Ginnys Decision

A/N: Okay, the second last chapter is here! I hope you enjoy. It's a lot longer than more recent ones! I know you probably never read this but I write it anyway! The whole body swap thing will finish in this chappie!

Disclaimer: J.K Rowling owns it all! Except the portrait of Merlin!

Read on… Read on…

The way you always made me look at you,

Hermione and Draco had been dating now for two weeks, and everything was perfect. Well perfect for Draco. Hermione still didn't know whether she was dating Harry or Draco at times. She wanted it to be Draco, but couldn't tell anymore if he was the guy she was dating. The snow had melted a few days before, but it was still very cold in the castle. Hermione decided she had to find out the truth, at last.

She was laying in Dracos arms; they were curled up on the couch in the Heads dorm. He was sleeping peacefully at the moment. Hermione silently slipped out from his clutches. He gave a light snore and rolled over on his side. She bent down and kissed him on the forehead as she didn't know if she'd be able to do that after she found out the truth. She put on her cloak and exited the dorm. She headed towards the Gryffindor common room.

She has to be there, she just has to!

Hermione nearly ran up to the Fat Lady.

"Password?"

"Oh, um…I can't remember"

"No password, no entry"

"But I'm in Gryffindor, I'm Head Girl! See?" Hermione flashed her Head Girl badge.

"No password, no entry"

With all the simple things you said.

"But-"

"Corpeal Patroni" Someone shouted at the portrait.

"At last, someone knows it" And she swung open.

Hermione whirled around to see who'd said the password. Harry was limping towards her, in his Quidditch robes.

"Harry! What happened? Why are you limping?" Hermione asked with concern, forgetting that she didn't know whether he was Harry or Draco.

"I got hit with a bludger during practise and landed awkwardly on my leg" He smiled crookedly at her, "Why are you here? Don't you have your own dorm?"

"I, uh, I needed to talk to someone-"

"-who?"

"Ginny. Is she in there?"

"Mione, she's on the Quidditch team"

Oh, that's right, she is!

"Uh, must've forgotten"

"Right. Why do want to talk to her anyway?"

"Girl stuff, it's a bit of an emergency"

"Malfoy?"

"Uh, no, can't I talk to my friends about something other than my boyfriend?"

"Boyfriend?" Harry asked, his eyes widening.

Oh, he didn't know!

The way so many things surrounded you,

"Yeah, um boyfriend" Hermione said looking at her shoes.

"How long have you two been dating?"

"Er, not long"

"How long is not long?"

"Two weeks"

Oh, okay" Harry replied looking at the wall behind Hermione.

"Are you coming in or what?" They both looked at the Fat Lady who was bearing a look of both irritation and amusement.

Harry walked in to the port hole. Then he stopped and looked at Hermione.

"Are you coming?"

"No, I, uh, I've got to go find Ginny. Thanks anyway"

Harry turned his back and walked into the common room, the Fat Lady swung shut behind him.

"Handsome young man isn't he Ms. Granger?" Hermione looked up at her, startled.

"I guess"

The fat Lady gave her an unreadable look and then left her portrait.

Probably gone to find her friend Violet, and tell her I'm dating Draco.

Hermione then ran to the Quidditch pitch. She saw Ginny leaving the changing rooms.

"Ginny!" she shouted at her.

And all the tears it seemed to make.

But Ginny didn't hear her because of the wind that was blowing. Hermione wrapped her cloak around her and ran up to the redhead.

"Hermione! What are you doing here?"

"I need to talk to you. Is there, anyway we could go inside?"

"Sure, what's up?"

"I'll tell you when we get inside"

Hermione hurried Ginny into the Entrance Hall.

"Okay, tell me now" Ginny whispered excitedly.

"Uh, I can't the rest of the team's coming"

"What difference does that make?"

"Follow me" Hermione whispered and then the two girls quickly and quietly made their way to the Room of Requirement. Hermione paced infront of it.

I need a place to not be found and to keep her calm. I need a place to not be found and to keep her calm. I need a place to not be found and keep her calm.

