Draco left the room hours before Hermione woke up. He stayed in his room a bit before deciding he wanted a drink. He was heading to the kitchen when he ran into dead Theodore Nott. "You know they don't like people roaming the Manor"Theo said plainly. Draco ignored him, walking past him and continuing on to the kitchen. Theo followed. "Malfoy just talk to me, I know I shouldn't have outed you or her but she was the bet and you know we take it seriously"Theo started. Draco glared at him as he opened the cabinet. "I got over that a long time ago Nott, I'm just waiting for you to take a move at her so I could beat the fuck out of you"Draco snarled, setting the bottle down on the counter roughly. "I don't care how much you want her, Stay away from Mya, she's mine"Draco snapped. "She's yours? I don't think she ever said that, you can't just claim what ever you want Malfoy"Theo Sneered. They argued for a good 3 minutes, in that time Hermione was getting dressed and was planning on heading to the kitchen.
She woke up a few hours after Draco left, giving her time to shower, do her hair and get ready before leaving. She went through her wardrobe and took out a cropped black high neck t-shirt and some beige high waisted sweats. She was still a bit uncomfortable of showing a lot of skin so the high waisted sweats would cover most of her stomach, only leaving an inch or two showing. She put her hair in a high ponytail, a few strands out to frame her face.
After checking to see if she got any mail, she headed down to the kitchen and heard arguing. She stepped in and the two immediately noticed her. After they glanced at each other, Draco walked over to her and grabbed her upper arm, pulling her into a harsh kiss. She knew why he was doing it infront of him, he was proving something to Theo. He pulled away, dropping his arm to her waist and she noticed him glare at the other boy. She didn't say anything. Just went over to the fridge and looked for something to drink. While she was crouched down, looking in the fridge, Draco handed her a cup of wine. "In the morning?"She questioned, standing up, taking the cup from him. "You're acting like you didn't drink everyday for 3 weeks"Draco rolled his eyes. She took a sip as she headed to the pantry to get a cookie. She knew that the two were still glaring at each other. Hermione heard them muttering before hearing her name. "Mya what would you call yourself in our relationship?"Draco questioned as he continued to glare at Theo. "Your girlfriend?"She said, confused. "Did you hear that? She said 'your', as in mine. Does that confirm it for you?"Draco snapped at him. "What're you fighting about?"Hermione asked, sitting on the bar stool beside the pantry, across the room from them. "I tried to apologize-"Theo began but Hermione already interrupted. "Wrong person"She muttered, taking a sip from her drink. "I was gonna talk to you"Theo said, taking a step towards her. Draco instantly reacted, punching him straight in the face, nearly causing Theo to fall over. "Stop!"She yelled, getting up quickly. Theo punched him back. Hermione tried to get them to stop, but only got pushed back herself.
"What is this nonsense!"Jenny shouted, her, Kevin, Lucius, and Narcissa rushing in. While The Fathers stopped them, Jenny and Narcissa turned to Hermione. "What's happening?"Jenny snapped. Hermione opened her mouth to explain but Draco spoke instead. "If this Bastard gets near her one more time, No ones gonna stop me from murdering him"Draco snarled, pushing him father off him. He went over to Hermione, grabbing her wrist and dragging her out of the kitchen. "Come on, get your face cleaned up"Jenny muttered as she instructed Theo to sit down and get his face healed by Poppy, who appeared immediately after Kevin called her. "What happened?"Narcissa asked. "Your fucking son, He's loaded with bullshit"Theo snapped. "Watch your tone"Lucius snarled. Theo scoffed, glaring out the window.
"There was no need for that!"Hermione said to him as he stopped infront of the door to her room. He ignored her, unlocking the door and pulling her in. He let go of her and grabbed her trunk, dragging it to the door. Draco opened her trunk and took out her sweater, one that matched with her pants. Hermione noticed that some of his things were mixed with hers but didn't comment on it. He handed it to her, still not saying a word as he grabbed the trunk handle and took hold of her wrist against before leaving the room. "What's happening?" Pansy questioned as she ran into them, just now leaving her room. Hermione opened her mouth to talk but Draco tugged on her arm and walked faster. He stopped at the entrance of the house, letting go of everything as he put on his coat. "There's a little misunderstanding"Hermione said to Pansy quickly. "This seems much worse then a misunderstanding"Pansy snapped, watching as her sister put on her sweater. "I'll explain to you later" Hermione barely managed to say before Draco grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the house.
He kept walking, till he was far enough from the house before speaking. "If he ever talks to you again, I'll kill him"Draco snarled, stopping in an open field. "Draco, he was just explaining-"She began but he interrupted. "I don't fucking care, I told him if he stepped an inch close to you that I'd hurt him"He snapped. "He was across the room!"Hermione barked, annoyed with how he was acting. He glared at her, not in the mood for any of this. "What's the address?"he questioned, getting sick of the cold already. She rolled her eyes and gave him it. He apparated them behind the house, which wasn't visible to anyone. He let her step forward and open the house. He looked down the road, watching the cars go by. It was strange to him how this Muggle street looked almost normal. The only thing that was strange was the people.
