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*HM pov*

"Please Draco, I'm bored and we have a couple hours!" I said pouting.

He sighed, "I really don't think I can."

"What do you mean CAN?! Of course you can, just don't be so stubborn!" I said a bit angrily.

"I just, don't know," he said uncertainly.

I could see I was winning this battle, so I leaned towards him on the couch, and lightly pressed my lips to him, "Please Draco."

"Fine, but I want popcorn," he said and stood up.

"YAY!" I cheered, grabbed his hand, and apparated us away before he could change his mind.

I led the way out from the alley and we went into the building, "2 tickets for The Blind Side at 4 please," I said to the man behind the glass.

"12.50," the muggle told me.

I handed him the money and he handed me the tickets. We stood in line for the popcorn, and then went into the theater.

Draco was pretending to be angry about coming, but I tried to cheer him up as we walked into the dark theater, "I know you'll like it. The reviews for it have been good."

His eyes grew as he saw the huge movie screen, "We need one that big at home."

I laughed, "Maybe if you are a good boy Santa will get it for you for Christmas."

"But that's a full month away!" he said pretending to be disappointed.

"You'll live until then," I whispered as the movie began.

…

"See, I told you you'd like it!" I laughed after he didn't reply when I'd asked him.

"Oh fine, I guess you're right," he admitted grudgingly.

"Okay well, we need to get going to Luna's for Thanksgiving dinner," I reminded him.

"I still think this is weird. We don't live in America, so why should we celebrate Thanksgiving?" he asked.

"It's an excuse to be with friends, and behave because Ron will be there!" I said as we apparated away once we were back in the alley.

"Who says I don't behave?!" Draco pretended to be outraged.

"Oh please," I said with a laugh, "Just remember that this is strictly for fun, and go along with whatever Luna does with a smile."

"You're acting like I'm preparing for a battle or something," he said under his breath as we neared the house.

"Oh hush," I said with a smile, and turned to knock on the door.

I heard hurried steps from within, and the door flew open, "HERMIONE!" Luna smiled a far off smile, but didn't make a move to let us in.

"Luna let them in, it's cold outside sweetie," Rolf called from inside.

"Oh yes! How rude of me," Luna smiled towards him, and ushered us in.

"Now I know it's not on the right day, but Luna and I decided London's Thanksgiving would be on the 30th," Rolf said with a smile as he greeted us. "Everyone else is in the dining room, maybe we should get in there and get started," he continued.

"Oh yes, that sounds nice," I said as I intertwined my fingers in Draco and led the way to the table, so he would behave.

"This looks good," Draco said a bit tightly, as we looked onto the odd feast on the table.

"You're finally here Hermione! I thought you would never get here," Ron huffed, and then dug into the meal. I noticed Lavender was next to him looking happy

Draco and I sat down, and began to eat. I wonder who thought of this odd array of food. turkey, yams, green beans, mashed potatoes, crandberries?

It was weird to think this was the last get together with all of my friends before Draco and I get married. We basically had 2 weeks until the wedding and I didn't know if I was ready.

…

"Wow I'm so full!" Ginny laughed as she leaned back on Harry. We were all lounging in Luna and Rolf's family room after the meal.

"Well I'm feeling a bit hungry," Ron said absently.

I started to laugh, "Oh Ron, only you!"

He pouted, "I was just being honest."

"Well maybe Luna will get the food back out when she returns from doing what she left to do. I forget the creature's name she went to find, but Hermione and I need to go," Draco said and I began to get up.

"It was a snarfblag, and we do?" I asked as I stood up.

"Well remember how my mom said the other day that we had to go shopping," he said with a smile.

"Oh yeah, she'll go and get it herself if we don't do that soon. We probably should go," I said and then turned to my friends, "Thanks for having us Rolf, will you tell Luna we had to go? This was nice, and we should do it again next year. I'll see you all later!"

They all called goodbye as Draco and I left. We walked to the apparition line and paused, "Where are we going to go to find the wedding presents for our wedding party?" I asked him.

