Thoughts of Anguish
By: Icy-Alie
Chapter 9: I'll know

Hermione ran down to see Draco. She stopped by his work door and knocked on the door. He answered and she walked in. At the sight of her he stood up.

"What are you doing in here?" Draco asked, walking over to her and shutting the door, and closing the blinds.

"Draco please, what is the meaning of this?" Hermione asked holding up the ring on her finger,"

"Isn't it obvious, I want to marry you," Draco answered, taking her hand and sitting her down in a chair.

"Draco this has been hard, ever since I told you to stay away from me all I could do was think of you and it made me realize how much I love you, but I can't wear this ring, knowing that I want to be with you and marry you but I can't because it's not safe, I can't wear a ring that has a promise behind it a promise that I'm not even sure if it will happen," Hermione had a tear drop from her eye.

Draco stood up and walked over to her taking her hand, he placed his wand by her finger and said an incantation that Hermione didn't even know

"There now weather you want to believe it or not is your own free choice, but no matter where you are I'll always know if your safe or not," He held out his hand and Hermione looked over, he was wearing the same ring as she was.

"I don't understand?" Hermione said.

"This ring tells me what your feeling, and if you ok, if you are in any danger I'll know, the ring will tell me, I'm not going to let anything happen to you Hermione Granger, you're the one I want to be with, and I promise you I'll be with you and a Malfoy never makes a promise unless they are bound to keep it, I'd die for you Hermione, and there is no way I'll let anything happen to you, I want to say I do in-front of the whole wizarding world, so everyone knows that you are my girl, and no one will touch you because of that, This ring is a ring from the Malfoy family and it is passed on, that is why Pansy was all over me through out the years she wanted the ring, But I didn't love her, it's you I love, Muggle born or not, you're my girl," Draco kissed her forehead and tears started to spill from her eyes. She couldn't hold it in any longer.

"Draco this is hard, I want to tell you to stop visiting me in my dreams to let me get on with my life, but I can't…I can't stop seeing you all together, Draco be with me forget about your father when the time comes that he finds out we'll deal with it then, until then let's be together," Hermione cried.
"I can't love, I can't take that chance, if he finds out he'll make me watch while they kill you, they may even make me kill you, Hermione I can't hid it from you much longer, go, before you get in trouble and when you fall asleep tonight I'll be their waiting for you to open your eyes, until then I think he's coming, he'll be here any moment, please love leave," Hermione kissed him quickly and got up and ran out of the office just as Draco shut the door again and opened the blinds his father came in.

"Father what are you doing here?" Draco asked. "I've been calling you for a while now, why haven't you answered to me?" He asked.

"Probably because I was working," Draco said, sitting down at his desk and continuing with his work. "What did you want?"

"Was someone in here?" His father asked.

"Yes, someone was in here talking about their pay, father I am really busy what did you want?" Draco stood up and faced his father.

"That Potter boy and his friends work here, I just found that out," His father answered taking a seat.

"And that interest me why?" Draco asked, sitting back down.

"You know we have been trying to kill them, but nothing works, now that you work here you can do it," With that Lucius Malfoy disappeared.

"Draco are you here?" Hermione asked. She looked around. "He said he would be here," Hermione said out loud to herself, she was about to close her eyes but something stopped it.

"No don't" Draco said. Hermione looked up and saw Draco she ran over to him and hugged him. "Hermione I can't hide this from you anymore, I need to tell you something," Draco said. Hermione looked at him.

"What?" She asked.

"Hermione I'm a- I'm a death eater, Draco said pushing her away and rolling up his sleeve to show her his mark.

/Alie\\\\