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I've Got You
The world would be a lonely place
Without the one that puts a smile on your face
So hold me 'til the sun burns out
I won't be lonely when I'm down
'Cause I've got you to make me feel stronger
When the days are rough and an hour feels much longer
I never doubted you at all
The stars collide, will you stand by and watch them fall?
So hold me 'til the sky is clear
And whisper words of love right into my ear
'Cause I've got you to make me feel stronger
When the days are rough and an hour feels much longer
Yeah when I got you
Oh to make feel better
When the nights are long they'll be easier tonight
Looking in your eyes
Hoping they won't cry
And even if they do
I'll be in bed so close to you
Hold you through the night
And you'll be unaware
But if you need me I'll be there
Yeah I got you
Oh to make me feel stronger
When the days are rough and an hour feels much longer
Yeah when I got you to make me feel better
When the nights are long they'll be easier together
They were still making out when the nurse came back with the papers for Draco to sign.
"Mr. Malfoy you need to sign these papers." The nurse said as she glared at Hermione.
Draco saw her glaring and Hermione and he kissed Hermione one last time then grabbed the papers.
"Thank you. I will sign them and leave." Draco said as he took Hermiones hand.
After Draco signed the papers they left and he took her home. At the door he just stood there gazing into her eyes.
Hermione didn't know what to do. She didn't know if she wanted to invite him in or not. She didn't know what was going in. It surprised her that she had kissed him not once but twice. She was shocked that she was able to move on so fast. She thought that it was going to take her years to get over what had happened with Lucas but then again she really hadn't had a relationship with him in at least a year. He just kept her around to use as a punching bag. That was him. Draco wasn't like him. He showed that the moment he stepped out on the roof. She didn't get that sinking feeling in her stomach when she was around him instead her heart fluttered.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" Hermione asked.
"Because I never thought that I would actually be going out on a date with Hermione Granger." Draco said with a smile.
"Is it a bad thing to be taking me out?" Hermione asked as she looked down.
"Not at all." Draco said as she grabbed her chin and made her look at him.
"You don't think that this is crazy?" Hermione asked.
"No, not at all, how could I when for once in two years I am actually looking forward to tomorrow?" Draco asked as he kissed her.
They stood kissing for 5 minutes before Draco pulled away.
"We need to stop before we go too far. I don't want to rush things." Draco said as his lips were still dangerously close to hers.
"You're right………." Hermione said breathlessly.
"Then I shall say good night and see you tomorrow morning at the office." Draco said.
"Night Draco." Hermione said as she kissed him one more time.
Draco stood there as she unlocked her door and walked in. As she was about to close the door she looked at him with a whimsical look on her face. That was a look that just made him want to kiss her again. To walk into there, grab her and stay all night.
"See you tomorrow." Hermione said she closed and locked the door.
After Hermione closed the door she leaned against it. She was flushed and warm. She wanted nothing more than to open the door and jump on Draco. She hadn't felt any sexual feelings for anyone in over a year. Things were actually changing and for the good for once in her life. It was the first time that she was actually feeling happy. She was looking forward for dinner tomorrow night.
She locked the door and went into her bedroom. Astraios sitting calmly on her bed waiting for her to pet him.
"Hey Astraios, did you miss me?" Hermione asked him as she picked him up.
His answer was a meow.
"Maybe it was wrong of me to get a cat when I am not going to be home much with work and probably Draco now." Hermione said she pet him.
The only response she got out of him was a purr. He didn't seem to mind at all but she still felt bad. Tomorrow before dinner she was going to go to the pet store and get another cat. At least when she wasn't home there would be someone there to keep him company. Maybe she would get a girl so that he could have happiness like her.
She put Astraios down and went to take a shower. As she got out Astraios was sitting on the sink looking at her expectantly.
"What do you need something?" Hermione asked as she dried off.
He just kept looking at her. She figured it out he was hungry. She hadn't feed him since this morning.
"You hungry?" Hermione asked wrapping the towel around herself.
He meowed in response. After she finished that she decided to go to sleep. It had been a long wonderful day.
