In Need of a Date!
Summary: Hermione was set to marry Ron, Ron cheated on her three nights before the wedding when Hermione found out she called it off. Now, five years later, Harry and Ginny are getting married and Ron is the best man, whilst she is the bride's maid. To make it seem like she didn't come alone to the wedding, Hermione rings the local escort agency to find someone who would be perfect to taunt Ron. Just her luck, they have the perfect man, but what happens when he's Draco Malfoy.
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Chapter Six: fLyInG AnD a BiT oF LuRvIn
It was funny really. Hermione hated being around Lavender when Ron was in the vicinity but when she was by herself, Lavender wasn't too hard to live with. She still fussed over silly little things like, "Oh Mia, that guy's checking you out," or "Mia, what's wrong. Wasn't Draco good enough last night?" Hermione had spent the morning in bed, dreading spending an afternoon with Lavender looking and arranging flowers.
"So Ron didn't tell me you were coming with Draco," said Lavender, "you guys don't seem to be talking much,"
"Me and Draco?" Hermione glanced at Lavender's handful of red roses.
"No, you and Ronnie,"
"Oh, well I've been sort of busy lately," lied Hermione, she didn't feel comfortable discussing this with Lavender, but what choice did she have.
"But he doesn't talk about you as much as he used to,"
"he used to talk about me?"
"Yeah, remember five years ago I told you we'd gotten together,"
How could I forget!
"Yeah,"
"Well he used to always talk about you. How you cooked, how you cleaned, how you dressed,"
Hermione blushed and tried to hide her smile.
"For some time he'd write letters to you everyday"
Hermione remembered those times, he'd write to her everyday trying to convince her to come back.
"He never let me see the letters, but when you never wrote back he gave up,"
"I must've never received them; I don't remember getting letters from Ron everyday," Hermione lied.
"Oh,"
"Why did you guys break up?" Hermione wanted to ask but didn't know how to. She'd tried to stop herself but it just rolled off her tongue.
"I, he dumped me,"
Hermione tried to look sympathetic, "oh no,"
"Yeah, he said he wasn't over his previous girlfriend. Said it wasn't right for him to be with me,"
Hermione nodded, "did he mention who this ex-girlfriend was?"
Lavender seemed to think for a while before shaking her head, "Uh some girl he'd met in Australia. But that doesn't matter anymore, he loves me and I love him and we're as happy as ever,"
Hermione was surprised that she didn't feel as jealous as normal, maybe she was starting to fall for Draco.
No! she shook her head.
"Are you alright Mia?"
"What? Yeah, I'm just feeling a little dizzy,"
"Well you better go lie down then. Wouldn't want you feeling sick for tonight," Lavender began to usher Hermione back inside the house.
"Wait, what's happening tonight?"
"Well the guys are taking us flying, of course," it was said as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Right," Hermione trudged upstairs and collapsed on the bed.
Flying was so not something Hermione was good at, let alone something she wanted to do.
Slowly Hermione drifted off into a peaceful sleep, making up for the previous night's lack of rest.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Hermione's eyes blinked open as Draco carefully tried to close the door. She smiled. He was so considerate.
"So she is awake," he said, "is she still feeling dizzy?"
Hermione shook her head, "No, not really,"
"Was she even feeling dizzy in the first place," a smirk was slowly creeping onto Draco's face.
"Of course," she said in a sing song voice.
"Or was it just some attempt to get away from Lavender?"
Hermione grinned cheekily, "Maybe it was,"
"Maybe?" Draco raised an eyebrow and leant down on the bed next to Hermione.
"Or maybe it wasn't," she turned her body so it faced his, "what do you want?"
"Lav told me you felt dizzy so I came up here to check on you," he shrugged, rolling onto his back.
"Did you come up here to check on me or did you come up here to make it look like you were checking on me?"
"Both," he murmured, "I don't want you feeling sick for tonight,"
Hermione jumped up, "tonight! How come everybody knows about tonight except me?" she exclaimed.
"Potter didn't want you freaking out,"
"Harry, his name is Harry and there's no way I'm getting on a broom,"
"Don't worry; you'll be on mine,"
"With you?"
"Duh,"
"I don't know," Hermione fell back onto the bed, landing in Draco's arms.
"I'm not going to let me fall,"
"Bet you'd love to though," she mumbled, more to herself than him.
"No I wouldn't,"
Oops, he wasn't meant to hear that.
