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One Unforgettable Year

Chapter 23: Busted & Clueless

Info you need to know: "Talking"

~ The Next Morning. 26th October 2012. ~

Hermione woke up with what she thought was the best feeling in the world. She opened her eyes slowly and they locked onto a gorgeous sexy man sleeping peacefully next to her. She smiled loving the feeling of waking up next to him. He was still sleeping soundlessly and Hermione decided she would just let him sleep for a little while more. His lips parted unconsciously in his sleep and Hermione couldn't contain the urge to kiss him. So she leaned closer to him and gave him a peck on the lips. His eyes immediately opened and he smiled.

"Wouldn't mind waking up with that every day." He said smirking and she giggled and gave him a proper good morning kiss. When they broke apart Draco was smiling, loving the feeling of waking up to Hermione kissing him and just waking up next to her. He still had his arms around her waist, loose but protective at the same time. Draco leaned in to kiss her again and they both heard the door open and footsteps come towards them. But they ignored it.

"Busy." Draco murmured against Hermione's lips to their visitor, not bothering to look who it was figuring it was Blaise or Ginny or Harry. One of them.

"Gee, Draco. What a great way to greet your childhood friend." Draco's lips froze against Hermione at the familiar voice. He broke off the kiss and looked over to the familiar voice and grinned as his suspicions were true.

"Tuesday." Draco said and smiled at her. She smiled back and came over to hug him. Hermione hadn't recognised the voice or the name so she sat up alongside Draco to see who it was. She still didn't recognize her. Even after Hermione looked at her she couldn't remember ever seeing her in Hogwarts.

She had black waist length hair with caramel highlights and a long side fringe which was pretty much the length of her face. She had dark brown eyes which almost looked black. She looked a lot smaller than Hermione around 5'2 all in all Hermione thought this unfamiliar person was very pretty. Which made Hermione wonder how Draco knew her. Speaking of Draco he let go of the girl and turned to face Hermione smiling at her, Hermione smiled back, though she was still somewhat suspicious of the stranger.

"'Mione this is Tuesday, Tuesday Brooke. She's my childhood friend. Tuesday this is my girlfriend Hermione Granger." Draco introduced and Tuesday stuck her hand out for Hermione to shake, Hermione hesitated momentarily but the girl seemed harmless and was smiling at her. Not wanting to seem rude Hermione shook her hand.

"Nice to meet you, Hermione." Tuesday said sweetly then paused as if something just occurred to her. "Wait, Hermione. Hermione Granger? As in the Hermione Granger of the Golden Trio?" Tuesday asked sounding surprised. Hermione shyly nodded, not used to being famous.

"Uh, yeah I guess. Nice to meet you too." Hermione said quietly. Tuesday then looked at Draco, surprised.

"You're dating a Mudblood?" she asked shock evident in her voice. Hermione was surprised to hear the word come from Tuesday's mouth; she didn't seem like the type of person who was big on blood purity. Though Hermione noticed she didn't say Mudblood harshly or sneeringly, just said it familiarly. Like it was in her everyday vocabulary. Draco frowned at his friend.

"Don't call her that, Tuesday." Draco scolded but gently. "But yes I'm dating a Muggleborn." Draco said and Tuesday looked thoughtful at that. She then turned to Hermione and looked sheepish and apologetic.

"Sorry for calling you a Mudblood, I didn't mean any offence. I come from a pureblood family; I'm used to that word. I'm not against Muggleborns, honestly. It's just Draco's the last person I'd picture dating a Muggleborn. I don't have a problem with it, it's just…unfamiliar." She said sincerely. Hermione was gobsmacked never before had someone called her a Mudblood then apologized for it. Except Draco but that was after he changed and they became friends. But here Tuesday was, a stranger to Hermione apologising for calling her a Mudblood. Hermione smiled when she got over the surprise and Tuesday smiled back.

"It's okay. I'm used to it besides it's on my arm now anyway so not like I can ignore the fact that I'm a Mudblood anyway, but I'm not ashamed to be so." Hermione said and then smacked her hands over her mouth when she realised she had mentioned the imprinted word on her arm, Draco hadn't seen it yet and she was trying to keep it that way. Looks like she was busted. Draco frowned at her and Tuesday looked confused as well, Hermione just sat there not sure what to say or do.

Draco took her left arm gently and inspected it but it was of course bare. He reached for her right arm and she pulled it away from him and shook her head, hoping he would leave it. But he didn't. He scowled at her and gently yet firmly took her arm in his hand and turned it over. He gasped and she knew then that he had seen it. The word 'Mudblood' forever imprinted there. Tuesday had seen it as well and she too gasped.

"What the hell is this, Hermione?" Draco whispered furiously. Hermione sighed and gently removed her arm from his grip, he let go mainly because he was so surprised about it.

"Nothing." Hermione said quickly, wishing Draco would leave her alone about it.

"It's clearly something. Why the fuck do you have 'Mudblood' burned into your skin? When the hell did this happen? Who the hell did it?" Hermione sighed and got off the bed, she felt a stab of disappointment when Draco didn't protest and just let her get off.

