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By the end of telling him, silent tears streaming down my face.
"It... It felt so real. Like you were really dead. Like I was really there." I said, trying my hardest not to make my voice crack.
Draco had sat quietly through my tale of the dream. He looked at me, concern crossing his beautiful eyes.
"You need ice cream." He said.
I laughed. Ice cream? What in the world would ice cream do?
He pulled out another bowl and scooped some for me.
"My mum use to give this to me when I would have nightmares. It's helped ever since. Might as well give it a try." He handed me the bowl.
"Might as well." I said reaching for the bowl.
Draco stared going back to our room so I fallowed. We lie in bed eating our ice cream and talking. We talked about everything. Our childhood, what life at Hogwarts was like for us, what was going to happen when all our friends found out. Things like that. I found out a lot about Malfoy that I would never have thought possible. For example, did you know that the only place he's ticklish is behind his knee? It was great.
Pretty soon we were both getting sleepy. I rolled over and stared at the door again. I couldn't help but think to my self that the door didn't seem so welcoming this time.
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I awoke the next morning to an empty bed. (Was this a habit of his or did he like leaving me with questions?) I grabbed some clothes and headed into the bathroom to take a shower. I got out and was dressed in a pair of white washed jean shorts and a yellow halter-top. (It was summer people!) As I put on a pair of matching flip-flops and pulled my hair into a ponytail Draco walked through the door. He was wearing a pair of black slacks and a maroon dress shirt with the top few buttons open. (Did he know it's summer?) I did a double take. He was looking; there was no other word for it, sexy. His pale blonde hair fell over his eyes as he smiled at me.
"Father would like to see you in his study before you go and eat breakfast. Mother and I have already had ours but I had the house elves save you some in the kitchen. You do remember where that is right?" he said with a smirk on his face.
I stuck my tongue out at him. I stuck my head out as I walked passed him to get to the door. He grabbed my waist and pulled me close to his chest.
"It's all the way down the hall and the last door on the right." He murmured in my ear.
I could feel my knees going weak again but I some how managed to stay standing. I pulled away from him and gave him a sexy smirk of my own.
"I'll remember that" I said as I walked out the door swinging my hips. I could feel his eyes on my butt as I walked down the hall.
I knocked on the door to Lucius' study.
"Come in," he said.
"Mr. Malfoy, you wanted to see me?" I said, weaker then what I wanted to sound like.
"Come now, Hermione, you are going to become my daughter-in-law in the next few weeks. You don't have to call me Mr. Malfoy anymore. Call me Lucius." He said.
"Oh...ok... Lucius." I said
"Now, Draco tells me that you had a nightmare last night?" he asked me, never looking up from the piece of parchment he was writing on.
"Yes"
"You should try ice cream."
"What?" I sated in disbelief. Hadn't Draco said the same thing last night?
"Ice cream. The stuff in the freeze is laced with Dreamless Sleep potion. Draco's mother use to give it to him when he was little. It causes the drinker, or in this case, the eater to sleep with out any dreams." He explained.
"That explains it." I said under my breath.
"Pardon?" Lucius said.
"It's what Draco gave me last night after I told him about my dream. It makes since now." I explained.
"Oh that reminds me, Draco said that you were quite the martial artist. If you ever wanted to work out there is a gym in the basement. The password is "Verde"."
He didn't say anything after this so I took it as my cue to leave. I walked out of his study and down to the kitchens. There I was met by a house elf that ran up to me and bowed.
"Mistress Granger, I is saving food for you." she squeaked.
She ran off and brought back a tray of eggs, bacon, sausage, two pieced of toast and a glass of apple juice.
"Thank you." I said.
The elf bowed and ran back to work. I stat down at the table and ate my break fast when a three owls swept in. The brown owl I knew was a school owl. The other two I didn't know where they came from. I took the letters off. Three letters where addressed to me and one was addressed to Draco. I open the one from school.
