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Ha, yes, evil I am. :)
But, being nice and not wanting to be truly evil, I have decidied to post this small chapter before the weekend. You don\'t have to wait insuspense \'til next Friday to find out how Harry reacts.
I hope you enjoy and please excuse any errors, trying to get this caught up as well as working. Hubby surprised me today and took me to lunch (never happens!!!) so, there went an hour ;)
TGIF!!
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CH. 23
Harry stared at her for what felt like hours, before breaking out into a fit of laughter.
“Harry? Seriously, this is not some sort of joke, I am marrying Draco Malfoy” Hermione started to get very agitated at Harry, he couldn’t stop laughing and people had begun to stare.
Sitting up rather straight she grabbed her purse and leaned forward. “Fine, I understand. If this is how it shall be, fine” tears were shimmering in her eyes. She had thought of all the people, Harry would have supported her.
“I’ll be going now” She made to stand up when Harry’s hand grabbed her wrist and his laughter had died down to a broad grin upon his face.
“I’m sorry Hermione, I am, really. I am very happy for you. I just can’t believe it took you two so long. Blimey. You’ve had it bad for each other since the end of the war. Anyone with half a brain could see it.” Harry chuckled at the look on Hermione’s face.
“What?” she whispered. How could Harry have known when she didn’t even know herself.
“Hermione, I have a confession. Draco and I have actually spoken several times over the past 5 years. He’s actually become quite a fan and comes to many of my games. And, don’t tell Ginny this, but he and I often go out for drinks after a win.” He smiled at her gobsmacked expression.
“What!” she repeated. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Suddenly Draco’s words came back to her ‘ have faith in your friend, he may just surprise you’ That little ferret!
“Hermione, for the last few years I’ve had to endure Draco’s incessant questions about how you were, if you were seeing anyone, hell, I thought he’d die when I had to tell him you were dating that American bloke. To be honest he tried to hide it, did a poor job, but he tried” Harry just smiled at his friend before getting up and walking around to pull her into his arms. Squeezing her tightly he whispered in her ear.
“As long as you are happy Hermione, I am happy. Anyone with eyes can see he’s in love with you.”
Realizing what he had just said, pulling back and looking at her he asked, “Hermione, have you told Ginny about this?”
“No, when she saw us together at a restaurant she went crazy, I haven’t seen her since, why?”
“She came home earlier today, fit to be tied. I thought maybe you had told her, given her opinion of your fiance’.”
Hermione’s concerned look had told Harry that she had not told Ginny yet. So what was Ginny up to? Well, he would find out later, but right now he wanted more details from his friend.
“Okay, so, tell me what happened, and mind you, I don’t need ‘all’ the details, you can save that, thanks” laughing at her shocked expression.
So, Hermione proceeded to tell him how she had met up with him on Holiday, him taking her to dinner, the unfortunate argument she had with Ginny.
“I can’t believe her, I don’t understand Hermione, we have been over this for years and I can’t get her to relent on this issue. If she could only see how happy you make each other.” He gripped her hand softly.
“Harry, you said before that you knew how we felt about each other, how is that? I didn’t even know what I was feeling back then, how is it that you could see it? With the war raging, Ron’s death and me leaving the wizarding world, I just.” She let the statement hang in the air as she watched Harry’s eyes almost twinkle deviously.
“Well, I have to be honest with you. I certainly didn’t expect this to take so long for you two.”
Settling back in his chair he prepared to tell her what he had known for 5 years.
“When Draco saved me, that night, something happened. I don’t know what exactly, but we were both hit with a blast when Voldemort finally fell, Draco was behind me fending off the DeathEaters so I could take Voldemort down” he paused as took a deep breath, hating to relive the scariest moment in his life.
“The blast knocked us off our feet and we were unconscious. Apparently he was brought back here before they found me, when I was knocked out, I could see him standing in the field and he had this faint glow around him. It was dreamlike actually, I couldn’t really focus on him, but the glow was kind of fawn colored and then I passed out. When I saw him back at Grimmauld Place a week later, once everything had calmed down significantly, I had noticed more and more when you two were near each other how he’d slowly change colors until it was almost an iridescent pink. The more time you two spent with each other, I began to notice it around you as well”
He smiled up at her, remembering the quick glances across the table, or the lingered moments spent in the hallways or drawing room.
“I didn’t want to say anything before, you know, in case it never panned out. But I kinda walked in on you two one day in the drawing room. You were standing behind him talking quietly when I stopped. You both were glowing the brightest pink I have ever seen you two. I stepped out of the room before you noticed, but not before I saw him approach you and touch your cheek.
“Harry, what does that all mean?” she was getting quite confused, yet a small part of her wondered if she should have stayed in Divination, strictly for the ‘research’ of course.
“Well, I was quite confused as well and did some reading up on it after you two had left, since no matter what was going on, the iridescent pink glow was always surrounding you two.” He shook his head as he grinned wickedly.
“Once I figured out what was going on, all I had to do was re-think the signs that were flashing brightly in front of us all, it’s just we were all so consumed in our own despair at the time, no one really had time to think about things like love and desire.”
