[Draco and Hermione] Catch Me When I Fall

~ONE~

Chapter 1

She looked in the mirror and smiled, slipping the last earring into her earlobe and fixing her bushy brown mane back into a messy bun, pulling loose a couple of strands which fell and sat in curls down each side of her face.

She picked up a red lip stick, and gently applied it to her bottom lip, pressing her lips together to get the red on her upper lip before applying more to the small bits she had missed.

She smiled in the mirror and picked up her mascara, applying some to her eyes. Minimal makeup was needed for her face and just the smallest amount bought out her features.

'I think that'll do,' she spoke to herself as she walked out of the bedroom and through the kitchen to the coat stand by the front door, grabbing her tan light brown coat she flung it over her arm, grabbed her keys off the stand beside the coat stand and left her apartment to go and meet her boyfriend.

Tonight's the night Hermione! Tonight's the night Ron will propose!

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Across town in another apartment block a young man with white blonde hair and grey eyes was getting ready to go out with his best mate for his mates bucks party.

Draco Malfoy straightened his tie in the mirror and grinned at himself. He didn't want to admit it but he was rather good looking.

'Not bad Malfoy!' He smirked at himself as he walked out of his room and down the hall into the lounge of the apartment he shared with his best mate.

'Blaise! You ready?' Draco called from the lounge as he gathered up his keys and wallet, placing them snugly in his side trousers pocket.

'Yeah!' Came the mans voice behind Draco as Draco spun around and smirked that Malfoy smirk at his best friend.

'Ok well let's go get this bucks party started,' Draco said excited, rubbing his hands together.

'How many times mate, it's a HUCKS party... a bucks AND hens party,' Blaise mumbled as Draco shook his head.

'I still say Luna doesn't trust you enough to let you have your own party mate.' The blonde grinned as Blaise shoved him in the shoulder. 'Okay, okay, lets get you to this 'hucks' party then,' Draco mumbled as he pulled his friends sleeve toward the door.

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She walked into the restaurant and looked around and scanned the room for Ron. She stopped when she saw him sitting in a booth at the back and he had a glass in his hand with what Hermione was assuming was a glass of fire whiskey.

Just then Ron looked up and raised his hand at Hermione. She smiled and headed over to the booth just as Ron got up to greet her.

She meant in to kiss him just as he turned and kissed her cheek which made her frown before sitting down opposite him.

She looked around the restaurant, dark lighting against dark red walls made the place look more creepy then intimate but Hermione shrugged it off as she looked at Ron who looked like he'd had a few already.

'This place is nice...' Hermione said as she glanced around the room again, hearing Ron mumble as he raised the glass to his lips again.

'Ron can you not?' She asked as Ron sighed and sat the glass back on the table before looking up at her.

'Mione. The reason I asked you here tonight is because...'

'Yes...' Hermione smiles as she meant in to be closer to Ron.

'I'm breaking up with you!' He said as he closed his eyes and picked the glass back up, downing the last on the contents as Hermione frowned and filled as tears stung her eyes.

'What!' Hermione half yelled half spoke. 'What, why?'

'I don't love you anymore. We... we never should have got together after the war!' Ron half whispered as Hermione slammed her hands down on the table.

'Five years Ronald! Five years we have been dating and now you decide you don't love me! Your a git Ronald Weasley!' Hermione slat through tears as she got to her feet and stormed out of the restaurant.

She ran into someone. More like smacked into them, so hard she fell and landed on the pavement outside just as a clap of thunder sounded and rain began pelting down.

'Ow!' Hermione muttered as she grabbed her purse and looked up at the hand that was held out in front of her.

Looking up she froze. 'Malfoy!'

'Nice to see you falling for me Granger,' Draco replied as she took his hand and he pulled her to her feet a little too hard as she then fell into him as he caught her around the waist.

'I-I... sorry she sniffed as she pulled away from him and turned, running off down the street leaving Draco standing there wide eyed and confused.