Dear Miss Granger,
It is my pleasure to inform you that you have been made this year's Head Girl. I extend my congratulations to you on behalf of the faculty and staff here at Hogwarts. It is nice to see another Gryffindor as a Head this year.
You are to meet the Head Boy in the head's compartments on the train on the way back to school. Being head girl means all your books are bought for you and are currently sitting in your Head Girl Dorm waiting for your return to school.
Once again I offer my congratulations and I will see you on September 1st.
M. Mcgonagal
Deputy Headmistress.
I squealed and jumped up and down. I heard Draco run down the stairs.
"What's wrong?" He asked looking around, his wand ready to attack any one.
I ran over to him and threw my arms around his neck.
"I made Head Girl!!!!!" I almost yelled.
Draco rolled his eyes and pulled me off him. He gave me a half smile.
" I could have told you that one Granger, Every one knew it was coming. I wonder who made Head Boy?"
"I don't know but your school letter is sitting off to the side." I said.
I suddenly remember my other two letters and went over to them handing Draco his school letter.
One was from Ginny saying she got a new owl for becoming prefect (it's was delayed because of Order stuff) and she was bored and whished that something exciting would happen soon. (Wait till she finds out what I have to do) The next one was from Draco's mother wanting me to meet her in Diagon Alley at noon. I looked up at Draco and he was smiling. I arched an eyebrow at him.
"I'm Head Boy."
I gave him a hug and smiled up at him. He smiled. I looked at the clock on the wall. It said 11: 45. It was almost noon!
"Oh shoot. I have to go meet your mother in fifteen minutes and I'm not even ready!" I said, running up the stairs.
I ran into our room and quickly pulled something out to wear. I ran into the bathroom and only put on the lightest touch of make up. When I came back down stairs I saw Draco do a double take.
" Do you have any floo?" I asked
Draco didn't say anything for a moment and I raised my eyebrows. What in the world had gotten into that boy's brain? Where is the cool and calm Slytherin Ferret? After a few more seconds he pulled something out of his pocket.
"Mum left me this port key that's going to go off at noon." He finally got out. I took it from him and held it in my hind. I still had two minutes left.
We sat in silence waiting. Draco was fumbling with something in his pocket. Mildly curious I looked probably a second more than I should have. Draco took the tiny velvet covered box out of his pocket and opened it. I could only guess what's inside.
He pulled out a sliver ring with three diamonds on it. The two on the sides being slightly smaller than the middle. Draco grabbed my hand a put it on.
"It's called a Trinity Diamond. It represents past present and future. It's a tradition in our family to give our betrothed." He explained to me.
I was staring at the rock on my hand. It was amazing. I have had a lot of thoughts about what I would someday get for a ring but this; this was beyond anything I ever dreamed.
"Oh yea," he cleared his thought. "My mum might explain this today, but you can never take it off until our wedding day."
I barely heard him. I just nodded my head still staring at the ring. Suddenly I felt a tug behind my navel and I landed in the Leaky Caldron.
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"Hello dear!" I herd Narcissa say.
I stood up and looked around for her. Spotting her I walked over.
"Hello Mrs. Malfoy." I said.
"None of this Malfoy business. You're going to be my daughter-in-law in a matter of weeks. You can call me Narcissa." She said, smiling at me.
I returned the smile. But I couldn't help but think, why were all the Malfoy's being nice to me? It's probably just because I'm going to marry Draco, but that still doesn't answer why Draco is being nice to me.
"Now we must talk about the wedding. You'll have to think of colors, people, decorations, where you want it, who do you want to perform the ceremony. That sort of thing."
"Well," I thought. "I've always wanted white and red of my wedding. Red for the bridesmaids and my dress to white. People: Well, Harry and Ron naturally, Ginny Weasely as my Made of Honor, Lavender and Parvarti as my bridesmaids, and I haven't really thought of all the guests yet. I've always wanted a wedding in a garden and I would like Professor Dumbledor to perform it." I said.
If Narcissa found any of these things wrong she didn't show it. She just smiled wider and wrote something down on a piece of parchment.
