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PLAYING HAPPY FAMILIES

At seven o'clock Draco entered the Great Hall, he looked around awed by the lavish decorations, the hall was hardly recognizable. It was clear the teachers had spent many hours decorating, the sky was clear with a few stars dotting it. The walls were made to look like something out of a fairytale, all around him witches and wizards of his year milled about in costumes and robes, he appeared to be the only one in a muggle suit, amongst the many faces he spotted Hermione chatting with the Patil twins, he also spotted a mop of bright red hair, indicating that Ron had come. Draco made his way to a table at the back that was not occupied and sat down, he felt very uncomfortable being there and wished he could disappear. A few minutes later McGonagall stood up and the crowd became silent;

"Welcome past students, I am pleased to see so many familiar faces" she paused for a moment, 'I would like you all to give a warm welcome to your Head Boy and Girl, Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger" there was some scattered applause as Hermione and Draco took the stage.

"Welcome back students, it is my great pleasure to be one of your hosts tonight" she looked around, "I see so many faces that I used to call friends during my time here at Hogwart's but now I ask myself what happened? Why are there so many faces here that I no longer speak to" Hermione looked to Draco, "I know tonight for most of us, will be a night to rediscover old friendships and to form new ones." She sat down, Draco looked at her, then he stood,

"My dear classmates, I stand before you, a changed man, I left hogwart's ten years ago with ideas of how my life would be, I dreamt that I would be married by now, I am not' there was a few giggles from the crowd, "When I accepted the Head Boy position here, I had hoped that many of you would here my story, know what I did to receive the teachers forgiveness and in turn forgive me" he paused, "That did not happen, as it stands one student in this room, took the time to hear my side of the story and she forgave me and to her I will be eternally grateful" he stepped off the stage and made his way out of the Hall and into the cool night air, Draco made his way towards the weeping willow, he sat underneath it and thought about his years at Hogwart's, making friends with Hermione and then falling in love with her, she had been his best friend here, he had been stupid in his younger years to think that she was less of a person than he was, he smiled softly to himself. Draco fumbled in his breast pocket for the letter, he had read it thousands of times he pretty much new it off by heart,

"Draco?" a soft voice asked, he looked up, Hermione stood a foot away from him, "We need to go back in and share the first dance" she finished, Draco stood,

"Hermione, please tell me you don't love me anymore, then I can move on" he begged her, Hermione hesitated,

"I do love you" she said, she moved closer to him, he saw the tears in her eyes, "There is so much I need to tell you"

"Tell me now, please" he took her in his arms, Hermione studied his shirt,

"I know who Lily's mother is" she whispered, Draco stared at her,

"Tell me it's you Hermione, please" he had wished so hard for it to be true, Draco looked down at the ground, when he looked up, Hermione had gone.

Draco re-entered the Great Hall, it was half past ten, he needed to get back out to the willow quickly, but first he needed to dance with Hermione as custom suggested,

"May I have this dance?" he asked her, she took his hand and he led her to the dance floor. The swirled around the dance floor, not noticing the whispers around them, Draco stared into her eyes and she did not break eye contact,

"I have never stopped loving you, Draco" she whispered, he leant down and kissed her tenderly.

"Please, come back into my life" he begged her, Hermione smiled,

"Ok" she whispered, the music finished and Draco stopped moving, but never broke eye contact with her,

"You have no idea, how happy you have made me" she hugged her tightly, "Now if you will excuse me, I have some important business to attend, I shall see you tonight?" Hermione went to say something but he dashed from the room quickly. Draco sprinted all the way back to the weeping willow, he sat down again and waited. Whilst he waited, he thought about the first time he had ever kissed Hermione, even back then he knew it was true love;

Draco and Hermione sat in Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop silently, they had visited Hogsmeade on Valentine's day, it was also there first date;

"You know I never thought you would agree to go out with me" Draco admitted, Hermione smiled softly,

"I have fancied you for awhile" she said, "Since first year" she blushed a little

"Even after all the names I called you?" he asked, Hermione nodded,

"When I came to Hogwart's my head was filled with silly ideas of meeting the love of my life" she said, "the first time I saw you, I knew you were the one I wanted to have, one of the silly ideas I had in my head was that boys only be mean to the girls they like" she admitted, Draco smirked,

'You liked me way back then?" he asked, Hermione nodded, "Wow" was all he could say, Hermione put her tea cup down,

"Shall we head back?" she asked, Draco nodded, he did not want this perfect day to end, they walked slowly back to the castle, Draco reached out and took her hand, he gave it a squeeze and she smiled,

"Hermione, please tell me if this is going to fast but may I kiss you?" Draco asked, they stopped walking and Hermione bit her lip,

"I…I" she stuttered, "Oh this is embarrassing, I have never had a real kiss before" she whispered, Draco did not seem phased, he leaned forward and captured her lips with his, Hermione seemed hesitant at first but then she responded by kissing him back. When they finally broke apart, Draco couldn't wipe the silly grin off his face, he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and led her back to the castle, he couldn't wait to kiss her again.

Draco was shaken from his reverie by a soft voice, calling his name,

"Draco?" the voice asked, he looked up into those warm chocolate brown eyes, the same eyes his daughter has, he gasped,

"It's you!" he exclaimed, jumping to his feet.

Sorry to cut it short but hey it's worth it to find out who Lily's mum is. Now I have written Chapter Five, I hesitated about who I was going to make Lily's mum be, but I have finally settled on this person and I will update as soon as I get a few more reviews.

Love

Lynda