Only Draco.
Hermione bit her lip. She was married. Married, and she had just kissed another man... another man? Was that really the way she thought of Draco? No. She knew that he wasn't just another man- he was the man, the man.
"Hermione?" Draco looked at her awkwardly. He remembered how they had argued once in Hogwarts and when he had kissed her, then everything was ok. This time was different. This time she was married. This time, she wasn't his.
Shaking her head, Hermione turned to the door, "I have to go," she said defiantly, not looking back.
"Where?" Draco stepped forwards, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Not back to him?" Hermione shrugged Draco's hand off her shoulder, and, still remaining faced towards the door, she nodded.
"Hermione, he hit you!"
"You hit me!" she spun round to face him- one cheek was still bruised but the other was blotched rosy red. "Do you remember that, Draco? You hit me too, you hit me and then."
"I was scared."
"Of what?" she yelled back at him. He didn't answer. "Come on Draco, why were you so scared that you had to hit me?"
Draco didn't look up. "This is about Krum, not me."
"No, Draco, now this is about you." Hermione stared at Draco, her eyes burning with tears that threatened to fall down her pink and bruised cheeks, and " you hit me and then."
"Don't."
".And then you left me." Her words stung through Draco like a knife cutting into his heart.
"Please don't go back to him, Hermione. If he hit you once, he can do it again." Draco looked pleadingly into her watery eyes; he felt numb.
Closing her eyes so as to hold back the tears, Hermione took a deep breath. Opening her eyes once more, she looked him square in the eyes. "That's not much of an argument to make me stay with you, either."
***
"Bye Dragon!" Eli waved, smiling over his mother shoulder, as she walked without a backward glance away from Draco's apartment.
As Draco watched her walk away, again, he wondered whether it would be the last time he would see her or his son again. It felt like his world, already brittle, had been smashed repeatedly. Exactly how many times was he to watch her walk away? How many times was he going to LET her walk away?
***
Hermione apparated into Eli's bedroom. She knew it was dangerous to apparate with a young child, but she just had to get home fast. Leaving Eli playing happily with his toys, Hermione began to look for Victor.
Her mind seemed to be racing; she couldn't help but think of Draco, his happiness to be with Eli and his disappointment at Eli not knowing who he was. When she had walked into Draco's room and seen Eli on his true fathers lap, she couldn't help but think how perfect the picture had looked.
As she descended the stairs to the living room, her mind raced to the scene back in Malfoy's kitchen. He had said he loved her, and in all of their time together in Hogwarts he had never once said that. Never. But now, now he had, and she could tell he wasn't lying. And then that kiss, oh, that sweet, wondering kiss. Only Draco Malfoy could turn a kiss into something that made you want to surrender a war just so you could stay in his embrace forever. Only Draco.
She ran her fingers across her lips, and then began to think of her husband- her husband for the past two years, a man she loved, the father (maybe not biological, but still.) of her child. Krum had provided love, money and security for them for the past two plus years, and though she may not love him with the same passion she had loved Draco. did she still love him?
Hermione pushed open the kitchen door; it was the last room to look in. "Victor?"
He wasn't there.
***
"I vill call you."
"You'd better." Krum smiled and leant forwards, kissing Daphny on the lips.
A/N: hello this is the first set of a/n I have ever put on the bottom of a chapter so pay attention. XP ok my wonderful beta reader Ferret has checked this chap through for me so big -huggle- to her she knows I love her so don't need to say it. Also he he likes who I brought back?
And also I'm sorry but I'm off on holiday again tomorrow this time to France-Normandy with my School but I promise to keep writing so don't worry ill have a chapter or two by next week. Love to all
BlackSuzyBird
Hermione bit her lip. She was married. Married, and she had just kissed another man... another man? Was that really the way she thought of Draco? No. She knew that he wasn't just another man- he was the man, the man.
"Hermione?" Draco looked at her awkwardly. He remembered how they had argued once in Hogwarts and when he had kissed her, then everything was ok. This time was different. This time she was married. This time, she wasn't his.
Shaking her head, Hermione turned to the door, "I have to go," she said defiantly, not looking back.
"Where?" Draco stepped forwards, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Not back to him?" Hermione shrugged Draco's hand off her shoulder, and, still remaining faced towards the door, she nodded.
"Hermione, he hit you!"
"You hit me!" she spun round to face him- one cheek was still bruised but the other was blotched rosy red. "Do you remember that, Draco? You hit me too, you hit me and then."
"I was scared."
"Of what?" she yelled back at him. He didn't answer. "Come on Draco, why were you so scared that you had to hit me?"
Draco didn't look up. "This is about Krum, not me."
"No, Draco, now this is about you." Hermione stared at Draco, her eyes burning with tears that threatened to fall down her pink and bruised cheeks, and " you hit me and then."
"Don't."
".And then you left me." Her words stung through Draco like a knife cutting into his heart.
"Please don't go back to him, Hermione. If he hit you once, he can do it again." Draco looked pleadingly into her watery eyes; he felt numb.
Closing her eyes so as to hold back the tears, Hermione took a deep breath. Opening her eyes once more, she looked him square in the eyes. "That's not much of an argument to make me stay with you, either."
***
"Bye Dragon!" Eli waved, smiling over his mother shoulder, as she walked without a backward glance away from Draco's apartment.
As Draco watched her walk away, again, he wondered whether it would be the last time he would see her or his son again. It felt like his world, already brittle, had been smashed repeatedly. Exactly how many times was he to watch her walk away? How many times was he going to LET her walk away?
***
Hermione apparated into Eli's bedroom. She knew it was dangerous to apparate with a young child, but she just had to get home fast. Leaving Eli playing happily with his toys, Hermione began to look for Victor.
Her mind seemed to be racing; she couldn't help but think of Draco, his happiness to be with Eli and his disappointment at Eli not knowing who he was. When she had walked into Draco's room and seen Eli on his true fathers lap, she couldn't help but think how perfect the picture had looked.
As she descended the stairs to the living room, her mind raced to the scene back in Malfoy's kitchen. He had said he loved her, and in all of their time together in Hogwarts he had never once said that. Never. But now, now he had, and she could tell he wasn't lying. And then that kiss, oh, that sweet, wondering kiss. Only Draco Malfoy could turn a kiss into something that made you want to surrender a war just so you could stay in his embrace forever. Only Draco.
She ran her fingers across her lips, and then began to think of her husband- her husband for the past two years, a man she loved, the father (maybe not biological, but still.) of her child. Krum had provided love, money and security for them for the past two plus years, and though she may not love him with the same passion she had loved Draco. did she still love him?
Hermione pushed open the kitchen door; it was the last room to look in. "Victor?"
He wasn't there.
***
"I vill call you."
"You'd better." Krum smiled and leant forwards, kissing Daphny on the lips.
A/N: hello this is the first set of a/n I have ever put on the bottom of a chapter so pay attention. XP ok my wonderful beta reader Ferret has checked this chap through for me so big -huggle- to her she knows I love her so don't need to say it. Also he he likes who I brought back?
And also I'm sorry but I'm off on holiday again tomorrow this time to France-Normandy with my School but I promise to keep writing so don't worry ill have a chapter or two by next week. Love to all
BlackSuzyBird