An: I have some terrible news. I am discontinuing this fanfic...

JUST KIDDING!

hehehe... I couldn't resist. I'm in shock from all the reviews I received... I thought the computer counted wrong, so I counted them all myself! I seriously couldn't believe it! I realize the chapters are short... but this chapter happens to be one of the longest, so there you go!

Back to the story...

Chapter 11: Way back when...

"Here's another!" Hermione exclaimed handing Draco a fifth photo album.

Draco took the newest album, titled "I'm a Mommy!" He looked at each picture with great interest. Peter was probably a year old in these photos.

Harry and Peter.

Ron and Peter.

Hermione, Ron, Harry and Peter.

Ginny, Hermione and Peter.

Harry, Ginny and Peter.

Draco's heart twinged with a mixture of shame, guilt and sadness. He should have been in these photos, but he simply wasn't. Hermione bit her bottom lip and went to Peter's room to see if he was sleeping alright. Draco sighed and looked around at the other photo albums and moved them around, looking for one that would catch his eye.

And one did.

A very small album, about the size of a mouse pad, seemed curious to Draco. It had a gray leather cover with a red metallic heart on it. Draco opened the album and was glad he was sitting on couch, otherwise he would have fallen over. He looked on the next page and the next and the next. He thought for sure she would have gotten rid of these. He flip to the next page with a shaky hand and almost cried. He remembered that day so well...

FLASHBACK:

"Oh Draco it's beautiful!" Hermione exclaimed as Draco secured a beautiful locket around her neck

Draco kissed the back of her neck gently. "Not as beautiful as you."

Hermione felt a blush creeping up her cheeks. She always felt embarrassed when Draco complimented her. She realized there was nothing she should be embarrassed about, she was first in her class, she was beautiful, she had terrific friends and the most caring boyfriend in the world.

Draco wrapped his arms around Hermione's waist and kissed her neck, smirking.

Hermione leaned back into Draco to feel his warm body. She couldn't believe how lucky she was. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and beautiful spring day, and she was sitting with the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. She knew they hadn't been together for very long, but she just... knew.

She wanted to get married to Draco after Hogwarts. But she wasn't sure he would want to...

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Draco felt Hermione lean into him. He couldn't believe how lucky he was. He was with the smartest witch in Hogwarts, and she truly loved him. He looked out his bedroom window and could tell the weather was hot on this beautiful spring day. He wanted to be like this forever, with her. For the last few weeks he had been seriously thinking about his life after Hogwarts, and he knew what he wanted to do.

He planned to propose to Hermione at graduation, which was three weeks away. He realized they hadn't been together very long, but he just... knew.

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Hermione? I want to show you something," Draco whispered in his ear.

"Draco, you know I don't like heights," Hermione said as Draco tried to help her mount his broom.

"It's fine. Just mount the broom, unless you feel like mounting me," he added smirking.

Hermione blushed. "I-"

"Jut get on the broom, or I refuse to make love to you for a month," Draco said seriously.

Hermione got onto the broom without hesitation.

Draco smirked. "I knew you couldn't resist me."

Hermione rolled her eyes, because she knew it was true. She snaked her arms around Draco's waist and tried to breath. I'm alright... Draco's with me... I'm fine...

After five minutes Hermione was nudged by Draco an she hesitantly opened her eyes. She and Draco were hovering 14 feet above the center of a crystal-clear lake. There were beautiful thick woods surrounding them, that gave Hermione that suspicion that the only way to get here was by broom. To her left there was a huge waterfall that crashed into the lake below, and she sighed as she felt the mist blowing around her. Then she turned to Draco, smiling. "This is beautiful."

Draco grinned. "As are you." He swiftly removed his shirt and jumped into the water below.

Hermione gasped, then grinned when she saw Draco resurface. "How's the water?" she laughed.

Draco smiled. "Find out for yourself." Draco took out his wand and muttered a spell to assure that the broom would stay in place if Hermione jumped off.

Hermione looked to the water and gulped. "Is it deep enough?"

"Yes."

Hermione sighed shakily. She also removed her shirt, exposing her turquoise bra. Ok... one, two, three! She jumped.

She surfaced and was sputtering nonsense, but Draco could catch words like "cold", "deep" and "I'm gonna fucking drown".

Draco chuckled and swam over to Hermione. "You're fine."

Hermione tried to glare, but failed miserably.

Draco rolled his eyes half-heartedly. "Come over here, it gets shallower." Draco swam closer towards the waterfall and Hermione realized she could touch the bottom and the water was a lot warmer than it was in the middle of the lake. Draco noticed Hermione feel more secure and began to splash her.