"At the Lestrange Manor before Ginny and I got you out of that dungeon, Voldemort ordered a Death Eater to do it so he did." Hermione said quietly. Draco wasn't looking at her, just at his hands which were on his lap. He was glaring at them, his jaw clenched and his hands scrunched up into a ball.

"Where were the others?" Draco said quietly yet angrily. Hermione didn't answer him, afraid of what he would say. He finally looked up at her; she could see the fury in them but also the guilt. That he hadn't been there to protect her. "Hermione, answer the goddamn question!" Draco all but yelled at her, she flinched then her head hung down.

"They were there in the room with me, while it happened. But Draco you mustn't get mad at them. The Death Eaters had a hold on them and they couldn't get out, they would've helped if they could plus their wands were taken away from them." Hermione said quietly and then quickly as she tried to defend her friends and not make her boyfriend upset.

"You weren't going to tell me about it were you? You were going to hide it with make-up or something stupid and don't you dare deny it because I know you Hermione. I'm taking the words right out of your mind. Damn it, Hermione. Why keep something like this from me?" He said angrily and punched the bed. Hermione felt anger flood through her, she didn't know why it just did.

"I wasn't going to tell you because I didn't want you to worry. Or to think that it was your fault. None of this is your fault Draco. I don't care that it's on my arm forever, I don't care that I'm a Mudblood, so why do you?" Hermione said angrily, but the anger was fading being replaced with sadness. She didn't understand why it was suddenly like this, one moment they were happy and in each other's arms the next minute they were angry and shouting at each other. Draco on his bed not coming near her and Hermione just stood there feeling like an idiot.

Draco had said nothing; he just sat there scowling at nothing in particular. He hated himself right then, he hated the fact that he hadn't been able to protect. Hated the fact that Hermione was obviously worried that Draco was still not okay with Muggleborns and hated the fact that he couldn't tell her what he was really feeling. He didn't care that she was a Mudblood, the only reason he cared about the word being imprinted on her arm was the fact that he knew it had hurt her. Yet for some reason he couldn't tell her, the words wouldn't come out of his mouth and he often opened his mouth to say something then quickly shut it again.

Hermione shook her head and ran off, Draco called after her but she ignored him. Draco couldn't get out of bed because he knew he would just faint, he wasn't 100% recovered yet. He punched the side of his bed and made a frustrated grunt. Tuesday who was still there jumped at his punch then sat on the chair next to his bed. For a moment neither friends said anything but then Tuesday decided to break the silence.

"Draco, why didn't you just tell her that it was because you love her?" Tuesday said quietly, Draco didn't look at her just tightened his jaw. "Don't go all moody and pissy with me Draco Malfoy. You may not want to hear this but I'm going to tell you. Look, it's obvious you guys love each other and haven't told one another that. You need to tell her soon before she really starts to doubt you. Hermione's fine with being a Muggleborn she's never had a problem with it as far as I can tell but obviously in the past you have. She's probably just surprised that you don't mind the fact that she's Muggleborn; I'm assuming she's used to you hating it. So you have to reassure her that you really don't care about who her parents are. That you only care about whom she is. You also need to accept the fact that you won't always be there to protect her. But make sure you're there when she needs some comfort and just to feel loved." Tuesday told her childhood friend, sounding just like Blaise when he went all wisdom like. Draco sighed but nodded.

"You're right." He muttered. Tuesday grinned.

"Always am." Draco rolled his eyes at her but chuckled anyway.

"Thanks, Tuesday." Draco said seriously she smiled at him and nodded.

"Anytime. Now, seeing as you can't get off your lazy sick ass I'm going to find your girlfriend, make sure she's alright and then see if I can convince her to come talk to you." Tuesday said getting up.

"If you can't convince her to talk to me then want?" Draco asked as she started to walk away. Tuesday turned around so she was walking backwards.

"Be like a Malfoy and trick her." Draco pouted at that and she laughed at him then continued to find his girlfriend for him. She shook her head as she left Draco; he was a smart boy and a bloody good wizard. But when it came to love, he was clueless.

A/N: Oh and I forgot to tell you but this is the last chapter that's been pre-written. So I don't know when I'll update next, I apologise in advance for the less frequent updates but I still have this week of exams to get through and then I'll have loads of homework till holidays. But holidays is in 3 and half weeks and I promise I'll make sure my updates aren't that far apart! Love you all!

So I hope you guys liked this chapter, please review telling me what you thought, thanks :) If any of you are wondering who Tuesday is then I sort of made her up. Sort of because Tuesday is based on one of my friends on fanfiction, she isn't really in Harry Potter but I asked if she wanted to be in my story and she said yes so now Draco has a childhood friend called Tuesday :)

Oh and shout out to my three best friends (because they asked me to do this) So here goes:
THANK YOU: Sanga, Claudia and Olive for being the most amazing and awesome best friends in the whole wide world. Love you guys :) xxx

Until next time - Tilda