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A/N the songs I wanted to use in this chapterwere 'The Dance' by Garth Brooks, and "I don't want to miss a thing." by Aerosmith but I removed them to comply with guidlines. Please find the CD and listen while you read. Happy Reading and dont forget to review.

Reception part 2...

I looked at Draco. He had tuned a pale shade of pink. I knew he was still upset about Harry's party and our housewarming.

"She is my wife" Draco said firmly.

"Yes, I know" Ron said quietly.

"Is it okay with you?" Draco asked me.

"Yes it is fine." I said, taking Ron's hand and leading him to the dance floor.

Draco stood there and for a moment and then walked off to talk to some guests.

Ron looked very meek as we walked into the crowd of dancing guests.

"You look beautiful Hermione." he said, cheeks red.

"Thank you. You look nice too." I said as he placed his arm around my waist. The song started. It was 'The Dance' by Garth Brooks. We started slowly circling. His hands were cold and clammy.

"I asked them to play this" he whispered. "I knew it would be my last chance to dance with you."

I looked at him; his eyes were shining with just a hint of salty tears. He looked away, realizing I saw him.

He pulled me close and lowered his head to my ear and whispered the last lines into it.

Yes my life, is better left to chance,

I could have missed the pain,

But I'd have had to miss…..the…dance.

Tears silently fell from my eyes, I looked up at him and he was also crying. I took a deep breath and tried to compose myself.

"Ron, that was beautiful." I told him as I wiped my eyes.

"You are beautiful." he said. "And I love you. I always will. I just realized that if I truly loved you I wanted you to be happy. And if Draco makes you happy, I can accept that. My dad talked some sense into me. He said that I might not be happy about the wedding, and it might hurt me to watch you marry someone else, but it would hurt more in the long run not having you as a friend. That's why I picked that song. I could have missed the pain, but then I would have missed this dance." His blue eyes shone again with tears. I put my arms around him and hugged him tight.

"Thank you so much for being here. You are one of my best friends; I couldn't have lived with myself if you weren't here to support me."

"I am sorry for the way I acted before too. I want to apologize to Draco too if I could."

"He would like that."

We walked over to Draco, who was in a conversation with Fred and George about their joke shop.

"Draco, love, Ron has something to say to you." I led Ron by the hand over to were they were sitting.

"I just wanted to say mate, that I am sorry for treating you and Hermione the way I did. It was senseless and stupid. She loves you and I just have to accept that. I just wanted my friend back." he held his hand out for Draco, but he did not shake it, he just stood there.

"There was a time Draco that you held your hand out to Harry and I, and we shook it. Please, it means a lot to me."

"And me." I said, looking at him pleadingly.

Draco reached his hand out and shook Ron's.

"Treat her right mate, and never make her cry the way I did." Ron said.

"I will. I love her." Draco said looking Ron directly in the eye.

"I know you do." Ron said before turning to me.

"If you ever need to talk, I will always be here." Ron said pulling me into friendly hug.

"I will, that means a lot to me."

Just then Harry walked over.

"Everything cool?" Harry asked putting his arm around my shoulder.

"Everything is great; I have my two best friends and the love of my life. What else could I ask for?" I laughed. Harry asked me to dance, and then Ginny asked Draco. The song was 'It had to be you' by Harry Connick Jr. We danced around the room, laughing and talking. Harry was a very good dancer.

"Where did you learn to dance like that?" I asked when the song was over.

"Well…" he said reluctantly, "I had Ginny help me practice, she is a great dancer." I looked at her and Draco, he was smiling and talking with her as they twirled and then he dipped her low. They both were having a great time. I was so happy that everyone was getting along. A fast song came on and I needed to use the bathroom. I grabbed Ginny and we excused ourselves for a moment.

"I am having such a good time." Ginny said breathlessly.

"Me too. I am so glad Ron came. I wanted all my friends to be here, and now they are. And tomorrow, we leave for our honeymoon in Italy. I have never been there, I can hardly wait."

Just then we reached the girls bathroom. We opened the door and Moaning Myrtle soared out of the last stall.

"Soooo…Hermione married. Must be nice to be able to be married and not dead." she howled. "Who is the lucky groom?"

"Draco Malfoy." I said to her as I fixed my make-up.