"Well, I figured you would want Ginny as your Bridesmaid so she is here, but she doesn't know why yet. Lavender and Parvarti we can get here in an instant. I know their parents. You can write down your guest tonight and give it to me. Professor Dumbledor will work wonderfully for this. And we can have it at the garden in Malfoy manor." She had a smile on her face the whole time.
What really got me was that she had a sincere smile on her face. Was she the only Malfoy that actually had a heart? I thought about what Narcissa said. I groaned. Ginny was going to kill me for not telling her right away. But I didn't want to ruin this for Narcissa. She was being so nice and she looked as if she was having a great time planning this wedding.
"Well then let's go!" I said flashing her a big smile.
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"Hermione!" A flaming red haired girl screamed as she saw me and rushed over.
"Ginny!" I screamed back.
"Why didn't you tell me you were getting married?" She asked
"I was going to tell you today after I woke up but then Narcissa called me here." I said. "You're not mad are you?"
"No of course not. Narcissa explained to me that it was an arranged marriage." Ginny said flashing me a smile.
"You will be my maid of honor?" I asked.
"Of course!"
A little while later lavender and Parvarti showed up and we looked a dresses. I found red silk dresses for the bridesmaids. They went down to their ankles and had spaghetti straps and a tube top looking front. They were perfect. Next came my after wedding dress. Every dress I tried on didn't look right on me till I came to a baby blue dress. It was a halter-top with a deep v in the front. The dress came down just to my knees. It was perfect.
The next store we went to was to find my wedding dress. There it didn't take long till I found what I liked. It was a strapless white gown. It was tight up tops and long a flowing at the bottom. Gold embroidered flowers were on the top part and then flowed down the left side of the dress. When I came out every one liked it.
"It looks perfect on you dear." Narcissa said.
"You look gorgeous!" Parvarti and Lavender exclaimed.
"Just wait till Malfoy sees you. He won't know what hit him." Ginny said with a sly smile on her face.
I blushed. I can't believe I was actually going through with this. I was having a good time. Maybe being married to Draco would be so bad.
"It... It felt so real. Like you were really dead. Like I was really there." I said, trying my hardest not to make my voice crack.
Draco had sat quietly through my tale of the dream. He looked at me, concern crossing his beautiful eyes.
"You need ice cream." He said.
I laughed. Ice cream? What in the world would ice cream do?
He pulled out another bowl and scooped some for me.
"My mum use to give this to me when I would have nightmares. It's helped ever since. Might as well give it a try." He handed me the bowl.
"Might as well." I said reaching for the bowl.
Draco stared going back to our room so I fallowed. We lie in bed eating our ice cream and talking. We talked about everything. Our childhood, what life at Hogwarts was like for us, what was going to happen when all our friends found out. Things like that. I found out a lot about Malfoy that I would never have thought possible. For example, did you know that the only place he's ticklish is behind his knee? It was great.
Pretty soon we were both getting sleepy. I rolled over and stared at the door again. I couldn't help but think to my self that the door didn't seem so welcoming this time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
I awoke the next morning to an empty bed. (Was this a habit of his or did he like leaving me with questions?) I grabbed some clothes and headed into the bathroom to take a shower. I got out and was dressed in a pair of white washed jean shorts and a yellow halter-top. (It was summer people!) As I put on a pair of matching flip-flops and pulled my hair into a ponytail Draco walked through the door. He was wearing a pair of black slacks and a maroon dress shirt with the top few buttons open. (Did he know it's summer?) I did a double take. He was looking; there was no other word for it, sexy. His pale blonde hair fell over his eyes as he smiled at me.
"Father would like to see you in his study before you go and eat breakfast. Mother and I have already had ours but I had the house elves save you some in the kitchen. You do remember where that is right?" he said with a smirk on his face.
I stuck my tongue out at him. I stuck my head out as I walked passed him to get to the door. He grabbed my waist and pulled me close to his chest.
"It's all the way down the hall and the last door on the right." He murmured in my ear.
