A/N: some people got it right! Just see it in next chapter!

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"I…" I blushed "would you… go out with me?"

My parents' story

By: A.Lupin

Chapter 6: The saviour

"I… Hermione, you're a great person and I love you, but as a friend and no more" Ernie said.

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A/N: yes, Ernie, but don't worry, this story is and will continue to be Draco/Hermione! Don't worry; she'll forget about him soon, I needed it to happen to introduce what comes next.

To everyone who said Ernie, congratulations!

To the ones who thought it was Draco… it will take more time, but it will happen!

Ron and Harry are her best friends, so no, it can't be. Maybe Ron feels something for Hermione but she definitely does not. I'll let you keep reading.

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"But… but…" I tried to hide my tears but I couldn't. I fell on the floor, sobbing.

He said sorry and then he walked away, but I stayed there, heart broken. How could I ever think he would correspond me? I'm so stupid. Then, I heard voices. They were laughing and joking. As they came closer, I distinguish the colour of their ties. Green and silver. They were as old as me.

They I saw them. Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson, Crabbe and Goyle.

"Have you heard something?" Blaise said turning around and facing me. It was a dark corridor and it was difficult to see between shadows.

"No, what did you hear, Mate?" Goyle said stupidly.

"Someone crying…" he came near to me and started walking until he hit me. "I've found someone" he got down and looked at me. "Its mudblood Granger! Come and see her! Over here!" he shouted. They agreed and went where he was.

"Why are you crying? Has Potty or Weasle dumped you? Who would ever want to be with a mudblood know it all anyway? This is what you receive, mudblood. You'll be alone for ever, no one will want you!" Pansy said smirking.

"Stupid slut! You think that being a know-it-all bossy mudblood will help you now?" Crabbe asked. They started to kick and send me a few spells and continued to insult me. Tears started to fall again from my eyes. I couldn't stop them, they were a lot more.

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Beverly was crying when she heard this. Their parents tried to calm her down whispering reassuring words in her ears but it didn't work.

"Calm down, Bev, everything will be OK. Let us end up this part of the story and you see you'll be happy" her mother said brushing her blond hair off her face.

"Why?"

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Then, I saw someone appear from the other side of the corridor. He was tall and had long blond hair that covered his grey-blue eyes (A/N: guess who?). Oh no, another one to beat me up, I thought.

"What are you doing here?" Draco asked his house friends.

"Drake, mate, come over here. We've found little mudblood Granger crying on the floor and we've decided to give her a lesson" Crabbe said making a gesture so Draco would come. He looked at me and read the expression in my eyes. I was desperate for help. He saw the bruises all over my body and send his friends a glare.

"Who do you think you are? Treating Hermione like this? No one deserves this, not even her! Leave her alone!" he yelled, he was getting angry. But he had called me Hermione? How nice of him. I smiled weakly.

"But love.…"

"Don't call me THAT! I'm not your love, understand?" his anger was raising quickly "what right do you have for doing this to her?" he asked her. She murmured something like 'know it all'. "So you are jealous of her intelligence and you are doing this to her? You are pathetic" she heard the last word and started to cry and ran away.

I don't know why but the other ones also did run away. We were left over there, both of us. He helped me stand up and walk. We were so close that I felt the warmth of his body against mine.

"Let's go home" he whispered and I smiled when I heard the last word.

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"Draco the saviour! How nice of you daddy!" she said happily and hugged him tightly.

"You see how it ended up good?" he asked lovingly and she nodded in answer.

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He said the password and we came in. as soon as I reached the couch, he sat by my side, very close. And I started to cry again.

"Hey, Hermione, what's wrong? What did they tell you?" the sound of my name from his mouth made me smile involuntarily. He brushed a curl from my face gently.

"They –sniff- told me that no one would ever –sniff- want me, that I was a slut and –sniff- a stupid mudblood" I cried again realising what they had said "they said it a thousand of times –sniff- but I see that it's true. He just said he didn't want to go out with me and…" he pushed me closer to him; it was a very strange Draco Malfoy that I was seeing.

"Who said no to you?"

"Ernie…" she cried again.

He whispered slowly: "he's just too stupid to see what he's loosing" he suddenly and unexpectedly kissed me in my forehead "and anyway, you should found someone that's better for you. He was not good enough" he smiled at me. I couldn't help it but smile too. Then, I realised how we were: his arms were round my waist, we were both sitting in an Indian pose and close to each other. He was nearly a head taller than me but it didn't matter. I suddenly felt tired and without having time to notice, I had slept in his arms.

