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Paris, Capital of Love?

Chapter 8: The Eiffel Tower Goodbye

Day 7: Sunday:

The Hotel

Everyone was still getting ready in their bathrooms putting on their best clothes, make-up, perfume, cologne, everything. Lexi quickly got dressed and ran downstairs not wanting to miss a second of her last day in Paris with Nick. As soon as she got downstairs she raced into his arms and he twirled her around.

"Great morning!"

"Great morning," Lexi giggled. "Let's eat, I'm starved!"

The two headed to the diner and sat down to an eventful breakfast. The whole time Prof. Snape was watching them from a distance.

"My scrambled eggs look like two eyes. Freaky!" Lexi cried.

Nick looked over at her eggs. "Yeah, you're right! And mine look like…a rose!"

"Lovely!"

"Here, take my scrambled eggs as a token of my appreciation," Nick said playfully.

"Aw, you shouldn't have," Lexi said and took a bite of the eggs. "Yummy!"

The two continued eating playfully and then decided to take a swim in the pool. Lexi quickly put on her bikini and dashed to the pool. As soon as she got there Nick whistled and she blushed.

I can't wait until I figure out who she is and then we can date seriously! Come on midnight, come quick! Nick thought.

"Come in and get in the pool already!" Lexi grabbed his hand and pushed him into the pool, jumping in after him. When she jumped out from under the water, her bikini top fell off.

"Nick! Did you untie it?"

"No," he said guiltily.

"Then you'll have to retie it."

"No problem." Nick grabbed the top out of the water and wrapped it around her chest, tying it in the back quickly. "All done!"

"Wow, that was quick. Thanks."

"No problem. I did pull it off anyway."

"Nick!" Lexi splashed a wave of water in his face and the two began to have a water fight then played water polo.

At the end Lexi got tired and began to float on her back.

"Tired?"

"Mhm."

"Then let's get out."

"Mhm."

But Lexi kept on floating.

"Are you going to get out?"

"Too tired."

"Then I'll just have to carry you!" Lexi smiled as she felt his arms pushing her out of the water and carrying her outside. She wrapped her arms around him so as not to fall and he carried her all the way to the elevator.

"Can't I take a shower with you?" Nick asked pleadingly, putting on a baby face.

"No you know that! Then you'll know which floor I'm on and know which house I'm in," Lexi explained.

"Aw."

The two parted and met back at the diner in time for lunch. The two grabbed a sandwich and a smoothie and headed outside to the small garden to sit in the sun and have a small picnic. After the picnic they went back inside to take a small nap and rest a bit. The whole time Prof. Snape was watching them. When they went to sleep Prof. Snape went to tell Prof. McGonagall what he had observed.

"The two get along so well! They went for a swim and had a picnic together. And when they were swimming Ms. Granger's top fell off and…"

"Severus!"

"What? I'm not spying on them to see Ms. Granger naked if that's what you mean," Prof. Snape defended himself. "I was going to tell you that her top fell off and he tied it back for her then carried her out of the water and to the elevator."

"How romantic! Do you think Mr. Malfoy will leave her?"

"I'm almost sure of it, knowing how his father raised him. Lucius has strictly forbidden him to date a mudb-muggle born," Prof. Snape said.

"Were you about to say mudblood?"

"Yes, but that's because of all the Death Eater meetings," he whispered.

"Severus, are you against muggle bourns?"

"No, not at all."

"Okay then. Well, it's almost time to take them to the Eiffel Tower. It's almost time for dinner."

Lexi woke up and looked at the clock. It was almost time for dinner and then she would go to the Eiffel Tower! She hopped out of bed and put on a lovely black strapless dress that came a bit above her knees and strapped on fancy black shoes. She put her hair up again and placed a few strands down dangling in her face. She put on a black mask and raced downstairs to meet Nick dressed in a tuxedo.

"How fancy!" Lexi squealed as she fixed his tie.

"Thanks. You look sexy, too," Nick replied.

Lexi blushed and the two ate quickly wanting to head to the Eiffel Tower quickly.

Soon the taxis were loaded and everyone got to the Eiffel Tower quickly. The kids ran to the tower and began to get to the top. After several minutes they made it up and everyone got the corner they wanted. Nick looked at his watch: 11:59 PM. Great! It was almost time!

