The Reunion

Chapter Nine

"Oh, Merlin please be okay" Hermione rushed to his side. She put two of her fingers against his neck to feel for a pulse, she let out a shaky breath when she felt the faint thudding of his pulse. "Draco? Can you hear me?" she heard him groan and watched as he moved his head and opened his eyes

"Mia?" his eyes were bloodshot and he could barely keep them open, Hermione noticed that his voice was rather raspy

"Oh, Merlin are you okay?" he nodded slightly, but winced from the pain

"I tried to resist, I'm so sorry Mia" his voice broke "is Potter okay?"

"Yeah, mate I'm fine" Draco turned his head slightly

"I'm so sorry Harry, I couldn't control it"

"It's fine Draco, it wasn't your fault" he nodded gratefully at Harry

"Where's the Weasel?"

"I knocked him out with a stupefy, hopefully he'll stay out until Shaklebolt get's here" Hermione answered his question

"Have I told you yet?"

"Told me what?" Hermione asked curiously

"How in love with you I am," she gasped at his words

"No but I don't think I've told you how much I love you either so I guess we're even." Draco chuckled I guess so

"I love you Hermione"

"I love you too, Draco" she bent her head and kissed him soundly on the lips. They were in bliss for only a second before they heard someone clearing their throat

"I hate to break this up, but Kingsley's here" Harry said awkwardly scratching the back of his neck "sorry mate"

"It's okay" Draco sighed, then he turned to Hermione "we will finish this later" he smirked at her blush and kissed her on the cheek

"Let me help you up" with the help Hermione gave him he stood, he was a little dizzy at first but after a minute of just standing his head cleared.

"Thanks" she smiled and nodded; they carefully made their way over to the Minister for Magic

"Mr. Malfoy, Miss. Granger it's good to see you"

"Likewise" Draco said stretching out his hand for Kingsley to shake

"Can you tell me what happened" Shaklebolt asked shaking his outstretched hand.

While the couple explained the events that had transpired, Hermione's family were eerily quiet, Hermione suspected they might think they were seeing things. Or that Hermione was crazy and needed to be hospitalized either way she welcomed the silence. When Draco finished explaining Ron's use of the imperious curse, Ron began to stir. When he noticed this Kingsley sighed and thanked them, then proceeded to walk over to Hermione's ex- best friend

"Ronald Billius Weasley, you are under arrest for the use of an unforgiveable as well as exposing magic to muggles; you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you upon trial in front of the Wizengamot. You have the right to an attorney, one will be provided for you upon entering the Ministry..." Hermione watched silently as the Minister told Ron his rights; she felt a firm hand on her shoulder

"It's going to be okay" Draco assured

"I know" she nodded, and turned around to face him "I love you" Draco smiled at her

"I love you too" he bent his head down to capture her lips but before he could, there was an outburst of cries coming from the people surrounding them. The couple groaned in frustration

"Later" they said in unison and nodded to each other

"Well now my entire family knows about magic" a couple of Hermione's family members were in shock, while some were angry and others were shouting questions over top of one another.

"What did I say?" they heard a familiar voice coming up from behind them

"Ah, Patil. Now it's a party," Draco drawled

"Don't get smart with me mister, and it's Finnegan now!" Parvati was using a mock anger on her friend

"Hey Parvati," Hermione said

"Don't even, Hermione. I told you guys to stay out of The Prophet! Do you see what happened?" she asked the question rhetorically as she handed them the latest issue of the infamous Daily Prophet, accept this issue had a picture of Draco and Hermione on their date, when they kissed, it was a rather intimate picture. The pair read the title in bold Gryffindor's Golden Good Girl Gone Bad? Is She Really With Slytherin's Dark Prince? Then they read the by line

"I should have kept her in that jar"

"You kept Rita Skeeter in a jar?"

"Yeah during the Tri- Wizard tournament in fourth year, I found out she was an un-registered animagus, she was creating false stories so I taught her a lesson" Hermione shrugged

"You say that as if it's no big deal" Draco chuckled

"It's not, this is a nice picture though. Do you think I could get them to send me a copy?" Hermione and Draco laughed together

"I expect nothing less"

"So what are you two going to do from now on?" Parvati smirked

"Listen to you, but obviously they had someone following us!" Draco exclaimed

"Of course they were following you!" Parvati said it as if it was obvious "you are two of the most famous wizards in the world!"

"What? No we aren't" Hermione tried to argue but Parvati just held a hand up

"Nope, listen to me." So the couple kept silent and the rest of the room quieted down

"I've no idea how she does that" Draco whispered

"Hermione," she began facing the witch "you are the brightest witch of our age, the top of our class at Hogwarts, you were the brain of the Golden Trio no scratch that are the brain of the Golden Trio; for Merlin's sake you helped defeat the darkest wizard of our time Voldemort, without hesitation. You are the Gryffindor Princess and rightfully so, but not only that you are a muggle- born! That just inspires everyone" Hermione smiled a Parvati's words. Now that she thought about it Parvati was right, they would always have someone following them

"And Draco," she said rounding on him "I know how much you've changed since we were all children," Draco nodded "you are one of the richest wizards in the muggle and Wizarding World. You own various businesses not only do you own the biggest company in the world but you're also it's CEO! Sure you were a Death- Eater by force and you picked on us, because it was expected; but you are a brilliant man. You changed the way you thought and fought against your pureblood supremacy because you never believed in that shit. Your family blood may be part of the sacred twenty- eight but you're the one that's going to break the pure bloodline" Parvati smiled, like she knew something the couple standing before her didn't

"You're right Patil, we will always have someone watching us" Draco sighed

"Yeah, I mean that picture was taken in muggle London! They will stop at nothing to get what they want" Hermione agreed, Draco looked at Hermione, a silent understanding passing between them

"Maybe it'd be best if we weren't together, then" Draco said solemnly

"I agree" Hermione, responded with a heavy sigh "it seems as if we'd never get a moment of peace"  

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A/n: Please don't hate me!!! This chapter is extremely short and I thought a little cliff hanger would be interesting. Hope you enjoyed!