'Uh huh,"
"Hermione, I'm serious,"
Hermione opened her mouth to argue but once again was silenced by his mouth. She gasped into the kiss in surprise and was even more surprised when she didn't object. She let him caress the inside of her mouth with his and she let him roll on top of her. She didn't even stop him when his hand crept up her shirt.
What am I doing? she thought, this is Draco Malfoy!
Their little intimate session was cut short when Ginny burst into the room rambling about taking Hermione out for lunch.
"Oh," she dropped the shoes in her hands as Hermione and Draco jumped apart.
Draco grinned sheepishly at Ginny before pecking Hermione on the cheek and disappearing down stairs.
Hermione's cheeks flushed red and as she waited for Ginny to comment about how she'd found her. Ginny however was speechless, but couldn't help but smile as Hermione bit her bottom lip.
"So how 'bout it?" Ginny finally said, breaking the silence.
"Huh?"
"Lunch, Mia, do you wanna go out for lunch?"
"sure thing, just let me grab my bag,"
Hermione bustled around her room to find her bag and her shoes and eventually she and Ginny made it out the front door. The two walked in silence on their way to the local café. Hermione scuffed her feet on the pavement in a chid like manner before Ginny started laughing.
"What?"
"You'll never guess how I found these two people who hated each other less than eight years ago,"
Hermione blushed, "Ginny," she groaned, she knew it was going to come up sometime.
"So, tell me, how far have you guys gone?"
"Well you sore for yourself, not so far,"
"Second base for no apparent reason is an approvement from snogging just to piss of my brother,"
Hermione's face was brighter than Ginny's hair, "Oh gosh," screamed Ginny, "Hermione's in love" she sung, "and out of the people in the world it just had to be Draco Malfoy,"
"Shuddup," whined Hermione, pushing her over gently.
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"Come one Hermione, it's not going to kill you," reasoned Harry, "Ma-Draco will be right behind you, on the same broom,"
Hermione shook her head again, "Nah uh,"
"Hermione, please," pleaded Draco, he made sure Ron was watching before he leant in to whisper in Hermione's ears, "it'll piss the Weasel off,"
Hermione's eyes wandered around to meet with Ron's, he frowned at her and she just smirked, taking her seat on the broom.
"Thank you, Mia,"
Draco took his place behind Hermione. As he wrapped his arms around her to hold onto the handle he felt Hermione tense up.
"Draco, what are you doing?"
"I've gotta hold on, or we'll fall off,"
Hermione sighed, "Then shouldn't I sit behind you so that you can steer the broom better,"
Draco shook his head, "This is the fastest broom, a lightening 3000 so if you were to sit behind me, even if you were holding on, you'd still fall off the end when I kicked off,"
Hermione nodded and watched other couples mount their brooms. Ginny and Harry, Lavender and Ron, Fred and Lachlan, Angelina and Lisa, George and Lee, Bill and Fluer, Percy and Penelope, Charlie flew by himself and Arthur and Molly,
The ride was surprisingly pleasant for Hermione. They flew all around London, high up in the clouds. There were fireworks taking place that evening so they dismounted for a while to watch. Hermione eased up a little about flying after Draco spent the first half an hour murmuring things into her ear, he even started to kiss her neck.
"Draco," she moaned, "not in public,"
"why not," her purred into her ear, nibbling it slightly.
Hermione shrugged, looking over at Harry and Ginny who were wrapped up in each other's googley eyes.
"I'm not pretending," he whispered, "I'm not trying to put on a show,"
Hermione's heart started to beat faster and faster, "I – I" she didn't know what to say, her teenage enemy was kissing her neck and telling her he wasn't pretending.
"I know you're not either,"
"Oh yeah?"
"Otherwise you wouldn't have kissed be back this morning when I came to check on you,"
Hermione blushed, "I'm not pretending,"
Draco smiled and directed the broom towards the ground, where everyone else was going. Everyone said good bye to Lavender, even Hermione and Draco, before heading inside the Burrow where several cups of hot chocolate were made. Draco settled himself into one of the cosy seats by the fire while Hermione sat at his feet; he started playing with her hair and curling around his fingers. Ginny watched, secretly out of the corner of her eyes, the couple and made a mental note to tease Hermione about it later.
"I think I might pass out if I stay up any longer," said Hermione, standing up and stretching, "I'll see you all in the morning," she kissed Draco on the cheek before disappearing upstairs.
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AN: I really didn't know how to finish this. And I'm so sorry I didn't up date sooner it's just I knew what I wanted to happened I just didn't know how to make it happen. Please review and I hope y'all enjoyed this.
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