the key to happiness - dramione

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Hermione Granger, age 24, temporarily unemployed. Engaged to Ronald Weasley, lives in a small cottage by the sea.

Draco Malfoy, age 23, working at the ministry. Dating Astoria Greengrass. Lives alone in Malfoy Manor.

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Quickly Ron runs out to his best friend before Hermione does.
"How dare you...? And with my sister! Rat. You stupid little..." he shouts. Harry walks backwards and Ron follows in madness.

"Ronald Billius Weasley!" Hermione screams and pulls him back into the house with help from her wand.
"Congrats Harry by the way" she quickly adds and gives him a big made up smile while holding Ron.

"Uh... thanks Hermione." Harry smiles but he looks terrified and Hermione can't tell what has caused it. If it's the fact that he's becoming a dad or that Rom just reacted the way that he did that made him so scared.
"Wanna come in?" Hermione asks welcoming.

"No, no, I gotta get back to Ginny." Harry explains. Hermione nods.
"Come back soon and bring Ginny!" She shouts the second before Harry takes off. At the same time she lets go of Ron and he falls to the floor.
"Heeeermione." he whines like a child.

She shakes her head.
"Don't you have any respect?" Hermiones screams.
"Your best friend and your sister is having a baby and you're mad at your friend because...?"
"Fine! My reaction was inappropriate!" Ronald interrupts. "Although she is my little sister and he is Harry...."

"Oh my god Ronald." Hermione sighs, goes into the bathroom and shuts the door beofre Ron manages to come after her. She gets ready for bed and then hear Ron leave the house and come back many minutes later.
"So it's apparently true that I'm becoming an uncle." he sighs.

"Yes." she replies and goes into the bedroom. They lay down in the bed together and Ron looks at his fiancée .
"You're beautiful Hermione." Hermione blushes and even if it's dark he sees it.
"I'm not." she whispers as an answer.

Draco Malfoy looks at the girl in front of him awkwardly.
"You should go home, Astoria."
"But...."
"Daphne." Draco says when at the same time someone knocks at the door.

"Hide. Over there in that corridor." he says and points. Astoria hesitates.
"Just listen." Draco sighs.
"But... can't we just.... tell Daphne?"

Draco gasps. Astoria smiles a little at how silly he looks. Then she walks over the the doors and opens them. She stares at the elegant woman standing there.
"Excuse me." Astoria mumbles.

Astoria fetches the small bag that belong to her and leaves so that the woman is left alone with Draco. He glares at her.
"Why are you here?" he asks after awhile.

"I live here." Narcissa says. She takes a few step into the house and closes the doors with her wand.
"Not anymore, I own Malfoy Manor now and I live here alone now."

Draco doubts his own words when they come out of his mouth.
"Narcissa." he adds after a short silence. Not mom or mother, it's  Narcissa now. Narcissa Black Malfoy.
"Draco, allow me."

"I want you to leave."
"Please..."
"You haven't been here in months... years... I don't want you here now. Not anymore."

Draco waves his wand so that the doors opens again and then pushes her out, then the doors close again. Directly he walks away. He didn't want to see Narcissa. Not now.

"Draco." s someone hisses. Draco ignores it. He grabs his broom and goes out through the back doors. With help from his wand he unlocks the lock and the snitches takes off.

The day after Hermione keeps trying to put her messy and puffy hair into a bun. She keeps thinking of Daphne's pretty hair cuts not at all as difficult to handle. Actually the two of them aren't that good friends as it could seem.

But right now she is the only person Hermione is looking forward to meet today. She isn't too happy to be seeing Draco again. Their old bully you could call him.

But although Draco and his friends bullied Harry, Ron and Hermione, she knows that they weren't always very nice to them either. She remembers it as if it were yesterday when she hit him with her fist.

Right in the face. Hermione would never forget it. Never. Eventually she manages to get her hair up in a way that looks alright. She is already late and hurries out of the house.

The house doesn't look as she remembers it. Somehow it seems bigger, quieter and everything around seems dead. All the trees and all the nature looks sad. Extremely depressing. She walks up to the door, raises her hand and knocks.

When he opens the door Hermione Granger is there, just as he had expected. But that's not too weird, after all he did invite her himself. What's weird is the fact that she said yes to come over.

Draco's grin is big and he smiles playfully at her.
"Hey there." he says to the girl.
"Granger." he then adds.