Draco looked back and saw Hermione walk into the house, letting him in. "There are 6 rooms in the house, 3 of them are bedrooms. I was thinking of turning one of the rooms into a library but I decided on making one of the offices into one instead. I'm gonna move into the master bedroom and my old room will become a guest room. There's also an office that my parents used to work in but I'll be taking it. The other office, I'm gonna make it a storage room" she explained to him. He nodded slowly. She looked around the place, it needed quite some cleaning. When she entered the kitchen, she saw Pigwidgeon on the window sill. Hermione went up to the owl and took the letter, it was from Ginny. Hermione read through it: Ginny agreed to come in the afternoon, around 2 with Harry and Ron. She put the letter away and looked around the room, wondering where to begin. Draco came into the kitchen and opened the fridge, looking to see if there was anything. "Don't bother, I haven't bought food since I entered this house during the summer"She told him. "I need food Granger, can't you order anything?"He questioned, making it have a snarling attitude in it. "You focus on getting your attitude right, I'll deal with the food"She snapped at him. She left the room and entered the living room, going to get the phone.
4 hours later, Pansy, Astoria and Blaise were sitting in the living room, eating pizza with them. They'd cleaned up most of the house, and were having a break. "Aren't your Gryffindorks coming in an hour?"Astoria asked her. "They were supposed to be here 40 minutes ago"Hermione muttered, looking at the time. As if on que, the door bell rang. Draco got up, being closest to the door. He opened it and Hermione heard him scowl. "Move aside blonde boy" Ginny snapped, pushing past him and entering the house. She seemed to be in a bad mood. So did Ron, him and Harry coming after her. "Is something wrong?" Hermione asked, standing up. "Just fine"Ginny snarled, walking toward the kitchen. Hermione glanced at Ron and Harry, both who looked away. She went after her and saw Ginny going through the cupboard. Hermione grabbed her wrist and made Ginny look at her. "What's wrong?"She asked. "Those dirt bags you call friends! I was telling them about how I wanted to look for a house after we graduate and they're saying I should just stay with Mum till they finish their auror training! That's a 3 year wait! They think I can't live on my own, even though I wouldn't be! Harry would just be gone most of the day but he's here in the morning and in the night! They won't even consider it!"Ginny snapped. "who said you have to live with Harry, or get his opinion on it? You told him to keep him informed on what's happening, you didn't ask him. Get your own flat and live on your own if they see it a problem that you live with Harry"Hermione said. "That's what I'm gonna do! Until they realize I don't need someone to protect me, I'm gonna be living alone"Ginny told her.
After that problem was solved, and after they finished cleaning, everyone left around 10. Hermione was putting her clothes away when Draco walked in her new room. "Me and Ginny cleaned this room spotless, and the bathroom is shining. The house is suitable to live in"Hermione told him, closing the closet door. He nodded, climbing into bed and not saying a word as he went under the covers and closed his eyes. Hermione didn't know what to do, so she just went to the bathroom to change. She could tell he was still angry about what happened in the morning and she didn't know how she was going to help him. When she got into her pyjamas, she exited the bathroom, going to put her clothes in the closet. Then she heard a tap on the window, an owl. She recognized it to be the Parkinson Owl. She glanced at Draco before heading to the window. She took the letter and quickly put a charm around the room, so no one outside of it could hear anything.
"DRACO LUCIUS MALFOY"The words erupted from the letter as it ripped open. Draco jumped up from the bed, his hands out as if he was gonna fight some one. He realized it was a howler and sighed. He took out his wand and set the howler on fire, in hopes it would get destroyed. The letter kept talking however. "YOU ARE TO RETURN HOME AT ONCE! WE DONT STAND THIS FOOLERY IN THE MALFOY HOUSEHOLD! YOU CANT JUST ACT HOW YOU LIKE, WE DONT ACCEPT THIS! YOU SHALL BREAK UP WITH THIS PARKINSON GIRL AND RETURN HOME BY TOMORROW MORNING, WE HAVE ARRANGED A MARRIAGE SUITABLE FOR YOU AND YOU SHALL NOT DISAPPOINT!"The letter yelled, before being destroyed.
Hermione glanced over at Draco. "They set up an arranged marriage for you"She muttered, on the verge of tears. "What're they gonna do? They have nothing to hold against me"Draco snapped. He headed to the bathroom to wash his face as Hermione thought. "They sent another letter with it, they already signed an agreement with the girl's family, you can't get out of it"She told him, reading the other letter.
"I'll find a way"