A handle appeared and Hermione pulled an anxious Ginny through the door.

Inside the room had become like a temple. A big water fall was along one side of the room. Big pillows and cushions were around the room and hundreds of candles lit the place up.

"Whoa! What did you think of to get this room Mione?"

And now I'm falling,

"Uh, peace and tranquillity" Hermione lied.

"Why did you want to come here anyway?" Ginny asked in awe.

Hermione wheeled around and faced Ginny.

"Gin, I've finally figured it all out"

"Figured out what?"

"The reason why Harry and Draco swap bodies"

"What's the reason?"

"You"

"Me?"

"You, one of them is infatuated with you, and the other loves you"

"Seriously?"

"Yes!"

"Oh, but I don't like either of them"

"Ginny. You have to, because that's the only way to break the spell"

Ginnys brow furrowed.

"Are you just saying this to find out if I fancy Malfoy?"

"NO! I need you to tell me, honestly which one of them you like"

"Neither!"

Hermione let out a frustrated sigh.

There's nothing left to say,

"Gin, this isn't about me. I'll survive whatever the outcome. I just want to have Harry and Draco back in their own bodies, so that none of us are confused anymore"

Ginny looked at the waterfall.

"Do I have to? Isn't there another way?" She asked, her eyes never leaving the water.

"No, there's no other way. Trust me, I wish there was. Just, look deep into your heart. Who do you love?"

"I don't love them"

"Gin, you might not love them but, who would you prefer to be in love with?"

"Anybody but them"

"Ginny, you've got to love one of them" Hermione shouted at her.

"DRACO! Okay, I'm in love with Draco" Ginny shouted back. Hermione froze.

"Draco?" She whispered.

"Yeah, and I have been, since the start of the year. First you stole Seamus, then you stole Draco, but now, I'm taking him back" She shouted at Hermione.

"B-b-but, you can't, I mean-"

"Mione, I'm sorry, but I can't help how I feel"

"No, you can't. You and Harry are meant for each other"

"You told me to choose, so I chose. If this is the only way, shouldn't you go see if it's worked?"

And I can't break free,

Hermione nodded, she couldn't talk. She ran out of the Room and pelted towards the Heads dorm. She arrived at Merlin's portrait in what seemed like seconds.

"Password?"

"Bibble-dee-bobble-dee-boop"

Merlin smiled, and opened. Hermione ran up the steps. Draco was still sleeping. She curled back in, under his big arms. He pulled her close and smelled her hair. She drew small circles on his forearm. Then, as if he'd been awoken by an electric shock. His eyes opened. It took him a few seconds to get his surroundings and then he saw who was in his arms.

"Argh!" He jumped out of the chair. "What are you doing Mudblood?" His eyes showed nothing but pure hatred.

Hermione blinked, realising, that Ginnys answer had solved everything. Except, not the way Hermione had hoped it would.

"I said what are you doing?" He shouted at her. She couldn't talk; it was if her throat had closed up.

Blaise came running out of his room.

"Blaise" Malfoy let out sigh of relief at the sight of his best friend.

"What's going on?" Blaise inquired looking from a totally shocked Hermione to a very confused Draco.

"That's what I said. I mean, I woke up, and the Mudblood was just, lying there, on top of me" Draco spat out the word Mudblood.

Not from in me there:

Blaise's head shot up at the mention of the word Mudblood. Hermione willed herself to hold back tears.

"Did you just call Hermione a Mudblood?" Blaise glared at his best friend.

"Did you just call the Mudblood, Hermione?" Draco glared back. "What is going on here? I mean I'm just lying there, sleeping and then I wake up and she's just . . . there, infecting me with her Mudblood germs"

Blaise stared inquiringly at Hermione, she opened her mouth but no noise escaped. She tried again and then, as if by magic she regained her voice.

"I figured it out…Ginny…love…Mudblood" was all she could manage. But Blaise knew the rest of the story, so filled in the blanks himself. He understood now. This was the real Draco, his best friend Draco. But Blaise didn't like it. He'd preferred it when Draco was being…well…not Draco. He could tell Hermione felt the same.

