Chapter 13
Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter characters.
Every time we touch
I still hear your voice, when you sleep next to me
I still feel your touch in my dreams
Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why
Without you it's hard to survive.
'Cause every time we touch, I get this feeling
And every time we kiss I swear I can fly
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last
Need you by my side.
'Cause every time we touch, I feel static
And every time we kiss, I reach for the sky
Can't you hear my heart beat slow………
I can't let you go
Want you in my life
Your arms are my castle, your heart is my sky,
They wipe away the tears that I cry
The good and the bad times, we've been through them all
You make me rise when I fall
Hermione woke up the next morning with a heavy mind. She wasn't sure how she wanted to approach her parents about marrying Draco. She untangled herself from her gorgeous man and headed downstairs to the kitchen. The elves were busying cleaning and starting to make
breakfast. They always knew when one of them had woken up and would have food cooked and ready for them when they wanted to eat.
Hermione went and poured a cup of coffee then made her way to the sitting room that had windows that overlooked the garden. She loved this view it made her feel at peace. She did want her parents to be at their wedding she just didn't think that she wanted her father to walk her down the aisle at all because honestly he hadn't been there for her since before she started Hogwarts. No, she didn't see it right to have him walk her down the aisle she had the perfect person in mind for it. Just then she felt someone staring at her.
She turned around in the chair to see Draco standing in the door way looking at her.
"Morning love, you know I am getting irritated with you." He told her as he walked over to her picked her up and sat down in the chair situating her on his lap.
"Why are you getting irritated with me?" She asked him with a worried look on her face.
"Because every time I wake up your gone and I don't get to see your beautiful face first thing." He said kissing her cheek.
"I'm sorry that I wake up before you do. How about I read until you wake up then?" She said running her fingers through Draco's hair.
"I was kidding you don't have to, just once in a while I hope that I will wake up with you still next to me."
"We have our wholes lives for that Draco." She told him giving him a kiss.
"So have you made a decision about your parents?" He asked her.
"Yeah, no matter what I am going to invite them to the wedding but I'm not going to have my dad walk me down the aisle. He hasn't really been a part of my life since before Hogwarts." She said while linking their hands together.
"So then who is going to walk you down the aisle?"
"I was thinking Remus, he has been more like a father to me then my own dad, I just don't know if he will do it or not."
"I have no doubts that he will. He told me once while we were doing research that he thought of you as a daughter, that he would hate if anyone ever hurt you. Come to think of it I have a feeling that he knew I liked you back then."
"Well after we talk to my parents, we need to go see Remus." She said getting up and heading to the dining room where their breakfast was waiting for them.
After they ate Hermione decided it was time for her to call her parents and set up a lunch. She stood in their bedroom just holding the phone trying to get the courage to call them.
Draco came up behind her, grabbed the phone from her hands and scrolled to her parent's number and dialed it for her. She was thankful he was there, she had a feeling without his help she wouldn't have called them.
It rang a few times and just when she thought it was just going to go to the answering machine her mother answered.
"Hello?" Anne answered.
"Hi mom, it's Hermione I was wondering if you and dad would be able to meet me for lunch today?" Hermione asked quickly before her mom could say anything.
"Sure dear, it would be good for us to all get together to talk things over. Where do you want to meet?" She asked Hermione
"Our restaurant that we use to go to when I was young, the one around the corner from our church, it is still there right?"
"Yes dear it is we will meet you there around noon is that fine?"
"Sounds great see you then, bye mom."
Hermione was worried about lunch and the outcome of it. She wanted her parents to accept that Draco was the man of her dreams and the Lucas was scum.
They both took showers and started getting ready for their lunch.
"Do you want to drive or just apparate then walk to the restaurant?" Draco asked her while putting on his tennis shoes.
"Apparation will be faster. There is a spot that's near by the restaurant so it won't take us long to get there. How about we go take a walk through Diagon Alley? I want to pick up a few books from Flourish and Blotts." Hermione suggested.
"Sounds great love. Make sure you grab your scarf it's starting to snow again." Draco said while grabbing his jacket and scarf bundling himself up.
It had been 5 months since she had last seen and spoken to her parents. If Nathan was telling the truth about them waiting for Hermione to get back together with Lucas then they really didn't listen to her. They only believed what they wanted to believe. She was going to make them see the real her and the truth about Lucas she had pictures of what she had looked like after the beatings. She would tell them all the horrible things he had said to her.
"Stop thinking so much about what's going to happen babe, if they don't understand then that's their fault for not seeing the truth in their own daughter. Now get your coat and scarf and lets go get you some books." He said heading out the bedroom door.
