Chapter Twenty-Two:

Draco woke up to the sweet smell of shampoo he loved so much. The lavander mist mesmerizing him. He looked down at Hermione and noticed her smiling in her sleep.

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing,
Watch you smile while you are sleeping,
While you are far away and dreaming,
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender,
I could stay lost in this moment forever,
Where a moment spent with you is a moment I treasure,

Damn how much he missed her during this last day they were fighting. He never thought that being without her would be so hard, that he would get that addicted to her.

I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep,
Cause I miss you baby, And I don't want to miss a thing,
Cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream will never do,
I still miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing

She haunted him down everywhere he went. Every move he made he thought of her. Every dream he had was about her, about them.

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating,
And I wondering what you are dreaming,
Wondering if it's me you are seeing,
Then I kiss your eyes and thank god we're together,
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever and forever forever

Draco started brushing Hermione's hair with his fingers, feeling the silky texture in between his fingertips. Kissing her eyes, her nose, doing so very gently and carefuly not to wake her up. Taking in that sweet smell of her skin. Looking at the innocent purity of her sleepy face.

And I don't want to miss one smile,
I don't want to miss one kiss,
I just want to be with you right here with you,
Just like this, I just want to hold you close,
I feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment,
For all of the rest of time

He pulled Hermione closer to him, wrapped his arms around her tighter, never wanting to let go. Never wanting to lose her again.

He smelled her hair once again, and loosened the grip.

Little by little Hermione started waking up to Draco's soothing caress. She opened her eyes and looked at him with a delightful smile on her pretty face.

"Good afternoon." she said sleeply.

"Very good indeed." said Draco and kissed her temple tenderly.

"Have you been awake for a while?" she asked.

"No, just a couple of minutes." replied Draco.

"Oh shit!" Hermione jumped out of the bed.

"What is it?" Draco asked a bit dazed.

"I forgot, there is something I must do." and with those words she hurried towards her room.

Draco got up and followed her to her room. He didn't understand why she felt the sudden urge to leave. What could possibly be more important than them being together at last?

In her room, Hermione was sitting by her desk, writing what looks like a letter on a very long piece of parchment.

Draco came and stood behind Hermione to see what was it she was writing. He saw the letter was addressed to the Weaselbee family.

At first he thought about getting mad but as he read on he realized why this was so important to her.

She wrote to Ron and Ginny about him. About how much they care for each other, and that they are together officially. She also stated that she would hate to see her boyfriend and best friends mad at each other, and decided it would be nice if they come over in a few days to start things over the right way.

She asked them to reply as soon as possible, tapped the parchment with her wand, it rolled into a tight roll, and she sealed it with her wand. She quickly attached it to her owl, and sent him away.

She then looked at Draco, now seated on her bed, with crookshanks in his arms. Draco patted the cat gently, brushing his hair with his palms. The cat purred in response, enjoying every bit of attention he was getting.

'Crookshanks also missed Draco' Hermione thought to herself. She couldn't help but smile seeing how sweet Draco was towards her cat.

She came up to him, and stood over him.

"I did it." she said happily. "I told Ron and Ginny of us, and next I will tell every person I know, well every person it is possible to tell." she said with a smile.

"How about Potter?" he asked. Right after it came out of his mouth he wished he could have taken it back. She did a lot for him, but nothing seemed to be enough. 'What the hell is wrong with you?' he asked himself.

Hermione hesitated for a minute. She really did want to tell Draco about Harry, and everything that he's going through, but on the other hand, she felt like she couldn't be responsible to risk his life even more.

"If I would know where Harry is, and how to get in touch with him, I would have surley notified him. I'm sorry, but for now, Harry was out of bounds." she said a weak smile forming on her face.

"It's ok, you have nothing to be sorry for. Sorry for being so blatent." he said putting Crookshanks on Hermione's bed and getting up.

"So, to celebrate our make up, I think we should go out. What do you say hun? Romantic candle light dinner, just you and me?" he said pulling her into his embrace, brining her body very close to his. He looked into her amazing brown eyes, he felt like he could swirl and get lost in their beauty.

"Sure." she replied, and placed her lips on his softly.

"I must start getting ready, because honestly it would take a while and I'm starving already." she said indicating for him to leave.

"I got you." was all he said, kissed her lips and left the room with a playful smile.

Hermione was puzzled on the matter of what to wear. She didn't know what she was in the mood for. She wanted to look elegent yet sexy, dressed up yet simple, and she was really beginning to lose her mind looking inside her closet.

She finally settled on a summer dress. It was a white dress, with a swirling hot pink, bright orange, and highlighter yellow sequence. The fitting was halter top, tight all the way to the waist, and from the waist down, it flared. The dress was knee high, and fitted Hermione perfectly. It brought out her marvelous curves, especially around the cleavage area.

'This should have Malfoy going crazy' she thought to herself with a mischievous smile. She sprayed her favorite parfum on, Addict, by Christian Dior. In her opinion the smell was so sensual, and it drove everyone who smelled it to insanity.

On her feet, she wore a pointy hill, sexy white sandal that tied around her calf. It revealed her cute pedicured toes, her nail polish color was hot pink.

She brushed her silky hair, and using her wand converted it into big smooth curls that fell on her pretty face. The curls looked great on her, it looked like she used a curling iron, curling stray by stray.

For make up all she had was some mascar, and hot pink lip gloss. She decided to do light and easy make up that would compliment her look and not outdo it.

She walked out of her room looking for Draco so that they could get going. She looked for Draco everywhere around the house and could not find him. Where the hell did he go?