"I have a place that we could go," he said with a smirk.

"It must be some place good if you picked shopping over time with my friends," I said with sarcasm.

He laughed, and grabbed my arm. Before I knew it we were apparating away from Luna's. As I opened my eyes once we arrived I crossed my arms since I recognized this place, "You have some explaining to do Draco Lucius!"

"What I can't help it that my mum didn't trust me to make the right decisions. She bought a selection for us to choose from," he said putting on his innocent face.

"When did she tell you that?" I asked accusing him.

"This morning," he said as he intertwined his fingers in mine and brought me closer to him. Just before he was about to kiss me, I backed up.

"Uh, uh. You are not getting out of this with a kiss! Let's just pick out the presents," I said pretending to be madder then I really was. I couldn't let him think he could get away with stuff like this though, or he'd always do it.

"Ginger!" I called and she appeared with a tray of different watches for the men and necklaces for the women, so we began to choose one for each person and wrap them.

…

"Come on Hermione, you can't really be mad," Draco said as he wrapped his last present magically. It was really getting late.

"I'm not, it's just that you lied so you didn't have to be with my friends," I said looking at him with my best sad face.

"Oh come on, I was around Weaselbee long enough, and it's not like you've ever been around my friends," he said back.

"You didn't ever ask me to hang out with your friends," I said as I stood up and began to make my way towards my room. I was so tired, and I was starting to get a migraine.

"Baby, are you really mad?" I heard him behind me.

"No, I'm just tired," I said as I entered our 'common room.'

"Are you sure? I think you seem mad," he sat on the couch.

"I'm sure, night," I said as I went into my bedroom.

"Whatever, you are so unpredictable," I heard him mutter.

"I heard that Draco!" I called as I got ready for bed.

I brushed my teeth, washed my face, put on my favorite big t shirt to sleep in, and was in my bed as quickly as I could get there. Before long I fell into a content sleep, for now.

*DM pov*

I rolled over onto my side, because I swear I heard something outside of my room. I wanted to see what time it was. My clock read 3:55. good thing I don't have to work tomorrow.

Suddenly my door creaked open, so I turned to see what it could possibly be. As my eyes became fully accustomed to the darkness after waking up I saw a shadow of Hermione?

"Draco are you up?" Came a small voice that barely sounded like Hermione.

"hmm," I asked drowsily.

"I take that as a yes," she said and I heard foot steps towards my bed, "And I was also wondering if I could join you."

Suddenly a weight added to my bed, so I turned to my other side to see Hermione getting under the covers, and snuggling up to me.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't mind, but what's with the change in bed arrangements?" I asked as I wrapped my arm around her and got comfortable.

"Well it's thunder storming," she said as if it were the obvious reason.

"Oh, I didn't even notice," I said with a yawn.

"I wish I could not notice. Will you just talk for a while?" she asked.

"Uh sure, so today when we left do you want to hear the real reason why I made up that excuse?" I asked, even though I wasn't fully aware of what I was saying.

"Sure," she said.

"Well you and Ron we're talking like you used to. For some reason I felt like I couldn't listen to you talk to him for another minute,"

"You were jealous of Ron?" she asked.

"I don't know, I guess. You guys just have such a history, and it's not like the law can just erase that. Then you were mad about how we left, and I couldn't even tell you the real reason I wanted to leave. You're friends really aren't that bad. Harry invited me over next week," I mumbled.

"Really? That was nice of him. The other day he was telling me" was the last thing I heard her say before I fell asleep.

…

Just before I woke up I remember thinking it was especially warm, and comfortable. Then I realized Hermione was in my bed.

I tried to see the clock, but as I began to back away from Hermione she tightened her grip around my waist. I sighed. There was no denying it, she really was good looking. I couldn't help but notice her smooth legs intertwined with mine. Don't think about that

I must have dozed off, because the next thing I knew Hermione was getting out of bed, "Morning sleepy head, it's getting late. I was thinking about going for a swim. Want to join me?" she asked as she stood up, and I couldn't stop myself from looking at her slender legs showing under the t-shirt she wore to bed. Hey is that my tshirt?

