This is the end!!! I feel so sad it's ending!!! Hehe, I've been writing this story for 7 months… so it's kind of sad for me to 'let it go' but every good thing as an ending and I hope you like this one. Thank you so much for spending your time in reading my story… I'm glad for all those who liked it and to those who didn't like it, I'd like to hear your suggestions and I'm sorry… I did my best…

At the end of this chapter are my messages to my two fellow readers who made me go on writing and left me wonderful reviews!!!

This fan fiction will have a sequel… it's called "Living together… a Draco Hermione story"… It will start with the train journey from Hogwarts… I'll be putting it around January 2005 or maybe earlier, but I still don't know… I hope you enjoyed my story and take into account that it's my first one…

Luv, Marety…

Chapter 22: Wanna come?

"Oh my God! Oh my God!" Hermione said sitting bolt upright. She had been leaning against Draco's chest. They were in the lake.

"What?" Draco said.

"I think I got one of the answers wrong in my Charms test!"

"Which one?" He asked sympathetically… he knew she got all worked up after sitting for a test.

"73 b…"

"What did you write?"

"That the Bond charm was used to stick two people together…"

"So? That's right…"

"No! It's not right! It's called the Bonding Spell!"

"It's the same, Mione… please…"

"How do you know?" She said looking frantic.

"Because it's right here… in this book…" He said pointing to one of the books Hermione was reading to check that all her answers were right.

"Oh… you're right…" She said and placed her back in his chest again.

"You know what? Leave that book…"

"Why?" She said pressing the book against her chest.

"Mione… give it to me… you're getting crazy… and you're driving me crazy… I'm sure all your answers are right… don't worry…" He said pulling the book from her tight grip.

"Ok…"

"And, besides, you won't be able to change anything now… It's not worth it to keep torturing yourself with this."

"Guess you're right…"

"What are you planning for these holidays?" Draco asked.

"I don't know… now my parents are back home, I guess I'll be spending some time with them…"

"What about me?" He said pretending to be sad.

"I don't know… I don't tell you to come home because muggle life wouldn't fit you…"

"You could come to my place… I mean… the Manor can be a very lonely place for a Malfoy…"

"Are you living alone?"

"Yup… I have no intentions to call any other member of the Malfoy family to come live with me… anyway, would you like to come?"

"Sure… I'll tell my parents that I'll be spending the holidays there…"

"Just the holidays?"

"What do you mean? Yeah… you invited me for the holidays, didn't you?"

"And you could stay… I mean, I wouldn't mind some company…"

"Really?" she said turning around.

"Yeah, as I told you, I wouldn't mind some company… especially the kind that doesn't stop talking… and talking… and talking…" He said.

"God… Malfoy, you really have a talent to ruin the most romantic moments…"

"I know…" He said smiling and kissing her. "So, what do you say? Are you coming?"

"Yes…" She said hugging him. Then she placed again against his chest.

"I hate to say this… but… we will have to go shopping…" He whispered wrapping his arms around her.

"What for?"

"We have to buy lots of things… muggle things… we have to buy a TV sat…"

"Set…"

"What?"

"A set… a TV set"

"Well, yeah… muggle stuff anyway… anything you like…"

"We could buy a car… believe me, it's much easier and comfortable than apparating or floo powder…" (A/N: is it flu or floo???)

"Yeah… you could ask your parents to buy one for us… I'll pay for it, but make them choose it…"

"I'll ask them. Can we have a pet?" She asked imploringly.

"If you're talking about Crookshanks, I'll think about it… that damn thing jumps at me every time it sees me…"

"That means he likes you!"

"But I don't like it… How about a dog?"

"Let's do something you have a dog, and I'll have Crookshanks… and I will teach him not to jump at you…"

"Ok, deal… I want a Golden Retriever…"

"They are so cute! Male or female?"

"Male, they are bigger…"

"Ok…"

The classes were finishing and Hermione got more and more nervous about the fact that she would be living with Draco… A part of her didn't want to leave her parents… but her heart told her it was time to live with him… she loved him…

Draco was leaning over his trunk putting all his books in it. "Aren't you going to pack?" Draco asked when he turned around and saw Hermione sitting on her bed.

"What? Oh, yes… I was just thinking…" she stood and began packing her things.

"About what?"

"I was thinking about us living together…"

"Look, Mione, if you don't want to, I'll understand." He said walking towards her and taking her hands.

"I want to… but it's just that it's a huge step for me… I don't know if my parents agree…"

"They agreed… in fact, they spoke to me…"

"What did they tell you?"

"That you really loved me and that I had to take care of you… and your father told me that he didn't need magic to find me and kill me if I ever hurt you…"

"Really?"