Draco decided to walk home. He couldn't believe that his one dream was coming true. He was getting to go out with the girl of his dreams. He was getting to take Hermione out on a date tomorrow night. He was the happiest man on earth at the moment. The pain in him side was nothing. It wasn't going to damper his mood.
He wanted nothing more than to turn around and go back to Hermiones cottage and make love to her but he didn't want to rush her. He thought she was going to need time to get over the ordeal she had been through in the last few days. He was going to wait as long as he had to because he knew that the firs time they made love it would be spectacular.
He had the perfect idea of where they were going to go tomorrow night. He wanted to take her to this fancy Italian place that was located near Diagon Alley. He would make sure that he had reservations of course. He was going to get a dozen orange roses for her and the book she had wanted. He was going to spend all day tomorrow looking for a first edition if he had to. He wanted tomorrow night to be perfect. He was not going to mess this up. He wanted her in his life. She was his sun shine, his happiness. She had been since he had gotten to know her in 7th year.
Hermione arrived at the office building 20 minutes that morning. She had decided to buy the security guard coffee and a donut to make a truce for what had happened the day before.
Marc was sitting behind the front desk reading a book. When he heard her walk in he instantly stood up.
"Ms. Granger I just wanted to thank you for saving my job yesterday and apologize for grabbing you. I should have just called Mr. Malfoy." Marc said.
"It wasn't your fault you were just following orders and doing your job. I brought you coffee and a donut to call a truce. I hope that we can put all of that behind us and be friends we are going to be seeing each other a lot." Hermione said she handed him his coffee and donuts.
"I would like that. Thank you for this." Marc said.
"Well, I better go up. I need to finish some paperwork up from yesterday. Have a nice day." Hermione said.
Hermione finished up the waiver and then double checked it to make sure there was nothing she missed or no mistakes. She saved it then printed 100 copies off for now. She would print more off later. She was going to send one to each of the players who were injured while flying the untested brooms and copies to their lawyers. She also made sure that the firm representing Malfoy Enterprises had one also and a statement talking about the players taking the risk.
She was so enthralled with her work that she didn't hear Draco come in. She was sealing envelopes when he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Good morning Granger." Draco murmured in her ear.
She jumped at least a foot in the air before she relaxed in his arms.
"You scared me half to death. Good morning to you to." Hermione said as she turned around to kiss him.
"Mmmmm……..I could get use to this. Coming in every morning to seeing you, getting to kiss you" Draco said.
"Just because we are going out doesn't mean we shouldn't be professional while at work." Hermione said as she pushed him away.
"Ahh…….but you're forgetting one thing." Draco said grabbing her again.
"Yeah what is that?" Hermione asked.
"I'm the boss." Draco said kissing her again.
The kiss was passionate with much to promise. It held so much in it. Her lips were so soft against his. He didn't know how much more he could take without taking her into his office, stripping her of all her clothes and making love to her on his desk.
Hermione loved the feel of his lips on hers. She loved the feel of him pressed against her, pinning her against her desk with no escape. She wanted more. She also knew that he wanted it to. He could feel his want and it felt good. It was nice to know that she could actual attract someone to her. That she could turn someone. That someone needed her as much as she needed him.
"I hope I am not interrupting anything." Someone said from the door.
Draco reluctantly pulled away and looked to see who would dare to interrupt them in their passionate embrace.
"What are you doing here?" Draco asked.
Hermione looked up and saw that it was Pansy standing there. With her short blonde hair and short mini skirt. Looking at Draco with lust in her eyes.
"What to you mean silly. I am here to see my boyfriend. I am aloud to do that aren't I?" Pansy said.
"No you're not because I am no longer your boyfriend I told you that. I told you that the moment I caught you in bed with McLaggen." Draco angrily told her.
"Oh Drakie poo he meant nothing. I had too much to drink that night and he took advantage of me." Pansy whined.
Draco had let go of Hermione the minute Pansy had walked into the room. He had walked towards his office door as he passed.
