"Hermione! Draco! Have you seen Harry and Ginny?" Ron yelled as he came into the common room.
"In the kitchen Ron!" Hermione called. Ron walked in looking quite worried. "
Where in the bloody heck have you been? I've looked everywhere! I went to the Hospital Wing and no one's there! I went to the Great Hall...no Harry or Ginny. I went back up to the Gryffindor common room...neither of you there...so here I am and here you are." Ron sank into one of the chairs heavily.
"Yeah that about sums it up mate..." Harry said faking deep thought.
"Shut it." Ron said pouring himself a glass of juice.
"What are we needed for Ron?" Ginny asked.
"Huh? Oh nothing."
"Well why did you go traipsing around the castle looking for us for?" Ginny said looking confused.
"No reason. I just wondered where you guys were."
"Ron...you truly are hopeless"
"Am not. OH! There is one thing I'd like to talk to you guys about"
"And that would be?" Hermione said taking a bite of her bacon.
"I need help with something. I really do love Lavender...and I'm pretty sure she loves me back...I know she wants to get married...but I don't know if I want to right out of school. I was kind of hoping on building my career first. It just seems like she really wants to get married right when we graduate...I'm just stuck"
"Ron...if she really does love you, she'll understand that you want that first. I know Lavender...she'll do anything it takes to keep her man." Hermione reassured Ron.
"Ron...do you know where you're going to live yet?" Draco asked.
"No. Haven't got a clue"
"Well...I was thinking...my mother wants the Manor torn down...there's so much land there...there's enough for four decent sized houses. There's a Quidditch pitch and a huge pool. What if I had four houses built around the pool...one for my mother, one for Hermione and myself, one for Harry and Ginny over there, and one for yourself and eventually Lavender"
"That sounds brilliant! But are you sure you want me living on your land"
"Well...it'll be like we each have our own piece of the land...the pool and Quidditch pitch can be used by us all...what do you say"
"That takes so much pressure off me mate. Thanks. I didn't want to go back to my parents' house. I wanna live on my own...sorry Gin...you gotta put up with Mum's chaoticness for another summer"
"Yeah well...I'll live..." Ginny waved him off with her hand.
"So where is Lavender?" Harry asked.
"Uh...last I knew she was in the Gryffindor Tower"
"Well...why don't we all go out on the grounds or something, it's nice out." Harry replied.
"Sure. I'll go find her and meet you out there." Ron got up and walked into the common room and out the portrait hole.
"Lavender?" Ron called as he stepped into Gryffindor Tower.
"Yeah?" Lavender called from the couch in front of the fireplace. She was talking to Parvati.
"Hey. What are you doing?" Ron said as he sat down beside Lavender and wrapped an arm around her wrist.
"Nothing. Just talking with Parvati. Where've you been"
"I went to see Ginny. She wasn't in the Hospital Wing so I went around the school looking for her and Harry. Couldn't find them. I went to the Head dorm to see if Hermione knew where they were. Ginny and Harry were there. So I sat with them a few minutes. Then they all decided to go out on the grounds for awhile. You wanna join em"
"Sure. Oh but Parvati." Lavender said looking over at her friend.
"Don't worry about it Lav. I've got someone I need to see anyway." Parvati said with a wink.
"Okay. I'll see you later then." Ron and Lavender stood. Ron slid his hand in Lavender's and they walked down to the entrance hall doors.
"It's so pretty out here." Ginny said as the four made their way to the great big tree beside the lake.
"Yeah. I'm gonna miss this place." Harry said looking around. "It was like home." He said as he sat down, Ginny right beside him.
"It was home to all of us. And it always will be." Hermione said as she took a seat on the ground. Draco sank down beside her.
"Heard that." Draco said also sitting. "Part of me doesn't want to leave. There's so many memories. Yet part of me wants to move on. Grow up"
"I know what you mean. It's like you're leaving something you've known so well for the past 7 years. It's over half your life in those walls. If only walls could talk. We'd be able to relive all the memories." Hermione said glancing up at the castle.
"Relive the happy ones." Draco said solemnly.
"Yeah. Well...certainly will be a change from this to living on your own and having a job." Harry said.
"Well not entirely on your own. You've got us around you." Hermione reminded Harry.
"Yeah. But it's just that I'll be in a house all by myself until Gin moves in." Harry said smiling at Ginny at the end of that sentence.
"Can't wait till then." Ginny said smiling. Just then Ron and Lavender came striding over and sat down.
"Hey you guys!" Lavender beamed.
