the key to happiness - dramione

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Hermione Granger, age 24, working as Draco Malfoy's assistant at the ministry, for about another month. In a relationship with Draco Malfoy and lives in Malfoy Manor with him.

Draco Malfoy, age 23, working at the ministry. In a relationship with Hermione Granger and lives in Malfoy Manor with her.

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"I love you Hermione." Hermione goes silent, and she bites her lips. They look deeply into each other's eyes.
"You said my first name."

"What? I did?" he asks, trying to think back at what he just said. She nods.
"You said Hermione, I love you Hermione you said. You said Hermione."
"Yes, maybe I did. I love you Hermione Granger, I really do."

"Draco, darling. I love you too. More than anything else." Once again, they meet in several kisses. They sit up late at night and drink tea. When they finally go to bed, it's late, despite that, Hermione gets up at six o'clock the next morning.

Draco does not wake up until ten o'clock. Hermione is not there then but he does not have to look for her very long since he goes straight into the library. She is sitting at the desk with a book on her lap. He walks up to her and reads over her shoulder. After a few minutes, Hermione closes the book.

"Good morning, Draco." she smiles
"Morning my love." he whispers.
"Actually there is actually something I need to tell you." she explains. Hermione clenches her teeth which gives Draco a worried expression.
"There is something I need to tell you." she repeats. "I ... I ... ehm .... I ... I ..."

"You?" Draco tries. "Have? Are? Can? Want?"
"Am. I am... ehum...."
"You are?" Hermione takes Draco's hands.
"Hungry." Draco raises his eyebrow.
"Was that all?" He asks and Hermione shakes her head.
"Okay, I... am pregnant."

Draco looks at Hermione with a facial expression that is not readable at all. After a while, he carries her up and puts her down at the floor. He kisses her and they move against a wall. When Hermione is pressed against the wall, he stops kissing her.

"That's great."
"Really? You think so? I was worried you might-"
"It's great."
"It is, isn't it?
"Yes Granger, it's great. Incredible, in fact."

That day Hermione and Draco comes in late to work, and they also go home early, just before lunch. The rest of the week looks like this. A few meetings and then home. Until Hermione quits as Draco's assistant, there is not much to do at work. Hermione then becomes the minister of magic and at last summer comes.

The mansion isn't sad and grey nowadays, since Hermione moved in. She even re-paints the hall and renovate the basement. They rebuild Draco's old room into a children's room and move into Draco's parents' room themselves. In the dining room, they replace the entire table with a finer, white table.

It becomes beautiful and nowadays you are able to be happy in Malfoy Manor. The books in the library are rearranged, the bookshelves are decorated and Hermione buys a new sofa to put in there. She gets  new plants and flowers for all the rooms in the manor.

Hermione makes sure that there are always beautiful and fresh flowers in most of the vases she puts out. They do not get more house elves and cook all the food themselves. They take care of themselves and do well on their own. On Draco's birthday on the fifth of June, they're having a party in the mansion's garden.

Draco has just stood up to give a speech and Hermione looks at him with a smile. Among all the guests are all their friends, even Draco's mother Narcissa Malfoy is there. She sits alone at a table, but smiles.
"Okay." Draco begins. "Another year has passed, I do not know what to say. I met the most incredible woman. Hermione Jean Granger."

He waves to her to stand up.
"Obviously we knew each other before, but not in the way that we do now. I love you." he says, kissing her hands.
"You are the most perfect woman I have ever met. You are beautiful, elegant, smart, intelligent and everything I could ever dream of. You are my light in the dark. It's so hard to explain how happy I am to have you.

We can get through it all together and I never want to lose you. I want you by my side forever. Because I love you, Granger." he says. From his pocket he takes out a small black box and then goes down on one knee.
"So, Hermione Jean Granger. Would you marry me?"

A/N:

Omg helloooo again!! Hope you enjoyed these 20 chapters of this book. I tried to translate it as good as I could and since reading through what I write is a thing I hate doing I hope there aren't too many mistakes pagahah, also holy moly! I don't only direct translate the book I also change a few things up and develop the book during the process.

I will probably edit, fix all the wrong stuff and correct my misspellings in the future. Anyway, have a nice day/evening/night and hope you enjoy the rest of the book too, there is not too much left now!!

Lots of love, xx the author.