"Mione, again, if you don't want to it's ok… but you'll have to grow up and leave your parents' house sooner or later…"

"Yeah, you're right… I'm just being stupid…"

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes, I'm sure." She answered determinedly. He kissed her and they started packing… tomorrow they'd be taking the train to King's Cross…

"Draco! Wake up! We're going to be late!" Hermione shouted in Draco's ear.

"Five more minutes…" He mumbled turning around.

"You don't have five minutes!" She said pulling the covers off him.

"C'mon… just five more minutes…"

"No." She shouted in his ear.

"Ok, ok… I'm getting up…" He said yawning and sitting in his bed.

"C'mon, you've got half an hour to change, have some breakfast, and be outside to take the train."

"You told me we were late!"

"I told you we were going to be late… if you didn't wake up… so, c'mon, hurry up! We don't have much time anyway; everyone's already coming down…"

"Bossy…" He whispered under his breath.

"I heard that!" she shouted from her bathroom.

"Now I'll be in a bad mood all day…" He said grumpily.

"C'mon, Draco! You can't get mad because I woke you up! You don't wanna miss the train, do you?"

"No…" He paused. "I'm sorry Mione… give me five minutes and I'll be ready to go downstairs…"

"Did you just say 'I'm sorry'?" She asked faking surprise.

"Shut up…" He said smiling.

He got up and walked to the bathroom, Hermione was still inside hers fixing her hair so it wouldn't look so messy. She had put a ribbon around it and managed to fix her hair into a ponytail… she put some makeup on her eyelids and some gloss on her lips… it looked really good on her. She was wearing a pink blouse tied at the neck and a black skirt. Meanwhile, Draco was taking a shower, when he got out, he looked in the mirror… the War had really made an impact on him… he was somehow paler and his eyes didn't have that gleam they had before… he had lost everything in that War… at least he had her… she was the only reason he kept going… if she hadn't spoke to him, he would be going back to that awful place alone… as he had been all his life… he had been alone, thinking that such things as love weren't worth it… that loneliness and convenience were the best ways to achieve power… but his family was wrong… if it hadn't been for Potter and his friends he would have died… Hermione's spell could've hit him… if it hadn't been for the stunning spells, he would be dead by now…

"I want to give you something." He said and handed her the dragon he had bought in Hogsmeade.

"It's so beautiful… Thank you!" She said wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Mione, can I ask you something?"

"Yeah, but let's go to the Great Hall meanwhile… I don't want to be late…"

"Ok…" He said as he walked towards his bed and grabbed his trunk. "Do you hate me so much to shoot an Avada Kedavra at me?"

"What?"

"Remember the spell you threw at me?"

"Well… yeah… but I'm sure it was a stunning spell… I was hurt… that's all… but I don't think I threw the Avada Kedavra…"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I wouldn't do that to you… to anyone…"

"Then… I was right… she killed him…"

"She who?"

"Luna… she mouthed something when Voldemort fell to the ground… exactly at the same time you threw the spell at me… and yours must have hit a wall or something… I dunno…" He explained.

"Really? But then, why didn't she say anything back at Dumbledore's office?"

"I don't know… but I'm sure she's got her reasons…"

"I'm going to ask Luna right now! She can't get away with this!"

"What is that you want to ask me?" Luna said coming out of one of the classrooms.

"Um… err… He… he says you shoot the Avada Kedavra… not me…"

"That's true." Luna answered simply.

"But… why didn't you say anything?" Draco asked.

"Because this was meant to be…"

"What are you talking about?" Hermione said in an exasperated tone.

"If I had said something in Dumbledore's office, you wouldn't be here… and you wouldn't see what you're about to see…" Luna answered and walked away in her mysterious way.

"Is she nuts or it just my imagination?" Draco asked looking at Luna as she walked away.

"I don't think so…" Hermione said looking behind Draco with her eyes fully open.

"Oh my God…" Draco said running at the person who was lying behind him. "Parkinson! What the fuck are you doing here?" He asked pointing at her with his wand.

"Damn it!" she said.

"ANSWER ME!" Draco shouted. "What happened to you?"

"That Loony girl… she cursed me when I was about to attack you!"

"What are you still doing here?" Hermione asked in disgust.

"I'm not telling you anything, filthy little Mudblood!"

"Say that again and I swear I'll kill you!" Draco shouted. "Answer her!"

"I'm here to avenge my Lord's death."

Hermione and Draco couldn't help bursting out laughing…

"Err… Pigginson… I'm sorry… Parkinson…" Hermione said amused. "You alone are here?"

"I was the only one who could escape…"

"But Dumbledore had taken you to court…"

"My father had some power in the Ministry and could get me out… and now I'm the only Death Eater free…"

"Good to know… you know what? I'm tired of listening to you talking and talking… Desmaius!" Hermione shouted before neither Draco nor Pansy could do anything. Pansy fainted at Draco's feet.

