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A/n: This is the LAST chapter.
Yes, it is.
I warn you, this is not at all a magnifiscent GRAND ending. I'm sorry about that.
But anyway, I'll try to write a new story.ü I hope you enjoyed this story very much as I have enjoyed writing it.ü
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By: Aningme
Chapter 43
Dilemma
I guess it would be appropriate that I should tell you that in a matter of years, Draco and Hermione would then have children after having a dramatically romantic wedding thrown at somewhere marvelous of Malfoy's extravagant taste. Then I should tell you that their Son would be the next best thing ever happened in Hogwarts since Harry Potter.
But then, it would be lame, wouldn't it?
Tired as they are, stressed as days of misery and confusion chewed at them for almost impeccably a long time, Draco and Hermione stared out at the window of Draco's private airshaft. As you have witnessed, it had been a hell of a day. One moment, everything was all wrong. And the next thing you know, everything is all falling into place.
Hermione wouldn't want anything better than this.
Draco absentmindedly wrapped his arms around her waist as both of them stood at the large window located at the far side of the airplane. The room served for a lounge, its furniture fixed as a comfy brown sofa, soft pillows occupying the entire sitting area. It was all homey, having the lights on dim, the floor warmed up with its soft carpets. Hermione took her shoes off and felt the tickling sensation of the smooth carpet.
Draco rested his chin on her shoulder. "What are you thinking?"
She was silent at first, making him deduce that she hadn't hear him. "Lots of things." She finally said, sighing tiredly, but contentedly.
Draco smiled and kissed her temple. "What things?"
She chuckled. "You want to know everything?"
"Of course." He smirked. "There shouldn't be any secrets in between one's marriage."
She shivered at that. Her hair suddenly stood on end. "We're not married yet."
"I can't wait." He mumbled, kissing her cheek.
She laughed and turned to him, holding his face. "Well, what do you want me to say, Mr. Malfoy?"
He was smiling, but their conversation was already turning serious. "Oh, nothing much, really." He pitifully acted. "It's just a little question, Granger." He suddenly gasped. "Oh, I forgot. It's Mrs. Malfoy now."
She laughed, a little nervous. "Well, not yet, as for now."
Draco giggled and tightened his arms around her. "Well, you don't seem excited as I am."
"It is just a great wave of change, that's all." She admitted, and turned to him. There was a little shimmer of pain in his eyes. She softened at the sight of him. "It's not like I don't want to marry you."
He nodded. "I know."
She cocked an eyebrow and stared at him. "What is it?"
"What?"
"What is it?"
"What what?" He asked again.
She chuckled. "Silly, I was asking what was your question."
His smile was slowly weakening; his hands were playing with hers. "Do you love me?"
She lifted their joined hands and placed his on her cheeks. She closed her eyes as she let his warmth tickle her cold cheeks. "Very much."
He stared at her for a long time, watching her savor his touch. He stepped closer, taking her chin and bringing her lips to his. He slowly tasted her and nibbled her lips.
Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him closer. "Why do you ask?"
He smirked as he brought his lips to her ears, his breath tickling her. "Nothing." He inhaled her scent and closed his eyes. "I just… I just want to tell you…"
"Tell me what?" She lifted her head back and stared at him.
He sighed. "I want to tell you… well… that it's my fault."
"What is?"
"Everything."
"What are you talking about?"
"I left you. I did this. All of this. I was, I mean…" Draco ran his hands through his hair, suddenly feeling the intensity of this conversation. "Ah, bugger."
She chuckled and pecked his lips. "Whatever it is, you don't have to explain everything—"
"Yes I do." He said. "I have to."
She stared back at him and saw the same flicker in his eyes. He was dead serious.
"I mean, about my work in Canada, and about us…"
"Draco, you don't have to—"
"It is true about my work in Canada and, everything. But the fact that I accepted it… I just… I couldn't face us. I couldn't accept the fact that I was falling for you."
He was stuttering already. His knees were shaking.
"Well, you see, I was… I guess I was confused… I was feeling guilty… And I knew I couldn't take care of you… Not like Potter…"
That shook her off her feet. "Draco—"
"But it is true." He insisted, not letting her speak. "I didn't know if I had the right to love you. I didn't know if I must. Every single day I was with you, it was growing in me. But I always tried to stop it. I tried and tried not to make anything out of it. It seemed impossible. But I couldn't help it."