Hermione blushed a soft pink at hearing his words. Especially since she had recently relived those memories quite thoroughly in the last few days.
“So, I read a few books on Aura’s and after concluding that you two were definitely, uh, attracted, I began thinking back about all the different colors surrounding Malfoy. For some reason he was the only one I could see, unless he was with you, and then it enveloped both of you.”
“Okay, so what does the pink mean Harry?” Hermione was getting frustrated at not knowing something, but this was something she really had no desire to ever learn about in school, so she had to count on Harry to fill her in.
“Well, like I said, he was fawn colored in the field, which represents problems coming to an end, and really made sense since we had just taken down Voldemort. After his mother had passed he was pretty much a dark, deep grey, which represents depression. But then I would remember him being with you and seeing it turn bright pink,” he paused to snicker “Sexual desire”
Hermione’s mouth dropped open, closed, opened and closed once again before her face turned an absolute scarlet color.
“However, when I would go out with him he was pretty much a combination between mushroom and royal blue. Successful path, as well as moving towards his destiny. But the thing I noticed most was the pale pink he turn when he talked about you. True love. That’s when I knew”
Harry sat back and watched the wide range of emotions cross his friends face. Confusion, understanding, sadness and finally happiness.
“You have no idea how may times I wanted to tell you about our meetings, and how he would ask about you. But you seemed to be doing fine and never mentioned him to me, I guessed that maybe it was a passing thing for you. You had moved on with you life. So, I kept it to myself.”
Tears slipped gracefully down Hermione’s cheeks. Harry had been such a good friend to her, and knowing he had been there for Draco only made her love him more.
“Thank you Harry. Only, I wished I had know earlier, maybe we could have started this a long time ago. But I don’t regret it. Everything happens for a reason. I had to get away, find myself again before I could think about having something with Draco. Now that we’ve both had time, we don’t want to waste anymore apart. Which leads me to my unanswered question, will you come to our wedding?”
“Of course, you don’t have to ask me, hell try and keep me away and see what happens” he laughed.
“Now, the next step is getting Ginny on board” Hermione didn’t know how she could possibly get married without her best friend by her side, but lately, she hadn’t felt like much of a friend.
“You let me worry about that. Have you chosen a date yet?”
“No, this is all so sudden, but we do want it to happen soon. Something small, with just our friends and family”
“Have you spoken to your parents?” Harry knew she hadn’t spoken to them in quite some time. After the war she had distanced herself. Afraid to lose them like Ron, she left them to stay in Australia, where she felt they were the safest.
“Not yet. I suppose I should contact them”
“Ya think?” Harry laughed at her softly.
~*~
TBC…
But, being nice and not wanting to be truly evil, I have decidied to post this small chapter before the weekend. You don\'t have to wait insuspense \'til next Friday to find out how Harry reacts.
I hope you enjoy and please excuse any errors, trying to get this caught up as well as working. Hubby surprised me today and took me to lunch (never happens!!!) so, there went an hour ;)
TGIF!!
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CH. 23
Harry stared at her for what felt like hours, before breaking out into a fit of laughter.
“Harry? Seriously, this is not some sort of joke, I am marrying Draco Malfoy” Hermione started to get very agitated at Harry, he couldn’t stop laughing and people had begun to stare.
Sitting up rather straight she grabbed her purse and leaned forward. “Fine, I understand. If this is how it shall be, fine” tears were shimmering in her eyes. She had thought of all the people, Harry would have supported her.
“I’ll be going now” She made to stand up when Harry’s hand grabbed her wrist and his laughter had died down to a broad grin upon his face.
“I’m sorry Hermione, I am, really. I am very happy for you. I just can’t believe it took you two so long. Blimey. You’ve had it bad for each other since the end of the war. Anyone with half a brain could see it.” Harry chuckled at the look on Hermione’s face.
“What?” she whispered. How could Harry have known when she didn’t even know herself.
“Hermione, I have a confession. Draco and I have actually spoken several times over the past 5 years. He’s actually become quite a fan and comes to many of my games. And, don’t tell Ginny this, but he and I often go out for drinks after a win.” He smiled at her gobsmacked expression.
“What!” she repeated. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Suddenly Draco’s words came back to her ‘ have faith in your friend, he may just surprise you’ That little ferret!
“Hermione, for the last few years I’ve had to endure Draco’s incessant questions about how you were, if you were seeing anyone, hell, I thought he’d die when I had to tell him you were dating that American bloke. To be honest he tried to hide it, did a poor job, but he tried” Harry just smiled at his friend before getting up and walking around to pull her into his arms. Squeezing her tightly he whispered in her ear.
“As long as you are happy Hermione, I am happy. Anyone with eyes can see he’s in love with you.”
Realizing what he had just said, pulling back and looking at her he asked, “Hermione, have you told Ginny about this?”
“No, when she saw us together at a restaurant she went crazy, I haven’t seen her since, why?”
“She came home earlier today, fit to be tied. I thought maybe you had told her, given her opinion of your fiance’.”
Hermione’s concerned look had told Harry that she had not told Ginny yet. So what was Ginny up to? Well, he would find out later, but right now he wanted more details from his friend.