"Let's take her to Dumbledore." Draco said applying the enervate spell on Pansy. Hermione just nodded.

When they arrived at Dumbledore office, Draco spoke to the Gargoyle guarding the entrance. When they stepped in the stone staircase, Draco bumped Pansy's head on the ceiling… and kept bumping her body into the walls… ignoring, of course, Hermione's reproving stare… even though she didn't like her, she didn't think correct the fact that Draco was bumping a girl's body into the walls and actually liking it…

Draco knocked on the door.

"Come in." They heard Dumbledore say from the other side.

Draco opened the door and they stepped in. "Look what we found…" Draco said lifting the spell and letting Pansy's body fall on the floor with a hard thud.

"Interesting…" Dumbledore said leaning over his desk to get a better view of the body.

"Yeah… we know it's interesting, professor… but what should we do with her?" Hermione asked.

"We'll take her to Azkaban right now…"

"We?!" Draco asked bewildered.

"Yes, take the port key…" Dumbledore said.

They touched the port key and were apparated to Azkaban… it was the most horrible place they had seen, and Dumbledore seemed not to be bothered by this fact…

"You should handle this…" Dumbledore told two Dementors. They just let out a growl… "We can go back to the school now…"

"Um… yeah, that would be great." Hermione said who was clutching Draco's hand so hard it was beginning to hurt.

As soon as they got to Hogwarts, Draco felt his hand was going to fall apart.

"Mione… my hand… I need it…" Draco said.

"Huh?"

"My hand…" He repeated as if talking to a deaf person. "I need both of them… you're about to break my bones, love…"

"I'm sorry…" she said turning red and letting go of his hand.

"Don't worry." He said putting an arm around her.

"I think you should go downstairs, your luggage is already on the train… in your compartment…" Dumbledore said.

"Yes… thank you professor…" Hermione said hesitantly. They got out of the office and walked in silence until they reached the Entrance Hall… that was packed with students making their way to the Hogsmeade station. They were chatting animatedly about their plans for the holidays.

"Will you tell Potter and Weasley about this?" Draco asked.

"About what?" Hermione asked puzzled.

"About us… living together…"

"Um… yeah… but I think we should tell them now that I'm here… because I'm afraid they'll want to kick your ass…"

"Ok." He said laughing.

"Look, there they are." Hermione pointed.

"Mione! Hi there!" Ginny said as she saw Hermione approaching with Draco.

"Where's Ron?"

"I'm right here…" He said from behind Draco.

"I have to tell you something…" Hermione said looking down.

"What is it?" Luna said appearing from nowhere.

"I'm moving with Draco…"

"WHAT?!" Harry and Ron shouted together.

"If that's what makes you happy… we are glad you are." Ginny said giving her friend and encouraging smile. She knew how Harry was going to react… so she hold his arm and put a hand on his chest moving it up and down. Trying to calm him down…

"Please guys… Share my happiness for this once… just this time… and I promise that if he hurts me you can kick his ass for me…" She said.

"Hey! I didn't agree on that!" Draco said smiling.

"But we do… congratulations, Mione… now we have a big place to throw some parties in…" Ron said hopefully.

They all made their way to the train together.

THE END… (It continues on my new fan fiction… "Living together… a Draco Hermione story…")

Thank you so much to all of you who bothered in reading this story!!!

Thank you to these two people who kept brightening my days with their reviews…

ALBA: te quiero loca!!! Gracias por estar siempre!!! Sos de lo mejor!!! Seguí siendo como sos!!! Espero que leas mi nuevo fan fiction!!! Es también en inglés… y se trata de la vida en la Mansión Malfoy… empieza con el viaje en tren desde Hogwarts, así que es la inmediata continuación de este… junto con este estoy haciendo uno que se sitúa tres años después de que terminaron el colegio… sería la continuación del nuevo, aunque los voy a escribir los dos al mismo tiempo, pero lo voy a publicar después de este nuevo…

Mare.

SARA: thank you so much for your honesty!!! I enjoyed each and every review you left and they really helped improve my story!!! I really hope you can read my new fan fiction… It's about the life in the Malfoy Manor, but it starts with the journey on train from Hogwarts, so it's kinda like the immediate sequel of this one…  (I'm planning to write another one about Ron and Luna; and another one about Harry and Ginny…). Thank you so much for your review!!! And it's completely ok, I know how stressing exams can be and when I sit for too many, I don't really feel like reading anything… so I totally understand your position ;) and, besides, good things (like your reviews) are those you have to wait for ;).

Luv, Marina.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL!!!