One Last Kiss: Chapter 6

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Hermione dashed upstairs and washed her face, brushed her teeth, combed her hair and changed in to more appropriate clothes like a typical everyday dress and a cardigan over it. She sat down on her bed after checking herself in the mirror. Why am I so worked up over this? It's just Draco and his mother,she thought to herself. And what is this about being childhood friends?And she suddenly remembered her mother who told her a story about a childhood friend every now and then throughout her childhood.

Yes, Cece was her friend's name. Jane said in one of her stories that they lost touch when they both turned 11. Cece transferred schools and her family, who was never that friendly with their neighbors, moved and they never saw each other again. Eventually, Jane and Hermione's grandparents also moved a few years later.

With a deep breath, Hermione looked at herself in the mirror again and went down to properly greet their guests. "Hi. Good morning, again," greeted Hermione. She sat down on the long sofa, beside her mother, across the sofa where "Cece" or Narcissa and Draco sat. "I apologize for how I behaved earlier, I think I was still dreaming," she excused.

"That's alright, love. Let me introduce you again to Cece and her son -"

"Yes, Draco Malfoy," blurted Hermione before she could stop herself. She quickly looked at Draco for help to explain their situation.

Cece and Jane looked at Draco and Hermione. "You know each other?" the two mums asked in unison.

Draco cleared his throat. "We both go to Hogwarts, mother, Mrs. Granger," he answered quite amused with the bewilderment of their mothers.

Jane looked at Narcissa. "Cece, are your parents non-magical, too?" she asked her friend. "Are you a witch? Is that why you transferred schools?"

Narcissa proceeded to explain to Jane that her parents are both magical and that she, too, went to Hogwarts where she met her husband but left out the parts of being a Death Eater and following Voldemort. She looked at Hermione. She knew she heard the name from Lucius before but she hadn't thought that it could be her friend's daughter. She did hope that Draco didn't bully her at school, although just by Jane not mentioning anything about a student named Draco, she was quite relieved.

Hermione went ahead and got the tea when she heard the kettle whistle. Clearly, her mother was surprised with what she was hearing. She placed the tray on their coffee table and poured tea on the four cups she prepared.

"Well, this is quite something," said Jane after Narcissa told her story and let everything sunk in. "But it is nice that everyone is well acquainted. It won't be hard to break the ice, right?" Everyone smiled and laughed at the thought. Just then Hermes came in with a sleeping Blaine in his arms. "Oh, darling! You will not believe this. Hermione and Cece's son, Draco, go to Hogwarts! And Cece is a witch!" Jane told her husband as soon as he stepped in the house. Draco immediately stood up, accustomed to how things were done in the Malfoy manor.

Hermes looked at the lot in his living room. "Really now? This is something!" he said when he saw all of them nod. "Who would've thought we'd have magical guests so randomly?" He patted Draco on the back. He already met Narcissa once for lunch when Jane asked him to tag along. "Fine young man you have here, Cece," he complimented because he saw Draco stood up when he entered the house. "Please boy, have a seat." Hermione took Blaine from her father and excused herself to bring her brother to his room.

"Hermione, love, why don't you show Draco the guest room?" said Jane before she could take the first step up the stairs. Hermione looked at Draco who stood up and carried his and his mother's luggage. He followed her up the stairs.

At the top of the stairs, Draco found himself in a long hallway. There were three doors on the left and two doors on the right. Hermione gave him a quick tour.

"On the left here, the first door is the master's bedroom and the second door is Blaine's room. On the right, the first door is the guest room, where you will be staying. The second door is for the bathroom and the last door is my room," said Hermione as she continued to walk in the hallway. Draco placed their luggage in front of the door of the guest room and followed Hermione to Blaine's room.

It was a little, blue room with a bed in the middle. To the left was Blaine's wardrobe and to the right were toy cabinets. The room was also filled with Thomas the Tank Engine things. From bed sheets, pillows, carpet, mural on the wall and toys, everything had Thomas' face on it and his friends. Draco saw Hermione put Blaine in bed. She removed his shoes and put them in a shoe rack.

