A/N: Thanks for reviewing guys:) I appreciate it. I tried my best to update fast despite my hectic schedule. I hope I get more reviews though and more new names, hopefully. :)

Today is the official showing of HPGF at our place! Woohooo! Yipdeedooo:) I'm so excited! Can't wait to stare at Draco. Haha! He's so damn hot! I really wish I owned him but it's j.k. rowling who does. She's one lucky woman!

CHAPTER 7: The Promenade

Hermione was lying down on her bed as she thought of what had happened a while ago. She felt really weird during that time. She also felt selfish. Ron was saying his goodbyes and she was supposed to focus her mind on Ron but she didn't. Something struck her when she entered the room Latvia and Draco were staying at. She saw the way Latvia stroked Draco's hair and the way he gazed back at her. The way he was smiling, the way she smiled. They seemed so happy. She didn't know what occurred to her at that time but she felt the feeling- the feeling she has had before she got involved with Ron- come back to her. She forced herself to remove those thoughts on her mind. I'm getting married for Christ's sake!, she thought. She sat down by the dresser and started combing her brownish blonde hair. She stroked her hair and those thoughts came back to her again and suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Hermione went towards the door and opened it. It was Draco Malfoy.

"Hi" Draco said with a beaming smile

"Uhh.. Hello" Hermione said awkwardly. It was late and she wondered what he was doing by her room

"You doing something?"

"Not really"

"Do you mind if we take a walk?"

"A walk?"

"Yeah. I know it sounds stupid but I uhh.. I can't sleep and I uhh.. I need to walk before I sleep"

"You need to walk before you sleep? Right" she said smiling. It was obvious Draco was making it up "Why not take Latvia?"

Draco's smile faded. "She's asleep"

"Oh, so I'm the last resort?" she teased trying to show that she wasn't depressed but deep inside, she could feel that

"Uhh.. Well, honestly, yes" Draco said seriously, forcing himself not to laugh. He saw her expression and immediately said "No! Of course not! Is it bad if I ask you out for a talk? I missed you." "And uhh.. Ron" he added trying to sound casual

"I missed you to Dr.. Malfoy" she smiled "Come on, lets go" she said, closing the door.

Draco had kept their conversation laid-back and casual. Although talking to her made him want her more, he eased his desire. He couldn't just tell her he loved her because she might reject him. Rejection, which he has not experienced quite often, might happen to him. He is expecting that but he's willing to give it a try for her, even if he knew it might hurt him in a deep manner. She's the only one who he's ever loved. The only one who taught him what it feels like to be in love but it wasn't the usual love he had undergone.

They were now sitting by the bailey, gazing at the open space in front of them. Draco glimpsed at the seemingly oblivious Hermione. She looks so pretty, he thought. She turned to look at him and she saw him looking back. She immediately jolted her head back to where it had been before she looked at him. He smiled.

Hermione loved Draco's presence. He made her feel two things; serenity and anxiety, two ironic things, which Draco made possible. Somehow, tonight, he thought of Draco as Ron. He could be Ron, she thought, but he isn't Ron.

"So, do you really love Ron?" Draco asked out of nowhere.

She looked at him questioningly. It was a sudden question

"Of course I do" she said reassuringly

He nodded weakly. "He's lucky you know"

She gaped at him with widened eyes.

"I mean.. you and him, you love each other" he forced an explanation.

"Well you and Latvia seem to do so too. I saw the way she was holding you and the way you looked at her. It was so sweet"

He couldn't mutter anything.

"Remember the Yule ball when we were on our seventh year? There were a lot of romances unfolding during that time. It was actually the time when Ron had first asked me out and told me what he had been feeling. Well, I saw you with Pansy. You guys were.. kissing."

"You saw us?" he said perplexed

"Like it wasn't obvious! You were munching on her"

The serious atmosphere had changed into a teasing and happy one.

"I wasn't"

"You were"

"Well, you were munching on Ron too!"

She let out a gasp. "I was not munching on him!" she said pushing Draco from his chair.

He fell but instantly stood up.

"I saw how you kissed him"

"You did?" she asked, questioning on why he was paying attention to their kiss. I saw him kiss because I was kept on glancing at him. Could it possibly be the same reason? No! Hell, not Draco. He would never.

"Yes! And more than kissing"

"Uhhhh!" she said, shoving him further to the ground.

"I just.. I was just kissing him. Unlike you who's known for doing things more than you should"

"Doing things more than I should?"

"Oh come on! You know that"

"Pansy, Padma, Lavender, even Fleur and more. You were a very bad boy" she said seductively

"Well, you were a very bad girl too" he mimicked. She smiled. He was so hot as he mimicked her.

Just as he was about to stand up, he bumped his head onto the protruding edge of the wall. "Ow" he said

"Oh my God! Are you alright?" Hermione said as she approached him, kneeling beside him and stroking his head. Now she knew how why Latvia was smiling as she touched Draco. She had felt the warmth and the tingly feeling cover her body as she was there face to face with him, touching him, staring at him as he stared back. There was a deep connectionbetween their eyes. It was like everything was coming back to her; how she felt before, how she wanted him and how she wished he was hers. They were silent. Enjoying the intense moment. They could here their breathing like it was their own. Draco was oblivious to the world. He was there, staring at the brown eyes he had always loved. He couldn't believe they were this close. He couldn't believe she was staring back at him this way-so intimate, so passionate, so deep. It gave him feelings, which made him want to kiss her or even, more. He wanted her. He needed her. He was about to give in to his feelings when, the door swung open. They separated. The person who emerged from the door was none other than Latvia. "I uhh.. are you alright?" Hermione said awkwardly.

He nodded hesitantly. "I better go. It's late" she bided, mortified and hoping Latvia had not seen the positions she and Draco were in. "Vat 'appened Drraco? I zot you vere asleep alrready" she said handing out a hand. "I.. I'm fine really. Come on, let's go in" he said. His feeling of depression was very blatant. He wished Latvia had never come. If she didn't come, he could have kissed those lips he desired to taste since the very beginning he laid eyes on her. If Latvia wasn't there, he could have known if both he and Hermione were feeling the same way. And if Latvia wasn't there, he could be hers as she could be his. But no, she was there and Hermione had Ron. The world was not in accordance to his wants. It never was. Before, he wanted to live life normally but due to his family, he couldn't. He also wanted to be an auror, but then again, due to his family, he couldn't. But, the biggest hate he had for the world was that he was born a pureblood from a stringent family forcing him to limit his social calendar to fellow purebloods. He loathed it so much, especially now, the thought on why a pureblooded Malfoy should never fall in love with a muggle-born wizard. He despised himself for following his family's roots. If he hadn't followed it, he could have her. Look at him now, he followed his family's roots yet he still ended up with a person he shouldn't end up with-a muggle. If only I was a Weasel, he thought, then everything could probably be all right.

A/N: So, how was it? please please please review again. Doesn't matter if your review is short, what's important is that you tell me what you think of the story. Whether you like it or not. :)

Hermione and Draco's life are going to get more intense so, review if you want me to update soon. :)

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tom's princess