"Nick, look!" Lexi pointed to a billboard in front of them and everyone turned around. Prof. Snape and Prof. McGonagall had gotten the billboard to count down one minute. It was almost time. 20 seconds…19…18…

"Just a few more seconds," Lexi said.

"Well, before I unmask you, one last kiss," Nick said and he bent down until his lips reached hers, holding her lips in his until the last second went. Then slowly, he started to untie her mask as she untied his. Nick changed his hair color back to his normal hair and Lexi did the same. When the two finished, they turned around to meet each other and Lexi gasped.

"D-d-Draco!"

"Granger?"

"I can't believe it! This whole time, I was with you! And I was actually having fun!" Hermione admitted.

"This whole time, I was with a mudblood?"

The word stung her. She moved back slowly. "Mudblood? After all this time, after all the fun, you still call me a mudblood?"

"Father's going to kill me!"

"So, just because your father is going to get mad, are you going to leave me?" Hermione asked. She could feel the tears welling in her eyes. Was this the same Nick that had given her a rose in the garden? The same Nick that had told her a few seconds ago that she looked sexy?

Draco was lost. What should he do? Father will kill me if I stay with her! She's a mudblood. I was raised to hate mudbloods! I will hate her! But she was so much fun! This is the same Lexi that I went shopping with and bought all those clothes for her. The same I just kissed moments ago so passionately. The same Lexi that I had carried after the pool to the elevator! This can't be. But Father is going to kill me. Not only Father, but his Death Eater friends, too. I can't stay with her. I've made up my mind.

Draco looked at her, his eyes distant. Not like the eyes Lexi had met the first time she had saw him. She knew he was going to leave her. She felt the icy border form a boundary between them and she let the tears drop down her face.

"N-no. Y-you c-can't possibly l-leave me! N-not after e-everything we've done t-together!" Hermione cried. She was shaking. She cared for him so much! She didn't want him to leave. If he had been nice this whole time, he could be nice again! Why did she let him take off her mask? Why hadn't she kept it on?

"I can't stay with you," Draco said.

What was that she heard in his voice? Was it trembling? A bit of remorse?

"Why? Why Draco Malfoy? If I had kept this mask on we would've went for another stroll in the park where we could've painted gnomes and you would've given me another rose! If I had kept this mask on you could've went dancing with me and protected me from those guys that took me to dance! If I had kept that mask on…" Her voice broke a little and she swallowed. "You would've kissed me another time before I went to sleep," she whispered. She no longer had her voice. Her self-esteem was gone. Oh god how she wished she could slip that mask back on and be the strong Lexi! The Lexi that had won Draco Malfoy's heart!

"I can't stay with you."

"Why? Just because I'm a muggle born? Is that it? Why Draco why?" Hermione demanded. "You know, I should've stayed with those guys in the dance club. I should've! At least they liked me!"

"Yeah right! You know they didn't like you!"

"And you did?"

Draco didn't answer. How much he wanted her to slip that mask back on she he could wrap her in his arms and twirl her around. So he could kiss her one last time.

"Draco," she whispered. "Draco please, listen to me! Is it just because I'm a muggle born? Draco you were having so much fun with me! You can't give that up just because I'm muggle born! You can't!"

The night clouds poured down the raindrops. Hermione felt as if the sky was crying for her because she felt like crying just as much as all those raindrops. The sky rained and rained. It wet her hair and drenched her clothes.

"Look Draco. Look. I can straighten my hair again." She straightened her hair with a wave of her wand. "I can put the mask back on! I can!" She slipped the mask on and tied it in the back. "And I can shake your hand and tell you my name is Lexi." She reached out to grab his hand, but he yanked it away from her.

"What's the matter? I'm Lexi, see? I'm no longer Hermione. I'm Lexi! I'm Lexi!"

She saw it was no use. His eyes almost melted for a second. They almost looked like the eyes that had captured Hermione's heart the first time she had seen them. Like Nick was right there. She called out his name.

"Nick! It's me, Lexi! Nick, it's me!"

Draco looked up at her and she could almost swear that he was crying. But she couldn't be sure, maybe it was the raindrops.

"Sorry." He whispered.

A/N-So, what do you think? NEWS! There is going to be one more chapter just to show you what happened at school when theygot back. I'm going to call the next chapter an epilogue. Please review!

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