Jelly: hey ppl! this is tha last chapter...i no i sorta rushed things... i hope u guys rnt lost that much...as long as u know wats happening... :S umm, yea it is a fairy tale ending! sorry i just love them! well enjoy!

Chapter 8

The journey took a whole night and day but finally they reached Hogwarts at 6:30pm, the evening of the second day. They both got out of the carriage and thanked the driver.They then made their way to the front foyer entrance to Hogwarts. They carried their luggage to their house common rooms and took Draco's owl to where all the other owls were and then made their way hand in hand to the Great Hall.

"Ready?" Draco asked Hermione. She looked at him nervously.

"Um, yeah." She said shakily.Draco squeezed her hand to reassure her and then they both opened the doors. Just as the doors opened the whole school turned around to see who it was and they immediately fell silent.

"Ah, welcome Mr. Malfoy and Miss. Granger, please take your seats at your house tables." Hermione walked over to the Gryfindor table and Draco walked over to the Slytherin table. The whole school started chattering as they remembered who the two were. Somewhere on the Gryfindor table was Harry and Ron, they weren't happy to see her as they had thought she had "ran away" with Malfoy.

"Hey guys!" she said looking at the two. They just kept eating and ignored her presence."What's the matter with you two, you're acting like you both hate me. What did I do, its not like I ran away." As soon as she had said that she wished she didn't, that's obviously the exact thing they thought she did, and with Draco. "Look, I didn't run away I was forced to go," She said tears rolling down her cheeks, "But you wouldn't understand would you? If you had two people out there trying to kill you, you would." With that last remark Hermione turned and ran out of the hall, leaving Harry and Ron to think over what she had just said. Meanwhile Draco had problems of his own.

"Draco, you ran away with that mudblood didn't you? I know you did, the whole school knows you did. Someone saw you packing your bags and leaving with her." Said Pansy sitting opposite Draco.

"What are you talking about Parkinson?" he asked slightly confused.

"I'll tell you if you come up to my room." She said slyly. Draco looked at her shocked, "No way in hell would I sleep with you." Said Draco angrily.

"Oh, but you did it once before remember?" she asked him trying to get him back.

"Look Parkinson its not your business so stay out of it." Said Draco and with that he left the Great Hall and went to his common room. The feast was finally over and the students made their ways to their common rooms, chatting away noisily and excitedly about the two whom had come back that night.

Harry and Ron found Hermione curled up on her bed crying uncontrollably.

"Herms?" asked harry as he walked into the room. "Go away." Said Hermione not wanting to talk to the two.

"Please just tell us what happened so we know and so we can help you. Come on, we are you best friends and best friends tell each other everything remember?" said Ron. Hermione finally stopped crying.

"Ok, I'll tell you both every thing." She said. They walked down to the empty common and sat there for hours while Hermione told them what had happened. As Hermione was talking neither of them realised the string going all the way up the stairs. And on the other end were Fred and George Weasley listening to their conversation with their extendable ears.

"Wow, you guys were both pretty brave. And to think Malfoy saved your life!" said Ron.

"Yeah, he really does love me and I love him too." Said Hermione and with that the three went upstairs to bed as it was getting late and they were tired. Meanwhile Draco had his own problems in his common room.

"Draco please tell me what happened and where you went please." Said Pansy clinging to his arm, but Draco shook her off.

"Get the hell away from me." He said trying to get away.

"But Draco, we love each other and we should be together." Said Pansy desperately.

"Look, can't you just listen for once and go away, I don't want to talk to you or see you ever again." Said Draco harshly.

"This is the mudblood's fault isn't it? I knew it." Said Pansy. Draco looked at her even more angrily and he turned and walked to his bedroom.

"No it isn't her fault and stay out of it." He shouted and then slammed the door in her face. The next day the word was out about what had happened and every one finally knew the truth about what had happened that night when Hermione and Draco left Hogwarts. Soon every thing was back to normal and every one acted as if nothing had happened, though some people came up to the two occasionally telling them how brave they were to fight Voldemort and how Draco was brave enough to fight for Hermione.

It was breakfast down in the Great Hall and Hermione, Harry and Ron were eating together at their house table. Draco came down to the Great Hall to get some breakfast and he noticed Hermione was sitting with Harry and Ron. He walked over to Hermione and kissed her gently on the lips.

"Good morning." He said cheerfully.

"Good morning! How'd you sleep?" asked Hermione smiling slightly at him. "All right, you?" he asked back looking at her smiling.

"Great actually, want to go for a walk?" she asked him. Draco nodded and Hermione said goodbye to Harry and Ron. They slowly made their way to the lake hand in hand in silence.

Finally they reached the lake and they sat down. Draco pulled Hermione into his lap and they watched the peaceful water together. Finally Draco spoke.

"This is our last year here. Better make it our best eh?" Draco asked Hermione.

"Definitely!" she said smiling up at him. Surprisingly the year went by pretty quickly, Hermione and Draco got back on track with their classes and Gryfindor and Slytherin tied in wining the house cup, but that didn't bother most people. Finally they were packed and on the train home and Hermione got the two biggest shocks in her life! Harry, Ron and Draco remembered her birthday, which was on the following day.

"Hey Hermione… on behalf of Ron and I, we would like to wish you a Happy 19th Birthday for tomorrow and would like to give you this." Said Harry smiling and handing her a large box.

"What? You didn't have to!" said Hermione smiling excitedly. She opened the box only to find a beautiful silver chain necklace with a sapphire letter "H" on the end hanging. Harry put it on her neck.

"Oh my god! Thank you guys so much! Its beautiful." Said Hermione crying slightly and kissing them both on the cheeks, after hugging them both.

"Its ok Herms! We knew you would like it, so we got it for your 19th." Said Ron blushing from the kiss.

"Wow! Thank you guys." Hermione said finally, when she had stopped crying.

"Ah hem," Said Draco catching Hermione's attention. She turned and looked at him, "Happy Birthday Hermione!" he said and kissed her lips. He then knelt on one knee and pulled open a small box revealing a ring with a silver band and a simple sapphire jewel on it. (a/n: Draco already knew Hermione wasn't big on jewellery as he asked her before, and he already knew she liked silver jewellery and the colour sapphire.) "Will you marry me?" asked Draco looking at Hermione with the opened box. Hermione cupped her mouth with her hands and opened her eyes wide. She started crying again.

"Oh my god! I will marry you Draco, I love you so much." She said as he stood and hugged her tightly.

"I love you too Hermione." Said Draco.Harry and Ron were still in shock as their mouths were hanging open. Harry finallybroke the silence.

"Congratulations!" he said. Ron finally snapped out of it as Harry elbowed him in the ribs.

"Bloody Hell!" he said but quickly added, "I mean Congratulations to the both of you!" he said smiling at the two of them.

"Thank you." They both said together happily. Now they could start a family of their own together and live happily ever after.

Jelly: hey, well i guess u can see y it was a fairy tale ending...well thanx again for ur reviews! and hopefully will see (hear) from u all in the next story i write...i dont know exactly how long that will be, but till then, byes! and thanx again:)