"Hey Lav!" Hermione said smiling back.
"What are you all up to?" Lavender asked.
"We were just talking about how we're all going to miss this castle." Hermione filled Lavender and Ron in.
"Yeah I'm sure gonna miss it. Like home, it is." Ron told them.
"Yep." Was heard around the group.
"Oh Lavender I didn't tell you. I don't have to look for a place anymore. I've got one. And so do you." Ron said turning to Lavender.
"You do? I do? Since when"
"Since this morning when Draco said he's got a place for us"
"Draco you don't have to "
"No I don't. But I'm going to. We're tearing down the Manor. There's enough space for four houses to fit comfortably. One for my mother, one for Hermione and myself, one for Harry and eventually Ginny, and one for Ron and yourself. There's a Quidditch pitch too. And a giant pool." Draco explained.
"Wow. Thank you Draco. That's really sweet of you"
"No problem." Draco said smiling.
"Your mother won't mind"
"Not at all. She gets a bit lonely. Better to have more people around her to keep her company."
"Well if your sure then"
"Positive." Draco reassured her. Lavender smiled at him. 'Wow. He really has changed.' Other conversation had begun. The 3 couple stayed out by the lake till it was time for dinner.
"Hermione?" Draco said as he and Hermione had sat on the couch after dinner.
"Huh"
"When are we gonna start thinking about the wedding and the houses?"
"Now would probably be good"
"Thought so. What do we think about first"
"Which one's gonna happen first"
"Good question"
"Great...should we start with the wedding then? It'll take the longest to plan definitely"
"Ok. So first off, when are we gonna do this? July? August? June"
"Which do you like better"
"August"
"Me too."
"Ok. Should we worry about the day now"
"No"
"Good. Where are we gonna get married?"
"Here." Draco and Hermione both answered at the same time. That was a given. There was no other place acceptable. This was the only place that had meaning to the both of them.
"Cool. Now, for your dress...I say it's white...with "
"Draco! You aren't supposed to know"
"Just let me imagine it. White with spaghetti straps...knee length...a bit shorter"
"Draco!"
"Ok alright knee length. No veil...your beautiful brown hair cascading down your back. You've got on white sandals. Your bouqet is of blue roses..." (A/N: I love roses and I love the color blue...Therefore I would love blue roses...if only there was such...someone should like grow blue roses...that'd be really cool)
"Draco...there's no such thing"
"Hermione, honey, you're a witch. Are you not"
"I am"
"Therefore you can make anything any color you want"
"Can I turn your hair blue"
"No"
"Dang. It'd be cool! You could have a blue tux to match"
"No."
"You're no fun." Hermione said hitting him with a pillow.
"No fun you say?" Draco raised a pillow threateningly. "I'll so you no fun." Draco swung the pillow but Hermione jumped up before it even reached half way to her. She laughed and grabbed a pillow. "You're gonna pay for that one love"
"Am I really?" Hermione said laughing. Draco smiled.
"Yes you will indeed"
"I'd like to see you try." Hermione said and Draco jumped up after her. He grabbed for her waist but missed. Hermione took off running. Draco chased her around the common room, around the kitchen, into the common room again, into Hermione's room, into the bathroom, into Draco's room, and back into the common room. Draco finally caught her around the waist. He wrapped his arms her and flew onto the couch. Both were laughing hard and severely out of breath.
"No fun eh?" Draco said as he pulled Hermione closer to him.
"Eh...you're alright I suppose." Hermione joked.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Draco asked tickling her. Hermione, who was already out of breath, began laughing again. Soon she was laughing but not making any noise and she wasn't breathing. Just kind of silent laughing. She drew in a huge breath.
"Draco...STOP!" Hermione said trying to catch her breath.
"Am I any fun now?" Draco pulled Hermione onto his lap and wrapped his arms around her waist. Hermione was still catching her breath.
"Yes. Very much fun." Hermione smiled and snaked her arms around his neck. Draco kissed her.
"Good. I'm hungry." Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Boys"
A/N: So...there's the next chapter...and I got two new reviews! I'm so happy someone likes my story! Thank you to those two that reviewed! You ROCK! Raise your Goblet of Rock Megan! Dude that should totally a book. 'Draco and the Goblet of Rock' AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! LMBO! that was so corny! I can't believe I came up with that! oh man...I need to sleep...either that...or get out more...oh man...well anyhow...that's the chapter and there'll be more to come...not sayin how many...cuz I dunno but...there shall be more! tnx! luv y'all! PEACE!
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