Written for muggle music, task #8.
He stares at the letter in front of him.
He didn't open it. He already knows what's inside so it's not like he really needs to open it to read it.
To Ronald Weasley and family.
He moved on, when they broke up. He found what was missing with Lavender and he's happy in a way that he wasn't before.
But when he heard that Hermione was dating Draco Malloy of all people he snapped.
They had a huge fight. He started yelling and she screamed things at him that he's sure that to this day, she still regrets it.
He knows for sure because he said things that he regrets too.
Harry had to intervene for them to stop and when he left her house, he swore that he would never speak to her again. And he left with her screaming "ditto" at him.
And now, almost two years later, she's inviting him to her wedding with the snake.
He still loves her. Not like the girlfriend she used to be. More like the best friend that she was, the third piece to the puzzle - him being the second and Harry the first.
And oh my how he missed her. She was mean, stubborn and fierce. And he's sure that she invited him because she wanted too. Because Hermione only does what she wants to do.
He smiles fondly.
She's reaching out. She's trying in spite of everything they said to each other two years ago.
He picks the envelope and opens it. Inside, there's the wedding invitation with cursive letters that he's sure Ginny made her choose.
"Are we going?"
He turns to see Lavender on the doorstep. When the invitation arrived, she handled him the envelope and left to the other room.
She's not jealous of Hermione, he knows that. But she also knows how much the other girl means to him, and how things turned out between them, so she gave him space to decide what he wants.
He smiles warmly at her, loving her more for it.
"Yes," he picks a pen to confirm. "Yes, we are."
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She's in the library when the owl arrives.
Opening the window, the owl drops the envelope on the desk in the center of the room and goes to her place by the other window.
Rolling her eyes, he picks the card and reads it.
Her grin covers her face and Hermione holds the card to her chest as if it's her whole world.
Draco chooses that moment to enter the library and, as he sees the blinding smile on Hermione's face, he can't help but smile too.
"So he accepted the invitation."
She turns to him. "Yes. Yes, he did."