Hermione gathered everything she needed sticking the pictures into her purse then went to find where Draco went. She walked down the stairs expecting to find him waiting for her in the foyer but he wasn't there instead she saw the front door was open. Why would he walk outside when they could apparate from inside? She walked out and shut the door behind her. The second she let go of the door knob a huge snowball hit her in the head. She stood there in shock for a few minutes until she heard Draco laugh from behind the bushes.
"Really Draco, at least be a man and stop hiding if you want to start a snowball fight." Hermione said bending over to pick up her purse that she had dropped and to get a handful of snow.
"I thought it would be a good way to take your mind of your parents for a few minutes at least and I haven't have a snowball fight since I was in school I am more mature than that thank you very much." Draco told her as he started walking towards her. When he was a few feet from her Hermione threw the snow right in his face then took off running.
They continued the snow fight for the next 20minutes until Hermione landed another snowball in his face making him tackle her to the ground and started tickling her.
"Draco……..stop……..tickling me." She said in between laughs.
"That's for hitting me in the face not once but twice." He said as he continued to tickle her.
Hermione was struggle and squirming so much that she ended up kneeing him in the balls making him roll over in pain.
"Oww……." Draco whined cupping himself.
"I am so sorry Draco, are you alright?"Hermione asked him.
"Yeah just peachy" He said in a squeaky voice.
"Oh baby, I didn't mean to. Want me to kiss it and make it feel better?" She asked with a puppy dog look.
The look on her face was priceless making him laugh a little. He grabbed her arm pulling her on top of him.
"It's alright love, I should know better than to tickle you. Now give me a kiss to make me feel better." Draco said kissing her senseless.
"We should go before we start stripping clothes out here." He said standing up.
They headed to Diagon Alley and went to Flourish and Blotts. Hermione headed to the romance section while Draco took a seat and grabbed a random book sitting on the table next to him and started reading it.
Draco was so enthralled in the book that he didn't hear Hermione.
"Draco, earth to Draco are you ready to go?" She asked him once he looked at her.
"Oh, yeah sorry I was reading this book." He said getting up.
"What book is it?" She asked heading to the counter.
"Eragon, it is about a boy that becomes a dragon rider. What books did you get?"He asked taking the books out of her arms and putting them on the counter paying for them.
"I got Causing Havoc, Simon Says and Hard to Handle, there romance novels. They should hold me over for a week or two." She said trying to take the bag from him as they walked out of the store.
"No I got the bag. We should head to meet with your parents." He said steering her towards and apparation point.
They apparated then Hermione started leading the way to the restaurant. They arrived at noon exactly and found that her parents were already there. Hermione exchanged stiff hugs with her parents then they all took their seats.
"So what did you want to talk to us about Hermione dear?" Anne asked her.
"Well first I wanted to start off with the truth about Lucas since you didn't listen to me the first time but this time I came prepared with pictures. Here take a look." Hermione said handing her parents the pictures.
They seemed to be lost as they looked at the pictures. They seemed to be getting the picture of what happened now. They looked up at Hermione with sadness and regret for not listening.
"We are so sorry for not listening to you, Lucas seemed to be so nice and seemed to love you so much but I guess he wore a mask." John said grabbing Hermione's hand.
Hermione sat there for a second letting her dad hold her hands then she pulled them off the table. She didn't want either one of them to touch her. She put her hands under the table and felt Draco grab one. He was telling her that he was there for her to lean on.
"I'm glad that you both finally see the true picture then but it still doesn't erase that fact that you didn't believe me in the first place. How could you choose to believe him over your own daughter?" Hermione asked them in a quiet voice.
"He was a man who was taking care of our daughter; we didn't think that he was hurting you like that." Anne told her sadly.
"How did you know he was even taking care of me? You never called or wrote to me. You both stopped taking the time to tell me things once I started Hogwarts. Every time I wrote or called either one of you, you would either be gone and never return my calls or tell me you were busy and couldn't talk. Is that any way to treat your daughter?"
They sat there in shock. Hermione had never so much as yelled at them now she was yelling and anger with them. Draco was proud of her; she was finally releasing her demons that had
plagued her for years. He remembered in their last year that she never went home on the holidays at least not to her home she would go to the Weasley's or with Harry to Grimmauld place. It was about time that they saw their daughter and really heard her.
"I guess once you were accepted in the wizarding world that you didn't need us anymore. We didn't know how to handle a witch it had never happened to our family." John said trying to explain.
"You didn't know how to handle a witch. I didn't act any different after I found out. Nathan was told he was a wizard years before I went to school, I guess they just didn't want to tell you because they knew you uptight."
"Now Hermione let's try and talk about this civilly. No need for shouting." Anne said.
"Begging your pardon but I believe she has every right to shout if she wants. She has been through hell and back these last few years and you two were nowhere to be found. She was being beaten almost every night by a man that you thought was perfect. You never tried to call and talk to her just talked to that scum." Draco said to them straining to remain calm.