Hermione was just standing there looking back and forth between them. She couldn't believe this Draco was still seeing Pansy and dating her. She was a fool; it was all too good to be true.
"Right that's what you said last time and I took you back. I guess I only did it because I didn't want to be alone but you know what being alone was better than sitting around with your whining ass. I broke up with you. I packed up all of your clothes and sent them to your flat. I don't love you, I never did you were just a fuck when I needed one and not a very good one at that." Draco said.
Hermione wasn't even listening to him. She was thinking how stupid she had been. She was thinking what a fool she had made of herself. He had a girlfriend the whole time. He was just messing with her. He never wanted any of this he was just using her. Wait, what was she thinking? Draco had already shown her that he wasn't like other guys. She wasn't a fool for trusting him. He had taken care of her when he didn't have to. Pansy was just a woman who didn't know how to take a hint.
"I am not leaving this office until we can talk privately Drakie." Pansy said indigently.
"There is nothing to talk about. I told it was over and I meant it." Draco said as he walked fully into his office.
While they had been talking Hermione had taken the time to call down to Marc and tell him to come up and remove Pansy from the building and make sure she was not aloud back in ever again. It took Marc less than a minute to get up to the office and take Pansy away as she was screaming for Draco.
Hermione was turning to go talk to Draco when his office door closed.
Pansy had ruined it all for him. That's all he could think about. He finally had gotten his chance to take Hermione out and Pansy had come in and destroyed it. He thought that Hermione would have been upset by what she heard. He thought that she would believe Pansy when she said that she was still his girlfriend. It was just his luck. He was not meant to be happy in this world apparently.
Draco was standing at his window looking out over the city when Hermione made the decision to walk into his office.
"Draco?" Hermione asked cautiously
"I know you want to cancel for tonight. You want nothing to do with me." Draco said bitterly.
"Why would I cancel tonight? I never liked Pansy or believed the things she said Draco, you should know that. I am not going to walk away from you because of her. You are the one person who has made me smile and laugh in a long time. I haven't felt any ounce of happiness for years until you saved me. I want to date you and I wont take no for an answer." Hermione said as she sat on his desk.
Draco stood there looking at her in shock for a minute then a smirk crossed his face. He forgot that this was Hermione. This was a woman who had hated Pansy for years and never put up with her crap.
He walked over to Hermione and placed a quick kiss on her lips.
"I really did break up with her. I want nothing to do with her, I haven't in years." Draco said as he placed his arms around her waist.
"You don't have to explain to me. I think that I should get to work so that the day will go by faster so we can get to our date." Hermione said.
"Sounds like a plan. I will be at your house at 7 so be ready." Draco said letting go of her and walking to his chair.
"Where are we going tonight anyways?" Hermione asked.
"It's a surprise." Draco said with a smile.
Hermione just smiled and walked to her desk to get back to work. It had been years since she had gone out on a date with anyone. Tonight would be wonderful. Not only was she rid of Lucas but she was going out with Draco Malfoy. Someone she had liked in school. She had wanted so bad to date him in school but knew that it would have been a problem. She was a Gryffindor and he was the Slytherin prince but they weren't in school anymore. They were adults and they deserved to be happy.
Hermione had just sat down and was getting to work when the phone rang.
"Malfoy Enterprises, this is Hermione speaking how can I help you?" Hermione answered.
"Hermione, its Lavender, Blaise told me that you were working for Draco but it just didn't believe him." Lavender said.
"He was telling the truth. I told him to have you call me. I haven't seen you in so long. Blaise told me that you guys got married and now have a beautiful son." Hermione said.
"We do. How about we do lunch today and catch up. I can bring Xander so you can meet him." Lavender said.
"Sounds great to me, lets meet at the Three Broomsticks around 12?" Hermione asked.
"Ok see you then." Lavender responded.
Hermione worked the next few hours with only minor interruptions. A few people called but she had transferred them all over to talk to Draco. Today seemed to be going more smoothly then yesterday. She hadn't gotten any response to the wavier or statements that she had sent out that morning. It was almost noon when Blaise came walking into the office.
