Author's Note: I just finished the final chapter. And oh man. I really love how I ended it. It makes me sooooo happy! I might even speed up my updates just so I can hear what you think about it! I'm debating if I want to add more to after where I left it off for the final chapter or if I should write an epilogue or sequel. I don't know. I might do a one-shot sequel or two because it'd be fun. We'll see.

And this chapter was fun to write only because I think you guys are going to be a little confused because it's so much fun to do things that you don't 100% expect. If you expected it then I'm not as good as I think which would make sense considering this is my first fanfic. You can laugh at me in the reviews, I'll totally take that =)

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Chapter 7: The Proposal

-Iris's POV-

Class today has been boring thus far. The mudblood hasn't really said anything at all today. She just sits there at her desk and stares at whatever it is she's reading. I don't think she's turned a page in the past five minutes. I thought she was a bookworm; shouldn't she be a speed reader?

Maybe she's anxious, waiting to be proposed to. I need to slip the potion before he gets the chance to do that. Hmm, how am I supposed to pull this off. I need to slip it into a drink that's for sure, but when will I get that chance?

A knock at the door pulls me from my thoughts and just like magic my target has arrived. I really hope he isn't proposing here, that would be very bad form. But I guess being around a mudblood does that to you.

Miss Granger walks out into the hallway to talk to Draco. This might be my best chance! I quickly get up to make some tea. I slip the potion into one of the cups and hold it my right hand. I pour tea into two cups and make my way out of the classroom.

"Hermione, please just listen to me, it's really important. Just please – Miss Parkinson, what are you doing outside the classroom?"

Oh, I was interrupting something now was I? Well at least I know he didn't get to the proposal part. That's good!

"Hello Mr. Malfoy, I figured since you're a guest here I'd show my good breeding and present you with tea." I gently pass him the cup from my right hand. "Miss Granger, I even made you some." I hand her the cup roughly and let it splash a little. I see that Draco has taken a sip of his tea. "Well, I'll leave you to your conversation and go back to class. Have a nice afternoon Mr. Malfoy."

That went exactly to plan!

"Draco, I'm in class. Let's just talk when I get home later." Miss Granger grabs his cup and walks back into the class not touching the tea.

Oh well, he at least got some of the tea. It should take effect soon enough.

-Hermione's POV-

Today has been horrible. The kids were more rowdy than normal. The remarks cut deeper than they normally did. Even the half-blood children were rude to me. The remarks they were making reminded me of second year all over again. It's been five years since the war, why can't they get it through their head that I'm just the same as they are.

Draco isn't in the apartment when I get home. It does look like he stopped by but not for long. All our pictures are faced down. I don't understand that.

When I walk to the kitchen to make myself a cup of tea there's a note on the table. Draco must be out. I make myself my tea and proceed to the bedroom. I change into a pair of jeans and one of Draco's tee shirts. I'm starting to relax and feel comfortable. I turn on the telly and just lounge around for a bit.

A few hours later when I go back to the kitchen to make myself something to eat. Draco still hasn't gotten back home. Maybe the note says something about it. I pick it up from the table, read it, drop it onto the floor and run to the bedroom.

I have to get out of here. I can't be here right now. I knew my attitude would push him away. Maybe this is what was so important that he interrupted my lessons. At least I didn't have to look him in the eye when he said this. I wouldn't be able to hold back tears in front him. Its good he's not here because the tears, the sobs, the heart break, there's nothing I can do to prevent it from happening.

After all my things are packed, I shrink my bags and put them in my pocket. I look at the apartment that has been my home for the past two years; the life I had with Draco, for the last time. Can I really leave like this? Can I leave everything that I've known and loved? Can I not fight for him? I see the letter on the floor and I know that I have to leave. He doesn't want me.

I walk out the apartment and apparate away.

Granger,

I can't do this anymore. It's not working and I need someone that will work with me. I don't know when I'll be home.

Malfoy

-Pansy's POV-

"Pans! Wait up!" I turn around to see whose calling me and am surprised to see Draco Malfoy calling for me. I haven't spoken to him since right after the war. I thought he didn't want me in his life. Whatever it is, it can't be good. I need to get us out of the public eye just in case he feels the need to embarrass me again.

I start walking towards the shrieking shack away from the crowd. He continues to run after me.

"Pansy. Please stop. I need to talk to you. It's important!" What could be so important that he seeks me out after all these years?

Once I reach the shack, I turn to him and scream at him "What do you want Malfoy? Huh? After all this time, what could be so important that you chase me out of Hogsmeade? Hmm?" I'm not happy right now and I want him to know it!

"What are you talking about? I love you. I can't live without you. I came to apologize. I just needed to see you. I miss you. I can't live without you Pans." Oh Merlin, what's going on.

"Are you serious?"

"Most definitely." He gets on his knee and pulls out a gorgeous ring, this nice size diamond with emeralds and rubies surrounding it. If he was serious the ring he got me would not have rubies on it. And why would he propose to me the first time he's spoken to me in five years? This makes absolutely no sense. I thought he was with Hermione. OH! Hermione. The rubies. Oh my, something is definitely going on!

"Draco, you don't mean to propose to me right now. How about we go somewhere and catch up?" I need to find out what's going on because there's no way in hell that he's serious about what he said to me. I know he doesn't love me, and I know he would never talk to me if he could.

"Sure, we can go back to mine if you like."

"What about Granger? Won't she be there?"

"I'm not sure but I left her a note. I told her it was over that I had to find someone who could work with me. And that's why I had to find you. I know we're perfect together and I love you."

Yup, something is seriously wrong. There's no way he would end things with Granger, especially in a note. I need to speak to someone who knows Draco better now.

"No, I have a different place to go. Come on, you'll side-along." I really hope they don't kill me first.

Author's Note: Ooo, I hope you like this. Did you think the love potion was for Pansy? And where do you think she's taking them?