"So, Christmas with you, huh?" said Hermione as she tucked Blaine in bed. She couldn't believe Draco Malfoy, a muggle-born hater, would spend a muggle Christmas with muggles and a muggle-born witch. "I'm going to wake up any minute now, am I?" she said as she sat on the floor and watched Draco walk towards Blaine's wardrobe and looked at the photos on top of it.

Draco smirked at Hermione's statement. This was definitely real and they will spend Christmas together. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, Granger, but this is all happening," he told her as he picked up a photo. "Who are the other two adults?" he asked when he noticed the photo of a baby Blaine with another man and woman.

Hermione stood up and walked to Draco's side. "My uncle and aunt. They're Blaine's parents," she said. Seeing the confused look on Draco's face, she explained how the five year old came to be her brother.

"Poor little guy," was only what Draco could say.

"Indeed, Malfoy, and imagine how he would feel when a certain someone bully's him without knowing a thing about his parents," Hermione said coyly as he looked at Draco. Yes she was pointing something out.

Draco looked at Hermione and smiled. "You missed this, didn't you?" he asked her as he brought his face to hers. As Hermione felt her cheeks heat up, she lightly pushed Draco away but he caught her hand on his chest and held it there. "Shall we come out to your parents and my mother about our relationship?"

"You're so full of yourself, do you know that?" Hermione said and tore her hands away from Draco's. The one holiday where she could clear her head from Draco Malfoy and here he comes, prancing around and being the clever git. "We don't need to pretend in my own house, Malfoy," she said, emphasizing his last name, "because your precious Louise isn't here to watch you and I snog." They heard Blaine move in his bed. Hermione pulled Draco out of the room and into hers, just opposite of her brother's room. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened them, Draco was already in front of her bookshelf where some photos of her rested.

She had a baby photo, photos on holiday trips with her parents, photos with muggle friends, photos with Harry and Ron and wizarding world friends, a photo with Viktor Krum during the Yule Ball, and a tiny photo with Justin Finch-Fletchley.

Hermione walked up to Draco and made him face her. "Look, Draco, my parents don't know how you've treated me at school. I was never the kind of person who ran to others for help," she said to him in a serious tone. "and since your mother adores you that much, I take it she doesn't know about your Hogwarts reputation?"

"Mother never approved of father's ways with muggles and muggle-borns," answered Draco, quite embarrassed with his self for deceiving his mother. But we all know how Lucius was. "Relax, Hermione. What could go wrong in these two weeks?"

"I suppose," said Hermione, looking down. "But no funny business, alright?" She looked him in the eye. Funny business meant teasing her. Draco just smiled.

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Hermione woke up the next day, the 23rd of December, hoping that everything was a dream. She stood up, sat down in front of her dresser and combed her hair. She looked at herself in the mirror. "Yesterday was a dream. Today, you're going to eat breakfast with mum, dad and Blainey," she told herself over and over. Convinced that all was a dream, she stood up and headed for the bathroom. Upon opening the door, she saw a tall blonde man, brushing his teeth. Hermione quickly shut the door. "Jesus, it's not a dream," she said and saw Narcissa came out of the guest room.

"Good morning, Hermione, dear," greeted the older woman. "Could I probably talk to you in private?" Narcissa asked and without waiting for an answer, she led her to Hermione's room. Clearly, the young Granger was still surprised. "Dear, are you alright?" Narcissa finally asked when Hermione still wouldn't talk. She saw her nod. "I want to ask you about Draco."

"What about?" Hermione asked in a high, squeaky voice. She cleared her throat.

Narcissa put her hands on Hermione's arms. "Tell me, dear, is Draco a good student or classmate?" she asked. She always wondered how Draco was at school since he had a lot of private talks with his father. "I just. I don't want to go into details about being involved with You-know-who, but-"

"He's a good student, Mrs. Malfoy," Hermione answered when she accepted the fact that everything wasn't a dream. "Uhm... He's a Prefect, I'm sure you know that. Uhm... He's up for Head Boy next school year and he makes sure to stop the fights between students. He's sweet and a lot of girls fancy him and-" Hermione stopped with her last sentence. "Uh-huh.. He's a good student, Mrs. Malfoy. Yup."

