For the last few chapters, I didn't have much to say. So, to make up for that I'm going to ramble for a bit now. But it's important rambling, so don't skip over this and pay attention.
1) This is the first chapter in which the video on the side is important. I have used two songs in this chapter, the first is "Crazy, Beautiful Life" by Ke$ha (I don't care that most people don't like her music. Because I do. Except for Sleazy. And Cannibal. And Grow a Pear. And a bunch of other ones...Ok, I only like some of her songs. Point taken, you can stop smirking now.). And the second one is "Wizard Love" by Meekakitty. This is an absolutely amazing song and video. Its on the side so watch it!!! If you dont then you are seriously missing out on some amazing stuff!
2) Some of you may have noticed in the last chapter that I let Fred live. I didn't plan on it like that, but when I was writing it was too hard to write George without writing Fred :(
3) A HUGE thank you to everyone for reading, fanning, commenting and voting. If it wasn't for you guys, I would've quit a long time ago =)
4) And that picture on the side MOVES!!!! Isn't that AMAZING?!!!!
Sorry, I get distracted easily =D
Enjoy!
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"How can we be old and wise, if we are never young and crazy?" -Anonymous
As Draco and Hermione finished cleaning up after dinner, Draco declared, "You know what I feel like doing? I feel like dancing."
"What?!" Hermione asked laughing.
"Come on!" Draco said making a puppy face and turning on the radio at the same time with a wave of his wand.
"Fine!" Hermione replied, giving in to the puppy face, and laughingly joined Draco, who had started dancing and singing along with the song that was playing.
Every single night we fight
To get a lil’ high on life
To get a lil’ something right, something real
At least we try.
Time after time,
Tried dodging all the douche bag guys
Tried trading all the wasted times
For something real in this crazy life
Oh, Oh, Oh, We’re falling in love.
Oh, Oh, Oh, Till the sun’s coming up.
Oh, Oh, Oh, Just living the life.
Oh, Oh, Oh.
Had anyone walked in on them, he/she would have found a very amusing sight in front of him/her. Hermione and Draco were both doing crazy dance moves while using eating utensils as microphones. And not to mention belting out songs like their lives depended upon it.
"I–don’t–think–we–should’ve–eaten–all–that–desert," Draco chocked out between fits of laughter as Hermione did a ridiculous dance move. "We–are–on–a–sugar–high."
"So what? It is fuuuuuuuuun," yelled Hermione.
After several more songs and a few attempts to do the wobble (which they perfected after their fourth try), their sugar high started to ebb. The eights song was considerable slower, at least compared to the rest, and before Hermione knew what she was doing, she put her arms around Draco’s neck and he put his around her waist. And soon they began swaying to the song.
Who would’ve known that I could like a guy like you,
Tall, dark and Slytherin, what’s a girl to do?
You used your Nimbus to sweep me off my feet,
Now without you by my side, I feel incomplete.
Slytherin and Gryffindor, parted by the sorting hat.
From rival houses boy, but we don’t have to be like that.
Cause you confundesed me, and now I’m feeling well,
Like this is magical, I’m under your spell.
I never thought you’d be in my life.
Two different worlds that we led collide,
And it will never be the way it was before,
Cause baby I’m a Slytherin and girl you are a Gryffindor.
Walking down the corridor with tricks right up my sleeve
Bump into this girl that’s on the floor, she just wants to see
What would it be like to hold hands with someone dark
Who would’ve known you don’t need a wand to start a spark
I’ll slither up to you, you can be my lion cub
Let’s share a butterbeer down at Rosmerta’s pub.
I’ll chase right after you, you are my golden snitch
I’ll be your Wizard Love, you can be my only witch.
I never thought you’d be in my life.
Two different worlds that we led collide,
And it will never be the way it was before,
Cause baby I’m a Slytherin and girl you are a Gryffindor.
Hermione looked up and her chocolaty eyes caught the stormy grey ones that were gazing at her with a strange intensity. Draco’s gaze held her in place and neither moved. It was as if they were frozen, lost in each others’ eyes. It was as if time had frozen.
Oh girl, this isn’t like me.
Too hearts quickly beating.
Oooooh, Its taking hold.
My whole world is shining red and gold!
Without realizing what they were doing, they both leaned in, slowly closing the small gap that separated the two.
Cause baby I’m a Slytherin and girl you are a Gryffindor.
Just as they were about to eliminate the gap, two distinct cracks were heard outside the door, and they immediately sprung apart. Mere seconds after they sprung apart, the door burst open and a angry Ginny walked in followed by a wary Harry (HAHA that rhymed!).
Draco was the first of the pair to recover from what happened, or rather what could’ve happened.
"Well, if it isn’t my favorite Weaslette!" he exclaimed with a grin on his face.
"Draco Lucius Malfoy," Ginny yelled smacking his arm as she said each word. "Don’t you dare ‘favorite Weaslette’ me!"
"Ow," Draco replied rubbing his arm. "Gingers are attacking! Someone save me!" he called out in mock fear.
"Shut up!" yelled Ginny almost smiling while Hermione and Harry began to crack up. "And Hermione Jean Granger, you’re not off the hook either!"
"What did I do?"asked Hermione.
"You say it like I actually did something, " Draco accused Hermione.
"Well, obviously," replied Hermione rolling her eyes.
"Neither one of you told me that you were dating!" yelled Ginny. "My maid of honor, not to mention my best friend, and one of Harry’s groomsmen are dating, and how do I find out? That’s right, through an effing newspaper!"
