Chapter 10-
'Hermione…' nudged Draco gently.
'Mhmm,'
'Get up,' he said urgently.
'Why?' whined Hermione. It was 2 am and far too early for Hermione to wake up. It was still dark for heaven's sake!
'Please,' he begged.
Hermione sat up slowly, all the while cursing him in her mind. 'I hate you, Draco,' she mumbled.
'C'mon, come to the terrace,' he tugged at her hand until she slipped out of bed and followed him sullenly.
'What is this nonsense?' she asked irritated.
'You'll see,' he said mysteriously.
'Why couldn't you have done this earlier? When I was awake maybe?' she asked sarcastically.
'You have been sleeping the entire evening! I decided to let you sleep for sometime,' protested Draco.
'How kind of you,' said Hermione crossly.
Draco rolled his eyes and announced, 'Okay, we have to wait for about fifteen more minutes,'
'Well then, why did you wake me up now?' exclaimed Hermione.
'Because I thought you would prove to be too difficult to wake,' said Draco smiling impishly.
'Fine, I am sleeping 'til it's time,' said Hermione. She went and sat on the chairs at the terrace, then she gestured for him to come and sit next to her and then after that she rested her head on his shoulder. All this just to sleep for fifteen more minutes.
Draco let her sleep and tried to relax. He was tempted to put her back into bed and ditch the whole plan. What if the entire thing went wrong? What if she said that she had never thought of him in that way? However, that would be stupid, considering the fact that she had slept with him. Maybe she didn't love, or even like him, and was only interested in the sex. Another part of his brain told him that maybe, just maybe…she would reciprocate the love. With such contradicting thoughts, he lost track of time. Suddenly he saw red sparks in the sky which indicated that his plan was about to go into action. He quickly shook her shoulder and tried to wake her up.
'Hermione, get up!' said Draco loudly.
Hermione opened her eyes, gave him a dirty look, and asked, 'What is it?'
'Look,' he pointed at the sky.
Hermione looked. A shower of sparks greeted her eyes. Sparks in red, yellow, green. It was like a fantasy show and Hermione gazed awestruck.
'Wow,' she murmured.
'It's not over yet,' said Draco nervously. This was it. He was about to make the biggest confession of his life and he hoped with all his heart that it would go just as he wished.
He looked at the sky and waited for the final parade of sparks to come and rearrange themselves in the words that would change his entire life, whether it be for the good or the bad.
'Draco, what is it? Isn't it over?' Hermione tugged at his hand impatiently.
'Wait,' he instructed.
Just as he said that, Hermione heard a boom and a million sparks emerged. A brilliant shower of colors struck the sky, and finally, rearranged themselves in the words "I love you. Will you marry me?"
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'Gunther, where is she? She was supposed to be here ten minutes ago,' grumbled Sally. She had stopped calling Gunther "boss", and was finally going to be introduced to the real boss herself.
'Wait, Sally. She'll be here soon,' said Gunther confidently even though he was slightly nervous.
Sally didn't say anything. She desperately wanted to meet the woman who was behind this. After what seemed like ages, a woman finally materialized and walked directly to them. Sally guessed correctly that this was her boss and stood up immediately. She and Gunther had been waiting at the beach for her.
'Hello, you are Sally, yes? Gunther's assistant? I heard you wanted to meet me. Well then, I haven't got the whole day,' said the woman briskly.
'You…you! I have heard of you,' gasped Sally.
'I am sure you have, sweetheart,' smiled the woman kindly. 'Now what is the information you have gathered?'
Sally dug into the bag she was carrying and pulled out a piece of parchment. 'Here it is. I have information that would destroy Ron Weasley's reputation,'
The woman scanned through the parchment and smiled appreciatively. 'This is amazing! I must say, you are quite talented,'
Sally smiled modestly and then got down to business. 'Now, what do I get?'
'About five hundred galleons will be transferred to your bank account. Good day,' said the woman calmly and walked to the apparition spot. Sally watched open mouthed. She was unable to react. This woman was a hurricane. Their entire meeting had lasted for about five minutes! At the same time, Sally hadn't expected such a huge reward. It hadn't been too difficult. Ron was as stupid as you could get and romancing him had been the easiest thing ever.
Sally shrugged and said, 'That went well eh?'
Gunther smiled, 'It was bloody perfect,'
I didn't update yesterday, I know. And I am truly sorry. My school is proving to be very irritating. But tomorrow is Thursday, which is the last day before the weekend. So I'll try to update daily. : ) Again, thank you for basically everything! Keep doing it. ;D Anyway, I forgot to add questions to the previous chapter. Sorry!
1). If you could change one part of the story, what would it be?
2). One couple that you wanted to happen but didn't? (Except Draco and Hermione)
Tata.
-EpitomeOfImperfection