"Uh, a swim sounds nice," I said as I sat up and noticed the breakfast Ginger had brought us.

"I really don't like that she brings us breakfast. She should be doing some things for her own entertainment," Hermione was saying while I ate. I didn't know what she was talking about. I loved being able to wake up and eat without getting out of bed.

"She doesn't do it often," was all I said. She'd bite my head off if I told her I liked it.

"Okay well we have tons to do today, so please to hurry and change," Hermione said with a mischievous smile.

"Why do you look like you're up to something?" I asked and stood up to prove I had listened.

"Well your mum wants me to try on my dress a final time, but I don't want to. I figure the pool will be the last place she looks," she said with a little guilt.

I laughed, "she'll just have Ginger look for you."

"We'll see," Hermione said and left the room.

I walked into my closet, and changed into my blue swim trunks. I always used to go down to the pool to do laps, but I hadn't really recently. I walked out of my room and made my way down to the pool. I dove in and tried to get in a couple laps in before Hermione got there.

I have done about a 300 when there was suddenly Hermione's slender body with her hands on her hips in my way. I stopped swimming, stood up, and looked at her questioningly.

"Do you really not know why I'm mad?" she asked impatiently.

"Well- I, no?" I finally got out.

"You didn't wait for me! It was my idea to come down here, and you leave without me! What if I had gotten lost? Hmmm Draco, did you think about that?" She asked angrily.

I stood there in confusion. She had wanted me to wait for her? I cleared my throat, that had for some reason became blocked, "I didn't realize …"

She rolled her eyes, and pushed me on my chest, "Prat."

I grabbed her wrist as she pulled it back, and brought her under the water with me. That's what she gets for trying to dunk me. When we came up she was coughing slightly.

"What if I hadn't wanted to go under Draco," she looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

"You're in the pool," was all I said.

"So?" She asked challenging me.

"So you're going to get wet, unless" I said as I thought of something. I picked her up by the waist, and carried her over to the side of the pool, "There."

She began to laugh, and leaned back, "This is such a nice indoor pool. I wonder what my life would have been like if I had grown up in a house like this."

I admired her body for a second, but then began to float on my back, so she wouldn't catch me, "Well we probably would have gotten along at Hogwarts, that's for sure."

I heard her splash as she slid back into the water, "I don't know, you were so mean, even to Pansy."

I put my feet back on the bottom of the pool, and walked towards her, "Yeah, but that was just Pansy. We would have been destined to be married, so I would have HAD to be nice to you. No matter how annoyingly bookish you were."

She glared at me, "My bookishness saved the wizarding world. Who said my parents would have liked you enough to let you marry me? I was talking to my Grandmum the other day, and she said her son always said his daughter would never date because he knew what guys thought."

I walked closer to her, "What's not to like about me?"

She crossed her arms and walked backwards away from me, "Well your arrogance is one thing, and then there's your nose."

I stopped short, "My nose?"

"Yes, your nose," she said, and I could tell she was trying to keep a straight face.

I continued to walk towards her until her back hit the side of the pool, "Arrogance is a good thing, and I know for a fact that your dad wouldn't have minded my nose."

"Oh really?" She smiled.

"Really," I answered. I closed the gap between our mouths with a passionate kiss. It amazed me how we seemed to mold to each other perfectly. I didn't have to try with her. All of the extra skin to skin contact, since we were both in our bathing suites, made me want Hermione so much more.

I had no idea how much time passed, but suddenly I was magically forced away from her. I looked around breathing slightly heavier than normal for the person who interrupted us …Ginger

"What do you want Ginger?" I asked her a bit annoyed as I went back to Hermione, and began to kiss her neck. Hermione could deal with this.

"Gingy has been looking for Master and Mistress for quite some times. Mistress wanted Mistress to try on her dress," she said importantly.

I completely ignored her, and continued to concentrate on Hermione's neck.