Narcissa smiled. "Thank you, Hermione. I just wanted to know that my son is a good boy at school," she said. "Are you friends with my Draco?"

Hermione didn't know what to answer to that question. "I, uhm.. We just see each other at school. I'm actually in Gryffindor with uhm, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter," she answered, unsure of how Narcissa would react of her friendship with Harry and Ron.

"Hermione, if Draco had done anything to upset you or anything, I'm truly sorry about it." Narcissa knew that Draco wasn't in good terms with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley from what she could hear with Draco and Lucius' conversations. Also, the other friend was always called a Mudblood by Lucius and know-it-all by Draco.

"That's alright, Mrs. Malfoy," said Hermione. "Everything's changed after last year so, uhm, he's nice. He's nice."

"Thank you, dear. I'll see you at breakfast." Narcissa went out the room followed by Hermione. After Narcissa disappeared down the stairs, Draco came out of the guest room wearing pants and a grey, plain, v-neck shirt.

"Good morning," he greeted Hermione who was about to open the door to the bathroom. He looked at Hermione who was in pyjama bottoms, a spaghetti strap top and a loose pullover cardigan.

"Why are you all dressed up?" Hermione asked when she noticed what Draco had put on. "It's just breakfast."

Draco approached Hermione and pulled up the sleeve that was sliding down her arm. "Your mother wished me to accompany you to the shopping centre later," he said with a smirk.

Hermione's mouth dropped. Her Christmas shopping time which she did alone for the past years, now, involved Draco Malfoy. "Are you even going to go shopping?" she asked, quite confused.

"Brush your teeth, wash your face, then let's talk," said Draco and went down for breakfast.

After breakfast, Hermione tried to get Draco to do other things at home with her dad, but he insisted to come and accompany her, much to her parents's delight. Hermione usually went home late whenever she was out shopping for presents which worried her parents a lot. She got ready to go and wore a pair of pants, a purple polo and winter boots.

Hermes drove them to the shopping centre that afternoon. "Should I pick you up or are you just going home on your own?" he asked. Hermione just shook her head no and kissed her father on the cheek and told him they wouldn't need the ride home. "Alright. We'll set the Christmas tree up," said Hermes and he drove off and left them.

"Well, we're here," said Hermione. She held Draco by the arm and went inside. "Are you going to buy gifts?"

Draco looked around. It was a big place with individual shops in it. There was even a moving staircase, but not like in Hogwarts. "What? Oh, well, I..." he wasn't sure what to say. He was still looking at the shopping centre and it was full of people who were out for Christmas shopping as well.

Hermione stifled a laugh from seeing Draco's reaction. She lightly pushed his mouth close. "Let's go Mr. Amazed so we won't be home very late," she said and dragged Draco to the stores to buy presents.

They decided to combine their money to buy Hermes, Jane, Narcissa and Blaine's presents. They bought Blaine a Thomas the Tank Engine toy and shirt. However, they had a hard time deciding what presents to buy the adults. They went around the stores, looking for possible presents but when they chose one, they always thought it wasn't quite right. Tired, they went to a cafe for tea before they resumed their present hunting.

"What have you given Narcissa before?" Hermione asked as she sipped her tea. "I think I've already given mum and dad all the possible gifts I thought of."

Draco was looking around. Hermione snapped her fingers in front of him. "I never had the time to buy mother a present," he answered after Hermione repeated her question.

"Hermione Granger?" a female voice called out from nowhere. "And Draco Malfoy?" another voice called out. The two looked around and searched for who the voices belonged to. Out of nowhere, Parvati and Padma Patil came up to them. Draco immediately held Hermione's hand.

"I can't believe you're both here!" Parvati exclaimed and she pulled a chair to join Hermione and Draco. Her excitement sounded genuine.

"Parvati, they might be on a date and you're intruding!" said Padma as she pulled her sister up. Draco and Hermione looked at Parvati then to Padma as they started to argue about their intrusion. "Parvati, shush!" Padma put her hand over her sister's mouth. "Hermione, Draco, after your date, come over to our house. We're having a small Christmas party," said Padma and handed Draco a small invitation card. Draco and Hermione just smiled since the Patils talked so fast they didn't have time to decide whether to go or not. Also, Padma dragged her sister away. "No, Parvati. Just ask them at the party. Don't ruin their date," they heard her say as they walked away.