"What in Merlins name is going on?" Draco said looking at Blaise.

"You have spent the last few months in Harrys body-"

"-who's Harry?"

"Harry Potter-"

"-You call him Harry? Blaise that's fraternising with the enemy!" Draco snarled at him.

Hermione just remembered Harry would be Harry again. She stood up. She had to go to him. He needed her, she could feel it. However much she wished Draco to stay the way he was, she was useless at performing miracles. So she headed towards the door, to go see her best friend.

I can't breathe without you;
I can't breathe without you,

"Where are you going Mione?"

"Harry's" She replied to Blaise. He nodded, as if saying, go on. She walked quickly down the steps and out of the portrait, listening to the fading voices of Blaise and Draco.

"Did you just call her 'Mione'?"

"Yes, I did"

"Why? What's wrong with you?"

Hermione then ran to Gryffindor common tower.

"Password?"

"Corpeal Patroni"

The portrait opened and Hermione clambered through the port hole. She saw no sign of Harry and Ron. So she headed towards their dorm. She took the stairs two at a time. As she entered the room, Ron saw her and his face relaxed.

"Mione, you're here. Finally! Harrys back. I don't know how though, he was just fighting with Colin Creevey and then he kind of collapsed, so I brought him up here and he's just woken up"

Harry was showing the same confused look as Draco as he lay on his bed.

"Mione? What's wrong?" He asked her.

"Uh, nothing. How are you feeling?"

I can't breathe without you,
Without you, Without you, Without you.

"Tired" Ron and Hermione sat down and tried to fill Harry in on the last few months, but, it turned out, he knew everything already.

"That was a really big hug you gave me in Hogsmeade, Mione" He laughed at her shocked expression.

"See Ron, I told you it was him!" Hermione squealed excitedly.

"Yeah but Harry mate, why'd you call her a Mudblood?"

"I'd never call Mione a Mudblood"

"Well you did that day"

"No, I didn't because I was there and then I blanked for awhile, then you were looking at me Hermione, and you Ron were charging at me and the whole pub was silent"

"Oh" Was all Ron could say. But Hermiones mind was working.

"So then, at times you were you, but then other times Draco showed through and you can't remember them"

"Uh, did you just call Malfoy, Draco?"

"Yeah"

"Why?"

"Because I-we-you…" Hermione couldn't finish the sentence, and then Rons eyed lit up, just as if he'd realised something.

"Mione, if Harrys back, doesn't that mean Mal-Dracos back?" He corrected himself as Hermione was trying to get him to call him Draco, now that they were dating.

"Yeah, it does"

The way I thought I'd never leave this place,

"So why are you here?"

"I – because, he's back alright, back to calling me a Mudblood and fearing my touch" She said as he cast her eyes around the room, not wanting to look at her two best friends.

"He what?" Ron stood up, but Hermione pushed him back into his seat.

"Ron, just leave it, its better this way"

"How can it be better if you're miserable?"

"I'm not miserable" She didn't sound miserable, nor did she look it but her eyes gave her away.

Harry meanwhile was trying to make sense of everything.

"So, both of you are friends with Malfoy-"

"-were" Ron corrected him.

"-Were friends with him and Hermione's dating him-?"

"-was dating him" She corrected him.

"Right, was dating him, and then he called you a Mudblood and you just expect me to take that?" Harry questioned, his green eyes flashing as everything made sense.

"Yes. Harry, just this once, for me" Hermione made him look her in the eyes and promise not to attack Draco.

"Where's Ginny?" Harry asked out of the blue, after a few minutes of silence.

"Dunno" Ron replied, "She just left straight after practise"

The way you made it seem so real.

"Harry?" Hermione asked, just remembering something, "Do you love Ginny?"

He cast a nervous glance at Ron, and then ever so slowly nodded. Hermione felt her heart break for him.

Ginny made the wrong choice. Now she's broken his heart.

Ron looked at Hermione and then remembered the conversation they'd had with Seamus and Dumbledore. He too realised what had happened from the look on Hermiones face.

