Narcissa picked up the letter from Draco's finger tips.
Draco,
Been a long time hasn't it? I bet you wouldn't have seen this coming anytime soon.
Well before now I didn't have a reason to. I still had things I had to take care of but now there's only one more step to take.
I'm moving back.
I'm going to be living in wizarding London as of Friday October 13th.
My life has been generous and fulfilling but there's always been apart of it missing since I left.
I need to be with people like me, being a witch who has to hide her magic is hiding apart of herself.
I miss everything that was a stable figure before I left.
My decision I will never think of as a mistake because it's not what it was.
My life has become what I wanted it to be. Rich, full and all mine. But I have reached my limits in the muggle world and now I need a new challenge.
I have now found a job in the wizarding world that will be my dream. Work isn't everything, (don't laugh) I want, need other things like my friends, my magic and perhaps something a little closer to my heart.
Draco, I now reach my real intention of this letter.
When I left you asked me that when I come back, if I still thought of you, to give us a chance.
I still think of you Draco, and I miss you.
When I left I lost apart of me because I left it with you. I loved you then, now?
Yes,
No matter what I say in my head, my heart won't listen.
It's been 5 years and there have been so many things that have changed in my life, and no doubt things have changed in your life too.
I don't even know if this will even reach you as it is being sent through muggle mail. No, I have an owl, but I'm scared that if you do get this that you'll be angry, or happy. I'm not sure which would be the scarier scenario. I want you to read this and see that you did mean everything to me.
I know I can never be forgiven for what I did to you the day we left Hogwarts, but it had to be done, by me for me.
I needed a life out of the 'golden trio'. To be Hermione Granger, not Harry Potters best friend.
To have the world see me and prove that I was a person who could stand on her own and not have to rely on people around her to be someone.
Draco, there are so many things I want to say to you and for you to understand.
The things I want to say just cant form words. No matter how much I think about them they just don't make coherent sense.
I'm scared of coming back and being accepted, I'm scared of old grudes being kept after so long.
So far id love to see what your thinking right now. so many confessions.
But the biggest one Draco you don't even know. Nor I think you would contemplate.
Draco, I made a mistake leaving you.
There I said it to you and myself.
Goodbye Draco. I hope that maybe our paths will cross again and that we will be fortunate.
If this reaches you send it to:
13 Avalan Alley London.
As I will be there from the 13th onward.
Draco I'm sorry for all that I've done to you in the past and the ball is now in your court.
It is up to you to make the next move.
Forever remembering,
Hermione
Narcissa looked at Draco with her wide eyes and her mouth slightly open.
She knew how much her son had loved her, and how much it had killed the light within him when she left.
But unlike Draco she could see where the young witch was coming from.
A life, not your husbands, not the housewife with a child to care for, but a life that was yours that no one could take away from you. Narcissa had dreamed of that once.
Before her betrothal.
Before…Lucius.
And long before Draco.
But it wasn't to be. And a witch who wanted that had a good head on her shoulders.
Not that Draco would ever hear that escape her lips.
She had meet Hermione on more that one occasion and she could see wedding bells as soon as she shook her hand. Narcissa had never believed in the blood business. Just something old wizarding family's hung onto in a desperate attempt to not face the future.
She could always see Hermione pulling away though, like she had unfinished business or something to prove. And Narcissa would rather see a girl marry her only son that loved him and herself and give it her all rather that some snotty nosed brat like that stupid Parkinson girl.
Pansy.
Narcissa cringed.
O, how she hated that girl. She was so fake.
Narcissa smiled down at her son.
"Draco…"
Narcissa was cut short by a slamming of the front door and the quick clunking of high heels as the parlor door was thrown open and pugface was standing there much to the annoyance of Narcissa.
"Drakie!"
Pansy ran and jumped in Draco's lap.
Boob tube and ridiculous short mini with thunderous black boots that looked like they belonged to cat woman. Typical. Narcissa rolled her eyes.
"Another time Draco."
Narcissa slipped the letter into her robes while her son had been watching the vile girl's chest bounced as she ran.
He was now useless. Just like bloody Lucius! As soon as a short skirt was around he was a bloody vegetable!
"Yeah, Yeah, sure mum."
Draco's eyes never left Pansy's body.
Narcissa slipped out of the parlor un-noticed. She stood in the middle of the entrance hall and sighed as she brought Hermione's letter back out of her pocket.
She was livid that Pansy had slithered back into Draco's life. The girl was after one thing.
Money and the name Malfoy. The only way she could do that was to marry Draco, and to make it sealed was to bear an heir.
And she was well on her way there. She had roped Draco into an engagement and the rest was going to follow if she got her way.
Not over this little witches hat!
She had always made sure if Draco was to go near her to use muggle contraception.
So there would never be an 'accident'. Accident my ass. She had actually spied her taking a pin to them before, so Narcissa had switched them for a new pack before bed. She really was stupid and took Narcissa for a fool. Not something anyone should ever do.
Pansy wasn't Draco's love and never would be. Narcissa had always looked for an opening in which she could finally kick that floozy to the curb.
And she now had a new shiny boot.
Hermione.
Narcissa smirked. Things were looking up.