Parvati tore away from her sister and shouted, "We'll be expecting you!" before they disappeared into the crowd.

Hermione and Draco looked at each other then laughed. Everything happened so fast and now they're going to a party where they barely know anyone except for the Patils.

"Are we going to go?" Hermione asked Draco, looking at the card Padma gave them. She was one who was never fond of parties or get-togethers. She'd rather stay home and watch a film or read a good book than dress up but since it was the first time that Parvati and Padma invited her for something, she felt guilty not to show up.

Draco thought of who could come at the party. Since Padma was a Ravenclaw, some Ravenclaws would be there. And that was reason enough for him to go. "Yes, let's go to that party," he answered, smiling at the thought of Louise knowing he brought Hermione.

"Well, alright. But we need to find presents for our parents first before we go," said Hermione who was quite disappointed at Draco's answer. So, they went on to find presents for the adults. Finally agreeing on what to give them, they bought it and went to the Patil residence for the party.

Parvati was very delighted to see the two when they arrived. She took their coats and told them that the guests were muggles except for Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan and Kylie Richards who had befriended Padma. Indeed it was a small get together, only about 12 people, including Draco and Hermione, were in the party.

The two got a drink and some finger foods and sat in the living room together with the other guests. Before they arrived at the house, they knew they had to get their act together again since Parvati didn't know that their relationship was a fake. They saw Seamus and Kylie, who sat on his lap, in a corner just talking. The other muggle guests introduced themselves to the couple. There was Rajesh, Samantha, Adithiya, Alex, and Naima who were childhood friends or classmates of the twins in their muggle school.

"Hermione, it's so nice to see you," greeted Dean and hugged his co-Gryffindor. "By the way, this is Samantha, my girlfriend," he introduced the red head woman. "And these are friends from school, Hermione and Draco."

"It's nice to meet you, Samantha," Hermione said and shook the girl's hand. Draco did the same.

Naima, the twins's American cousin, who was quite smitten with Draco, started to flirt with the Slytherin. "Hi, my name's Naima. You can call me mine," she said sweetly as she took Draco's hand.

Draco, took Hermione's hand and smiled. "As much as it would be nice to call you mine, Naima, I already have someone to call mine," he said and looked at Hermione. Dean Thomas heard everything and his mouth almost dropped to the floor. He never thought such words could come out of the Malfoy's mouth. "Her name's Hermione," Draco introduced her to Naima.

The muggle eyed Hermione from head to toe and back. "Well, a little competition won't hurt, right?" said Naima and winked at Draco. She didn't stop to try and get the handsome blonde's attention.

"No, no, Naima. Hands off, Draco," said Parvati and dragged her cousin away.

"Bold choice of words," Hermione whispered to Draco. She didn't expect him to say those words, especially to a beautiful girl and bold girl like Naima.

"I have a good boyfriend reputation to keep," he said and kissed Hermione's hand. Draco never left her alone that night. He didn't let go of her hand even while they chatted with the other guests.

Kylie Richards kept a close eye on Draco and Hermione that night, trying to get something worth talking about to Louise. She also kept asking Seamus about the two, but of course, the Gryffindor didn't know anything else except that the two were dating.

"Let's play spin the bottle!" said Naima as she gathered the guests around the table and sat on the floor. "Whoever the bottle points to does a dare, alright?" she said and they started the game.

The dares given by Naima were lighter than what she would have her American friends do. She only had them do a shot of vodka or tequila silly stints, reveal something embarassing about themselves until the other guests came up with dares to do. Whoever spinned the bottle would give the person the bottle, pointed to, a dare. When Naima's spin pointed at Draco, she had him sit beside her and kiss her which Parvati disapproved. Draco looked at Hermione who nodded her head and he went to sit beside Naima and kissed her on the cheek.

"That was a kiss?" said Naima, disappointed with Draco's action.

"There were no specifications given for the kiss, so yes, that was a kiss," Draco answered coyly. Dean and Seamus were impressed with his answer, thinking Draco could really be a good boyfriend after all.

