Two Meddling witches and two hopeless lovers

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Draco

To say he was nervous was to say the least, he was finally taking the love of his life on a date, he kept pinching himself to the point that he was developing a bruise, the whole day he's been sneaking glances to Hermione

"Draco I know you're looking at me, focus" Hermione said and looked up, a smirk making it's residence on her face

"Are you prepared for tonight?" Draco asked

Hermione nodded, a big smile on her face

"I'm just not sure you are" Hermione told him

"And what makes you think that?" Draco asked, raising an eyebrow at her

"Because you walked into a wall this morning"

Draco glared at the brunette who bursted out laughing, that was his embarrassing moment that he would rather not relieve

"Bloody hell Granger, we said we would never talk about that again" Draco said

Hermione was still laughing and trying to calm himself down, Draco fought the urge to laugh along side her, her laughs were beautiful to say the least, he loved the way she would hold her stomach and the creases near her eyes would be more prominent

The doors opened and Hermione calmed down, it was one of the workers that they were having a problem with

"Conference room three" he said and left

"Come on" Draco mumbled and stood up, Hermione following him and they both walked out, They entered the conference room and the four ministry workers hushed down

"We have come to an agreement" one of them said

"Do tell" Hermione told him

"We'll let three trees go with you, but the other three stay here" Ms. Simmers said

"No, all six trees and the recovery team go with us" Draco told them

"Shut up you deatheater, yo-"

There was a bang on the table that startled everyone, they turned to see Hermione with both palms on the table

That isn't good

No really? Hermione only gets like that when she's pissed and right now...shes PISSED

do you think she'll punch someone?

Hermione had a calm demeanour, but Draco could see the fury in her eyes

"Still playing dirty I see?" She asked

"Well, if you want to play dirty, I'll play dirty, you see, Draco and I aren't the only ones with a past, wasn't it you Stephen that supported Grinderwald while he was here? And don't lie, I have my reliable sources" she said

Draco knew she was talking about the house elves, he just wondered how she was able to get their trust

"What?" Stephen asked, surprised and terrified

"You see, Draco didn't willing take the mark, yes at first he may have supported the cause, but you... you could care less about Draco and his past, the only reason why you're using his past...is to fight me" Hermione said, Draco furrowed his eyebrows

"To you I am unworthy of magic, but since you can't tell that to my face upfront, so you use Draco" Hermione stated

Stephen clenched his jaw, Hermione smirked and leaned over the table

"All six trees go with us, including our recovery team, or else your little prejudice towards me will be revealed, now how will that look like?" Hermione asked

"Get out" he ordered

Hermione pushed herself off and turned to walk away, Draco smirked and followed her

"You Ms. Granger...I could kiss you right now" Draco said once they entered the office

"Well then kiss me" Hermione smirked

Draco placed his hands on her waist and skimmed his lips across hers, not pressing his lips on her causing her to whine

"Not yet love" he whispered and pulled away

"Tease" she muttered

He laughed and walked back to his desk, Hermione pouted but went to hers

Her phone rang and she answered

"Gin-"

Hermione pulled the phone away from her and Draco looked at her confused

"I'm guessing Harry told you?" Hermione asked

"I told Harry because I knew exactly h- no Ginny I don't need you to come and help...stay home with your son...GINERVA!"

Hermione looked at the phone and groaned, Draco knew that Ginny was probably getting to ministry to get a porkey

"Fun conversation?" Draco asked

"It's Ginny, that should tell you enough" Hermione said

Draco laughed

"You forget Draco, where Ginny goes, Pansy follows"

Draco stopped laughing and remembered his friend and her crazy plans

"Bloody hell" Draco groaned

Hermione smiled and nodded

They went back to work and let the day pass them

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Hermione

She was standing in front of the bathroom mirror, adding the last finishing touches to her outfit

There was a knock at the door and she took a deep breath, grabbing her purse she walked towards the door

She opened and Draco was fixing the cuff links, when he looked at her his jaw dropped, she was wearing a black below-the-knee body con dress with a slit, with strap heels and a black trench coat

"You do know back is my colour?" Draco asked her

"But I wear it so much better" Hermione smirked

He took her hand and apparated with her, they arrived to a lighthouse and Draco led her to the top

"A lighthouse?" Hermione asked him

Draco helped her sit down at a makeshift picnic place

"There is a story, of a mermaid and a sailor..." Draco began and served them their champagne

"The sailor got stuck in a storm and the mermaid felt this urge to save him, even if it meant giving up her tail, the sun was at its peak so the mermaid got out of the water, and with shaky legs hiked all the way to the top of the cliff..." he said, serving Hermione some food

"Using the last of her magic she used the light of the moon to guide him home, the sailor saw the mermaid disappear and created the lighthouse, to always guide lost sailors home and to honour the sacrifice his only love made" Draco finished

Hermione smiled and put a hand on his cheek

"You are my way home" he whispered and kissed her palm

They stayed silent, gazing into each other's eyes, they were each other's ways home