6. Draco

I woke up and I noticed unusual warmth at my side. I was so comfortable. But what was it? I lifted my head and I saw her. Her hair was in front of her eyes and she looked like an angel. I smiled. What had happened for us to end up like this?

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I heard voices coming from the other side of the corridor. Then, as I came closer I distinguished my Slytherin friends. They were laughing and insulting some one. Maybe Potty or Weasel? I smiled. I came closer to them and they told me they had found little mudblood Granger crying on the floor and they had decided to give her a lesson. What had Hermione done to deserve this? Since when Hermione? If I called her by her name in my head I would also call her Hermione when I was facing her….

I looked at the expression in her eyes. She needed help. I started to tell them to get away, but they didn't listen to me. I got angry. It's not a thing I usually do; you can see it in very rare occasions. They know how angry I can get and how terrible I can be and they went away, running.

I helped her stand up and unconsciously I hugged her very tightly.

"Let's go home" I whispered, not knowing why I had said the last word. I asked her what they had told her.

"They –sniff- told me that no one would ever –sniff- want me, that I was a slut and –sniff- a stupid mudblood" she cried again "they said it a thousand of times –sniff- but I see that it's true. He just said he didn't want to go out with me and…" I pushed her closer to me, I wanted her to feel comfortable and that she could trust me. It was strange I was doing all those things. Not the Draco Malfoy I know.

Who had she asked out? maybe Potter or Weasley. I asked her.

"Ernie…" him? What made him different from me? 'Why am I comparing it to me and not to anyone else?' I felt anger burn in my body.

"He's just too stupid to see what he's loosing" I softly kissed her forehead "and anyway, you should found someone that's better for you. He was not good enough" I smiled; she answered me with another smile. Then, I saw how we were. I was circling her with my arms round her waist and we were seating in the couch, in an Indian pose and very close to each other, not as enemies do. Seconds later I felt her falling against me.

"Hermione?" I asked, but there was no answer, she was asleep. I carefully brought her closer and lied on the couch. I fell asleep moments later with vanilla aroma around me.

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I saw her opening her eyes and looking at me confused.

"What the… ah I remember. Good morning Draco. Thanks for 'saving' me after what happened yesterday. Your prize" she kissed my cheek and got up. I winked at her "no problem".

She went upstairs and disappeared.

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"This bruises don't disappear! Everyone will see them!" Hermione yelled when she saw me coming out of my room.

"Don't worry anyone will notice" I smiled, again.

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"What's wrong with smiling?" she asked innocently.

"It's just that a Malfoy never smiled. They said it was a weakness"

"So I shouldn't smile? You do, and you are a Malfoy!" she asked furiously, crossing her arms around her chest.

"Of course you should smile! You are not Beverly if you don't smile! But Draco's case is different, his family taught him not to smile, so he didn't" she said calmly to her daughter.

"Ahhhhhh ok"

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"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Isn't it obvious? Waiting for you to go to breakfast. But if you don't want to be seen with a mudblood…" she said remembering last night happenings.

"Of course I want to! Let's go, Hermione" I said quickly. I lead her to the great hall and we entered together.

"What were you doing with her, Draco?" Pansy asked when she saw us coming together.

"Nothing that concerns you, Parkinson"

6. Hermione

The bruises didn't disappear and I was tired. Would my friends notice? We'll see. I entered the Great Hall with Draco by my side and each of us went to our respective tables.

"Morning, Harry, Ron, Ginny" I said as I sat between the two. They both answered good mornings and started to eat again.

As soon as I started to eat, Ginny asked me what had happened to my arm and my face, she had noticed the bruises.

"I…" I started but Ron got up "who did it Hermione, who?" he looked at the Slytherin table "Malfoy?"

"No, no. Zabini, Parkinson, Crabbe and Goyle did it. But Draco saved me from them" I said dreamly.

"Draco?" they all asked. "You call him Draco now? Not Malfoy anymore?"

"Well now that we are heads we have to have respect for each other. We also have to set an example of house unity. And he saved me, so you don't have to worry about him".

"I bet it was all prepared" Ron said angrily. I sighed "he can be good when he wants to, Ron" he muttered something that sounded like 'sure'.

I felt someone from the other end of the hall looking at me. I turned around and smiled at him. He blushed slightly and turned around to look at his house friends.

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