The game went on with the dares. Hermione already got one silly stint, a shot of tequila and 2 shots of vodka while Draco got 2 silly stints and a shot of vodka. Hermione was quite tipsy already since she wasn't a drinker. When Draco spinned the bottle, it pointed to Hermione. This delighted Draco.

"Hermione Granger, I dare you to kiss me passionately," he said, a smirk forming on his lips. Dean, Seamus, Parvati, Padma and Kylie all looked at Hermione, waiting what she would do. Come to think of it, they never saw her kiss Draco first. It was always Draco who brought his lips to hers. "Come here, love," he teased.

"Are you insane?" Hermione asked Draco, embarrassed about the thought that she will kiss him in front of people she just knew. Draco just shook his head and smiled.

Naima rolled her eyes. "If you won't do it, let me," she said, ready to pull Draco towards her.

With her heart pounding very hard, Hermione reached over the table, gently grabbed Draco by the nape, closed her eyes and kissed him. Draco closed his eyes and let the kiss unfold. Soft and slow at first with only their lips touching and then they let their tongues touch, exploring the other's mouth, their head turning opposite ways as they deepened the kiss. Draco's hand, snaked his way to Hermione's neck, lightly caressing it. As the seconds went on, Draco's hand was sliding down from Hermione's neck to the top of her chest which caused her to lightly push him and stopped the kiss.

Everyone was looking at them. Dean and Seamus could've had a swarm of flies come in their mouth for how long they had their mouths open.

"Uh-huh, okay, sweet. Can we move on now?" said Naima and Draco and Hermione sat back down. Hermione spun the bottle and before it could stop, her mobile rang.

It was Hermes. He was looking for her and Draco since Narcissa was worried too. And from the tone of her father's voice, Hermione would need to sit down in a long conversation with him.

Draco stood up when he saw Hermione's worried expression. "Parvati, Padma, we had a great time but Hermione's father is looking for us," he said as he approached the twins who also stood up, knowing they were about to go. "Nice meeting everyone."

"It was nice meeting all of you," said a little tipsy Hermione. "Happy Christmas." She approached Dean and Seamus and gave them both a hug. "See you at school," she told them and followed Draco who was led by Parvati and Padma. She gave the twins a hug, greeted them Happy Christmas and told them she'll see them at school.

It was 11 in the evening when Draco and Hermione arrived home. Their parents were waiting for them in the living room.

"Do you know what time it is, young lady?" Hermes' welcoming words.

"Daddy, I'm really sorry that we got home so late," she apologized as she sat down beside her father. "Draco and I lost track of time while shopping and we met friends from school. They invited us to their house for a Christmas party," she explained and looked between her father and mother.

Draco stepped in, not wanting Hermione to take the blame. "I'm sorry, Dr. Granger," he said to Hermione's father. "It was my first time in a mall and also a muggle party and Hermione wanted me to try it," he lied, trying to lift the tension from Hermione to him. "We lost track of time because we were playing a game and we forgot to ring you."

Hermes, Jane and Narcissa looked at Hermione then to Draco and back to Hermione. What they clearly saw were both teenagers looked tired. "You could've informed us earlier about this party," said Hermes who calmed down a little. "Go ahead and wash up, you both smell of liquour. I don't want this happening again, am I clear?"

"Yes, sir," Draco and Hermione said in unison. They gave their mothers a kiss on the cheek and went up to change.

Narcissa thanked Hermes and Jane. She was never capable of getting mad at Draco since he received much of it from his father when Lucius was alive. She didn't know what to tell Draco that night.

The two changed into their pyjamas. Hermione had finished brushing her teeth when Draco came in. When she turned around and saw him, his lips were the first thing she looked at and she remembered the dare he made her do. She brushed the thought out of her head.

"Thank you, for helping me out with daddy," Hermione said, looking down at her feet. She tried to look at him, his face, but her eyes kept darting down to his lips.

Draco smiled at her. "No problem," he said, he too, trying not to look at Hermione's lips which he still felt on his. "Thank you for a wonderful day."

"Good night," said Hermione and went back to her room.

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