"Who are you again?" John asked looking a bit peeved.
"His name is Draco and he is my fiancé." Hermione told them looking straight into their eyes.
"Draco, as in Malfoy, isn't he the boy that made fun of you in school?" John asked.
"Yes, he is but he hasn't been mean or made fun of me since before 7 year but you two wouldn't know that since that summer I stayed with Harry, Remus and Sirius. He was the only one in school who was my friend just because we enjoyed each other's company. He is the one that came and helped me the last time. He took me to the hospital and made sure I was taken
care of. Then he proceeded to give me a job and find me a place to live. He kept me safe until they were able to catch Lucas and put him away."
"Hermione don't you think that you should give yourself more time to think this through? I mean you haven't even been dating him for that long."
"Yes I am completely sure. He is the man that every girl dreams of marrying. I may not have been dating him for that long but I have known him for years. He has proven to me that he can take care of me and he treats me like I am everything to him. So yes I am going to marrying him, which was my main reason for wanting to meet with you today I wanted to tell you that your only daughter is getting married." Hermione said.
"We are happy for you but how do you really know that he isn't just using you?" John asked her trying to act like a father would.
"I am not using her at all; I am not that asshole I was in school. I love Hermione with all my heart and would never harm her." Draco interrupted.
"I think we are done here. You will receive an invitation to the wedding once we have them made and set the exact date but I will tell you this I know that you're my parents but I won't be having you give me away, I don't see the point when neither one of you have taken the time to be an actual parent to me. Bye." Hermione said as she got up and grabbed Draco's hand walking out.
Half way down the street Draco stopped her and pulled her into a hug.
"You did good sweetie." He said kissing the top of her head.
She looked up at him with a smile on her face. A huge weight had just been lifted off her shoulders. She was so happy to finally be done with her parents and all their drama they hadn't really been her parents in years anyway.
"You hungry?" She asked him.
"Well yeah, I mean it is lunch time and we didn't get to eat there. Where do you want to go?" He asked her throwing his arm around her.
"I don't care you choose and its going to be my treat Mr."
They choose to head to Hogsmead instead of staying in muggle London. Once they got there they were seated in the back at a booth. They were talking about the wedding when Blasie and Lavendar came walking in.
"Hey you two love birds mind if we join you?" Lavendar asked.
"Not at all, we have news to tell you." Draco said getting up and moving to sit next to Hermione.
"So how have you two been? How's Xander?" Hermione asked them.
"We are good and so is Xander except for a cold he has. That's why I left him with my mother so he wouldn't be exposed to the cold air. So what is the news you have to tell us?" Lavender asked while she looked at the menu.
"We are getting married." Hermione said holding her hand to show the ring.
Lavendar squealed and grabbed her hand to look at it.
"Why do women have to always do that? Congratulations man, it's shocking someone finally got the sex god Draco Malfoy to settle down." Blaise said taking a look at the ring also.
"I'm finally happy, Hermione gets me the way no one else can. So you're going to be my best man aren't you?" He asked Blaise.
"I would be honored to; you were my best man I expect to be yours. Who are all the groomsmen going to be?" He asked Draco as they ordered.
"Well that I am still working on it. I think I am going to ask Harry and Hermione's cousin Nathan. If you wouldn't mind Hermione?" He asked looking at her.
Hermione was just awed that he would pick people that where her family to be his groomsmen but then she realized that they were her family and soon to be his. It was just nice that he had created a friendship with Harry now.
"I wouldn't mind that all at." She told him giving him a kiss on his cheek.
"I am going to need your assistants Lav; you're going to be one of my bridesmaids of course. Gin will be my maid of honor of course I just don't know who else to have as a bridesmaid, I mean I never seemed to hang out with girls that much in school and even now it's just you and Gin." She said
"I still don't like that you hang out with more guys then girls, we need to find you some more girlfriends." Draco butted in.
"I would love to Mione. As for another bridesmaid why not ask Tonks or Angelina? I am sure one of them would love to do it." She suggested.
"I think I will ask Tonks, she is one of my closest friends and besides I am going to be asking Remus to walk me down the aisle. Do you think we could go see Remus today? I want to tell him the news and ask him if he will do it." She asked Draco.
"That's fine with me, whatever you want." Draco said as he bit into his sandwich.
After lunch they said bye to Blaise and Lavendar and headed to Grimmauld place. Remus and Tonks had moved in with Sirius after the war had ended because they didn't want him to live in the house by himself. They had re-done the inside of the house and made it better looking brighter than it had been when Sirius had been a kid.
Tonks and Remus had gotten married after the war had ended and now they had a 2 year old daughter named Emily.