"Ginger, I don't need to try on the dress again. I've already tried it on 4 times," she answered a bit breathy.

"Oh but you must Mistress," was Ginger's only answer.

I moved from her neck back to her lips and pulled her into the pool with me. I held her close and she wrapped her legs around me. Maybe Ginger would just leave. Couldn't she see we were busy. I felt Hermione knot her hands in my wet hair, and sigh. Hmmm, I could get used to this…

Suddenly I was 2 feet away from Hermione across the pool, "GINGER, please leave," I practically growled.

"Mistress must try on her dress," she insisted.

Hermione sighed, and began to walk towards the stairs. My mum always ruined everything, "Just come back when you're done."

"Oh but you're next Master Draco," Ginger said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

I pretended not to hear, and began to swim laps in the pool. After about an hour of swimming I decided I should just take a shower and face my mum. I'll have to deal with her sooner or later. I showered, got dressed in these muggle sweatpants Hermione bought me the other day, and went down into the family room.

"Mum, is it my turn yet?" I called just to make sure Hermione wasn't still in there in her dress.

"Come on in sweetheart! I knew you'd come eventually," she called.

I walked in and stood on the stool, "WHAT are you wearing?" she asked in shock.

"They're muggle sweatpants from Hermione," I told her.

She mumbled something that sounded like, "He looks like a hobo," but then she magically put the my tux on and began to look at how the tailor did.

"I wasn't so sure how Fabian would do with the Muggle outfit, since we had to go Muggle for Hermione's friends. This looks good to me, but I'm not sure," my mom was saying more to herself as she continued to inspect.

"Why don't you just ask her if it looks right," I said with a bit of irritation.

"I would, but she disappeared off somewhere," she said.

Hmm, I wonder where she went. She obviously wasn't in the house or Ginger would have told my mum

"Yes, and I had wanted you two to go pick up your wedding bands to make sure you like them. You'll just have to find her," she said as she nodded, "Well I think you look quite handsome, so they're good enough. Take them off and hang them NICELY in your closet. Then go find Hermione."

"Whatever you say mum," I said as I began to leave.

"If there in one wrinkle on your wedding day," she began.

"You can just whisk it away magically!" I called, and went upstairs to change.

As soon as I was changed back into the comfortable sweatpants I picked up my wand and decided to apparate to The Potter's. Hermione probably came here.

I knocked on the door, and heard some slow foot steps towards the door. I was hoping it would be Ginny, because she's been friendly since the law.

Harry answered the door while holding the baby. James I think his name was.

"Uh, is Hermione here?" I asked a bit awkwardly.

"Oh yeah, her and Ginny are upstairs. Come on in," he said so I followed him into their family room where it looks as if he were watching tv.

"What are you watching?" I asked trying to be friendly.

"Just some qudditich," he answered.

"Oh, whose playing?" I asked interested now.

"Harpies and Puddlemere," he answered.

We continued to watch for a while. It was a good game, "YEAH OLIVER GOOD SAVE!" Harry suddenly yelled.

Oh yeah, that Wood guy from Gryffindor went to the pros. where was Hermione?

Harry must have realized I was getting tired of waiting, so he told me to hold James while he went to go get her.

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HM pov **

"No I got out of there right after I tried my dress on, so I have no idea what his tux looks like," I answered and lay back on the bed.

"Honestly how could you just leave? I bet he looks handsome, but how did his dad react to him wearing muggle to the wedding?" Ginny asked with a smile. She still didn't like Mr. Malfoy, but that was understandable after her 1st year.

"He didn't say much around me, but maybe he fought about it with Narcissa in private," I guessed.

"Soooo, do you think the kiss will continue once you stop hiding?" Ginny asked.

I blushed a deep red, "I am NOT hiding!"

"Oh you are so, but I don't mind because I was in need of some girl time," Ginny shrugged, and continued to fold clothes and put them away.

"I don't understand why I even had to try the dress on again today. She made it seem like such an urgent matter, but the wedding is like 2 weeks away," I continued the dress subject to change it from Draco.