Hermione didn't even notice him walk in. She was too involved with the file she was looking through. It had to do with the Hogwarts Qudditch teams.
"You know it's not polite to ignore someone when they are standing in front of you." Blaise said with a smile.
"Blaise, I didn't know you were there." Hermione said she got up to give him a hug.
"It's good to see you Hermione." Blaise said hugging her.
"I take it you are not here to see me but Draco?" Hermione asked letting go of him.
"Well I had to come see him but I really wanted to see what you looked like these days." Blaise said.
"You flatter me. I will tell Draco you're here." Hermione said walking towards his office.
"Draco?" Hermione said.
"Yeah?" Draco asked.
"Blaise is here to see you. Want me to send him in?" Hermione asked.
"Send him in and could you please get me some coffee?" Draco asked with a grin.
"Right away, Blaise go on in. Would you like any coffee?" Hermione asked.
"Sure. Two sugars please." Blaise said as he strolled into the office.
After she had given them their coffee she went back to work. She was actually surprised to see that Draco didn't charge the school any money at all for the Qudditch gear. He was actually giving them top of the line equipment. He would check with them every few months to make sure that none of the stuff had gotten ruined.
It was at least an hour before they finally came walking out of the office. Hermione looked up to see both of them smiling.
"Hermione we are going to go to lunch, wanna come?" Draco asked.
"Actually I am having lunch with Lavender. Why don't you two join us? I didn't realize that I was almost noon." Hermione said grabbing her purse and walking over to the coat rack.
"That sounds great it will be nice to get to have lunch with my wife and son. What do you say Draco?" Blaise asked.
"Sounds good to me." Draco said as he helped Hermione into her coat.
They arrived at the Three Broomsticks at noon to find Lavender already had a table.
Hermione didn't wait for the men she ran to her friend and gave her a big hug.
"I missed you Lav. It's so nice to get to see an old friend." Hermione said.
"It has been way to long. I would like you to meet Xander." Lavender said as she picked up her son to show Hermione.
"Oh he is just adorable. Can I hold him?" Hermione asked.
"Of course." Lavender said as she handed Xander over.
"He has your blonde hair and Blaise's green eyes (I don't remember if his eye color was ever mentioned so I am just going with green). Aren't you just the cutest things? Yes you are yes you are." Hermione said as she talking to Xander.
"Why do women insist on talking to my son like he is a little baby?" Blaise asked as he grabbed Xander.
"Uhhh….Blaise he is a baby. It's only natural to talk to him as such." Draco said
"Yes but he is going to grow up to be a man it's never to soon to start treating him as one." Blaise said while looking at his son adoringly.
"I hope you don't mind them coming. They were going to be going to lunch to so I just thought why not join us." Hermione said.
"Not at all, it gives me more time with my husband and more time for Xander to see his father." Lavender said as she kissed Blaise on the check.
Draco pulled out Hermiones chair for her and pushed her in. Before he took his seat next to her he kissed her on the check making her blush and Blaise and Lavender to look at them with questioning eyes.
"Did Draco give you the job because you needed one or because he just wants to have you around all the time?" Blaise asked with a smile.
"I gave her the job because she needed one this is just a plus. I always wanted to date one of my secretaries." Draco said with a smirk.
Blaise laughed and slapped Draco on the shoulder. "You would say something like that man."
"We haven't actually started dating yet. Tonight with make it official." Hermione mentioned as she looked over the menu.
"That's wonderful. Draco has needed to get out more. At least with you he wont have a one sided conversation." Lavender said.
"Hey are you saying that the women I date are airheads?" Draco asked.
"That's exactly what I am saying. At least this time you made a good choice." She said.
"I know that I did but still I didn't date stupid women." Draco said
The conversation stopped while they all looked at their menus and chose what they wanted.
"So how old is Xander?" Hermione asked.
"5 months next week." Blaise said.
"He was born September 14. It was an easy labor. Didn't take long either, I went into labor at around 1am and he came about 5 am. I am told usually labor for most women is longer than that." Lavender said.