"What?" she wailed. "I thought you hated him. He hated you."

"Things change." Ginny remarked.

"He used to come visit me you know, we had quite a little thing." she boasted.

"Yeah, he was being forced to make murder attempts, and was cracking from stress. I wouldn't call that a 'thing'" I said

"Oh yeah, just because I am dead doesn't mean no one would love me." she wailed from the top of the window. "Well, at least there is still Harry." she said sniffling.

"Uh… Harry is my date" Ginny said uncomfortably, looking at the floor.

All we heard was wailing as we walked out of the bathroom.

"She's mental." I told Ginny as we made our way back to the great hall.

When we got back, Draco and Harry ran up to us and drug us onto the dance floor. We danced for what seemed like hours. I danced with all the Weasley brothers, Bill, Charlie, Fred and George. Percy didn't come. My feet were sore so I tossed my shoes by our table. Blaise came and asked me to dance next.

"May I dance with your gorgeous wife Draco?" he asked politely as he kissed my hand.

"Well, just bring her back in the condition I give her to you in." Draco said laughing.

"Will do." Blaise said as he grabbed my hand and led me to the floor. The band started to play 'What a wonderful world' by Louis Armstrong. He wrapped his tanned arm around my waist and led me in a waltz.

"You are quite the dancer Blaise." I said with a coy smile.

"Why thank you Mrs. Malfoy." he said as he spun me around.

"You know we are going to Italy for our honeymoon." I told him

"I know, I haven't been there in forever. Not since moving here to attend Hogwarts. It's too bad I didn't have time to teach you some Italian." he said smiling.

"That is too bad" I said. "I don't know a word of Italian. I won't be able to do much talking."

"Don't worry, Draco is fluent in Italian. I taught him everything I know so we could talk without everyone knowing what we were saying." he smiled.

"I didn't know Draco spoke Italian." I said shocked.

"Draco is so lucky to have you Hermione. You have no idea how he imagined his life would turn out." he said looking somewhat sad.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"He thought that after his parents died that everyone would shun him. Some of his former friends did. I'm glad that my parents didn't conform to that 'death eater' crap. He never thought he would find love, especially with someone as wonderful as you." He smiled a genuine smile.

"Aww…thank you Blaise." I smiled back.

The song ended and Blaise led me back to my handsome husband.

"See, no scratches or dents, same condition you gave her to me in." he laughed.

Draco pulled him into a one armed man hug and smiled.

"Thanks man."

It was getting late, and we were preparing to leave soon for Italy. All of our bags were packed and in our old common room. And Crookshanks was at Harry's. The band signaled that it was time for our final dance. I was sad; I wished the night could last forever. Draco and I walked out onto the floor as the band played the last song of the night. I looked around and saw Harry and Ginny, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Blaise and Ellen, Pavarti and Seamus and to my surprise Ron and Lavender, dancing around us. The song I picked for our last dance was 'I don't want to miss a thing' by Aerosmith. Draco held me close as we danced.

"I wish this night didn't end so soon." I said sadly.

"Me too, this was the best day of my life, until tonight." he said with a smirk.

"Oh you." I said hitting his chest playfully. "Blaise told me you know Italian." I told him.

"Oh, yeah. He taught me."

"I wish I knew some." I said. "I will feel out of place in Tuscany."

"I will teach you some phrases you will need to know. Repeat after me; Ti amo"

"Ti amo" I said.

"That means I love you. Okay, Faccia l'amore mi"

"Faccia l'amore mi"

"Make love to me" he grinned. "Okay Draco siete il re"

I looked at him and raised an eyebrow.

"Draco siete il re"

"Draco you are the king." he laughed and spun me around.

"You are terrible Draco." I laughed.

"La mia moglie bella. My beautiful wife." he smiled "now you say Il mio marito sexy meraviglioso e adoring." he said with a grin.

"And what does that mean?" I asked.

"My wonderful adoring sexy husband." he whispered in my ear.

"Il mio marito sexy meraviglioso e adoring." I repeated and kissed him on the cheek.

The song ended and everyone clapped. McGonagall announced that we were leaving now and everyone lined up along the aisle. They threw white rose petals at us as we left the great hall and walked out to start our lives as Mr. and Mrs. Draco Malfoy.