Hermione retaliated and splashed Draco back. But her arms became tired and she held her arms up in surrender. Draco stopped splashing and smiled triumphantly. He swiftly grabbed Hermione and kissed her lovingly. "I love you so much," he whispered.

"I love you too, Draco." Hermione whispered. She kissed him forcefully, causing him to smile into the kiss.

"I still have something to show you," he said after breaking the kiss.

Hermione looked at him quizzically.

He smirked and pointed toward the waterfall. "We have to walk through it."

Hermione smiled. She grabbed Draco's hand and stepped through the waterfall. Hermione loved the feeling of the water beating down on her. She opened her eyes and almost fainted. It was a cave, but not really a cave. Hermione was standing in very warm knee-high water, as she soaked in her surroundings. She seemed to be in a sort of pool, and on higher ground there was a platform from beautiful stone, Hermione guessed it was granite. On the platform was a king-sized bed, vanity and dresser, basically a bedroom. Hermione climbed up a trail of stone steps and examined the bed in awe. The wood work was very impressive, with rose designs on the head-board and foot-board. The vanity was the same type of wood-work as the bed, and same with the dresser. Hermione began to shiver and realized Draco was standing behind her.

"There are some dry clothes in there," Draco said pointing to the dresser.

Hermione opened one of the draws and found a comfy-looking pair of sweat pants and tank top. She then realized how tired she was, and yawned. "Draco, this is wonderful, but we have to go back to school now."

Draco smiled. "Actually, we don't. Tomorrow is Sunday and I already asked Dumbledore if we could spend some time... away from the school."

Hermione smiled. "Well in that case..." Hermione grabbed Draco and pushed him onto the bed, she crawled on top of him and kissed his neck, being sure she left a mark.

Draco's hands roamed over her body and he smiled at his luck. "I love you."

"I love you too," Hermione said pulling away from his neck. She yawned again.

"Are you sleepy?" Draco asked smiling.

"No," Hermione said in a childish voice. "Me no sleep!" she yelled.

Draco laughed as he dove under the covers. Hermione crawled under with him and rubbed her foot against his. He looked over to her and raised his eyebrow. "Ms. Granger? Are you playing footsy with me?"

"And what if I am?"

"Well, I'm afraid that means tomorrow you must make love to me," he said seriously. He would have suggested now, but he knew she was tired, and truthfully, he was too.

"Sounds good to me," she said after another yawn. "Draco?" she asked sleepily.

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

Draco smiled even though Hermione couldn't see it. "I love you."

"What do you want to do after Hogwarts?" she said in a barely audible whisper.

Draco was starting to drift away. "Marry you."

But Hermione didn't hear him, she was in her own world already, dreaming of the life she truly wanted. A son, a house, and Draco.

END FLASHBACK

Draco stared at the picture of he and Hermione kissing in the water. Hermione had found a way to produce pictures from memories, like freezing a scene from a pensieve. Draco heard someone cleartheir throat behind him and he saw Hermione smiling weakly.

"Peter is sleeping like a baby."

Draco nodded. He was still in shock that Hermione kept these pictures. "You kept these?" Draco asked.

Hermione became wide-eyed. "Well- yea. That was a large part of my life, Draco."

Draco sighed and wasn't sure of what he should do. But Hermione helped him decide. She kissed him fiercely and ran her fingers through his hair. Draco kissed back with the same amount of force and somehow they ended up in Hermione's room.

Hermione suddenly became very aware of what she was doing, and knew she couldn't. Even if she wanted to. "Draco," she panted.

"Yeah."

"I cant... I'm sorry. Peter-"

"Hermione, Peter is sleeping."

Hermione bit her bottom lip. She was running out of excuses. She just didn't know what she was feeling for Draco. All the passion and lust from their school years was still there, but it only confused Hermione. She wanted him so badly. She needed him so badly. But he had used her, and Hermione couldn't forgive that. "Draco, I don't know what I want," she said insecurely.

Draco smiled. She had just admitted she was vulnerable. "I understand." That was more than Draco needed, he had a little of her trust back.

Hermione gave him a puzzled look. "You- you do?"

He nodded. "I'll be seeing you Hermione. Thanks for the fun night." He turned to leave.

"Wait. Draco, why don't you spend the night. Peter should meet you tomorrow morning, properly," Hermione added recalling when Peter and Draco had first met.

"Alright," Draco said. He rolled his eyes inwardly. How long is she going to take deciding if she likes me?

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