Mudblood & Me | Completed

Chapter 10 - I can't let you get married

"STOP!!" Somebody shouted, as I was halfway down the aisle, but I would recognise that voice anywhere. I turned around as fast as I could to see the one person I had wanted to see for months by the open church doors.

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Hermione's POV

Draco was stood in the doorway, framed by the light coming in from the open doors. His platinum blonde hair was messy and ruffled, not at all like how neat it normally was. It looked like he had ran his hands through it multiple times. "What are you doing here? What do you want, Draco?" I asked. "If you couldn't tell by the surroundings and what I'm wearing right now, I'm about to get married. And last time I checked, we weren't going out anymore! You dumped me!" I stood there halfway down the aisle, staring at him. It took all my self-control not to fling myself at him, but whether it was to attack him or to kiss him I wasn't sure.

"I can't let you get married!" Draco shouted back at me, I was taken aback was he really doing this, or was I just imagining it because I wanted it to happen so badly.

"Why?" I asked, waiting for him to say what I wished would be a lie, it would be much simpler if he just left me alone and let me get married to Ron.

"I I-I." He stuttered unable to finish his sentence, glancing around at the other people in the church who were all staring at him.

"Spit it out!" I shouted at him, losing my patience, he couldn't just draw it out like this. It made it worse for both of us.

"I love you! Ok, I love you!" He shouted.

"No you don't, you liar." I spat at him, anger pouring through me. "You dumped me. But Ron truly does love me, he's the father of my daughter and I love him."

"But don't you love me? You said you did before, you dumped Ron for me and you didn't care that you were going to have his daughter before." He pleaded, his pale face growing red. I knew he hated embarrassing himself like this, drawing attention to himself like this.

"Well I do care now. And I'm going to marry Ron." I said harshly, turning my back to him without even a glance to see his expression. "You can leave now. Goodbye, Draco." I heard steps, thinking he had finally got the point and left the church. But then I felt a cold hand grip onto my arm, and the world started to spin around me and I recognised what was happening as apparation, he was apparating with me. I couldn't believe he had done this.

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I felt ground under my feet again in a dark room which I didn't recognise. I heard some rustling and then.

"Lumos." Draco said and his wand lit up with a little ball of light. As the space grew light, I studied it for anything that I could recognise but there was nothing I recognised, I had never been here before, where on earth had he taken me. "Hermione, listen to me please." He said, turning to face me, and reaching up to my face with his hand but I flinched backwards instinctively. I wouldn't let myself get drawn back in again, just to be hurt again when he would decide he couldn't do it again.

"Stay away from me. You broke up with me! Ron loves me and I l-l...." I said, but I was unable to finish the sentence. I didn't really love Ron like that, no matter how much I tried to convince myself.

"See you don't love him and you know it, but you do love me so be with me instead. I love you. You love me." He whispered. This time when he lifted his hand, I let him touch my face and tuck a stray hair behind my ear. He gazed into my eyes, wrapping his other arm around my waist and pulling me close. He lent his head down to mine and brushed his lips against mine. They felt soft and warm and I fell into him. Realising how much I'd missed his touch in the months we had been apart.