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"I told you!" Ron hissed at Hermione as she stared down the article. "I told you not to annoy Rita Skeeter! She's made you out to be some sort of – scarlet woman!"
Hermione stopped looking astonished and snorted with laughter. "Scarlet woman?" she repeated, shaking with suppressed giggles as she looked around at Ron.
"It's what my mum calls them," Ron muttered, his ears going red.

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I have a new fic called 'the days of our lives' if any one is interested.

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Chapter 23

A day had passed and Draco spent every minute by Hermione's bedside, scared if there was a change he wouldn't be there.

"Hermione" he called staring at her. Her and His parents had been to visit many times but he had never left, Poppy would tell him to go to the common room and sleep well, but he never left only to bath and clean him self up and then he would do it in the hospital wing, never leaving the room.

Poppy came into the room, followed by her parents and Draco's too.

"Draco would you come to my office for a minute please?" Poppy asked. Draco nodded and went into the office with the elders

"I'm afraid that there is a time limit, I hate to do this but there has been no change in Hermione, she is only breathing by the ventilator machine, she's brain dead. I have to switch off the machine," she said slowly

"NO, you cant, your not going to do it" Draco protested, Luicus put his hand on his sons shoulder to calm him "Father, no, she will not do it" he said looking at his wife on the bed from the office window.

"Draco. …..I'm sorry, there's been no change, it was her time there's nothing we can do for either of them"

"Madame Pomfrey, please she is my daughter, don't let it happen" Libby pleaded, by this time Dumbledore had come into the office

"Mrs. Granger, Poppy is right, Hermione's time has gone, she needs to be laid to rest, there's nothing in either magical or mortal worlds that can help her, she has passed away. " he said

"I'm sorry, there's absolutely nothing we can do" Poppy said agreeing with Dumbledore

"Libby, listen the Poppy" Cissa soothed, Libby looked around the room and paused. She knew it was the right thing to do; Hermione was dead and needed to be laid to rest.

"Ok" she whispered and nodded

"NO, you cant, don't I get a say in this?" Draco yelled, tears flowing freely from his eyes "she is my wife"

"Mr. Malfoy, Elizabeth is her mother, he father agrees too, you do have a say and it would be good to agree with her parents in this, due to wizarding law Hermione is still a minor until she reaches 21, muggle law she is not, but this isn't muggle" Dumbledore said

Draco went silent and looked at Libby and Charles, his eyes said all they had to say, he didn't want Hermione to leave, but he had to let her go. He nodded his head.

"Would Hermione have liked all her family and friends to be with her?" Poppy asked

"Harry, Ron and Ginny as well as us, please" Charles said hugging his wife.

"Can I have a minute with her alone?" Draco asked, "I have something to tell her"

"Of course, I shall summon her friends and tell them to come down" Dumbledore said and left, Draco walked over to Hermione and held her hand just enjoying been with her knowing it would be the last time.

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"Good Evening Professor Dumbledore" Ginny greeted, a little cheery

"I'm not so sure about that Miss Weasley, where is Mr.'s Potter and Weasley?"

"Here sir" Ron said

"I would like you 3 to come down to the hospital with me, The Granger's have agreed with Poppy about it been time" he said, all of Gryffindor was listening to the conversation, there was many gasps and a few people started crying. The three nodded their heads and left the room silently, Ginny held her brother's and Harry's hand all the way to the hospital wing.

Draco was with Hermione on his own, he knew his time was ticking by, soon her friends would be there and it would be time.

"Hermione, I know we haven't always got along, never in fact" he said barely above a whisper "I hated you, with a passion, never because of you, because of your house, who you was friends with and because no matter how hard I tried you was always above me in grades. But since we were married I felt something more for you, at first it was just a strong friendship, but that soon turned into much more deeper, it wasn't love it was just the kind of feelings best friends have for each other. On our honeymoon, you taught me so much, and I know that you loved to teach me those things, and Hermione, I just want to tell you I love you so much, so much more than friends, I love that your my wife, I love everything about you and you don't know how much I will miss you" he kissed her forehead "I love you" he said, looking to the bottom of the bed, to see everyone was stood there, the women even Madame Pomfrey head tears in their eyes.

"I love her" he told them crying himself. He walked over to them taking Poppy's place where she was stood.

Madame Pomfrey walked over to the machine, she looked, Cissa, Libby, Ginny and Draco were all crying. Harry, Ron, Luicus and Charles were looking as if they were going to cry. Dumbledore stood solemn, he for once was a loss for words. McGonagall and Snape who had joined just before Draco's confession of love stood, they were the hardest teachers in the school, the same could not be said at this very moment. Snapes usually dark eyes had a pink rim to them. Minevra's face was no longer the hardened face of a strict teacher, she looked just like Snape.

"What will happen? After I mean" Draco asked

"You can start to plan the funeral service and then you can have a funeral service when you like. I'm sorry Draco" she said

"What about the baby?"

"Well he was so small, and Hermione miscarried him, he is no longer inside of your wife" She turned to Hermione and flicked a switch off the muggle machine, slowly Hermione's breathing rate decreased, Draco stood motionless, he couldn't even cry. He just watched Hermione's life slip even further away. Madame Pomfrey took Hermione's pulse.

"Sorry, she's gone" she said and wheeled the machine away. Hermione's family and friends stood and looked at her lifeless body, Draco went to her side and kissed her once more.

"I love you" he whispered softly in her ear as his face lingered on her soft cheek. Draco felt her eyelashes on his cheek as he moved, he thought he felt them move, but they couldn't have. He brought his face back up and wiped her hair from her eyes, he thought he felt her move as he touched her, but the shrugged it off. She was dead and that was it, he knew it.

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Chapter to be continued….

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