"Oh, shit" Was all he said, turning paler by the second. Hermione, who usually reprimands Ron for cursing just sat there, silently.

"Will somebody tell me what's going on?" Harry demanded, propping himself up on his elbows to get a better look at his two friends.

"Harry mate…Hermiones got something to tell you" Hermione turned to look at him so fast she cricked her neck. As she rubbed her neck, she glared at Ron, but then turned to look at Harry.

"I – well – we – to get you back in your body, we had to figure out who you were in love with, because that's what Dumbledore told us to do. So after he'd told us that about a week later I discovered it was Ginny. But then things got in the way, like Seamus and Christmas, and a broom cupboard, and then I stated dating Draco, so I didn't want to know the result as I knew it might ruin everything. But I couldn't stand not knowing. So then I went and found Ginny today, you see the only way to get you back in your own body was to have Ginny answer a question. So she basically had to say who she loved. And…and…and…-"

'Cause you had faith and you had empathy,

"AND?" Harry shouted.

"And, s-sh-she chose Draco. She loves Draco, not you" Hermione sobbed onto the bed, "I am so sorry Harry. I'm so so sorry"

Harry didn't reply, he looked, empty. They sat there in silence until Hermione couldn't bear it any longer so got up and left, Ron followed. Harry didn't even notice they'd gone. He looked like he'd just seen a ghost.

"I swear, I'm gonna kill her" Ron whispered angrily to Hermione as they descended the stairs.

"Ron, you can't. Its not Ginnys fault who she loves"

"So you're just going to sit back and let her have Malfoy?"

"Well, what else can I do? He doesn't love me, that much is obvious"

"You should at least try"

"I will, but not today-"

"Why not?"

"Because I do not want to cry over another boy. So I'm gonna give it awhile"

"How long is awhile?"

"However long it takes me to get over him, at least a tiny bit, so that I won't break down into a fit of crying while I try and talk to him" She turned and left the common room, her robes billowing behind her.

"What a day" Ron said aloud. Looking around he saw Dean and Neville playing with some wizard cards. And decided he'd join them, to take his mind off of everything that'd happened in the last few hours.

And all I needed was this:

It was the beginning of May when Hermione finally, decided to pluck up the courage and to talk to Draco. Whenever he came up to the Heads dorm Hermione couldn't face him, so retreated to her room, the library or the Black lake. Whenever she was in her room, she wrote songs and played her guitar as she'd kind of abandoned it for awhile. Harry was doing the same with Ginny as Hermione was doing with Draco, except that around every two weeks he'd just ask her why. Ginny could never answer so Harry would just charge past her. He'd kept his promise though, he hadn't attacked Draco. Ron hadn't. Two weeks ago when he'd past Malfoy in a corridor he'd pushed him against a wall and hit him continuously. Harry was there, and tried, non-successfully to pull Ron off Malfoy. Then Crabbe and Goyle had stepped in, but Ron was in such a rage that he knocked the two of them out easily. Crowds had formed by now and Malfoy had been slipping into unconsciousness. Hermione who'd been rushing to get to class ran through the crowds ignoring the fight as she hadn't noticed who was involved, she was just exiting the crowd on the opposite side when she heard someone shout, "Bet it hurts now, doesn't it Malfoy? Having no one to back you up!". She'd raced into the centre and without much difficulty had stopped the fight. Ron just seemed to listen to her, more so than anyone else. Ever since then Lavender had been calling him her Hero! But Hermione was determined that today she would get answers form Draco.

And now I'm falling,

She was just leaving last class of the day, Charms. The teachers were giving them tonnes of homework on top of giving revision tests everyday in class. Hermione was the only one not being driven insane by it as she didn't have much else to do besides study and revise these days.

She walked past the Great Hall as the fact of talking to Draco had made her feel anything but hungry. She was just going down the hidden corridor that held the entrance to her dorm when she saw Draco was there too.

He turned and froze when he saw who it was.

"What are you doing here Granger?"