"We only started dating a few days ago. And we were just wait—," began Hermione.
"Woah! What do you mean by ‘one of Harry’s groomsmen’?" asked Draco interrupting Hermione, looking questioningly at the three of them.
"Don’t look at me, mate. This is the first time I’ve heard of this," Harry shrugged.
"I didn’t know that you were even attending," Hermione piped up.
"Oh! I totally forget to tell you, didn’t I?" exclaimed Ginny. "I knew I was forgetting something. Well, Fleur’s little sister, Gabrielle, really wanted to be a bridesmaid, and I couldn’t say no to her. And remember how I wanted equal number of bridesmaids and groomsmen for the first dance? Well, adding Gabrielle messed up the numbers. I couldn’t take you or Luna off, so the only solution was t get another groomsman. And if we chose Draco, you wouldn’t have to dance with Ron for the first dance," beamed Ginny as if this was the greatest plan ever.
"Right. And you don’t think that the Weasel will blow if I am a groomsmen?" asked Draco skeptically.
"Well, that’s for Harry to deal with. It’s none of my business," Ginny replied with a smirk.
"Gee, thanks Gin," Harry said sarcastically before turning to Draco. "Well, my bachelor party ought to be interesting with you planning it. If it’s anything like Theo’s— "
"I’m kind of already regretting my decision," Ginny said.
"Trust me, it wont be anything like Theo’s," Draco paused as a wicked gleam passed his eyes. "It will be completely avant-garde."
"Oh, great," muttered Ginny.
"Who’s Theo? And what happened at his bachelor party?" asked a very confused Hermione.
"It’s Theodore Nott. Remember him from Hogwarts? And I don’t know what happened because they wont tell me," Ginny replied shooting Draco and Harry a menacing glare. "But I’ve heard things and they weren’t nice."
"Well, we should be going now. Or everyone will wonder where we disappeared to," said Harry.
"Well, bye. And Hermione, don’t forget to drop by tomorrow for the dress fitting."
And with that, the couple turned on the spot and apparated back to the Burrow.
As soon as they reached the Burrow, Ron was at their side.
"Was it her?" he asked quietly.
Ginny replied with a curt "yes" before walking inside with Harry. Immediately, a strange look crossed Ron's face. His face turned a peculiar shade of green before he bent over and puked. He opened his eyes to find a solitary slug on the floor in front of him.
Oh no. Not again," he whispered before puking up more slugs.
Hearing the commotion, Harry walked in only to be rooted to the spot witnessing a sight he had witnessed in his second year. Soon a crowd formed around Ron with Mrs. Weasley frantically flipping through the book of Magical Remedies for a remedy.
"It’s great, isn't it?" Fred asked Harry with a huge grin on his face.
"Wait, you guys did this?" asked Harry alarmed.
"Obviously," replied George. "Who did you think did it? Percy?"
"It's our latest creation," explained Fred.
"Ron's Rumballs," George stated fondly.
"The Revenge Edition," finished Fred.
"Named after our wonderful brother, obviously," George clarified.
"Aren't you going to give him the antidote or something?" asked Harry worriedly as he stared at Ron and the pile of slugs around him.
"If my calculations are correct-," began Fred.
"-and they usually are," added George.
"It should wear off in a few minutes," finished Fred.
"So let's just sit back-," began George.
"And enjoy," chorused the twins
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"So," Hermione began in a oddly quiet voice a few minutes after Ginny and Harry left. "You and Harry both went to Theodore’s bachelor party?"
"Yeah. It was pretty epic. I was the best man, so it was bound to be epic. I can’t tell you any details, but let me just tell you it was EPIC."
"And you and Ginny are still in touch?"
"Yeah—," Draco continued hesitantly, unsure of where this conversation was heading.
"Am I the only one you lost touch with?" Hermione asked in an eerily quiet voice.
The silence in the room was earsplittingly loud.
After what seemed like epoches, Hermione broke the silence.
"It’s getting late—," she began.
"I can explain—," Draco injected.
"You don’t need to."
"But I want to," Draco replied quietly. "I thought it was for the best."
"The best? The best of what? What did you plan on achieving by this?" she asked in an eerily calm voice.
Draco paused as if debating whether to elucidate or not. After deciding on the former, he began. "Our friendship caused a strain on you. And it, clearly, would’ve been very selfish of me to continue it. Especially when it was tearing you in two."
"And you think distancing yourself from me when I needed you was not selfish of you?" asked Hermione finally letting her anger show.
"Well, what was I suppose to do?" Draco asked in a voice that failed to mask the anger within. "Just watch you cry yourself to sleep every night? Watch you tear yourself in half between the two of us?"
Tears that had begun forming in Hermione’s chocolate eyes began to spill over and make their way down her cheeks.
"I’m sorry," Draco said very quietly. "For everything."And after one sad last glance at Hermione’s tearstained face, he walked out of her apartment. As he closed the door, he wiped a single, solitary tear from his eyes before turning on the spot and disapparating with a crack.
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I have a serious question: Did I make Hermione too pathetic and Draco too nice?
I tried to stay true to the book and make Hermione not pathetic and Draco arrogant and cocky...but i don't think it worked...What do you guys think?
And lastly, you guys should check out this book that my friend is writing. It is called "The Life and Lies of a Malfoy" and its written by EvangelineDanielle. It's a story about Draco's sister Evangeline and her journey through Hogwarts. It's a really good story and you guys should check it out :)
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