A/N- Thank you to everyone who reviewed:-D. Your words of encouragement mean a lot to me! And don't worry; this is a Draco and Hermione fic for those of you who asked me. And Scout-Girl2003, maybe I'll make my next fic like that…I started to think on that a little and it seems pretty interesting so thanks for the idea. But for now I have to keep with this story, so here it is…

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She heard the door slowly creek open for the second time today. Not again, she thought as she wiped her eyes and gradually looked over her shoulder to see who was behind her.

Her eyes grew wide and all the pain abruptly seized for a moment…

"Hermione…."

Chapter 3- Easier said than done

Hermione blinked away the tears in her eyes when she heard him softly say her name, silently praying she was not dreaming.

"Hermione…" Draco said stepping quietly into the room and locking the door. He stood staring at his past love on the couch and hesitantly walked over to her. Draco knew he should be furious at her for what she did, but for the strangest reason, he could not find a hint of resentment in him.

"Draco" she whispered.

"Hi…" he said back just as quietly and looked away from her. He sat on the couch as he tiredly ran his fingers thorough his hair. She could tell that was not the first time he did that today.

After a few passing moments of awkward silence and stares, Hermione finally spoke.

"How are you?" she asked, breaking away from his gaze.

"I've been better", he sighed looking at the floor.

"Me too" she whispered.

They then stopped talking again. They both knew they could not talk right now, nor did they dare to try; their faces said it all and their greedy thoughts would not allow them to speak.

Draco's head filled with confusion. He knew he loved Aleesa, but he would always love Hermione. He still thought about her everyday, but just as quickly as her face would come into view, it passed. He would usually just shrug it off and stick her in the back of his mind. But now that she was sitting right before him, a million feelings rushed to him at once.

"Draco…I don't know what to say. I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to ruin your wedding…I just, oh and your poor fiancée…she's lovely really…I didn't wa- I don't want you to postpone your wedding because of me-"

Hermione was rambling on, lying through her teeth. She didn't want him married; it broke her heart, again. But, if it made him happy…

"Hermione. Stop." She immediately stopped for she was taken aback by the sternness in his voice.

"Wow, what am I doing here, I am so stupid-" she said to herself aloud.

"Yeah…you are." Draco added, still looking at the floor.

"Excuse me?" she looked at him insulted.

"Why are you here Hermione? For revenge? Do you hate me that much for leaving you? I'm sorry okay… I really am. It was the only thing in my life I regret...and I never regret anyth--" he stopped himself and sighed "but the point is that you can't just come back 7 years later on my wedding day and try to change things."

Hermione could feel her eyelids becoming heavy from struggling to hold all of the burning tears that were starting to spill over. Draco's face did not show how horrible he was feeling inside. He hated making her cry and really wanted nothing more than to hold her. In truth he wanted to beg her to stay and make up for what he did 7 years earlier, but he felt this would be the easiest way, it had to be.

"NO I'm not getting revenge! I was here because I thought I was saving you from making the biggest mistake of your life-"

"My life? Hermione you and I both know you did not do this for me. You thought only about what you wanted-"

"You know what? FINE! Forget I came here, forget about everything- No you know what! Just forget about me because then I won't feel so guilty for forgetting about you." she yelled as she glared at him, shoved past his shoulder and slammed the door.

Draco stared after her, bent over and let his head fall into his hands in defeat. He knew she didn't mean those last words but each of them were screaming in his head. Before he knew what he was doing, he stood up and followed her out the door…

Hermione ran down the hallway and collapsed in a parlor room and continued crying even harder. As she quieted down she pulled her legs into her chest and buried her head into her arms, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She lazily looked up and met the eyes of past friend who was smirking down at her and said…

"Okay Granger since I see talking didn't go so well, then maybe you'd like to try this my way."

PLEASE READ!- 2nd A/N- p.s- I know this chapter is short…and trust me I'm perfectly capable of making longer ones (read Change of Plans), it's just that this chapter needed to be cut short. It is almost like an introduction to what's about to happen…..so please bear with me…I'll make them longer I promise:-D