Chapter 18- Are you ready for this?

Hermione danced her way down the halls to the Head's Common Room. This was it, she could finally have all she wanted. After she said the password the portrait opened and she heard the faint sound of yelling. She walked closer to Draco's room and heard the familiar voice of Lucius Malfoy.

"Draco, I told you months ago to stay away from this girl." Lucius slapped Draco, "I thought you were smart enough to listen to me."

"Father, I'm just using her. If Parkinson wasn't so damn jealous maybe she would have seen that."

"Well Draco, this matter concerns me greatly. You do not need to let her get in the way of our plans, of your future Draco."

"Yes father."

"Good, you need to end this now. Goodbye Draco."

Draco sat down on his bed with his hands in his head. He really had reconsidered not becoming a Death Eater, but it was his destiny. He heard a faint knock at the door and Hermione walked into his room. He looked at her and she saw the red mark on his cheek. She sat down beside him and stoked his cheek.

"Oh Draco..."

He looked away from her and stared at the wall, "My father told me to stop this."

"I know, but Draco you don't have to listen to your father."

"Why shouldn't I?"

"Because he doesn't own you."

"All right then, Is this what you want?"

"More than you know."

"Then let's do it."

"What about everyone else, what about the world around us Draco?"

"Fuck the world Hermione. I'm so tired of being told how to live my life because I'm a Malfoy, so screw the world. I hope my father finds out, I only wish I could see the look on his face when he does."

Hermione smiled at him and pushed him back onto the bed. Draco held Hermione long and hard. Hermione gave him a feeling like he had never felt before. Until he had met Hermione he had never gone against his father's wishes, and she had gone and changed his whole life. He had a new look on everything.

"I'm sorry I put you through this Draco."

He shrugged, "It's all right."

"I'm scared of what going to happen."

"I know, but everyone will be too confused to say anything."

Hermione laughed, "That's true, but what am I going to do about Harry and Ron?"

"Who cares?"

"Me!"

"Oh sorry, well if they really are your friends they should be happy for you."

Hermione smiled at him, "is my Draco a little philosopher?"

Draco snorted, "Very funny. Are you ready to go back to dinner?"

Hermione took a deep breath, "Yeah let's go.

Hermione took Draco's hand and they walked out in the hall leading to the Great Hall. They were both silent on the way there. There were no gawking eyes and whispers yet, but Hermione could feel them coming. They reached the closed doors of the Great Hall and stopped. Draco took both Hermione's hands in his, "Are you sure about this?"

She only nodded. Draco let go of her right hand and opened the giant doors to the hall. No one seemed to notice them walk in at first, but one by excruciating last one all eyes in the Great Hall were on them. The whispers started soon after. Draco pecked on her on the cheek and went to sit at his regular place at the Slytherin table. Hermione tried to hold her head as she walked toward the Gryffindor table. Her eyes fell on Harry and Ron. Harry was smiling at her and Ron had the same look he had had when Draco had kissed only minutes ago.

All the students in the hall were talking about Draco and Hermione. First he had kissed her in front of the whole school, and now they walked in hand in hand. Hermione hadn't noticed all they looks she had got when Draco had kissed, but now she could feel all the eyes of Gryffindor burning a whole in her skin.

"Hermione what's going on?"

Hermione looked up to see Ron and the rest of Gryffindor looking at her, "Draco and I, um, we are together."

"Together, as in boyfriend/girlfriend together?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"Hermione, he's Malfoy, how could you do this to me? To us?"

"It's not about you guys Ron, It's about what I want for once, and I want to be with Draco."

"With Draco? Hermione listen to yourself, you're being stupid."

Hermione looked at him wide eyed, "How dare you Ronald Weasley."

Hermione walked out of the Great Hall for the second time that night, but this time she had Harry on her heels. When he pushed through the doors Hermione was standing in the middle of the hall crying. Harry stepped in front of her and hugged her, "Shhh.."

"I didn't want this to happen Harry, I didn't mean for any of this to happen. It just did."

"I know, I know. Don't worry it will be okay, I promise."

No one at the Slytherin table dared to say anything to Draco. They knew how much power he had and they weren't going to mess with it. Well that was until Pansy opened her mouth.

"Draco what was all that?"

"What are talking about Parkinson?"

"Why did you kiss Granger?"

"I don't need an explanation for what I do." He sneered at her.

"You father will not be happy Draco."

"I don't care."

The sight of the doors to the hall opening caught his eye. He managed to see Hermione run out with Harry hot on her heels. He looked out at the Gryffindor table only to see Weasley glaring at him, as well as the other Gryffindors.

A/n: Please forgive readers. I offer my most humble apologies for this update coming so late. I just finished my competition season saturday so i should be writing a lot more often. and I will be posting at least one more chapter because it took me so long to post this one. But I hope you guys like this chapter it took me a while to write but i hope its good.

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