I could feel my knees going weak again but I some how managed to stay standing. I pulled away from him and gave him a sexy smirk of my own.
"I'll remember that" I said as I walked out the door swinging my hips. I could feel his eyes on my butt as I walked down the hall.
I knocked on the door to Lucius' study.
"Come in," he said.
"Mr. Malfoy, you wanted to see me?" I said, weaker then what I wanted to sound like.
"Come now, Hermione, you are going to become my daughter-in-law in the next few weeks. You don't have to call me Mr. Malfoy anymore. Call me Lucius." He said.
"Oh...ok... Lucius." I said
"Now, Draco tells me that you had a nightmare last night?" he asked me, never looking up from the piece of parchment he was writing on.
"Yes"
"You should try ice cream."
"What?" I sated in disbelief. Hadn't Draco said the same thing last night?
"Ice cream. The stuff in the freeze is laced with Dreamless Sleep potion. Draco's mother use to give it to him when he was little. It causes the drinker, or in this case, the eater to sleep with out any dreams." He explained.
"That explains it." I said under my breath.
"Pardon?" Lucius said.
"It's what Draco gave me last night after I told him about my dream. It makes since now." I explained.
"Oh that reminds me, Draco said that you were quite the martial artist. If you ever wanted to work out there is a gym in the basement. The password is "Verde"."
He didn't say anything after this so I took it as my cue to leave. I walked out of his study and down to the kitchens. There I was met by a house elf that ran up to me and bowed.
"Mistress Granger, I is saving food for you." she squeaked.
She ran off and brought back a tray of eggs, bacon, sausage, two pieced of toast and a glass of apple juice.
"Thank you." I said.
The elf bowed and ran back to work. I stat down at the table and ate my break fast when a three owls swept in. The brown owl I knew was a school owl. The other two I didn't know where they came from. I took the letters off. Three letters where addressed to me and one was addressed to Draco. I open the one from school.
Dear Miss Granger,
It is my pleasure to inform you that you have been made this year's Head Girl. I extend my congratulations to you on behalf of the faculty and staff here at Hogwarts. It is nice to see another Gryffindor as a Head this year.
You are to meet the Head Boy in the head's compartments on the train on the way back to school. Being head girl means all your books are bought for you and are currently sitting in your Head Girl Dorm waiting for your return to school.
Once again I offer my congratulations and I will see you on September 1st.
M. Mcgonagal
Deputy Headmistress.
I squealed and jumped up and down. I heard Draco run down the stairs.
"What's wrong?" He asked looking around, his wand ready to attack any one.
I ran over to him and threw my arms around his neck.
"I made Head Girl!!!!!" I almost yelled.
Draco rolled his eyes and pulled me off him. He gave me a half smile.
" I could have told you that one Granger, Every one knew it was coming. I wonder who made Head Boy?"
"I don't know but your school letter is sitting off to the side." I said.
I suddenly remember my other two letters and went over to them handing Draco his school letter.
One was from Ginny saying she got a new owl for becoming prefect (it's was delayed because of Order stuff) and she was bored and whished that something exciting would happen soon. (Wait till she finds out what I have to do) The next one was from Draco's mother wanting me to meet her in Diagon Alley at noon. I looked up at Draco and he was smiling. I arched an eyebrow at him.
"I'm Head Boy."
I gave him a hug and smiled up at him. He smiled. I looked at the clock on the wall. It said 11: 45. It was almost noon!
"Oh shoot. I have to go meet your mother in fifteen minutes and I'm not even ready!" I said, running up the stairs.
I ran into our room and quickly pulled something out to wear. I ran into the bathroom and only put on the lightest touch of make up. When I came back down stairs I saw Draco do a double take.
" Do you have any floo?" I asked
Draco didn't say anything for a moment and I raised my eyebrows. What in the world had gotten into that boy's brain? Where is the cool and calm Slytherin Ferret? After a few more seconds he pulled something out of his pocket.
"Mum left me this port key that's going to go off at noon." He finally got out. I took it from him and held it in my hind. I still had two minutes left.
