem right so she went up to his room and saw it. Draco was lying in bed with Pansy Parkinson.
"Draco how could you do this to me! I loved you remember! I have to go." Said Hermione running to her room to pack.
Draco shot up and saw Pansy lying next to him and Cassandra was lying there too in her crib/playpen. He told Pansy to leave and that he had to talk with Hermione. She left with a sort of smile on her face.
"Hermione, it's not like what it seems. Let me explain." Said Draco, coming up close to her.
"No, explain what! I thought that you were happy with just me! And now after not even a week of being gone that person is here. It might not be my house so I can't tell you what to do, but I am leaving and hopefully I never have to see you again." Said Hermione, slamming her suitcase shut and storming out of the house with tears running down her face.
"But Hermione please! Don't leave, let me explain first please. I love you I really, really do." Pleaded Draco; he was standing outside in the cold without a shirt.
Hermione whipped around and walked towards him.
"Remember when you said you'd do anything for me?"
Draco nodded.
"Well then prove it. You say you love me just like Robin Hood loved Lady Catherine. (That's right isn't it?) Well he went through so many things to prove that he loved her and now it's your turn. And here you can have your locket back." Said Hermione, taking in off and putting it in his hands.
The locket felt warm in his fingers. He nodded and stood there and watched as Hermione got into a cab that was taking her to her parents.
Was this the end? Was Hermione ever going to forgive him? How was he ever going to prove that he loved her, it was impossible?
A/N: HEY GUYS! I'M GREAT, I'M HAPPY. ALL OF NEXT WEEK IS FALL BREAK! I'M GOING TO THE DISNEY PARKS. I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND I NEVER GET TO GO, IT'S SO SAD. AND TO ANSWER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, OF COURSE HERMIONE WAS GOING TO FORGIVE HIM. THIS IS A DRACO/HERMIONE ROMANCE RIGHT?
-JENNIFER