meant to be | dramione

05.

F I V E

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the brunette sat on the couch patiently waiting for the blond one to sit. he finally chose his spot, sitting close enough to her, so it wasn't a awkward distance, but far enough that both were comfortable.

hermione cleared her throat as she unfolded the letter tucked in the envelope. she saw kingsley's beautiful handwriting dancing upon the page in front of her. she looked up to see draco looking down upon the letter, his brows furrowed. his eyes slowly moved up to meet her's. he raised a questioning eyebrow at her. hermione once again cleared her throat, moving her eyes back to the parchment and begin to read out loud.

Miss Granger and Mister Malfoy,

Welcome to your new flat! I hope you find it suitable for both your needs and that there is enough space for both of you until you become comfortable around each other's presence.

hermione smiled softly as she realized kingsley had taken time to handwrite a personal letter to each pair and make sure each flat was designed to meet the needs of the pairs he created. she turned her attention back to the letter and continued to read aloud.

I'm sure you both like me to skip all of this and get straight to the point, so I'll do just that.

Here are the rules;
You will pick a wedding date from the dates provided by July 26th of next year. If failed to do so, the ministry will pick a date for you.

at this draco's brow furrowed more. hermione squinted her eyes momentarily and licked her lips before continuing to read.

Next, there will be-

hermione was cut off as another knock sounded at their door, this one less harsh. groaning, hermione threw herself backwards on the couch. draco shot her a glance rolling his eyes as she peered up at him. she crinkled her nose in reply. he stood up, rolling his eyes again, but he chuckled slightly to himself.

the knocks sounded again. draco reached the door, unlocking it and pulling it open. behind draco's frame hermione could make out red hair. she grinned slightly to herself already knowing who it was. "weasley," draco coughed out nodding his head. the red head nodded in response as draco moved to the side.

hermione braced herself as she saw a flash of red sprinting towards her. "hi ginny," she laughed as the girl practically threw herself on top of hermione. draco watched from the door as the red head rolled off of the brunette, stretching out a hand to pull the other girl up.

"crazy aren't they," he heard a familiar voice behind him say. he spun around to find a pair of emerald eyes staring back at him. "blaise," he grinned widely pulling the olive skinned boy in for a hug. "draco," blaise replied his smile as large as draco's.

blaise was possibly the best thing in draco's life. blaise had stuck by his side through everything, always pulling him out of a dark hole draco threatened to slip into multiple times.

the boys let go of each other as draco stepped aside to let blaise in. blaise stepped past draco and waited while draco shut the door, locking it once more. the pale boy turned back walking with his bestfriend over to the two girls on the couch.

"granger," blaise greeted taking a seat on the couch. "zabini," the girl said in return. draco took a seat next to blaise clearing his throat as once again, an uncomfortable silence settled. ginny broke the silence as she spotted the letter left on the couch.

"did you two finish reading it?" ginny asked her head tilted to the paper. draco shook his head at the girl. "well finish it then," the girl said as she stood. draco scoffed. "we were weasley, before you interrupted." the red head narrowed her eyes, but said nothing. she motioned for draco to take her spot. he stood slowly walking back over to the older girl. ginny took his seat next to blaise. the boy met blaise's look. the other boy merely shrugged at draco.

sitting, draco picked the letter up handing it to hermione to finish reading. she took the letter slowly, scanning it over to find where they left off.

Next, there will be no switching pairs. The ministry will be alerted immediately if you do. Of course you may visit friends and stay with them, but under no costs will you switch partners.

You can continue your life like normal

at this multiple snorts could be heard. four sets of eyes met a sort of understanding passing between the four before the gazes dropped back down.

You can continue your life like normal, hermione repeated, but remember you are some what bonded to the person you have been paired with. The ministry would like the two of you to become a real couple with real feelings for one another, but of course the two of you have a history that is hard to erase. I fully understand how hard this will be for the two of you, but if I have the most hope of anyone coming to some sort of understanding, it would be you two.

Before I end this letter, I leave you two with this. Maybe sometimes people do not actually change. Maybe you just never knew who they really were. People change for two main reasons; their minds have opened or their heart has been broken.

Ponder this,
Kingsley

hermione looked up to see draco deep in thought. his eyes creased, brows furrowed and his mouth chewing lightly on his bottom lip. she moved her eyes away taking in the rest of the room. her eyes landed on a pair of bodies talking softly amongst themselves. she smiled slightly as she watched her bestfriend talk to the slytherin. the boy said something causing the girl to smile, a small laugh escaping her lips. at this the boy smiled. hermione swayed slightly, feeling oddly at ease. her smile increased a bit as she continued to watch the pair seated on her couch.

it was like the two felt eyes upon them at the same time for they both looked up. hermione smiled a small smile as two sets of eyes looked back at her. the emerald eyes shifted from her face to the body hunched over next to her. emerald met brown again. at once both stood up, not sharing a word as they switched places.

the two girls watched as the dark haired raised his hand. he seemed as he was going to comfort the blond boy. instead the boy used his raised hand to slap the other across the back, hard. hermione gasped in shock as ginny let out a laugh leaning back on her elbows to prop her up.

"merlin blaise," the blond boy muttered shoving him causing him to fall off the couch. this caused blaise and ginny to laugh harder. "you're a real git, ya know?" draco said as he watched his bestfriend roll around on the floor. hermione let out a small laugh of her own as she watched the scene unfold.

"but you love me," blaise breathed out, laying on his back, chest heaving as he tried to regain his breathing. "oh man," ginny said wiping her eyes as she grinned. hermione's smile became larger as she looked between the three, smiles on all their faces.

a/n:
hiii :) i hope you enjoyed this chapter! i has volleyball today and i'm taking an online course for school, i think i'm dying.

anyways, qotd: who's some of your favourite ships?

ALSO! if anyone has any good dramione books, books with both dramione & blinny and books where hermione is a zabini PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send them to me through the dm's or whateva :) ty sm!