“Okay, so, tell me what happened, and mind you, I don’t need ‘all’ the details, you can save that, thanks” laughing at her shocked expression.
So, Hermione proceeded to tell him how she had met up with him on Holiday, him taking her to dinner, the unfortunate argument she had with Ginny.
“I can’t believe her, I don’t understand Hermione, we have been over this for years and I can’t get her to relent on this issue. If she could only see how happy you make each other.” He gripped her hand softly.
“Harry, you said before that you knew how we felt about each other, how is that? I didn’t even know what I was feeling back then, how is it that you could see it? With the war raging, Ron’s death and me leaving the wizarding world, I just.” She let the statement hang in the air as she watched Harry’s eyes almost twinkle deviously.
“Well, I have to be honest with you. I certainly didn’t expect this to take so long for you two.”
Settling back in his chair he prepared to tell her what he had known for 5 years.
“When Draco saved me, that night, something happened. I don’t know what exactly, but we were both hit with a blast when Voldemort finally fell, Draco was behind me fending off the DeathEaters so I could take Voldemort down” he paused as took a deep breath, hating to relive the scariest moment in his life.
“The blast knocked us off our feet and we were unconscious. Apparently he was brought back here before they found me, when I was knocked out, I could see him standing in the field and he had this faint glow around him. It was dreamlike actually, I couldn’t really focus on him, but the glow was kind of fawn colored and then I passed out. When I saw him back at Grimmauld Place a week later, once everything had calmed down significantly, I had noticed more and more when you two were near each other how he’d slowly change colors until it was almost an iridescent pink. The more time you two spent with each other, I began to notice it around you as well”
He smiled up at her, remembering the quick glances across the table, or the lingered moments spent in the hallways or drawing room.
“I didn’t want to say anything before, you know, in case it never panned out. But I kinda walked in on you two one day in the drawing room. You were standing behind him talking quietly when I stopped. You both were glowing the brightest pink I have ever seen you two. I stepped out of the room before you noticed, but not before I saw him approach you and touch your cheek.
“Harry, what does that all mean?” she was getting quite confused, yet a small part of her wondered if she should have stayed in Divination, strictly for the ‘research’ of course.
“Well, I was quite confused as well and did some reading up on it after you two had left, since no matter what was going on, the iridescent pink glow was always surrounding you two.” He shook his head as he grinned wickedly.
“Once I figured out what was going on, all I had to do was re-think the signs that were flashing brightly in front of us all, it’s just we were all so consumed in our own despair at the time, no one really had time to think about things like love and desire.”
Hermione blushed a soft pink at hearing his words. Especially since she had recently relived those memories quite thoroughly in the last few days.
“So, I read a few books on Aura’s and after concluding that you two were definitely, uh, attracted, I began thinking back about all the different colors surrounding Malfoy. For some reason he was the only one I could see, unless he was with you, and then it enveloped both of you.”
“Okay, so what does the pink mean Harry?” Hermione was getting frustrated at not knowing something, but this was something she really had no desire to ever learn about in school, so she had to count on Harry to fill her in.
“Well, like I said, he was fawn colored in the field, which represents problems coming to an end, and really made sense since we had just taken down Voldemort. After his mother had passed he was pretty much a dark, deep grey, which represents depression. But then I would remember him being with you and seeing it turn bright pink,” he paused to snicker “Sexual desire”
Hermione’s mouth dropped open, closed, opened and closed once again before her face turned an absolute scarlet color.
“However, when I would go out with him he was pretty much a combination between mushroom and royal blue. Successful path, as well as moving towards his destiny. But the thing I noticed most was the pale pink he turn when he talked about you. True love. That’s when I knew”
Harry sat back and watched the wide range of emotions cross his friends face. Confusion, understanding, sadness and finally happiness.
“You have no idea how may times I wanted to tell you about our meetings, and how he would ask about you. But you seemed to be doing fine and never mentioned him to me, I guessed that maybe it was a passing thing for you. You had moved on with you life. So, I kept it to myself.”
Tears slipped gracefully down Hermione’s cheeks. Harry had been such a good friend to her, and knowing he had been there for Draco only made her love him more.
“Thank you Harry. Only, I wished I had know earlier, maybe we could have started this a long time ago. But I don’t regret it. Everything happens for a reason. I had to get away, find myself again before I could think about having something with Draco. Now that we’ve both had time, we don’t want to waste anymore apart. Which leads me to my unanswered question, will you come to our wedding?”
“Of course, you don’t have to ask me, hell try and keep me away and see what happens” he laughed.
“Now, the next step is getting Ginny on board” Hermione didn’t know how she could possibly get married without her best friend by her side, but lately, she hadn’t felt like much of a friend.
“You let me worry about that. Have you chosen a date yet?”
“No, this is all so sudden, but we do want it to happen soon. Something small, with just our friends and family”
“Have you spoken to your parents?” Harry knew she hadn’t spoken to them in quite some time. After the war she had distanced herself. Afraid to lose them like Ron, she left them to stay in Australia, where she felt they were the safest.
“Not yet. I suppose I should contact them”
“Ya think?” Harry laughed at her softly.
~*~
TBC…