"Two weeks really isn't that long," Ginny reasoned.

"I know but I don't even know if I'm ready, and trying on that dress made me nervous."

"Everyone gets nervous, and you know I was nervous about marrying Harry!" she answered back logically.

"Well you weren't forced to marry Harry," I pointed out.

"You and Draco were meant for each other. I see it this way. There was the law, because of the war. And you parents' families were probably in a fight over something with Voldemort. If your parents hadn't died you and Draco probably would have gotten married anyways," Ginny said with a stubborn smile, daring me to contradict what she thought.

"I just don't know"

"Just because you can't read the answer in a book doesn't mean it's wrong Hermione," Ginny tried to convince me.

Suddenly the door opened and Harry walked in, "Hermione can't find an answer in a book? I don't believe it!"

I laughed, "Oh whatever Harry!"

"What do you need sweetie? Where is our son!?" Ginny asked. I could tell she was a bit angry with him for interrupting.

"Oh, Draco's holding him downstairs. Hermione, he's here to see you," Harry said smiling at my shock.

Ginny smiled broadly, "Well go talk to him!"

"He came HERE?" I asked. I didn't think he would

"Obviously, GO down there!" Ginny shooed me out the door.

I made my way down stairs, and was surprised, even though Harry warned me, to see Draco sitting on the couch holding James?

He saw me and nodded hello, "I figured you came here, and my mom was adamant that we go pick up our wedding bands today."

"Oh okay," I said still a bit surprised. He seemed comfortable holding the baby. Who would have thought Draco Malfoy would like kids? Certainly not me.

I walked over, and carefully took James, "I'll just bring him to his mum, and be back so we can leave."

"Sounds good," he said with a shrug and looked back at the TV.

I made my way upstairs, "Ginny?"

She popped out of her room, "What, why are you back up here again so soon?"

I held James towards her.

"Oh silly me! You certainly can't kiss while holding James. Well give him here!" She said excitedly.

"Actually we have to be going. I'll talk to you later Gin," I said and waved good bye. "Bye Harry!"

She looked so disappointed I couldn't help but laugh as I walked down the stairs. Then Draco and I let ourselves out the front door. He led the way to the place where his mum bought the rings.

"Draco, I really don't want to go in there and see how much you mum spent. How about I just go buy us some ice cream, while you go in there" I suggested as we grew nearer.

"Okay that's fine with me. Get me vanilla will you?" He asked as he reached the store, and went in.

Lately I've hated going shopping with the Malfoy's because everyone caters to them soo much. It's really quite annoying. I suppose I'll have to get used to it

I got to and ice cream cone stand, and bought one chocolate and one vanilla, even though it was the middle of winter. I licked mine, and his just once on the way back to the store. He was standing outside by the time I made it back. I handed his over, and we walked down the street in Diagon Alley.

"So how do they look?" I asked.

"They look like wedding bands," he shrugged, and licked his ice cream, "Did you have a lick of mine?!" He asked in a jokingly mad way.

I smirked, "Maybe."

"Then I get to try yours too," he said with a pout.

I held out my ice cream towards him, and he was about to get some when I lightly pressed it on his face, and ran into the next store.

To my good fortune it was a weird thrift store, so I could easily hide in the mounds of old stuff. I ran past a rack of dresses, an array of weird shoes, and a table of very old Wizarding chess sets. There were a bunch of hats on the wall, so I decided to try some on while I waited for Draco to find me.

I had on an old looking straw hat with a funny bow when he finally found me, "EW take that off! You have no idea who's worn that."

I turned towards him, "so you don't like it?"

He sighed, "This is a thrift store. You can simply buy a new one of the same style, if you like it."

"You buy stuff from Burke's," I pointed out.

"Those are valuable! This is all crap," he said with a glance around.

"That's your problem Draco, you judge too quickly," I said with a smile and made my way out of the store, "One could probably find some sort of treasure in here."

"Well then good thing I'm not a Pirate looking for any." he joked, and we began to walk home.

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