Disclaimer: You and I both know that Harry Potter does not belong to me.
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"Longbottom, if brains were gold then you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something."
–Draco
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Chapter 10 – The final goodbye
"Hermione, come on we need to talk to you" Ron said as he followed Hermione down the corridor about 4 months later. The last four months had gone very quickly for the seventh years, especially Hermione and Draco.
After that morning they never left each other's side in private, they spent alternate nights in Draco's room and then back in Hermione's room. Never spending a night apart. They sat separately in all classes and at lunch, not through wanting to keep up appearances, but because neither could be trusted to keep their hands off one another. Both stole looks at each other through out their classes and once or twice they would have a passionate embrace in the potions storeroom when no one was looking.
Hermione never bothered to back and see Max, she received a letter from her mother, telling her that he had called and left a dozen messages for her, but she told her mother to tell Max that he was out of her life. Something, which her mother did and then told her that, he moved away. Hermione didn't tell her parents of what Max and his friends did to her, she knew that she had a decision in her life and she chose to be with Max, she chose to act the way she did, she accepted her new attitude and rebel-strike, but she knew that she didn't disserve to her raped and treated the way she was.
She was thinking about telling her mother about the rape and the abuse, but she didn't want to worry her mother, Hermione and her mum were very close to one another and it would break her mothers heart by telling her what happened.
She did however tell her parents of Draco, she had to tell them why she wasn't going to come home for Christmas holidays. Hermione explained in a long letter how Draco had been there for her over the last few weeks when she lost her friends because of the 'bitch' she had become. Mr. And Mrs. Granger were very pleased to hear that Draco had changed and apologized for everything he had done in the past to Hermione.
Hermione's parents were pleased that she settled down with a nice boy.
"Good morning Cecile" Hermione said to a first year student from Hufflepuff who passed her
"Morning Hermione" she said walking into her class
"Hermione" came Ron's voice again
"Yes?" she asked spinning around on her heels
"We need to talk"
"I Think we do too Ronald" she said looking him up and down. He had gotten so tall.
"We haven't talked in a while, have we?"
"No"
"Hermione I've got no one to talk to its about Harry and Ginny"
"Look Ronald, you haven't bother to ask me about my problems so I'm not bothering with yours"
"You don't have problems, you have a perfect life" Hermione turned away from him and looked to the floor, tears forming in her eyes
"That's is isn't it, Hermione Granger, perfect student, head girl, great prospects, cant possibly have problems. Every one just sees me as a perfect person, cant do anything wrong" she yelled
"Exactly"
"I'm exactly the opposite" she said looking him square in the eye "I have problems Ron, more than you will ever know or understand"
"Then let me understand, if they are that bad then you'll need a friend to be there for you"
"Where were you when I needed you over the summer, eh, or when you saw that I had changed, you didn't even bother to ask about my change. I was the last person anyone would have expected to look like that, and my so called best friends didn't even bother to ask me why I had changed"
"We just assumed that you would talk to us" Ginny said as she and Harry joined the conversation
"Is it always going to be down to me to come to you, do you expect me to bring my problems to you, when its just as easy for you to ask about me"
"Hermione, talk to us" Harry said "If you need to talk were here for you, best friends remember"
"Best friends, best friends." She yelled "Where were you when I needed you, needed to talk to someone, when I was raped, beaten and abused where were you?" she cried
"Aaa…. er…" all three and the other students who gathered around were speechless
"You weren't. There was only one person who was there for me and will continue being there for me"
"Who?" Ginny asked still shocked and speechless
"I was" Draco said as he pushed past the crowd of people and stood behind Hermione
"Malfoy?" Harry, Ron and Ginny all said at the same time
"That's right" he smirked "Hermione has told me everything, and I've helped her"
"Tell me he's lying" Ron demanded
"No, because he's not. He was brave enough to ask me about my new attitude when he saw a difference, he was brave enough to help me when I was beaten by my ex-boyfriend. He was even brave enough to follow me when I snuck out to a club, and he was brave enough to get the beating of his life for me, just because he wanted to keep an eye on me. So don't you dare think that he is lying. He has been my best friend, and come to think of it, only friend for the past few months. He was the last person I would have gone to with my problems, but it turns out he was the only one who cared"
"Only were not friends any more" Draco added looking down at Hermione
"Well thank god, Hermione come on we need your help" Harry said pulling her arm
"Get off her" Draco snapped, Harry let go of Hermione and she ran back into Draco's arms
"Hermione, please we need your help with Charms" Ron said
"She's juts told you that she has been raped, beaten and gone through hell and you don't think to ask how she is or even want to talk to her in private, you just want her to help with homework" Draco said out raged
"We would have asked when you would have gone, you said your not friends anymore" Harry said
"Because were lovers, have been for many a month now" Hermione smiled "I love Draco and I hope that he-"
"I love her too" Draco said looking down at Hermione who was in his arms, this was the first time they had declared their love for each other, neither could think of a better or more meaningful way.
"Your lovers?" Ginny asked, most of the female population sighed with frustration, Pansy screeched and marched off with Millicent at her feet.
"Way to go Draco" Blaise called beaming with happiness from the sidelines
"Actually, there something I've been meaning to ask" Draco said "I don't want to be just lovers" Hermione's face dropped, but Harry and Ron's lit up like Christmas had come early, they both looked at each other and smiled.
"Hermione, we haven't known each other for too long, really known each other that is. But you know about me and I know about you. What I'm trying to say is that even tough it may seem a little early to be asking this, but will you marry me?" he asked dropping down to one knee and pulling out a diamond ring from his pocket. Hermione looked down at Draco and then at the ring and back to Draco.
"She wont saw yes" Harry whispered to Ron "You know how Hermione is"
"Yes, ill marry you" she said as he slipped the ring on to her finger. Harry and Ron shot daggers at each other and then Ginny looked at them.
Ron was about to say something when Hermione turned and stopped them
"Don't bother guys, if you aren't willing to accept our relationship then our friendship is over" she said looking at the three of them. "You know I don't want to lose you, we have been best friends since first year, we have done everything together, every year we have been off on our adventures, we were there for one another, you know that, I love all three of you, but I cant loose Draco he means more to me than you'll ever know, I don't want to lose you but I wont lose Draco, from now on its me and him"
"Together forever" he said looking at Hermione. Blaise looked appalled with the fluff that was coming out of Draco's mouth, but he was happy for his friend all the same.
"I cant" Ron said turning to leave. Harry put his hand on to Ron's shoulder
"Wait up mate" he said and walked off with him. Hermione nodded trying to hold back the tears in her eyes, this was the final good bye to Harry and Ron
"Ginny?" she asked
Ginny shook her head with a look of utter disgust in her eyes "How could you? A Malfoy of all people, Snape would have been better, I couldn't be more upset with you if you married Voldermort" she said and turned her back to Hermione following Ron and Harry.
"Looks like it's just you and me kid" Draco said
"Yeah, just you and me" she repeated as she watched her 3 ex-best friends leave her life. She hoped it wouldn't be forever but she knew deep down it would. She knew them and when they meant something like this, they meant it.
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THE END
You may be thinking, well that was crap, I could have had a better ending, but honestly I wasn't getting along with this fic. Harry, Ron and Ginny wont talk to Hermione because of Draco and she wont leave the man who she loves and has been there for her when she needed someone to be there for her.
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