They arrived and knocked on the door and Sirius answered.
"Hermione, Draco so good to see you both." Sirius said grabbing them both into a bear hug.
"How are you Sirius?" Hermione asked him as they walked into the living room.
"Quiet well; I have been keeping busy, playing practical jokes on Remus as usual. How are the two of you?" He asked.
"Good, we actually came to tell you all something, are Remus and Tonks here?" Hermione asked.
Sirius shook his head the proceeded to yell for them instead of politely going and finding them.
"What do you want Sirius? Unless you promise it isn't a practical joke this time I will actually come." Remus yelled back.
"Remus would I honestly pull two jokes on you in the same hour when you will be expecting it? I mean honestly, this is me we are talking about." Sirius called back with a huge grin on his face.
"I wouldn't put it past you Padfoot." Remus said walking into the room covered in green goo.
They all busted out laughing at the same time. Hermione decided to have pity on Remus and took out her wand to clean him off so she could hug him.
"It's good to see you Remus." She told him.
"Same goes to you Hermione. Draco good to see you as well." Remus said as he went over and hugged Draco.
"Good to see you to sir." Draco said.
"Tonks will be down in a little while she is putting Emily down for a nap. So what have the two of you been up to?" He asked taking a seat next to Sirius.
"Nothing much really just working and dating Draco." Hermione said waiting for their reactions.
"You finally made your move on her Draco? Good for you, took you long enough though, I figured after she meet Lucas you had lost your chance. What happened to Lucas anyways? Harry mentioned something about him being in prison and awaiting a trial." Sirius said.
Hermione got pale at the mention of having to tell them about Lucas. She was afraid that they would go find him and kill him. She looked at Draco for some kind of help. He grabbed her hand and told them all about what had happened.
It took them a few minutes to digest what he had told them before they both exploded.
"I knew he was a good for nothing piece of dung. Told you Remus that we should have scared him away the first day we met him." Sirius yelled.
"Will you to both calm down; he is going to be in prison for the rest of his life anyways. I am fine now if you can't tell. Draco is taking good care of me since Lucas." Hermione said trying to console them.
"Still you should have told us, we could have dealt with him sooner and you wouldn't have had to go through all that for so long." Remus said.
"I was afraid and it doesn't matter now. Can we please change the subject? I have something I want to tell you."
"If it is something like what you just told us I am going to need a drink." Remus said.
"No I promise its good news. Draco and I are going to be getting married." Hermione announced.
They both sat there for a few minutes then both got grins on their faces.
"Well congratulations both of you. Shocking still that you two would be getting married but it's wonderful. When is the wedding going to be?" Remus asked.
"We were thinking this summer. July to be exact. There was something else I wanted to ask you Remus. I was wondering if you would walk me down the aisle. Before you ask me why my dad isn't doing it let me tell you that my parents haven't really been there for me in years but you have. You took over as being my father figure and it would mean a lot to me if you would." Hermione said quickly.
"It would be my pleasure Hermione." Remus said going over to her and pulling her into a hug and kissing her on the forehead.
"Well I am feeling a bit left out." Sirius said getting a pouty look on his face.
After looking and Sirius and laughing at his child like antics Draco came up with an idea.
"Babe, why don't you have both of them walk you down the aisle? I mean they both have been like fathers for you." Draco suggested.
"I knew I liked you Draco." Sirius jumping up and giving him a big bear hug.
"I think it is a wonderful idea. I would be glad to be given away by two men who raised me." Hermione said hugging Sirius as well.
"You don't know how much it means to me that you asked. I always thought of you as my Daughter, I mean you do have the wit." Remus said.
They sat and talked for another hour and still Tonks hadn't come down, so Hermione asked Remus if he would ask Tonks for her. She was getting tired and didn't want to take up anymore of their time.
As they were walking Hermione stopped and pulled Draco into a passionate kiss.
"Thank you" She told him when she broke it.
"For what?" He asked with a confused look on his face.
"For suggesting Sirius be in the wedding also. You made him extremely happy and me also." She said grabbing his hand to continue walking home.
"I just didn't want him to think we didn't appreciate him. He did a lot for me during the war and everything with my father. He stepped up and acted like a father to me as well." Draco told her.
"When we get home do you want to watch a movie or have me read you a book?" Hermione asked.
"Why not both we have the rest of the day?"
"Sounds good to me."
They got home ate dinner while watching Pirates of the Caribbean the Curse of the Black Pearl, then Hermione started reading Treasure Island to him.
Ok so the next chapter is going to be the wedding. I don't know how long it will take me because I am hoping I get this job I am interviewing for on Monday. It wasn't my best writing I know but I tried. The next chapter will be better.
Read and Review
Giggles