"It was long enough. I was worried sick that something was going to go wrong. I mean he was a month early." Blaise said.
"He was frantic the whole time. Pestering the doctors every two minutes, they threatened to throw him out of the room if he didn't calm down." Lavender said with an affectionate smile at her husband.
"I was glad when it was over and I got to see that my wife was fine along with my son. I think what made it worse was that she had him natural didn't let the doctors do it the way they wanted." Blaise mentioned.
"I wanted to know what it was like the first time. I promise the next one I will let them do their thing." She said.
"How did we get on the subject of giving birth again? Let's move on to something else." Draco said.
"You just don't want to talk about it because you fainted when you chose to look when the doctor said he could see the babies head." Blaise laughed.
"Wait a minute, you fainted?" Hermione asked laughing.
"Yes I did but it wasn't my fault it was a shock. I had just walked in because Blaise had owled me at 2 telling me Lav was in labor and I didn't get there till 5 when Xander was coming out. I ran into the room and bam there was a little head and blood and other stuff." Draco said blushing.
"I think it's cute. It shows that you're human." Hermione whispered in his ear before placing a kiss on his cheek.
There food had just arrived so they started eating. They made small talk while they ate. When they were just finished Hermione noticed a familiar red head walk through the door. He looked right at her. A look of shock crossed his face then anger as he started to walk over to them.
"Great looks like we are going to have another confrontation." Hermione muttered.
When Hermione said that Draco had thought that it was Lucas again then he saw that it was the weasel.
"Hermione what the hell are you doing here with these two?" Ron asked indicating Draco and Blaise.
"What does it look like Ronald? I am having lunch with friends." Hermione said.
"What do you mean friends?" Ron asked.
"You know friends, people who are there for each other?" Hermione told him.
"You know Ron it might be better if you just leave. From the look on Hermiones face she doesn't want to see you." Lavender mentioned to him.
"Why don't you stay out of this Lavender? When have you ever cared about Hermione and what she wants?" Ron snidely asked.
"Since I realized you only asked me out in 6th year to be an ass and make her jealous. I told her about it and we made a pact." Lavender said.
"Ron I told you I didn't want to talk to you again until you took your head out of your ass. Why couldn't you be like Harry? At least he admitted he was being stupid. Now if you will excuse me we have to get back to work." Hermione told him as she grabbed Draco's hand.
"Lunch was wonderful. We should do this more often. I will call you Lav. Bye Blaise." Hermione said as she walked out.
Draco and Hermione were almost all the way back to the office before Draco couldn't take the silence anymore.
"Hermione are you ok?" Draco asked her coming to a stop.
"I guess it's just……….I thought they he would be like Harry and come to his senses. I don't want to lose him completely." Hermione said sadly looking down.
"Hey, I know that it these last few days have been difficult. If you don't want to give up on him then don't. I hate to see you upset. I hate to see you on the brim of tears." He told her while lifting her chin up with his hands.
She looked at him and realized that she could possibly fall in love with him. He hated Ron and Harry for that matter but he didn't want her to give up on Ron. He wanted her to be happy. She smiled at him and kissed him. It was a soft meeting of their lips. It went with the moment perfectly.
"Since lunch took us to so long with all the chatting we did why don't we just call it a day? I think I would rather go home and get cleaned up for our date and go out earlier, what do you say?" Draco asked while leaning his head against hers.
"What time are you going to pick me up then?" Hermione asked
"6 instead of 7 go to dinner, maybe see a show or something. We shall see." Draco told her.
"Ok, I am going to go to the pet shop. I think I might get another kitten so Astraios wont be alone so much." Hermione told him.
"Haven't had him more then two days and already your going to get another one? You are crazy Granger." Draco muttered against her lips.
It was a quick kiss because he had plans for later. They were so comfortable with each other that people would think they had been dating for at least a few months. It seemed like everything was going way to fast but hadn't they been waiting for happiness for years? Why not just jump right in and take the plunge to be happy.