She just stood there, stunned.
"I knew I love you… But it seems like I have no right to love you like Potter did. I was responsible for his death. I took him away from you. And I took you away from him."
"No." She cut him off. "It wasn't your fault he died, Draco." She held his face, holding his eyes with hers. "Voldemort used you and did this to him. Yes, he ruined our lives. There was nothing we could do about it."
Draco stared back at her, his eyes...
"Harry wants me to be happy. And I am happy with you." She said, caressing his cheeks. "I was a wreck without you. And maybe, just maybe, Harry sent you to me."
He leaned over and touched his brows with hers, their noses touching each other.
"That day, on the lake, when I thought I lost you, I couldn't bear it. When I held you unconscious, it's like I was going crazy with thoughts in my head, that you won't be with me any longer, and that I have lost another man that I truly loved..." She could feel her heart beating heavily.
"I wasted time waiting, thinking." He whispered. "I thought that if we were meant for each other, we would meet each other by chance. Some where, someplace. But I realized," He opened his eyes and stared at her. "I made a promise to you. I promised to be back. I searched for you in England. But you moved away. You changed your address and hospital. Why?"
She sighed first, inhaling him. "I couldn't take it." She admitted. "I can't live every single day, seeing memories of me and Harry and… you…" She closed her eyes, holding back the tears that threatened to fall. "I was a helpless girl. I couldn't even face my friends, my work. I was confused. I had to go away from everything, as I waited for the right time you would be back…"
"I am back."
"Yes you are." She whispered, and smiled. "I admit, I thought you won't come back anymore. I really thought you have forgotten me. And that's when I decided I had to find you. I wanted to know the truth. I wanted to know everything there was to know…"
He smiled and pecked her lips so tenderly. "The truth is, Hermione," He began, whispering on her mouth. "I love you since the day you stepped in my life again."
She smiled and laid her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes. "I'm glad to know that."
Ginny excitedly groomed Hermione's house as she waited for them. Hermione phoned her just a while ago, telling her she would be back today.
"With Malfoy…"
She couldn't believe that they are finally together. She knew the hardships Hermione had passed through. She knew her doubts as the years had gone by. But most of all, she was dead sure that she loved Malfoy. She knew what love is. And of course, she knew how to know if one loves the other. She had loved Seamus for years and years. At first, she too didn't know if she really loved him. But, after a few years that had gone by, she just knew. She just knew that he was the man she would be spending her life with.
Suddenly hearing a car pass by, she abruptly raised her head and looked out the window, willing it to be Hermione and Malfoy. But to her disappointment, it was another ordinary car. Turning around in annoyance, she stared at everything and sighed. Everything was in order. There were lots of food in the fridge, and everyone else would be arriving today to greet the newly united couple. Ginny smiled at that thought and sat back down the couch.
After a while, Ginny heard more cars pass by but it wasn't them. But this one black sedan, she just had the feeling that it was them. Standing in front of the window, she watched as the car stopped in front of their doorstep. Ginny could feel her heart pumping wildly inside her. She had waited for this moment to come. And finally, the moment had arrived.
Watching the door open, she suddenly saw the flashy gold hair of the man coming out of the car. He was wearing a white shirt and plain trousers, covering his muscled body.
She was quite sure it was Draco Malfoy.
Opening the other door, Hermione stepped out, her hazel hair glowing with the blazing sun.
Ginny couldn't retain her anxious self from shaking in excitement as they both walked through the doorstep together.
Oh Merlin! They're holding hands! She screamed in her head. She was practically making short jumps in place! She couldn't control the burst in her chest anymore. What more if she saw the bright diamond on Hermione's finger?
But as she watched both of them, standing before the door, whispering words to each other, it seemed like they were two teenagers at their first date, staring at each other and holding each other's hands. Ginny felt like she was melting right then and there as she watched Malfoy caress Hermione and peck her lips. Hermione, on the other hand, apparently blushed and smiled at him. She whispered the three words and he returned them to her before he stepped back to the porch and watched her unlock the door.
Entering the door, Malfoy on the other hand, walked back to the car.
"Gin?" Hermione called out as she shredded her coat off her body.
Ginny just stared at her friend with tears in her face. "Hermione. Welcome back…"
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