"I live here Malfoy" She replied coolly. He was shocked; she hadn't spoken a word to him in months.

"Finally found your voice huh?" He sneered. She ignored his comment.

"What are you doing here?"

"Uh, Blaise lives here, and the passwords been changed, so I can't get in. Trust me, as much as I'm enjoying this conversation, I'd much rather be in there" He mocked her.

"You seem to be here a lot. Have your buddies abandoned you?" She sneered back at him. Amazed that she hadn't cried yet as that is exactly what she felt like doing on the inside. She realised, that now would be her only chance to talk to him.

I've got nothing left to say,

"Do you remember any of it?" She asked him softly.

"Any of what?" He asked.

"Any of the time we were dating?"

"Granger please, don't flatter yourself. I mean I wasn't even in my body" He shuddered.

"But you must've been because Harry wasn't who I was dating as he's told me everything he did while in your body, and none of it involved me"

"Maybe Potty's lying because he really was but knows there's no chance of being with you now that he's in his own body. I know I'd definitely lie if I was dating you. I mean, just look at you. You're swot in every class. You're like a hermit. You don't talk. And you think you can play guitar. Yeah, its not that hard to hear you, you're way out of tune and you think that being friends with Blaise will be you're ticket to popularity. You should just stick to what you do best. Oh and maybe eat a bit less at dinner" He smirked at her.

Hermione could feel the tears, but she had one last thing to say.

"I'm actually glad you said that because it shows just how much of a jerk you are. No girl likes you anymore since they've discovered what you're like. Your ex-girlfriend Pansy's is sleeping with your uncle and your best friend, Blaise hates you, he just feels sorry for you, that's why he hangs out with you" She retorted.

"Why you evil, conniving, little mudblood"

And I can't break free,

"You think that word has any effect on me?" She laughed harshly at him, "You've been saying it since second year, its effect has kind of worn off" He lunged at her, but Hermione stepped to the side and he crashed to the floor on his knees, "I am totally over you" She turned and left the corridor, walking with her head up high.

Draco rolled onto his back and leant against the wall.

"Bad mistake Draco" Draco looked up and saw it was Merlin who'd spoken.

"Not you again" He moaned,as he brushed his blonde hair out of his face.

"Talk to me, its not like I'm going to tell anyone. People are still trying to unearth my secrets even though I died thousands of years ago" He smiled.

"Fine, I'll talk to you. Why do I feel so empty?"

"Because Ms. Granger was right, you are a jerk" He said simply.

"Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence"

"But you never said you wanted confidence. If you'd like I could say, you are being extremely nice and friendly and acknowledging everyone's feelings"

Draco just stared at him.

"But we both know that's not true. If you want a proper answer I have a perfect one ready. Well, do you want to hear it?" Draco nodded. Merlin cleared his throat. Then spoke, "On the train, you remember I said what you cherish most will be taken away from you. Back then it was the fear that your eight year old sister, Rhea, would have something terrible happen to her, more than likely from your uncle who has taken your fathers place at home."

Not from in me there.

He ignored Dracos look of utter shock and continued on, "But as time went by, you're most cherished changed. First it changed to Blaise as he was the only one who understood you. But then you became kind of part metamorphmagi, and the cause of that was surprisingly, Hermione. As you spent more and more time with her, you began to like her, as a friend. But then when you thought she was dating Seamus you realised you liked liked her. Then they had a big fight on Christmas morning and you followed her outside and then later you kissed. Hermione had now become you're most cherished. You dated for two weeks before the body swapping curse was lifted, courtesy of a Miss Virginia Molly Weasley, who confessed her love for you. Then you reacted the way you did, breaking Hermiones heart. Blaise then started hating you as everytime you saw her you mocked one of his best friends. Yes, you have no idea that Blaise has now become accepted by Gryffindor, especially by Harry, Ron and Hermione. But he remained your one confidant as he felt pity for you, hoping you'd go back to the way you were. Then the fight with Ronald Weasley, well you actually welcomed it because during it you felt nothing, no guilt, no helplessness. You were shocked though to discover Hermione would bother to save you in a fight after how horrible you'd been to her, and you felt guiltier. Then just a few minutes ago, you were finally confronted by Hermione and you were totally cruel and inconsiderate. Then Hermione, bless her, stood up to you and spoke the truth and now, you feel totally empty because she is over you."