"I just know how it feels to be lonely and don't want him to. I will see you at 6, don't be late." Hermione said walking away.
"What if I am late?" Draco inquired.
"You will just have to see wont you?" Hermione grinned mischievously.
Draco chuckled as he walked away. He never thought that he could feel this way. He felt warm, cared for. He hadn't felt happy since his mother's death. Tonight would be spectacular.
Hermione walked into the pet shop and went straight to the kittens. She saw the Siamese from the other day. She made the decision to buy that one. She had always loved Siamese cats. She picked the kitten up to see what gender it was and found it to be a girl. So Astraios would have a girlfriend? She picked out a pink collar for her and a bed. She had everything else she would need.
She got home to find that Astraios had torn up the paper towels she had left on the counter the night before. They were going to be a handful but at least if there were two of them they could just play with each other.
Hermione didn't have any problems naming the little girl. She named her Artemis after the Greek Goddess of the hunt. She looked at her watch and noticed the time. It was a little after 3. She had time to read a little while, take a bath then figure out what she was going to wear on her date tonight.
Hermione spent the next hour and half reading one of her favorite books, Ransom. She had read it many times. She never got tired of it. She loved of the authors books. When she looked at the clock and saw that it was 4:30 she decided to go clean up then figure out what she wanted to wear.
While Hermione was bathing she realized that she had never gone to so much effort for a date before. She really wanted this one to be special. She wanted everything to be perfect for the night. After she was finished she went into her room to figure out what she wanted to wear.
Hermione narrowed it down to two different dresses. One was black, spaghetti strapped dress that went to her knees. The other one was a hunter green that was also spaghetti strapped. It was shorter than the other one and also the neckline was low. She wanted to make an impression that Draco would never forget. She chose the green one. She didn't get to try the dresses on when she bought them but it was perfect. She put on pair of flat black shoes to go with it. The hard part was going to figure out what she wanted to do with her hair. She spent 10minutes trying to decide. Then she settled on pinning it half up making sure that her bangs curled so they wouldn't cover her eyes. She put on her necklace that was a dragon that had been Draco's in school. She had found it on the table in the common room and feel in love with it so she took it.
Exactly at 6 there was a knock on the door. Hermione ran to answer it and when she did she was stunned at how handsome Draco looked. He was wearing a black dress shirt, black tight slacks and he was holding orange roses and something wrapped up.
"You look gorgeous Hermione." Draco told her breathlessly.
"I could say the same to you."
"These are for you." Draco said as he handed her the roses and gift.
"There beautiful. How did you know I loved orange roses?" Hermione asked walking into the kitchen to put them into a vase.
"You told me once." Draco told her as he wrapped his arms around her from behind.
"I did, did I?" Hermione asked looking at the gift.
"Open it" Draco encouraged.
She took her time taking the paper off carefully. When all of it was off she stood their looking at the book in her hand. It was a first edition of Alice in Wonderland and it was signed. There was no damage done to the spine or cover.
"Where did you find this?" Hermione asked quietly.
"I have my ways. Do you like it?" Draco asked.
"Like it? I love it, thank you." Hermione said turning around to kiss him.
"Our reservations are for 6:30, shall we go?" He asked offering his arm.
"Lets" Hermione said.
She never thought in a million years that she would have ever seen that book let alone owned it now. Alice in Wonderland had always been her escape from the real world. She had read the book a million times before. No matter how many times she did she was always entrapped by it. Draco was the greatest man.
"So are you going to tell me where we are going?" Hermione asked.
"You like Italian?" Draco asked opening her door to get into the car.
"It my favorite, so what restaurant did you choose?" Hermione asked.
"You know that place outside Diagon Alley, Antonio's?" Draco asked.
"Yes, and I know that it is really fancy. You sure you want to go there?" Hermione asked.
Before Draco answered he got into the car and started the engine.
"Yes I am sure. I want this night to be perfect." He said pulling out of the drive way.
Ok I am going to end it there. Can anyone tell me who the author of Ransom is? It is a great book. All of her books are great. Don't forget about the song.
Hope you all enjoy.
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