Hermione Gaunt [DraMione] {Wattys 2017}

4: Draco Lucius Malfoy

~ Hermione Granger / Briella Gaunt ~

"Briella?" Malfoy asks in a quiet voice.

I look at him and he looks genuinely confused. What the hell? Did he not know that I used to be Hermione Granger?

"Yeah" I reply.

He smiles at me and genuine happiness takes hold of his face. Confusion and sadness quickly replace it though.

I look at everyone else at the table, who are quietly staring at Malfoy and I. I stand up, luckily I was at the end of the booth.

"I'll be right back" I say.

I look at Malfoy and motion for him to walk, which he does. Zabini stays at the booth with Brendan, Scarlett, Harry, Ron, and Ginny.

We walk out of the ice cream parlor and move to stand on the stand walk next to the building.

"How are you here?" Malfoy asks, confusion present in his voice.

"By apparition" I reply sarcastically.

"That's not what I meant, Briella. I mean how are you alive. Margarey told me that you and Jonathan died years ago" Malfoy says, sounding as if he's going to cry.

Why would Margarey tell him that? Maybe that's what everyone else knew so people wouldn't try and come looking for me? It makes sense because it would not be abnormal for Death Eaters to kill a father and their child. Look at what they did to the original Order of the Phoenix for proof.

"Well I didn't die all those years ago, obviously" I say, placing a hand on my hip.

"Then why were you gone until now?" He asks.

"I wasn't gone, I was in hiding. I went to Hogwarts with you under an alias and a Glamour Charm" I explain.

"Then why didn't you tell me you were alive?" Malfoy asked, sounding outraged.

"Because under the Glamour Charms my memories from before my fifth birthday were locked. They were unlocked when I got the Glamour Charm removed, a week and a half ago" I explain.

"Who were you?" Malfoy asked.

"Hermione Granger" I reply.

A flurry of emotions fly through Malfoy's eyes in an instant before going back to looking emotionless.

"You were...Granger? Is that why you were in there with Weasley, Potter, and She-Weasel?" Malfoy asks with a hint of disgust.

"Yes and they have names you know" I reply, sounding disapointed.

He's eighteen years old and is still using his insults from First and Second year. It's bad enough that him, Harry, and Ron still can't act civil towards each other.

"Whatever, Bri. How much do you remember from before you left?" Malfoy asks.

"Not a lot. The memories are coming and going when something said or done triggers them. When the Glamour Charm was first removed a few memories of Jonathan, Brendan, and Scarlett were unlocked. I do remember our.....engagement" I admit.

At that a faint blush creeps onto Malfoy's cheeks. It's kinda adorable, to be completely honest. What am I saying? He does not look adorable, not in anyway at all.

"Y-you do?" He stutters.

"Yeah, Scarlett let it slip this morning which triggered a memory" I reply.

"What memory?" Malfoy asks.

"The one where you told me that we were engaged" I say.

"Oh, that was a month before your death" Malfoy says with a frown.

"Death? I was sent to live with the Grangers-my Aunt and Uncle under a Glamour Charm" I restate what had happened.

"I know that now, Bri. Everyone in the Wizarding World was told that Death Eaters killed you and Jonathan in a cordinated attack against your family" Malfoy explains.

"But that isn't true, only Jonathan died in that attack" I reply sadly.

"Margarey probably told everyone that to protect you and your family" Malfoy says.

"Probably. We should go back inside" I say.

"Why?" Malfoy asks with a scowl on his face.

"Why? Because my siblings and friends are waiting for me, Malfoy" I say, purposely saying his surname instead of his first name.

"It's Draco" Malfoy basically growled.

"Whatever, I'm going inside" I say, crossing my arms in front of my chest.

I walk back inside, leaving a fuming Malfoy outside on the sidewalk. I sit back down at the table, where everyone is currently talking about Quidditch. Zabini is nowhere to be seen, he most likely left while Malfoy and I were talking.

"What was that about Bri?" Brendan asks, seeming to be oblivious to the fact that Malfoy and everyone thought that I've been dead for the past thirteen years.

"Why did Margarey tell everyone that I was dead?" I ask Brendan in a quiet voice.

"To protect you" Brendan says vaguely.

I nod and decide not to push it. Margarey will tell me the whole truth when she's ready to.

Malfoy walks back into the ice cream parlor and walks to our table. He grabs a chair from a table nearby and places it next to our table, next to me of all people.

"Malfoy what are you doing?" Harry asks.

"Sitting next to my fiancé. Is that a problem?" Malfoy says bluntly.

That bloody bastard! How could he tell everyone that in that manner. Especially right after I told them who I really am.

"Fiancé?" Ron asks outraged.

Ron and I kissed once and that was in the Chamber of Secrets during the war. We didn't act on it afterward, at my request. I've since moved on and I had hoped that he had done the same.

"Yes, Briella and I are engaged and have been our whole lives" Malfoy drawled.

"Did you know that?" Harry asks me in a cautious voice.

"Yes, I did" I reply honestly.

"And you didn't tell us?" Ron basically screamed.

Everyone in the building is now looking at is because of Ron's outburst.

"I didn't feel the need to, Ronald! It's my life and my buisniess and it shouldn't effect you!" I yell at him.

I stand up and flee the ice cream parlor. Brendan, Scarlett, and Malfoy follow me outside.

Of course Malfoy had to go and say something that ruined everything.

And I have to marry him.