'Cause I can't breathe without you,

I can't breathe without you,

Draco sat there, on the stone floor, stunned. But Merlin continued, "Oh, by the way you were in your body while dating her, in some early stages of the Il Corpo Cambia you did rebel but actually fell in love with her in the end. And now, she's finally gotten back at you for breaking her heart, she's broken yours"

Draco couldn't accept it so stood up and shouted at Merlin.

"YOU'RE LYING!" Merlin merely smiled at him.

"Am I?"

Draco was so frustrated he kicked the wall. He heard a small crack.

Argh! I broke my toe!

He glared at Merlin as if it was his fault then hobbled off to the Hospital Wing, to get Madame Pompfrey to fix it.

Hermione ran to Gryffindor tower.

"Password?"

"Quidditch"

The portrait swung open and she ran inside, up to Harry and Rons' dorm. It was empty except for Seamus. She turned to leave when he called out to her.

"Wait!"

She spun around to look at him.

"Why should I? Incase I remember correctly, we haven't talked, since Christmas" She huffed.

I can't breathe without you,
Without you, Without you, Without you.

"Yeah, about that-"

"What? Finally thought of apologising?"

"Hermione, just give me a second! I – I – I am really sorry. I don't know why I reacted that way. Well I mean I do know but-"

"-But what?"

"I really need to say something"

"Well, say it!"

"I can't describe it in words"

"That's what words are for, to describe stuff"

Seamus couldn't stop himself, he leaned in and pulled Hermione close, kissing her. She was caught totally unaware.

Oh Merlin, he's kissing me!

She couldn't move Seamus was trying to open her mouth with his tongue. But Hermione was just frozen to the spot. He started putting his hand up her jumper when she finally came to her senses. She pushed him away from her.

"What was that?" She said, wiping her mouth.

"A kiss" Seamus replied sheepishly, putting his hands in his pockets.

"I know that. I meant why did you kiss me?"

"Because I really like you Hermione"

"Seamus. I really like you too – as a friend. Around Christmas, I thought it was more, but now I realise its not. You are, or were before the fight, one of my closest friends. But, this, is just not what I need right now"

How can I let you leave this way?

"Why? You're not dating anyone"

"That's not a reason!"

"Well it's all I can think off"

"If that's all you can think of, then this, kiss, should never have happened" Hermione retorted and walked towards the door. "Oh, thanks for your apology about Christmas by the way!" She then left she didn't know where to go so just let her feet take her somewhere. She didn't realise she was outside until a big gust of summer wind blew. She headed over towards the Black lake but then carried on up a big hill and sat down on the top, overlooking the Lake, Hogwarts and the sun setting.

"Why is my life so complicated?" She asked herself.

She sat there for awhile, watching the Giant Squid glide across the waters surface, she fixed her gaze on Hogwarts.

I think that Hogwarts at sunset is even nicer than Hogwarts at night or covered in snow…

The sun was getting smaller and smaller but all of a sudden, all the grounds were covered in a golden glow. Hermione gasped in awe.

"It's beautiful" She whispered, afraid to break the silence.

"Isn't it?"

She didn't have to turn around, she knew who's voice it was.

"What do you want Malfoy?"

Without you I'm not at all.

"I've, er, come to apologise"

Hermione scoffed.

"Give me a shot Mione" Hermione froze at the mention of her name and Draco took advantage of her silence.

"Look, I've been a huge, massive, hippogriff of a jerk, you were right. But can I just explain why?"

Hermione stayed silent but gave a tiny nod. She wanted answers too.

