The last chapter for this story.
Chapter 14 "Forever"
Draco nodded as he pulled down his sleeve. Hermione handed him the potion and he drank it.
As they were leaving the room Draco leaned down to Hermione's ear.
"Did you know that we are soulmates?" he whispered.
Hermione stopped walking all of a sudden.
"What?" she asked, glancing at him.
Draco shrugged. "We are soulmates."
"How did you know?"
"You mean you knew?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"Dumbledore told me." She answered.
"Really."
"How did you know?"
He shrugged and smirked. "It was kind of obvious. I mean, you fell for me the second you laid eyes on me, and I felt something for you since I saw the way you looked at me."
Hermione laughed. "Will you ever stop being so arrogant?"
He stared at her and put a hurt expression on his face, but then he smiled brightly. "For you, I would do anything." He said softly.
Hermione could feel her knees go weak underneath her. She smiled at him as she got closer to him.
"Anything? She asked.
"Anything." He stated.
"Are you sure?" she asked getting even closer.
"Hermione Granger, are you trying to seduce me?" Draco said with fake disbelief.
"I'm not trying. I'm seducing you."
Draco laughed. "I had never seen this side of you." He mused as he pressed her against the wall.
Hermione smiled, taking her eyes away from his lips only to get lost in his eyes.
"I'm full of surprises." She answered coolly.
Draco's smile widened. He liked the look Hermione had on her face right now. It made him feel butterflies in his stomach just by thinking that he had something to do with such happiness.
He leaned down and pressed his warm lips to her neck.
"I'm sure you are." He whispered.
Hermione tried to concentrate on remembering how to breathe, but his closeness was making it impossible.
He then pulled back to stare into her eyes. He couldn't believe how things had turned out. While he was in school, if anyone would have asked him if there was a possibility that he and Hermione would end up together he would have laughed into that somebody's face.
But now that he held the beautiful girl in his arms, he knew that he had no plans of letting her go anytime soon.
He planned to keep her in his life, forever. He smiled, thinking of that word.
Hermione noticed his weird smiled and arched an eyebrow.
"May I ask what is in your thoughts?" she asked.
"Yes, you may. And I shall answer that I don't have something in my mind. I have someone."
"And who is that someone?"
"The same girl that is now in my heart and in my arms."
Hermione smiled as she closed the distance between their lips.
Draco was surprised at the intensity of her kiss, but responded with the same force.
When they pulled apart for air, Hermione slipped away from his arms to only grab his hand and started to lead him down the hall.
"Come on, they are waiting for us."
"Do we have to? Cant we just stay here and forget about the world?" He half whined as he trailed behind Hermione, making himself heavy so that she had some trouble with pulling him.
Hermione turned to glare at him but was distracted with the teasing spark he had in his eyes.
"There's nothing I would love more, but we have to go downstairs." She said as she continued to walk.
"Why?" Draco asked, now walking besides her.
"Because, everyone needs to find out we are together now."
"Oh yeah, the whole 'let the world know we love each other' thing, right?" He said lightly.
Hermione rolled her eyes. "Yes." She answered coolly.
"Ok well in that case, can't I just yell that I love you, and then we can leave and resume that amazing thing where our lips touch? What is it called again?"
Hermione laughed. "Don't be ridiculous, Draco."
"Fine, I will go quietly. But you must know that there will be a price to pay for the sacrifice I'm making." He said.
"What price?"
"Oh, you will find out in a while."
Hermione looked at him curiously as they made their way into the dinning room, where almost everyone was already seated.
"Sorry we are late," she said as a blush crept up her face.
Draco said hello to everyone and quickly sat down. It was a bit awkward for him to be with this people, but Hermione was worth it.
She seemed so glad. Happiness radiated from her, causing her to practically shine and glow with it.
Draco couldn't stop admiring her and wondering at how he got so lucky.
"You look beautiful." He whispered into her ear.
Hermione turned to glance at him, a full smile on her lips.
"Thank you." She answered.
Draco smiled as he kissed the top of her head. He then looked across the table to find Harry staring at him.
Draco arched an eyebrow, and Harry half smiled at him before he returned his attention to his girlfriend, Ginny.
Draco smiled wider, feeling more comfortable. He had been worried at first, thinking that it would be hard for people to accept him.
And yet they had all opened their arms to him, despite his past and what he had been.
Draco held tighter Hermione's hand. She turned to look at him with questions in her eyes.
Draco smiled before clearing his throat and hitting his cup lightly with a small spoon.
"There is something I would like to say." He said as he got everyone's attention.
He stood up. "I know that we all have a past, and as much as I would like to change mine, I have learned something today. The past is what brings us to the present and helps us prepare for our future."
He glanced down at Hermione.
"Today I have decided that there is nothing I would change about my past, my whole entire past because I now understand that everything happens for a reason, and if one of those events wouldn't have occurred, I don't think I would be standing here with all you amazing people and staring at the love of my life."
Hermione smiled brightly as she blushed again. A couple of 'aws' where heard around the room, followed by a few laughs.
"So I would ask you one more thing." He said as he suddenly got on one knee in front of Hermione.
"Draco, what are you doing?" Hermione asked in a small whisper, tears forming in her eyes.
"I know you have been in my past. And you are now in my present, but I also want you to be in my future." He said as he took a small black box from his pocket. "Forever." He added.
Hermione glanced at the now opened box. In it rested a beautiful diamond ring, the most beautiful one she had ever seen.
She had heard the word Draco had mentioned. Forever. It sounded so far away, but to Hermione, that word didn't mean anything else then what the word simply said.
She knew that she and Malfoy would always be together. Forever. One way or another, they would always come back to one another, no doubt about that.
That was the rule for soulmates wasn't it? That they had to be together for eternity.
"Hermione," Draco continued. "Will you marry me?"
Hermione stared into his hopeful eyes. She smiled as the tears fell from her eyes.
"Yes," She whispered. Then repeated it louder.
Draco smiled widely as everyone erupted in applause. He stood as he slipped the ring on Hermione's shaking finger.
Then he pulled her up to him and kissed her hard and hungrily.
They weren't sure, but it felt as if the ground beneath them was moving. So much energy was threatening to spill from them.
Suddenly a whole bunch of yells and screams made them pull apart. As they opened their eyes, they saw that the light was flicking on and off. Everyone was staring at them with fear and horror.
"What?" Hermione asked.
"What will we do about you two?" Harry mused.
"What do you mean?" Draco asked.
"About your powers. It seems that every time the two of you touch when you are, I don't know, full of energy you seem to make the room you are standing in shake and threaten to explode." Harry answered coolly.
Draco laughed, and soon enough everyone joined in.
Then Draco leaned down and kissed Hermione again, this time a bit more careful, but still as passionate.
It was true, they would have to work on their powers, but they had a whole life, or rather a whole bunch of them to sort that out. In the meantime they would enjoy the present and think about their promised forever.
That's the end!! I didn't mean for it to end like this, but I truly didn't have anything else to put in this story. It's hard to think that this is the end.
But sadly it is.
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