Another chapter. I'm starting school again tomorrow so I'll probably won't update every day like I am doing now. I'm just going to say sorry beforehand.
Have fun reading this chapter.
Disclaimer: I think I'm going to ask my boyfriend to buy me the Harry Potter universe so I don't have to bother writing original Disclaimers anymore. But for now, I don't own Harry Potter.
"I have no idea how you cope with him Hermione." Ron said while stealing a kiss "Has he insulted you yet? If he has, I swear I will kill him with my bare hands."
"Ron, Malfoy lost his memory. He is actually quite pleasant to be around. He forgot he hates muggle borns, remember?"
Her boyfriend muttered some insults and she swore she heard something that sounded like "I'm sure he's just faking it". She sighed. Ron always overreacted at things like these. One time a guy told her she dropped her wallet and Ron almost attacked him for flirting with his girlfriend.
She had been dating him for almost a year now, and she had to admit, he was getting quite annoying. At first she found it sweet that he kept telling her about their future together and woke her up every morning with a different song (yes he sung them, no he can't sing). She even liked his protectiveness. But after 6 months it was getting old. She had to keep reminding him that she was actually capable of defending herself. She was a Hermione Granger for Merlin sake, the brains of the golden trio and the first person people thought of when somebody mentioned feminism and equal rights.
Of course this had to do with her campaigns for house elves and her answer to the daily prophet reporter when he asked her if it was hard to compete with two boys. After that interview no reporter ever dared talking to her again in fear of being fired like the last one. It wasn't her intention to get the poor fellow fired, but it wasn't her fault he held a terribly insulting interview..
After 5 months of constantly reminding Ron that she was, in fact, a big girl, she tried to convince herself that she could do this for the rest of her life. She was actually quite successful for a while. She loved Ron, honestly, she just wasn't quite sure in what way anymore.
"You alright Mione? You seem to have dozed off." Ron was looking at her with his familiar puppy dog eyes. She loved him. Of course she loved him. How could she not. They were destined to be together. Right?
"Yeah I'm fine. Just had a long day is all. I'm a little tired. Maybe we should just go and sleep." Hermione said in a soft tone. Fingers in her eyes as if she had a headache.
"Sure you're alright? I could get you some pumpkin juice if you'd like?" He was such a sweet guy. How could she ever think of dumping him.
"No it's okay Ron. You should go home. I'll be fine on my own." She stood up and waited for him to follow her.
"Why do you always want me to go home? We've been dating for over a year Hermione. Surely you can handle me sleeping here. It's not like we haven't done any other things. It isn't that big of a step really."
Logically it shouldn't be that big of a step seeing as they had already done everything there was to do in a relationship. But for Hermione it just felt like she was getting a step closer to moving in together and she wasn't sure she wanted that. Not that she never wanted to move in with a guy. She just wasn't sure she wanted that with Ron.
"Maybe some other time," she lied", I just have a headache right now. I'd rather sleep on my own."
He seemed to accept this explanation and threw the blanket aside. "Okay, But I'll be here in the morning to see if you're okay." he said, always stubbornly looking after her.
"Honestly Ron, I'll just take a pepper-up potion. Besides, I have to be at work at 6 in the morning." This seemed to scare him off a little.
"Okay fine, I guess I'll see you at Harry and Ginny's Party Then?"
"Of course Ron" She started gently pushing him to the fireplace.
"Love you Mione" Ron said while stepping into the fireplace with some floo powder.
She gave him a quick kiss. "See you tomorrow Ron." She put no thought into why she wasn't able to return those three simple words.
"Hello Mister Malfoy, my name is Heale.."
"Healer Granger, Hermione" Malfoy interrupted her.
Her eyes grew bigger and out of disbelief she asked: "Could you say that again?"
"You are Hermione." He simply said "I remember you from yesterday. I also remember I asked you to call me Draco. Could you please call me Draco again?"
"Are you saying you remember yesterday?.. Draco?"Hermione quickly grabbed her parchment and excitedly started scribbling down this new discovery.
"No not everything. Just the parts where I spoke to you or thought about you. Although I do remember why I'm in here." Draco started smiling again and a part of Hermione wanted to take a picture of it and hang it up on her wall. She tried blaming it on the happiness she felt about him remembering things.
"Do you remember other things about your past?" Hermione asked with a pleading voice
"Er.. I remember more about you yes. I remember you had a relationship in your 4th year, I thought it was with a famous wizard because I also remembered seeing a poster of him somewhere." She tried to push the image of her and victor out of her mind. She didn't see it as a mistake, but not really as a relationship either. "I remember you had a cat. I thought it was called crookshanks but please correct me if I am wrong. I also remember you wore a pink dress to a dance I attended as well and I think I was drooling over you."
Her eyes shot up at this comment. She tried to hide her red cheeks behind her parchment. "Drooling over me you said?" She tried to say in her most professional voice although she knew she had failed.
Draco snickered. "Yes drooling over you, but I also remember I wasn't the only one." A cheeky smile appeared on his face.
Hermione didn't recognize the compliment and just kept asking questions. "Is that all you remember?"
"No," He said, "I also remember something odd. Could you tell me if it's real or not?"
"I could try," Hermione said with an encouraging smile.
"I remember you punching me in the nose. Is that a real memory?" Draco actually looked quite confused when Hermione started to laugh this time without trying to stop it.
"Yes," She snickered ", Yes that happened."
"Well I guess I deserved it then." He smiled at her. "Why do I remember all these things?" He asked confused.
"Yesterday I told you I had some idea options. I tried one and I guess it worked. Would you like to hear what it was now Draco?" She asked while beaming with pride. She had already done a better job than the three best healers in the hospital.
"Sure," He said trying to act nonchalant, but she spotted the eagerness in is eyes.
"Great!" She exclaimed. "After you fell asleep yesterday I told you some of my memories of you in the hope you remembered them too. I have to say that I am not disappointed. Your mind even came up with some extra memories on its own. This was just a small test of course, it means that your memories are still in your head somewhere. You just can't access them by yourself. I promise you that I'm going to help you access them." She said. She was so happy that her test worked she almost didn't notice it when Malfoy grabbed her hand. Almost.
"Thank you Hermione. It's great to remember something." He smiled and kept holding her hand.
She felt a little jittery and it felt like somebody was firing spells in her stomach, she must be getting sick again.
Hermione pulled back her hand and attempted to walk out of the room when Malfoy grabbed her arm again. "Please stay Hermione. I like talking to you."
Instead of doing what she normally would've done if she heard Malfoy of all people say this to her and hex him, she sat down beside him. Still trying to figure out why she listened to him, he began talking.
They had such an animated conversation she even forgot she was at work. She even forgot her shift was done. She even forgot her boyfriend was waiting for her at the party of her two best friends.
Hey guys. Tell me what you think of this chapter. I think maybe I'm kind of rushing into this Dramione thing. Ron and Hermione aren't going to break up just yet. But The feelings of Draco and Hermione are starting to show I guess. Tell me if you think I'm going to fast with that part.
And tell me what you think of the rest of the chapter while you're at it!