"Okay, well ever since you hit me in third year I knew there was just something different about you. I was trying to tell myself to let go of it in fourth year but then when you looked the way you did at the Yule Ball, it was impossible to forget you. I was trying to get over that in fifth year, but then the magic you showed when we were, er, holding you captive for Umbridge was brilliant, and when I heard about what you did in the Ministry I was full of awe and respect for you, although, I never showed, it, I couldn't show it, not infront of the Slytherins, my father and especially not infront of you. Then in sixth year, when I had the mission to kill Dumbledore, you remember? Well whenever I started to make progress you're voice would just come to mind and I'd feel guilty and have to start all over again. But then when Snape thought he'd killed Dumbledore, I was just numb. But then we ran. I ran and ran and ran, but as I ran past you with Snape, you looked at me in a way you'd never looked at me before, you saw me with Snape and thought I'd changed sides, you thought I was like, a hero or something. I've never felt worse. Then after I'd changed sides during the summer with Snape and we went to Grimmauld place. You were there and your look of awe in me was gone, instead you showed nothing but hate and that broke me. I was so shocked to discover Dumbledore didn't die I fainted. I mean, who knew Fawkes had enough healing powers in him, to save Dumbledore? I still wonder how he did it though, I mean, Dumbledore was buried and everything…But anyway, when I fought my father during the Final Battle and I killed him, I know I should've shown some remorse but I couldn't, you know what I did? I laughed! Then on the train, coming back to school, most Slytherins had deserted me, but Pansy, Crabbe, Goyle and Blaise hadn't. Then the whole Merlin scenario happened, but I was genuinely worried about you. Then a few weeks into school the whole body-swap thing happened but honestly, I was really only in his body for a tiny amount during those months, mostly I was with you and Blaise, even Ron! I nearly died of shock when I discovered I was a metamorphmagus, and even more so, when you caused it. Merlin kept popping into my head to make things a million times worse. He was so confusing! Then when you got hit on Halloween fight, I was so angry I could've murdered Potter on the spot, but you needed me, so I brought you and Finnegan to the Hospital wing. You should've seen Madame Pompfrey's face when she saw I was helping you! Then Christmas and everything happened. The two weeks we dated were the happiest I've ever been in my entire lifetime. And I've acted like such a twat since then. Blaise hates the way I am now, so do I. I just want things to be the way they were, but now the spell's been lifted people would've known it was me that was dating you, not Harry in my body or whatever it was. But you Hermione are what has become my most cherished, and I can't bear to be away from you for another day. I can't breathe, eat, sleep or laugh without you. I need you Hermione to live. I love you with every beat of my heart, every step I take, and when I'm without you, everything I am amounts to nothing" He spoke softly while watching the sun set.

Cos I see things now in these memories,
Just to see you again…

Hermione laughed to herself at how, the ending was such a cliché. She turned, so slowly to look at him.

"That, was the best apology ever" Tears glistening in her eyes shone in the sunlight.

Dracos eyes lit up with hope, but he didn't move.

"So, uh, what does this mean?"

Hermione seemed to consider her answer for awhile.

"It means that I am obviously not over you. And I am, totally and utterly in love with you, Draco Malfoy"

His face broke into a huge grin and he pulled Hermione into his arms and swung her around. They both laughed for awhile. Then, he bent his head down and Hermione wrapped her hands around his neck, and they kissed, she messed up his platinum blonde hair while doing so. He sat down and pulled Hermione into his lap. The newly reformed couple stared out at Hogwarts as the last rays of the sun disappeared behind the castle. Hermione was curled up, and he protected her from the cold of the crisp night air. Dracos hair fell into his eyes as he stared at his girlfriend

"I really do love you, Hermione Granger, I love you with the whole of my heart, and I always will"

A/N: Well here it is the second last chapter! But it's not all over yet, tune in for the final instalment! The song is – Without you – Busted. If you listen to it, it totally fits the chapter. Anyway, just review and let me know what you think and what you think will be the ending! Thanks, as always to my reviewers: CherryGrlZuli, Ellemay, MiKaYGiRl, -FALLEN FOR ANGEL-, Arphendess Estlewen, xxx.Rainy Days.xxx and kasiastania----love you gals a lot! Hope its up to your standards!

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