We sat in silence waiting. Draco was fumbling with something in his pocket. Mildly curious I looked probably a second more than I should have. Draco took the tiny velvet covered box out of his pocket and opened it. I could only guess what's inside.
He pulled out a sliver ring with three diamonds on it. The two on the sides being slightly smaller than the middle. Draco grabbed my hand a put it on.
"It's called a Trinity Diamond. It represents past present and future. It's a tradition in our family to give our betrothed." He explained to me.
I was staring at the rock on my hand. It was amazing. I have had a lot of thoughts about what I would someday get for a ring but this; this was beyond anything I ever dreamed.
"Oh yea," he cleared his thought. "My mum might explain this today, but you can never take it off until our wedding day."
I barely heard him. I just nodded my head still staring at the ring. Suddenly I felt a tug behind my navel and I landed in the Leaky Caldron.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
"Hello dear!" I herd Narcissa say.
I stood up and looked around for her. Spotting her I walked over.
"Hello Mrs. Malfoy." I said.
"None of this Malfoy business. You're going to be my daughter-in-law in a matter of weeks. You can call me Narcissa." She said, smiling at me.
I returned the smile. But I couldn't help but think, why were all the Malfoy's being nice to me? It's probably just because I'm going to marry Draco, but that still doesn't answer why Draco is being nice to me.
"Now we must talk about the wedding. You'll have to think of colors, people, decorations, where you want it, who do you want to perform the ceremony. That sort of thing."
"Well," I thought. "I've always wanted white and red of my wedding. Red for the bridesmaids and my dress to white. People: Well, Harry and Ron naturally, Ginny Weasely as my Made of Honor, Lavender and Parvarti as my bridesmaids, and I haven't really thought of all the guests yet. I've always wanted a wedding in a garden and I would like Professor Dumbledor to perform it." I said.
If Narcissa found any of these things wrong she didn't show it. She just smiled wider and wrote something down on a piece of parchment.
"Well, I figured you would want Ginny as your Bridesmaid so she is here, but she doesn't know why yet. Lavender and Parvarti we can get here in an instant. I know their parents. You can write down your guest tonight and give it to me. Professor Dumbledor will work wonderfully for this. And we can have it at the garden in Malfoy manor." She had a smile on her face the whole time.
What really got me was that she had a sincere smile on her face. Was she the only Malfoy that actually had a heart? I thought about what Narcissa said. I groaned. Ginny was going to kill me for not telling her right away. But I didn't want to ruin this for Narcissa. She was being so nice and she looked as if she was having a great time planning this wedding.
"Well then let's go!" I said flashing her a big smile.
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"Hermione!" A flaming red haired girl screamed as she saw me and rushed over.
"Ginny!" I screamed back.
"Why didn't you tell me you were getting married?" She asked
"I was going to tell you today after I woke up but then Narcissa called me here." I said. "You're not mad are you?"
"No of course not. Narcissa explained to me that it was an arranged marriage." Ginny said flashing me a smile.
"You will be my maid of honor?" I asked.
"Of course!"
A little while later lavender and Parvarti showed up and we looked a dresses. I found red silk dresses for the bridesmaids. They went down to their ankles and had spaghetti straps and a tube top looking front. They were perfect. Next came my after wedding dress. Every dress I tried on didn't look right on me till I came to a baby blue dress. It was a halter-top with a deep v in the front. The dress came down just to my knees. It was perfect.
The next store we went to was to find my wedding dress. There it didn't take long till I found what I liked. It was a strapless white gown. It was tight up tops and long a flowing at the bottom. Gold embroidered flowers were on the top part and then flowed down the left side of the dress. When I came out every one liked it.
"It looks perfect on you dear." Narcissa said.
"You look gorgeous!" Parvarti and Lavender exclaimed.
"Just wait till Malfoy sees you. He won't know what hit him." Ginny said with a sly smile on her face.
I blushed. I can't believe I was actually going through with this. I was having a good time. Maybe being married to Draco would be so bad.
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